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MODERN AFRICAN AMERICAN WRITERS

By: Bruccoli, Matthew J. & Baughman, Judith S.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, FACTS ON FILE: 1994

Seller ID: G012109

ISBN: 0816029989

Binding: Hard Back

Condition: As New

Essential Bibliography of American fiction. Hard back with dust jacket both in as new condition. 92 pages...THIS IS THE DEFINITIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MODERN AFRICAN AMERICAN WRITERS...RALPH ELLISON, JEAN TOOMER AND MANY OTHERS...WOW, WHAT AN IMPORTANT BOOK...A MUST FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN THE MODERN AFRICAN AMERICAN WRITER.....
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MY LIFE AS A BOY

By: CHERNIN, KIM

Price: $29.00

Publisher: CHAPEL HILL, ALGONQUIN PRESS: 1997

Seller ID: MLGH9500

ISBN: 1565121635

Binding: HARDBOUND

Condition: FINE

THIS IS AN ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL HARDBOUND FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF THIS IMPORTANT AND SCARCE VOLUME..MY LIFE AS A BOY..A WOMAN'S STORY....WRITTEN BY THE BRILLIANT KIM CHERNIN....THIS LOVELY AND SCARCE VOLUME HAS BEEN SIGNED BY THIS ELUSIVE AND CONTROVERSIAL WRITER.....
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THE ADOLESCENT IN THE AMERICAN NOVEL SINCE 1960

By: DeMarr, Mary Jean; Bakerman, Jane S.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: NEW YORK, Ungar: 1986

Seller ID: MLMB14482

ISBN: 0-8044-3067-5

Binding: Hard Back

Condition: NEAR FINE

349 pages, A major reference guide and survey of fiction dealing with adolescence covering six hundred novels. THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL HARDBOUND COPY IN BEAUTIFUL DJ OF THIS IMPORTANT BOOK...THE ADOLESCENT IN THE AMERICAN NOVEL SINCE 1960...ALMOST 350 PAGES OF IMPORTANT REFERENCE MATERIAL...A MUST FOR ANYONE MAKING A STUDY OF THE ADOLESCENT IN AMERICAN FICTION
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THEODORE DREISER'S HEARD IN THE CORRIDORS ARTICLES ANDD RELATED WRITINGS

By: DREISER, THEODORE

Price: $12.00

Publisher: IOWA, IOWA STATE UNIV PRES: 1988

Seller ID: ML2/7/174

ISBN: 0813817374

Binding: HARDBOUND

Condition: Fine

THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL AS NEW HARDBOUND COPY IN DJ OF THIS SARCE AND IMPORTANT VOLUME......THEODORE DREISER'S HEARD IN THE CORRIDORS......ARTICLES AND ELATED WRITINGS.....EDITED BY T.D.NOSTWICH....WOW, WHAT A BOOK.......
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TALKING MYSTERIES: A CONVERSATION WITH TONY HILLERMAN

By: HILLERMAN, TONY

Price: $24.50

Publisher: NEW MEXICO, UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO: 1991

Seller ID: MLGH5764

ISBN: 0826312799

Binding: HardBOUND

Condition: Fine

THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL NEW HARDBOUND COPY IN DUST JACKET OF THIS SCARCE AND IMPORTANT BOOK BY THE LATE GREAT TONY HILLERMAN...A CONVERSATION WITH TONY HILLERMAN...TALKING MYSTERIES....TONY HILLERMAN AND ERNIE BULOW...INCLUDES A JIM CHEE MINI-MYSTERY...OVER 125 PAGES OF TEXT AND ILLUSTRATIONS....EVEN THO THIS IS A 2ND OR 3RD PRINTING THIS COPY IS MADE VERY DESIRABLE AND COLLECTABLE DUE TO THE FACT THAT TONY HILLERMAN HAS BOLDLY SIGNED THE BOOK
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AMERICAN BOOKMEN: SKETCHES, CHIEFLY BIOGRAPHICAL, OF CERTAIN WRITERS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

By: HOWE, M.A. DEWOLFE

Price: $15.00

Publisher: FREEPORT NEW YORK, BOOKS FOR LIBRARIES PRESS: 1972

Seller ID: MLGH11098

ISBN: 0836972481

Binding: HardBOUND

Condition: Very Good

THIS IS A VERY GOOD COPY OF THIS SCARCE AND IMPORTANT VOLUME...THE 1972 HARDBOUND REPRINT...WRITTEN BY M.A. DEWOLFE HOWE.....AMERICAN BOOKMEN....SKETCHES , CHIEFLY BIOGRAPHICAL, OF CERTAIN WRITERS OF THE NINEENTH CENTURY.....NEARLY 300 PAGES OF UNMARKED TEXT AND PHOTOS IN BLUE HARDBOUND
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James Dickey and the Gentle Ecstasy of Earth: A Reading of the Poems

By: Kirschten, Robert

Price: $13.00

Publisher: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.A., Louisiana State Univ Pr: 1988

Seller ID: MLJ1264

ISBN: 0807114057

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

small tears on top edge of jacket near spine. no apparent marking in text.
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ABOUT THIS LIFE: JOURNEYS ON THE THRESHOLD OF MEMORY

By: LOPEZ, BARRY

Price: $45.00

Publisher: NEW YORK, ALFRED A KNOPF: 1998

Seller ID: MLGH5255

ISBN: 0679434542

Binding: HardBOUND

Condition: Fine

BARRY LOPEZ IS WITHOUT QUESTION ONE OF THE FINEST, MOST COLLECTABLE WRITERS IN OUR COUNTRY....HIS BOOKS, ESPECIALLY IN LOVELY SIGNED FIRST EDITIONS, ARE GETTING MORE DIFFICULT TO FIND EVERYDAY...THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL FIRST EDITION OF HIS BOOK.....ABOUT THIS LIFE....JOURNEYS ON THE THRESHOLD OF MEMORY.....275 PAGES OF LIKE NEW TEXT IN BEAUTIFUL GREY AND RED HARDBOUND HOUSED IN LOVELY PICTORIAL DJ...THIS COPY HAS BEEN BOLDLY SIGNED BY BARRY LOPEZ...A REAL TREASURE AT A VERY LOW PRICE
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UNFRAMED ORIGINALS: RECOLLECTIONS BY W.S. MERWIN

By: MERWIN, W.S.

Price: $101.50

Publisher: NEW YORK, ATHENEUM: 1982

Seller ID: MLGH10384

ISBN: 068911284X

Binding: HardBOUND

Condition: NEAR FINE

W.S. MERWIN IS ONE OF THE FINEST WRITERS OF THIS AND THE PAST CENTURY...ANY OF HIS BOOKS IN NICE CONDITION, FIRST EDITIONS, AND SIGNED COPIES ARE BEING SNATCHUP AS SOON AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE....THIS IS A NEAR FINE TO FINE FIRST EDITION OF HIS SCARCE AND IMPORTANT....UNFRAMED ORIGINALS..RECOLLECTIONS BY W.S. MERWIN....A NEAR FINE FIRST IN NEAR FINE DJ..THE DJ HAS BEEN PRICE CLIPPED.....THIS COPY HAS BEEN SIGNED AND WARMLY INSCRIBED TO LEGENDARY BOOKSELLER...GIL MOODY....THE INSCRIPTION IS DATED JULY 86...THERE IS ALSO, LAID INTO THE FRONT OF THE BOOK A SHORT TYPED NOTE FROM MERWIN...SIGN...
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VOICE OF A NATIVE SON: THE POETICS OF RICHARD WRIGHT

By: MILLER, EUGENE E.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: JACKSON MISS, UNIV PRESS OF MISSISSIPPI: 1990

Seller ID: MLGHX2082

ISBN: 0878053999

Binding: HardBOUND

Condition: Very Good TO NEAR FINE

THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL HARDBOUND COPY IN DJ OF THIS SCARCE AND IMPORTANT VOLUME....VOICE OF A NATIVE SON....THEPOETICS OF RICHARD WRIGHT....BY EUGENE E. MILLER.....OVER 250 PAGES OF UNMARKED TEXT IN BEAUTIFUL HARDBOUN IN BEAUTIFUL DJ....WOW, WHAT A BOOK.....
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BENET'S READER'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN LITERATURE

By: PERKINS, GEORGE & BARBARA; LEININGER, PHILLIP

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, HARPER COLLINS: 1991

Seller ID: BMS39

ISBN: 0062700278

Binding: Hard Back

Condition: Fine

THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL COPY OF THIS MOST COMPREHENSIVE, IN DEPTH ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICAN WRITING AND WRITERS: NOVELISTS, POETS, PLAYWRIGHTS, WRITERS OF NONFICTION, ESSAYISTS, CRITICS, PERSONAGES, PLACES, AND EVENTS ALLUDED TO IN LITERATURE, LITERARY GROUPS AND MOVEMENTS, NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES, JOURNALS, AND LITERARY TERMS. CLEAN INSIDE AND OUT. NO MARKINGS. TIGHT BINDING. 1,176 PAGES. WOW WHAT A REFERENCE! ADDITIONAL POSTAGE WILL BE NEEDED FOR SUCH A LARGE & HEAVY TEXT.
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BACKGROUND IN TENNESSEE "TENNESSEANA EDITIONS"

By: SCOTT, EVELYN

Price: $18.00

Publisher: KNOXVILLE, TN, UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE PRESS: 1980

Seller ID: LC1902

ISBN: 0870492977

Binding: Hard Back

Condition: Very Good

ENDPAPERS HAVE MINOR BROWNING FROM AGE. NO OTHER INTERNAL MARKINGS. SOLID BINDING. BACK OF THE DUSTJACKET IS VERY SLIGHTLY SOILED WITH MINOR SCUFFING.
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ABOUT THIS LIFE: JOURNEYS ON THE THRESHOLD OF MEMORY

By: UPDIKE, JOHN

Price: $39.00

Publisher: NEW YORK, ALFRED A KNOPF: 1998

Seller ID: MLGH10/08/13

ISBN: 0679434542

Binding: HardBOUND

Condition: Fine

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