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London: Michael Joseph, 1938. The desired British Edition. Author of that wonderful book (and film) The Poseidon Adventure - The Snow Goose - Thomasina, etc has given us The Steadfast Man. Paul Gallico takes his reader between and behind the lines of the scarce writings attributed to the Saint and, through story and legend, brings to life the human and forceful character of Ireland's patron Saint, his times and his wonderful work. A most respectable copy in a well illustrated price-intact dust jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

New York: The MacMillan Company, 1950. This Welsh author of How Green Was My Valley once again provides the reader with a very good read. Richard Llewellyn has written a magnificent novel, mixing his warm love for humanity with great story-telling power, giving us an entirely new setting and new ingredients. Ffep carries a Christmas sticker to front and back. A bright book in an illustrated price-intact dust jacket.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

London: Collins Harvill, 1985. Jonathan Raban's Foreign Land is a novel which extends a theme now familiar in English fiction, that of the solitary abroad in society. It has a memorable narrative force, a predictably beguiling mastery of language, and again and again strikes a rich comic vein even as it explores the sadder symptoms of English life as Raban sees them. A bright sharp-cornered book in a price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket painting by Jon Schueler: Blue Cloud snd Winter Light 1982. A very nice copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

South Dakota: Lame Johnny Press, 1978. Two novels in one book. In these novels, Western American literature achieves a new universality. By avoiding the sterotyped ideas expected of western writers, E. R. Zietlow adds new dimensions to western literature and opens transhominal prospects to the novel. Neat name label to ffep. An extremely bright book in its' bright, price-intact dust jacket. The condition of this copy promises to please.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine.

London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1964. From the English novelist that gave us Room At The Top. A dramatic and beautifully told story. It is also a study of the subtle and changing ties between people of strongly contrasting natures and the portrait of a whole world within a world - the north country Catholics, mostly the descendants of Irish immigrants, whose society still has a character and pugency of its own. Individually, the characters are drawn with precision and love - the possessive mother , the old grandmother ( her portrait one of the most delicate and touching in the book) the older brothers and their families, above all Laura, the girl whom our main character Vincent, loves. Illustrated price-clipped dust jacket. A most respectable copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. English Novelist + Room At The Top + NOISBN. Catalogs: Literature.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1915. Published Sept. 1915. Frontispiece illustration by George Wright with tissue guard. List of illustrations provided (four includes frontispiece). All illustrations present. Four unpaginated pages of book ads at rear of book. Name to ffep. Boards remain bright. An attractively bound most respectable book.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Irish Literature + Fiction + George Wright Illustrator + NOISBN. Catalogs: Literature.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1979. The Ghost Writer, the author's eleventh book, begins with a young writer's search, twenty years ago, for the spiritual father who will comprehend and validate his art, and whose support will justify his inevitable fright from a loving but conventionally constricting Jewish middle-class home. Shocking, comic and sad by turns The Ghost Writer is the work of a major novelist in full maturity. A Clean, bright book.. BOMC Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Writer Fiction + Jewish Home.

London: Andre Deutsch, 1970. Henry Bech, a middle-aged American Jewish writer, goes through the motions of success. John Updike makes exuberant comedy of Bech's public life - his journey abroad to Russia and Bulgaria, his sortie into swing London, his response to a lecture-audience of nubile southern belles and finally his crowing with official laurels - while at the same time Bech's rising panic at the dislocation between what he appears to be and what he knows himself to be. An immaculate book in a price-intact illustrated dust jacket.. ISBN: 0-233-96270-0. First Edition, Second Impression. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Henry Bech Fictional Character. Catalogs: Literature.

New York: The Regent Press. No Date. Frontispiece by Kirkpatrick. Introduction by Henry James. Contents : Bimbi - Namgay - Doola - The Recrudescence of Imray - Moti Guj Mutineer - The Mutiny of the Mavericks - At the End of the Passage - The Man Who Was - A Conference of the Powers - Without Benefit of Clergy - The Mark of the Beast - The Head of the District. Name to ffep - dated Dec 25-1920. Several pages of introduction unopened (some opened a trifle roughly to top edge). Decorated front board. A clean bright respectable book. Hard Cover. Very Good. NOISBN. Catalogs: Literature.

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1954. Though much has been written about the art of the actor, little is known about the craft of the producer. This book of Old Vic Prefaces is a collection of the author's talks to the actors on those plays which he produced while a director of the Old Vic from 1949 to 1953. They allow the reader the privilege of penetrating behind the scenes and learning how a producer approaches his work. The prefaces are unique in that they relate to actual preformances and each preface is followed by a short post-script in which the producer draws attention to some point that arose in production or in rehearsal, which illustrates the sort of problems that confront the producer of a Shakespeare play. Frontispiece is a photograph : Juliet : Claire Bloom - Romeo: Alan Badel. A generous list of illustrations provided and 25 photographs on heavier semi-gloss stock. Each play produced begins with a list of actors and actresses and other information such as attendants, scenery… Leer más

London: Methuen, 1987. A. L. Rowse, both poet and a man of letters as well as historian, knew W.H. Auden from the time he was an undergraduate at Oxford and kept some touch with him all his life until his final return to Oxford .From those early days he had no doubt of Auden's genius, and from his own long periods in America he has been able to place the poet's life and work in the double, or perhaps twin, perspective of England and the United States. This book is a personal memoir, and a work of criticism in the best sense. The contents offered cover: (1) The Man (2) The Thirties (3) New York (4) Between America and Europe and (5) Return to Europe: Oxford, Austria. Text block edges show toning. Price-intact dust jacket. This copy remains bright, clean and desirable.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Scribner, 2005. Frank McCourt, Pulitzer Prize winning author for "Angela's Ashes" gives us 'Teacher Man' , a book about how his thirty-year teaching career shaped his second act as a writer. It is an urgent tribute to teachers everywhere. In bold and spirited prose featuring his irreverent wit and heartbreaking honesty, McCourt records the trials, triumphs and surprises he faces in public schools around New York City. His methods of teaching are anything but conventional! McCourts many fans will love this book. An excellent read. Neat gift sticker to ffep. Photo illustrated price-intact dust jacket. A bright copy.. First Edition, Third Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine.

New York City: Hinds, Noble & Eldredge, Publishers, 1903. This book is intended to aid in the study of literature. "The aim of this manual is to fascilate the systematic, careful and appreciative study of literature as literature. It concentrates attention upon the text itself, not upon editorial explanation or comment. It furnishes means by which the student may ascertain for himself the chief characteristics of the book studied. It acquaints him with the fundamental principles of literary construction, and asks him to decide for himself how far these princilpes have been observed." The aim throughout is to teach him to see for himself and to judge for himself. Contents contain: Preface by the author...Part(1) Nature and Classes of Literature....Part (2) Specimen Studies,....Appendices follow and an index to recommended reading. Name to fep. A firm, bright copy which promises to please. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Literary Masterpieces + Literary Construction + NOISBN + Study Habits.… Leer más

Toronto: Alfred A Knopf, Canada, 1997. The definitive biography of one of Canada's best-loved writers who gave us the Manawaka novels - The Stone Angle, A Test of God, The Fire-Dwellers and The Diviners, etc. No reader can fail to be captivated by the story of her life - from the willowy Peggy of Neepawa, to Margaret, the dowager of Lakefield, so familiar yet so little known to us. Front cover photo of Margaret Laurence by Andrew Wittuck. Back cover photo courtesy of Jocelyn and David Laurence. Appendix, Sources, Endnotes, Index and a generous list of illustrations (photographs) supplied. A bright lovely copy in price-intact dust jacket.. ISBN: 0-676-97073-7. First Edition Stated. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Canadiana + Margaret Laurence Biography + The Diviners + The Stone Angel + Canadian Literature + Canadian Author. Catalogs: Literature.

New York: The Dial Press, 1977. First U.S.A. Printing stated. Book remains BOMC Edition. Few poets have exited such extremes of admiration and hostility as Dylan Thomas, the Welshman who was perhaps the greatest lyric poet of our century. He lived in poverty despite his considerable income and shocked his public with his love affairs and drinking while demanding recognition as an artist. Paul Ferris's authoritive biography is based on a wealth of previously unpublished material (including two poems) gathered by the author in more than two hundred interviews and extensive research in Britain and America. In his beautifully written narrative Mr. Ferris gives us new insight into Thomas's childhood and adolescence, his arrival on the London literary scene, his marriage to Caitlin MacNamara, his wartime career as a film writer, his visits to the U.S.A., and his death. This work has been justly hailed in England as the definitive Thomas biography, a gold mine for scholars as well as for the general reader.… Leer más

New York: Hyperion, 1998. Author Gloria Naylor gave us her first novel 'The Women of Brewster Place' which was made into a miniseries. Her exploration of the life and times of a small urban enclave of black women and their families struck a resounding chord among its readers. Now Ms Naylor has turned her attention to the men of Brewster Place. She brings their voices to life with her characteristic grace, humour, and compassion. A clean, bright copy. Bottom edge of book carries narrow tick mark which may indicate a remainder mark.. ISBN: 0-7868-6421-4. First Edition First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Afro American Fiction + American Literature + Brewster Place Fiction. Catalogs: Literature.

London: Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 1937. Foreword by Emmuska Orczy. A list of novels by Baroness Orczy provided. 343 pp followed by unpaginated book ads for books written by Cecil Roberts, Sapper, Francis Beeding, Ronald A. Knox, Mabel L. Tyrrell, Victor Canning, Mathew Silverman, Eileen Bigland and F.E. Mill Young. Neat type-written ownership sticker to fep. Name to rear endpaper. Darkened extremities to blue cloth boards. A sound still-respectable copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Baroness Orczy + The Divine Folly + First Edition + No ISBN. Catalogs: Literature.

Toronto: Macmillian Canada, 1993. This book is about the new economy and the Canadians who are leading the way. It's designed to help you understand and benefit from the changes going on. 216pp including index. A sample of the topics covered: The Industrial Economy in The Information Age, Agriculture, Real Estate, Social Safety Net, etc. Price intact photo dust jacket. A clean bright copy.. ISBN: 0-7715-9179-9. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Economics + Industrial Productivity + Guy Stanley + Canada Economic Conditions + Real Estate + Agriculture + Manufacturing + Business. Catalogs: Literature.

New York: Washington Square Press Published By Pocket Books, 2000. Margaret A Salinger writes about her life with her famously reclusive father, J.D. Salinger - offering a rare look into the man and the myth, what it is like to be his daughter, and the effect of such a charismatic figure on the girls and women close to him. Her story chronicles an almost cult-like environment of extreme isolation and early neglect interwoven with time of laughter, joy, and dazzling beauty. This story appeals to anyone, J.D. Salinger fan of not, who has ever had to struggle to sort out who she really is from who her parent dreamed she might be. A section of photographs on glossy stock present. A bright, handsome copy.. ISBN: 0-671-04281-5. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. J D Salinger + Margaret A Salingewr + Biography + Family Relationships + Cornish New Hampshire + Memoirs. Catalogs: Literature.

New York: Harper Collins, 1998. My Cousin Once removed, a memoir - at once hilarious, personal, and sad - of Sarah Payne Stuart's extraordinary Boston Brahmin family, whose most famous member is the legendary poet Robert Lowell, the author's first cousin (once removed). It is a haunting story of survival in the midst of instability and dynastic decline. Photographs accompany text. An extremely bright, handsome copy. One that promises to please.. ISBN: 0-06-017689-X. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. As New/As New. Robert Lowell + American Poets + FAmily Relationships + Aristocracy Massachusetts Boston History + Mental Illness + Boston Economic Conditions + Biography + Winslow FAmily + Lowell Family + Modern First Editions + American Literature. Catalogs: Literature.