Ariel Ascending: Writings About Sylvia Plath
Harpercollins. Trade Paperback. More
Harpercollins. Trade Paperback. More
Knopf, February 2024. Hardcover. A revelatory look at the tumultuous life of a jazz legend and American cultural icon "A book written as only one artist could view another, with insight and sincere compassion." --Sandra Cisneros, best-selling author of Woman Without Shame In the first biography of Billie Holiday in..... More
Simon & Schuster, June 1971. First Edition. Cloth. Inked note on front free endpaper. Jacket clipped but wrapped to preserve. More
Univ of Missouri Pr, January 1982. Paper Back. Covers mildly worn from handling; Spine un-creased; Previous seller price sticker present at front cover upper right corner; Previous owner initials present at half title; Text free of markings; An excellent copy. More
Oxford University Press / Galaxy, January 1967. First Thus. Paper Back. First Oxford/Galaxy paperback edition. Octavo with moderate wear to edges and corners. Previous owner's name written in ink on half title page. Sticker residue on verso of front cover. [524 pages plus five page list of Oxford/Galaxy titles then..... More
Pub Group West, October 2001. Oversized Hardcover. Completing the two-volume set, Souls Grown Deep, Vol. 2 takes the visual and historical presentation of the first volume to a richer level, offering an even broader array of artistic styles and media. Published in 2000, the first volume explored the diverse historical..... More
Bulfinch Press, October 1996. Oversized Hardcover. Previous owner's address stamp on free endpapers. Private library pocket on rear free endpaper. More
Picador, September 2002. Trade Paperback. The true-life stories in this unique collection provide a window into the American mind and heart (The Daily News). One hundred and eighty voices - male and female, young and old, from all walks of life and all over the country - talk intimately to..... More
Grove Press, January 2023. Hardcover. An intimate and powerful rumination on American gun violence by Paul Auster, one of our greatest living writers and "genuine American original" (The Boston Globe), in an unforgettable collaboration with photographer Spencer Ostrander Like most American boys of his generation, Paul Auster grew up playing..... More
Henry Holt & Company, September 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. A man's obsession with a silent-film star sends him on a journey into a shadow world of lies, illusions, and unexpected love Six months after losing his wife and two young sons in an airplane crash, Vermont professor David Zimmer spends..... More
Sun & Moon Press, December 1985. Cloth. In dustjacket, without clipped flap. Blue cloth covered boards with gold lettering along spine. Some white soiling/flakes stuck to bottom edges of boards. Appears to be unfortunate transfer from (probably painted) and sticky shelving. Otherwise this is vey good+/fine with tight binding. Clean..... More
Sun & Moon Press, December 1985. Reprint. Cloth. Octavo in clean, bright jacket. Vertical crease down middle of front flap. Flap not cllipped. Denim blue cloth covered boards with gold lettering on spine. End papers blue of similar tone. A brush of wear at corners and spine base. States: 'First..... More
Picador, March 2005. Trade Paperback. An essential collection from one of the finest thinkers and stylists in contemporary letters. The celebrated author of "The New York Trilogy," "The Book of Illusions," and "Oracle Nigh"t presents here a highly personal collection of essays, prefaces, true stories, autobiographical writings, and collaborations with..... More
Sun & Moon Press, February 1986. First Edition. Cloth. First/first in dustjacket not clipped at front flap corner. Blue cloth covered boards with gold lettering along spine. White flakes of soiling along bottom edges of boards appear to be transfer from sticky white (probably painted) shelving. Previous owner's name inked..... More
Henry Holt & Co, October 1998. Trade Paperback. This is the story of a young man's struggle to stay afloat. By turns poignant and comic, Paul Auster's memoir is essentially an autobiographical essay about money - and what it means not to have it. From one odd job to the..... More
Henry Holt & Company, September 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. This is the story of a young man's struggle to stay afloat. By turns poignant and comic, Paul Auster's memoir is essentially an autobiographical essay about money - and what it means not to have it. From one odd job to..... More
Penguin (Non-Classics), May 1988. Trade Paperback. From the author of the forthcoming 4 3 2 1: A Novel - a spare, powerful, intensely visionary novel about the bare-bones conditions of survival In a distant and unsettling future, Anna Blume is on a mission in an unnamed city of chaos and..... More
Cape, January 1970. First Edition. Cloth. First U.K. edition in price-clipped dustjacket, slightly edgeworn. Sangria red cloth covered boards with silver lettering on spine. Grey textblock topstain. Tightly bound. Clean, sound, without markings internally. Jerry Bauer photograph of Bailey on back cover jacket panel. More
St. Martin's Press, February 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. In "Uncle Rudolf," two-time Booker-Prize finalist Paul Bailey has crafted an exquisite, profoundly moving portrayal of a charismatic and popular performer in World War II-era Europe, and the orphaned nephew he takes under his wing. Seventy-year-old man Andre reflects back on his..... More
Picador, March 2016. Trade Paperback. Winner of the 2016 Man Booker Prize Winner of the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award in Fiction Named one of the best books of 2015 by The New York Times Book Review and the Wall Street Journal A biting satire about a young man's..... More
Doubleday Anchor Books, 1953. Mass Market PaperBack. Mass market paperback, Heavy edgewear. Previous owner's name and college dorm address. Red ballpoint notes all over last blank page. [190 pages plus three page list of Anchor titles then available]. More
Hutchinson of London, 1964. Cloth. {6 & 1/2' x 10'} In edgeworn jacket. Flap not clipped. UK edition. Burgunday cloth covered boards with gold lettering on spine. Illustrated end pages with darkened spine. [159 pages]. More
Dover Publications, February 2010. Paper Back. Amusing and thought-provoking, this A-to-Z compendium outlines common oral and written gaffes. Ambrose Bierce, a celebrated literary wit, assembled his informative compilation in 1909 from many years of observations and notes. He advocates precision in language, offering alternatives to grammatical lapses and inaccurate word..... More
Wormsloe Foundation Nature Books, May 2022. Paper Back. Fifty years ago Georgia chose how it would use the natural environment of its coast. The General Assembly passed the Coastal Marshlands Protection Act in 1970, and, surprisingly, Lester Maddox, a governor who had built a conservative reputation by defending segregation, signed..... More