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Condition: Good, edge and corner wear, spine creasing and wear, nicks along edges, faint creasing at top edge. This a large book and may require additional postage.This book is a detailed description of the monuments of the Acropolis in Athens Greece.

Arcade, New York, 1993. 5th trade paperback printing. Condition: Near fine, very light edge wear, price sticker on rear cover.Acclaimed by Norman Mailer more than twenty years ago as "possibly the only American writer of genius," William S. Burroughs has produced a body of work unique in our time. In these scintillating essays, he writes wittily and wisely about himself, his interests, his influences, his friends and foes. He offers candid and not always flattering assessments of such diverse writers as Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Joseph Conrad, Graham Greene, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Samuel Beckett, and Marcel Proust. He ruminates on science and the often dubious paths into which it seems intent on leading us, whether into outer or inner space. He reviews his reviewers, explains his famous "cut-up" method, and discusses the role coincidence has played in his life and work. As a satirist and parodist, William Burroughs has no peer, as these varied works, written over three decades,… Read More

Sun Dial Press, New York. No edition stated. Condition: Good in fair dust jacket, green cloth with black raised lettering and illustration of prone figure in a field, reading. Book has light edge wear and corner bumps, slight fading. Dust jacket has multiple tears and wear.David Grayson, pseudonym of Ray Stannard Baker, American author, who began as a Chicago newspaper reporter, then joined the staff of McClure's Magazine for which he wrote some famous muckraking articles. A book of quiet country sketches.

Condition: Very good plus, very light edge wear and corner bumps, price sticker on front cover, 2 interior pages have slight tears at bottom edge.The Cypress IssueIncludes profiles of Kyriakos Charalambides, Panos Ioannides, Costas Montis; essays by Theoclis Kouyialis, Andriana Lozides; fiction by Chistakis Georgiou, Andriana Ierodiaconou, Niki Marangou; Poetry by Kypros Chrysanthis, Sophocles Lazarou, Popi Soteriou, Lefkios Zafiriou; photography by Andy Sotiriou; and more.

Condition: Very good plus, very light edge wear and corner bumps, price sticker on front cover, faint sun shadow near spine.Remembering Cafe NeonIncludes an interview with Olga Broumas; essays by Robin Magowan, Frank J, Frost, Fred A. Reed; fiction by Antonis Sourounis; Poetry by Olga Broumas, Kiki Dhimoula, Nikos Engonopoulos, Nicholas Samaras; photography by Hillary Liss; and more.

Condition: Near fine, very light edge wear and corner bumps, price sticker on front cover.Travelling WritersIncludes an interview with Vassilis Vassilakos; essays by David French, Robin Magowan; fiction by David Mason, Joseph Matthews, Thomas Parker, Ersi Sotiropolous; Poetry by Antonis Fostieris, Theresa Pappas; and more.

Condition: Very good plus, very light edge wear and corner bumps, price sticker on front cover, faint sun shadow near spine.Gypsy FolktalesIncludes an interview with Yannis Tsarouchis; essays by Jacques Bouchard, Frank J, Frost, Savas Patsalidis; fiction by John Bradley, Dimitris Nollas, Lawrence P. Spingarn; Poetry by Andreas Anghelakis, Raymond Carver, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Theodora Stylianidouu; photo essay y Diane Tong; and more.

Black Sparrow Press, Santa Rosa CA, 1995. 2nd trade paperback printing. Condition: Near fine, very light edge and corner wear.A critical review of the work of Charles Bukowski.

Paraclete Press, MA, 2000. First trade paperback edition. Condition: very light edge and corner wear.Howard Mumma, a Methodist minister who served as a guest preacher at the American Church in Paris in the 1950s, reveals his uncommon friendship the renowned existentialist and Nobel Prize winner, Albert Camus. In a series of spirited and probing dialogues over the course of several years, as the two thinkers discussed the belief systems which had shaped their lives, Mumma attempted to guide Camus into an understanding of Christian theology. "Almost 50 years have passed since these conversations", says Mumma, "and they haunt me to this day".

University of Illinois Press, Urbana, 1988. First edition. Condition: Very good plus, light edge wear and soiling but no interior markings or highlighting.From the publisher: All Day, Every Day depicts the multi-racial culture and everyday drams of women working in the heart of the British hosiery industry and makes a major contribution to our understanding of women's history and feminist theory.

Paragon, New York, 1987. First trade paperback edition. Condition: Near fine, very light edge wear, price sticker on rear cover.This text consists of two notebooks that the Nobel laureate kept during a short trip to the U.S. in 1946 and during a longer stay in Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina and Chile in 1949 during periods of stress and hectic public appearances, when he was tired, nervous, ill and vulnerable. If these journals were not by Camus, they might be regarded as "meaningless bits and pieces" (his own description) that do not merit publication. But as many of these fragments later turned up in his published writings, their major interest stems from the fact that they show how Camus passed from rough notes to a finished work. Translated by Hugh Levick.

Conde Nast, New York, 1968. First edition. Condition: Good, edge and corner wear, spine has creasing and wear at ends, light soiling on white areas of covers, slight yellowing of interior pages, ink mark on front cover. A well-read magazine.Includes The Custodians by James H. Schmitz; The Reluctant Ambassadors by Stanley Schmidt; Pipeline by Joe Poyer; A Learning Experience by Theodore Litwell; The Form Master by Jack Wodhams.Science Fact: Situation of Some Gravity by Joseph F. Goodavage. Reader's Departments: The Editor's Page: Technological Status by John W. Campbell; The Analytical Laboratory; In Times to Come; The Reference Library by P. Schuyler Miller; Brass Tacks. Illustrations by Kelly Freas and Leo Summers.

Conde Nast, New York, 1968. First edition. Condition: Very Good plus, very light edge and corner wear, slight creasing at spine, back cover has large crease at bottom corner, light soiling at rear cover on white background. Slight yellowing of interior pages due to age. A well-read magazine.Includes Hawk Among the Sparrows (Hugo finalist, Nebula nominated, short novel) by Dean McLaughlin, Null Zone by Joe Poyer; To Sleep, Perchance to Dream by W. C. Francis; Winkin, Blinkin and ?R² by R. C. FitzPatrick; Satan's World (part 3 of 4, nominee for the Prometheus Hall of Fame Award) by Poul Anderson.Icarus and Einstein (science fact) by Robert S. Richardson; The Non-Gold Crisis (editorial) by Jack W. Campbell; In Times to Come; The Analytical Laboratory; The Reference Library by P. Schuyler Miller; Brass Tacks. Illustrations by Kelly Freas.

Conde Nast, New York, 1972. First edition. Condition: Good plus, edge and corner wear, spine has tear at top edge, one long crease at top right corner, light soiling on white areas of covers, slight yellowing of interior pages. A well read magazine.Includes The Gold at the Starbow's End by Frederik Pohl; Cloak of Anarchy by Larry Niven; Child of the Gods (Telzey series) by James H. Schmitz; War in Our Time by Howard L. Myers; The Long Silence by Donald Noakes; BCL 362 by Vernon Glasser.Science Fact: Skylab (part 1 of 2) by Joseph Green. Readers' Departments: The Editor's Page: Born To Lose by Ben Bova; In Times to Come; The Reference Library by P. Schuyler Miller; Brass Tacks. Illustrations by John Schoenherr, Vincent diFate, Jack Gaughan, Leo Summers, and Kelly Freas.

Conde Nast, New York, 1969. First edition. Condition: Very good minus, light edge and corner wear, spine has light creasing, soiling at rear cover on white background. Slight yellowing of interior pages due to age. A well-read magazine.Includes Artifact by J. B. Clarke; The Nitrocellulose Doormat by Christopher Anvil; Dramatic Mission by Anne McCaffrey; Zozzl by Jackson Burrows; The Ghoul Squad by Harry Harrison; Jackal's Meal by Gordon R. Dickson.Reader's Departments: "The Editor's Page: The Simple Way" by Jack W. Campbell; "In Times to Come"; "The Analytical Laboratory"; "The Reference Library' by P. Schuyler Miller; "Brass Tacks". Illustrated by Leo Summers and Peter Skirka.

Dell Magazines, New York, 1996. First edition. Condition: Very good, light edge wear and nicks, slight spine creases and nicks, rear cover has light creasing.Includes stories and articles by John Vester, Jayge Carr, H.G. Stratmann, A.J. Austin, Daniel Hatch, James Benford, Rick Shelley, G. Harry Stine, and Stanley Schmidt. Book reviews by Tom Easton. Art by Fred Gambino, Nicholas Jainschigg, Janet Aulisio, and John Stevens.

Dell Magazines, New York, 2009. First edition. Condition: Near fine, light wrinkling on spine and rear cover.Includes stories and articles by G. David Nordley, John G. Hemry, Jerry Oltion, Edward M. Lerner, Jay Werkeiser, Craig DeLancey, Jefferey D. Kooistra, and Stanley Schmidt. Book reviews by Don Sakers. Art by Vincent Di Fate, John Allemand, and Mark Evans.

Dell Magazines, New York, 2010. First edition. Condition: Near fine, light wrinkling near spine and on rear cover.Includes stories and articles by H.G. Stratmann, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff, Michael F. Flynn, Ben Bova, Mike Resnick, Lezli Robyn, Eric James Stone, David L. Clements, Victor Raggio, Stephen R. Balzac, Robert T. Lundy, Richard A Lovett, Jefferey D. Kooistra, and Stanley Schmidt. Book reviews by Don Sakers. Art by David Hardy and John Allemand.

Conde Nast, New York, 1975. First edition. Condition: Very Good minus, light edge and corner wear, small tear at bottom of spine, light soiling on white area of rear cover, wrinkling on rear cover, slight yellowing of interior pages. Includes Star Probe (part 1 of 3) by Joseph Green; Unnatural Causes (Callahan series) by Spider Robinson; The Tripper by Kevin O'Donnell, Jr.; Anniversary Project by Joe Haldeman; Nuisance Value by James White; Sierra Maestra by Norman Spinrad; In the High Court of Justice by Lord St. Davids.Science Fact: Why We Will Find Life on Mars by Bob Buckley; Are there 'Bears' on Mars? by Robert S. Richardson. Reader's Departments: The Editor's Page: The SF Game by Ben Bova; In Times to Come; The Reference Library by Lester del Rey; Brass Tacks; The Analytical Laboratory. Illustrations by Kelly Freas, Nevin Washington, Vincent Di Fate, Douglas Beekman, and Nick Zules.

Conde Nast, New York, 1970. First edition. Condition: Very Good, light edge and corner wear, light creasing on rear and front corners, spine has light creasing, light soiling on white areas of covers, slight yellowing of interior pages. A well read magazine.Includes Birthright by Poul Anderson; The Fifth Ace by Robert Chilson; The Biggest Oil Disaster by Hayden Howard; Dali, for Instance by Jack Wodhams; In Our Hands, The Stars (aka "Daleth Effect") (part 3 of 3) by Harry Harrison.Science Fact: The Wind from a Star by Margaret L. Silber; Mr. Edison's Magic Lamp (editorial) by Jack W. Campbell. Reader's Departments: In Times to Come; The Analytical Laboratory; The Reference Library by P. Schuyler Miller; Brass Tacks. Illustrations by Kelly Freas, Peter Skirka, and Leo Summers.