Joseph Pearce

The Unmasking of Oscar Wilde

San Francisco, Ignatius Press, 2004. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. 412p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a near-fine dustjacket, Practically like new except for very slight wear at the top of the jacket's spine. A study of Wilde's spiritual life, culminating in a deathbed conversion to Catholicism. Very Good .

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Book number: 191154

Catalogue: Literary

Jose Joaquin Pesade

Poesias Originalis Y Traducidas de Jose Joaquin Pesado

Mexico, Ignacio Cumplido, 1839. First edition. Leather bound. 240p. Bound in full leather. A hardcover book in good condition. Edges worn; a few small scuff marks to boards. Ex-library, but with no exterior library markings: library slip on endpaper, stamp on title page. Pages yellowed else clean and tight. A collection of poetry. Text in Spanish. Good .

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Book number: 130390

Catalogue: Literary

Keywords: Poetry

Simone Petrement

Simone Weil: A Life

New York, Pantheon Books, 1976. First American Edition. Hardcover. 577p. A black cloth hardcover ex-library book in original binding. Label residue on spine. Label, card pocket, and stamps on endpapers; stamp on publication page. Otherwise, very good condition with text clean and binding tight. Good .

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Book number: 206868

Catalogue: Literary

Simone Petrement

Simone Weil: A Life

New York, Pantheon Books, 1976. First American Edition. Hardcover. 577p. A black cloth hardcover book in dustjacket. Very good condition. Former owner's name embossed on title page; mild foxing on foredges. Text clean and tight. Jacket is whole and intact with just a bit of mild shelf wear. Very good .

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Book number: 1278452

Catalogue: Literary

[Abram Piatt]

Postcard: Castle Piatt Mac-a-Cheek

Original b/w postcard with photograph of Piatt Castle, the home of Ohio poet Abram S. Piaat. Postcard is unused. Fine condition. Standard size, measuring 5.5 x 3.5 inches. Abram Piatt, and his brother Donn, built a pair of homes in West Liberty, Ohio, both modeled off of european castles: Castle Mac-A-Cheek and Castle Mac-O-Chee. As new .

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Book number: 1268038

Catalogue: Literary

Gustav Pollak

Franz Grillparzer and the Austrian Drama

New York, Dodd, Mead & Company, 1907. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 440p. Ex-library, original cloth. A hardcover book in good condition. Edges rubbed and call number on spine. A few faint spots on foredge. Seminary library stamps and related markings inside, but text itself clean and binding tight. A biography of the 19th-century Austrian dramatist. Fair .

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Book number: 195152

Catalogue: Literary

Lily Pond and Richard Russo, eds

The Book of Eros: Arts and Letters from Yellow Silk

New York, Harmony Books, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 286p. A 1/4 burgundy cloth hardcover book in near-fine condition, lacking the dustjacket. Owner's stamps inside; otherwise clean and tight. An anthology of erotic short stories and poems from YELLOW SILK magazine. Very Good .

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Book number: 183424

Catalogue: Literary

[Gene Stratton-Porter]

Postcard: Back Wall of Limberlost Cabin, Home of Gene Stratton-Porter

Original color postcard with photograph of Limberlost, the long-time home of Indiana novelist Gene Stratton-Porter. Postcard is unused. Fine condition. Standard size, measuring 5.5 x 3.5 inches. Stratton-Porter (1863-1924) was a best-selling author of nature books and romantic fiction. She lived in her home of "Limberlost" in Geneva, Indiana for 26 years. As new .

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Book number: 1268040

Catalogue: Literary

Ron Powers

Mark Twain: A Life

New York, Free Press, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 722p. Ex-library. A hardcover book in excellent condition with dustjacket. Scuffs on covers where tape was peeled off. A few library stamps and labels inside; otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is fully intact, but has a small label on the back panel. Appears to have been barely used after library acquisition. Fair .

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Book number: 190677

Catalogue: Literary

Alex Preminger and Edward L. Greenstein, eds

The Hebrew Bible in Literary Criticism

New York, The Ungar Publishing Company, 1986. Hardcover. 619p. Ex-library hardcover book in original binding. Label residue on spine, dustjacket clippings on front endpaper, stamp on title page, and sticker in back. Otherwise a clean, tight book in very good condition. A volume in the series A LIBRARY OF LITERARY CRITICISM. Good .

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Book number: 198929

Catalogue: Literary

[Ernie Pyle]

Postcard: Ernie Pyle's Home, Albuquerque, N. Mex

Original color postcard with photograph of Ernie Pyle's home in Albuquerque. Postcard is unused. Fine condition. Standard size, measuring 5.5 x 3.5 inches. Ernie Pyle was the most famous of America's WWII war correspondents. The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist was killed during the invasion of Okinawa in 1945. His home was converted into a local library in 1948. As the postcard notes the library, it dates to a period after 1948 and is probably from the 1950s. As new .

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Book number: 1268039

Catalogue: Literary

Theresia M. Quigley

The Child Hero in the Canadian Novel

Toronto, NC Press Limited, 1991. Paperback. 183p. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR w/ ALS. A softcover book in fine condition. Inscribed by Quigley on the half-title page, using her nickname "Resel." Also comes with two handwritten letters signed by Quigley to close friend Sister Barbara Fiand. As New .

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Book number: 187299

Catalogue: Literary

Jacques Robert

Paris by Night: A Tour of the Capital's Gay Pleasure Haunts

London, Charles Skilton Ltd, 1962. Second Edition. Hardcover. 1962p. A hardcover book in FAIR condition with dustjacket. The cover is quite stained, as is the underside of the dustjacket. Owner's stamps inside. Pages 55 and 56 are stuck together. Otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is partly stuck to the cover due to the dampstaining, and the edges are lightly rubbed. A tour of the cabarets of Paris, illustrated with black and white photographs of scantily clad dancing girls. Fair .

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Book number: 183513

Catalogue: Literary

Rudolf de la Roi, ed

Jemand Der Schreibt: 57 Aussagen

Munich, Carl Hanser, 1972. Paperback. 376p. A softcover book in very good condition. Spine lightly rubbed and creased; otherwise clean and tight. Text in German. Anthology of 20th-century German and Austrian writers. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Very good .

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Book number: 46545

Catalogue: Literary

Robert Kilburn Root

The Poetical Career of Alexander Pope

Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1941. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 248p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a good dustjacket. Spine faintly tanned. Tiny black flecks on rear endpaper. Otherwise, text clean and binding tight. The jacket is tanned and has several small tears, but remains largely intact. Very Good .

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Book number: 198293

Catalogue: Literary