Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1981. Richard Neal (book design). First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Translated with an Introduction by Giovanni Gullace Benedetto Croce KOCI, COSML (Italian: [beneˈdetto ˈkroːtʃe]; 25 February 1866 – 20 November 1952) was an Italian idealist philosopher, historian and politician, who wrote on numerous topics, including..... More
London: Harvill Secker, 2018. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Signed and dated by author. Luck, good or bad, plays an important part in a writer’s career. In 1976 Lodge was pursuing a ‘twin-track career’ as novelist and academic but the balancing act was increasingly difficult, and he became..... More
New York: Warner Books, Inc., 1985. Reprint. Mass Market Paperback. Eudora Welty was born in 1909 in Jackson, Mississippi. In a "continuous thread of revelation" she sketches her autobiography and tells us how her family and her surroundings contributed to the shaping not only of her personality but of her..... More
New York: Warner Books, 1985. Max Ginsburg (cover art). First Warner Books Edition. First Printing. Paperback. More
Hong Kong: The Commercial Press, Ltd, 1973. Reprint. Softcover. More
London: Penguin Books, 2004. Alister Hall (cover artwork). Reprint. Paperback. Whether puncturing the lies of politicians, wittily dissecting the English character or telling unpalatable truths about war, Orwell's timeless, uncompromising essays are more relevant, entertaining and essential than ever in today's era of spin. More
London: Penguin Books, 2020. Paperback. 'A problem of space first of all, then a problem of order' One of the most singular and extravagant imaginations of the twentieth century, the novelist and essayist Georges Perec was a true original who delighted in wordplay, puzzles, taxonomies and seeing the extraordinary..... More
New York: Abrams Comicarts, 2020. Grant Snider (illustrations). First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. It’s no secret, but we are judged by our bookshelves. We learn to read at an early age, and as we grow older we shed our beloved books for new ones. But some of us surround ourselves..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 2005. First Edition (stated). Hardcover. Smiley explores–as no novelist has before her–the unparalleled intimacy of reading, why a novel succeeds (or doesn’t), and how the novel has changed over time. She describes a novelist as “right on the cusp between someone who knows everything..... More
London: Vintage Books, 2012. Trade Paperback. As a young man, Haruki Murakami played records and mixed drinks at his Tokyo Jazz club, Peter Cat, then wrote at the kitchen table until the sun came up. He loves music of all kinds - jazz, classical, folk, rock - and has more..... More
New York: Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2018. Seventh Printing. Trade Paperback. Draft No. 4 is a master class on the writer’s craft. In a series of playful, expertly wrought essays, John McPhee shares insights he has gathered over his career and has refined while teaching at Princeton University, where he..... More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2016. Third Edition. Paperback. The Seagull Reader: Essays brings together a mix of 56 essays--13 new to the Third Edition--by a variety of writers, from established authors (Dwight Eisenhower, David Brooks, and Barbara Ehrenreich) and rising voices (Atul Gawande and Ta-Nehisi Coates) to authors..... More
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1996. Sixth Edition. Paperback. More
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1996. Sixth Edition. Paperback. More
SIngapore: Talisman, 2016. New and Updated Edition. Hardcover. This is a pocket-sized, information-packed and entertaining guide that has been compiled on the basis of long experience in helping people produce documents written in good English, with the underlying message that simple English is the best English. "What not to Write"..... More
New York: Atria Paperback, 2019. Reprint. Paperback. From one of the most esteemed American poets of the twenty-first century comes a celebration of poetry and an invitation for anyone to experience its beauty and wonder. Full of fresh and exciting insights, Making Your Own Days illuminates the somewhat mysterious subject..... More
New York: The Modern Library, 1999. Paperback. From Kirkus (July 10, 2013): This portrait of Hemingway is a "Profile" which was originally done for The New Yorker in 1947, introduced by a prologue touching on the continuity of their friendship which began at that time, his generosity towards her..... More
New York: Counterpoint, 2003. Trade Paperback. For nearly 50 years, Lillian Ross has been writing remarkable literary journalism for The New Yorker. Her unerring Talk pieces and her incisive profiles have won her a legion of admirers. Many credit The New Yorker for inspiring the refinement of literary journalism, and..... More
London: Profile Books, 2003. James Nunn (jacket design and illustrations). First Edition, Nineteenth Printing. Hardcover. Anxious about the apostrophe? Confused by the comma? Stumped by the semicolon? Join Lynne Truss on a hilarious tour through the rules of punctuation that is sure to sort the dashes from the hyphens... More
New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1986. Paperback. The essential guide to refining and improving grammar – from the basics of sentence structure to the art of composing written works. A concise, comprehensive handbook of the basic rules of grammar and usage that presents invaluable tips on how to implement these..... More
New York: Scribner, 1996. First Edition (presumed), First Printing. Hardcover. Correspondence between Ernest Hemingway and his longtime editor, Maxwell Perkins. More
New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2005. First Edition (stated). Hardcover. Inspired by a landmark exhibition mounted by the British Museum in 1963 to celebrate five eventful centuries of the printed word, Nicholas A. Basbanes offers a lively consideration of writings that have "made things happen" in the world, works that..... More
UK: Penguin Books, 2011. Cardboard box with 100 postcards inside. To celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Penguin Modern Classics we are publishing an incredibly desirable and collectable postcard collection of 100 Modern Classics authors. Following the success of Postcards from Penguin this is a must-have box of beautifully..... More
London: Thames & Hudson, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Beryl Bainbridge needs no introduction as one of the finest novelists of our times. But few people know that painting and drawing were also lifelong passions, which she found relaxing and altogether less pressurized than writing. They were also a source of..... More
UK: Penguin Classics, 2016. Charlie Louth (tr.). First Penguin Classics Edition. Eighth Printing. Paperback. 'What matters is to live everything. Live the questions for now.' A hugely influential collection for writers and artists of all kinds, Rilke's profound and lyrical letters to a young friend advise on writing, love..... More
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