Grant Roth (12 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Bound in original illustrated wrapper. Unmarked. Binding is tight with no creases to the spine.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. The final chapter has 22 p. of pencilled underlining and/or annotations; volume has wear; cover also has rubbing. Paginated vi, [2], 811-1130 [otob: 6].

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 2nd Edition. Second Edition, First Printing, April 2004. Introduction by Steve Earle. Includes Exact Dates Unknown, a linked-verse poem in four parts of all new haiku & new afterword by Tom Gilroy. Bright, clean & tight copy, unread, in AS NEW condition. "In 1996, seven friends agreed to write one haiku a day and mail them to each other. At the end of the year, they realized that their collection of simple, critical observations had given them a new way to look at the details of their lives." [] "Haiku is the most apt poetic form for our times. What a clever group of people to notice the fact. The impressions collected in this little book speak about our lives in a code of language we can understand and feel, quickly and deeply."--Natalie Merchant. "Each of us has only this moment to live. These haiku commemorate 365 others."--Lili Taylor. "Sharp wit and intense sensory perceptions . . . read it bit by bit for sheer pleasure."--Michael McClure. Pristine paperback w/sharp corners & crisp edges, a square & tight binding w/no creases in spine. …

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Fine- to Near Fine++ heavy oversize hardback issued without dust jacket, clean and unmarked. Heavy oversize book will require a variable shipping surcharge based on its final destination.

Vintage borderless reference photograph, with bottom margin, of director Ernest Lehman, Richard Benjamin, and cinematographer Philip H. Lathrop (back to camera) on the set of the 1972 film. Provenance stamp of collector, historian, and author "Frank Driggs" on verso. Based on the 1969 novel by Philip Roth. The fourth Roth novel (after "Goodbye, Columbus" in 1972) to be adapted for the screen, and the sole directorial effort for noted screenwriter Ernest Lehman ("North by Northwest," "The Sweet Smell of Success," "Sabrina," "West Side Story," The Sound of Music," and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"). Alexander Portnoy (Benjamin), sees a therapist and goes on one long tirade after another about his family, his childhood, his sexual fantasies and desires, his problems with women, and his obsession with his own Judaism. Set in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with light creasing and edgewear.…

Draft script for the 1972 film. An early example of the film's script, still slated to be a Twentieth Century-Fox production, with their imprint on the front wrapper. The fourth Roth novel (after "Goodbye, Columbus" in 1972) to be adapted to the screen, and the sole directorial effort for noted screenwriter Ernest Lehman ("North by Northwest," "The Sweet Smell of Success," "Sabrina," "West Side Story," The Sound of Music," and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"). Alexander Portnoy (Benjamin), sees a therapist and goes on one long tirade after another about his family, his childhood, his sexual fantasies and desires, his problems with women, and his obsession with his own Judaism. Set in New York. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present, dated August 3, 1970, with credits for screenwriter Lehman and novelist Roth. 150 leaves, with last page of text numbered 149. Mechanical duplication on eye-rest green stock. Pages and wrapper Near Fine, bound internally with three gold brads.…

Condition: Used: Like New. Livre à l'état de neuf, très frais sans annotations ni défauts dissmulés.

Eight color front-of-house cards from the French release of the 1972 film. Included with the collection are two promotional pages specific to the film's French release, with text in French. Based on the 1969 novel by Philip Roth. The fourth Roth novel (after "Goodbye, Columbus") to be adapted for the screen, and the sole directorial effort for noted screenwriter Ernest Lehman ("North by Northwest," "The Sweet Smell of Success," "Sabrina," "West Side Story," The Sound of Music," and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"). The eponymous Portnoy sees a therapist and goes on one long tirade after another about his family, his childhood, his sexual fantasies and desires, his problems with women, and his obsession with his own Judaism. Set in New York. Front-of-house cards: 11.25 x 9 inches. Very Good plus, with light wear on the left corners. Synopsis: 8.25 x 12 inches. Single staple at the top left corner. Very Good plus, lightly creased on the bottom edges.…