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A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole - 1980

A Confederacy of Dunces

by John Kennedy Toole

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USA: Louisiana State University Press, 1980. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall. 4th Printing 1 first edition, fourth printing. in very good condition with the original dust jacket. A Confederacy of Dunces is a picaresque novel by American novelist John Kennedy Toole which reached publication in 1980, eleven years after Toole's suicide. Published through the efforts of writer Walker Percy (who also contributed a foreword) and Toole's mother, the book became first a cult classic, then a mainstream success; it earned Toole a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1981, and is now considered a canonical work of modern literature of the Southern United States. The book's title refers to an epigram from Jonathan Swift's essay, Thoughts on Various Subjects, Moral and Diverting: "When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him." Its central character, Ignatius J. Reilly, is an educated but slothful 30-year-old man living with his mother in the Uptown neighborhood of early-1960s New Orleans who, in his quest for employment, has various adventures with colorful French Quarter characters. Toole wrote the novel in 1963 during his last few months in Puerto Rico.
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  • ISBN 10 0807106577
  • ISBN 13 9780807106570
  • Publisher Louisiana State University Press
  • Place of Publication USA
  • Date Published 1980
  • Pages 338
  • Size 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall
  • Keywords Rare
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LIFE ITSELF: ITS ORIGIN AND NATURE  [SIGNED]
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LIFE ITSELF: ITS ORIGIN AND NATURE [SIGNED]

by CRICK, FRANCIS

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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1981. SIGNED BY FRANCIS CRICK without personalization on title page. Francis Crick shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1962 with James D. Watson for their discovery of the molecular structure of DNA. Very good copy in original blue cloth backed blue boards. Spotting on top edge of text, "running man" remainder mark on bottom edge. Pages 175-186 still uncut from the publisher. Small inconspicuous spot of old damping to lower fore-edge of text, not objectionable. Dust jacket is unclipped in fresh archival mylar wrap. See pictures.. Signed. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
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Mœurs, Usages et Costumes au Moyen Age et à L’Epoque de la Renaissance
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Mœurs, Usages et Costumes au Moyen Age et à L’Epoque de la Renaissance

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Some rubbing of cover, paper of front hinge cracked. 599 pages.This famous book depicts all aspects of ordinary and extraordinary life in the Renaissance, from the historical context to feudal and communal rights and privileges, the private lives of nobles, townsfolk and peasants, food, cooking, mining and the hunt. In 440 engravings and 15 beautifully colored lithographs by the German lithographer Franz Kellerhoven (1814-1872) Lacroix shows everything from dancing and commerce to professions and finances, knights in armor, jesters, ethnic groups, dress and court proceedings, bizarre happenings, executions, torture, etc. An exhaustive and fascinating work, particularly for its extraordinary assemblage of prints and illustrations.Paul Lacroix (1806-1884), author and journalist, was a prolific writer on a great variety of subjects, including history, particularly that of the Renaissance and its manners, customs and dress, and everything from culture to prostitution and libraries and books.This book… Read More
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by Karp, Ivan C. Dustjacket By Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol

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New York: Doubleday & Company, 1965. Stated first edition, 1965, inscribed "For Ann with my very best wishes" and signed by the author on the half-title. Very good in good to very good dustjacket. Author's first novel. Blue and yellow cloth with dustjacket illustrated by Roy Lichtenstein on the front and Andy Warhol on the back. Light edgewear, good hinges, firm text block, name and address written inside front cover beneath the dustjacket flap, embossed stamp with the same address at lower corners of front free endpaper and half-title, no other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket has edgewear and a slightly darkened but legible spine, some light shelf soil to the white background, chips to spine ends and lower corner of rear panel, none of the chips interfering with dustjacket design. . Inscribed by The Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Life Itself: Its Origin and Nature
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Life Itself: Its Origin and Nature

by Francis Crick

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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1981. SIGNED. 1st/1st, VG/NF. First Edition, First Printing with complete number line starting with 1. Signed by Francis Crick on the title page. The book is tight and square with and clean unmarred boards. Light crinkle to spine ends and top corners mildly bumped. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or marking's and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($12.95) with mild rubbing and slight wear to corners. Protected in a Brodart Mylar cover.
"When Mr. Crick writes about the nature and origin of life, it is always prudent and often a delight to pay attention," wrote Carl Sagan in a 1981 review of "Life Itself" in the New York Times.
If you remember your high school science, you will recall that Watson and Crick (James Watson and Frances Crick) discovered the molecular structure of DNA — the building blocks of life. Crick was also primarily responsible for discovering the nature of the genetic code.
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Humbug (Factory Sealed Two Volume Set)

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Seattle: Fantagraphics Books, 2009. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New. Heath, Wally Wood et al. First edition thus collecting all eleven issues (1957 to 1958) of the innovative humour/satire/comic magazine. Two hardcover volumes (glossy illustrated boards, no dj as issued) in an illustrated slipcase. New, unopened condition, still factory SEALED and a limited edition, this being one copy of 600 unnumbered copies signed by Roth, Jaffee, and Davis and issued by Fantagraphics. Stories include Elvis in Jailhouse Rock. Hard to find still new like this! Heavy set may require some extra postage.
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To a God Unknown
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To a God Unknown

by Steinbeck, John

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New York: Covici Friede, 1935. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Second Issue. Goldstone & Payne, A3b. Issued in an edition of 900 copies. Book has never been read. Pages uncut. Very slight age toning to book spine. Dust jacket has very light chipping to top of spine. A very presentable copy. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box..
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Mr. Sammler's Planet.
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Mr. Sammler's Planet.

by BELLOW, Saul

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New York: Viking, 1970. Signed by the author. First edition / First printing. Blue cloth spine, blue paper-covered boards. Fine in fine dust jacket. Mr. Sammler's Planet was the Winner of the National Book Award. Saul Bellow was the Winner of the 1976 Nobel Prize for Literature.
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Hours of Idleness, A Series of Poems, Original and Translated,
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Hours of Idleness, A Series of Poems, Original and Translated,

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Newark: : Printed and sold by S. and J. Ridge;, 1807. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. VG+, 1807, 1st ed, 2nd issue. In modern half dark green morocco over marbled boards, some blind tooling. Spine, gilt tooling & titles. Internally, [3], (vi-xiii), [1] errata, [1], 2-187 pp, lacks half title, new endpapers. A very good + copy. (96*158 mm). (Wise V1 p8. Randolph p9 - stating its a forgery. Coleridge p250). This volume was the first volume of poetry published by Lord Byron, in June/July 1807, when he was 19 years old. It is a collection of mostly short poems, many in imitation of classic Roman poets. It consisted of 187 pages with thirty-nine poems. Of these, nineteen came from the original Fugitive Piece volume, while eight had first appeared in Poems on Various Occasions. Twelve were published for the first time. The "Fragment of a Translation from the 9th Book of Virgil's AEneid" was included as "The… Read More
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MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS IN TATTERED  WORN  Partial DUSTJACKET, MOVIE EDITION  FEATURING JUDY GARLAND...
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MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS IN TATTERED WORN Partial DUSTJACKET, MOVIE EDITION FEATURING JUDY GARLAND & MARGARET O’BRIEN on Front, SIGNED By Sally Benson, With BACK & Spine DJ MISSING, also included is a tiny letter invitation to a tea party (found within the book)

by Sally Benson, SIGNED & INSCRIBED, NO INTERIOR Illustrations, American screenwriter and short story author (1897-1972) BACK DJ FLAP Has Been Taped to book , BOOKPLATE ON Front Endpapers

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HBDJ, 1945, 1st Edition THUS, IN POOR TATTERED WORN DUSTJACKET With BACK & Spine DJ MISSING, , MOVIE EDITION FEATURING JUDY GARLAND & MARGARET O'BRIEN on DJ Front, NO INTERIOR Illustrations , SCUFF & RUB BOOK COVER GOOD CONDITION WITH SOME WATER DAMAGE TO EDGES CVR,, DJ IS POOR Condition, , Only DJ Front is There The Back Flap with Rub & Wear , the Rest of DJ NOT PRESENT, 6" X 8 1/2", HC, DJ (front cover torn and frayed - repaired, spine and back section missing - as is the front flap), autograph note by it's author Sally Benson , also included is a tiny letter invitation to a tea party (found within the book). Interior is clean, clear and together making it an solid 'readers copy'
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Map of China
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Map of China

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London: Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, S.W., n.d., 1885. Folding hand-colored pocket map approx. 11" x 14", backed with linen, as issued, and with two sheets of printed publisher's ads on yellow paper; publisher's brown cloth, printed paper label on upper cover; with the ownership stamp on the verso of George R. Brush M.D. U.S. Navy; a surgeon and medical inspector, from 1861-1894 whose naval duties took him to many locations around the world, including China and the western Pacific. On the verso of the map he has made handwritten notes documenting a journey from Nagasaki to Tientsin by steamer, and onward to Peking and the Great Wall. Map upside down in binding else near fine. "From Nagasaki to Tientsin by steamer, 7 days. Tientsin to Peking by water 126 miles, 5 days & from Fungchow 13 miles. Direct by land 80 miles ... Wall 20 miles in circuit, 50 to 60 feet with 16 gates. Two days at Great Wall seeing tombs and ruins of Summer Palace." Showing also Tai Wan, Korea, and the Liu-Kiu Islands.
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A Confederacy of Dunces

A Confederacy of Dunces

by John Kennedy Toole

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A Confederacy of Dunces

A Confederacy of Dunces

by Toole, John Kennedy

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A Confederacy of Dunces

by John Kennedy Toole; Foreword-Walker Percy

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A Confederacy of Dunces

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A Confederacy of Dunces

A Confederacy of Dunces

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Louisiana, 1980. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. 4th printing. Slightly dampstained. In protective mylar cover. From the collection of Charles Edward Roberts, owner and founder of Wonder Book & Video. With his custom bookplate on front pastedown. (Humorous Fiction)
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A Confederacy Of Dunces

by Toole, John Kennedy

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Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.A.: Louisiana State Univ Press, 1980. Later Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Seventh printing, nice book, price clipped jacket is nicked and has small tears at head of spine. Owner gift inscription.
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