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Exhibition catalog. 12pp pamphlet, (5.5x7.5 inches), map, 5 b&w photos, 127 objects described. VG in stapled self-wrappers (soft cover, covers are same paper as pages). White covers lightly soiled with small gray spot on back, bottom corner bumped. Contents clean, no tears or creases, no markings.

Ex-library, octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Paperback (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

Cloth Over Boards. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good (Protective cover). tight bindign; signed by previous owner; some discoloring due to age; spotting around fore-edge Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Good copy in red cloth. Spotting to cloth, darkening to spine, edge-wear, dust-staining to top edge of page block. Title page has a small tear on the bottom.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Milton Glaser, cover (illustratore). White cl. w. brown illus., backstr. blue and brown lettering. Dj. clipped, tear to bottom of spine, taped., sl. shelfworn. Xli, 527pp.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. stapled paperback, square 8vo, 36pp, illustrated, clean and sound, no inscriptions, card covers, Very Good condition.

Quarto hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Square quarto, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 223pp, illus/photos, VG (sl soiling to boards, light foxing to front eps, light water damage/staining to lower edges of front eps & prelims) VG+ (light scuffing & creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, light foxing to flaps & internal sides).

paperback. Condizione: good. 61 pp. cover shows minor shelf wear including slight staining. first pages are minimally stained, but the rest of the pages are clean and unmarked. 1.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st printing (1966). 527pp. VG/VG copy, binding square and tight, cloth covers clean, gilt bright, top page edge grubby, internally excellent; dust jacket lightly edge worn, minor creasing to front top edge, now preserved in archival jacket protector. From the private library of British film director Jack Clayton (1921-1995), although no indication of provenance appears in the book.

Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1965. Second American Edition. Octavo. 527 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $5.95 price intact. White cloth stamped in brown and blue; dark topstain. Dust jacket shows a few brief chips and tears with some creasing along edges, with some faint staining to surface. Boards lightly shelfworn with shallow staining along edges. Glue has let go internally between spine cloth and backing and front board opens a bit shakily, but binding is still holding soundly. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown with contemporary gift inscription facing, else interior unmarked. Marxist Australian novelist Christina Stead's near-forgotten novel of familial torture, set in Washington, DC. Jarrell's introduction here brought the book its first wave of critical acclaim, and it was more recently brought back to the public eye after appearing on TIME's 100 Best English-Language Novels of 1923-2005 (sorry, Ulysses).