BATES SCOTT

Guillaume Apollinaire Twaynes World Authors Series: A Survey of the World's Literature # 14

New York: Twayne Publishers, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Red Hardcovers with gilt titles to the cover and spine. A sound binding, bright, unmarked pages. The DJ is Very Good with cover edgewear and rubbing, a small tear to the front cover bottom edge.. "Since the death of Apollinaire in 1918, the extent of his influence on modern poetry and art has become increasingly evident. The steady growth of his reputation may be traced in works of poets and painters throughout the world. "; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 26480

Catalogue: Authors, Biography, Literary Criticism

Keywords: Authors > Biograpahy Literary Critcism Biography Literary & Literary Citicism Authors

BRODIN PIERRE

Julien Green

Editions Universitaires, 1957. Paperback. French text. This Paperback is in Very Good+ condition with a sound binding, bright, unmarked pages. Rubbing to the covers. "Julien Green was an American writer who authored several novels, a four-volume autobiography and his famous Diary. He wrote primarily in French and was the first non-French national to be elected to the Académie française." ; Classiques Du Xxe Siècle, #26; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 128 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 25175

Catalogue: Biography, Literary

Keywords: French Book > Authors Literary Biography Biography Literary & Literary Citicism French Books Authors

CHEEVER, JOHN

Letters of John Cheever, the

England: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0224026895. Black Hardcovers with bold gilt titles to the spine. In Fine condition with a sound binding and clean, unmarked pages. The DJ is unclipped, in Fine condition and protected by a clear plastic cover. "These letters, culled from thousands written to famous writers, his family, friends, and lovers, paint an intimate and surprising self-portrait that is as vivid as any character Cheever invented. Edited and annotated by his son Benjamin, Cheever's letters trace his development as a writer and as a man. "; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 397 pages. Fine+ in Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 26804

Catalogue: Authors, Biography, Literary Criticism & Collections

Keywords: 0224026895 Biography > Authors Literary Critcism Literary Studies

DONALD, DAVID HERBERT

Look Homeward a Life of Thomas Wolfe

Little Brown & Co, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0316189529. Red / blue hardcovers in Near Fine condition with a solid binding and a bright, unmarked text. Gilt titles, pannelled in red, on the spine. A stated First Edition. The DJ is unclipped and in Very Good+ condition, protected by a clear plastic covers. "The book follows Wolfe from improbable affairs to drunken brawls, from his mother's "Old Kentucky Home", caricatured in "Look Homeward Angel", to European capitals where he indulged his Faustian yearning to read, see and do everything. With complete access to all of Wolfe's papers, Donald presents an account of Wolfe's short, but astonishing life. Wolfe's passionate affair with Aline Bernstein is candidly described, as are his controversial relations with his editors, in particular with father-figure Maxwell Perkins of Scribner's.; B&W Photographs; 9.50 X 6.60 X 1.80 inches; 577 pages. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 17287

Catalogue: Biography, Literary

Keywords: 0316189529 Authors Biography Literary & Literary Citicism

FFINCH MICHAEL

G.K. Chesterton: A Biography

London, England: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1988. Paperback. ISBN: 2895831335. Trade Paperback in Near Fine condition, tight, bright & unmarked. Light cover edgewear with two dog-eared pages. Black & white photo section. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 367 pages. Near Fine .

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Book number: 26439

Catalogue: Biography, Authors, Literary Criticism

Keywords: 2895831335 Literary Critcism Biography > Authors Biography Literary & Literary Citicism Authors

HUDSON, DEREK

Lewis Carroll an Illustrated Biography

Clarkson N, Potter, Inc. Publishers, 1977. Hardcover. ISBN: 0517530783. Orange Hardcovers, brown cloth spine covering. Very Good++, a sound binding, bright, unmarked interior. Light spine end bumping. The DJ is clipped and in Very Good++ condition. "A biography of Lewis Carroll, the enigmatic Victorian clergyman, man of letters and author of two classics of children's literature, ALICE IN WONDERLAND and ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS. "; 10.1 X 7.1 X 1.2 inches; 272 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 26173

Catalogue: Biography, European Literary Criticism

Keywords: 0517530783 Authors > Biography Literary Critcism European Biography Literary & Literary Citicism Europe Authors

JACOBS, ERIC

Kingsley Amis a Biography

St Martins Pr, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0312186029. Black Hardcovers, silver titles to the spine. In Very Good+ condition, tightly bound, bright, unmarked pages. The DJ is unclipped and in Near Fine condition. A black & white photo section, notes, bibliography, indexed. "In this, the only biography of Kingsley Amis, Eric Jacobs skillfully captures the personality of this literary lion with sympathetic detail and healthy doses of Amisian wit. "; 6 X 1.5 X 9 inches; 392 pages. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 26744

Catalogue: Authors, Biography, Literary Criticism, Journalists

Keywords: 0312186029 Authors > Biography Literary Critcism Journalists Biography Journalism Literary & Literary Citicism Authors

NADEAU MAURICE

Littérature Présente -

Paris: Correa, 1952. Paperback. First edition. A Very Good Paperback, tightly bound, no notes or underlining in the book. The majority of the pages are uncut along the top edges. Small tears along the cover edges. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 357 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 27040

Catalogue: French, Biography, Literary Criticism, French Literature, History

Keywords: French Literature Literary Criticism Biography History

NORRIS, DAVID & CARL FLINT

Joyce for Beginners

Icon Books, 1996. Paperback. ISBN: 1874166196. A Very Good+ Paperback with a caricature of Joyce on the cover. Tightly bound, bright, unmarked pages. Fully illustrated with black & white illustrations. "This guide provides an introductory map to the labyrinth of Joyce's visionary Dublin. It begins with the early stories, "Dubliners" through to his novel "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man", into the comic universe of "Ulysses" and finally to the mythic dreamworld of "Finnegan's Wake" ; 8.1 X 5.5 X 0.5 inches; 176 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 26208

Catalogue: Authors, Biography, Literary

Keywords: 1874166196 Authors > Biography Literary Authors > Irish Biography Literary & Literary Citicism Authors

WEST, W. J.

Quest for Graham Greene, the

St. Martin's Press, New York: St Martins Pr, 1998. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0312181612. First Edition, First Printing ( number line). Black Hardcovers, green titles to the spine. In Near Fine condition with very light bumping to the spine top. The DJ is unclipped and in Fine condition. "With the relentless investigation of a detective, West has unearthed and pieced together new material regarding Graham Greene that sheds light onto the mysterious regions of Greene's personal, religious, financial, and international affairs. Based on information from private archives and personal letters, this book exposes the reasons behind Greene's sudden, self-imposed exile--and the true origins of his literary ambitions. 16 pages of photos." ; 9.1 X 6.4 X 1.2 inches; 286 pages. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 26210

Catalogue: Authors, Biography, Literary

Keywords: 0312181612 Authors > Biography Literary Biography Literary & Literary Citicism Authors