AS WE WERE
Hogarth Press, 1985. Trade Paperback. Octavo (Five-inches x Eight-inches). 2nd printing of this trade paperback edition. Remainder mark top textblock edge. Else, sound, without internal markings. No underlining. No notes. More
Hogarth Press, 1985. Trade Paperback. Octavo (Five-inches x Eight-inches). 2nd printing of this trade paperback edition. Remainder mark top textblock edge. Else, sound, without internal markings. No underlining. No notes. More
Hogwarth Press, January 1989. Reprint. Paper Back. Octavo. Damp stained. 2nd printing. More
G K Hall, March 1985. First Thus. Cloth. Octavo. Burgundy cloth covered spine with gold lettering. Tan cloth covered boards. Previous reader's name written in ink on fep. Unmarked interior text. [236 pages). More
Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., May 1985. First Thus. Cloth. Octavo in edgeworn dustjacket. Tan cloth covered boards with black lettering along spine. Previous reader's name in ballpoint on ffep. [202 pages]. More
University Of Washington Press, January 1965. Paper Back. Damp stained; soiling. More
University of Illinois Press, July 1991. Cloth. {5 & 3/4' x 9'} in mildly edgeworn dustjack. Hunter green cloth covered boards with gold lettering along spine. [234 pages]. More
Malton Press, January 1982. Mass Market PaperBack. More
Malton Press, January 1982. Mass Market PaperBack. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. More
University of Illinois Press, May 1984. Paper Back. Sound, without interior markings. Faint dust stains top edge. [234 pages]. More
New Directions, (1947). Hardcover. Remainder stripe on bottom edge. More
Norton, January 1976. Trade Paperback. some yellowing on cover and pages; couple of stains (looks like coffee) on side and bottom page edges; expected bumping and shelf wear for age; name and date inscribed in two places on inside front cover. More
Doubleday Anchor, January 1961. First Thus. Mass Market PaperBack. 'A Doubleday Anchor Original'. Six classic plays previously published, but published in this collective format fort first time here, and as far as I can find the only time. Mildly edgeworn. Darkened spine with superficial creasing. Bumped at head of spine..... More
Harvest Books, November 1987. Trade Paperback. Here is Bentley's definitive original text, including his long-suppressed foreword. A major study by one of the leading modern dramatic critics. Introduction by Richard Gilman; new Afterword by the Author. Index. More
Penguin Books, March 1990. Trade Paperback. The work of Appia, Artaud, Brecht, E. Gordon Craig, Pirandello, Shaw, Stanislavsky, Richard Wagner, Yeats and Zola is the subject of the first part of this anthology. Their ideas about their art and about the future possibilities of drama are revealed through either their..... More
Hill & Wang, May 2000. Trade Paperback. Introduction by Donald Lyons "What Is Theatre?," originally published in 1968, collects all of Eric Bentley's theater criticism. Bentley's most productive years as a reviewer coincided with some of the greatest years of twentieth-century drama. His essays cover the premieres of works by..... More
Mermaid Dramabook / Hill & Wang, January 1958. First Thus. Mass Market PaperBack. First Mass Market paperback. Previous reader's name written in ink half title page. [364 pages]. More
Doubleday Anchor, January 1957. Mass Market PaperBack. Darkened spine & margins. [306 pp. plus four page list of available Anchor titles.]. More
Doubleday Anchor Books, 1958. First Edition. Mass Market PaperBack. Mass market paperback with darkened/bowed spine. [385 pages plus three page list of Anchor titles then available]. More
Doubleday Anchor Books, January 1955. Mass Market PaperBack. Darkened spine, dust stained cover, inked tick marks next to 3 out of 5 plays listed on front & there is a black marker strike top left corner front cover. Large elaborate previous dealer's stamp in red ink with handwritten number in..... More
Doubleday Anchor Books, January 1955. Mass Market PaperBack. Mass market paperback with darkened spine. Previous owner's name inked half title page. Volume one of six volume set, edited by Bentley. [302 pages plus five page list of available Anchor titles.]. More
Doubleday Anchor, January 1960. First Edition. Mass Market PaperBack. A paperback original, First/first. Mild edgewear and chipping to corners. Toning. Previous owner's name inked verso of front cover. [296 pages plus four page list of Anchor titles available.]. More
Doubleday Anchor, January 1960. First Thus. Mass Market PaperBack. Mass market paperback with mild edgewear. Previous owner's name in ink verso front cover. Stated First Edition. [296 pages plus four page list of Anchor titles.]. More
Doubleday Anchor, 1959. First Edition. Mass Market PaperBack. Anchor paperback original. Mass market. With darkened spine and margins. [507 pages]. More
Random House, January 1994. Reprint. Hardcover. Shots rang out in Savannah's grandest mansion in the misty, early morning hours of May 2, 1981. Was it murder or self-defense? For nearly a decade, the shooting and its aftermath reverberated throughout this hauntingly beautiful city of moss-hung oaks and shaded squares. John..... More
Random House, January 1994. Reprint. Hardcover. Shots rang out in Savannah's grandest mansion in the misty, early morning hours of May 2, 1981. Was it murder or self-defense? For nearly a decade, the shooting and its aftermath reverberated throughout this hauntingly beautiful city of moss-hung oaks and shaded squares. John..... More
Europa Editions, May 2023. Hardcover. A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR TIME Magazine?NPR?Library Journal?The Globe and Mail?Lilith?Forward Magazine?Toronto Star?The New Yorker Winner of the Choix Goncourt Prize, Anne Berest's The Postcard is a vivid portrait of twentieth-century Parisian intellectual and artistic life, an enthralling investigation into family secrets, and poignant..... More
Europa Editions, May 2023. Hardcover. A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR TIME Magazine?NPR?Library Journal?The Globe and Mail?Lilith?Forward Magazine?Toronto Star?The New Yorker Winner of the Choix Goncourt Prize, Anne Berest's The Postcard is a vivid portrait of twentieth-century Parisian intellectual and artistic life, an enthralling investigation into family secrets, and poignant..... More
Europa Editions, May 2024. Paper Back. A BEST BOOK OF 2023 TIME Magazine?NPR?Library Journal?The Globe and Mail?Lilith?Forward Magazine?Toronto Star?The New Yorker "A testament to the power of imagination and an investigation of empathy."--Vogue "Stunning."--Leslie Camhi, The New Yorker "A can't-miss novel."--Chicago Review of Books "Compelling."--The Washington Examiner Anne Berest's The..... More
Action Books, October 2005. Paper Back. Poetry. Translated from the Swedish by Johannes Goranson. REMAINLAND showcases poetry from four volumes by Aase Berg, one ofSweden's most celebrated and subversive young writers. From the wrecked fairy-tale-scape of With Deer to the pregnancy allegory Transfer Fat, from the sci-fi naturalism of Dark..... More
Random House, March 2023. First Edition. Hardcover. This beautiful new novel by the beloved author of Open House and Talk Before Sleep tells the story of two young people growing up in Mason, Missouri, and how Arthur Moses, a shy young man, becomes the wise and compassionate person readers loved..... More
Penguin Books, September 1972. Trade Paperback. Light shelf wear on the cover. Minor foxing on the edges of the print block. More
Delta, September 1989. Trade Paperback. "The truth is always made up of little particulars which sound ridiculous when repeated." So says Jack Crabb, the 111-year-old narrator of Thomas Berger's 1964 masterpiece of American fiction, Little Big Man. Berger claimed the Western as serious literature with this savage and epic account..... More
Penguin Group, April 1992. Trade Paperback. The acclaimed author of Little Big Man is at his most unusual in this retelling of the Greek Oresteia trilogy through the lives of a seemingly ordinary small-town American family. When a returning WWII hero is murdered by his adulterous wife and her lover..... More
Arcade Publishing, November 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Light shelfwear on the jacket. Lightly bumped corners on the boards. More
A Doubleday Anchor Book, January 1956. First Thus. Mass Market PaperBack. Sunning of spine. Dust stained/slight darkening of textblock top edge. Toe-nail sized smudge upon fore-edge. Internal text clean & without markings, underlining or side-notes. (260 pages plus four pgs. of Anchor titles available.). More
A Doubleday Anchor Book, January 1956. First Thus. Mass Market PaperBack. Heavily worn mass market paperback. Cover creased, with flaking and darkening to white background of wrapper rear panel. Front hinge before half title page is tender. Previous owner's name, a date and Emory University campus address in ballpoint verso..... More
Heinemann Drama, August 2000. Trade Paperback. Certainty may give way to misgiving, happiness may become unease. Moment-to-moment changes often make actors and directors pause and ponder when deciding to perform a Shakespeare comedy. But this should not be the case, claims theatre scholar Albert Bermel. In Shakespeare at the Moment..... More
The Franklin Library, January 1978. Leather. Gilt edges and cover design. Moire endpapers. Limited edition. More
Easton Press, January 1979. Leather. Red leather with gold lettering & decoration. Silk ribbon marker. Gilt textblock edges. Moire end pages. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to front pastedown. Flecking/wear to margins of boards. More
Vintage, September 1995. Trade Paperback. The Greek island of Cephallonia - peaceful, remote, famed for its beauty, its light, its mythic history - and only just beginning to enter the twentieth century when the tide of World War II rolls onto its shores. This is the setting for Louis de..... More
University of Washington Press, 1965. First Edition. Cloth. Octavo in mildly edgeworn dust jacket. Pine green cloth covered boards with silver lettering spine edge. Nice map of Dublin end pages. Binding solid, tight at bottom and a bit pulled at top. Bottom spine edge is slightly bruised. No markings in..... More
Southern Illinois University Press / Arcturus Books, October 1971. Paper Back. More
Counterpoint, October 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. This popular collection features six essays on sustainability and stewardship from one of America's most important cultural critics. Provocative, intimate, and thoughtful, Another Turn of the Crank reaches to the heart of Wendell Berry's concern for our nation, its communities, and their future. Signed..... More
Harcourt, September 1975. First Thus. Trade Paperback. First Harvest edition with full letter line. Very clean and tight. More
Pantheon Books, October 1992. Hardcover. Very light shelf wear on the jacket. Mylar wrapped to preserve. Lightly bruised at the top of the spine. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page. More
Pantheon, August 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition with full number line. Beige boards with beige cloth spine lettered in green. Minor shelf wear on the jacket. Mylar wrapped to preserve. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page. More
Farrar Straus & Cudahy, January 1956. First Edition. Cloth. {6 & 3/8th' x 9 & 3/8th')Stated, 'first printing' on copyright page. In dustjacket with darkened spine and on verso. Tears top of spine and likewise bottom of spine and along folds. Flap is not clipped. Odor suggesting formerly shelved in..... More
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, January 2024. Hardcover. A Dakota Johnson x TeaTime Book Club Pick A Must-Read: Nylon, The Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Review of Books, Literary Hub, The Millions, Kirkus Reviews, BookRiot, The Christian Science Monitor, Our Culture, The Saturday Evening Post "A book that I will..... More
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, January 2024. Hardcover. A Dakota Johnson x TeaTime Book Club Pick A Must-Read: Nylon, The Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Review of Books, Literary Hub, The Millions, Kirkus Reviews, BookRiot, The Christian Science Monitor, Our Culture, The Saturday Evening Post "A book that I will..... More
Louisiana State Univ Pr, May 1995. Trade Paperback. More
W. W. Norton & Company, October 2019. Hardcover. Felon tells the story of the effects of incarceration in fierce, dazzling poems--canvassing a wide range of emotions and experiences through homelessness, underemployment, love, drug abuse, domestic violence, fatherhood, and grace--and, in doing so, creates a travelogue for an imagined life. Reginald..... More
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, August 2017. Hardcover. WINNER OF THE 2018 PULITZER PRIZE IN POETRY WINNER OF THE 2017 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR POETRY The collected works of one of contemporary poetry's most original voices Gathered together, the poems of Frank Bidart perform one of the most remarkable transmutations of..... More
McSweeney's, August 2018. Flexible Boards. Each issue of the quarterly is completely redesigned. There have been hardcovers and paperbacks, an issue with two spines, an issue with a magnetic binding, an issue that looked like a bundle of junk mail, and an issue that looked like a sweaty human head..... More
Simon & Schuster, July 2023. Hardcover. Finalist for the 2023 National Book Award for Fiction A groundbreaking debut collection portraying the lived experiences of Black Muslims grappling with faith, family, and freedom in America. In Temple Folk, Black Muslims contemplate the convictions of their race, religion, economics, politics, and sexuality..... More
Faber & Faber, January 1996. First Edition. Cloth. Harold Pinter is our foremost living dramatist; and in this ground-breaking book - the first authorized biographical study - Michael Billington examines Pinter's work in the context of his life. Pinter's plays, including such acknowledged masterpieces as The Caretaker and The Homecoming..... More
Other, October 1991. Hardcover. This collection of Greek and Latin erotic poems contains an introduction acquainting the reader with ancient sexual mores in their social setting, and offering a helpful guide to reading ancient erotic verse. Poems are prefaced by brief sketches of each poet's life and times. Previous owner's..... More
Penguin Books, November 2001. Trade Paperback. Benedictine nun, poet and musician, Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) was one of the most remarkable figures of the Middle Ages. She undertook preaching tours throughout the German empire at the age of sixty, and was consulted not only by her religious contemporaries but also..... More
Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, January 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. First prinitng w/ full number line; Tight binding, some wear present at spine w/ slight lean; Clean, sturdy red quarter cloth boards, gently edge-worn w/ blue gilt lettering at spine, gently rubbed; Pages free of markings; Mild soiling present at outer..... More
Weatherhill, June 1993. Trade Paperback. A book for those who have survived the strict master-disciple relationship that cats use to lead us humans to the Truth. Whether you are the Host or Guest to a feline follower of the Way, Zen for Cats aims to be transcendent. More
Picador USA, October 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. In the Pathology Department it was always night. This was one of the things Quirke liked about his job. But one night, after a party, Quirke stumbles across a body that shouldn't have been there - and his brother-in-law, eminent paediatrician Malachy Griffin..... More
Picador, January 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. William Mulholland is an Irish-American electronics billionaire. An ex-CIA operative, he now heads up the Mulholland Trust, with the help of his daughter Louise. When he gets wind of a hostile biography planned for him by the investigative journalist Wilson Cleaver, he commissions his..... More
Viking, March 2020. Trade Paperback. For fans of The Crown comes an enthralling historical mystery set during the Second World War It is 1940 and the bombs are falling thick and fast on London. The royal family must do all they can to assure the British public of their solidarity..... More
Soho Crime, April 2020. Hardcover. In June of 1940, when Paris fell to the Nazis, Hitler spent a total of three hours in the City of Light--abruptly leaving, never to return. To this day, no one knows why. Kate Rees, a young American markswoman, has been recruited by British intelligence..... More
Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, January 2022. Trade Paperback. The first book in the Shady Hollow series, in which we are introduced to the village of Shady Hollow, a place where woodland creatures live together in harmony--until a curmudgeonly toad turns up dead and the local reporter has to solve the case..... More
MCD, January 2024. Hardcover. Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2024 by The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Today, Electric Literature, Alta, the Chicago Review of Books and The Millions "You can try bracing yourself for the ride this story takes you on, but it's best to just..... More
Penguin Classics, October 2005. Trade Paperback. First published in 1869, Lorna Doone is the story of John Ridd, a farmer who finds love amid the religious and social turmoil of seventeenth-century England. He is just a boy when his father is slain by the Doones, a lawless clan inhabiting wild..... More
Arrow Editions, February 1937. First Edition. Cloth. Octavo. Dustjacket is missing. Steel blue cloth with darker blue lettering along spine. Spine is browned from exposure to light. Likewise darkened top margins of boards front and back. Pale blue end pages. Darkened/dust stained top textblock edge. Review copy with 4 &..... More
Modern Language Association of America, 1995. Paper Back. Now at seventy-three volumes, this popular MLA series (ISSN 1059-1133) addresses a broad range of literary texts. Each volume surveys teaching aids and critical material and brings together essays that apply a variety of perspectives to teaching the text. Upper-level undergraduate and..... More
Harper Colophon, 1963. Trade Paperback. More
Trianon Press, 1954. Numbered. Leather. Scarce. Octavo. In heavy card stock slip case covered with marble print paper. Full squash orange leather bound with light dust staining. A few stray spots of soiling. Limited, numbered facsimile edition of original published for The William Blake Trust. #675/800. More
Scribner Book Company, October 2023. Hardcover. A New York Times EDITORS' CHOICE MOST ANTICIPATED by The Guardian - Paste Magazine - LitHub - The Millions - Library Journal From the prizewinning author of The Manningtree Witches, a subversive historical novel set during the French Revolution, inspired by a young peasant..... More
Methuen, 1976. Paper Back. Octavo. 4th printing. Previous owner's name inked verso of front cover. Dust stains top edge. [275 pages]. More
Station Hill Press, January 1995. Paper Back. Jacques Derrida writes (in Deconstruction and Criticism)of The Madness of the Day that it is a story whose title runs wild and drives the reader mad.la folie du jour, the madness of today, of the day today, which leads to the madness that..... More
Faber and Faber Ltd., 1977. First Thus. Paper Back. Octavo. First Faber & Faber trade paper edition. Edgewear and soiling. [256 pages]. More
University of Michigan Press, August 2000. First Edition. Cloth. Sails of the Herring Fleet traces esteemed director and theorist Herbert Blau's encounters with the work of Samuel Beckett. Blau directed Beckett's plays when they were still virtually unknown, and for more than four decades has remained one of the leading..... More
Hard Case Crime, May 2009. Reprint. Mass Market PaperBack. THE ONLY THING HARDER THAN GETTING INTO THE MOB IS GETTING OUT. For Anthony Russo, an Atlantic City mobster's son, the chances of escaping a life of crime are slim. They hinge on his plan to back a washed-up boxer's comeback..... More
Plume / New American Library, September 1988. First Thus. Paper Back. Octavo. First Plume/NAL printing, with this number line: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9'. Marginal darkening. [63 pages]. More
Harcourt, Inc., May 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. 1517 Martin Luther nails his ninety-five theses to the door of Wittenburg Cathedral, and a dance of death begins between a radical Anabaptist with many names and a loyal papal spy, known mysteriously as "Q." In this brilliantly conceived literary thriller set in..... More
Hard Case Crime, January 2008. Mass Market PaperBack. In 'Shooting Star', a famous movie star is found dead on the set of his latest picture - drugs hastily disposed of at the scene of the crime. In 'Spiderweb', Eddie Haines is collecting secrets from his wealthy clients in order to..... More
Dell,New York, January 1937. Mass Market PaperBack. Front cover has heavy creasing. Price stamp and pen marks inside. More
Createspace, September 2013. Trade Paperback. The Master Returns--With Never-Before-Collected Tales of Murder and DesireOne of the most highly acclaimed novelists in the crime genre, Lawrence Block is also a master of the short story, with award-winning work ranging from the macabre to the slyly comic, from heart-stopping tales of revenge..... More
Leisure Books, January 2008. Mass Market PaperBack. Drug deals lead to murder after a beautiful college student gets involved with a stoner and his sociopathic roommate in 1960s Greenwich Village, in this classic tale by Block, published for the first time in almost 50 years. Original. More
Hard Case Crime, January 2009. Mass Market PaperBack. Mass market paperback with mild edgewear. [204 pages]. More
Avon, February 1996. Mass Market PaperBack. An ancient brotherhood meets annually in the back room of a swank Manhattan restuarant, a fraternity created in secret to celebrate life by celebrating its dead. But the past three decades have not been kind to the Club of 31. Matthew Scudder -- ex-cop..... More
Hard Case Crime, February 2007. Reprint. Mass Market PaperBack. Available for the first time in almost 40 years, this classic by New York Times bestselling author Block features a professional card sharp who finds himself playing for the highest stakes of his life when he sets out to frame one..... More
Avon Books, July 2002. Mass Market PaperBack. Small-time stoolie, Jake " The Spinner" Jablon, made a lot of new enemies when he switched careers, from informer to blackmailer. And the more "clients", he figured, the more money -- and more people eager to see him dead. So no one is..... More
Oxford Univ Pr, March 1997. Trade Paperback. Harold Bloom's The Anxiety of Influence has cast its long shadow of influence since it was first published in 1973. Through an insightful study of Romantic poets, Bloom puts forth his central vision of the relations between precursors and the individual artist. His..... More
Seabury Press, January 1976. Hardcover. Modest cover wear and aging; faint pencil notes and marks scattered throughout. More
Chelsea House Publications, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. - History's greatest playwrights are covered in one set- Expert analyses by Harold Bloom and other notable critics- Ideal for class use- A must for all serious students of literature- Edited by an award-winning writer/educatorEach Volume, Covering Three To Five Plays, Includes: -..... More
Chelsea House Publishers, December 1999. Reprint. Hardcover. -- Brings together the best criticism on the most widely read poets, novelists, and playwrights -- Presents complex critical portraits of the most influential writers in the English-speaking world -- from the English medievalists to contemporary writers. Octavo in dustjacket with clear tape..... More
Chelsea House Pub, March 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. A collection of critical essays discuss the works of the French writer. {5' x 9 & 1/2'} Pictorial boards issued without dustjacket. Like new. Tightly bound. Complete number string. [295 pp.]. More
Chelsea House Pub, January 1987. First Thus. Cloth. Octavo with dustjacket glued to rear pastedown. Ex-library 'withdrawn because' stamp, stamped to last page of textblock. Rear free end page has been scissored from book. Number sticker affixed to rear pastedown. Black marker scribble top textblock edge. [182 pages]. More
Riverhead Books, January 1998. Trade Paperback. More
Riverhead Books, October 1998. Hardcover. Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human is the culmination of Harold Bloom's life's work in reading, writing about, and teaching Shakespeare. It is his passionate and convincing analysis of the way in which Shakespeare not merely represented human nature as we know it today, but..... More
Cornell University Press, June 1971. Trade Paperback. This is a revised and enlarged edition of the most extensive and detailed critical reading of English Romantic poetry ever attempted in a single volume. It is both a valuable introduction to the Romantics and an influential work of literary criticism. The perceptive..... More
Chelsea House Pub, January 2003. Library Binding. Each Volume, Covering Three To Six Poems, Includes: - User's guide- Editor's note and introduction by Harold Bloom- A comprehensive biography of the poet- Detailed thematic analysis of each poem- Extracts from major critical essays that discuss important aspects of each poem- A...... More
Chelsea House Publications, January 2003. Hardcover. Offers a brief biography of George Eliot and discusses the plot, characters, and themes of Silas Marner, Middlemarch, and other works. More
Random House (NY), February 1997. Hardcover. Robert Penn Warren published ten novels, sixteen volumes of poetry, a book of short stories, two selections of critical essays, a biography, three historical essays, a critical book on Dreiser, a study of Melville, and two studies of race relations in America. In addition..... More
Wakefield Press, June 2015. Trade Paperback. Thirty tales from one of the best known but least translated of the French Decadent writersThirty tales of theft, onanism, incest, murder and a host of other forms of perversion and cruelty from the "ungrateful beggar" and "pilgrim of the absolute," Léon Bloy. Disagreeable..... More
Wakefield Press, May 2016. Trade Paperback. First published in French in 1893, Sweating Blood describes the atrocities of war in 30 tales of horror and inhumanity from the pen of the "Pilgrim of the Absolute," Léon Bloy. Writing with blood, sweat, tears and moral outrage, Bloy drew from anecdotes, news..... More