Search Results: Authors starting with U from The Brooklyn Bookman

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS: The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, Third Edition. Oxford & New York, Oxford University Press, 1979. Originally published: 1941. Third edition published: 1979 (Reprinted with corrections: 1980). BOOK CLUB EDITION. Softcover, 907 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Quotations / Reference. Condition: Very Good Minus. Light wear to the covers (especially the reverse one). All pages clean with readable text. A useful and intelligent compendium of quotations from the world's most famous (and infamous) writers and thinkers throughout history. An indispensable tool for seasoned and aspiring authors and researchers alike.

UPDIKE, John: S: A Novel. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover with dust jacket, 279 pp. Subject: Novel / Fiction & Literature. Book and jacket condition : Very Good. Slight tilt to the book-spine. Light wear to book corners. Former owner's inscription found at the top of the front endpaper. Otherwise a copy in fairly decent condition. This book is "a meditation upon American womanhood, a romance, and a religious comedy." First-rate fiction by a giant of American letters. ISBN: 0394568354