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THE DARKER MASK.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.(remainder dot bottom edge.)
Book ID: 48120More details Price: $55.00 -
THE CITY WE BECAME: The Great Cities Trilogy, Book One.
Edition: Early printing (in June 2020, just 3 months as first)
New York: Orbit / Hachette, (2020) dj. SIGNED on a bookplate, hardcover - The first book of a new series by this Hugo award-winning author - "Five New Yorkers must come together in order to defend their city from an ancient evil. Every great city has a soul. Some are as ancient as myths, and others are as new and destructive as children. New York City? She's got six. But every city also has a dark side. A roiling, ancient evil stirs in the halls of power, threatening to destroy the city and her six newborn avatars unless they can come together and stop it once and for all." SIGNED by Jemisin on a special bookplate affixed to the half title page. 434 pp. ISBN: 978-0316509848.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 84554More details Price: $40.00 -
CONTINUAL PILGRIMAGE: American Writers in Paris, 1944-1960
Edition: First printing.
New York: Grove Press, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - A look at the "second wave" of expatriate American writers who took up residence in Paris between 1944-1960, "some seeking the exciting ambiance of art and the bohemian life that Paris has offered earlier generations, some escaping from racist and materialistic aspects of the United States." Among these writers were Richard Wright, James Baldwin, James Jones, William Styron, Chester Himes, George Plimpton, John Ashbery, Harry Matthews, Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Alexander Trocchi, Gregory Corso, Brion Gysin, and William S. Burroughs. This book is an anecdotal account of the friendships and associations the writers formed, the cross-cultural influences they experienced, what they discovered, and what they brought back. Photographs, notes, selected bibliography, index. x,345 pp. ISBN: 0-802113710.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 68915More details Price: $20.00