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Over By the River and Other Stories (Signed)

by Maxwell, William

Condition
Used - Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1977
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780394413846
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New York: Random House Inc. Signed: "William Maxwell" on dedication page. Small Random House logo remainder mark on bottom page edge and small mark to top edge. Interior is clean and unmarked. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1977.
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A Garden of Earthly Delights (Signed)

by Oates, Joyce Carol

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1967
Binding
Hardcover
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New York: Vanguard Press. Signed on half-title page: "Joyce Carol Oates". Fading to edges of boards. Page edges darkened with age. DJ spine evenly faded from green to blue. Clean and unmarked. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1967.
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The Passion Artist

by Hawkes, John

Condition
Used - Fine
Edition
Limited Edition
Published
1979
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780811207508
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New York: New Directions. No. 89 of a limited edition of 200 copies. Housed in a near fine slipcase. Limited Edition. Tiny bump top corner. . Fine. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 1979.
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Nothing But Blue Skies. Signed, Limited

by McGuane, Thomas

Condition
Used - Fine
Edition
First Edition, Limited
Published
1992
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780395545409
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New York: Houghton Mifflin. No. 160 of a limited edition of 300 copies. Housed in a near fine slipcase. Limited Edition. . Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, Limited. 1992.
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Henry & Friends. the California Years 1946-1977. Limited Edition. Signed Print

by Webb, William

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Used - Fine
Edition
Limited Edition
Published
1991
Binding
Hardcover
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Santa Barbara, California: Capra Press. No. 1 of a limited edition of 100 copies. Signed by William Webb and dated 1968 on the verso of a photograph of Henry Miller which is in a pocket on the front fixed endpaper. Clean and unmarked. Limited Edition. . Fine. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 1991.
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Rock Springs: Stories

by Ford, Richard

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Used
Edition
First Edition
Published
1987
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780871131591
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Atlantic Monthly Press. Publisher's press releases laid in. 8vo-over 7?"-9?" tall. Signed by Author . Hardcover. First Edition. 1987.
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Letters. A Novel

by Barth, John

Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
No Jacket (as issued)
Edition
First Edition, Limited
Published
1981
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780399124259
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1981. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition, Limited. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. One of 500 first edition copies signed by the author-this copy not numbered. very light wear to spine. Housed in a black cloth slipcase with moderate rubbing to edges. Limited Edition. Signed by Author.… Read more about this item
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A Brand New Life. Signed

by Farrell, James T.

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1968
Binding
Hardcover
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Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1968. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed and Inscribed by Author. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Inscribed to Chicago reporter, Herman Kogan: "To Marylew and Herman / Kogan / With love / James Farrell". Page edges darkened. .
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Mantissa. Signed

by Fowles, John

Condition
Used - Very Good to Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
1982
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780224029384
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London: Jonathon Cape. Signed on title page: "John Fowles / 8/Oct/1982. Foxing to page edges. . Very Good to Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1982.
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Welcome to Hard Times. Signed

by Doctorow, E.L.

Condition
Used - Good to Very Good
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1960
Binding
Hardcover
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New York: Simon & Schuster. Signed by author on a bookplate affixed to front free endpaper. Previous owner's small signature on front free endpaper. Usual darkening of page edges. Foxing / spots to white cloth spine and cloth portions of front and rear covers. Interior is unmarked. . Good to Very Good . Hardcover. First Edition. 1960.
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The Zoo Story / The Death of Bessie Smith / the Sandbox. Three Plays Introduced By the Author. Signed

by Albee, Edward

Condition
Used - Very Good+
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1960
Binding
Hardcover
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New York: Coward-McCann, Inc.. Signed bookplate laid in. Signed by Author . Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 1960.
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The Dean's December. Signed

by Bellow, Saul

Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
1981
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780060148492
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New York: HarperCollins. Signed on title page: "For Jane Harvey / Saul Bellow". . Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1981.
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The Fourteenth Chronicle: Letters & Diaries of John Dos Passos. Signed, Limited

by Dos Passos, John; Ludington, Townsend (Editor)

Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Edition
First Edition, Limited
Published
1973
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780876450734
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Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Gambit, Inc., 1973. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed. First Edition, Limited. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Illustrated. No. 9 of a limited edition of 300 copies. Signed by the editor, Townsend Ludington, on the limitation page. Apparently Bev Chaney's copy. Chaney was a literary writer and John Cheever's bibliographer. This copy has a long inscription on… Read more about this item
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Requiem for a Nun. A play from the novel by William Faulkner, adapted to the stage by Ruth Ford.. Signed

by Faulkner, William; Ford, Ruth

Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Edition
First Thus
Published
1959
Binding
Hardcover
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Random House, 1959. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed and Inscribed by Author. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed on flyleaf: "To / Alex Gotfryd / w friendship / Ruth Ford / 1973". Gotfryd was art director for Doubleday publishing. Illustrated with photo stills from the play. Price-clipped dj. .
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The Anatomy Lesson and Other Stories. Signed

by Connell, Evan S.

Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1957
Binding
Hardcover
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New York: The Viking Press, 1957. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed and Inscribed by Author. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed on flyleaf: "To Josie Kasle / whose grandfather Frank / knew me when I was / a little boy / Evan S Connell, Jr.". Previous owner's bookplate on front fixed endpaper (to whom book is… Read more about this item
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Problems and Other Stories

by Updike, John

Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Edition
Limited Edition
Published
1979
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780394507057
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf. No. 321 of a limited edition of 350 copies. Signed on the limitation page. Housed in a very good slipcase with rubbing to extremities. Limited Edition. . Near Fine. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 1979.
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Kenny Salwey's Tales of a River Rat: Adventures Along the Wild Mississippi

by Salwey, Kenny

Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
2005
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780896586499
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.: Voyageur Press. Illustrated. Signed on flyleaf: "To Dick, / May the Spirit of the / River flow through / You always-/ The Last River rat / Kenny Salwey". Signed and Inscribed By Author . Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 2005.
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Merciful Disguises. Published and Unpublished Poems. Signed

by Van Duyn, Mona

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Good
Edition
First Edition (stated)
Published
1973
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780689105784
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Atheneum, 1973. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition (stated). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed on front free endpaper: "Loads of love, with / no disguises, to / Eli and Lee-/ Mona". Some chipping to dj edges and one, short, closed tear. Signed and Inscribed By Author.
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Moise and the World of Reason. A Novel. Signed

by Williams, Tennessee

Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
1975
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780671219826
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1975. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Neatly signed on second preliminary page: "Tennessee Williams". Clen and unmarked. .
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Not a Word About Nightingales. Signed

by Howard, Maureen

Condition
Used - Very Good+
Jacket Condition
Very Good to Near Fine
Edition
First American Edition
Published
1962
Binding
Hardcover
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New York: Atheneum. Inscribed on half-title page to novelist Doris Grumbach: "To Doris Grumbach-/ with great / admiration-/ Maureen Howard". Doris Grumbach was an American novelist, memoirist, biographer, literary critic, and essayist. DJ spine darkened with age. . Very Good+. Hardcover. First American Edition. 1962.
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