The Acolyte.
First edition. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1996. 24 x 16 cm. 398 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed by the author.
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The Phoenix and the Spider, a Book of Essays about some Russian Writers and Their View of the Self.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1957. 24x16cm, 238pp. First English language edition of Poggioli’s first book to be translated into English. This work covers nine Russian writers including Tolstoy, Goncharov, Dostoyevsky, Chekhov, Bunin and Babel. A scholar of comparative literature in the European tradition, Poggioli’s areas of expertise encompass literary historiography, the theory of the avant-garde, the notion of modernity, decandence and barbarism, Russian literature, and Dante. His daughter Silvia is European correspondent for National Public Radio. A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket.
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One-Upmanship. Being Some Account of the Activities and Teaching of the Lifemanship Correspondence College of One-Upness and Gameslifemastery. Illustrated by Lt.-Col. Frank Wilson.
London, Rubert Hart-Davis, 1952. 19.2cm x 13cm.160 160 pages. With 36 illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear and some foxing.
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Florilege Poetique De Tristan Klingsor.
Limited Edition. Number 345 / 500. Signed by Author. Blainville-Sur-Mer (Manche), L’Amitie Par Le Livre, 1955. 18 x 14 cm. 79 pages. With small illustrations in text. Quarter leather over paper covered boards. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Ex Library with a few library stamps and numbers. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Minor shelf wear. Text block bright and clean.
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