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New York:: Holt Rinehart,, 1985.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First edition. Based on the prize-winning Ross Spears documentary film - illustrated with photographs.

New York:: St Martin's,, (1988.). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket (an unread copy, but with some slight signs of shelfwear.). First printing. A biography which focuses on the last years of London's life: 1903 he left his wife and two young daughters for Charmian Kittredge, a woman five years his senior but a spirited woman who was in many ways his soul-mate: she took part in his adventures, acted as his editor and transcriber and contributed to his accomplishments. After his death at age forty in 1916 Charmian (1871-1955) spent the rest of her lifetime devoted to keeping his reputation alive. This book draws heavily on Charmian's diaries and personal photographs. Notes, bibliography, index. xiii, 362 pp plus a 16 page insert of black and white photographs.

New York:: Dodd, Mead,, (1975). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in very good dust jacket (some sunning to the spine of the dj, wear at the fold of the front flap) . First printing. Biography of this important American woman poet, a self-liberated woman who ignored the strictures of her Boston Brahmin family. Illustrated with photographs. Selected bibliography, index. x. 372 pp.

New York:: Putnam,, (1995). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket (appears unread). First printing. The most comprehensive biography to date of this very complicated woman. Bair is the first scholar to be granted access to Nin's original diaries - all 250,000 pages of them - and to have the full cooperation of Rupert Pole, her surviving husband and of Nin's family and friends. She takes pains to treat Nin with the objectivity and critical analysis a write deserves. Illustrated with photographs. Extensive notes, index. A massive book at 656 pages.

New York:: St Martin's,, (1994.). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. The definitive biography of this Russian writer, one of the most tragic and greatest poets of the 20th century and a writer who revolutionized modern poetry . The author spent 10 years writing this, has devoted much of her scholarly life to the study of Akhmatova, edited the Complete Poems and had access to hundreds of otherwise restricted documents. Presents a vivid picture of life among Soviet writers during the Revolution, and under Stalin and finally under Krushchev. Photographs. Very entensive notes and bibliography. Index xv, 619 pp.

New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 2003.. Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (ends of spine somewhat pushed, but otherwise a very tight and clean copy). First printing. A biography which "reveals not only the hugely complicated man in full but also his rightful place in our contemporary attention - a portrait of the artist that illuminates both the process of fiction and an era still vivid in our cultural history." A handful of O'Hara's books have survived - but after getting perhaps more attention than he deserved during his live, maybe he is not getting enough now. Illustrated with photographs, notes, bibliography, index. Review copy with Wolff's photo laid in. xxii, 373 pp.

Norman, OK:: University of Oklahoma Press,, 1968.. Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a good dustjacket (bookplate and embossed seal of previous owner, waterstaining to backcover of dj, not affecting the book itself.) . First printing. Warm and intimate reminiscences by this prolific author, focusing not only on his childhood in Illinois, but also on the "world within." Included are selections on the Oz books, on Howard Pyle and Maxfield Parrish, on Gamaliel Bradford and Marjorie Bowen.

New York:: Picador,, (1998.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. First printing. An account of the Maynard family, but especially the story of her controversial relationship with J. D. Salinger (when she was just 18 and he was 35 years her senior) and its influence on her writing and on the rest of her life. Frontispiece, photographic endpapers. SIGNED on the title page with a caricature drawing of herself. 347 pp.

New York:: Picador,, (1998.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Good overall in a very good dust jacket (fairly inconspicuous library stamp on front endpaper and top edge of textblock) . First printing. An account of the Maynard family, but especially the story of her relationship with J. D. Salinger and its influence on her writing and on the rest of her life. Frontispiece, photographic endpapers. SIGNED on the title page with a caricature drawing of herself. 347 pp.

Berkeley, CA:: University of California Press,, (2010). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. First edition of the first volume of Twain's autobiography, assembled by the Mark Twain Project of The Bancroft Library and first published on the 100th anniversary of the author's death based on his strict instructions, uncensored and exactly as he wrote it, brimming with humor, ideas and opinions. Includes list of manuscripts, black and white photographs, explanatory notes and appendices, index. A massive volume - xix, 736 pp. Despite its size, this monumental work went into several printings, and the true first with a complete number line is quite uncommon. The first printing was reported as only 7500 copies, a very small number for a book which was unexpectedly very popular.

New York:: Dodd, Mead,, (1977). Hardcover -. Very good in a fair dust jacket (rubbing and edgewear to the dj - chip at top edge of front cover and ends of dj spine, small peeled spot on front cover - dj now protected by an archival cover).. Book club edition. Posthumous publication of a book which Christie began writing in around 1950, when she was 60 years old. Illustrated with photographs. xii, 519 p

New York:: Dodd, Mead,, (1977). Hardcover -. Near fine in very good dust jacket (minor wear to top edge of dj). Book club edition. Posthumous publication of a book which Christie began writing in around 1950, when she was 60 years old. Illustrated with photographs. xii, 519 p

Berkeley, CA:: University of California Press,, (2013). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. The second volume of Twain's autobiography, assembled by the Mark Twain Project of The Bancroft Library with the first volume published on the 100th anniversary of the author's death based on his strict instructions, uncensored and exactly as he wrote it. This volume "delves deeper into Mark TwainÕs life, uncovering the many roles he played in his private and public worlds. Filled with his characteristic blend of humor and ire, the narrative ranges effortlessly across the contemporary scene. He shares his views on writing and speaking, his preoccupation with money, and his contempt for the politics and politicians of his day. Affectionate and scathing by turns, his intractable curiosity and candor are everywhere on view." Includes black and white photographs, explanatory notes and several appendices, index. A massive volume - xix, 733 pp.

New York:: Doubleday,, 1977.. Hardcover first edition -. NF/VG.. First printing. Photographs, index.

New York:: Basic Books,, 1985.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First US printing. A combination of a study of the early years of psychoanalysis, and a love story told in letters between these early English translators of Freud. Photographs, apendices, glossary, index. 360 pages.

New York:: St Martin's,, (2007.). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in fine dust jacket (some light toning to the pages).. First printing. The first biography of this complex writer, best known for his poetry books for children - The Giving Tree and Where the Sidewalk Ends - but also a man with an incurable wanderlust who exceled in many genres - music lyrics, playwriting, cartooning and more. Illustrated with photographs. Notes, index. 237 pp.

Albuquerque:: University of New Mexico Press,, 1955.. Hardcover first edition -. Very good in a somewhat edgeworn and rubbed dustjacket (prev owner's name, price-clipped.). First printing. A look at the life and work of Van Vechten - as a novelist, as a music critic and as a photographer - during this period of transition and change in American life. Illustrated with photographs by Van Vechten himself, Man Ray and others. Bibliography, index, 150 pages.

New York:: Henry Holt,, (2005). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. The second memoir by this award-winning author, focused on the very beginning of her career - "In 1946, Paula Fox walked up the gangplank of a partly reconverted Liberty with the classic American hope of finding experience in Europe. She was twenty-two years old, and would spend the next year moving among the ruins of London, Warsaw, Paris, Prague, Madrid, and other cities as a stringer for a small British news service - including a stint in bombed-out Warsaw in the midst of the Communist election takeovers, and nights spent in apartments here and there with distant relatives, friends of friends, and in shabby pensions with little heat." Illustrated with photographs. 133 pp.

New York:: Franklin Watts,, (1984). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in blue cloth with silver lettering on the spine in a very good dust jacket with minor edgewear.. First US printing. "The first serious full-scale biography to be written in English" of this French novelist, whose life was as extraordinary as her books. Based not only her published work, but also unpublished correspondence and previously unrecorded recollections of Colette by authors like Rosamond Lehmann and Somerset Maughan, and most significantly Colette's two Jouvenel stepsons. Illustrated with photographs. Notes, selected bibliography, index. xi, 276 pp.

Indianapolis:: Bobbs-Merrill,, (1973). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (price-clipped). First printing. A book which attempts to answer the question "who was Colette" by a writer who was herself an acquaintance of Colette, and based on many interviews with those who knew her. Illustrated with photographs. Introduction by Janet Flanner. Chronology, bibliography. xxx, 284 pp plus 5 pp index.