CARPENTER, HUMPHREY

W.H. Auden: A Biography

London, George Allen and Unwin Ltd. 1981. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. xvi, 495 pp. (+ 24 pp. plates). Black boards with silver to spine. Unclipped pictorial dustjacket. An excellent copy of Carpenter's acclaimed biography of the most influential poet of his generation. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 9834

Catalogue: Literature (Secondary)

Keywords: Literature, Biography, British Writers, W.H. Auden

CARPENTER, HUMPHREY

Geniuses Together: American Writers in Paris in the 1920s

Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company. 1988, First Edition. Half-Cloth. Book, 8vo. x, 246 pp. (+ 16 pp. plates). Purple half-cloth with silver to spine. Unclipped illustrated dustjacket. A fine first edition of Carpenter's group biography of the key figures of the 'Lost Generation'. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 9795

Catalogue: Literature (Secondary)

Keywords: Literature, Lost Generation, American Writers, Paris, Expats

CARPENTER, HUMPHREY

A Serious Character: The Life of Ezra Pound

London, Faber and Faber. 1988, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. xiv, 1005 pp (+ 48 pp. plates). Black boards wirh white titles to spine. Unclipped pictorial dustjacket. Fine first edition of Humphrey Carpenter's acclaimed biography, rich in fascinating detail and acutely challenging. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 9758

Catalogue: Literature (Secondary)

Keywords: Literature, Biography, American Writers, Ezra Pound

CARR, VIRGINIA SPENSER

Dos Passos: A Life

New York, Doubleday. 1984, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. xxii, 624pp. (+24pp. plates) Cream boards with black cloth spine. Illustrated unclipped dustjacket with neatly repaired short tears. Ownership name to ffep. A very good copy of this excellent biography of one of the leading novelists of the 'lost generation'. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 10007

Catalogue: Literature (Secondary)

Keywords: Literature, Biography, American Authors, Dos Passos

CARR, VIRGINIA SPENSER

Paul Bowles: A Life

New York, Scribner. 2004, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. xviii, 411 pp. (+ 8 pp. plates). Cream boards with gilt to black spine. Unclipped illustrated dustjacket. Fine first edition of the acclaimed biographer's masterful account of the extraordinary life of one of the most compelling figures in twentieth-century culture. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 10061

Catalogue: Literature (Secondary)

Keywords: Literature, Biography, American Writers, Paul Bowles

CATE, CURTIS

André Malraux: A Biography

New York, Fromm International Publishing. 1997, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. xvi, 451 pp. (+ 8 pp. plates). Beige boards with unclipped pictorial dustjacket. Fine first edition of Cate's enthralling biography of the enigmatic André Malraux. As new. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 10037

Catalogue: Literature (Secondary)

Keywords: Literature, Biography, French Writers, Malraux

CHESELKA, PAUL

The Poetry and Poetics of Jorge Luis Borges

New York, Peter Lang. 1987, Signed First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. [viii] 197 (3) pp. Illustrated glossy boards. An excellent association copy of this insightful study of Jorge Luis Borges's career as a poet by Borges specialist Paul Cheselka. As new. Fine/No jacket as issued. Signed Dedication.

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Book number: 9194

Catalogue: Literature (Secondary)

Keywords: Literature, Essays, Criticism, Borges, Argentine Writers

CLEVERDON, DOUGLAS

The Growth of Milk Wood

London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1969. Cloth. Book, 8vo. x, 124 pp. Green cloth boards with gilt to spine. Unclipped illustrated dustjacket. Top-edge tinted green. A fine close analysis of the textual variations and development of Thomas's masterpiece. Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 9664

Catalogue: Literature (Secondary)

Keywords: Literature, Criticism, Poetry, British Writers, Thomas

CLOETTA, YVONNE

In Search of a Beginning: My Life with Graham Greene

London, Bloomsbury. 2004, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. viii, 209pp. Brown boards with gilt to spine. Unclipped pictorial dustjacket. A fine first edition of this intimate and revelatory portrait of Graham Greene by his companion for the last thirty-two years of his life. As new. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 9443

Catalogue: Literature (Secondary)

Keywords: Literature, Biographies, Memoirs, British Writers

CONOVER, ANNE

Olga Rudge & Ezra Pound

New Haven, Yale University Press. 2001, First Edition. Half-Cloth. Book, 8vo. xvi, 351 pp (+ 16 p. plates). Tan half-cloth with green titles to spine. Unclipped pictorial dustjacket. Excellent first edition of this enlightening biography offering a full portrait of Pound's loving companion and which accesses Rudge's extensive unpublished personal notebooks and correspondence. As new. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 9757

Catalogue: Literature (Secondary)

Keywords: Literature, Biography, American Writers, Ezra Pound

COUMANS, WILLEM; OVEREEM, JAN-WILLEM; PROP, SER; WAARSENBURG, HANS VAN DE (ED.)

Jan Hanlo: Achterwaartse Blik Op Een Uniek Solist

's-Gravenhage, Nijgh & Van Ditmar. 1971, First Edition. Soft cover. Book, 8vo. 120 pp. Pictorial sewn wraps. Kentering 11e jaargang Nr. 6. Bloemlezingnummer over het werk van Jan Hanlo. Keurig exemplaar. Very Good.

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Book number: 9578

Catalogue: Literature (Secondary)

Keywords: Literature, Periodicals, Dutch Writers

DALLY, PETER

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: Manic Depression and the Life of Virginia Woolf

New York, St. Martin's Griffin. 2001, First Edition. Soft cover. Book, 8vo. x, 230pp. Pictorial card wraps. A fine copy of this study of Virginia Woolf's life from the perspective of the illness that tormented her throughout adulthood. As new. Fine.

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Book number: 9472

Catalogue: Literature (Secondary)

Keywords: Literature, Criticism, Psychiatry, Bloomsbury

DAVIES, ANEIRIN TALFAN

Dylan: Druid of the Broken Body

London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1964, First Edition. Cloth. Book, 8vo. x, 75 pp. Brown boards with silver to spine. Unclipped dustjacket. An excellent first edition of this convincing and perceptive account of central themes in Dylan Thomas's poetry. Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 9674

Catalogue: Literature (Secondary)

Keywords: Literature, Criticism, British Writers, Dylan Thomas

DAVIES, WALFORD (ED.)

Dylan Thomas: New Critical Essays

London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1972, First Edition. Cloth. Book, 8vo. xvi, 282 pp. Black cloth with gilt to spine. Dustjacket. An excellent first edition of this collection of original critical essays on Dylan Thomas, with each of the eleven contributors analysing different aspects of the poet's work. Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 9669

Catalogue: Literature (Secondary)

Keywords: Literature, Criticism, Biography, British Writers, Thomas

DAVIES, STAN GÉBLER

James Joyce: A Portrait of the Artist

London, Davis-Poynter. 1975, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. (6), 328 pp (+ 8 pp. plates). Beige boards with gilt to spine. Unclipped illustrated dustjacket. Fine first edition of Gébler Davies's acclaimed biography, thankfully short on 'critical waffle'. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 9760

Catalogue: Literature (Secondary)

Keywords: Literature, Biography, Irish Writers, James Joyce

DAVIES, STAN GÉBLER

James Joyce: A Portrait of the Artist

London, Davis-Poynter. 1975, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. (6), 328 pp (+ 8 pp. plates). Beige boards with gilt to spine. Fine first edition of Gébler Davies's acclaimed biography, thankfully short on 'critical waffle'. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 9761

Catalogue: Literature (Secondary)

Keywords: Literature, Biography, Irish Writers, James Joyce

DINESEN, THOMAS

My Sister, Isak Dinesen

London, Michael Joseph. 1975, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. 128pp. Blue boards with gilt to spine. Unclipped and undamaged pictorial jacket. Biographical memoir of Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen) by her brother, including photograph illustrations. Translated from the original Danish by Joan Tate. A nice copy. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 8997

Catalogue: Literature (Secondary)

Keywords: Literature, Biographies, Danish Writers

DONALDSON, SCOTT

Hemingway Vs. Fitzgerald: The Rise and Fall of a Literary Friendship

Woodstock, The Overlook Press. 1999, First Edition. Half-Cloth. Book, 8vo. (6), 352 pp. (+ 16 pp. plates). Grey half-cloth with black boards and silver titles to spine. Unclipped pictorial dustjacket. An excellent first edition of this insightful narrative of a friendship fuelled by admiration, jealousy and alcohol. As new. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 9916

Catalogue: Literature (Secondary)

Keywords: Literature, Ctiticism, Biography, Lost Generation, American Writers, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald

ECO, UMBERTO

The Aesthetics of Chaosmos: The Middle Ages of James Joyce

Cambridge, Harvard University Press. 1989. Soft cover. Book, 8vo. xii, 96 pp. Original card wraps. An excellent copy of Umberto Eco's analysis of Joyce's work. Translated by Ellen Esrock. Fine/No jacket as issued.

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Book number: 9219

Catalogue: Literature (Secondary)

Keywords: Literature, Essays, Criticism, Italian Writers, Umberto Eco, James Joyce

EDEL, LEON

Bloomsbury: A House of Lions

London, The Hogarth Press. 1979, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. 288pp. Brown boards with gilt to spine. Unclipped dustjacket designed by Will Carter. A very nice first edition of this insightful work of the Bloomsbury Group by the great literary biographer and Pulitzer Prize winner Leon Edel. Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 9152

Catalogue: Literature (Secondary)

Keywords: Literature, Criticism, Biographies, Bloomsbury

EMERY, CLARK

The World of Dylan Thomas

London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1971, First Edition. Cloth. Book, 8vo. [viii], 319 pp. Black cloth boards with gilt to spine. Original dustjacket. Top-edge tinted purple. A fine copy of this detailed critique of Dylan Thomas's poetry. Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 9680

Catalogue: Literature (Secondary)

Keywords: Literature, Criticism, British Writers, Dylan Thomas

FENTON, CHARLES A.

The Apprenticeship of Ernest Hemingway: The Early Years

New York, Farrar, Straus and Young. 1954, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. xii, 302 pp. Yellow boards with titles to front and spine. Unclipped illustrated dustjacket with strengthening to inside. A fine first edition of this biographical study of Hemingway's early life between 1916 and 1924 when he acquired much of the material used in his early fiction. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 9906

Catalogue: Literature (Secondary)

Keywords: Literature, Biography, American Writers, Ernest Hemingway

FERRIS, PAUL

Dylan Thomas: The Biography New Edition

Washington, Counterpoint. 2000, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. xxiv, 408 pp (+ 8 pp. photographs). Purple boards with gilt to front and spine. Unclipped pictorial dustjacket. An excellent copy of Paul Ferris's new and revised biography of Dylan Thomas, editor of his collected letters. As new. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 9682

Catalogue: Literature (Secondary)

Keywords: Literature, Biography, British Writers, Dylan Thomas

FISHER, CLIVE

Hart Crane: A Life

New Haven, Yale University Press. 2002, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. viii, 568pp. (+ 16pp. plates). Yellow boards with cloth spine. Unclipped illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy of this excellent biography of this significant modernist poet. As new. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 10009

Catalogue: Literature (Secondary)

Keywords: Literature, Biography, American Authors, Poetry, Hart Crane

FITZGIBBON, CONSTANTINE

The Life of Dylan Thomas

London, Readers Union / J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1966. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. x, 422 pp. (+ 8 pp. photographs). Blue boards with gilt to spine. Unclipped illustrated dustjacket with fading, otherwise a fine copy of this full-length biography. Fine/Fair.

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Book number: 9679

Catalogue: Literature (Secondary)

Keywords: Literature, Biography, British Writers, Dylan Thomas