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Condition: Good, edge and corner wear, spine creasing and wear, nicks along edges, faint creasing at top edge. This a large book and may require additional postage.This book is a detailed description of the monuments of the Acropolis in Athens Greece.

Arcade, New York, 1993. 5th trade paperback printing. Condition: Near fine, very light edge wear, price sticker on rear cover.Acclaimed by Norman Mailer more than twenty years ago as "possibly the only American writer of genius," William S. Burroughs has produced a body of work unique in our time. In these scintillating essays, he writes wittily and wisely about himself, his interests, his influences, his friends and foes. He offers candid and not always flattering assessments of such diverse writers as Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Joseph Conrad, Graham Greene, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Samuel Beckett, and Marcel Proust. He ruminates on science and the often dubious paths into which it seems intent on leading us, whether into outer or inner space. He reviews his reviewers, explains his famous "cut-up" method, and discusses the role coincidence has played in his life and work. As a satirist and parodist, William Burroughs has no peer, as these varied works, written over three decades,… Read More

Sun Dial Press, New York. No edition stated. Condition: Good in fair dust jacket, green cloth with black raised lettering and illustration of prone figure in a field, reading. Book has light edge wear and corner bumps, slight fading. Dust jacket has multiple tears and wear.David Grayson, pseudonym of Ray Stannard Baker, American author, who began as a Chicago newspaper reporter, then joined the staff of McClure's Magazine for which he wrote some famous muckraking articles. A book of quiet country sketches.

Condition: Very good plus, very light edge wear and corner bumps, price sticker on front cover, 2 interior pages have slight tears at bottom edge.The Cypress IssueIncludes profiles of Kyriakos Charalambides, Panos Ioannides, Costas Montis; essays by Theoclis Kouyialis, Andriana Lozides; fiction by Chistakis Georgiou, Andriana Ierodiaconou, Niki Marangou; Poetry by Kypros Chrysanthis, Sophocles Lazarou, Popi Soteriou, Lefkios Zafiriou; photography by Andy Sotiriou; and more.

Condition: Near fine, very light edge wear and corner bumps, price sticker on front cover.Travelling WritersIncludes an interview with Vassilis Vassilakos; essays by David French, Robin Magowan; fiction by David Mason, Joseph Matthews, Thomas Parker, Ersi Sotiropolous; Poetry by Antonis Fostieris, Theresa Pappas; and more.

Condition: Very good plus, very light edge wear and corner bumps, price sticker on front cover, faint sun shadow near spine.Gypsy FolktalesIncludes an interview with Yannis Tsarouchis; essays by Jacques Bouchard, Frank J, Frost, Savas Patsalidis; fiction by John Bradley, Dimitris Nollas, Lawrence P. Spingarn; Poetry by Andreas Anghelakis, Raymond Carver, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Theodora Stylianidouu; photo essay y Diane Tong; and more.

Condition: Very good plus, very light edge wear and corner bumps, price sticker on front cover, faint sun shadow near spine.Remembering Cafe NeonIncludes an interview with Olga Broumas; essays by Robin Magowan, Frank J, Frost, Fred A. Reed; fiction by Antonis Sourounis; Poetry by Olga Broumas, Kiki Dhimoula, Nikos Engonopoulos, Nicholas Samaras; photography by Hillary Liss; and more.

Black Sparrow Press, Santa Rosa CA, 1995. 2nd trade paperback printing. Condition: Near fine, very light edge and corner wear.A critical review of the work of Charles Bukowski.

Paraclete Press, MA, 2000. First trade paperback edition. Condition: very light edge and corner wear.Howard Mumma, a Methodist minister who served as a guest preacher at the American Church in Paris in the 1950s, reveals his uncommon friendship the renowned existentialist and Nobel Prize winner, Albert Camus. In a series of spirited and probing dialogues over the course of several years, as the two thinkers discussed the belief systems which had shaped their lives, Mumma attempted to guide Camus into an understanding of Christian theology. "Almost 50 years have passed since these conversations", says Mumma, "and they haunt me to this day".

University of Illinois Press, Urbana, 1988. First edition. Condition: Very good plus, light edge wear and soiling but no interior markings or highlighting.From the publisher: All Day, Every Day depicts the multi-racial culture and everyday drams of women working in the heart of the British hosiery industry and makes a major contribution to our understanding of women's history and feminist theory.

Paragon, New York, 1987. First trade paperback edition. Condition: Near fine, very light edge wear, price sticker on rear cover.This text consists of two notebooks that the Nobel laureate kept during a short trip to the U.S. in 1946 and during a longer stay in Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina and Chile in 1949 during periods of stress and hectic public appearances, when he was tired, nervous, ill and vulnerable. If these journals were not by Camus, they might be regarded as "meaningless bits and pieces" (his own description) that do not merit publication. But as many of these fragments later turned up in his published writings, their major interest stems from the fact that they show how Camus passed from rough notes to a finished work. Translated by Hugh Levick.

Conde Nast, New York, 1968. First edition. Condition: Good, edge and corner wear, spine has creasing and wear at ends, light soiling on white areas of covers, slight yellowing of interior pages, ink mark on front cover. A well-read magazine.Includes The Custodians by James H. Schmitz; The Reluctant Ambassadors by Stanley Schmidt; Pipeline by Joe Poyer; A Learning Experience by Theodore Litwell; The Form Master by Jack Wodhams.Science Fact: Situation of Some Gravity by Joseph F. Goodavage. Reader's Departments: The Editor's Page: Technological Status by John W. Campbell; The Analytical Laboratory; In Times to Come; The Reference Library by P. Schuyler Miller; Brass Tacks. Illustrations by Kelly Freas and Leo Summers.

Conde Nast, New York, 1976. First edition. Condition: Very Good, light edge and corner wear, crease at bottom front corner, light spine scuff and fading, light soiling on white area of cover.Includes Media Man by Joan D. Vinge; Shadrach in the Furnace (part 3 of 3) by Robert Silverberg; The Sapiphage by Daniel P. Dern; The Man Who Murdered Television by Joe Patrouch; Alienation by Jaygee Carr.Science Fact: Altruism, Evolution, and Society by Thomas A. Easton. Reader's Departments: The Editor's Page: Ideas or Ideologies by Ben Bova; In Times to Come; The Analytical Laboratory; The Analog Calendar of Upcoming Events; Do You Know Your Meters?; The Reference Library by Lester del Rey; Brass Tacks. Illustrations by Vincent di Fate, Jack Gaughan, and John Schoenherr.

Dell Magazines, New York, 2007. First edition. Condition: Very good minus, light edge wear, tiny creases at corners, creasing at spine, light nicks at spine ends, slight wrinkling on rear cover, slight spine crack.Includes stories and articles by Michael F. Flynn, Bud Webster, Amy Bechtel, C. Sanford Lowe, G. David Nordley, Richard A Lovett, Scott Virtes, C.W. Johnson, John G. Hemry, Kyle Kirkland, Joe Schembrie, John G. Cramer, and Stanley Schmidt. Book reviews by Tom Easton. Art by William Warren, Nicholas Jainschigg, Vincent Di Fate, and John Allemand.

Conde Nast, New York, 1961. First edition. Condition: Good minus, edge and corner wear, nicks and tears at spine and edges, light soiling on white area of cover. Slight yellowing of interior pages due to age. Spine crack and one loose page. A well read magazine.Includes The Weakling by Everett B. Cole; Freedom by Mack Reynolds; The Plague by Teddy Keller; The Outbreak of Peace by H. B. Fyfe; The Ghost Fleet by Christopher Anvil; Occasion for Disaster (part 4 of 4) by Mark Phillips [Randall Garrett & Laurence Janifer].Science Fact: Progress Report: Super V-2 Program by G. Harry Stine. Readers' Departments: The Editor's Page: On the Selective Breeding of Human Beings by John W. Campbell; In Times to Come; The Analytical Laboratory; The Reference Library by P. Schuyler Miller. Illustrations by Douglas, Schoenherr and van Dongen.

Conde Nast, New York, 1975. First edition. Condition: Very good minus, edge and corner wear, spine has light nicks, light soiling on white areas of covers, slight creases at top corner. A well-read magazine.Includes Crazy Oil by Brenda Pearce; The Sixth Face by Thomas Sullivan; To Be or Not to Be by Alecs Baird; Doing Lennon by Gregory Benford; Lifeboat (part 3 of 3) by Gordon R. Dickson & Harry Harrison. Science Fact: The Economics of the Robot Revolution by James S. Albus. Special Feature: Cover Artist; Rick Sternbach. Reader's Departments: Guest Editorial: Debate: National Health Insurance by F. Paul Wilson & Alan E. Nourse; The Analytical Laboratory; The Reference Library by Lester del Rey; Brass Tacks; In Times to Come. Illustrations by Rick Sternbach, Jack Gaughan, John Schoenherr and Kelly Freas.

Conde Nast, New York, 1968. First edition. Condition: Very Good plus, very light edge and corner wear, slight creasing at spine, back cover has large crease at bottom corner, light soiling at rear cover on white background. Slight yellowing of interior pages due to age. A well-read magazine.Includes Hawk Among the Sparrows (Hugo finalist, Nebula nominated, short novel) by Dean McLaughlin, Null Zone by Joe Poyer; To Sleep, Perchance to Dream by W. C. Francis; Winkin, Blinkin and ?R² by R. C. FitzPatrick; Satan's World (part 3 of 4, nominee for the Prometheus Hall of Fame Award) by Poul Anderson.Icarus and Einstein (science fact) by Robert S. Richardson; The Non-Gold Crisis (editorial) by Jack W. Campbell; In Times to Come; The Analytical Laboratory; The Reference Library by P. Schuyler Miller; Brass Tacks. Illustrations by Kelly Freas.

Conde Nast, New York, 1974. First edition. Condition: Very Good, light edge and corner wear, spine has light water stain, light soiling on white areas of covers, crease mark at rear corner, slight yellowing of interior pages. A well read magazine.Includes The Horus Errand by William E. Cochrane; The Amazing Dr. Amizov by R. F. DeBaun; The Hole Man by Larry Niven; The Sins of the Fathers (concusion) by Stanley Schmidt.Science Fact: Space Probe From Epsilon Bootis? by Duncan Lunan. Reader's Departments: Guest Editorial: Channel Markers by Robert A. Heinlein; The Analytical laboratory; In Times to Come; The Reference Library by P. Schuyler Miller; Brass Tacks. Illustrations by Kelly Freas and Ed Buckley.

Dell Magazines, New York, 2009. First edition. Condition: Near fine, light wrinkling on spine and rear cover.Includes stories and articles by G. David Nordley, John G. Hemry, Jerry Oltion, Edward M. Lerner, Jay Werkeiser, Craig DeLancey, Jefferey D. Kooistra, and Stanley Schmidt. Book reviews by Don Sakers. Art by Vincent Di Fate, John Allemand, and Mark Evans.

Dell Magazines, New York, 1997. First edition. Condition: Very good minus, light edge wear and wrinkling on covers, light nicks at spine, light corner creasing.Includes stories and articles by Michael F. Flynn, Stephen L. Burns, Dr. Paul Levinson, Charles Sheffield, Kevin O'Donnell Jr., F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre, Michael A. Burstein, Bud Sparhawk, John G. Cramere, and Stanley Schmidt. Book reviews by Tom Easton. Art by Mike Posen, Anthony Bari, Alan M. Clark, Laura Freas, Kelly Freas, and Vincent Di Fate.