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DAYS OF ANGER, DAYS OF HOPE: A Memoir of the League of American Writers, 1937-1942.
Edition: First printing.
Niwot, CO: University Press of Colorado, 1994. dj. Hardcover first edition - Franklin Folsom, executive secretary to the League of American Writers for five of its seven years of often controversial activity, brings to life a time when writers became aware of the threats of fascism, and recalls vigorous efforts of many great U.S. writers to rescue from European concentration camps their anti-Nazi colleagues. Founded during the tense, pre-war period of the 1930s, the League sought to promote intellectual and political freedom worldwide. With photos of League members, bibliography and index. 376 pgs. ISBN: 0-87081-3323.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 19796More details Price: $20.00 -
AN UNFINISHED WOMAN: A Memoir.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Little Brown, (1969.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first of her memoirs, one which focuses on the central relationship in her life - for 30 years, with Dashiel Hammett, until his death in1961. Also includes a 'warm but unsentimental portrait' of her old friend, Dorothy Parker. Photographs. Winner of the National Book Award. 280 pp
Condition: Near fine in a good only dust jacket (price-clipped, tears and chips to upper edge, now protected by an archival cover.).
Book ID: 47309More details Price: $15.00 -
AN UNFINISHED WOMAN: A Memoir.
Edition: First paperback printing.
New York: Bantam, (1970.). The first of her memoirs, one which focuses on the central relationship in her life - for 30 years, with Dashiel Hammett, until his death in1961. Also includes a 'warm but unsentimental portrait' of her old friend, Dorothy Parker. Winner of the National Book Award. 244 pp. ISBN: 0-553-05458.
Condition: Good condition (usual toning to the pages.)
Book ID: 49254More details Price: $8.50 -
AN UNFINISHED WOMAN: A Memoir.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Little Brown, (1969.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first of her memoirs, one which focuses on the central relationship in her life - for 30 years, with Dashiel Hammett, until his death in1961. Also includes a 'warm but unsentimental portrait' of her old friend, Dorothy Parker. Photographs. Winner of the National Book Award. 280 pp
Condition: Fine in a good dust jacket (chips to upper edge of back cover,other wear, now protected by an archival cover.).
Book ID: 52819More details Price: $18.00 -
LILLIAN HELLMAN: The Image, The Woman.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1986.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A balanced and thoroughly researched biography of this woman, who was one of the most prominent screenwriters and playwrights of the 20th century, but is perhaps even better known for her 30 year long affair with detective story writer Dashiell Hammett and her left-wing politics, and her literary memoirs. Notes, index. 507 pp, plus 16 pp of photographs. ISBN: 0-671526871.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (price-clipped.)
Book ID: 37219More details Price: $15.00 -
SHAMUS IN THE GREEN ROOM.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2006) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's third mystery - Biographer and amateur sleuth Cece Caruso's book on Dashiell Hammett is headed for the big screen. SIGNED on the title page. 324 pp. ISBN: 0-060581093.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)
Book ID: 67125More details Price: $25.00