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First Light (Uncorrected Proof, signed)
by Charles Baxter
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- 1987
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- First Edition
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$75.00
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New York: Viking, 1987. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page.
About Fine in wrappers.
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Myra [and] Gore: A New View of Myra Breckinridge and a Candid Interview with Gore Vidal (First Edition)
by John Mitzel, Steven Abbott, Gore Vidal (contributor)
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- 1974
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- First Edition
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Dorchester: Manifest Destiny, 1974. First Edition. First Edition. Two essays about Gore Vidal's 1968 novel "Myra Breckinridge," and an interview with Vidal conducted in March 1974.
Slight wear at the front hinge, else Near Fine in perfect bound wrappers.
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Gore Vidal: A Critical Companion (First Edition)
by [Gore Vidal] Susan Baker, Curtis S. Gibson
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- 1997
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- First Edition
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- 9780313295799
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$50.00
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Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1997. First Edition. First Edition.
Fine, with no dust jacket as issued.
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The Apostate Angel: A Critical Study of Gore Vidal (First Canadian Edition, review copy)
by [Gore Vidal] Bernard F. Dick
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- 1974
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- 9780394481081
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$75.00
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Toronto: Random House of Canada, 1974. First Canadian Edition. REVIEW COPY, with publisher's review slip laid in.
Near Fine in a Very Good plus, price-clipped dust jacket. Bottom board edges briefly rubbed. Jacket lightly rubbed and toned on the extremities.
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Bech is Back (First Edition, one of 500 copies signed by the author)
by John Updike
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- 1982
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- First Edition
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$95.00
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. First Edition. First Edition, one of 500 numbered copies (this being No. 217) SIGNED by the author. The second book in the Bech series.
Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, in an about Fine example of the publisher's slipcase. Faint splash on the center of the spine panel of the… Read more
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Sex, Literature, and Censorship (UK Uncorrected Proof)
by D. H.; Lawrence Harry T. Moore (editor)
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- 1955
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$450.00
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London: William Heinemann, 1955. UNCORRECTED PROOF for the First UK Edition, preceding all others. With a date stamp on the front wrapper reading "14 MAR 1956." Rare.
About Very Good in wrappers, with dampstaining to the bottom half of the rear wrapper and correspondingly the bottom half of page 87 through page 269 (the final leaf). Pages, however,… Read more
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Sotheby's: The Maurice F. Neville Collection of Modern Literature, Part I, April 13, 2004
by [Neville, Maurice F.] Sotheby's
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- 2004
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$25.00
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New York: Sotheby's, 2004. Just about Fine in illustrated wrappers as issued. Perfect bound, illustrated profusely in color throughout. Includes auction items from the collection of collector Maurice F. Neville, with highlights from Ernest Hemmingway, Jack Kerouac, George Orwell, and many others.
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Art and Ardor (Uncorrected Proof)
by Cynthia Ozick
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- 1983
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- First Edition
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$55.00
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. A collection of essays.
Fine and unread in red printed wrappers.
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Paul Auster (First Edition)
by [Paul Auster] Harold Bloom (editor, introduction)
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- 2004
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- First Edition
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- 9780791076620
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$75.00
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Philadelphia: Chelsea House, 2004. First Edition. First Edition. Critical essays on Paul Auster, edited by Harold Bloom as part of his "Bloom's Modern Critical Views" series.
Fine and unread without dust jacket as issued.
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The War Against Cliche (Signed First Edition)
by Martin Amis
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- Published
- 2001
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- 9780786866748
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$45.00
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New York: Miramax Books, 2001. First American Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page.
Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Two taps to the bottom page block.
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Understanding Paul Auster (First Edition)
by [Paul Auster] Peacock, Jame
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- Published
- 2010
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- First Edition
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- 9781570038648
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$150.00
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Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 2010. First Edition. First Edition. Part of the "Understanding Contemporary American Literature" series.
Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket.
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Beyond the Red Notebook: Essays on Paul Auster (First Edition)
by [Paul Auster] Barone, Dennis (editor)
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- Published
- 1995
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- First Edition
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- 9780812233179
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$20.00
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Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1995. First Edition. First Edition. A collection of critical essays on Paul Auster.
Fine and unread without dust jacket as issued.
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The Art of Hunger (Signed First Edition)
by Paul Auster
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- Published
- 1992
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- 9781557130563
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$75.00
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Los Angeles: Sun and Moon, 1992. First American Edition, greatly expanded from the UK edition published ten years early. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Not to be confused with the more common signed limited edition.
Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.
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The Enthusiasms of Robertson Davies (Uncorrected Proof)
by Robertson; Davies Judith Skelton Grant (introduction)
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- 1990
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- First Edition
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$30.00
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New York: Viking Press, 1990. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF preceding the First Edition. About Fine in wrappers.
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The Red Notebook (First UK Edition, signed)
by Paul Auster
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- Royal Books, Inc.
- Published
- 1995
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- 9780571174324
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$200.00
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London: Faber and Faber, 1995. First UK Edition, preceding all others. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Uncommon.
Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket.
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$200.00