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CONNELL, Evan S.

The Aztec Treasure House: New and Selected Essays.
$20.00
Washington DC: Counterpoint (2001). First edition. 470 pp w/bibliography. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
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CONNOLLY, Cyril.

Previous Conviction: Selected Writings of a Decade.
$17.50
NY & Evanston: Harper & Row (1963). First US edition. 414 pp. Near fine in near fine, price-clipped dust jacket with light edgewear.
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CONNOLLY, Cyril.

The Condemned Playground. Essays: 1927-1944.
$15.00
London: Routledge (1946). Second printing. viii + 287 pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket with toning to spine and extrems.
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CORMAN, Cid.

The Act of Poetry and two other essays.
$10.00
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1976. First edition. [12 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. Sparrow 44. Morrow & Cooney 236.
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CORMAN, Cid.

Word for Word & At Their Word.
$100.00
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1977 & 1978. First editions, numbered & signed issue. 169 + 218 pp. Two volumes, each fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spines and printed labels. Fine acetate dust jackets. Each is one of 200 numbered copies SIGNED by Corman. For the pair:
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CORMAN, Cid.

Word for Word & At Their Word.
$250.00
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1977 & 1978. First editions, publisher’s copies. 169 + 218 pp. Two volumes. Specks of foxing along top edges, else both are near fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spines and printed labels. Near fine acetate dust jackets. Designated “Publisher’s Copy” on each colophon page and SIGNED by Corman. As is the deluxe issue, there is an original holograph poem by Corman tipped-in after the title pages. For the pair:
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CORMAN, Cid.

Word for Word: Essays on the Art of Language. Volume I.
$150.00
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1977. First edition, deluxe numbered & signed issue. 169 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and paper label. Near fine acetate dust jacket. One of 50 numbered copies SIGNED by Corman with an original holograph poem.
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CORMAN, Cid.

Word for Word: Essays on the Arts of Language Volume I.
$10.00
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1977. First trade paperback printing. 169 pp. Fine in printed wrappers. Morrow & Cooney 258a.
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COWLEY, Malcolm.

A Many-Windowed House: Collected Essays on American Writers and American Writing.
$35.00
Carbondale & Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press (1970). First edition. xviii + 261 pp w/index. Near fine in near fine dust jacket with some light rubbing to spine. Edited by Henry Dan Piper, with his introduction. Review slip, author photo, and promotional flyers laid in.
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CREELEY, Robert.

Was That a Real Poem & Other Essays.
$25.00
Bolinas: Four Seasons Foundation (1979). First trade paperback printing. 149 pp. Very near fine in printed wrappers. Essays by Creeley with a chronology by Mary Novik.
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CREWS, Harry.

Blood and Grits.
$100.00
NY: Harper & Row (1975). First edition. 213 pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket with a tiny tear to the top edge of the rear panel and a small corner crease to the front flap. Seventeen essays, often as much about Crews as the subjects.
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CUNNINGHAM, J.V.

The Collected Essays of J.V. Cunningham.
$20.00
Chicago: Swallow Press (1976). First edition. xi + 463 pp w/index. Very good plus in printed wrappers.
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CUSK, Rachel.

Coventry.
$17.50
NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2019). First US edition. 248 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket.
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DAHLBERG, Edward.

Alms for Oblivion: Essays.
$40.00
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota (1964). First edition. x + 166 pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket with light edgewear. Foreword by Sir Herbert Read.
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DAVIE, Donald.

A Gathered Church: The Literature of the English Dissenting Interest, 1700-1930.
$55.00
London & Henley: Routledge & Kegan Paul (1978). First edition. 152 pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. INSCRIBED by Davie, 'For Ian & Ruth: / as often before / Donald / February '78.'
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DAVIE, Donald.

The Poems of Doctor Zhivago.
$50.00
Manchester & NY: Manchester University Press / Barnes & Noble (1965). First edition. 204 pp w/index. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket with soiling and wear to spine. 'Pasternak's poems translated into English verse with an introduction and a commentary showing the significance of each poem to the novel as a whole.' INSCRIBED by Davie,'For Ruth [Watt]: / with love, / Donald, / December 1968.'
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DAVIE, Donald.

The Poet in the Imaginary Museum: Essays of Two Decades.
$65.00
NY: Persea (1977). First US edition. xxi + 322 pp w/notes, bibliography, & index. Small smudge on copyright page, else very near fine in like dust jacket. Edited by Barry Alpert with his foreword and introduction.
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DAVIE, Donald.

Under Briggflatts: A History of Poetry in Great Britain 1960-1988.
$35.00
Manchester: Carcanet (1989). First edition. 261 pp w/index. Fine in very near fine dust jacket.
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DI PIERO, W.S.

Out of Eden: Essays on Modern Art.
$15.00
Berkeley: University of California (1991). First edition. 257 pp w/index. Fine in near fine dust jacket.
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DICKEY, James.

Sorties: Journals and New Essays.
$45.00
Garden City: Doubleday, 1971. First edition. 227 pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. INSCRIBED by Dickey.
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DINSEN, Isak.

Daguerreotypes and Other Essays.
$25.00
London: Heinemann (1979). First UK edition. xxv + 227 pp w/notes. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Foreword by Hannah Arendt.
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DORRIS, Michael.

Paper Trail: Essays.
$35.00
NY: HarperCollins (1994). First edition. 371 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Dated (3.21.97) and INSCRIBED by Dorris, 'For ___ / with thanks and / best wishes / Michael Dorris.'
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DUBUS, Andre.

Meditations from a Movable Chair: Essays.
$20.00
NY: Knopf, 1998. First edition. 210 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Author photo and review slip laid in.
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DUNCAN, Robert.

A Selected Prose.
$25.00
NY: New Directions (1995). First edition. 230 pp w/index. Fine in near fine dust jacket.
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DUNCAN, Robert.

Fictive Certainties: Essays.
$125.00
NY: New Directions (1985). First edition. 234 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.
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EHRLICH, Gretel.

Islands, the Universe, Home.
$20.00
NY: Viking (1991). First edition. 196 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED by Ehrlich on the half-title page.
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ELIOT, T.S.

Charles Whibley: A Memoir.
$100.00
London: Oxford University Press, 1931. First edition. 13 pp. Very good plus in wrappers that are browned with age. The English Association's Pamphlet No. 80. A critical and personal memoir of Eliot's friend, the journalist Charles Whibley. Gallup A20a.
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ELIOT, T.S.

Selected Essays 1917-1932.
$25.00
NY: Harcourt, Brace (1942). Fifth US printing. 415 pp. Corners bumped, else very good plus in full cloth, lacking dust jacket.
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ENGBERG, Edward.

On Civilizing the Corporation.
$15.00
Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1976. First edition. 49 pp w/references. Bump to upper corner, else near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Capra Chapbook Series #39.
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EPHRON, Nora.

Crazy Salad: Some Things About Women.
$50.00
NY: Knopf, 1975. First edition. 201 pp. Small spot on top edge, else near fine in near fine dust jacket.
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EPSTEIN, Joseph. ed.

The Best American Essays 1993.
$45.00
NY: Ticknor & Fields, 1993. First edition. xviii + 378 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Promotional flyer laid in.
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FORD, Mark.

A Driftwood Altar: Essays and Reviews.
$35.00
London: Waywiser (2005). First edition. 299 pp. Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Introduction by Nick Everett. Non-authorial gift inscription on the first leaf, but additionally dated (28/9/05) and INSCRIBED by Ford.
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