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Shrovetide in Old New Orleans
by Reed, Ishmael
- Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket; Remainder spray on page bottoms, jacket tattered and soiled.
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1978
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780385056885
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$15.00
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Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Remainder spray on page bottoms, jacket . tattered and soiled.. 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. 0385056885 . A collection of essays on such subjects as Patty Hearst, Chester Himes, Muhammad Ali, Mardi Gras, John Coltrane, and many others. Author photo on rear jacket flap. Cloth-backed boards. ;… Read more about this item Item Price
$15.00
The Goose Woman and Other Stories
by Beach, Rex
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- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, spine faded.
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1925
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$25.00
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NY: Harper and Brothers. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, spine faded.. 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Black cloth with decorative titles on front boards and spine. Contains the following stories: The Goose Woman, The Michigan Kid, Cave Stuff, Cool Waters, and Powder. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 266 pages . Item Price
$25.00
The Old Beauty and Others
by Cather, Willa
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket toned.
- Edition
- 1st UK Edition
- Published
- 1956
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$20.00
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London: Cassell. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket toned.. 1956. 1st UK Edition. Hardcover. Jacket art by Biro. Contains three stories: The Old Beauty, The Best Years, and Before Breakfast. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 160 pages . Item Price
$20.00
The Atlantic Monthly: Volume 167 Number 5 May 1941
by Weeks, Edward A. (editor)
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- Used - Very Good; Edges rubbed.
- Edition
- First Printing
- Published
- 1941
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- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$25.00
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Boston: Atlantic Monthly Company. Very Good; Edges rubbed.. 1941. First Printing. Softcover. 54 pages of ads, subscriber letters, and editorials, 131 pages of articles. Black and white and color photos and illustrations. Articles by Archibald Macleish, Donald Culross Peattie, Jean Burton, etc, and an installment in a serial by Rebecca West. With the scarce wrap-around band … Read more about this item Item Price
$25.00
Thy Neighbor's Wife: Twelve Original Variations on the Theme of Adultery
by Turner, James (editor) ; Lessing, Doris; Stubbs, Jean; Baker, Denys Val
- Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket; Endpapers foxed, pages toned, jacket tattered.
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1968
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$20.00
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NY: Stein and Day. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Endpapers foxed, pages toned, jacket . tattered.. 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. A short story anthology on the theme of adultery, with contributions by Doris Lessing, Denys Val Baker, Ronald Blyte, John Bratby, Jean Stubbs, John Pudney, Edward Hyams, Fred Urquhart, William Woods, Ronald Duncan, Frederic Raphael, and… Read more about this item Item Price
$20.00
Wall of Words: A Short Story from the Flesh Artist
by Taylor, Lucy
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- Used - Very Good; Covers faintly rubbed.
- Published
- 1994
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- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$20.00
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Silver Salamander Press. Very Good; Covers faintly rubbed.. 1994. Softcover. Photo-illustrated stapled black card covers. A promotional short story published in advance of Taylor's horror short story collection, The Flesh Artist. 12 pages devoted to author's and publisher's books. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 28 pages . Item Price
$20.00
Fables de la Fontaine
by Fontaine, Jean de la
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- Used - Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, hinges cracked, foxing.
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- Later Printing
- Published
- 1929
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$35.00
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Tours, France: Maison Alfred Mame Et Fils. Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, hinges cracked, foxing.. 1929. Later Printing. Hardcover. Color illustrated boards with tan cloth spine. 16 color plates and numerous other black and white illustrations by R. De la Neziere. Text in French. La Fontaine's fables with de la Neziere's dramatic color illustrations of… Read more about this item Item Price
$35.00
The Finishing Touch: Stories from the 1991 Nadine Gordimer Short Story Award
by Oliphant, Andries Walter (editor)
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- Used - Very Good; Edges lightly rubbed.
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- First Printing
- Published
- 1992
- Binding
- Softcover
- ISBN
- 9781874879152
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$10.00
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Johannesburg, South Africa: COSAW Publishing. Very Good; Edges lightly rubbed.. 1992. First Printing. Softcover. 187487915X . A collection of 10 short stories presented by the Congress of South African Writers. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 159 pages . Item Price
$10.00
Essays from the London Times, Second Series
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- Used - Good with no dust jacket; Boards heavily soiled and worn, rear hinge cracked, foxing, some dog-eared pages.
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- 1852
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$20.00
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NY: D. Appleton & Company. Good with no dust jacket; Boards heavily soiled and worn, rear hinge . cracked, foxing, some dog-eared pages.. 1852. Hardcover. Red printed cloth. 261, [2]pp of publisher's ads. Contains of an early review of Harriet Beecher Stowe's bestselling novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, as well as accounts of travels to the Nubian Desert and… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Best of Motive: 50th Anniversary Limited Edition
by Bigler, Vernon (editor)
- Condition
- Used - Very Good; Covers lightly scuffed.
- Published
- 1990
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- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$10.00
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Nashville, TN: United Methodist Publishing House. Very Good; Covers lightly scuffed.. 1990. Softcover. The best writing and illustration culled from Motive Magazine. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 216 pages . Item Price
$10.00
The Bathtub Hoax and Other Blasts and Bravos from the Chicago Tribune
by Mencken, H. L. ; McHugh, Robert (editor)
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- Used - Good with no dust jacket; Spine sunned, boards rubbed at corners and spine extremities.
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1958
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$13.00
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NY: Alfred A. Knopf. Good with no dust jacket; Spine sunned, boards rubbed at corners and spine . extremities.. 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Navy cloth binding. Glossary. A posthumously published collection of essays on birth control, Mark Twain, Edgar Allan Poe, religious fundamentalism, eugenics, American government, movies, race relations and other topics with his biting wit. ;… Read more about this item Item Price
$13.00
Bread Loaf Anthology
by Lee, W. Storrs (editor) ; Frost, Robert
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- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Glassine jacket absent, corners rubbed. A very clean and bright copy.
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1939
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$30.00
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Middlebury, VT: Middlebury College. Very Good with no dust jacket; Glassine jacket absent, corners rubbed. A . very clean and bright copy.. 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Green boards with buckram spine and paper spine label. Six woodcut illustrations by Edward Sanborn. Preface by Robert Frost. An anthology of short fiction and poetry by alumni of the Bread Loaf… Read more about this item Item Price
$30.00
Something Childish and Other Stories
by Mansfield, Katherine
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- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, pages toned.
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1924
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$30.00
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London: Constable and Company , Ltd.. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, pages toned.. 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Gray cloth binding. "First published, 1924" on copyright page. A posthumously published collection of Mansfield's early short stories. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 259 pages . Item Price
$30.00