Carson McCullers

Slipcased
2001 The Library of America edition
Includes insert which tells about the volume.
Book is in like-new condition; slipcase is in good condition.

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

California

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter / Reflections in a Golden Eye / the Ballad of the Sad Café / the Member of the Wedding / Clock Without Hands

When The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter was published in 1940, Carson McCullers was instantly recognized as one of the most promising writers of her generation. The novels that followed established her as a master of Southern Gothic. This Library of America volume collects McCullers’s complete novels for the first time in a single-volume edition that reveals the power and breadth of her haunting vision. “McCullers’s gift,” writes Joyce Carol Oates, “was to evoke, through an accumulation of images and musically repeated phrases, the singularity of experience, not to pass judgment on it.” McCullers effortlessly conveyed the raw anguish of her characters and the weird beauty of their perceptions. Set in small Georgia towns that are at once precisely observed and mythically resonant, McCullers’s novels explore the strange, sometimes grotesque inner lives of characters who are often marginal and misunderstood. Above all, McCullers possessed an unmatched ability to capture the bewilderment and fragile wonder of adolescence. In The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1940), one of the most extraordinary debuts in modern American literature, an enigmatic deaf-mute draws out the haunted confessions of an itinerant worker, a young girl, a doctor, and a widowed owner of a small-town café. The disfiguring violence of desire is explored with shocking intensity in two shorter works, Reflections in a Golden Eye (1941) and The Ballad of the Sad Café (1943). The Member of the Wedding (1946), thought by many to be McCullers’s masterpiece, hauntingly depicts a young girl’s fascination with her brother’s wedding. In 13-year-old Frankie Addams, confused, easily wounded, yet determined to survive, McCullers created her most indelible protagonist. Clock Without Hands (1960), her final novel, was completed against great odds in the midst of tremendous physical suffering. Set against the background of court-ordered school integration, it contains some of McCullers’s most forceful social criticism. LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America’s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.

Carson Mccullers: Complete Novels (LOA #128)

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Edith Warton

No dust jacket.
There is residue from a name label on the cover page (shown in last photo). Otherwise, in excellent condition.

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Wharton's novel criticizes the emptiness and folly of life among the idle rich. Lily Bart sacrifices her principles, her chance for real love, and even her life in a vain attempt to find a life of ease for herself. This volume is part of the prestigious Hudson River Edition series and is bound in sturdy cloth with complete reinforcement.

The House of Mirth

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W. Somerset Maugham

Nicholas Shakespeare

2004 Everyman's Library Edition
No dust jacket; otherwise, like-new condition.

Introduction by Nicholas Shakespeare

In this edition of short fictional works by the prestigious twentieth century author, writer Ashenden turns secret agent in World War I, the chasms of misunderstandings between colonizers and natives comes to a head, and a poetry writing woman clashes with her, the only hardcover edition of short stories by one of the twentieth century's most enduringly popular fiction writers. Though W. Somerset Maugham was also famous for his novels and plays, it has been argued that in the short story he reached the pinnacle of his art was his true métier. These expertly told tales, with their addictive plot twists and vividly drawn characters, are both galvanizing as literature and wonderfully entertaining. In the adventures of his alter ego Ashenden, a writer who, like Maugham himself, turned secret agent in World War I, as well as in stories set in such far flung locales as South Pacific islands and colonial outposts in Southeast Asia, Maugham brings his characters vividly to life, and their humanity is more convincing for the author's merciless exposure of their flaws and failures. Whether the chasms of misunderstanding he plumbs are those between colonizers and natives, between a missionary and a prostitute, or between a poetry writing woman and her uncomprehending husband, Maugham brilliantly displays his irony, his wit, and his genius in the art of storytelling.

Collected Stories of W. Somerset Maugham

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Explores "history and lives" of gnomes and related folklore.
Vibrant illustrations
Measures approximately 12.25" x 8.75".
An inscription is written on one of the cover pages. Otherwise, in excellent condition.

Gnomes

This is a lot of 3 novels by Zane Grey. The corners of the covers are scuffed. No dust jackets. A name and date are written on the cover page of "Wildfire." Otherwise, the books are in good condition.

Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

Riders of the Purple Sage, Wildfire, and The Thundering Herd

Short stories
Large print edition
Library discard
Cloth-covered hardcover
No dust jacket
Cloth is frayed at the base of front and back covers.
There are a few stains on front and back covers, mostly from tape which held dust jacket in place.
Pages and binding are in good condition.


Stories by Pearl S. Buck

East and West

Jane. Austen

Kate Riordan

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

In the vein of Downton Abbey, Jane Austen's beloved but unfinished masterpiece--often considered her most modern and exciting novel--gets a spectacular second act in this tie-in to a major new limited television series.

Written only months before Austen's death in 1817, Sanditon tells the story of the joyously impulsive, spirited and unconventional Charlotte Heywood and her spiky relationship with the humorous, charming (and slightly wild!) Sidney Parker. When a chance accident transports her from her rural hometown of Willingden to the would-be coastal resort of the eponymous title, it exposes Charlotte to the intrigues and dalliances of a seaside town on the make, and the characters whose fortunes depend on its commercial success. The twists and turns of the plot, which takes viewers from the West Indies to the rotting alleys of London, exposes the hidden agendas of each character and sees Charlotte discover herself... and ultimately find love.


Sanditon

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A political satire of 1950's France, this novella is about an amateur astronomer who is suddenly proclaimed the King of France.
The spine is scuffed, and a name is written inside the front cover. Otherwise, in good vintage condition.
 

A Fabrication

The Short Reign of Pippin IV

This is a lot of 3 vintage 1940's books of poetry by Ogden Nash. There is scuffing on the spines and corners. Also, the pages are discolored due to the age of the books. Overall, the books are in good vintage condition.

"Good Intentions," "Many Long Years Ago," and "Versus" 

Part tragi-comedy, part morality play, this novel is a reworking of the seven deadly sins.
Copyright 1949
No dust jacket.
In good vintage condition.

The Feast

Umberto. Eco

William Weaver

In these "impishly witty and ingeniously irreverent" essays (Atlantic Monthly), "the Andy Rooney of academia" (Los Angeles Times) takes on computer jargon, librarians, bureaucrats, meals on airplanes, bad coffee, taxi drivers, 33-function watches, soccer fans, and more. Translated by William Weaver. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book


How to Travel with a Salmon and Other Essays

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Charles Dickens

Iain McCalman

Jon Mee

2003 edition
There are minor creases along spine from being read. Otherwise, in good condition.

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Written at a time of social unrest in Victorian Britain, 'Barnaby Rudge' explores the relationship between repression and liberation in private and public life. This edition includes an informative introduction, up-to-date bibliography and explanatory notes.

Barnaby Rudge

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Charles. Dickens

2006 edition
There is a black ink mark across the outer bottom of the pages (shown on photo). Otherwise, book is in excellent condition.

Penguin presents the companion book to the Masterpiece Theatre miniseries starring Gillian Anderson (The House of Mirth, The X-Files). This stunning production features a screenplay written by Andrew Davies (Bridget Jones's Diary). Part romance, part melodrama, part detective story, the novel spreads out among a web of relationships in every level of society from the simple-minded Sir Leicester Dedlock, to Jo the street sweeper.

Bleak House opens in the twilight of foggy London, where fog grips the city most densely in the Court of Chancery. The obscure case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce, in which an inheritance is gradually devoured by legal costs, the romance of Esther Summerson and the secrets of her origin, the sleuthing of Detective Inspector Bucket and the fate of Jo the crossing-sweeper, these are some of the lives Dickens invokes to portray London society, rich and poor, as no other novelist has done. Bleak House, in its atmosphere, symbolism and magnificent bleak comedy, is often regarded as the best of Dickens. A 'great Victorian novel', it is so inventive in its competing plots and styles that it eludes interpretation.

Bleak House

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This edition copyright 1932
Book is in good condition. Dust jacket is in poor condition. A previous owner's name is written on one of the title pages. No other markings found.

The Carlyle-Wicksteed Translation Unabridged

The Divine Comedy

Mark Dunn

Copyright 2002
There is a red ink mark on back cover and a black ink mark on bottom edge of pages (shown in photos). Otherwise, book is in excellent condition.

A Novel

Following the national success of Ella Minnow Pea, this second novel from Mark Dunn brings the same charm and love of good language to a small town in the South. A Robert Altmanesque comedy, Welcome to Higby follows the hilarious goings-on in a small town in northern Mississippi over Labor Day weekend. From mousy Carmen Valentine, whose guardian angel, Arnetta, gives her penny-pinching shopping tips, to addled old Hank Grammar, who preaches Jesus to his neighbors' pets, Higby's townsfolk have a knack for getting into -- and trouble getting out of -- outrageous situations. Blessed with an unerring eye for dead-on details, Dunn lovingly traces the eccentric and touching lives of his characters, offering an intelligent yet heartwarming vision of life in small-town America. Welcome to Higby is a Southern comical tale about simple dreams both realized and thwarted by all the complexities of the human heart.

Welcome to Higby

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Robert Frost

The Collected Poems, Complete and Unabridged

Poetry of Robert Frost

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William Faulkner

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

"Read, read, read. Read everything--trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it. Then write. If it is good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out the window." --William Faulkner
 
Light in August, a novel about hopeful perseverance in the face of mortality, features some of Faulkner's most memorable characters: guileless, dauntless Lena Grove, in search of the father of her unborn child; Reverend Gail Hightower, who is plagued by visions of Confederate horsemen; and Joe Christmas, a desperate, enigmatic drifter consumed by his mixed ancestry.

Light in August

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Katherine Mansfield

Bliss and Other Stories

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Norman Mailer

Gently used.
There is a red ink mark on lower left corner of front cover (shown in photos).
Otherwise, in good condition.

"The story of two interlacing love affairs. Sergius O'Shaughnessy is a young ex-Air Force pilot whose good looks and air of indifference launch his into the orbit of the radiant actress Lulu Meyers. Charles Eitel is a brilliant director wounded by accusations of communism--and whose liaison with the volatile Elena Esposito may supply the coup de grace to his career."--Cover.

The Deer Park

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Raymond Chandler

This volume is copyrighted 1995.
First printing The Library of America
Slipcased
The book is in like-new condition; the slipcase is in good condition.

The Lady in the Lake / the Little Sister / the Long Goodbye / Playback / Double Indemnity (screenplay) / Essays and Letters

The lady in the lade - The little sister - The long goodbye - Playback - Double indemnity - Selected essays and letters.

Raymond Chandler: Later Novels and Other Writings (LOA #80)

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Copyright 1889
Published by Cassell & Company, New York; no publication date listed.
There are scuffs, stains, and small tears on the covers and spine, due to the book's age. The pages have discoloration, also due to age. All pages are intact.

Rambles Through American Society

Jonathan and His Continent

Slipcased
Ribbon marker
Includes insert telling about the volume.
Book is in like-new condition; slipcase is in excellent condition.

John Cheever: Complete Novels

John Cheever

Slipcased
Short fiction
Includes insert telling about the volume.
Book is in like-new condition; slipcase is in excellent condition.

This landmark volume combines the entire Pulitzer Prize-winning collection, "The Stories of John Cheever," with seven selections from Cheever's first book, "The Way Some People Live."

John Cheever: Collected Stories and Other Writings (LOA #188)

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Stephen R. Covey

Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, author Stephen R. Covey presents a holistic, integrated, principle-centered approach for solving personal and professional problems. With penetrating insights and pointed anecdotes, Covey reveals a step-by-step pathway for living with fairness, integrity, honesty, and human dignity -- principles that give us the security to adapt to change and the wisdom and power to take advantage of the opportunities that change creates.

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Carson Mccullers: Complete Novels (LOA #128)

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The House of Mirth

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Collected Stories of W. Somerset Maugham

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Gnomes

Zane Grey

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Jane Austen; Kate Riordan

Sanditon

John Steinbeck

The Short Reign of Pippin IV

Ogden Nash

"Good Intentions," "Many Long Years Ago," and "Versus"

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How to Travel with a Salmon and Other Essays

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Bleak House

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The Divine Comedy

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Light in August

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The Deer Park

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Raymond Chandler: Later Novels and Other Writings (LOA #80)

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John Cheever: Complete Novels

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John Cheever: Collected Stories and Other Writings (LOA #188)

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