Literature: Twentieth And Twenty-First Century from Arroyo Seco Books
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Sex In The Arts: A Symposium. The Literary Arts, Modern Poetry, Modern Fiction, Modern Drama, Modern Biography, The Arts Of Entertainment, Modern Dancing, Motion Pictures, Man Woman And The Xcreative Spirit, Modern Journalism, The Presentation Arts, Modern Painting, Modern Sculpture, The Meaning Of Clothes, Sex And Censorship
by John Francis Mcdermott And Kendall B. Taft (Editors), Floyd Dell, V. F. Calverton, Henry Morton Robinson, John Cowper Powys, Elmer Rice, Ernest Boyd, June E. Downey, Ted Shawn, Struthers Burt, Paul Rosenfeld, Robert Briffault, Henry F. Pringle, Silas Bent
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- Used - Fine
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- Fair
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- 1st Edition 1st Printing
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- 1932
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- Hardcover
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$250.00
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New York Ny: Harper & Brothers, 1932. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fair. Xviii, 328 Pp. Green Cloth Spine With Gilt Spine Label, Green Boards. First Edition Stated. Light Usage,Gilt Bright, No Marks. Dust Jacket Priced $3.50, Light Wear And Browning But Large Chips At Top An Bottom Of Spine Panel.
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$250.00
Sex In The Arts: A Symposium. The Literary Arts, Modern Poetry, Modern Fiction, Modern Drama, Modern Biography, The Arts Of Entertainment, Modern Dancing, Motion Pictures, Man Woman And The Xcreative Spirit, Modern Journalism, The Presentation Arts, Modern Painting, Modern Sculpture, The Meaning Of Clothes, Sex And Censorship
by John Francis Mcdermott And Kendall B. Taft (Editors), Floyd Dell, V. F. Calverton, Henry Morton Robinson, John Cowper Powys, Elmer Rice, Ernest Boyd, June E. Downey, Ted Shawn, Struthers Burt, Paul Rosenfeld, Robert Briffault, Henry F. Pringle, Silas Bent
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- Used - Near Fine
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- 1st Edition 1st Printing
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- 1932
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- Hardcover
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$125.00
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New York Ny: Harper & Brothers, 1932. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Xviii, 328 Pp. Green Cloth Spine With Gilt Spine Label, Green Boards. First Edition Stated. Light Usage, Some Fading To Cloth, Git Bright, No Marks.
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$125.00
D. H. Lawrence (With Original Zeitlin Book Store Label)
by Aldington, Richard
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- Used - Near Fine
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- 1st Edition
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- 1930
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- Soft cover
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$30.00
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London Uk: Chaton & Windus, 1930. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 43 Pp. Softcover, Orange Wrappers Printed In Black. 1S Price On Front Flap. Near Fine, Browning To A/2 Endpapers From French Flaps. Price Label From Hope Street Store Of Zeitlin Books (45 Cents), Circva 1930.
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$30.00
Tropic Of Capricorn
by Miller, Henry
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good DJ
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- First American Editions, Later Printings 1st Printing
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- 1961
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Pasadena, California, USA
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$35.00
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New York: Grove Press, 1961. First American Editions, Later Printings 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good DJ. 348 Pp. Green Cloth, Gilt; Green Paper Boards, Gilt. Stated First Printing, In Dj Priced $7.50 With H-In-Circle Logo At Bottom And Without "Gp-259" At Top Of Front Flap. Book Is Near Fine. Dj With Rubbing At Edges, A Few Very… Read more about this item Item Price
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Portnoy's Complaint
by Roth, Philip
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine DJ
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- 1st Edition 1st Printing
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- 1969
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- Blue Cloth
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$15.00
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New York: Random House, 1969. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Blue Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine DJ. 8 1/2" Tall. 274 Pages, Black Cloth, Red Topstain. Stated First Printing, No Marks, No Damage, Very Near Fine. No Dust Jacket.
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$15.00
The Shock Of Recognition: The Development Of Literature In The United States Recorded By The Men Who Made It
by Wilson, Edmund (Editor)
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good + Jacket
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- First Modern Library Edition
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- 1955
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- Hardcover
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$50.00
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The Modern Library, 1955. First Modern Library Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good + Jacket. Xvii,1290 Pp. Gray Cloth. First Edition Stated (Actually First Modern Library Edition, G-83, 1955). Book Near Fine, Some Faded Small Spots On Covers, No Marks. Dust Jacket Priced $2.95, Light Usage, No Chipping.
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$50.00
Lady Chatterley's Lover
by Lawrence, D. H. [Introduction By Mark Schorer, Preface By Archibald MacLeish]
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition Thus
- Published
- 1959
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- Hardcover
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$45.00
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New York: Grove Press, 1959. First Edition Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine Book/No Jacket. Xxxix, 368 Pp. Blue Cloth Spine Printed In Silver, Beige Boards, 1 1/4" Thick. Reprinted From The Third Manuscript Version, First Printed In Florence In 1928, With A New Introduction And Preface. A Clean Lightly Used Example. Book With Slight Wear, Fading At Edges.… Read more about this item Item Price
$45.00
Giants In The Earth: A Saga Of The Prairie. Translated From The Norwegian
by Rolvaag, O. E.
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
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- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Published
- 1927
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- Hardcover
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New York / Londn: Harper & Brothers, 1927. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Xxii, 465 Pp + 3 Pp Ads At Rear. Yellow Cloth, Gilt. First Printing, With "First Edition" Statement And Publisher's Code "C-B". Wear
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$30.00
Giants In The Earth: A Saga Of The Prairie. Translated From The Norwegian
by Rolvaag, O. E.
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
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- 1st Edition 1st Printing
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- 1927
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- Hardcover
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$40.00
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New York / Londn: Harper & Brothers, 1927. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Xxii, 465 Pp + 3 Pp Ads At Rear. Yellow Cloth, Gilt. First Printing, With "First Edition" Statement And Publisher's Code "C-B". Wear
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$40.00
The Sound Of Mountain Water
by Stegner, Wallace
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- Used - Near Fine
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- 1st Edition 1st Printing
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- 1969
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- Hardcover
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$67.50
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Doubleday, 1969. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. 286 Pp. Green Cloth, Gilt. First Edition Stated, Second Issue With Tipped-In Title Page. Near Fine. Dust Jacket Priced $5.95, Single 1/2" Tear At Top Of Front Flap Fold.
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$67.50
The Goodspeed Parallel New Testament The American Translation And The King James Version In Parallel Columns, With Introductions And Explanatory Notes By Edgar J. Goodspeed
by Goodspeed, Edgar J.
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Dust Jacket
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- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Published
- 1943
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- Blue/Green Cloth
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$76.50
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Chicago, Illinois: University Of Chicago , 1943. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Blue/Green Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 7 3/4" Tall. 600 Clean, Unmarked Pages. First Printing, 1943. Covers Clean, Cloth Faded/Browned On And Around Spine And Edges, Gilt Lettering On Spine All Present And Fairly Strong But Not Brilliant. Bookplate On Front Free Endpaper.
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$76.50
A Reader in Modern Literary Arabic
by Farhat J. Ziadeh
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- Used - Fine
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- 1st Edition 1st Printing
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- 1964
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- Hardcover
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- 9780866855563
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Princeton University Press, 1964. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine. Xii, 426 Pp. Hard Cover, Blue Cloth. First Printing Of First Edition, 1964. Slight Usage, No Marks, Tight, Clean, Gilt Bright.
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Every Tongue Got to Confess: Negro Folk-Tales from the Gulf States
by Hurston, Zora Neale
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- 1st Edition 1st Printing
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- 2001
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- Hardcover
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- 9780060188931
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HarperCollins, 2001. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Xxxiv, 279 Pp. Hardcover. First Printing Indicated. Tales Collected In The 1920'S By Hruston, Published Here For The First Time. Fine In Fine Dut Jacket Priced $25.00.
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$40.00
No Country For Old Men
by McCarthy, Cormac
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- 1st Edition 1st Printing
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- 2005
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780375406775
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Alfred a Knopf Inc, 2005. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 309 Pp. Black Boards, Spine Gilt. First Edition Stated. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket Priced $24.95.
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Soldier's Pay
by Faulkner, William
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good + Jacket
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- 2nd Edition 1st Printing
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- 1954
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- Hardcover
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$112.50
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Liveright Publishing, 1954. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good + Jacket. 319 Opp. Blue Cloth Lettered In Yellow. Undated Reprint Circa 1954, Just After Faulkner Won A Nobel Prize For Literature, In The Format Of The 1926 First Edition. Dj With The Same Dust Jacket Art, Priced $3.00 And With "New Edition" Stated. Near Fine,… Read more about this item Item Price
$112.50
Dandelion Wine
by Bradbury, Ray
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First Edition Thus 1st Printing
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- 1999
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780380977260
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- 1
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$112.50
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Avon Books, 1999. First Edition Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Xiv, 267 Pp. Hardcover. First Printing Of This 199 Hardcover Edition, Including Bradbury's 1974 Introduction. Signed By Bradbury In Blue Pen On The Title Page (Shortly Thereafter He Began Using Only Marker Due To Arthritis).
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The Color Purple: Tenth Anniversary Edition
by Walker, Alice; New Preface By The Author, And New Illustrations By Jennifer Hewitson
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Fine
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- First Edition Thus 1st Printing
- Published
- 1992
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780151191543
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Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992. First Edition Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Xii, 289 Pp. Maroon Cloth Spine, Beige Boards, Gilt. First Printing Of This 10Th Anniversary Edition With A New Preface By The Author. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket Priced $19.95.
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The Alexandria Quartet (Mountolive, Justine, Balthazar, Clea), Newly Corrected And Revised, In One Volume
by Durrell, Lawrence
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Dustjacket
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- First American Edition 1st Printing
- Published
- 1962
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- Hardcover
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$55.00
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New York: Dutton , 1962. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good Dustjacket. 884 Pp. Four Volumes In One, With Revisions To Three Volumes. Red Cloth Stamped In Blue. First American Issue, Using Sheets Printed In Great Britain, Of This 1962 Corrected And Slightly Revised Edition, With A New Preface By The Author. Book Would Be… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Reader in Modern Literary Arabic
by Farhat J. Ziadeh
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- Used - Fine
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- 2nd Edition 3rd Printing
- Published
- 1993
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- Soft cover
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- 9780866855563
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$27.50
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International Book Centre, 1993. 2nd Edition 3rd Printing. Soft cover. Fine. Xii, 426 Pp. Softcover. Third Printing Of Second Editon. Fine., No Wear Or Marks.
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Three Years, 1924- 1927: The Story Of A New Idea And Its Successful Adaptation
by Alfred A. Knopf, H. L. Mencken
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Published
- 1927
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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$225.00
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New York: The American Mercury, 1927. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 45 Pp. 10" Tall. Green Cloth, Gilt, Over Green And Beige Patterned Paper Covered Boards. Postscript By H L Mencken. #530 Of 600 Copies, Each Numbered And Signed By Alfred A Knopf And H L Mencken On The Limitation Page At Front. A Brief Chronicle… Read more about this item Item Price
$225.00