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  • THE GOLDEN SPUR. by Powell, Dawn.
    Powell, Dawn.
    THE GOLDEN SPUR.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Viking, (1962.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Late novel by the writer whom Gore Vidal called 'one of our most brilliant - certainly most witty - novelists, whose literary reputation continues to grow long after her death; we are catching up to her.' 274 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in a very good dust jacket (tight clean copy with an 'R' stamped on bottom edge, dustjacket has one short closed tears, a small chip at the top of the spine, but is overall bright and attractive.) Uncommon, especially in this condition.

    Book ID: 40830
    Keywords: Women Authors
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  • THE GOLDEN SPUR. by Powell, Dawn.
    Powell, Dawn.
    THE GOLDEN SPUR.

    Edition: First UK printing.

    London: W. H. Allen, 1963. dj. Hardcover first edition - Rather uncommon UK edition of this late novel by the writer whom Gore Vidal called 'one of our most brilliant - certainly most witty - novelists, whose literary reputation continues to grow long after her death; we are catching up to her.' 240 pp. Dust jacket by Rupert Smith.

    Condition: Very near fine in a very good dustjacket (light foxing to back cover of dj, some wear to top edge).

    Book ID: 53670
    Keywords: Women Authors
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  • SUNDAY, MONDAY AND ALWAYS. by Powell, Dawn (1896-1965.)
    Powell, Dawn (1896-1965.)
    SUNDAY, MONDAY AND ALWAYS.

    Edition: First UK printing.

    London: W. H. Allen, 1955. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Powell's first - and only - collection of short stories, selected by Powell as the best of the many she had published in the New Yorker and elsewhere. Although the quality of these eighteen stories is a bit uneven, some - including the wonderful first story 'You Should Have Brought Your Mink' - capture in a few pages the themes of her novels. Boldly and warmly INSCRIBED on the front endpaper "To dearest Pamela & George, this lesson in sheer ugliness - (I mean the jacket!), Love, Dawn" with an addendum about her signature "I never made a D like that before." 202 pp.

    Condition: Very good+ in very good dust jacket (light toning to the pages, some chipping to the upper edge of the dust jacket spine, toning to the spine and the white background of the back cover of the dj, )

    Book ID: 44939
    Keywords: ohio, Women Authors
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  • DAWN POWELL: A Biography. by [Powell, Dawn, 1896-1965] Page, Tim.
    [Powell, Dawn, 1896-1965] Page, Tim.
    DAWN POWELL: A Biography.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Henry Holt, (1998.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first full-length biography of this mid-century American author (Hemingway called her his favorite living author) whose work was almost unknown until a fairly spectacular revival in the 1990's. Gore Vidal called this biography 'not only a distinguished work in itself but [it] illuminates one of our most brilliant - certainly most witty - novelists, whose literary reputation continues to grow long after her death; we are catching up to her.' Frontispiece and glossy photographic inserts. Notes, bibliography, index. INSCRIBED by Page on the title page and dated March 2002 in Charlottesville. 362 pp. ISBN: 0-8050-5068x.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 88208
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  • THE WICKED PAVILION. by Powell, Dawn; Introduction by Gore Vidal.
    Powell, Dawn; Introduction by Gore Vidal.
    THE WICKED PAVILION.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    New York: Vintage Books, (1990). A "novel of Washington Square" - the story of the habitues of the Cafe Julien in Greenwich Village. Introduction by Gore Vidal who called Powell "one of our most brilliant - certainly most witty - novelists, whose literary reputation continues to grow long after her death; we are catching up to her." xxi, 306 pp. ISBN: 0-679726853.

    Condition: Near fine (remainder line, light toning to pages)

    Book ID: 83298
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