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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011. Stated First Edition 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 343 deckle edge pages with some black and white photographs. From jacket: "From the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and best-selling author: a beautifully crafted memoir of his lifelong chase after his father's shadow. John was eleven months old, when his father, Barney Darnton - a… Read more about this item

2019. First Edition with full numberline 8vo size trade paperback; 429 pages with a few black and white photographs. Author photo and biography on the last page. From back cover: "(This book) grew out of the compiling of stories written since he was a teenager. While his skill and sensitivities inhabit each story, they are… Read more about this item

New York: Pantheon Books Stated First American Edition Translation of Les Carnets de la drole de guerre: Novembre 1939 - Mars 1940 by Quintin Hoare From dust jacket: "The discovery and publication in France of Sartre's hitherto unknown war diaries was an event of major importance... Here is Sartre as a young man, vulnerable… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday, 2013. Stated First Edition with full numberline 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 353 pages From dust jacket: "(The author's) appetite's run deep; in her own worlds, she spent much of her life as 'a hungry, lonely, wild animal looking for happiness and stability.' (This book) is a narrative in which food… Read more about this item

2016. Very Rare Title 8vo size trade paperback; 140 pages with a few black and white photographs From back cover: "(This book) is a memoir in a traditional sense, a bouquet of memories from a life in the service of literature and teaching. The selfies are more often portraits in words than they are in photographs."… Read more about this item

New York: Harper Collins, 2009. Stated First Edition with full numberline 8vo size hardcover with photo illustrated dust jacket; 233 pages. From dust jacket: "An insider's romp through the crazy life of he restaurant business, told by a journeyman chef who fought his way to the top... (The author) worked his way up the bumpy NYC… Read more about this item

New York: Pantheon Books, 1977. First Edition This is the American Edition published in 1977. The British edition published by Collins wasn't published until 1978. 8vo size blue clothbound hardcover with dust jacket; 175 pages From dust jacket: "The affliction that provoked the book was a drastic and permanent impairment of eyesight, from what is… Read more about this item

Plon, 2001. 8vo size trade paperback with photo illustrated covers; 228 pages plus a section of black and white photographs on glossy stock From back cover: Quand on est la femme de Jacques Chirac on ne peut pas rester trop effacee! Ou alors on court le risque d'etre ecrasee...Que voulez-vous, je n'aime pas etre ecrasee. Je ne… Read more about this item

New York: Noonday Press, Inc., 1958. Translated by Jean Stewart and B.C.J.G. Knight "a complete and faithful rendering of the original manuscript, including Stendhal's own annotations and drawings." 8vo size black clothbound hardcover with dust jacket; 347 pages From dust jacket: "Using one of his numerous pseudonyms, Henry Beyle, better known as Stendhal, here set down his… Read more about this item

Arbor House, 1988. Signed and inscribed by author on fep Stated First Edition 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 255 pages From jacket: "(The author) has been sharing her life with devoted readers of her weekly column for a metropolitan newspaper. She has dealt purposefully with the universal - raising children, working out the rules… Read more about this item

New York: Harper Collins, 1994. Flat Signed on Title Page Stated First Edition, Second Printing 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 330 deckle edged pages From dust jacket: "(This book) is a soul-baring memoir... In December 1991, (the author's) daughter became gravely ill and shortly thereafter fell into a coma. During months in the… Read more about this item

Ebook Bakery, 2023. Private Press; March 2023 The book is copyright 2017; this is likely a print-on-demand copy. 8vo size trade paperback; 222 pages From back cover: "Life in our 70s presents unique challenges as anyone already in or nearing that decade well knows. That's why readers of (this book) frequently find themselves nodding in recognition.… Read more about this item

New York: Forge, 2002. Flat signed on half title page. 8vo size maroon hardcover; 384 pages with some black and white photographs. Book summary: (This) is another view of the Irish experience, another man's journey out of the grinding poverty that held an entire generation of Irishmen in its thrall. Born and bred in the rough… Read more about this item

Barcelona: Plaza & Janes, 1988. Fidel and Che Text is in Spanish First Edition 12mo size trade paperback; 250 pages From back cover: "Quiza ningun cubano, en las isla o en el exilio, conozca tan bien a Castro como Pardo Llada. En realidad, fue el protector y padrono de Fidel en sus primeros anos… Read more about this item

Thorndike, ME: Center Point Publishing, 2008. Large Print Edition 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 271 pages From back cover: "Readers who were moved and horrified by Hotel Rwanda will respond even more intensely to (the author's) unforgettable autobiography. As Rwanda was thrown into chaos during the 1994 genocide, (the author) a hotel manager, turned (his… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1978. First British Edition 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 175 pages From dust jacket: "Faced with a drastic loss of sight... Eleanor Clark, the distinguished American writer, a true craftsman, she would not reject so overwhelming an experience anymore than she could, as a person of uncompromising honesty, pretend that everything was going to… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1978. First British Edition 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 175 pages From dust jacket: "Faced with a drastic loss of sight... Eleanor Clark, the distinguished American writer, a true craftsman, she would not reject so overwhelming an experience anymore than she could, as a person of uncompromising honesty, pretend that everything was going to… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1978. First British Edition 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 175 pages From dust jacket: "Faced with a drastic loss of sight... Eleanor Clark, the distinguished American writer, a true craftsman, she would not reject so overwhelming an experience anymore than she could, as a person of uncompromising honesty, pretend that everything was going to… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1978. First British Edition 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 175 pages From dust jacket: "Faced with a drastic loss of sight... Eleanor Clark, the distinguished American writer, a true craftsman, she would not reject so overwhelming an experience anymore than she could, as a person of uncompromising honesty, pretend that everything was going to… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1978. First British Edition 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 175 pages From dust jacket: "Faced with a drastic loss of sight... Eleanor Clark, the distinguished American writer, a true craftsman, she would not reject so overwhelming an experience anymore than she could, as a person of uncompromising honesty, pretend that everything was going to… Read more about this item