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    Sez Who? Sez Me

    Royko, Mike

    A very nice first printing of Royko's fifth collection of columns on topics widely assorted, but centered squarely on the topics of Chicago, newspa...

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    No Souvenirs

    Eliade, Mircea

    Eliade's journals reflecting on both personal memories and his academic pursuits, including encounters with Jung, Joseph Campbell, and others. The ...

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    Schuyler's Monster

    Rummel-Hudson, Robert

    Wonderful copy of this book detailling a family's experiences with their daughter, who struggles with a rare neurological disorder that prevents he...

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    So Many Books, So Little Time: A Year of Passionate Reading

    Nelson, Sara

    Writer and editor Sara Nelson sets out to catalog a year of her reading, and figure out what it all means. This is a first printing, fine in a fine...

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    Thinking Out Loud: On the Personal, the Political, the Public and the Private

    Quindlen, Anna

    Quindlen's well liked collection of essays. Fine in a fine jacket, first printing. Not price clipped or remainder marked. Hardcover, First Edition....

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    True North: A Memoir

    Conway, Jill Kerr

    From the author of the well-received memoir The Road to Coorain. The author's story continues in this equally well-crafted memoir. Fine in a nf jac...

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    Encore: A Journal of the Eightieth Year

    Sarton, May

    A very nice, clean first printing of May Sarton's musings on aging. Fine in a very nearly fine jacket (maybe a touch of shelfwear). Cloth, First Ed...

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    Confessions of a Jewish Wagnerite: Being Gay and Jewish in America

    Mass, Lawrence D.

    Intriguing work by a gay, Jewish doctor, who tells of coping with anti-semitism and the beginnigs of the AIDS epidemic. Framed by the pictures of R...

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    Boulevard of Broken Dreams: The Life, Times, and Legend of James Dean

    Alexander, Paul

    First printing of this James Dean biography. Near fine in a VG jacket--jacket has some wear to top and bottom rear edges, a bit of bowing to top fr...

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    Chiaroscuro: Fragments of Autobiography

    John, Augustus

    First edition (N.A.P) of John's autobiography. Very good--book has some browning to fr and rear endpapers from non-archival tape used to secure vin...

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    The Lodger Shakespeare

    Nicholl, Charles

    First printing of this look at Shakespeare's domestic life in London. NF with remainder mark to bottom edge. Jacket VG+, not price clipped, tiny te...

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    The Cabin

    Mamet, David

    A nice copy of this set of personal essays from the Mamet--includes reflections on his childhood in Chicago among other pieces. First printing, Nea...

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    The Year of Magical Thinking

    Didion, Joan

    Nice clean copy of this moving book by noted essayist--written in the aftermath of her husband's sudden death. Near fine in like jacket. Not price ...

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    Gielgud: An Actor and His Time

    Gielgud, John

    First U.S. printing of Gielgud's autobiography, looking back on his illustrious career. Fine in a VG jacket (small tear and crease to top of rear p...

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    James Dickey: The World as a Lie

    Hart, Henry

    First printing of this biography of Dickey, the author of Deliverance. Book is fine in a near fine jacket (very light rubbing to jacket). A nice co...

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    Chaucer

    Preston, Raymond

    Ex school-library, but not badly marked. Inside of front board somewhat split, pages clean. Boards have some rubbing/fading. Cloth, First Edition. ...

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    The Making of an American

    Riis, Jacob A.

    Autobiography of important figure in American Labor. Ex school-library copy with expected markings, text block clean and tight. Spine slightly cock...

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    My Life and Times

    Miller, Henry

    Very nice first edition of this illustrated memoir from iconoclastic author. Profusely illustrated throughout with color and B&W photos, book a...

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    Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams: Short Stories, Prose and Diary Excerpts

    Plath, Sylvia

    A first printing of this collection of short pieces published by Ted Hughes. VG in a Good jacket. Book has some foxing to top edge, otherwise no no...

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    Roland Barthes Par Roland Barthes

    Barthes, Roland

    From a well known series of short critical examinations of notable authors, most of them French. This is the first in the series (?crivains par eux...

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    Gentleman Junkie: the Life and Legacy of William S. Burroughs

    Caveney, Graham

    A nice clean copy of this title, a first printing, NF in a VG jacket. A little shelfwear, a couple of very faint scrapes to rear jacket panel, easi...

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    To Reach Eternity: The Letters of James Jones

    Jones, James

    A collection of Jones's letters to Maxwell Perkins and later editors, personal acquaintances, and others. Introduction, biographical sketch, and in...

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    Paperboy : Confessions of a Future Engineer

    Petroski, Henry

    Wonderful memoir from the well known popular engineering/science writer. This is a fine copy of the first edition. Jacket very slightly loose at fr...

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    Bugatti Queen

    Seymour, Miranda

    Advance Reader's Copy, fine in pictorial wraps. The tragic story of a pioneering female auto racer and her unhappy life after her initial stardom. ...

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