Publishing Biographies
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Publishing Biographies Books & Ephemera
Salinger: A Critical and Personal Portrait
by Grunwald, Henry Anatole. Editor
NY: Pocket Books/Cardinal Giant. VG+. 1963. 1st Printing. Paperback. Pocket Books/Giant Cardinal #GC-169, 1963. Stated first printing. VG+ condition. Rubs tothe corners and spine tips. Mild dust soiling to the wrappers. Tanning to the pages. Name and address inked at the lower p art of the title page. Includes essays by John Updike, Alfred Kazin, and others. .
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£4.05
Trollope: A Biography
by Hall, N. John
Oxford: Clarendon Press. F. 1991. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Second printing. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. .
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£12.14
Dos Passos: Artist as American
by Wagner, Linda W
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press. NF. 1980. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Second printing. A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket. Name and date written at the upper edge of the front fly. Chips to the dust j ackets upper corners. Dust soiling to the panels. Small tape pull at t he jacket's lower spine. .
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£8.05
Dashiell Hammett: A Daughter Remembers
by Hammett, Jo
NY: Carroll & Graf. F. 2001. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Stated First Carroll & Graf Edition. 7 1/2" x 10 1/4" hardcover is in fine condition in a near fine dust jacket. Mild dust soiling to the ja cket's panels. Edited by Richard Layman with Julie M. Rivett. .
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£12.14
Myself When Young
by Du Maurier, Daphne
NY: Doubleday. NF. 1977. 1st US Edition. Hardcover. First U. S. Edition bound in brown cloth and blue boards. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. The book has remainder spray at the b ottom edge of the page block. The dust jacked is slightly faded along its spine. .
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£16.19
Nathanael West: A Comprehensive Bibliography
by White, William
Kent, OH: Kent State University Press. VG. 1975. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Stated first edition bound in pink cloth with black lettering. Frontis plate. Very Good copy. Slight spine slant. Dust spotting to the edges of the page block. Else about fine without dj as issued. .
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£16.19
Virginia Woolf
by Nathan, Monique
Ny: Grove Press/Evergreen Pb. VG+. 1961. 1st Printing. Paperback. Grove Press/Evergreen Books, Ltd, 1961. Evergreen Profile Book #34. Fi rst printing of this edition. VG+ condition. Rubs to the spine tips an d spine edges. Faint crease along the front spine edge. Mild tanning t o the spine. Black & white photos through-out. .
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£8.10
Sean O'Casey: The Man and His Work
by Krause, David
NY: The Macmillan Company. NF. 1960. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Stated First Printing. A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket. Du st soiling to the edges of the book's upper page block. The dust jacke t's inside front flap is clipped at the upper and lower corners, thoug h the $4.50 price is still intact. Rubs to the spine tips and corners. Mild dust soiling to the panels. The rear panel is tanning and has a closed, 1/2" tear at its lower edge. .
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£8.05
The San Francisco Poetry Renaissance, 1955-1960
by French, Warren
Bost: Twayne Pub. F. 1991. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0805776214. First edition. A fi ne copy in fine dj. .
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£20.24
This Just in: What I Couldn't Tell You on Tv
by Schieffer, Bob
E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Putnam Pub Group, 2003. Hard Cover. Very Good +/very good +. in Very Good jacket Autobiography of a news man. 432 pages with index.
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£12.75
Gene Stratton-Porter: Author and Naturalist
by Indiana State Museum
Indianapolis, IN: The Indiana Department of Natural Resources. F. 1984. Reprint. Paperback. 1984 printing. 6" x 9", eighteen page pamphlet is bound in stapled, pi ctorial wrappers. Fine condition. From the Indiana State Museum. Based primarily on the biography of Stratton-Porter that was written by her daughter, Jeanette Porter Meehan. .
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£12.14
Jim Thompson: Sleep with the Devil
by McCauley, Michael J
NY: Mysterious Press. F. 1991. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Stated first printing bound in black cloth and purple boards. A fine c opy in a near fine dust jacket. Mild dust soiling to the dust jacket's panels. .
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£12.14
Robert Norwood
by Watson, Albert Durrant
Toronto: Ryerson Press. VG. 1923. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering and decorations. Part of the "Makers Of Canadian Literature" Series. Very Good conditi on. Rubs to the corners and spine tips. There is a ring mark on the re ar cover. Includes a tipped-in photo of Norwood. .
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£12.14
Under the Eye of the Clock: The Life Story of Christopher Nolan
by Nolan, Christopher
NY: St. Martin's Press. NF. 1988. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. First American edition. A Near Fine copy in a VG+ dust jacket. Dust so iling to the edges of the book's upper page block. The dust jacket has a small tear to the front panel's lower corner and a tiny tear at its upper edge. Fading to the jacket's spine. .
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£7.25
Mailer: His Life and Times
by Manso, Peter
NY: Simon & Schuster. VG+. 1985. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition. A VG+ copy in a VG dust jacket. The book has light shel f wear. Small price inked out on front fly and a black ink mark at the lower left corner of the rear cover. The dust jacket is tanned and mi ldly dust soiled. Chips to the DJ's upper spine tips. .
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£6.44
H.G. Wells
by Beresford, J. D
NY: Henry Holt and Company. VG. 1915. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. First U.S. edition, part of the "Writers of The Day" Series edited by Bertram Christian. 4 3/4" x 6 3/4" hardcover bound in red embossed clo th. Frontis portrait of Wells, 127 Pages. A Very Good copy. The head a nd base of the spine is frayed. Rubs to the corners. Former owner's n ame and address are inked on the front fly. Tanning to the pages. No d ust jacket. .
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£12.14
Norman Mailer: A Double Life
by Lennon, J. Michael
Ny: Simon and Schuster. NF. 2013. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition with the entire number line present. A near fine copy in a VG+ dust jacket. The book has a faint, green remainder mark at the edges of the upper page block. The dust jacket has rubs to its corners and spine tips. Mild dust soiling to the panels. Shipping weight is four pounds. Additional shipping charges will apply to international o rders. .
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£16.19
Genius of Place: William Faulkner's Triumphant Beginnings
by Putzel, Max
Baton Rogue, LA: Louisiana State University Press. VG. 1985. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition bound in green cloth. A Very Good copy in a Near Fine du st jacket. Former owner's address label is affixed to the front endpap er. Address stamp and blind stamp on the half-title page. Name and add ress stamped on the edges of the lower page block. The rear cover has small bumps at its upper and lower left corners. The dust jacket has b umps to the rear panel's upper and lower left corners. The front panel...
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£8.10
My Life and Times
by Miller, Henry
Chicago, IL: Playboy Press. VG. 1971. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition. 9" x 12" hardcover bound in blue grained cloth with gol d lettering. Illustrated through-out. A Very Good copy in a Good dust jacket. Ex-library copy. The page block's upper edge of the page block has a faint rubbed stamp & red magic marker line. Small library stamp the title page's lower edge. Book plate at the front fly leaf's verso . One small sticker with the author and title and the number 58917 att ached to the inner...
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£24.28
Hemingway's Paris
by Gajdusek, Robert E
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons. NF. 1978. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition with the full number line present on the copyright page. 8 1/2" x 11", 182 page hardcover bound in black cloth covered boards with gold spine lettering. Photo illustrations through-out. A near fin e copy in a near fine dust jacket. Former owner's name inked in small letters on the front fly leaf, else unmarked. The dust jacket has rubb ing and a small tear at the head of its spine. .
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£24.28
Harry Leon Wilson: Some Account of the Triumphs and Tribulations of an American Popular Writer
by Kummer, George
Cleveland, OH: The Press of Western Reserve University. NF. 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition bound in blue cloth. Near fine condition. No dust jacket . .
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£24.28
Ayn Rand and the World She Made
by Heller, Anne C
NY: Nan A. Talese. F. 2009. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Fine condition in a fine condition dust jacket. .
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£16.19
The Private Diaries of Sir H. Rider Haggard 1914-1925
by Higgins, D. S. Editor
NY: Stein & Day. NF. 1980. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. First American edition bound in red cloth and boards. A near fine copy in a VG+ dust jacket. There is a 1" bump to the book's outer page blo ck. The dust jacket has small rubs to its corners and a 3/4" long stic ker pull on its spine. .
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£8.10
Jesse Stuart, The Boy From The Dark Hills
by Lowe, Jimmy
Ashland, KY: The Jesse Stuart Foundation. NF. 1990. 1st Edition. Paperback. First trade edition. Oblong, 14" x 8 3/4", 79 page paperback is bound in stapled, pictorial wrappers. Near fine condition. Slight bow to the book. .
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£16.19
Inter/View: Talks with America's Writting Women
by Pearlman, Mickey & Henderson, Katherine Usher
Lexington, KY: The University Press of Kentucky. F. 1990. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. The dust jacket has light wear at the head of its spine. Review copy with slip laid-i n. Includes Amy Tan, Joyce Carol Oates, Gail Godwin, Marge Piercy and others. .
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£16.19
