GRIFFIN, JASPER

Homer: The Odyssey

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. 1987. (ISBN: 0521310431). Printed Wrapper (softcover), Small 8vo. 107 pages. Discussion of the background and formulation of the poem and the culture that created it. Clean and tight throughout. Very Good.

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Book number: 005205

Catalogue: Literature & Literary

Keywords: Homer Odyssey Illiad Greek Poetry History 0521310431

HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL

The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table

Boston, Houghton Mifflin and Company. 1892. Blue cloth, gilt titles, 5.5" x 3.5". 411 pages. fust-rate, prime, a prime article. Clean throughout within; binding tight; the boards discolored, especially with the ring of a cup or glass; head and tail lightly worn. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 005132

Catalogue: Literature & Literary

Keywords: Oliver Wendell Holmes Autocrat Breakfast Humor

KEILLOR, GARRISON

A Christmas Blizzard - a Novel (Audio Book)

Highbridgeaudio.com, Highbridge Company. 2009. (ISBN: 9781598879278). audio book - CDs. 5 hours on 5 CDs. Read by the Author. New: still in original wrapping. Fine.

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Book number: 004809

Catalogue: Literature & Literary

Keywords: Garrison Keillor Prairie Home Companion Lake Wobegon 9781598879278

MACINTYRE, C.F.

Goethe's Faust, Part I. A New Amercan Version

New York, New Directions Publishing Corporation. 1957, Later printing. (ISBN: 0811200566). Pictorial Wrappers (softcover), 8v. 188 pages. New Dirctions Paperback 70. Clean throughout. Fine.

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Book number: 005196

Catalogue: Literature & Literary

Keywords: Goethe Faust New Directions Ndp70 God Mephistopheles 0811200566

MAHFOUZ, NAGUIB

Adrift on the Nile

New Yq, Anchor Books Doubleday. 1993, First Paperback Edition. (ISBN: 0385423330). Pictorial Wrappers (softcover), Small 8vo. 168 pages. Originally published in 1966 in Arabic; translated to English in 1993. Living on a houseboat on the Nile with nowhere to go. Waterpipes and hemp. Clean throughout. Very Good.

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Book number: 005148

Catalogue: Literature & Literary

Keywords: Adrift on the Nile Gaguib Mahfouz Cairo Egypt Cairo Trilogy 0385423330

NICHOL, CHRISTINA

Waiting for the Electricity

New York, The Overlook Press. 2014, Advance Reading Copy. (ISBN: 9781468306866). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 8vo. 336 pages. Comic satiric debut novel: Slims Achmed from Georgia (not the state) to San Francisco. Clean throughout; tight binding. Fine.

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Book number: 005026

Catalogue: Literature & Literary

Keywords: Georgia to San Francisco Slims Achmed Comic Novel 9781468306866

POWERS, KEVIN

The Yellow Birds

New York, Little, Brown and Company. 2012, First Edition. (ISBN: 9780316219365). Paper covered boards, 8vo. 230 pages. Friendship and frustration in war in Iraq. Clean throughout; tight binding. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 005031

Catalogue: Literature & Literary

Keywords: Kevin Powers Novel Yellow Birds Iraq War 9780316219365

RAISON, LAURA (COMPILED BY); JOHN JULIUS NORWICH (FOREWORD)

Tuscany, an Anthology

New York, Facts on File Publications. 1984, First U.S. Edition. (ISBN: 0871968584). Cloth, 8vo. 262 pages. Poetry, letters, prose extracts, short stories, travel essays, journal notes. For example, the 1333 great flood of Florence; Dante's caustic poem, "Florence"; "The Rise of Fascism in Florence"; "A Letter from Dostoevsky". Clean throughout; tight binding. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 004920

Catalogue: Literature & Literary

Keywords: Tuscany Florence Poetry Travel Stories Letters Short Stories 0871968584

RUSSELL, CHARLES M.

Trails Plowed Under

Garden City, Doubleday, Doran. 1937. Cloth, 4to. 212 pages with the author's illustrations, including 5 double-page color plates. Build a campfire and read yourself to sleep. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001978

Catalogue: Literature & Literary

Keywords: Charles Russell Western Stories

SPURLING, JOHN

The Ten Thousand Things

New York, Overlook Duckworth. 2014, Advance Reading Copy. (ISBN: 9781468308327). Pictorial Wrappers (softcover), 8vo. 354 pages. "Chinese painter caught up in the Mongol invasion upheaval." Clean thoughout; tight binding. Very Good.

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Book number: 005027

Catalogue: Literature & Literary

Keywords: Yuan Dynasty Chinese Painter Mongol Invasion Wang Meng 9781468308327