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by Gore Vidal

Gore Vidal is the author of twenty-two novels, five plays, many screenplays and short stories, more than two hundred essays, and a memoir. His most recent novel is The Golden Age, and his new essay collection, The Last Empire: Essays 1993?2000, has just been published.

United States Essays 1952-1992

by Gore Vidal

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Forty Stay In

by John W. Vandercook

Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1931. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair/No DJ. Stated "First Edition G-F". Novel set in Liberia, dedicated to Frances Perry Vandercook, so draw your own inferences. Soiled lightly yellowed page edges with clean interior. Boards considerably worn and rubbed through on corners which are also bumped. Spine is foxed, cocked, and showing separation at the head, opens readily to pastedowns.

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SGD 73.86

Down to a Sunless Sea

by Freese, Mathias B

Wheatmark Inc, 2007. Soft cover. Fine. Down to a Sunless Sea plunges the reader into uncomfortable situations and into the minds of troubled characters. Each selection is a different reading experience -- poetic, journalistic, nostalgic, wryly humorous, and even macabre. An award-winning essayist and historical novelist, Mathias B. Freese brings the weight of his twenty-five years as a clinical social worker and psychotherapist into play as he demonstrates a vivid understanding of -- and compassion... Read more about this item

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SGD 29.54

Underdogs

by Mariano Azuela

Signet Classic, 1963. Mass Market Paperback. Good. J.C. Orozco. Yellowed, rubbed edges, nicked and creased spine. Vintage cover art of fifth printing.

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SGD 14.77

William Styron's Nat Turner: Ten Black Writers Respond

by John Henrik Clarke, editor

Beacon Press, 1968. 4th Printing. Soft cover. Fair. Covers have rubbed edges, corner wear and light general scuffing; clean text except for POS on half title page; binding crack on title page (binding is solid and square, but the glue peeled back a bit on this page so it opens readily to it). Contributors include Lerone Bennett Jr; Alvin F. Poussaint; Vincent Harding; John Oliver Killens; John A. Williams; Ernest Kaiser; Loyle Hairston; Charles V. Hamilton; Mike Thelwell; John Henrik Clarke.

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SGD 44.31

Kitchen

by Banana Yoshimoto

London: Faber and Faber, 1993. Soft cover. Good. Edge wear and yellowed page edges otherwise fine. Presque TBE / VG- Clean copy. No markings. No ex-library. Translated to English from the Japanese by Megan Backus, 150 pages.

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SGD 26.59

Les nouvelles histoires marseillaises de Marius recueillies par Stor

by K. Stor

Les Belles Éditions, 1937. Soft cover. Fair. Superbly well preserved front cover however said covers are semi-detached from the text block. Yellowed text.

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SGD 22.16

Yale French Studies (1960) Number 25 : Albert Camus

Yale University, 1960. Soft cover. Fair. Sunned, chipped, creased spine. Some yellowing of scuffed wraps but the interior is clean and tight. 144 pages. All articles in English.

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SGD 22.16

Oeuvres completes illustrees de anatole france tome XIV crainquebille suivi crainquebille (comedie) le mannequin d' osier (comedie) suivi au petit bonheur (comedie)

by Anatole France

Calmann-Lévy, 1928. Soft cover. Fair. Gabriel Belot. Volume 14 only. Tire sur velin u marais. illustrations des bois graves de gabriel belot interieur impeccable avec jaquette -578pp-in4-broché. Interior is in fine condition, crisp clean and bright. Covers and DJ mildly worn except for spine panel which is in a precarious state, binding still intact but there are multiple creases and stress marks causing rippling, tears and chips at both ends of spine.

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SGD 44.31

Histoire d'un Crime - Deposition d'un Temoin - Edition Illustree

by Victor Hugo

Eugene Hugues, editeur, 1879. Half-Leather. Good. Frontispice en noir et blanc - plats et contre-plats jaspés - dos à 5 nerfs - auteur, filet et titre dorés au dos.- Relié demi-cuir- EDITION ILLUSTREE avec nombreuses gravures en noir et blanc dans et hors texte par J.-P. LAURENS - G. BRION - E. BAYARD - CHIFFLART - D. VIERGE - ADRIEN MARIE - LIX SCOTT - GILBERT - CHAPUIS. Imprimerie A. Quantin a Paris. Des rousseurs et papier jauni dans la plupart des cas dans les marges de... Read more about this item

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SGD 51.70

Introducing Anthropology

by James R. Hayes and James M. Henslin, editors

Holbrook Press, 1975. Soft cover. Good. Wraps partially sunned, one stain, average edge wear, one bumped corner, tear at head of spine. Interior is fine, clean and tight binding. 22 contributions by Benedict, Mead, Malinowski, Simpson. 434 pages. Scarce.

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SGD 38.40

HARFANG - REVUE DE LITTERATURES - octobre 2000 - Nouvelles du Concours 2000 - hors serie N° 5

Nouvelles R, 2000. Soft cover. Good. Tight binding, fine interior, soiled covers with light edge and corner wear, sticker scar on front. ISSN 1164-6160.

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SGD 11.82

Comoedia Illustre : Journal Artistique Bi-mensuel, 1er annee, No.1 - 15 decembre 1908

by collectif

1908. Staplebound. Fair. Staplebound revue 25 x 31 cm., approx 30 pages. Yellowed text still well preserved. Covers are in fair condition (etat correct) with frayed edges, tears on back, rusted staples, thumb dents along spine and extensively soiled.

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SGD 22.16

Guyane Killer [triologie] T1 L'Or du Maroni / T2 Docteur Curare / T3 Les Ailes de la Blanche

by Joel Jean Deplanque

chez l'auteur, 2002. Soft cover. Good. Tome 1/Volume one is in fair condition (etat correct) with heavily worn and creased covers, bent corners, and one crack in binding. The text is clean but there is writing in the endpapers. The other two volumes VG- (presque TBE) condition with like new interiors and tight binding, some scuffing of wraps, a few rub marks on spine. 167 + 204 + 253 pages. Self-published jungle adventure novels by a French forest ranger.

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SGD 29.54

Sakhaline

by Edouard Verkine

Actes Sud, 2020. Soft cover. Near Fine. Roman traduit du russe par Yves Gauthier.

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SGD 29.54

Long Grass Whispers: A Book of African Folk Tales

by Geraldine Elliot

Schocken Books, 1975. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Fair/Fair. Sheila Hawkins. The 1975 publication date I have listed is for the second printing. Dust jacket has a large tear along spine starting at head soon to become a chip. Also chipping at the tail and worn through the upper two foredge corners. Adhesive tape residue on back cover and tail of spine, a few spots on front, and inside pastedowns where apparently a mylar protector had been removed. Missing the FFEP and a stamp on back board verso has been... Read more about this item

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SGD 66.47

Borges en la Escuela Freudiana de Buenos Aires. ([ACME Agalma Editorial) (Spanish Edition)

by Borges, Jorge Luis

Agalma, 1993. Soft cover. Fair. Argentina: Agalma, 19.5. Buenos Aires, Agalma, 1993. 160 p. Contiene tres conferencias: "Los sueños y la Poesía" (del 1980), "Baruch Spinoza" (1981) y "El poeta y la escritura" (1982). Desgaste de cubierta. Sello de librería en 1era pag en blanco. Interior impecable.. 1993. Agalma 9509982113 AR Published in Argentina in Spanish. Fine interior but the edges of the covers are rubbed and the binding is weak from two splits... Read more about this item

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SGD 59.08

L'Erotisme dans les reves

by Roland Gagey

Soft cover. Fair. One split in binding with corresponding stress line in spine, otherwise tight binding. Text is yellowed. First half of text block well cut, second half uncut, between the two there are 20 pages poorly cut resulting in chips in the page margins (no loss of text). Not an attractive gift copy, but a good reference or reading copy. Undated edition.

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SGD 22.16

Free Air

by Sinclair Lewis

Jonathan Cape, 1933. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 5th printing. Mildly soiled boards, no jacket, POS ex-libris Roger Perrineau.

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SGD 22.16

Afternoon in the Jungle : The Selected Short Stories of Albert Maltz

by Albert Maltz

Liveright, 1970. Hardcover. Acceptable/Fair. Soiled and worn, contains usual library stickers/stamps/pouch, library discard still a good solid reading copy. Hollywood Ten. Scarce hardcover edition.

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SGD 26.59

Bis die Gotter vergehn: Eine abendilandische Mythologie

by Herrmann Mostar

Scherz & Goverts Verlag, 1955. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. DJ shows rub marks on spine and edges; nicks and creasing to top edge. Book has tight binding in text, loose on pastedowns, stain on top page edges (hard to see at first glance).

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SGD 14.77

Cesar S'en Est Alle

by Desjardins, Christian

Chez L'auteur, 1975. Soft cover. Good. Exemplaire en bon état enrichi d'un tres bel envoi de l'auteur - livre autographe - dedicace - envoi de l'auteur - rare paysannerie et vendomois. Broché. Illustrations de Serblair. L'histoire d'un brave paysan du Perche Vendômois qui ayant 'avalé son bulletin de naissance', est reçu à la porte du Paradis par l'auteur qui l'a devancé. Mildly soiled and worn covers, one corner... Read more about this item

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SGD 22.16

Oraisons choisies de Cicéron, traduction revue par M. de Wailly, avec le Latin à côté, sur l'édition de M. l'Abbé Lallemant, & avec des notes. Nouvelle édition retouchée avec soin. TOME PREMIER

by Ciceron. Marcus Tullius Cicero. Lallemant. Mailly

Paris: J. Barbou, 1786. Half-Leather. Fair. TOME PREMIER TOUT SEULE. Texte français en regard du texte latin. Relié plein cuir marron. Titre sur le dos à 5 nerfs. Tranches poivrées rouges. [12] + 539 + [1] pages. 10.5 x 17,5 x 3,5 cm. Leather boards are heavily worn and rubbed through on corners, gutters are cracked inside and out and the boards are still attached thanks only to the binding threads running through 5 raised bands. Name plate and engraved encircled volume... Read more about this item

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SGD 32.50

Catcher in the Rye (Modern Classics)

by J. Salinger

Penguin, 1994. Soft cover. Good. Well used but still solid, crease in spine and tape on all corners and spine tips (with the intention to reinforce them I suppose), clean interior. Still a good reading copy.

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SGD 7.39

Remanences Revue Litterarire et Artistique (Mai 2000) No.15

by Yvan Mecif

Remanences , 2000. Soft cover. Good. Association copy inscribed by editor/author Yvan Mecif to Martine Le Coz. Tight binding, like new illustrated interior, covers sunned and foxed on margins/spine.