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New York, New York, USA: Quality Paperback Book Club, 1993. BX2 - A trade paperback book in very good condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with minor overall shelf wear. A story set in the upper-class of New York City in the 1870s. It is about a young lawyer who plans to marry a beautiful debutante. On the eve of the engagement he meets her cousin who has fled Europe and an unhappy marriage. He is attracted to her and a life beyond his restrictive upper-class existence. By the author of "The Descent of Man," "The House of Mirth," "Ethan Frome," and "The buccaneers." 353p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 6"x9.25".

Boston, Massachusetts: Beacon Press, 2000. BX6 - An ex-library trade paperback book SIGNED by Gish Jen with "For whomever! Best wishes," written on her story page and also by Kevin Young and Ha Jin on their respective pages in very good condition that has some library stamping, lightly curled, clear plastic film patch peeled on the lower spine and front lower left side, some light stains, light discoloration and shelf wear. An alternative literary annual that is an anthology of a diverse variety of poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction produced form a diverse group of writers and drawn from the publications of Beacon Press in 1999. The contributors include Kim Addonizio, Dorothy Allison, Greg Bottoms, Jane Brox, Marcus Gafagña, Rafael Campo, Neil Davidson, Brandel France de Bravo, Junor Díaz, Rita Dove, Louise Erdrich, Martín Espada, Steve Faulkner, Frank X. Gaspar, Danielle Legros Georges, Marcie Hershman, Brian Hocevar, Major L. Jackson, Gish Jen, Ruth Prawer… Read More

New York, New York, USA: Burt Franklin, 1970. BZ1 - A hard cover reprint edition withdrawn ex-library book in good+ condition with no dust jacket. A tight, clean, sound copy in green cloth covered boards with gold lettering on the spine with a patch of heavy rubbing and label staining on the spine plus there is some light scattered rubbing along the edges of the boards plus there are the usual library stamps and label on the top, bottom and right outside paper edges and the front fixed endpaper. This is a reprint of a book originally published in 1936. This book is a bibliography that developed out of the production of "The Life of Washington Irving" by Stanley T. Williams. It is designed for the student of Washington Irving, both the collector and the literary historian, and contains material on the works of Irving published subsequent to the listings by Langfeld and Blackburn, as well as related critical literature. Title index, 200p.. Reprint Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.… Read More

New York: Touchstone Books, 1987. A2 - A paperback book in very good condition. Book has light crease on the spine and on the front, some light scratches, light discoloration and shelf wear. Wild, touching, and hilariously funny, thie book is the author's raucous social satire of sex, politics, and love in the fast lane, peopled with an America only he could render. 8.25"x5.5". 395 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1987. B2 - A trade paperback book in good condition. Book has previous owner's name written on the first page, some stains on the sides of the pages, some minor wrinkling on the top and bottom edges, a tiny tear on the front bottom left side, discoloration, price label on back bottom cover, and normal shelf wear. Harmony is a Las Vegas showgirl. At night she's a lead dancer in a gambling casino; during...8.5"x 5.5". 254 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Touchstone Books, 1987. A2 - A paperback book in very good condition. Book is slightly cocked, couple of crease on the spine, discoloration, and light shelf wear. Harmony is a Las Vegas showgirl. At night she's a lead dancer in a gambling casino; during...8.5"x5.5" 254 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Austin, Texas: Tilted Planet Press, 1986. F5 - Book has light discoloration and shelf wear otherwise very good. Tilted Planet Tales Number Three. Sixteen Illustrated Stories by Austin & Central Texas Writers. . Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Thoma, Kathleen. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Oxford, Mississippi, USA: John Davis Williams Library/University of Mississippi, 1990. CF1 - This is one of a printing of 500 copies that were produced for an exhibition of the Archives and a tight, clean, sound copy in monochrome illustrated purple wraps with very minor overall shelf wear with a minor crease on the front left edge as well as a tiny speckle of blank paper at the bottom right corner of the front cover. The dust jacket shows veyr minor overall shelf wear with some very, very light edge wear along the top spine edge plus there is some very, very light surface chipping along the right edges of the front and back plus there is a very light crease on the front left edge. Special Collections of the John Davis Willliams LIbrary of the University of MIssissippi. This exhibition commemorates the Seventeenth Annual Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference as well celebrates the University fo Mississippi's acquisition of the Rowan Oak Papers. It showcases Faulkner short story manuscript and… Read More

Carbondale: Souther Illinois University Press, 1985. AT4 - Mylar protected dust jacket. Library card holder and sticker on front loose endpaper. Library stampings on title page and copyright page, back loose endpaper and top page edges. Library stickers on front cover, spine, and back cover. Body text is clean and nice. A comparative study of two of America's foremost novelists, Philip Roth and John Updike. George Searles gives careful, systematic examinations of the literary methods of both authors.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

New York, New York, USA: Oxford University Press, 2002. CF1 - A trade paperback book in very good condition. An unread, tight, clean, ousnd copy in monochrome illustrated yellow wraps with very minor overall shelf wear with some very, very light fading on the spine. A colleciton of late 18th and early 195h century American writing on the "West, the land between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River. During this period, these types of writings were ubiquitous and reflect the historic events in the early westward movement as well as attitudes to the process. The selection of documents ranges from government documents and treaties through land-promotion schemes, white depictions of natives, native accounts of whites, easterners describing westerners, westerners describing easterners, and literary texts. The authors include Thomas Jefferson, William Bartram, Margaret Fuller, Black Hawk, Caroline Kirkland, Thomas Bangs Thorpe, and Abraham Lincoln. Suggestions for further reading, 944p. .… Read More

College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press, 1989. CF4 - A papeback book SIGNED by Mark Busby on the title page in very good condition that has some bumped corners, fading on the spine, light discoloration and shelf wear. With an introduction by the editors. A collection of essays that examine the American literary tradition and how it was impacted by frontier mythology. The contributors include David Mogen, Langdon Elsbree, Wayne Ude, Charlotte S. McClure, James K. Folsom, Mark Busby, Ritchie D. Watson, Delbert E. Wylder, Gerald Haslam, Mick McAllister, Joan Penzenstadler, Rudolfo A. Anaya, Melody Graulich, Paul Bryant, Linda Ben-Zvi, John H. Lenihan, John Clark Pratt, and Gary K. Wolfe. 9"x6", 282 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, New York, USA: Carlton Press, Inc., 1975. F6 - DJ is mylar protected. DJ has half inch tear with wrinkling and crease on the front top right corner, some wrinkling, chipping, crease, tear, and open tear on the lower spine and its corner, some chipping on the corners, moderate discoloration, and light shelf wear otherwise good. Book has crease on the top right corner on a few inside pages, moderate discoloration (browning), and light shelf wear otherwise very good. The stories cover a wide range of human situations and emotions, readers will find no rejection of hope, no authorial despondency, no neo-nihilism; for the author conveys the vibrancy and vitality of the human spirit, a spirit that bears up under terrible stress, or carries itself lightly in the face of petty adversity.. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Chicago, Illinois, USA: University of Chicago Press, 1967. CH5 - DJ is mylar protected. A tight, clean, sound copy in yellow cloth covered boards with metallic copper lettering and a grphic on the spine with very minor overall shelf wear with some very light scattered soiling plus there is some light soiling on the outside paper edges, along the spine edges of the front and back fixed and free endpapers, and the front free endpaper. The dust jaketshows heavy edgse wear along the endflap edges with the endflaps separated from the dust jacket plus there is some edge wear with chipping at the bottom right corners of the front and back plus there is ome light scattered soiling and rubbing plusthere is some very light edge wear along and around the top and bottom spine edges. This is a title in the publisher's Classic American Historians series. Abridged and edited by Archie H. Jones. An examination of the literature produced in the American colonies and how, from its beginnings, it has been intimately… Read More

New York, New York, USA: Collier Books, 1962. CE2 - A mass market paperback book in good+. A tight, clean, sound copy in color illustrated white wraps with very minor overall shelf wear with some scattered rubbing of the covers plus there is some very light yellowing of the spine and along the top edge of the front cover plus there is some light creasing on the back cover plus there is some very light cupping of the spine plus there is the original owner's name in blue ink on the front endpaper plus there is some very, very light yellowing of the outside paper edges. An examination of the literature produced in the American colonies and how, from its beginnings, it has been intimately related to the land and the experiences of the people living upon it. Indexed, 541p.. Mass Market Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 4.25"x7.25".

Jackson, Mississippi, USA: University Press of Mississippi, 1991. CH4 - A tight, clean, sound copy in tan paper covered boards quarter bound in green cloth with gold lettering on the spine with very minor overall shelf wear with some very, very light edge wear along the top and bottom spine edges plus the dust jacket mylar sleeve endflaps glued to the front and back fixed endpapers plus there are the usual library stamps, label, and pocket on the top and bottom outside paper edges, the front endpaper, and the title page. The dust jacket shows minor overall shelf wear with minor overall shelf wear with some very, very light fading on the spine and along the top edge of the front plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve plus the front and back mylar sleeve endflaps are glued to the fixed endpapers. A travelogue of six great authors and their particular sense of regional America: Robert Frost's New England, Flannery O'Connor's Deep South, William Faulkner's north Mississippi,… Read More

Boston, Massachusetts, USA: Twayne Publishers/G. K. Hall & Co., 1978. CH5 - A hard cover withdrawn ex-library book in good+ condition with no dust jacket. A tight, clean, sound copy in blue cloth covered boards with gold lettering and graphics on the spine with minor overall shelf wear with the usual library label, stamps, marks, pocket, and embossed seal on the spine, the top, bottom, and right outside paper edges, the title page, the copyright page, and the back fixed endpaper plus the stamps on the copyright page and the top, bottom, and right outside paper edges have been marked out with a large black marker plus there is some scattered light fading on the front and back boards from library labels. A critical anlaysis of the career and work of the noted African-American author James Baldwin. Notes and references, selected bibliography, indexed, 157p.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Garden City, New York, USA: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1935. CH5 - A hard cover book reprint edition book in good+ condition with no dust jacket. A tight, clean, sound copy in purple cloth covered baords with an embossed graphics pattern overall with gold lettering on the spine and a gold graphic on the front with minor overall shelf wear plus there is some very, very light edge wear along the spine top and bottom edges plus there are some very, very slight nicks to the cloth on the right board edges plus there is some very, very light bumping to the right coners plus there is some very, very light fading on the spine plus there is some very light rubbing along the front and back spine edges plus there is some yellowing of the outside paper edges and front and back endpapers plus there is some light edge wear along the top board edges exposing a slivver of board (about 0.5" long) on the back board. Illustrated with a three color frontispiece and smaller monochrome drawings. A story… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Twayne Publishers, 1992. BY3 - A hard cover withdrawn ex-library book in very good condition with a dust jacket in very good condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in green cloth covered boards with gold lettering on the spine with very minor overall shelf wear with the dust jacket mylar sleeve endflaps glued to the front and back fixed endpapers plus there are the usual library stamps, label, and pocket on the top and bottom outside paper edges, the front and back free endpapers, and the title page. The dust jacket shows no visible signs of wear plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve plus the front and back mylar sleeve endflaps are glued to the fixed endpapers. This is a title in the author's Twayne's World Authors Series. A critical study of the complete works of L. M. Montgomery, the author of "Anne of Green Gables." Notes and references, selected bibliography, indexed, 191p.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read More

New York, New York, USA: Vintage Books/Random House, 1990. BV4 - A trade paperback book in very good condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with only very minor overall shelf wear. A collection of short essays on literary figures and subjects. They range through Pound, Yeats, Eliot, Joyce, Freud, Washington Irving, and Ernest Hemingway. This book was published posthumously. the author was a winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Indexed, 277p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Marshall Cavendish Corporation, 1994. CN1 - An ex-library book in very good condition with no dust jacket. Book has library markings (labels, stamping, cardholder, etc.), light discoloratoin and shelf wear. Dark blue covered boards with gilt lettering. Magill's Survey of American Literature (Volume 7: Ai - Levertov). Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.