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THE COLLECTOR by Fowles, John - 1963
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THE COLLECTOR
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Boston: Little, Brown. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Yellow top edge stain has faded . somewhat. Light flattening and slight fading to spine ends. Jacket has . minimal wear, light back panel soiling, and is protected in mylar.. 1963. First American Edition. Hardcover. Frederick Clegg, an obscure little clerk and a collector of butterflies becomes enamored with Miranda Grey. When he wins a fortune in a football pool, he kidnaps Miranda and takes her to a seclluded country house. The novel concerns the two months Miranda is held captive, and is revealed first as Frederick tells it, and then through Miranda's secret diary. ; 8.25 x 5.5 x 1.25; 305 pages .
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The Map and the Territory (SIGNED 1st Ed, w/ Photos)
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México, Joaquín Mortiz, 1970.8º. 292 pp. Encuadernación rústica original. Ejemplar dedicado y firmado por el autor: "A Daniel Flores de su amigo [firma]".Ejemplar no. 3,104 (de 7,000).
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México, Ediciones Era, 1973En 8vo. 146pp; 2h. Encuadernación original en papel. Ex-libris e inscripción (nombre) de propietario anterior en p1. 7 hojas con fotografías intercaladas en el texto sin paginar y algunas ilustraciones en medio de textos. Ejemplar no. 2885/3000.Texto en contraportada: "Como poeta y profundo conocedor de las aventuras artísticas de su tiempo, Octavio Paz ilumina la obra de Marcel Duchamp, revolucionario no sólo en el arte, como lo demuestra su anticipación a muchas de las actuales tendencias, sino también en la relación entre el artista y la vida. Del Gran Vidrio a los ensamblajes, Duchamp mantuvo una actitud distanciada y secreta, una ocultación de la propia obra que sólo ahora recobra toda su significación: silencio que es un lenguaje, falsa inactividad que es crítica e ironía y que, poniendo en crisis la figura misma del artista, del mito del arte, desarregla las nociones adquiridas, abre una riesgosa y deslumbrante zona a la inteligencia creadora, propone un…
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London: Victor Gollancz Ltd. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Jacket has one tiny spot of wear top . edge at spine; protected in mylar.. 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. First UK edition. ; 8 x 5 x 1 inches; 219 pages .
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When We Had Other Names
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The Map and the Territory (SIGNED 1st Ed, w/ Photos)
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México, Joaquín Mortiz, 1970.8º. 292 pp. Encuadernación rústica original. Ejemplar dedicado y firmado por el autor: "A Daniel Flores de su amigo [firma]".Ejemplar no. 3,104 (de 7,000).
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Apariencia Desnuda: La obra de Marcel Duchamp
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México, Ediciones Era, 1973En 8vo. 146pp; 2h. Encuadernación original en papel. Ex-libris e inscripción (nombre) de propietario anterior en p1. 7 hojas con fotografías intercaladas en el texto sin paginar y algunas ilustraciones en medio de textos. Ejemplar no. 2885/3000.Texto en contraportada: "Como poeta y profundo conocedor de las aventuras artísticas de su tiempo, Octavio Paz ilumina la obra de Marcel Duchamp, revolucionario no sólo en el arte, como lo demuestra su anticipación a muchas de las actuales tendencias, sino también en la relación entre el artista y la vida. Del Gran Vidrio a los ensamblajes, Duchamp mantuvo una actitud distanciada y secreta, una ocultación de la propia obra que sólo ahora recobra toda su significación: silencio que es un lenguaje, falsa inactividad que es crítica e ironía y que, poniendo en crisis la figura misma del artista, del mito del arte, desarregla las nociones adquiridas, abre una riesgosa y deslumbrante zona a la inteligencia creadora, propone un…
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The Collector
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The Collector
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The Collector
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The Collector
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The Collector
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Stated First American Edition/First Printing with no mention of subsequent printings (first state point at the time, number lines included starting in 1988); A Near Fine book in a Near Fine price clipped dust jacket. Flat SIGNED by the author on the title page. A beautiful copy of this extraordinary novel by the award winning and critically acclaimed author of "The Magus"; scarce in this condition, particularly signed. This copy is in near fine condition with only very light shelf wear, else fine; housed in a near fine clean and bright dust jacket that shows only light rubbing to the spine ends and corners, else fine. But for the jacket being price clipped and the light rubbing, a pristine copy indeed. Not remaindered, not ex-library; in archival protection and will ship in a sturdy box.
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Bloody Sunrise
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1965 - First Edition stated - A Tiger Mann Mystery - "...for Tiger is told on his wedding day that he is needed for Operation Plato." - book: very good - tight, sound, and square - no previous owner markings - dj: vibrant colors with some rubbing to the black base and abstract sun - interesting black and white photo of Spillane on the back cover - a few chips repaired with archival tape - dj in protective mylar sleeve
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Saint Monkey (INSCRIBED) (FIRST)
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2014 - 1st ed stated ("1" in number line) - INSCRIBED - authors debut book - "Fourteen-year-old Audrey martin, with her Poindexter glasses and her head humming the 3/4 meter of gospel music, knows she'll never get out of Kentucky - but when her fingers touch the pion keys, the whole church trembles." - book: very good (like new) - dj: very good (like new) - dj in protective mylar sleeve
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Gold
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First edition. Spine ends lightly rubbed, spine has small nick, small reddish stain to front cover and rear cover, otherwise very good or better. Lacks dust jacket.
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A Ballet of Lepers: A Novel and Stories
by Cohen, Leonard
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New York, Grove Press, 2022, trade paperback, 272 pp, Advance Uncorrected Proof (ARC), New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers, no dustjacket as issued. The pieces in this collection, written between 1956 and 1961 and including short fiction, a radio play, and a stunning early novel, offer startling insights into Cohens imagination and creative process. Cohen explores themes that would permeate his later work, from shame and unworthiness to sexual desire in all its sacred and profane dimensions to longing, whether for love, family, freedom, or transcendence. ISBN 9780802160478
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The Merry Month of May: A Novel
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New York: Delacorte Press, 1971. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Ex-Lib w/ Usual Markings and Expected Imperfections. dj protected by new Mylar wrap.. 8 vo; black boards; 361 pgs.; illust. dj. From the Critically Acclaimed Author of From Here to Eternity. a very clean copy of this classic.
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Poet and Peasant: A Literary Cultural Approach To The Parables In Luke
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This book is in very good condition. There is little to no wear on the front, back and spine of the cover boards and there is no wear on the edges of the cover boards.There is some bumping on the cover boards. The previous owners name is written on the front end page. The pages are white, crisp and claen of any markings. "William Thomson, famous nineteenth century missionary, traveler, and author, described twenty-five years of surface study of Palestine as it relates to the Bible in his two-volume work, The Land and the Book. When he comes to describe Jerusalem he makes this remarkable statement; Do not set out...resolved to make discoveries. There is not a foot of ground that has not been already scrutinized by a thousand eyes as keen as yours, and the old adage, "If new not true," may be applied to Jerusalem and her monuments with more propriety than to any other place on earth...." - Introduction from Poet and Peasant: A…
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The Polynesian Triangle
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Eric Berry: The Polynesian Triangle, 1968 Funk & Wagnalls. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. SCARCE THUS. States First Published in the United States of America 1968. SUMMARY: THE 3,000 YEAR HISTORY OF POLYNESIA AND ITS PEOPLES. ANTHROPOLOGY. A NICE FIND.
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Quelques Optimistes.
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Paris Editions Denoel, 1992, First Edition. paperback. First edition, Paris 1992, one of 3443 printed. -- Text (the cartoon captions) in FRENCH. -- Softcover, 8.3x10.8 inches, stiff cover with flaps. Condition: near fine (small surface scratch rear cover). -- Nice collectible example of Sempe's classic cartoon work, familiar to New Yorker readers. ISBN 220723861X
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Manhattan Beach
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First Edition/First Printing with the complete number line; A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket with no visible flaws, as new and unread. SIGNED by the author on a tipped-in page. A pristine copy of this novel from the Pulitzer winning author of "A Visit From the Good Squad". Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar cover and will ship in a sturdy box.
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Two Novels by Anthony Powell. Venusberg. Agents & Patients
by POWELL, Anthony (1905-2000)
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New York: Periscope-Holliday, 1965. First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine-. First American Edition of two early novels. 8vo: [4],328pp. Publisher's quarter-bound black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, slate grey paper-covered boards; dust jacket, priced $4.75, replicating (separately, on front and back panels) Osbert Lancaster's illustrations for the original wrappers. Near Fine (top edge soiled and stained, gilt a bit faded, gift inscription on fly-leaf); about Fine jacket. Lilley A.10. First collected in 1952 by Rinehart for the Periscope Book Shop and Holliday Bookshop in New York; the unsold stock was reissued in 1965 by Little, Brown, Powell's then American publisher (our copy), with publisher's label pasted to jacket's spine panel. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions…
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