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  • Topic: Criticism and Commentary
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A Fine copy of the First Edition, first printing, SIGNED BY JOYCE CAROL OATES on the title page. The book contains a collection of Oates' essays on a wide range of topics, among them Moby Dick, Emily Dickinson, Robert Louis Stevenson, Charlotte Bronte, Ernest Hemingway, Franz Kafka, Mike Tyson, and boxing. A Fine copy, SIGNED BY JOYCE CAROL OATES.
(Woman) Writer [Signed]
Oates, Joyce Carol
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1998.
Price: $55.00
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A Fine copy of the First American edition (a few tiny spots of foxing to top of page block), in a Fine dust jacket (very mild age toning to white edges of rear panel and flaps), a collection of nonfiction pieces by the author of "Lord of the Flies". A Fine copy.
A Moving Target
Golding, William
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1982.
Price: $30.00
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A Near Fine copy of the first US edition, first printing (spine lightly sunned, minor fading at upper and lower board extremities, spine ends show some pushing) in a Near Fine dust jacket (spine lightly sunned, light toning, minor soiling).
A Small Personal Voice: Essays, Reviews, Interviews
Lessing, Doris
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974.
Price: $65.00
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One corner bumped, otherwise Fine, in a Fine dust jacket, SIGNED BY JAMAICA KINCAID. Jamaica Kincaid's third book, wherein she reveals the reality behind the geographic beauty of her native Antigua. Signed copies in this condition are not common. A Fine copy, SIGNED BY JAMAICA KINCAID.
A Small Place [Signed]
Kincaid, Jamaica
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1988.
Price: $45.00
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A Fine copy of the first edition, first printing (spine ends with mild pushing), in a Fine dust jacket, SIGNED BY RON HANSEN on the title page; a book exploring the role that religious belief plays in a writer's life. The title is taken from Robert Frost who said that all writing is a "stay against confusion". Signed copies are not common. A Fine copy, SIGNED BY RON HANSEN.
A Stay Against Confusion [Signed]
Hansen, Ron
New York: Harper Collins, 2001.
Price: $30.00
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An Near Fine copy of the first edition, first printing (touch of fading at the spine extremities, one corner perhaps tapped, but just barely, spine head mildly askew), in a Fine dust jacket. SIGNED BY WRIGHT MORRIS on the half-title where he has dated his signature "June '79"; Wright Morris' book of "propaganda in the interests of good fiction". The book is quite uncommon when signed, and especially so when both signed and in a condition this nice. A Fine copy, SIGNED BY WRIGHT MORRIS.
About Fiction [Signed]: Reverent Reflections on the Nature of Fiction with Irreverent Observations on Writers, Readers, & Other Abuses
Morris, Wright
New York: Harper & Row, 1975.
Price: $65.00
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A Fine, Superior, copy of the first edition, first printing, in a Fine dust jacket, SIGNED BY ALICE WALKER on the title page; the book presents a pair of Alice Walker's short stories ("Roselily" and "Am I Blue), the beginning of her famed novel "The Color Purple", and an Appendix presenting various attempts that have been made censor Walker's works. Signed copies of the book are uncommon, and signed copies in a condition as nice as this copy is are scarce indeed. A Fine, Superior, copy, SIGNED BY ALICE WALKER.
Banned [Signed]
Walker, Alice
San Francisco: Aunt Lute Books, 1996.
Price: $65.00
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A Fine copy (one corner gently tapped) in a Fine dust jacket (tiny push to spine tail).
Conjunctions and Disjunctions
Paz, Octavio
New York: The Viking Press, 1974.
Price: $30.00
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A Fine copy, in a Fine dust jacket, SIGNED BY MARY GORDON on the title page. A collection of Essays. Gordon's sixth book, and her debut collection of Essays. A Fine copy, SIGNED BY MARY GORDON.
Good Boys and Dead Girls
Gordon, Mary
New York: Viking, 1991.
Price: $25.00
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A Fine copy of the first edition, first printing, in a Fine dust jacket, SIGNED BY GRACE PALEY on the title page; an English professor's study of Grace Paley's published short fiction and her revisions thereto. The book itself is uncommon, copies in a condition this nice are even more uncommon, and signed copies in a condition this nice seem to be rather scarce. A Fine copy, SIGNED BY GRACE PALEY.
Grace Paley: A Study of the Short Fiction [Signed]
Paley, Grace; Isaacs, Neil
Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1990.
Price: $65.00
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A Fine, Superior copy, in a Fine, Superior illustrated slipcase (no dust jacket, as issued), and STILL IN THE PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL UNOPENED SHRINKWRAP, SIGNED BY BARBARA KINGSOLVER; one of only 150 copies in this Limited Edition (the only Limited Edition of any of Kingsolver's works, an additional 26 signed and lettered copies also were issued). Copies remaining in the Publisher's Original, Unopened Shrinkwrap, as is this one, are quite scarce. A Fine, Superior copy STILL IN THE PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL UNOPENED SHRINKWRAP and SIGNED BY BARBARA KINGSOLVER. SCARCE.
High Tide in Tucson [Signed]: Essays from Now or Never
Kingsolver, Barbara
New York: Harper Collins, 1995.
Price: $300.00
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A Fine copy of the Uncorrected Proof, SIGNED BY MARK STRAND on the title page; Strand's critique of 30 Edward Hopper paintings, an expansion of the 1994 Ecco Press edition, including 6 additional paintings not included in the Ecco Press edition. Signed copies of the book are scarce, the Uncorrected Proof itself is scarce, and signed copies of the Uncorrected Proof are quite so. A Fine copy of the Scarce Uncorrected Proof, SIGNED BY MARK STRAND. SCARCE.
Hopper [Signed Uncorrected Proof]
Strand, Mark
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001.
Price: $65.00
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A Fine copy of the first edition, first printing, in the Publisher's original printed stiff wrappers (a touch of rubbing to the spine ends), SIGNED BY CYNTHIA OZICK on the title page. This is the Exihibition Catalogue for the 1990 Mark Podwall Exhibition of pen and ink works and includes and Essay by Cynthia Ozick. The Catalogue itself is uncommon and Signed copies are quite so. A Fine copy, SIGNED BY CYNTHIA OZICK.
Ink and Inkling [Signed]: Mark Podwall Master of the True Line
Ozick, Cynthia [Podwan, Mark]
South Hadley, MA: Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, 1990.
Price: $45.00
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A Fine copy, in a Fine dust jacket, SIGNED BY KENT ANDERSON on the title page. The third book from the author of "Sympathy for the Devil" and "Night Dogs", the book contains a diverse group of Kent Anderson's writings, including unpublished chapters from "Sympathy for the Devil" and from "Night Dogs" (each a semiautobiographical book), as well as articles on blood sport and on bloodthirsty men. Signed copies of the trade edition, published concurrently with the 150-copy signed Limited Edition, appear to be the scarcer of the two. A Fine copy, SIGNED BY KENT ANDERSON.
Liquor Guns and Ammo [Signed]
Anderson, Kent
Tucson, AZ: Dennis McMillan Publications, 1998.
Price: $60.00
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A Near Fine copy of the first edition, first printing (rear board lower corner bumped, front lower board corner barely tapped --- otherwise Fine), in a Fine dust jacket, SIGNED BY DAVID MAMET on the title page. A collection of essay by the great Playwright on an interesting set of topics such as acting, the theatre, movie making, Judaism, relationships between men and women, and more. Signed copies are uncommon. A Very Near Fine copy, SIGNED BY DAVID MAMET.
Make-Believe Town [Signed]: Essays and Remembrances
Mamet, David
Boston and New York: Little, Brown and Company, 1995.
Price: $85.00
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A Very Good + copy (corners bumped and with rather light wear -- otherwise about Fine), in Very Good + to Near Fine dust jacket (some wrinkling at the spine ends and to small portion of rear panel adjacent to the spine panel, very light touches of edge wear), SIGNED BY JAMES BALDWIN on the title page. James Baldwin's second book of essays (following, of course, his "Notes of a Native Son"), containing both revised versions of some of his earlier essays as well as new material appearing for the first time in this book. The book was hailed by the New York Times' reviewer, Irving Howe, as "a brilliant new collection of essays". The book is quite scarce when both signed and in this condition. The dust jacket usually is found with considerably more wear than this dust jacket shows. A Near Fine copy, SIGNED BY JAMES BALDWIN.
Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes of a Native Son [Signed]
Baldwin, James
New York: The Dial Press, 1961.
Price: $385.00
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A Very Near Fine copy (a bit of flaking to spine lettering, a touch of rubbing), in a Very Near Fine slipcase (no dust jacket, as issued) of the deluxe edition, being one of 225 copies printed (the trade edition consisted of 3,000 copies), SIGNED BY WILLIAM H. GASS. The slipcase is a touch askew and the boards are slightly uneven when compared to each other -- a production matter.
On Being Blue [The deluxe edition]
Gass, William H.
Boston: David R. Godine,
Price: $135.00
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A Fine copy, in a Fine dust jacket, SIGNED BY NORMAN MAILER. A collection of Mailer's short pieces and interviews. The book is surprisingly uncommon in this condition, quite uncommon signed, and extremely uncommon when both in this condition and signed. A Fine copy, SIGNED BY NORMAN MAILER. Scarce.
Pieces and Pontifications [Signed]
Mailer, Norman
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1982.
Price: $500.00
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A Fine copy of the first edition, first printing, in a Fine dust jacket (light age toning to the flap edges), SIGNED BY J. D. MCCLATCHY on the title page; a collection of James Merrill's prose pieces, consisting of essays, interviews, stories, and reviews, written over a period of 40 years. A Fine copy, SIGNED BY J. D. MCCLATCHY.
Recitative [Signed]
Merrill, James; McClatchy, J. D. [Editor; Introduction]
San Francisco: North Point Press, 1986.
Price: $50.00
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A Very Good copy (tiny indentations to board bottoms, mildly askew) of the first edition, first printing, in a Very Good + dust jacket (minor edge rubbing, rather small chip to bottom of rear panel), SIGNED BY MARGARET ATWOOD on the title page; a selection of 50 essays and reviews by Margaret Atwood. A Very Good or better copy, SIGNED BY MARGARET ATWOOD.
Second Words [Signed]
Atwood, Margaret
Toronto: Anansi, 1982.
Price: $45.00
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