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LEITHAUSER, Brad
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. Author's first novel, having previously published a successful book of poetry.  more information
Price: 10.00 USD
Charles Agvent

Charles Agvent
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STEGNER, Wallace
Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1978. Decorated brown leather. A limited edition reissue with a previously unpublished note from Stegner in which he calls this book "the novel in which I first managed to define my early experience and the way it shaped me." SIGNED by the author as issued.  more information
Price: 150.00 USD
Charles Agvent

Charles Agvent
291 Linden Rd.
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FROST, Robert
[New York]: Henry Holt and Co, [1924]. Single sheet folded once to make a four page pamphlet printing six poems, including "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening." Illustrated with two woodcuts by J.J. Lankes. Crane A8. Limited to 2000 copies printed for distribution at Frost lectures at East Coast colleges, essentially a give-away item that due to its ephemeral nature is now quite scarce especially when SIGNED by the poet, as this copy is on the front cover beneath the poem "The Pasture."  more information
Price: 2000.00 USD
Charles Agvent

Charles Agvent
291 Linden Rd.
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WRIGHT, Charles
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, (1977). The final book of his trilogy.  more information
Price: 50.00 USD
Charles Agvent

Charles Agvent
291 Linden Rd.
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DEAR MR. BUKOWSKI
BUKOWSKI, Charles
(Augsburg): (Maro Verlag), (1979). Contents include a facsimile envelope addressed to the author at "69 Cachinnation Row, Catatonia City," along with a folded "letter" and 10 silksreened cards that answer the question of what Bukowski's typical day is like. Illustrated by the author in red, yellow, blue, green, and black.  more information
Price: 250.00 USD
Charles Agvent

Charles Agvent
291 Linden Rd.
Mertztown, PA 19539
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FIRE STATION
BUKOWSKI, Charles
Santa Barbara: Capricorn Press, 1970. Pictorial boards. One of only 100 hardcover copies.  more information
Price: 850.00 USD
Charles Agvent

Charles Agvent
291 Linden Rd.
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HOAGLAND, Edward
New York: Random House, (1973). Nineteen essays about the New England wilderness (including walks in the Green and White mountains and a canoe trip in Maine), assassinations, dogs, the circus, etc.  more information
Price: 35.00 USD
Charles Agvent

Charles Agvent
291 Linden Rd.
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AUDEN, W. H.
New York: Harcourt Brace, (1948). Bloomfield B35: 2500 copies. Essays also by Karl Shapiro and others.  more information
Price: 75.00 USD
Charles Agvent

Charles Agvent
291 Linden Rd.
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CARVER, Raymond
Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1977. Carver's second collection of stories, one of 1200 copies of the softcover issue of a total edition of 1300.  more information
Price: 150.00 USD
Charles Agvent

Charles Agvent
291 Linden Rd.
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DREISER, Theodore
New York: John Lane Company, 1914. Decorated mottled blue cloth with gilt lettering.  more information
Price: 100.00 USD
Charles Agvent

Charles Agvent
291 Linden Rd.
Mertztown, PA 19539
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EVEN COWGIRLS GET THE BLUES
ROBBINS, Tom
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1976. Author's second book, a novel about "the Confused and Paranoid Seventies."  more information
Price: 650.00 USD
Charles Agvent

Charles Agvent
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MICHENER, James
New York: Random House, (1959). Nice copy of this relatively early Michener novel.  more information
Price: 100.00 USD
Charles Agvent

Charles Agvent
291 Linden Rd.
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DOVE, Rita
Pittsburgh: Carnegie-Mellon University Press, 1983. Early title by this acclaimed African-American poet.  more information
Price: 250.00 USD
Charles Agvent

Charles Agvent
291 Linden Rd.
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THE WASTE LAND
ELIOT, T. S.
New York: Boni & Liveright, (1922) [i.e., 1923]. Stiff black boards. Stated "Second Edition" in the colophon, this is actually a second impression of the First Edition from the same setting of type but with a different colophon and with the reading "mount in" on page 41 uncorrected. Gallup A-6b. Copy #734 of 1000 numbered copies.  more information
Price: 10000.00 USD
Charles Agvent

Charles Agvent
291 Linden Rd.
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WORMWOOD REVIEW: A Collection of 10 Issues Containing Appearances by...
(BUKOWSKI, Charles)
Storrs, CT/Stockton, CA: The Wormwood Review Press, 1963 - 1988. A little magazine, stapled, with a pictorial front cover.These 10 issues all contain contributions by Bukowsk. Each issue is one of 500, 600, or 700 copies. No other magazine, except for OPEN CITY, rivalled WORMWOOD REVIEW for the number of appearances by Bukowski. Bibliographer Al Fogel called this publication "the cornerstone magazine of the 60's that literally launched Bukowski's career."  more information
Price: 150.00 USD
Charles Agvent

Charles Agvent
291 Linden Rd.
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NEW SEASON
LEVINE, Philip
Port Townsend: Graywolf Press, (1975). One of 225 letterpress copies of this poem issued as part of the Graywolf Pamphlet series.  more information
Price: 50.00 USD
Charles Agvent

Charles Agvent
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LEVINE, Philip
n.p: Unicorn Press, (1970). One of 1000 copies in wrappers constituting the first trade edition. Contains the first publication in a book of "They Feed They Lion."  more information
Price: 35.00 USD
Charles Agvent

Charles Agvent
291 Linden Rd.
Mertztown, PA 19539
United States

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Grisham, John
New York: Doubleday, June, 1996. Hardcover and dustjacket fine (fine, never read). Digital image available upon request.  more information
Price: 12.00 USD
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SNODGRASS, W. D
Derry, PA: The Rook Society, 1976. An 8-1/2" x 11" broadside, not illustrated. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by the poet, this copy out-of-series.  more information
Price: 60.00 USD
Charles Agvent

Charles Agvent
291 Linden Rd.
Mertztown, PA 19539
United States

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I THOUGHT OF DAISY
WILSON, Edmund
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. Wilson's first novel.  more information
Price: 250.00 USD
Charles Agvent

Charles Agvent
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