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UsedVeryGood. Minor shelf wear

UsedVeryGood. signs of little wear on the cover.

UsedVeryGood. signs of little wear on the cover.

UsedLikeNew. Remainder mark

UsedLikeNew. Remainder mark

UsedLikeNew. Remainder mark

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Nonpareil Books. New. Brand New.

Hardback. New.

Nonpareil Books, 2024. Hardcover. New. 256 pages. 7.50x5.25x0.75 inches.

The Library of America, 2008. The Library of America, 2008, First Printing, 8vo, 997 pages. Book bound in a red cloth, no dust jacket as issued. Publlishers slip case, and summary notes. Book in fine condition, and slip case near fine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY: Unitelum Press,, 1955.. First edition.. Near fine in stapled wraps that are tanned and lightly spotted. Otherwise solid and unmarked.

New York: Unitelum Press. Signed on title page: "To my partner / with love-/ The Author". Slight darkening to cover edges. Signed and Inscribed By Author . Near Fine. Printed Wrapper. First Edition. 1955.

New York: Unitelum Press, 1955. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Stapled wrappers. 16pp. Very slightly soiled, a just about fine copy. A scarce Maxwell pamphlet.

New York: Unitelum Press, 1955. First Edition. S.J. Perelman’s own personal copy, inscribed by the author, William Maxwell: “Dear Sid [Perelman] - the camel in question - B.” on the front cover. With a document providing provenance laid in. 16 pages. A staplebound pamphlet reprinting a speech on the art and craft of writing by William Maxwell, delivered at Smith College in 1955. Touch of dust soiling and minor use in printed wrappers. William Maxwell (1908 – 2000) was an American novelist and editor, best known as the fiction editor of The New Yorker magazine for forty years (1936-1975), where he worked with writers such as Vladimir Nabokov, John Updike, J.D. Salinger, John Cheever, Frank O'Connor, John O'Hara, Eudora Welty, and Isaac Bashevis Singer. Sidney Joseph Perelman, popularly known as S. J. Perelman (1904 – 1979), was one of the most widely read literary icons of the Golden Age of American Humor. His New Yorker pieces, fiction, and collected essays are legendary for their biting… Read More