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Flowers of Evil: from the French of Charles Baudelaire...with the Original Texts and with a Preface by Miss Millay
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New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. (1936). Later Printing. Hardcover. Black cloth cover with gilt lettering on spine is clean and unworn, corners sharp. Binding sound. Pages clean and unmarked other than old price and bookseller's mark on front free endpaper (ffep) in light pencil, There is a foxed strip on the ffep near the gutter caused by the acid glue, and a similar strip on the rear free endpaper. Pages are not tanned. DJ has light sunning alo... more information
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The Bankrupt Bookseller
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Edinburgh: Robert Grant & Son LTD. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1947. First thus. Hardcover. Red cloth cover is clean with very minimal wear, gilt lettering on spine is bright. Corners sharp. Binding sound, pages clean and unmarked. DJ has slight wear at edges with a few small chips from corners. Spine is tanned and faded, but perfectly legible. Interior of DJ is tanned. Price on front flap not clipped. Rear flap clipped at top corner. Book includes "The Private Papers of a Bankrupt... more information
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PRIZE STORIES 1986: The O. Henry Awards
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New York: Doubleday, 1986. . First printing. . Fine in a near fine dustjacket. . In addition to the prizewinners and contributors shown above, this also includes stories by Bobbie Ann Mason, Ward Just, Elizabeth Spencer, Stephanie Vaughn and more. Introduction by Abrahams. Walker won first prize for 'Kindred Spirits' and Oates received a special award for continuing achievement for 'Master Race. ... more information
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DEATH AND DOUGHNUTS: Griggs Anthology
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San Ramon, California: Manfit Press, (1998.) . First printing. . SIGNED by the publisher, Rick Griggs, on the title page. Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.) . Short stories, poems and essays, winners of the annual writing contest of the 'Across the River Writers' Rountable.' The title story was the first prize winner in the short story category. ... more information
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COOKING AND STEALING: The Tin House Nonfiction Reader
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New York: Tin House, Bloomsbury, (2004.) . First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover. . Fine (a new copy.) . The 'best of the nonfiction published' published in the literary magazine 'Tin House.' SIGNED by David Shields at his essay on Bill Murray. Also includes contributions from David Gates, Amy Bloom, Rick Moody, Francine Prose, Ann Hood, Russell Banks, Kathryn Harrison, Jeffrey Eugenides, Lisa Zeidner and many others. Introduction by Charles d'Ambrosio. Notes o... more information
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The Saul Wallen Papers: A neutral's contribution to industrial peace
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Ithica, NY: New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1974. Hardcover. 0875460569 . Book is as new. DJ has very light rubbing along edges, head and tail of spine. There is a small brown spot near top edge of front of DJ. Not price clipped. Not a remainder. ; Cornell studies in industrial and labor relations vol. XVII; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 213 pages . ... more information
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AMERICAN APHRODITE: A Quarterly for the Fancy-free, Volume Three, Number Twelve
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New York: 1953. . First thus. . Very good in very good - dust jacket (overall edgewear to dj.) . Issue dedicated to James Hanley and containing a short story by him. Also included is an open letter from the editor to the Postmaster regarding the accusations of obscenity made regarding this publication, an article on forbidden books by 'an old bibliophile' and poetry by Alfred Hines, Jr. Illustrated. 256 pages. ... more information
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THE DIAL: An Annual of Fiction
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New York: Dial Press (Apollo Editions), 1962. . First appearance in print of these works. . Very good- in wrappers (upper corner somewhat bumped, some light soiling to white background on the covers.) . Apollo #A-45. Included is a pre-publication except from Baldwin's 'Another Country' and the first chapter of Kelley's first book 'A Different Drummer' as well as a reprint of Mansfield's 'A Married Man's Story' from the 1920's Dial and stories by Warren Miller ... more information
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THE BEDSIDE GUARDIAN 35: a Selection from the Guardian 1985 - 86
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London: Collins, 1986. . First printing. . Fine in a fine dustjacket. . Essays and brief comments on topics ranging from a royal wedding to the situation in South Africa, the bombing of Libya and the radiation from Chernobyl. Introduced by Salman Rushdie. Cartoons by Gibbard, Brian McAlister and Steve Bell. Index. 256 pgs. ... more information
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STANFORD SHORT STORIES 1960
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Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, 1960. . First printing. . Very good+ in yellow cloth with red lettering on the spine, lacking the dj. . Anthology of stories from the Stanford Creative Writing Center. Included are the first book publication of Tillie Olsen's masterpiece "Tell Me a Riddle" and the first appearance of an excerpt from Ernest Gaines first novel - a work in progress. Other contributors include Wendell Berry, Joanna Ostrow, Nancy Huddleston Packer and more. ... more information
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THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES, 1996
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 1996. . First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. . Very good+. . SIGNED by two contributors: Joyce Carol Oates at her short story 'Ghost Girls' and by Lynne Sharon Schwartz at her story 'The Trip to Halawa Valley.'An anthology from magazines in the US and Canada published in 1995. Introduction by Wideman. Also includes stories by Rick Bass, Robert Olen Butler, Lan Samantha Chang, Jamaica Kincaid, Alice Adams, Stephen Dixon, Jun... more information
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ND: NEW DIRECTIONS IN PROSE AND POETRY 37
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New York: New Directions, (1978.) . First printing. . Near fine in near fine dust jacket (a few corners creased, price-clipped.) . An international anthology including contributions from Walter Abish, Jorge Carrera Andrade, Homero Aridjis, J. G. Ballard, Martin Bax, Marcel Blecher, Jean Cocteau, Cid Corman, Andre Du Bouchet, Stephen Emerson, Gavin Ewart, Allen Grossman, Paavo Haavikko, W. J. Holinger, Miroslav Holub, Eduardo Gudino Kieffer, Elizabeth Marraffino, Paul Pines, Nelida Pinon, Edouard Roditi, ... more information
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FANTASTIC TALES: Visionary and Everyday
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New York: Pantheon, (1997.) . First US printing. . Fine in fine dust jacket. . Twenty-six classic supernatural tales from the nineteenth century British and European tradition, selected and with an introduction by Italo Calvino - divided into two sections - visionary which includes 'The Story of the Demoniac Pacheco' by Jan Potocki; 'The Sandman' by E.T.A. Hoffmann; Young Goodman Brown by Hawthorne - and the everyday, which includes The Tell-Tale Heart by Poe, The Shadow by Hans Christian... more information
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THE BEST MAGAZINE ARTICLES: 1967
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New York: Crown, (1967.) . First printing. . Very near fine in a very good dustjacket. . Anthology of twenty articles published in 1967 in such magazines and journals as Atlantic, The Paris Review, The New Yorker, Esquire and more. Includes Gay Talese on Joe DiMaggio after the death of Marilyn Monroe; Gore Vidal on pornography; Dick Schaap's 'Death of a Hooked Heiress; , Stephen Becker, Conrad Aiken, Conrad Knickerbocker's study of novelist Malcolm Lowry; Fowler's portrait of Allen Gins... more information
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THE PEREGRINE READER
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Salt Lake City: Gibbs-Smith, 1996. . First printing, a large trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. . Fine (as new) in glossy illustrated wrappers. . SIGNED by Alan Cheuse at his story, 'The Tennessee Waltz.' A retrospective collection of works read by participants at the National Undergraduate Literature Conference over the past 12 years - included are prose, poetry and essays by the authors shown above and by others including Richard Ford, Tess Gallager, Carolyn Forche, John... more information
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THE PEREGRINE READER
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Salt Lake City: Gibbs-Smith, 1996. . First printing. . Near fine in near fine dust jacket (slight edgewear.) . A retrospective collection of works read by participants at the National Undergraduate Literature Conference over the past 12 years - included are prose, poetry and essays by the authors shown above and by others including Richard Ford, Tess Gallager, Carolyn Forche, John Barth, John Edgar Wideman, Tobias Wolff, Robert Stone and more. Includes previously unpublished essays on the reading and ... more information
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THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES, 1995
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin. (1997.) . 1st trade paperback printing. . Very good overall - some wear to the covers, including a small peeled spot on front cover, and a few indentations, . Among the contributors are Thom Jones, Jaimy Gordon, Jamaica Kincaid, Kate Braverman, Don DeLillo and more. SIGNED on the title page by the editor Jane Smiley, Included are notes on each contributor and a brief commentary by each one on the genesis of that particular short story. xvii, 366 pp. ... more information
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THE PUSHCART PRIZE XXIII: Best of the Small Presses, 1999
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Wainscott, New York: Pushcart Press, (1992.) . First printing. . Fine in very good dust jacket (chipping and edgewear to the dj, especially at the ends of the spine, now protected by an archival cover.) . An annual anthology of essays, short stories and poems, selected from small literary journals across America - a reflection of the diversity and excellence to be found in offbeat publications from across the United States. Includes fiction from Colum McCann, Bharati Mukherjee, Patricia Hampl, Jeffrey Eu... more information
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PRIZE STORIES 1987: The O. Henry Awards
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New York: Doubleday, 1987. . First printing. . Fine in very good dust jacket (creasing to rear flap of dj, a bit of rubbing,) . In addition to the prizewinners and contributors shown above, this also includes stories by Robert Boswell, Gina Berriault, Millicent Dillon and more. Introduction by Abrahams. Erdrich and Johnson jointly won first prize for 'Fleur' and 'The Children's Wing.' ... more information
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THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES 2000
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000. . First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. . Fine in printed wrappers. . These books are notable for the amount of good - and interesting -writing compressed into one volume. Includes stories by Amy Bloom, Raymond Carver, Jhumpa Lahiri, Ha Jin, Ron Carlson, Junot Diaz and more.SIGNED by Walter Mosley at his story 'Pet Fly.' Brief biographies of the contributors. Edited and with an ntroduction by E. :L Doctorow. Katrina Kennison, ... more information
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