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Heat
by Bill Buford
From one of our most interesting literary figures -- former editor of Granta, former fiction editor at The New Yorker, acclaimed author of Among the Thugs -- a sharp, funny, exuberant, close-up account of his headlong plunge into the life of a professional cook.Expanding on his James Beard Award-winning New Yorker article, Bill Buford gives us a richly evocative chronicle of his experience as "slave" to Mario Batali in the kitchen of Batali's three-star New York restaurant, Babbo.In a fast-paced, candid...
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Personal History
by Katharine Graham
Personal History is the autobiography of Katharine Graham. It was published in 1997 and won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography in 1998. The book received widespread critical acclaim for its candour in dealing with her husband's mental illness, and the challenges she faced in a male-dominated working environment.
In Darkest Africa
by Henry M Stanley
In Darkest Africa (1890) is Henry
M. Stanley’s own account of his last adventure on the African continent. At the
turn of that century, the interior of the African continent was largely unknown
to the American and European public. With the accounts of great explorers like Stanley,
readers became thrilled by stories African expeditions and longed to follow in
the footsteps of these explorers. In 1888, Stanley led an expedition to come to
the aid of Mehmed Emin Pasha. The two volumes that compose In... Read more about this item
M. Stanley’s own account of his last adventure on the African continent. At the
turn of that century, the interior of the African continent was largely unknown
to the American and European public. With the accounts of great explorers like Stanley,
readers became thrilled by stories African expeditions and longed to follow in
the footsteps of these explorers. In 1888, Stanley led an expedition to come to
the aid of Mehmed Emin Pasha. The two volumes that compose In... Read more about this item
Publishing Biographies Books & Ephemera
Myself When Young
by Du Maurier, Daphne
NY: Doubleday. NF. 1977. 1st US Edition. Hardcover. First U. S. Edition bound in brown cloth and blue boards. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. The book has remainder spray at the b ottom edge of the page block. The dust jacked is slightly faded along its spine. .
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SGD 27.34
Salinger: A Critical and Personal Portrait
by Grunwald, Henry Anatole. Editor
NY: Pocket Books/Cardinal Giant. VG+. 1963. 1st Printing. Paperback. Pocket Books/Giant Cardinal #GC-169, 1963. Stated first printing. VG+ condition. Rubs tothe corners and spine tips. Mild dust soiling to the wrappers. Tanning to the pages. Name and address inked at the lower p art of the title page. Includes essays by John Updike, Alfred Kazin, and others. .
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SGD 6.84
My Life and Times
by Miller, Henry
Chicago, IL: Playboy Press. VG. 1971. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition. 9" x 12" hardcover bound in blue grained cloth with gol d lettering. Illustrated through-out. A Very Good copy in a Good dust jacket. Ex-library copy. The page block's upper edge of the page block has a faint rubbed stamp & red magic marker line. Small library stamp the title page's lower edge. Book plate at the front fly leaf's verso . One small sticker with the author and title and the number 58917 att ached to the inner...
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SGD 41.02
Seven Houses
by Hurlimann, Bettina
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1977. First US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good +. 8vo. [10], 262 pp. Bound in quarter green cloth over cream boards, in illustrated dust jacket. Black and white illustrations. Translated from the German by Anthea Bell. Very Good, internally clean and crisp, light soiling to front board, minor shelf wear, in Very Good+ dust jacket with minor soiling and age-toning, short tear to lower edge of rear cover.
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SGD 34.18
Jesse Stuart, The Boy From The Dark Hills
by Lowe, Jimmy
Ashland, KY: The Jesse Stuart Foundation. NF. 1990. 1st Edition. Paperback. First trade edition. Oblong, 14" x 8 3/4", 79 page paperback is bound in stapled, pictorial wrappers. Near fine condition. Slight bow to the book. .
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SGD 27.34
H.G. Wells
by Beresford, J. D
NY: Henry Holt and Company. VG. 1915. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. First U.S. edition, part of the "Writers of The Day" Series edited by Bertram Christian. 4 3/4" x 6 3/4" hardcover bound in red embossed clo th. Frontis portrait of Wells, 127 Pages. A Very Good copy. The head a nd base of the spine is frayed. Rubs to the corners. Former owner's n ame and address are inked on the front fly. Tanning to the pages. No d ust jacket. .
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SGD 20.51
Dashiell Hammett: A Daughter Remembers
by Hammett, Jo
NY: Carroll & Graf. F. 2001. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Stated First Carroll & Graf Edition. 7 1/2" x 10 1/4" hardcover is in fine condition in a near fine dust jacket. Mild dust soiling to the ja cket's panels. Edited by Richard Layman with Julie M. Rivett. .
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SGD 20.51
Ayn Rand and the World She Made
by Heller, Anne C
NY: Nan A. Talese. F. 2009. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Fine condition in a fine condition dust jacket. .
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SGD 27.34
Virginia Woolf
by Nathan, Monique
Ny: Grove Press/Evergreen Pb. VG+. 1961. 1st Printing. Paperback. Grove Press/Evergreen Books, Ltd, 1961. Evergreen Profile Book #34. Fi rst printing of this edition. VG+ condition. Rubs to the spine tips an d spine edges. Faint crease along the front spine edge. Mild tanning t o the spine. Black & white photos through-out. .
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SGD 13.67
The San Francisco Poetry Renaissance, 1955-1960
by French, Warren
Bost: Twayne Pub. F. 1991. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0805776214. First edition. A fi ne copy in fine dj. .
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SGD 34.18
Inter/View: Talks with America's Writting Women
by Pearlman, Mickey & Henderson, Katherine Usher
Lexington, KY: The University Press of Kentucky. F. 1990. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. The dust jacket has light wear at the head of its spine. Review copy with slip laid-i n. Includes Amy Tan, Joyce Carol Oates, Gail Godwin, Marge Piercy and others. .
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SGD 27.34
Jim Thompson: Sleep with the Devil
by McCauley, Michael J
NY: Mysterious Press. F. 1991. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Stated first printing bound in black cloth and purple boards. A fine c opy in a near fine dust jacket. Mild dust soiling to the dust jacket's panels. .
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SGD 20.51
Robert Norwood
by Watson, Albert Durrant
Toronto: Ryerson Press. VG. 1923. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering and decorations. Part of the "Makers Of Canadian Literature" Series. Very Good conditi on. Rubs to the corners and spine tips. There is a ring mark on the re ar cover. Includes a tipped-in photo of Norwood. .
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SGD 20.51
Trollope: A Biography
by Hall, N. John
Oxford: Clarendon Press. F. 1991. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Second printing. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. .
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SGD 20.51
Gene Stratton-Porter: Author and Naturalist
by Indiana State Museum
Indianapolis, IN: The Indiana Department of Natural Resources. F. 1984. Reprint. Paperback. 1984 printing. 6" x 9", eighteen page pamphlet is bound in stapled, pi ctorial wrappers. Fine condition. From the Indiana State Museum. Based primarily on the biography of Stratton-Porter that was written by her daughter, Jeanette Porter Meehan. .
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SGD 20.51
The Private Diaries of Sir H. Rider Haggard 1914-1925
by Higgins, D. S. Editor
NY: Stein & Day. NF. 1980. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. First American edition bound in red cloth and boards. A near fine copy in a VG+ dust jacket. There is a 1" bump to the book's outer page blo ck. The dust jacket has small rubs to its corners and a 3/4" long stic ker pull on its spine. .
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SGD 13.67
Mailer: His Life and Times
by Manso, Peter
NY: Simon & Schuster. VG+. 1985. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition. A VG+ copy in a VG dust jacket. The book has light shel f wear. Small price inked out on front fly and a black ink mark at the lower left corner of the rear cover. The dust jacket is tanned and mi ldly dust soiled. Chips to the DJ's upper spine tips. .
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SGD 10.87
Genius of Place: William Faulkner's Triumphant Beginnings
by Putzel, Max
Baton Rogue, LA: Louisiana State University Press. VG. 1985. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition bound in green cloth. A Very Good copy in a Near Fine du st jacket. Former owner's address label is affixed to the front endpap er. Address stamp and blind stamp on the half-title page. Name and add ress stamped on the edges of the lower page block. The rear cover has small bumps at its upper and lower left corners. The dust jacket has b umps to the rear panel's upper and lower left corners. The front panel...
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SGD 13.67
Frances Fuller Victor
by Mills, Hazel and Constance Bordwell
Portland, OR: Peregrine Productions, 2002. Hardcover. Very Good/very good +. 8vo. xvi, 448 pp. Bound in black boards in illustrated dust jacket. Black and white photographs. Very Good, light wear and soiling to extremities of binding and text block, internally clean and sound, in Very Good+ dust jacket with minor wear to extremities.
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SGD 34.18
Under the Eye of the Clock: The Life Story of Christopher Nolan
by Nolan, Christopher
NY: St. Martin's Press. NF. 1988. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. First American edition. A Near Fine copy in a VG+ dust jacket. Dust so iling to the edges of the book's upper page block. The dust jacket has a small tear to the front panel's lower corner and a tiny tear at its upper edge. Fading to the jacket's spine. .
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SGD 12.24
Mallet du Pan (1749-1800)
by Acomb, Frances
Durham: Duke University Press, 1973. Hardcover. Fine/very good-. 8vo. xii, 304 pp. Bound in full green cloth, title in silver on spine, in illustrated dust jacket. Includes bibliography and index. Fine, bright copy, in Very Good+ dust jacket, 1/4" chip missing to top edge of front cover, short tears to upper edge of rear cover, light soiling overall.
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SGD 41.02
Norman Mailer: A Double Life
by Lennon, J. Michael
Ny: Simon and Schuster. NF. 2013. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition with the entire number line present. A near fine copy in a VG+ dust jacket. The book has a faint, green remainder mark at the edges of the upper page block. The dust jacket has rubs to its corners and spine tips. Mild dust soiling to the panels. Shipping weight is four pounds. Additional shipping charges will apply to international o rders. .
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SGD 27.34
Livin' the Blues
by Davis, Frank Marshall
Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1992. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good +. 8vo. xxxii, 373, [2] pp. Bound in full red cloth in illustrated dust jacket. Black and white photographs. Near Fine, tight, square copy, light smudging to edges of text block, pages clean in Very Good+ dust jacket with light rubbing and wear to extremities.
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SGD 27.34
Harry Leon Wilson: Some Account of the Triumphs and Tribulations of an American Popular Writer
by Kummer, George
Cleveland, OH: The Press of Western Reserve University. NF. 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition bound in blue cloth. Near fine condition. No dust jacket . .
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SGD 41.02
This Just in: What I Couldn't Tell You on Tv
by Schieffer, Bob
E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Putnam Pub Group, 2003. Hard Cover. Very Good +/very good +. in Very Good jacket Autobiography of a news man. 432 pages with index.
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SGD 21.53
