MINTA, STEPHEN

Gabriel García Márquez: Writer of Colombia

London, Jonathan Cape. 1987, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. vi, 186 pp. Black boards with gilt to spine. Unclipped illustrated dustjacket. A flawless first edition of Minta's acclaimed analysis of Marquez's novels, within the perspective of his background, the complex political climate of Colombia, the impact of his childhood home in Aracataca and the Cuban revolution. As new. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 9169

Catalogue: Literature (Secondary)

Keywords: Literature, Biographies, Essays, Criticism, Colombian Writers, Nobel Prize

MOLIN, ROB; MOREL, PETER (ED.)

Pierre Kemp: Man in Het Zwart, Heer Van Het Groen

Amsterdam, De Engelbewaarder. 1980, First Edition. Soft cover. Book, 8vo. 188 pp. Pictorial card wraps. Gebrocheerd. Biografische artikelen over de Maastrichtse dichter Pierre Kemp. Nr.18 van het kwartaalschrift 'De Engelbewaarder'. Keurig. Biographical essays on the popular Dutch poet Pierre Kemp. Very Good.

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Book number: 9574

Catalogue: Literature (Secondary)

Keywords: Literature, Essays, Biographies, Dutch Writers

MONEGAL, EMIR RODRIGUEZ

Jorge Luis Borges: A Literary Biography

New York, E.P. Dutton. 1978, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. x, 502 pp (+ 8 pp. plates). Tan half-cloth with red to spine. Unclipped illustrated dustjacket with minor shelf wear. A very nice first edition copy of this acclaimed Borges biography. With eight pages of photographs. Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 9196

Catalogue: Literature (Secondary)

Keywords: Literature, Biographies, Argentine Writers, Borges

MOREIRA, PETER

Hemingway on the China Front

Washington, Potomac Books. 2007, First Edition. Soft cover. Book, 8vo. xviii, 245pp. Illustrated card wraps. Excellent copy of this detailed account of the journey made by Hemingway and Gellhorn through China during World War II. As new. Fine.

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Book number: 10004

Catalogue: Literature (Secondary)

Keywords: Literature, Biography, WWII, China, American Authors, Hemingway, Gellhorn

MORRIS, CHRISTOPHER D. (ED.)

Conversations with E.L. Doctorow

Jackson, University Press of Mississippi. 1999, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. xxxii, 232pp. Grey cloth boards with silver to spine. Splendid first edition of this scarce collection of critical studies and interviews with award winning novelist Doctorow. Fine.

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Book number: 9055

Catalogue: Literature (Secondary)

Keywords: Literature, Interviews, Essays, Critical Studies, American Writers

MURDY, LOUISE BAUGHAN

Sound and Sense in Dylan Thomas's Poetry

The Hague, Mouton & Co. 1966, First Edition. Cloth. Book, 8vo. (11), 172 pp. Brown cloth boards with gilt to spine. Unclipped illustrated dustjacket. Fine first edition copy of this comprehensive analysis of the auditory and semantic tendencies which contribute to the general contrast between Thomas's earlier and later poetry. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 9672

Catalogue: Literature (Secondary)

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

NOVAK, MAXIMILLIAN E.

Daniel Defoe: Master of Fictions

Oxford, Oxford University Press. 2001, First Edition. Cloth. Book, 8vo. xi, 756pp. Black boards with gilt to spine. Unclipped dustjacket. A very nice copy of this biography, which views Defoe's complex life through through his career as a writer, giving the reader a better understanding of the thought and personal experience that went into his great fictional works. Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 9218

Catalogue: Literature (Secondary)

Keywords: Literature, Biographies, British Writers

ONDAATJE, CHRISTOPHER

Hemingway in Africa: The Last Safari

Toronto, HarperCollins. 2003, First Edition. Cloth. Book, 8vo. (10), 240 pp. Red cloth with gilt to spine. Unclipped pictorial dustjacket. An excellent first edition of this exquisitely produced work, giving an intriguing insight into the important African phase of Hemingway's life. Illustrated throughout. As new. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 9901

Catalogue: Literature (Secondary)

Keywords: Literature, Biography, Africa, American Writers, Ernest Hemingway

PARINI, JAY

John Steinbeck: A Biography

New York, Henry Holt. 1995, First Edition. Half-Cloth. Book, 8vo. xxiv, 536 pp. (+ 16 pp. plates). Burgundy half-cloth with gilt to spine. Unclipped illustrated dustjacket. A fine first edition of Parini's astute and sensitive portrait of a driven and difficult man. As new. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 10066

Catalogue: Literature (Secondary)

Keywords: Literature, Biography, American Writers, Steinbeck

PERLÈS, ALFRED

My Friend, Henry Miller

London, Neville Spearman. 1955, First Edition. Cloth. Book, 8vo. xii, 242 pp. (+ 11 pp. plates). Blue cloth with gilt to spine. Unclipped dustjacket with repaired nicks. Some spotting to endpapers, otherwise a reasonable copy of Perlès's remarkable biography of Miller. Good/Fair.

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Book number: 10062

Catalogue: Literature (Secondary)

Keywords: Literature, Biography, American Writers, Henry Miller

PORTER, CAROLYN

William Faulkner

New York, Oxford University Press. 2007, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. viii, 199pp. Grey and red boards with silver to spine. Unclipped illustrated dustjacket. Fine copy of this volume in Oxford's 'Lives and Legacies' series, offering an insightful account of Faulkner's life and work. As new. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 010075

Catalogue: Literature (Secondary)

Keywords: Literature, Biographies, Essays, American Writers, Faulkner

POWYS, JOHN COWPER

James Joyce's 'Ulysses' - an Appreciation

London, Village Press. 1975, First Thus. Soft cover. Book, 8vo. 21 pp. Illustrated stapled wraps. A fine copy of this largely unknown essay by one of the first people to recognise the genius of James Joyce. As new. Fine.

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Book number: 9790

Catalogue: Literature (Secondary)

Keywords: Literature, Criticism, Essays, British Writers, John Cowper Powys, James Joyce

PRENSHAW, PEGGY WHITMAN (ED.)

Conversations with Eudora Welty

Jackson, University Press of Mississippi. 1985. Cloth. Book, 8vo. xii, 356pp. Blue cloth boards with gilt to spine. Unclipped illustrated dustjacket. Very mild dust spotting to top-edge. Collection of twenty-six interviews spanning forty years of Eudora Welty's literary career. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 010081

Catalogue: Literature (Secondary)

Keywords: Literature, Biography, American Writers, Welty

QUILLIOT, ROGER

The Sea and Prisons: A Commentary on the Life and Thoughts of Albert Camus

Alabama, University of Alabama Press. 1970, First Edition. Cloth. Book, 8vo. xxviii, 280 pp. Green cloth with gilt to spine. Unclipped illustrated dustjacket. Attractive exlibris to pastedown. Fine copy of the professor Quilliot's updated commentary on the life and works of his close friend Albert Camus. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 10034

Catalogue: Literature (Secondary)

Keywords: Literature, Criticism, Biography, French Writers, Albert Camus

DE RACHEWILTZ, MARY

Discretions. A Memoir by Ezra Pound's Daughter.

London, Faber and Faber. 1971, First Edition. Cloth. Book, 8vo. [v], 312 pp (+ 16 pp. plates). Red cloth with gilt to spine. Unclipped pictorial dustjacket. Fine first edition of this personal memoir by Pond's daughter, Princess de Rachewiltz, who recounts her strange upbringing and close relationship that grew over the years, and illuminates many obscure passages in Pound's famous Cantos. As new. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 9750

Catalogue: Literature (Secondary)

Keywords: Literature, Biography, Memoirs, American Writers, Ezra Pound