new american library ny 1985 (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Color and B & W Illustrations. (illustrator). First Edition. Small tan spots on cover, else Very Good Plus in a Near Fine Dust jacket.

Hardcover First Printing, Stated Psychiatry; Neurology; Sex Instructions; The New Way to Enhance Your Sexual Pleasure. Remainder mark. (294 Pgs.) No DJ, Beige boards with slight shelf wear otherwise book Very Good.

G PB. Bean catered to the outdoor needs of generations of sportsmen, Preppies & Yuppies. Edge wear. Illustrated by Mary F. Rhinelander. 1st ptg thus edition.

VG in VG DJ. Probes deepest meanings of friendship and betrayal through the Spanish Civil War, World War II and the bitter peacetime era of the House Un-American Activities Committee as it follows the intertwined lives and loves of two men and one woman. DJ few edge tears at top. 1st ptg edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 244 pages. Published in 1985. The author's final collection of interviews, conducted just before he died. One of the most valuable author-interview collections of the 20th century. Now considered a contemporary classic. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now rare. Presents Truman Capote's and Lawrence Grobel's "Conversations With Capote". Twelve witty and eminently quotable interviews conducted by the Playboy Magazine contributor/journalist shortly before Capote's sudden demise. In effect, his Last Words. Crammed with remarks that seesaw between Capote's justifiable pride (about what he achieved) as well as his crippling insecurity (about what he could and did not). Taken as a whole, this book amounts to an artistic credo and a confessional autobiography by one of the most controversial American writers of the 20th century, who also happens to be one of its greatest stylists. It is telling that Capote's reputation abroad has remained steadfast. In France, where Flaubert redefined writing as craft practiced at the highest level of perfection, Capote, the literary artist, endures. In Japan, where Yukio Mishima declared that Capote was one of a handful of truly great American writers, his fame is undimmed. In America, he has needed "revival" every now and then. That would usually be OK, except that American media, critics, and readers lavish fulsome praise upon fashionable, "difficult", and otherwise unreadable "post-modern" writers, so-called, whose work will not endure. An absolute "must-have" title for Truman Capote collectors. This title is a great collection. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: The Number Line must include the Number 1. Do NOT be deceived by the "First Printing" statement that does not come with the complete number line. These are all later printings. Copies available online have serious flaws or are in multiple subsequent printings. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with vintage black-and-white photographs. Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood" is widely regarded as one of the greatest books of the 20th century. One of the greatest writers of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER TRUMAN CAPOTE TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0453004946. no.