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Stories From The New Yorker 1930 to 1960

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Simon & Schuster : 1960

Edition: 1st Printing

Seller ID: 007269

Binding: Cloth with Dustjacket

Collection of 47 stories that were first published in The New Yorker and published here to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the magazine. Authors include Saul Below, Elizabeth Bishop, John Cheever, William Maxwell, Nabokov, Dorothy Parker, J.D. Salinger, Eudora Welty & Tennesse Williams. Very light wear to the dustjacket, some light soiling to the spine panel. Fine/near fine.
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Dressing Up Transvestism and Drag: The History of an Obsession

By: Ackroyd, Peter

Price: $40.00

Publisher: New York, Simon & Schuster : 1979

Edition: 1st American Edition

Seller ID: 008618

ISBN-13: 9780671250911

Binding: Cloth with Dustjacket

Vastly entertaining and insightful pictorial history of transvestism and drag in all walks of life, both gay and straight by the noted British author. Includes chapters on the history and culture of this colorful and entertaining to many obseesion from ancient Greece and Rome to contemporary times. Illustrated with 146 b&w photos and illustrations + biblio. Small remainder mark to the bottom edge and there is a small faint (I didn't notice it when I bougth it) damp spot to the bottom corner of the back endsheet which is lightly mirrored to some pgs. Vg+/fine.
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Tiny Alice

By: Albee, Edward

Price: $350.00

Publisher: New York, Atheneum : 1965

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 009240

Binding: Cloth with Dustjacket

INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY EDWARD ALBEE IN 1965. Albee's complex and challenging play that met with mostly hostile reaction and only 167 performances when it was first produced in 1964. Still it won Irene Worth a best actress Tony award and was nominated for several others including best play. Price clipped and a few very tiny nicks to the top edge of the very nice bright and clean dustjacket. Fine/near fine. Laid in is a playbill for the recent revival of "The American Dream" and "The Sandbox" which were directed by Mr. Albee. Also included is a first paperback printing of The Sandbox and The De...
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Allen Ginsberg Journals. Early Fifties. Early Sixties

By: Ball, Gordon, Edited By

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, Grove Press : 1977

Edition: 1st Edition. 1st Printing.

Seller ID: 006912

ISBN-13: 9780394413495

Binding: Cloth with Dustjacket

Large collection of jounal entries by the late poet. Illustrated throughout with photos, drawings and illustrations. Fine/fine.
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Eleutheria A Play In Three Acts

By: Beckett, Samuel, Translated By Michael Brodsky

Price: $200.00

Publisher: New York, Foxrock Inc. : 1995

Edition: Special edition/first Printing

Seller ID: 009871

ISBN-13: 9780964374003

Binding: Cloth with Dustjacket

INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY LEGENDARY PUBLISHER BARNEY ROSSET IN 1995. "Lost" play by Beckett published here for the first time. "This copy is one of a special edition of Eleutheria limited to reviewers only." Possible sunfading to the spine panel. Fine/fine. Also laid in is a 6pg. foldover "Samuel Beckett A Celebration" that was held at a university's special collection department.
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The Sea Hawk

By: Behlmer, Rudy, Intro. & Edited By.

Price: $60.00

Publisher: WI., University Of Wisconsin Press : 1982

Edition: First Printing

Seller ID: 009864

ISBN-13: 9780299090104

Binding: Cloth with Dustjacket

Inclds. the screenplay for the 1940 Errol Flynn swashbuckler that was a big hit. Inclds. prod. notes & info. & 25 frame enlargements. Uncommon in hardcover. Very minute chipping to the top and bottom of the spine panel of the dustjacket. Fine/near fine
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Speaking for You. The Vision Of Ralph Ellison

By: Benston, Kimberly W. Edited By

Price: $1,500.00

Publisher: Washington D.C., Howard University Press : 1987

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 009635

ISBN-13: 9780882581699

Binding: Cloth with Dustjacket

INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY RALPH ELLISON TO A BOOKDEALER. A large loving tribute to Ralph Ellison by a wide range of writers and critics. Includes biographical material along with essays on his work. Artwork on dustjacket by Romare Bearden. Very minute wear to the dustjacket. Fine/vg.
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American Negro Poetry

By: Bontemps, Arna,edited By

Price: $100.00

Publisher: New York, Hill and Wang : 1966

Edition: Fifth Printing

Seller ID: 008728

Binding: Cloth with Dustjacket

Terrrific collection of poetry by African American writers including Paul Laurence Dunbar, Fenton Johnson, Claude McKay, Jean Toomer, Sterling Brown, Richard Wright, Langston Hughes, Margaret Walker, Gwendolyn Brooks and many others. LAID IN IS A SMALL HANDWRITTEN NOTE IN BLUE INK ON BROWN PAPER FROM GWENDOLYN BROOKS IN WHICH SHE SAYS THAT HER AGENT WILL BE GETTING IN TOUCH TO ARRANGE A DATE WHICH I ASSUME IS FOR A READING. NOT DATED THE CARD IS SIGNED GWEN BROOKS. Former owner signature on the top of the front endsheet, sun fading to the spine panel and unobtrussive tear to the back panel of ...
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Paul Bowles Photographs. How Could I Send A Picture Inot The Desert?

By: Bowles, Paul

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York, Scalo Publishers : 1994

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 011439

ISBN-13: 9781881616078

Binding: Cloth with Dustjacket

Large collection of photographs or snapshots as Bowles called them of friends, some famous, lovers and views that he took during his many years of living in Tangiers. A beautiful group of photographs nicely printed and produced for this book which also has a good amount of text. A few very small scratches to the bottom of the back panel of the dustjacket otherwise fine/fine.
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Drive-By Shootings Photographs By a New York Taxi Driver

By: Bradford, David

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Koln, Konemann Verlagsgesellschaft MBH : 2000

Edition: 1st Edition

Seller ID: 008157

ISBN-13: 9783829028912

Binding: Cloth with Dustjacket

TEXT IN ENGLISH, GERMAN AND FRENCH. Thick book of b&w photos of New York City taken by a taxi driver as he did his rounds. An unusual look at this city that never sleeps from uptown to downtown day and night. Faint hardly noticeable mended tear to the front panel of the dustjacket and some minor crimping to the top edge also of the front panel. Fine/vg+
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Dr. Kildare Takes Charge

By: Brand, Max, (Frederick Schiller Faust)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Grosset & Dunlap : 1941

Edition: Reprint Edition

Seller ID: 009606

Binding: Cloth with Dustjacket

War time reprint edition of the popular Dr. Kildare Series. This one was the basis for the movie "Dr. Kildare Goes Home" one of the many films that M.G.M. made based on the novels. In the early 60's Richard Chamberlain made a name for himself playing the dashing doctor in a popular television series. The very nice Leo Manso dustjacket has a touch of light wear: a few tiny bottom tears, a tiny scrape on the letter E of the title and a tiny small hole on the white back panel of the dustjacket. The cheap war time paper is as usual browning with age, but there are no chips or wear to the interior ...
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24 Hours

By: Bromfield, Louis

Price: $200.00

Publisher: New York City, Frederick A Stokes : 1930

Edition: Limited Edition

Seller ID: 012019

Binding: Cloth with Dustjacket

LIMITED EDITION OF 500 OF WHICH THIS IS NO. 323 AND IS SIGNED BY LOUIS BROMFIELD. Uncommon editon of this novel that has marvelous silver foil Art Deco design dustjacket along with the same design reproduced in silver foil for the front and back endsheets. The dustjacket has minor wear some chipping to the spine panel but is in vg conditon. The book is also vg+ condition. The novel was made into a play and then later into a movie that starred Clive Brook, Francis and Miriam Hopkins.
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Country Cousins

By: Brownstein, Michael

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, George Braziller : 1974

Edition: First Printing

Seller ID: 009478

ISBN-13: 9780807607497

Binding: Cloth with Dustjacket

A first novel by a New York School poet. Notable for the beautiful wrap around colorful dustjacket by Red Grooms. Faint corner fold to the front flap. Fine/fine.
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Venus In Hollywood The Continental Enchantress from Garbo to Loren

By: Bruno, Michael

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Lyle Stuart : 1970

Edition: 1st Edition

Seller ID: 008152

Binding: Cloth with Dustjacket

A look at the many foreign film actresses who came to Hollywood to make it big. Some did. The books goes from the silent period to the late 60's. 16pgs. of photos. Fine/fine.
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The Ticket That Exploded

By: Burroughs, William S.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: NY Grove Press 1967.

Edition: First American Edition/1st Printing

Seller ID: 002850

Binding: Cloth with Dustjacket

Inclds. revisions & new material not in the orig. Paris ed. incld. "The Invisible Generation". Small ink number on the top corner of the front flap which also has a narrow hor. crease. There is also a small corner crease to the back flap which has made a very light impression to the back endsheet and a very small dent to the bottom of the back panel of the dustjacket. The book and dustjacket are in very nice clean condition. Vg/vg.
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Antonio Gaudi. a Reappraisal.

By: Casanelles, E.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: CT., New York Graphic Society. : 1968

Edition: Later Edition

Seller ID: 011787

Binding: Cloth with Dustjacket

Classic book on the great Spanish architect. Includes text, essays and over 100 nicely printed b&w and color photos of his remarkable work.Fine/fine
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Seaforms

By: Chihuly, Dale

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Seattle, Portland Press : 1995

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 011592

ISBN-13: 9780960838257

Binding: Cloth with Dustjacket

Glass works and drawings in full color inspired by the sea. Includes short essay and chronology. Fine/fine
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The Knockout Artist

By: Crews, Harry

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Row : 1988

Edition: 1st Edition. 1st Printing.

Seller ID: 006735

ISBN-13: 9780060158934

Binding: Cloth with Dustjacket

Boxing in the underbelly of New Orleans, by a well received author. Nice attractive dustjacket. light browning to pgs. due to the poor quailty of paper used, otherwise a fine copy in a fine dj.
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Byron and Greek Love : Homophobia in Nineteenth Century England

By: Crompton, Louis

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Berkeley, CA, U.S.A., University Of California Press : 1985

Edition: 1st Printing

Seller ID: 006777

ISBN-13: 9780520051720

Binding: Cloth with Dustjacket

Compelling study of Byron's love of males, and how it influenced his poetry, not to mention his life. Fine/fine.
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James Dean The Mutant King

By: Dalton, David

Price: $75.00

Publisher: CA. Straight Arrow Books 1974.

Edition: First Printing

Seller ID: 001953

ISBN-13: 9780879320768

Binding: Cloth with Dustjacket

INSCIRBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Relatively early bio. of the actor. Illus. w. photos throughout.
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