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LA Belle Captive: A Novel
First published in 1975, "La Belle Captive" is illustrated with 77 paintings by Rene Magritte. Robbe-Grillet uses Magritte's paintings as a pretext for the novel, letting them generate themes for an imaginary discourse that parallels their imagery, glosses them, contradicts them. He simultaneously comments on Magritte's paintings while taking advantage of them to parade his own favorite themes of play, erotism, and subversion. Robbe-Grillet's plot frustrates expectations yet shares with the reader his pleasure with the mysterious and poetic in Magritte's art, and with the cultural myths that he and the painter both parody. Objects move through space, without regard to laws of nature, and characters through the text with similar implausibility. The book includes a critical essay by novelist and translator Ben Stoltzfus on the pictorial and linguistic affinities between Magritte and Robbe-Grillet. Stoltzfus explores the image of the beautiful captive not only in its mythical and erotic dimensions, but also as a metaphor for the artistic process.
Ewing, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Univ of California Pr, 1996. Nice clean unmarked copy, used sticker but not much wear and no marks to text.. Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Rene Magritte. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. Oversized Trade Paperback. ... (more information)
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L'Autoeducazione: Nelle Scuole Elementari
Milano Garzanti 1962., 1962 Text in italian. Some ageing to paper edges. DJ has some edgewear, rubbing, small closed tears. First printing of the 1962, part of works. Illustrated by Photos. First thus. edition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good +/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... (more information)
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The LIfe and Death of the Afrika Korps
Quadrangle, 1977, 1977. Nearfine/Nearfine. First American Edition. Nice clean unmarked copy.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Nearfine/Nearfine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... (more information)
Subjects: HISTORY / Military / World War II; Offered by Randy Burns (Missouri, United States) |
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The LIfe of Ezra Pound
Discus/Avon 1974., 1974 VG/pocket paperback. Light wear and soiling to covers. Unmarked. No underlining to text. Illustrated by Glossy photo plates. First Discus edition.. Paperback. Soft Cover. Mass Market Paperback. ... (more information)
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L'Illustration Du XX Siecle: The Revolution of Color, Christmas 1960
Tudor Publishing Company, 1960 Color cover by Joan Miro with original litho inside, full issue of this hardcover magazine, measures 12 and a half inches tall. Special issue on Miro plus others. Some wear to covers at the corners and spine ends, owner's name on ffep.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Color Litho. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. ... (more information)
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L'Invitto Difensore "Della Vergine Bella Di Sol Vestita" V. Giovanni Duns Scoto Dottor Sottile E Mariano
Libreria Editrice Vaticana 1977., 1977. Very good in wraps with bellyband. Frontis of Pope Paul VI. Illustrated by Plates. Text in latin.. Soft cover. ... (more information)
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La Chancun De Willame (with) an Etymological Glossary
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1966. Lightly soiled wraps with first page loose and nearly detached, owner's name on that first page but otherwise unmarked, text in French with long Glossary in French and English plus annotations mostly in English.. Reissue. Soft Cover. Very Good -. Original Wrappers. ... (more information)
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La China Poblana
Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1960. Nice clean unmarked copy in liked dustjacket with some wear to top of spine. The story of the harem princess who became Mexico's national heroine.. Stated First Edition. Hard Cover. Nearfine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... (more information)
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La Henriade
Charlestown, Mass.: Simon Rodenburgh, 1836. Boards with title printed on front, very worn at corners, soiled on back, cloth spine is torn and gaping open most of length but repairable, mildly foxed thruout, 171 pages, pencil writing at the back pastedown.. Hard Cover. Fair. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. ... (more information)
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La-Bas (Down There)
Dover Publications, 1972. Nice clean unmarked, translation by Keene Wallace.. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. Trade Paperback. ... (more information)
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Labyrinths of Iron : Subways in History, Myth, Art, Technology & War
Quill / William Morrow, 1986 Nice clean unmarked copy.. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good+. Illus. by Photo Illustrated. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade Paperback. ... (more information)
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The Lacquer Screen
Warner Paperback, 1974. Very nice reprint, appears unread.. Reissue. Soft Cover. Nearfine. Mass Market Paperback. ... (more information)
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The Ladder of the Beatitudes
Orbis Books, 1999. Clean unmarked book in like dustjacket, excellent copy, hardcover. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Nearfine/Nearfine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ... (more information)
Subjects: RELIGION / Reference; Offered by Randy Burns (Missouri, United States) |
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Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury
Exposition Press, 1962. A very nice copy of book, signed at top of the ffep by author [Ed Wright] and with a personalized inscription at the bottom dated 1962 and signed by Denny M. Wright, Jr. Foreward by Joe E. Covington, Dean School of Law at the University of Missouri. The Law's Serious and Humorous Moments from the Life of a Practicing Attorney.. Signed by Author. Stated First Edition. Hard Cover. Nearfine/Very Good +. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ... (more information)
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Lady Killer
Dell, 1958, 1958. Soft Cover. Nearfine 1st Printing Paperback. General light wear. Dell 995, stated 1st printing. Cover painting by Victor Kalin.. Soft cover. ... (more information)
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Lady Sale in Kabul, 1842
History Today, 1959. History Today, (a small magazine) edited by Peter Quennell and Alan Hodge, October 1959 issue with eleven page essay on Lady Sale with illus, plus other essays on other topics.. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Illus. Magazine. ... (more information)
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The Lady and the Law: the Remarkable Story of Fanny Holtzmann
Little, Brown, 1976, 1976. First Edition. As new but DJ is price-clipped.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Nearfine/Nearfine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... (more information)
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The Lady for Ransom
Weybright and Talley, 1953 Original copyright of 1953 only date noted, probably issued in US in 1968. Hardcover in nice dustjacke. Reprint of UK edition, very nice and clean in dustjacket. Jacket design by Steele Savage. Only date is 1953, but clearly issued in 1968, first published in UK.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Nearfine/Very Good +. ... (more information)
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Lady of the Beasts : Ancient Images of the Goddess and Her Sacred Animals
Harper & Row, Publishers, 1988. Nice clean unmarked copy of book in lightly shelfworn dustjacket, 386 pages.. First Printing. Hard Cover. Nearfine/Very Good. Illus. by 330 Illus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. ... (more information)
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The Lady of the Hare: A Study in the Healing Power of Dreams
Shambhala Pubns, 1988 Nice clean trade paperback, text unmarked.. Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good+. Trade Paperback. ... (more information)
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