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Chicago: Rand McNally. Very Good+. 1990. Second Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by George H. W. Bush on the official letterhead of Air Force Two. The Houston Police Department has a bicycle relay team that raises money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of America. The relay team first's fund raising ride was in 1981 and the rides continue to this day. This pictorial atlas of America features a front cover with a map of the US showing the past fund raising bicyle rides made by HPD officers. The longest ride was from Houston to Vancouver, a trip of 2,700 miles. The HPD has raised more than $5,000,000 in the last 40 years and sometimes raises $300,000 in a single year. George H. W. Bush and his wife Barbara lost a daughter to leukemia. The ride for a cure was a cause dear to their hearts. The inside of the front cover of this atlas is inscribed and signed by George H. W. Bush while he was serving his second term as VP in 1985. The inscription and signature is…
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Rand McNally's America Atlas (Special Commemorative Edition for the Houston Police Department's Bicycle Relay Team for the Leukemia Society of America)
by (George H. W. Bush)
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The Common Review: the Magazine of the Great Books Foundation Fall 2001, Volume 1, Number 1
by Wachtel, Andrew; Kutik, Ilya; Albahari, David; McCann, Sean; Etc.
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Chicago: The Common Review. Very Good+. 2001. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Contains "Chester Himes, Black Hard-boiled Master," by Sean McCann. Also has entries by Patti White, Julia Kasdorf, Lori Shine, David Pittenger, and others. Volume 1, Number 1, Fall 2001. Booklet called "Great Books: Reading and Discussion Programs - Literature Worth Talking About" included in the middle of the periodical. Ships same or next business day. Mailing sticker on back cover. Magazine has moderate edge and shelf wear, small folds on corners, tiny rub on spine head; otherwise, free from major defect. ; B&W Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 64 pages .
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The Titanic: End of a Dream
by Wade, Wyn Craig
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New York: Rawson, Wade Publishers. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. 0892560991 . "Here for the first time is the story of America's involvement in the Titanic disaster." Ships same or next business day. Black and white photographs. Ends of spine are gently bumped. Slight fading to head edge of boards; all else fine. Dust jacket has minimal edge wear protected in an archival cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 338 pages .
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Bricks And Ghosts
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North Charleston, South Carolina: Booksurge, LLC. Very Good+. 2006. First Edition. Softcover. 1419627236 . INSCRIBED by author in blue ink on second half-title page, reads: "To Bette Wentworth / enjoy the Read (Signature of Frank Wagner) ". "When TV reporter Steve Gruene hears about a school shooting, he has no idea that his life will change forever...Told through first-person narrative and an intricate series of flashbacks, BRICKS & GHOSTS is a novel that will challenge minds and inspire hearts." Ships same or next business day. Book has moderate shelf and edge wear, spine head is bumped, half title page has "BW" written near the spine, small folds on corners, bubble on spine where it was improperly glued. Pages are clean and tight. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 494 pages; Signed by Inscribed by Author(s) .
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H. L. Mencken
by Wagner, Philip
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University of Minnesota Press. Near Fine. 1966. Softcover. Ships same or next business day. Pamphlet. Book has minimal edge wear. ; Pamphlets of American Writers Number 62; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Death of the Hind Legs And Other Stories
by Wain, John
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New York: Viking Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. "A feeble-minded professional wrestler, the wife of an unfaithful husband, a man in search of a tree, the hind legs of the horse in a vaudeville act: these are a few of the human animals upon whom John Wain turns his compassionate eye in this new collection of short stories." Ships same or next business day. Bookplate of noted collector, Rolland Comstock, on front paste-down endpaper. Book has minimal edge wear, tiny bumps on spine ends and top left corner of back board, head edge color is slightly faded, faint soiling and tanning to edges of pages. Text is clean. Dust jacket protected in archival cover. DJ has normal shelf and edge wear, 1" tear on spine head, wear at head and tail ends of spine, small rubs and tears on corners and spine ends, lightly tanned. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 186 pages .
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Samuel Johnson
by Wain, John
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London: MacMillan. Very Good. 1974. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Ships same or next business day. Spine is slightly skewed and wrinkled, 1/4-inch tear on head edge of front cover, faded on spine and lightly on edges of covers, normal shelf wear to covers, light soiling and tanning to edges of pages, small creases on bottom corners. Text is clean. Protected in archival bag. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 379 pages .
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New World Writing Ms 118 6th Mentor Selection
by Wain, John; James T. Farrell; Louis Armstrorng; Richard Eberhart; Saul Bellow
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New York: The New American Library. Very Good-. 1954. First Edition. Softcover. SIGNED and dated by John Wain on his contribution "Remember Stop Milk" which is the advance first chapter of his novel, Living in the Present. Also includes: First appearance of Saul Bellow's first published play "The Wrecker: . An essay by James T. Farrell "Dr. Mencken: Criticus Americanus". A chapter "Stortyville Days and Nights" by Louis Armstrong from his autobiography Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans. A review "Note on a Poem" by Richard Eberhart. And poems by 8 Japanese poets. Very Good Minus--covers worn. Protected in plastic bag. Ships same or next business day. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 307 pages; Signed by Author .
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A House for the Truth Ciritical Essays
by Wain, John
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London: Macmillan. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. 0333141040 . "These essays range in topic from the eighteenth century to the present day, and in space from Ireland to Russia, but their point of leverage is always here and now." - DJ. Covers Flann O'Brien, Samuel Johnson, DR ZHIVAGO, "Thinking Russian", and "Radio Till Now", among others. Ships same or next business day. Book has minimal shelf and edge wear, lightly bumped at tail end of spine, 1/8" dent in fore-edge of front cover. Dust jacket protected in archival plastic cover. DJ has small creases on spine tail, tiny tear on head edge of front cover, plastic coating is slightly yellowed. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 214 pages .
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Letters to Five Artists Poems
by Wain, John
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New York: Viking Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1970. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0670427373 . Advance Reading Copy. "This is more than a collection of poems. It is a sequence of poems and a natural development out of Wain's previous narrative poem, WILDTRACK, published in 1966. Each of the 'five artists'....is not only a personal friend of the poet but also a visionary." Includes The Viking Press Advance Reading Copy Slip laid in, dated April 16, 1970. Ships same or next business day. Bookplate of noted collector, Rolland Comstock, on front paste-down endpaper. Spine is slightly skewed, fabric lightly faded on spine ends, faint soiling on head edge; otherwise, free from major defect. Pages open to full title page. Dust jacket protected in archival cover. DJ has minor edge and shelf wear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 77 pages .
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Professing Poetry
by Wain, John
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London: MacMillan London Limited. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1977. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0333226410 . "This many-sided book is built around the first nine lectures given by John Wain as Oxford Professor of Poetry. [...] And, very importantly, the book concludes with nine new poems of his own." Ships same or next business day. Bookplate of noted collector, Rolland Comstock, on front paste-down endpaper. Book has minor edge and shelf wear, head edge color lightly faded, tiny bumps on spine ends; otherwise, free from major defect. Dust jacket protected in archival cover. DJ has minimal edge and shelf wear, top and bottom corners of front flap are creased, tape on interior of spine, light age spotting on interior of jacket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 396 pages .
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Preliminary Essays
by Wain, John
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London: MacMillan and Company. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1957. Hardcover. "Any collection of critical essays is rather like a diary. Over the years, the critic tries to clarify and express his view of the various books, authors, and topics that have, for one reason or another, compelled his attention. Finally the day comes when he gathers up a sheaf of those attempts and looks through them..." (Preface). Ships same or next business day. Bookplate of noted collector, Rolland Comstock, on front paste-down endpaper. Text block is slightly pulled away from spine head, normal edge wear, bumps on top corners and spine ends, small bumps on bottom corners, light soiling and tanning to edges of pages; text is clean. Dust jacket protected in archival cover. DJ has normal shelf and edge wear, tiny tears on corners and spine ends, small creases on spine ends, tanned. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 196 pages .
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Hitler and Nazi Germany
by Waite, Robert G. L. (editor)
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New York: Holt Rinehart & Winston. Very Good+. 1969. Softcover. 0030827973 . European Problem Studies; 9 X 6.10 X 0.30 inches; 122 pages .
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Trophies
by Wakoski, Diane
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Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press. Near Fine. 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. This is number 99 of 200 hardcover copies Signed and numbered by the author. In publisher's acetate jacket. Ships same or next business day. ; Signed by Author .
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The Butcher's Apron New & Selected Poems; Including "Greek: Part 14"
by Wakoski, Diane
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Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. 1574231456 . One of 250 hardcover trade copies. Ships same or next business day. Spine is slightly skewed, two small dents on tail edge of front board; otherwise, free from major defect. Protected in publisher's acetate jacket. Jacket has some shelf and edge wear, light wrinkling on fore-edge of back cover. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 256 pages .
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Trophies
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Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. This is number 42 of 50 hardcover copies handbound in boards by Earle Gray with an original watercolor by Diane Wakoski. SIGNED by the author on limitation page. Ships same or next business day. Spine is slightly skewed, minor edge wear; otherwise, in fine condition. In original acetate cover. Cover has minor shelf wear. ; Watercolor; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 25 pages; Signed by Author .
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The Arkansas Testament
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New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 0374105820 . "This new collection of poems, Derek Walcott's first since Midsummer (1984) , is divided into two parts - 'There,' verse evoking the poet's native Caribbean, and 'Elsewhere.' " Ships same or next business day. Slight slant to spine. Minimal edge wear. Small bump on spine head. Overall, pages are clean and tight. Dust jacket has minor edge and shelf wear. Lightly tanned on flaps. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 117 pages .
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What the Twilight Says Essays
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New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1998. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0374288410 . "What the Twilight Says collects Derek Walcott's outstanding essays from over twenty years to form a volume of remarkable elegance, concision, and brilliance." Ships same or next business day. Spine is slightly skewed. Minimal edge wear. Small bumps on spine ends. Overall, pages are clean and tight. Dust jacket protected in archival cover. DJ has minor edge and shelf wear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 245 pages .
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Close Connections Caroline Gordon and the Southern Renaissance
by Waldron, Ann
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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1987. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0399132287 . "Wherever they lived, Caroline Gordon and Allen Tate were at the vortex of a circle of writers, men and women who were deadly serious about literature and amost equally dedicated to eating, drinking, and playing charades...CLOSE CONNECTIONS follows Allen Tate and Caroline Gordon from their courtship in the South in the 1920's through their odyssey back and forth across the Atlantic and up and down eastern America, and through their two marriages and two divorces." Ships same or next business day. Book has minimal edge wear, shallow dent on head edge of front board, small bumps on spine ends, faint soiling on fore-edge, small folds on top corners of pages 332-342; otherwise, free from major defect. Dust jacket protected in plastic cover. DJ is in fine condition. ; B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 416 pages .
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Spatanga Flat A Novel
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Dallas, Texas: Royal Publishing Company. Very Good+ in Fair dust jacket. 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. A novel set in the Texas Panhandle. INSCRIBED by Author on front endpaper. Very Good Plus: spine ends bumped. Fair dust jacket: torn at spine ends and soiled. Protected in archival plastic cover. Ships same or next business day. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 183 pages; Signed by Author .
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