AGNI 71
Boston: Boston University, 2005. First printing. Paperback. Wraps, clean unmarked text, near fine copy.
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New Directions in Prose and Poetry 36
New York: New Directions, 1978. Hardcover. Inscribed by one of the contributors, Paul West, on the fly leaf. 1978, the 36th ND Annual. Hardcover. Very Good in a Good dust jacket. Foxing to text-block; clean interior. DJ with light rubbing and soil. DJ is about 1/4-inch shorter than the book.....
Washington Post Book Week, August 14, 1966: Bly interview with Neruda
New York and Washington: World Journal Tribune, Inc., 1966. Wraps. 12.75 x 11 inches, newsprint, very good, some tanning. 15 pp. Paul West on Kingsley Amis's "Anti-Death League," Lifton on "Postscript from Hiroshima," Albert Goldman on Nazis, Bly interview with Neruda plus "Some Beasts" by Neruda translated by James Wright.....
Christianity and the Social Crisis in the 21st Century
New York: Harper One, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. octavo, black and brown cloth boards in dust jacket, book and jacket are in very good + condition, jacket shows edgewear, book has mild overall wear, 376pp.
Alley Jaggers
New York: Harper & Row, 1966. First printing. Hardcover. Signed by West on the front flyleaf. First edition, 1966. Cloth hardcover in dust jacket, 242 pp., Very Good copy in Very Good dust jacket, previous owner's ink inscription on the rear flyleaf, a bit of age-toning to the page-edges, minor.....
Alley Jaggers, A Novel -- inscribed to Charles Mann
London: Hutchinson, 1966. First Printing. Hardcover. Publisher's boards in dust jacket, very good or better, inscribed to Charles Mann, the legendary rare books librarian at Penn State, where West was an English professor for many years, the inscription dated 1966. Also laid in is an invitation card from the rare.....
Byron & The Spoiler's Art -- inscribed to Charles Mann
New York: Lumen Books, 1992. First American Printing. Wraps. 8vo, wraps, very good or better, inscribed to Charles Mann, the legendary rare books librarian at Penn State, where West was an English professor for many years.
Byron and the Spoiler's Art
London: Chatto & Windus, 1960. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by West! Inscription reads: "For Nan and Charlie, Mum and Dad, With love, from Paul, 2 March 1964" First edition, 1960, hardcover with blue cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 155pp., not illustrated. Book near fine with hint of edgewear to.....
Colonel Mint, a novel
London: Calder and Boyars, 1973. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Cloth backed boards in dust jacket, near fine. With review slip. Although not stated, from the collection of Charles Mann (his calling card, which we think he used as a bookmark, is laid in) Mann was the longtime rare.....
Colonel Mint, A Novel, inscribed to Charles Mann
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1972. First Printing. hg. Cloth in dust jacket, nearly fine copy, inscribed to Charles Mann, the legendary rare books librarian at Penn State, where West was an English professor for many years.
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A Fifth of November [signed!]
New York: New Directions, 2001. First printing. Paperback. Wraps, inscribed by West on the half-title, clean unmarked text, near fine copy, minor soiling and edgewear to the covers. Uncommon signed. The inscription reads, "For Sally and Bob, All the best to you, and blessed retirement! Paul and Diane."...
The Ice Lens, inscribed
Ithaca, NY: Onager Editions, 2014. First Printing. Wraps. Trade softcover, fine. Inscribed, clearly showing the effects of the strokes that hampered him in his last years. Although not stated, this was from the library of his colleague at Penn State -- and close friend -- Robert Lima.
Lord Byron's Doctor, A Novel -- inscribed to Charles Mann
New York: Doubleday, 1989. First Printing. Hardcover. Cloth backed boards in dust jacket, very good, inscribed to Charles Mann, the legendary rare books librarian at Penn State, who was on very friendly terms with West, a professor in the English department there.
Lord Byron's Doctor, inscribed to colleague at Penn State
New York: Doubleday, 1989. First Printing. Hardcover. Cloth backed boards in dust jacket, fine copy, inscribed to Penn State colleague in the literature program, Robert Lima -- the two were close friends. "Best regards to Robert Lima, poet and scholar (as well as magus), from Paul and Polidori, 18 January.....
The Modern Novel
London: Hutchinson, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, 1963, hardcover with blue cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 450pp., not illustrated. Book near fine with mild edgewear and rubbing, binding mostly tight, endpapers mildly off-set, otherwise text clean and unmarked. DJ VG+ with toning to spine and edges of panels.....
The Modern Novel: Volume I--England and France; and Volume II--The United States and Other Countries (Two volume set)
London: Hutchinson University Library, 1967. Reprint. Hardcover. Two volume set, 1967, reprint, hardcovers with orange cloth boards in dust jackets, octavos, 450pp., not illustrated. Books VG+ with mild wear to spine ends and corners, dust to boards, bindings tight, texts clean and unmarked with top edges of text block foxed.....
the Place in Flowers Where Pollen Rests, A Novel -- inscribed to Charles Mann
New York: Doubleday, 1988. First Printing. Hardcover. Cloth backed boards, very good in dust jacket, spine top a trifle bumped, inscribed to Charles Mann, the legendary rare books librarian at Penn State, who was on very friendly terms with West, a professor in the English department there. Also signed again.....
The Place in Flowers Where Pollen Rests, inscribed to friend & colleague
New York: Doubleday, 1988. First Printing. Hardcover. Cloth backed boards in dust jacket, very good. Inscribed to his Penn State colleague Robert Lima, who taught drama and Hispanic literature at Penn State, "For Robert Lima in friendship and witchcraft, with best regards, Paul, 1988."
Rat Man of Paris -- inscribed to Charles Mann
Garden City: Doubleday, 1986. First Printing. Hardcover. Cloth backed boards in dust jacket, very good or better, inscribed to Charles Mann, the legendary rare books librarian at Penn State, where West was an English professor for many years.
Sheer Fiction, inscribed to fellow Penn State literature professor
New Paltz: McPherson & Co., 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Publisher's dark blue cloth in dust jacket, very good or better. Inscribed, "For Bob Lima, in sheer friendship. Paul." Lima, a Cuban-born dramatist and poet, was a fellow literature professor at Penn State. Literary essays and reviews, including several of Latin.....
The Spellbound Horses (Poems) - signed
Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1960. First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo, boards, good copy, light wear to boards, front flyleaf very cleanly excised, leaving an inch-wide stub. Signed on title page. Very early book by this esteemed author. With Charles Mann's calling card laid in; from his collection. Mann was the legendary.....
Sporting With Amaryllis, inscribed to Charles Mann
Woodstock: Overlook Press, 1996. First Printing. Hardcover. Cloth backed boards in dust jacket, very good or better, inscribed to Charles Mann, the legendary rare books librarian at Penn State, where West was an English professor for many years.
The Tent of Orange Mist, a novel, inscribed to colleague at Penn State
New York: Scribner's, 1995. First Printing. Hardcover. Cloth backed boards in dust jacket, fine copy, inscribed to Penn State colleague in the literature program, Robert Lima -- the two were close friends. "Warmest regards to Bob Lima on my return from Palm Beach, where I blossom! See you there sometime.....
Terrestrials, a novel, inscribed to fellow PSU professor Robert Lima
NY: New York: Scribner, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth backed boards, near fine, touch of wear to corners of jacket. Signed and inscribed to Robert Lima, a fellow literature professor at PSU, "in friendship and esteem."
Words for a Deaf Daughter -- inscribed to Charles Mann
New York: Harper and Row, 1970. First Printing. Hardcover. Cloth backed boards in dust jacket, very good copy, inscribed to Charles Mann, the legendary rare books librarian at Penn State, where West was an English professor for many years. Also enclosed is a long letter, 10pp or more, possibly to.....
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