Descripción:
Berkeley, California, USA: University of California Press, 1989. CE5 - A trade paperback book in very good+ condition. An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in color illustrated purple wraps with only very, very minor overall shelf wear. A book about Thomas Chatteton, an English percursor to the Romantic poètes maudits. The author examines Chatterton's influence on the Romantic Movement and makes a psyghological examination of Chatterton as a precocious and neurotic adolescent. By the author of "Adolesence" and "Oneness and Separateness." Endnotees, indexed, 301p. . Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Resultados de búsqueda: Biography / Authors & Writers from Bookmarc's
Has buscado:
- Librería: Bookmarc's
- Tema: Biography / Authors & Writers from Bookmarc's
Resultados: 21 - 40 de 120
Foto de archivo: la portada puede ser diferente
The Family Romance of the Impostor Poet Thomas Chatterton
de Kaplan, Louise J.
- Usado
- Muy bueno
- Tapa blanda
- Estado
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Encuadernación
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780520065659 / 0520065654
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
La Porte, Texas, United States
- Precio
-
EUR 1.87EUR 4.66 enviando a USA
Mostrar detalles
Precio
EUR 1.87
EUR 4.66
enviando a USA
Foto de archivo: la portada puede ser diferente
Finding Celia's Place
de Morris, Celia
- Usado
- Bien
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Usado - Bien
- Edición
- First Edition
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780890969632 / 0890969639
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
La Porte, Texas, United States
- Precio
-
EUR 4.66EUR 4.66 enviando a USA
Mostrar detalles
Descripción:
College Station, Texas, U.S.A.: Texas A&M University Press, 2000. AN6 - DJ is mylar protected. DJ has couple of labels on the front, taped label on the lower spine, library label info on the bottom from back to front, inside flaps taped on the front and bottom to the book cover, and light shelf wear otherwise very good. Book has some rubbing on the cover edges, library stamping on the back fixed endpaper and front loose endpaper with label, and light shelf wear otherwise very good. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
Precio
EUR 4.66
EUR 4.66
enviando a USA
Firebird: A Memoir
de Doty, Mark
- Usado
- Muy bueno
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Edición
- First Edition
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780060193744 / 0060193743
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
La Porte, Texas, United States
- Precio
-
EUR 14.00EUR 4.66 enviando a USA
Mostrar detalles
Descripción:
New York: HarperCollins, 1999. BO2 - A first edition hardcover book signed by the author in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket and book have light discoloration and shelf wear. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Precio
EUR 14.00
EUR 4.66
enviando a USA
Foto de archivo: la portada puede ser diferente
Flannery O'Connor: A Life
de Cash, Jean W.
- Usado
- Bien
- Tapa blanda
- First
- Estado
- Usado - Bien
- Edición
- First Printing
- Encuadernación
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9781572333055 / 1572333057
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
La Porte, Texas, United States
- Precio
-
EUR 5.60EUR 4.66 enviando a USA
Mostrar detalles
Descripción:
Knoxville, Tennessee: The University of Tennessee Press, 2004. CV6 - A first printing trade paperback book in good condition that is lightly curled, some wrinkling and crease, highlighting, light discoloration and shelf wear. 9"x6", 356 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. First Printing. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Precio
EUR 5.60
EUR 4.66
enviando a USA
Gentle Giants: Women Writers in Texas
de Elder, Iva Nell
- Usado
- Muy bueno
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- Estado
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Edición
- 2nd Printing
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780890153987 / 0890153981
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
La Porte, Texas, United States
- Precio
-
EUR 4.66EUR 4.66 enviando a USA
Mostrar detalles
Descripción:
Austin, Texas, U.S.A.: Eakin Press, 1988. AT3 - DJ is mylar protected. DJ has less than half inch tears on the bottom spine and front top right side, wrinkling, chipping and crease on the top spine, soiling, wrinkled, discoloration, and normal shelf wear otherwise good. Book has name plate on the front loose end paper, light discoloration and shelf wear otherwise very good. Book is signed with inscription "For Bettie, Best Wishes, Iva Nell Elder 10/5/89 Love" by the author on the front loose endpaper. Women writers in Texas have good ole "Texas grit." At times their writing must fade into the background, until the babies are older or until the chores are done, but their desire to write never fades completely. Texas Women Writers Etta Lynch, Pauline Watson, Marilyn Cooley, Suzanne Morris, Elizabeth Silverthorne, Nilah Rodgers, Dorothy Prunty, Margaret Cousins, Joan Nixon, Juanita Zachry, Phyllis Prokop, Jane Gilmore Rushing, Jeannette Clift George, Ethel Evey, Lucy H. Wallace,…
Leer más Precio
EUR 4.66
EUR 4.66
enviando a USA
Gentle Giants: Women Writers in Texas
de Elder, Iva Nell
- Usado
- Muy bueno
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- Estado
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Edición
- 2nd Printing
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780890153987 / 0890153981
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
La Porte, Texas, United States
- Precio
-
EUR 4.66EUR 4.66 enviando a USA
Mostrar detalles
Descripción:
Austin, Texas, U.S.A.: Eakin Press, 1988. AX5 - DJ is mylar protected. DJ and book have light discoloration and shelf wear. Signed and inscribed by the author to previous owner. Includes a laid in publisher's promotional pamphlet. Women writers in Texas have good ole "Texas grit." At times their writing must fade into the background, until the babies are older or until the chores are done, but their desire to write never fades completely. Texas Women Writers Etta Lynch, Pauline Watson, Marilyn Cooley, Suzanne Morris, Elizabeth Silverthorne, Nilah Rodgers, Dorothy Prunty, Margaret Cousins, Joan Nixon, Juanita Zachry, Phyllis Prokop, Jane Gilmore Rushing, Jeannette Clift George, Ethel Evey, Lucy H. Wallace, Beatrice S. Levin, and Juanita Bourns. . Signed by Author. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Precio
EUR 4.66
EUR 4.66
enviando a USA
Gentle Giants: Women Writers in Texas
de Elder, Iva Nell
- Usado
- Muy bueno
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Edición
- First Edition
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780890153987 / 0890153981
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
La Porte, Texas, United States
- Precio
-
EUR 7.00EUR 4.66 enviando a USA
Mostrar detalles
Descripción:
Austin, Texas, U.S.A.: Eakin Press, 1983. Q4 - DJ is mylar protected. DJ and book have library markings, DJ has some scratches on the front, wrinkling, chipping and crease on some edges and corners, some rubbing and stains, inside flaps are glued to the fixed endpapers, light discoloration and shelf wear otherwise very good. Book has a few chipping on the top cover edge, light discoloration and shelf wear otherwise very good. Book is signed by the author with inscription to previous owner "For Ring Library, Best Wishes, Iva Nell Elder Oct. 12, 1984" on the front loose endpaper. Women writers in Texas have good ole "Texas grit." At times their writing must fade into the background, until the babies are older or until the chores are done, but their desire to write never fades completely. Texas Women Writers Etta Lynch, Pauline Watson, Marilyn Cooley, Suzanne Morris, Elizabeth Silverthorne, Nilah Rodgers, Dorothy Prunty, Margaret Cousins, Joan Nixon, Juanita Zachry, Phyllis Prokop,…
Leer más Precio
EUR 7.00
EUR 4.66
enviando a USA
Gentle Giants: Women Writers in Texas
de Elder, Iva Nell
- Usado
- Muy bueno
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- Estado
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Edición
- 2nd Printing
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780890153987 / 0890153981
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
La Porte, Texas, United States
- Precio
-
EUR 6.06EUR 4.66 enviando a USA
Mostrar detalles
Descripción:
Austin, Texas, U.S.A.: Eakin Press, 1988. AM5 - DJ is mylar protected. DJ has crease on the front right side, wrinkling on some edges and corners, and light shelf wear otherwise very good. Book has some smudge on the right side page edges otherwise fine. Book was signed and inscribed by the author to previous owner "For Oleta, Best Wishes, Iva Nell Elder Love 8/22/90" on the front loose endpaper. Women writers in Texas have good ole "Texas grit." At times their writing must fade into the background, until the babies are older or until the chores are done, but their desire to write never fades completely. Texas Women Writers Etta Lynch, Pauline Watson, Marilyn Cooley, Suzanne Morris, Elizabeth Silverthorne, Nilah Rodgers, Dorothy Prunty, Margaret Cousins, Joan Nixon, Juanita Zachry, Phyllis Prokop, Jane Gilmore Rushing, Jeannette Clift George, Ethel Evey, Lucy H. Wallace, Beatrice S. Levin, and Juanita Bourns. Includes a laid in publisher's promotional pamphlet.. Signed by…
Leer más Precio
EUR 6.06
EUR 4.66
enviando a USA
Gentle Giants: Women Writers in Texas
de Elder, Iva Nell
- Usado
- Muy bueno
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- Estado
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Edición
- 2nd Printing
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780890153987 / 0890153981
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
La Porte, Texas, United States
- Precio
-
EUR 6.06EUR 4.66 enviando a USA
Mostrar detalles
Descripción:
Austin, Texas, U.S.A.: Eakin Press, 1988. AR6 - DJ is mylar protected. DJ has tear with some crease on the top spine and back left bottom, some chipping on the spine edges and corners, some light brown stains on the inside flaps and light shelf wear otherwise very good. Book has very light discoloration otherwise fine. Book is signed with inscription "Best Wishes, Iva Nell Elder Love" by the author on the front loose endpaper. Women writers in Texas have good ole "Texas grit." At times their writing must fade into the background, until the babies are older or until the chores are done, but their desire to write never fades completely. Texas Women Writers Etta Lynch, Pauline Watson, Marilyn Cooley, Suzanne Morris, Elizabeth Silverthorne, Nilah Rodgers, Dorothy Prunty, Margaret Cousins, Joan Nixon, Juanita Zachry, Phyllis Prokop, Jane Gilmore Rushing, Jeannette Clift George, Ethel Evey, Lucy H. Wallace, Beatrice S. Levin, and Juanita Bourns.. Signed by Author. 2nd Printing. Hard…
Leer más Precio
EUR 6.06
EUR 4.66
enviando a USA
Gentle Giants: Women Writers in Texas
de Elder, Iva Nell
- Usado
- Muy bueno
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- Estado
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Edición
- 2nd Printing
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780890153987 / 0890153981
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
La Porte, Texas, United States
- Precio
-
EUR 7.00EUR 4.66 enviando a USA
Mostrar detalles
Descripción:
Austin, Texas, U.S.A.: Eakin Press, 1988. CF6 - A 2nd printing hardcover book signed and inscribed by the author to previous owner (association copy) in very good dust jacket that is is mylar protected. Book somewhat wrinkled on the first pages, dust jacket and book have light discoloration and shelf wear. Women writers in Texas have good ole "Texas grit." At times their writing must fade into the background, until the babies are older or until the chores are done, but their desire to write never fades completely. Texas Women Writers Etta Lynch, Pauline Watson, Marilyn Cooley, Suzanne Morris, Elizabeth Silverthorne, Nilah Rodgers, Dorothy Prunty, Margaret Cousins, Joan Nixon, Juanita Zachry, Phyllis Prokop, Jane Gilmore Rushing, Jeannette Clift George, Ethel Evey, Lucy H. Wallace, Beatrice S. Levin, and Juanita Bourns. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed by Author. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Precio
EUR 7.00
EUR 4.66
enviando a USA
Growing Up Western
de Backes, Clarus (Edited and with Introductions by)
- Usado
- Muy bueno
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Edición
- First Edition
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780394573939 / 0394573935
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
La Porte, Texas, United States
- Precio
-
EUR 32.66EUR 4.66 enviando a USA
Mostrar detalles
Descripción:
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. AO4 - A first edition (stated) hardcover book SIGND and inscribed by Dee Brown to previous owner on the front free endpaper in very good condition in good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has price clipped, wrinkling, chipping, peeling and some tears on the edges, corners, and sides, light scratches and rubbing, discoloration, and light shelf wear. Book lightly bowed, some bumped corners, light stains on the page edges, tanning on the cover edges, light discoloration and shelf wear. Introduction by Larry McMurtry. Growing Up Western, Recollections by Dee Brown, A.B. Guthrie, Jr., David Lavender, Wright Morris, Clyde Rice, Wallace Stegner, Frank Waters. 8.75"x9.5", 220 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Precio
EUR 32.66
EUR 4.66
enviando a USA
Foto de archivo: la portada puede ser diferente
Hero Mama: A Daughter Remembers The Father She Lost In Vietnam - And The Mother Who Held Her Family Together
de Zacharias, Karen Spears
- Usado
- Muy bueno
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Edición
- First Edition
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780060721480 / 0060721480
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
La Porte, Texas, United States
- Precio
-
EUR 4.66EUR 4.66 enviando a USA
Mostrar detalles
Descripción:
New York: William Morrow, 2005. BI4 - A first edition hardcover book signed and inscribed by author to previous owner in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. A daughter remembers the father she lost in Vietnam - and the mother who held her family together. 9.5"x6.5", 367 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Precio
EUR 4.66
EUR 4.66
enviando a USA
Más fotos
I Love You, Miss Huddleston: And Other Inappropriate Longings of My Indiana Childhood
de Philip Gulley
- Usado
- Muy bueno
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Edición
- First Edition
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780060736590 / 0060736593
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
La Porte, Texas, United States
- Precio
-
EUR 20.52EUR 4.66 enviando a USA
Mostrar detalles
Descripción:
New York: HarperOne, 2009. K5 - A first edition (stated with complete numberline) hardcover book SIGNED by Philip Gulley with "Blessings!" written on the title page in very good condition in good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has some wrinkling and crease on the edges and corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book lightly bowed, some bumped corners, wrinkling on the spine edges, tanning and light shelf wear. 8.5"x5.75", 200 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. WITH HIS EAR FOR THE SMALL TOWN AND his knack for finding the needle of humor in life's haystack, Philip Gulley might well be Indiana's answer to Missouri's Mark Twain. In I Love You, Miss Huddleston we are transported to 1970's Danville, Indiana, the everyone-knows0your-business town where Gulley still lives today, to witness the uproarious story of Gulley's young life, including his infatuation with his comely sixth-grade teacher, his dalliance with sin - eating meat on Friday and…
Leer más Precio
EUR 20.52
EUR 4.66
enviando a USA
Isaac B. Singer: A Life
de Florence Noiville
- Usado
- Muy bueno
- Tapa blanda
- Estado
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Encuadernación
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780374178000 / 0374178003
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
La Porte, Texas, United States
- Precio
-
EUR 9.32EUR 4.66 enviando a USA
Mostrar detalles
Descripción:
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006. BS1 - An uncorrected proof trade paperback book in very good condition that has light shelf wear. Translated from the French by Catherine Temerson. A revelatory account of the life and work of one of the twentieth century's greatest storytellers. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC).
Precio
EUR 9.32
EUR 4.66
enviando a USA
Foto de archivo: la portada puede ser diferente
Isaac Bashevis Singer: A Life
de Hadda, Janet
- Usado
- Muy bueno
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Edición
- First Edition
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780195084207 / 0195084209
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
La Porte, Texas, United States
- Precio
-
EUR 16.33EUR 4.66 enviando a USA
Mostrar detalles
Descripción:
New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. BU1 - A first edition hardcover book signed and inscribed by the author to previous owner in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket and book have light discoloration and shelf wear. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Precio
EUR 16.33
EUR 4.66
enviando a USA
J. Frank Dobie: A Portrait of Pancho
de Bode, Winston
- Usado
- Muy bueno
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
La Porte, Texas, United States
- Precio
-
EUR 9.10EUR 4.66 enviando a USA
Mostrar detalles
Descripción:
Austin, Texas: Steck-Vaughn Company, 1968. AA3 - DJ is mylar protected. DJ and book have some wrinkling on the bottom spine and light shelf wear otherwise fine. A Steck-Vaughn Reprint. With lively, colorful prose woven around a splendid assortment of over one hundred photographs, Winston Bode has etched a sharp and memorable picture of Texas' immortal patriach of letters, J. Frank Dobie. Here.... Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Precio
EUR 9.10
EUR 4.66
enviando a USA
J. Frank Dobie: A Portrait of Pancho
de Bode, Winston
- Usado
- Muy bueno
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
La Porte, Texas, United States
- Precio
-
EUR 7.00EUR 4.66 enviando a USA
Mostrar detalles
Descripción:
Austin, Texas: Steck-Vaughn Company, 1968. AA3 - A reprint hardcover book in near fine condition in near fine dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket and book have light discoloration and shelf wear. A Steck-Vaughn Reprint. With lively, colorful prose woven around a splendid assortment of over one hundred photographs, Winston Bode has etched a sharp and memorable picture of Texas' immortal patriach of letters, J. Frank Dobie. Here... Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Precio
EUR 7.00
EUR 4.66
enviando a USA
J. Frank Dobie: A Portrait of Pancho
de Bode, Winston
- Usado
- Muy bueno
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
La Porte, Texas, United States
- Precio
-
EUR 7.00EUR 4.66 enviando a USA
Mostrar detalles
Descripción:
Austin, Texas: Steck-Vaughn Company, 1968. AA3 - A reprint hardcover book in near fine condition in near fine dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket and book have light discoloration and shelf wear. A Steck-Vaughn Reprint. With lively, colorful prose woven around a splendid assortment of over one hundred photographs, Winston Bode has etched a sharp and memorable picture of Texas' immortal patriach of letters, J. Frank Dobie. Here... Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Precio
EUR 7.00
EUR 4.66
enviando a USA
J. Frank Dobie: A Portrait of Pancho
de Bode, Winston
- Usado
- Muy bueno
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
La Porte, Texas, United States
- Precio
-
EUR 9.10EUR 4.66 enviando a USA
Mostrar detalles
Descripción:
Austin, Texas: Steck-Vaughn Company, 1968. AA3 - DJ is mylar protected. DJ and book have some light shelf wear otherwise fine. A Steck-Vaughn Reprint. With lively, colorful prose woven around a splendid assortment of over one hundred photographs, Winston Bode has etched a sharp and memorable picture of Texas' immortal patriach of letters, J. Frank Dobie. Here.... Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Precio
EUR 9.10
EUR 4.66
enviando a USA
Foto de archivo: la portada puede ser diferente
James Joyce: A Portrait of the Artist
de Davies, Stan Gebler
- Usado
- Bien
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Usado - Bien
- Edición
- First U.S. Edition
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780812818284 / 0812818288
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
La Porte, Texas, United States
- Precio
-
EUR 3.27EUR 4.66 enviando a USA
Mostrar detalles
Descripción:
New York: Stein and Day, 1975. BN1 - DJ is mylar protected. DJ and book have library markings, DJ has wrinkling, chipping and crease on the edges and corners, some rubbing, inside flaps glued to the fixed endpapers, discoloration, and normal shelf wear otherwise good. Book has moderate chipping and wear on the cover edges, foxing, moderate discoloration, and normal shelf wear othrewise good. This is the first full biography of James Joyce since Richard Ellmann's scholarly work, published in 1959.. First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
Precio
EUR 3.27
EUR 4.66
enviando a USA