WILLIAMS, John
The Necessary Lie
Verb Publications, Denver: 1965
- $536
A near fine book in publisher's illustrated wrappers. Some rubbing and toning to the front and rear covers. This is the first paperback edition of the the scarce collection of poetry by John Williams, author of Stoner, Augustus and Butcher's Crossing.
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- $81
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- $288
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- $203
The New Regionalism in American Literature – Signed 1930
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- $203
Florida: A Guide to the Southernmost State.
Federal Writers Project A very good copy in original green boards. Moderate wear to the extremities. Rear map pocket with small closed tear and a bit browned. Folding map in rear pocket. This is the uncommon first edition with the year 1939 on the title page. No subsequent printings on the copyright page. Comes with a fine facsimile dust jacket.- $144
- $144
The World Doesn’t End – Signed
SIMIC, Charles A fine book in a fine dust jacket. Faint sunning to the spine and light tanning to the page edges. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1990. Charles Simic was the author of more than 60 collections of poetry and essays. Among his awards were the 1990 Pulitzer Prize, a MacArthur Foundation ìgenius grant,î the Griffin International Poetry Prize, the Wallace Stevens Award, and the appointment as US poet laureate. He died in 2023. Signed by the author on the title page. White Writing
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- $86
