Henry Holt & Company, June 1994. First American. Hardcover. In 1560, Lope de Aguirre joined the search for El Dorado, the expedition that would cross a continent--and which experienced a mutiny led by Aguirre himself. Now, sifting through source materials, Stephen Minta offers his own adventurous re-creation of Aguirre's legendary..... More
Harper Perennial, May 1994. Trade Paperback. More
Dc Comics, January 0001. Trade Paperback. Written by Alan Moore; Art by Stephen Bissette and John Totleben Created out of the Swamp by a freak accident, Swamp Thing is an elemental creature who uses the forces of nature and wisdom of the plant kingdom to fight the polluted world's self-destruction..... More
Scribner Book Company, December 2004. Hardcover. A fan's notes for the ages, "Faithful" grew from an email exchange last summer. Filled with the heady mix of exhilaration and frustration familiar to all Boston Red Sox fans, Stewart O'Nan fired off a note to fellow Sox fan, Stephen King, who responded..... More
University of South Carolina Press, August 1987. Trade Paperback. Understanding Contemporary American Literature was planned as a series of guides or companions for students as well as good nonacademic readers. The word understanding in the series titles was deliberately chosen. Many willing readers lack an adequate understanding of how contemporary..... More
Gardners Books, May 2004. Mass Market PaperBack. This guide contains a full introduction, historical and theatrical analysis, plus details of productions around the world, to enable theatregoers and students to enjoy and understand the work of these three writers. More
Appleton-Century-Crofts, January 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Tight binding; Clean, sturdy gray cloth-covered boards w/ red/silver lettering, mildly edge-worn; Previous owner initials present at front free end-page; Text free of markings; No dust jacket present; An excellent copy. More
Typecraft Wood & Jones, January 2003. Paper Back. More
Pearson, January 2013. Soft Cover. Crisp and clean. No markings whatsoever. More
Beacon Press, May 2011. Trade Paperback. A lively history of Boston's emergence as a world-class city--home to the likes of Frederick Douglass and Alexander Graham Bell--by a beloved Bostonian historian "It's been quite a while since I've read anything--fiction or nonfiction--so enthralling."--Dennis Lehane, author of Mystic River and Shutter Island..... More
Beacon Press, September 2004. Trade Paperback. Around noon on January 15, 1919, a group of firefighters was playing cards in Boston's North End when they heard a tremendous crash. It was like roaring surf, one of them said later. Like a runaway two-horse team smashing through a fence, said another..... More
State University of New York, April 2000. First Edition. Paper Back. Listening to Reading presents two different kinds of writing about poetry--critical analysis and performance--both of which pay particular attention to sound, shape, and the relation of sound/shape to meaning. It offers a critical and performative presentation of experimental writing..... More
Soft Skull Press, January 2013. Paper Back. Here is the complete inside story on the making of Psycho, the forerunner of all psychothrillers. Rebello takes us behind the scenes at the creation of one of cinema's boldest and most influential films. From Hitchcock's private files and from new in-depth interviews..... More
Philtrum, 1987. Reprint. Cloth. {6 & 3/4 x 10'} In very good jacket. Olive green cloth covered boards with gold lettering along spine. Olive green end papers. Tightly bound. 2nd printing. This is number line: 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10. Signed & inscribed & dated on..... More
University of Alabama Research Foundation, 2014. First Edition. Cloth. {6' x 9'} Amber colored cloth covered boards with black lettering. Clean, sound. Tightly bound. Well cared for. Pine green end pages. [177 pages]. More
Yale University Press, January 1940. First Edition. Cloth. Octavo {6' x 9 & 1/2'}. Dustjacket is missing. Dijon color cloth covered boards with burgundy lettering on spine. This is the author's first book, #39 of Stephen Vincent Benet's series of young(er) poets. Darkened spine. Dust stained top textblock edge. 89..... More
University Alabama Press, September 2013. Oversized Hardcover. A handsome, richly illustrated guide to the A. S. Williams III Americana Collection at the University of Alabama, From a Love of History introduces one of the most important archives of southern history and literature ever gathered in one place. A. S. Williams..... More
Hal Leonard Corp, July 1998. Trade Paperback. Foreword by Jeremy Irons, preface by Adrian Lyne. Based on the novel by Vladimir Nabokov, Schiff tells the astounding story behind the most controversial movie of our time. 75 movie stills. "Like Nabokov's novel, it is an eloquent tragedy laced with wit and..... More
Prentice Hall, January 1985. Hardcover. {7' x 9'} Pictorial boards without jacekt as issued. First/first. Complete number line. Sticker removal residue back slick paper covered boards. {122 pages]. More
Black Dog & Leventhal, September 2023. Hardcover. Lively, sophisticated, and filled with first-person tributes and glorious images, Sondheim: His Life, His Shows, His Legacy lifts the curtain on a Broadway legend--a man who stood at the pinnacle of the American musical theatre for more than sixty years. Brimming with insights..... More
Random House, January 1970. Book Club. Hardcover. Octavo. In edgeworn jacket. Black textured paper covered boards with gold lettering on spine and blind stamped RH colophon front board. Book Club edition. [118 pages]. More
Ticknor & Fields, May 1980. Paper Back. Powerful psychological drama deals with political and spiritual conflict between Elizabeth I of England and Mary, Queen of Scots. The five-act play in blank verse takes place in the days before Mary's execution for treason, and focuses on the two royal antagonists' personal..... More
Published for the British Council and the National Book League by Longmans, Green, 1952. First Edition. Stapled Magazine. 5 & 1/2' x 8 & 1/2'; soiling & marginal darkening of cover. Fold is spliting, hanging on by staples, but barely. Creased lower right corner of cover and following two interior..... More
St Martins Pr, September 1994. First Thus. Soft Cover. Octavo. Clean & sound. Previous owner's name inked inside first page. [349 pages]. More
St Martins Pr, September 1994. Soft Cover. More
