ALLISON, DOROTHY

Two Or Three Things I Know for Sure

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1995. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0525939210. Signed edition. This copy has been signed by the author on the title page. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is a bit of light bumping to the spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Her first novel Bastard Out of Carolina was published in 1992 to great acclaim, becoming a best-seller. It was later adapted as a film of the same name, directed by Anjelica Huston for TNT. The book and film both generated controversy because of the graphic content, and the TV film was aired on Showtime rather than TNT. The Canadian Maritime Film Classification Board initially banned distribution of the film in Canada, but it was reversed on appeal. In November 1997, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court affirmed a State Board of Education decision to ban the book in public high schools because of its graphic content. " (from Wikipedia) ; Signed by Author. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 41989

Catalogue: Author Biography

Mots-clés: 0525939210 Author Biography Dorothy Allison Signed Edition South Carolina

ANONYMOUS (EDMUND GOSSE)

Father and Son Biographical Recollections

New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1907. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some bumping and rubbing. There is a very slight slant to the spine of the book. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown page, and the front endpaper has two previous owner's inked names. "Sir Edmund William Gosse CB ( 21 September 1849 – 16 May 1928) was an English poet, author and critic. He was strictly brought up in a small Protestant sect, the Plymouth Brethren, but broke away sharply from that faith. His account of his childhood in the book Father and Son has been described as the first psychological biography. His friendship with the sculptor Hamo Thornycroft inspired a successful career as a historian of late-Victorian sculpture. His translations of Ibsen helped to promote that playwright in England, and he encouraged the careers of W. B. Yeats and James Joyce. He also lectured in English literature at Cambridge." (from Wikipedia). Very Good .

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N° du livre: 47682

Catalogue: Author Biography

Mots-clés: Biography Edmund Gosse Poets Fathers And Sons Author Biography Edmund Gosse England Cambridge University

ARNOLD, A. JAMES

Modernism & Negritude the Poetry and Poetics of Aime Cesaire

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1981. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0674580575. The spine ends and corners of the book cover have extremely light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has some light edge wear, bumping, and small tears and wrinkles to the spine ends and corners. "Aimé Fernand David Césaire (26 June 1913 – 17 April 2008) was a Francophone Martinican poet, author, and politician. He was "one of the founders of the Négritude movement in Francophone literature" and coined the word négritude in French. He founded the Parti progressiste martiniquais in 1958, and served in the French National Assembly from 1945 to 1993 and as President of the Regional Council of Martinique from 1983 to 1988. His works include the book-length poem Cahier d'un retour au pays natal (1939) , Une Tempête, a response to Shakespeare's play The Tempest, and Discours sur le colonialisme (Discourse on Colonialism) , an essay describing the strife between the colonizers and the colonized. His works have been translated into many languages. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 48371

Catalogue: Author Biography

Mots-clés: 0674580575 Literary criticism James A. Arnold Aime Cesaire French authors Black Authors Afro-Caribbean Authors Harlem Renaissance Leopold Senghor

BELLOW, SAUL (SOLOMON BELLOWS)

To Jerusalem and Back a Personal Account

New York: Viking Press, 1977. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0670717290. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There are a couple of small, light spots of discoloration to the front cover of the book. The text pages are clean and bright. The price clipped dust jacket has several tiny edge tears to the top cover, and several edge nicks and some edge wear to the to spine end. The top edges of the entire cover have some beginning toning. "Saul Bellow (born Solomon Bellows; 10 June 1915 – 5 April 2005) was a Canadian-American writer. For his literary work, Bellow was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the Nobel Prize for Literature, and the National Medal of Arts. He is the only writer to win the National Book Award for Fiction three times and he received the National Book Foundation's lifetime Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters in 1990.In the words of the Swedish Nobel Committee, his writing exhibited "the mixture of rich picaresque novel and subtle analysis of our culture, of entertaining adventure, drastic and tragic episodes in quick succession interspersed with philosophic conversation, all developed by a commentator with a witty tongue and penetrating insight into the outer and inner complications that drive us to act, or prevent us from acting, and that can be called the dilemma of our age." " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 40775

Catalogue: Author Biography

Mots-clés: 0670717290 Author Biography Saul Bellow Personal Experiences Personal Narrative Jerusalem Israel Arab Israeli conflict The Six Day War

BENET, LAURA

When William Rose, Stephen Vincent, and I Were Young

New York, NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1976. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0396072895. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has some light wear and nicking to the spine ends and the spine has some light fading. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 48512

Catalogue: Author Biography

Mots-clés: 0396072895 Author Biography Laura Benet William Rose Benet Stephen Vincent Benet

BENSON, JACKSON J.

Looking for Steinbeck's Ghost

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1988. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0806121556. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked gift notation on the half title page. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, but has one tear to the front spine joint and a couple of small nicks and spots of rubbing.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 41585

Catalogue: Author Biography

Mots-clés: 0806121556 Author Biography Jackson J. Benson John Steinbeck California Authors

BRENT, PETER (WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ELIZABETH LONGFORD)

T.E. Lawrence

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1975. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0297769405. Color and B&W illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence, CB, DSO (16 August 1888 – 19 May 1935) was a British archaeologist, army officer, diplomat, and writer. He was renowned for his role in the Arab Revolt and the Sinai and Palestine Campaign against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. The breadth and variety of his activities and associations, and his ability to describe them vividly in writing, earned him international fame as Lawrence of Arabia, a title used for the 1962 film based on his wartime activities. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 40111

Catalogue: Author Biography

Mots-clés: 0297769405 Author Biography Peter Brent Elizabeth Longford T. E. Lawrence World War I Middle East Author Biography

BRUCE, HARRY

Maud the Life of L.M. Montgomery

New York: Seal Bantam Books, 1992. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0553087703. This book is in Fine condition and has a Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Lucy Maud Montgomery, OBE (November 30, 1874 – April 24, 1942) , published as L. M. Montgomery, was a Canadian author best known for a series of novels beginning in 1908 with Anne of Green Gables. The book was an immediate success. The central character, Anne Shirley, an orphaned girl, made Montgomery famous in her lifetime and gave her an international following.". Fine in Fine dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 35739

Catalogue: Author Biography

Mots-clés: 0553087703 Author Biography Harry Bruce Lucy Maud Montgomery L. M. Montgomery Canadians Young Adult Fiction Author Biography

CURRIER, THOMAS FRANKLIN (EDITED BY)

Elizabeth Lloyd and the Whittiers a Budget of Letters

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1939. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some rubbing, bumping and wear. The book covers have marbled papers and there is a clean, bright paper label on the spine of the book. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several small edge nicks and tears along with a couple small spots of ground-in dirt.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 43824

Catalogue: Author Biography

Mots-clés: Author Biography Thomas Franklin Currier John Greenleaf Whittier Elizabeth Lloyd Letters Correspondence Memoirs

FERRELL, KEITH

John Steinbeck: The Voice of the Land

New York: M. Evans & Company, 1986. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0871314800. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean, but has some toning to the dust jacket flaps." Now a family man, Keith set out on his career in publishing, first at Walnut Circle Press as a print salesman, then as editor of trade magazine The Professional Upholsterer, onward to feature writer of COMPUTE! Magazine, where he was at the forefront of reporting on the burgeoning home computing industry throughout its emergence as a household staple. All the while, he raised his son and loved his wife, planted many gardens, and wrote and wrote and wrote. From 1983 through 1987, Keith published four critically-acclaimed biographies of legendary writers for young adults through M. Evans and Company: H. G. Wells: First Citizen of the Future; Ernest Hemingway: The Search for Courage; George Orwell: The Political Pen; and John Steinbeck: The Voice of the Land. These were the first of many printed works to bear his name in the byline." (from Keithtalk). Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 43948

Catalogue: Author Biography

Mots-clés: 0871314800 Author Biography John Steinbeck Authors Nature Naturalists Salinas River Valley California California writers Author Biography

FIELDS, ANNIE (EDITOR)

Life and Letters of Harriet Beecher Stowe

Boston, MA: Houghton, Mifflin and Company / the Riverside Press, 1897. 1st Trade Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends, corners and edges of the book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and wear. The text pages are mostly clean and bright. There is a large patch of foxing to the rear endpaper / rear pastedown page. "In 1832, at the age of 21, Harriet Beecher moved to Cincinnati, Ohio to join her father, who had become the president of Lane Theological Seminary. There, she also joined the Semi-Colon Club, a literary salon and social club whose members included the Beecher sisters, Caroline Lee Hentz, Salmon P. Chase (future governor of the state and Secretary of Treasury under President Lincoln) , Emily Blackwell and others. Cincinnati's trade and shipping business on the Ohio River was booming, drawing numerous migrants from different parts of the country, including many free blacks, as well as Irish immigrants who worked on the state's canals and railroads. Areas of the city had been wrecked in the Cincinnati riots of 1829, when ethnic Irish attacked blacks, trying to push competitors out of the city. Beecher met a number of African Americans who had suffered in those attacks, and their experience contributed to her later writing about slavery. Riots took place again in 1836 and 1841, driven also by native-born anti-abolitionists." (from Wikipedia). Very Good .

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N° du livre: 43966

Catalogue: Author Biography

Mots-clés: Author Biography Annie Fields Harriet Beecher Stowe Abolitionists Anti-slavery Movement

FISHER, M. F. K.

Stay Me, Oh Comfort Me Journals and Stories, 1933-1941

New York: Pantheon Books, 1993. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0679427252. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name and address on the front endpaper. The dust jacket is clean and bright. "Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher (July 3, 1908 – June 22, 1992) was a preeminent American food writer. She was a founder of the Napa Valley Wine Library. Over her lifetime she wrote 27 books, including a translation of The Physiology of Taste by Brillat-Savarin. Fisher believed that eating well was just one of the "arts of life" and explored this in her writing. W. H. Auden once remarked, "I do not know of anyone in the United States who writes better prose." " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 39971

Catalogue: Author Biography

Mots-clés: 0679427252 Author Biography M. F. K. Fisher Cooking Cook Books Author Biography

GADD, DAVID

The Loving Friends a Portrait of Bloomsbury

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1974. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ and has a Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is a previous owner's ink stamped name and address on the front endpaper. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "The Bloomsbury Group—or Bloomsbury Set—was a group of associated English writers, intellectuals, philosophers and artists in the first half of the 20th century, including Virginia Woolf, John Maynard Keynes, E. M. Forster and Lytton Strachey. This loose collective of friends and relatives was closely associated with Cambridge University for the men and King's College London for the women, and they lived, worked or studied together near Bloomsbury, London. According to Ian Ousby, "although its members denied being a group in any formal sense, they were united by an abiding belief in the importance of the arts." Their works and outlook deeply influenced literature, aesthetics, criticism, and economics as well as modern attitudes towards feminism, pacifism, and sexuality.". Very Good+ in Fine dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 36909

Catalogue: Author Biography

GIFFORD, BARRY AND LAWRENCE LEE

Jack's Book an Oral Biography of Jack Kerouac

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1978. Trade Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0312439423. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, but has some noticeable fading to the spine, spine joints and front top edge. "Kerouac is recognized for his style of spontaneous prose. Thematically, his work covers topics such as his Catholic spirituality, jazz, promiscuity, life in New York, Buddhism, drugs, poverty, and travel. He became an underground celebrity and, with other beats, a progenitor of the hippie movement, although he remained antagonistic toward some of its politically radical elements. He has a lasting legacy, greatly influencing many of the cultural icons of the 1960s, including Bob Dylan, the Beatles, and the Doors. In 1969, at age 47, Kerouac died from an abdominal hemorrhage caused by a lifetime of heavy drinking. Since then, his literary prestige has grown, and several previously unseen works have been published. All of his books are in print today. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 42080

Catalogue: Author Biography

Mots-clés: 0312439423 Biography Barry Gifford Lawrence Lee Jack Kerouac Author Biography The Beat Generation 1960's Authors

GIOIA, DOMINIQUE (COMPILED AND ANNOTATED BY)

A Welcoming Life the M.F. K. Fisher Scrapbook

Washington D. C.: Counterpoint, 1997. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 1887178325. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Fine condition and has a Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher (July 3, 1908 – June 22, 1992) was a preeminent American food writer. She was a founder of the Napa Valley Wine Library. Over her lifetime she wrote 27 books, including a translation of The Physiology of Taste by Brillat-Savarin. Fisher believed that eating well was just one of the "arts of life" and explored this in her writing. W. H. Auden once remarked, "I do not know of anyone in the United States who writes better prose." " (from Wikipedia). Fine in Fine dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 38314

Catalogue: Author Biography

Mots-clés: 1887178325 Author Bibliography Dominique Gioia M.F.K. Fisher Cooking Cook Books Author Biography