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THE DEAD ARE ARISING The Life of Malcolm X
by Payne, Les & Tamara Payne
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- Mostly Useful Fictions
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- 2020
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- F/F
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- First Edition
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NY: Liveright. F/F. 2020. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. FIrst edition, fine unread in fine DJ. NBA winner for nonfiction 2020. Signed by Tamara Payne on the half title page. ; 9.5 X 6.5 X 2.0 inches; 640 pages; Signed by Author .
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SAMUEL BECKETT Overlook Illustrated Lives
by Dukes, Gerry
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- 2002
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- First Edition
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NY: Abrams Press. F/F. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover; Second Printing. Fine unread in fine DJ. ; 7.4 X 5.3 X 0.8 inches; 161 pages .
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THE DEAD ARE ARISING The Life of Malcolm X
by Payne, Les & Tamara Payne
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- Mostly Useful Fictions
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- 2020
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- F/F
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NY: Liveright. F/F. 2020. Hardcover; Second Printing. Second printing, fine unread in fine DJ. NBA winner for nonfiction 2020. Signed by Tamara Payne (with best wishes) on the half title page. ; 9.5 X 6.5 X 2.0 inches; 640 pages; Signed by Author .
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Born to Run
by Springsteen, Bruce
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- 2016
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Simon & Schuster. F/F. 2016. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. First edition, a fine unread copy in a fine protected DJ. ; 528 pages .
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SHIRLEY JACKSON A Rather Haunted Life
by Franklin, Ruth
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- 2016
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- NF/NF
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- First Edition
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NY: Liveright. NF/NF. 2016. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. First edition of award winning biography, just a touch of sheflwear. ; 8.9 X 6.5 X 0.7 inches; 624 pages .
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RAYMOND CARVER A Writer's Life
by Sklenicka, Carol
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- Mostly Useful Fictions
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- 2009
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NY: Scribner & Company. F/F. 2009. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. Top 10 NYT 2009. First edition, fine in fine protected DJ. .
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Machado de Assis A Literary Life
by Jackson, K. David
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- 2015
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New Haven: Yale University Press. F/F. 2015. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. A fine unread first edition in a fine DJ. ; Major Figures in Spanish and Latin American Literature and the Arts; 9.30 X 6.50 X 1.20 inches; 360 pages .
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Bei Mir Bist Du Schön The Life of Sholom Secunda
by Secunda, Victoria H. & Walter Matthau
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- Mostly Useful Fictions
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- 1982
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- VG+/VG
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- First Edition
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NY: Magic Circle Press. VG+/VG. 1982. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. First edition inscribed by the author "For Mary & Gil - my new (and Shelly's old) dear new friends- with love, Victoria Secunda (Vicky, to you) Feb 3, 1985 " DJ as one small chip. ; 9.13 X 6.57 X 1.11 inches; 271 pages; Signed by… Read more
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BOLANO A Biography in Conversations
by Maristain, Monica
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- 2014
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- First Edition
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Brooklyn: Melville House. F/F. 2014. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. Fine in fine DJ. .
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The Lady with the Borzoi Blanche Knopf, Literary Tastemaker Extraordinaire
by Claridge, Laura
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- Mostly Useful Fictions
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- 2016
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- NF/NF
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- First Edition
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NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. NF/NF. 2016. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. Gently read one time, in protected DJ. ; 8.60 X 6.30 X 1.50 inches; 416 pages .
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CHARLES FORT Prophet of the Unexplained
by Knight, Damon
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- Mostly Useful Fictions
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- 1970
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- VG+/VG
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- First Edition
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Garden City: Doubleday. VG+/VG. 1970. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. Slight soiling to the edges. DJ is price-clipped. Text is clean and binding is tight. .
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BRUNO SCHULZ Regions of the Great Heresy
by Ficowski, Jerzy
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- Mostly Useful Fictions
- Published
- 2003
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- F/F
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- First American Edition
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NY: Norton. F/F. 2003. First American Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. A fine unread copy in a fine DJ. ; .
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SINCERELY YOURS The Life and Work of Leonard Riggleman
by Garrett, Mark
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- Mostly Useful Fictions
- Published
- 1980
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- NF
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NF. 1980. Softcover. Undated and privately printed biography. .
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