Category: Writing

49 Wise Sayings, 72 Idioms, 33 Riddles and Jokes, 44 Questions and Answers [African Market Literature]

Price: $85.00

Publisher: Onitsha, Nigeria, J.C. Brothers Bookshop

Seller ID: 144750

Condition: Very Good

Staple-bound pamphlet. 56 pages. No publication date shown; circa 1970. A how-to pamphlet from Nigeria originally sold in West African market stalls, including the Onitsha Market (largest open-air market in Africa) in the sixties and seventies. Yellowing paper. "Do not trust a liar so that he may not disappoint you and you become like a man who cut his new coat to patch his old knicker."
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The Writing Machine

By: Bachar, Greg

Price: $8.95

Publisher: Rowhouse Press : 2013

Seller ID: 148480

ISBN-13: 9780971986787

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Fine

A new, unread book in excellent condition. 82 pages.
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What's Your Idea of a Good Time? Interviews and Letters 1977-1985

By: Berkson, Bill and Bernadette Mayer

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Berkeley, Tuumba Press : 2006

Seller ID: 149906

ISBN-13: 9781931157087

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Fine

A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 226 pages. Printed in an edition of 1000.
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Maurice Blanchot: The Demand of Writing

By: Blanchot, Maurice

Price: $27.00

Publisher: Florence, Kentucky, U.S.A., Routledge : 1996

Seller ID: 127323

ISBN-13: 9780415125963

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Very nice book with light shelf and edge wear, text/interior spotless. 234 pages.
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And I Worked at the Writer's Trade

By: Cowley, Malcolm

Price: $16.50

Publisher: Viking Press : 1978

Seller ID: 152538

ISBN-13: 9780670122912

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, with red cloth spine/white print; covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. Previous owner's name or sticker in front section of the book.
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Flower and the Leaf, The: a Contemporary Record of American Writing Since 1941

By: Cowley, Malcolm

Price: $16.50

Publisher: Viking Press : 1985

Seller ID: 152541

ISBN-13: 9780670122912

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, with black cloth spine/white print; covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf / edge wear only, no tears. Previous owner's name or sticker in front section of the book.
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Of Sneetches and Whos and the Good Dr. Seuss: Essays on the Writings and Life of Theodor Geisel

By: Fensch, Thomas (ed.)

Price: $44.95

Publisher: McFarland Publishing : 1997

Seller ID: 143307

ISBN-13: 9780786403882

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Book is in excellent condition, as new in heavy blue cloth covers with white print. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 219 pages with an intro, chronology, and 26 essays, including And dear Dr. Seuss, the whole world's in love with yeuss, Dr. Seuss and the naked ladies: blowing the lid off the private life of America's most beloved author, The cabinet of Dr. Seuss, Maurice Sendak and Dr. Seuss: a conversation. An interesting volume, certainly.
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Arabic Script: Styles, Variants, and Calligraphic Adaptations

By: Gabriel Mandel Khan

Price: $16.50

Publisher: Abbeville Press : 2006

Seller ID: 143799

ISBN-13: 9780789208798

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Fine

Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. This fascinating guide to the Arabic alphabet and writing styles also offers an ample and thorough overview of a culture and a civilization. This enlightening book helps us discover an alphabet that throughout the centuries has been linked to the secular and religious worlds of Islam. The text explains the history and meaning of each letter, as well as its philosophical, theological, and cultural significance, and 300 two...
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Theatre and AutoBiography: Writing and Performing Lives in Theory and Practice

By: Grace, Sherrill; Wasserman, Jerry (eds.)

Price: $22.50

Publisher: U.S.A., Talonbooks : 2006

Seller ID: 134554

ISBN-13: 9780889225404

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Book is in excellent condition in every respect, with very light shelf wear to covers, solid binding, page block is clean and free of marking of any kind. 352 pages.
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To Be the Poet

By: Kingston, Maxine Hong

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Cumbreland, Rhode Island, U.S.A., Harvard Univ Pr : 2002

Seller ID: 128986

ISBN-13: 9780674007918

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Book shows very light shelf wear to covers only, book has bumped lower front corner, slightly cocked spine, otherwise as-new. Text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Inscribed and signed on front endpaper. Price-clipped dust jacket. 111 pages. Inscribed by author. "Taking readers along with her, this celebrated writer gathers advice from her gifted contemporaries and from sages, critics, and writers whom she takes as ancestors. She consults her past, her conscience, her time-- and puts together a volume at once irreverent and deeply serious, playful and practical, parta...
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The Art of the Novel

By: Kundera, Milan

Price: $18.95

Publisher: N Y, Grove Press : 1988

Seller ID: 153343

ISBN-13: 9780802100115

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 166 pages.
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Writing the Revolution

By: Landsberg, Michele

Price: $5.98

Publisher: Second Story Press : 2011

Seller ID: 143703

ISBN-13: 9781897187999

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Fine

Brand new book in excellent condition in every respect. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind.
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Page to Page: Retrospectives of Writers from The Seattle Review

By: McElroy, Colleen J.

Price: $9.95

Publisher: Seattle, University of Washington Press : 2006

Seller ID: 147878

ISBN-13: 9780295985183

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Features: Lynda Barry, Rick Bass, Nelson Bentley, Marilyn Chin, Ivan Doig, Richard Hugo, Carolyn Kizer, Yusef Komunyakaa, Denise Levertov, Larry Levis, N. Scott Momaday, Sharon Olds, Sonia Sanchez, William Stafford, David Wagoner, Diane Wakoski.
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Beyond Words: Writing Poems With Children: A Guide For Parents and Teachers

By: McKim, Elizabeth; Judith W. Steinbergh

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Green Harbor, MA, Wampeter Press : 1983

Seller ID: 148627

ISBN-13: 9780931694134

Binding: Oversize Paperback

Condition: Very Good

A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 144 pages. 8 1/2"w x 11"h.
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Personal Choice: A Celebration of Twentieth Century Photographs Selected and Introduced by Photographers, Painters and Writers

By: No Author

Price: $25.95

Publisher: U.S.A., Victoria & Albert Museum : 1983

Seller ID: 140162

ISBN-13: 9780905209388

Binding: Oversize Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Book is in near fine condition with creaseless covers and spine, very light scuffing of covers. Binding is solid and square, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 130 pages. Exhibition catalog at the Victoria and Albert Museum, March - May 1983 showing the results of the choices of a panel of 30 distinguished "photographers, painters and writers" such as David Bailey, Bryn Campbell, David Hockney, R. B. Kitaj, Aaron Scharf, Roy Strong, et al, who caption each full page photo with why they love the work. Includes works by 45 photographe...
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Twelve Voices: Interviews with Canadian Poets: Interviews and Introduction

By: Pearce, Jon

Price: $55.00

Publisher: Borealis Press : 1980

Seller ID: 097519

ISBN-13: 9780888870520

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Ex-library copy with the usual stamps and markings; interior pages clean and unmarked.
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Radical Artifice: Writing Poetry in the Age of Media

By: Perloff, Marjorie

Price: $13.26

Publisher: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A., University of Chicago Press : 1991

Seller ID: 127189

ISBN-13: 9780226657332

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Clean and unmarked; tight binding. 248 pages. Full blue cloth boards.
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Surviving Your Dissertation: A Comprehensive Guide to Content and Process

By: Rudestam, Kjell Erik; Newton, Rae R.

Price: $22.00

Publisher: Newbury Park, CA, Sage Pubns : 1992

Seller ID: 114729

ISBN-13: 9780803945623

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. 221 pages.
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Tramp Reporter

By: Smith, Hampton Sidney

Price: $13.26

Publisher: Caldwell, ID, Caxton Printers, Ltd. : 1937

Seller ID: 132744

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 171 pages.
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New York in the Fifties

By: Wakefield, Dan

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Orlando, Florida, U.S.A., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt : 1992

Seller ID: 122096

ISBN-13: 9780395513200

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. 355 pages. Inscribed by author. Includes recollections by Norman Mailer, Joan Didion, Gay Talese, Calvin Trillin, Allen Ginsberg.
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