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84, Charing Cross Roadby Helene Hanff, Frank Doel, Marks & CoISBN 1559211407 (1-55921-140-7)
Hardcover, Moyer Bell Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: '84, Charing Cross Road'Book summary:84, Charing Cross Road is a charming record of bibliophilia, cultural difference, and imaginative sympathy. For 20 years, an outspoken New York writer and a rather more restrained London bookseller carried on an increasingly touching correspondence. In her first letter to Marks & Co., Helene Hanff encloses a wish list, but warns, "The phrase 'antiquarian booksellers' scares me somewhat, as I equate 'antique' with expensive." Twenty days later, on October 25, 1949, a correspondent identified only as FPD let Hanff know that works by Hazlitt and Robert Louis Stevenson would be coming under separate cover. When they arrive, Hanff is ecstatic--but unsure she'll ever conquer "bilingual arithmetic." By early December 1949, Hanff is suddenly worried that the six-pound ham she's sent off to augment British rations will arrive in a kosher office. But only when FPD turns out to have an actual name, Frank Doel, does the real fun begin.
Two years later, Hanff is outraged that Marks & Co. has dared to send an abridged Pepys diary. "i enclose two limp singles, i will make do with this thing till you find me a real Pepys. THEN i will rip up this ersatz book, page by page, AND WRAP THINGS IN IT." Nonetheless, her postscript asks whether they want fresh or powdered eggs for Christmas. Soon they're sharing news of Frank's family and Hanff's career. No doubt their letters would have continued, but in 1969, the firm's secretary informed her that Frank Doel had died. In the collection's penultimate entry, Helene Hanff urges a tourist friend, "If you happen to pass by 84, Charing Cross Road, kiss it for me. I owe it so much." [via]
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- 84, Charing Cross Road: ISBN 1559210540 (1-55921-054-0)
Hardcover, M. Bell - 84, Charing Cross Road: ISBN 0140143505 (0-14-014350-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - 84, Charing Cross Road: ISBN 0670290734 (0-670-29073-4)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA - 84, Charing Cross Road: ISBN 0670290742 (0-670-29074-2)
Hardcover, Grossman - 84, Charing Cross Road: ISBN 074517115X (0-7451-7115-X)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr - 84, Charing Cross Road: ISBN 1559211407 (1-55921-140-7)
Hardcover, Moyer Bell Ltd
- 84, Charing Cross Road: ISBN 1559210540 (1-55921-054-0)
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Alexandriaby Nick BantockISBN 081183140X (0-8118-3140-X)
Hardcover, Chronicle Books Llc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alexandria'Book summary:Alexandria will continue to delight the 3 million readers who fell in love with the epistolary romance of Griffin & Sabine. Awash with gorgeous artwork, the mystery of Griffin Moss and Sabine Strohem now entwines Matthew Sedon, an archaeologist steeped in Egyptian antiquity, and Isabella de Reims, a student in Paris whose vision holds the key to a new reality. Intrigue turns to danger and romance turns to passion as Matthew and Isabella struggle to make sense of a world-and feelings-beyond experience. Only the guidance of Griffin and Sabine, expert navigators of myth and reality, can keep them safe. Author and artist Nick Bantock brings a new sensuality and romance to his vivid dreamscapes and unique visual perspective. Alexandria is a breathtaking new chapter in a saga that has captured hearts, minds, and imaginations the world over. [via]
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Algebra and Trigonometry with Analytic Geometryby Arthur B SimonISBN 0716710161 (0-7167-1016-1)
Hardcover, W. H. Freeman
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Brontesby Juliet BarkerISBN 1585673633 (1-58567-363-3)
Softcover, Overlook Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Brontes'Book summary:The story of the tragic Bronte family is familiar to everyone: we all know about the half-mad, repressive father, the drunken, drug-addicted wastrel of a brother, wild romantic Emily, unrequited Anne and "poor Charlotte". Or do we? These stereotypes of the popular imagination are precisely that - imaginary - created by amateur biographers from Mrs Gaskell onwards who were primarily novelists, and were attracted by the tale of an apparently doomed family of genius. Later biographers still repeat her mistakes, and have, without exception, relied on the bowdlerised texts published by T.J. Wise, a forger. Juliet Barker's landmark book is the first definitive history of the Brontes. It demolishes the myths, yet provides startling new information that is just as compelling - but true. Based on firsthand research among all the Bronte manuscripts, many so tiny they can only be read by magnifying glass, and among contemporary historical documents never before used by Bronte biographers, this book is both scholarly and compulsively readable. [via]
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The Brontes: A Life in Lettersby Juliet BarkerISBN 1585671525 (1-58567-152-5)
Softcover, Overlook Press, The
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Brontes: A Life in Letters'Book summary:In this carefully chosen selection of their letters, diaries and autobiographical fragments, we hear the authentic voices of the three novelists, as well as their brother Bramwell and father, the Reverend Patrick Bronte. The collection follows their progress from exuberant childhood to years of hardship, followed by immense literary success and then tragic later years. [via]
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C.S. Lewis Letters to Childrenby C. S. Lewis, Lyle W. Dorsett, Marjorie Lamp Mead, Douglas H. GreshamISBN 0684823721 (0-684-82372-1)
Softcover, Scribner
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C.S. Lewis Letters to Childrenby Lyle W. Dorsett, Majorie Lamp MeadISBN 0684815044 (0-684-81504-4)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Complete C.S. Lewis Signature Classicsby C. S. LewisISBN 0060506083 (0-06-050608-3)
Hardcover, Harper San Francisco
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete C.S. Lewis Signature Classics'Book summary:For the first time ever, these seven essential volumes by C. S. Lewis are available in a single edition. This remarkable book presents the classic works Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce, The Problem of Pain, Miracles, A Grief Observed, and Lewis's prophetic examination of universal values, The Abolition of Man. Beautiful and timeless, this is a vital collection by one of the greatest literary figures of the twentieth century. Lewis reached a vast audience during his lifetime, and books such as Mere Christianity and The Screwtape Letters continue to be regarded as among the best spiritual writing of all time. With his uncanny grasp of human nature, Lewis offers a refreshing antidote to the modern world's consumerism and moral relativism. This new edition of his most celebrated books highlights Lewis's compassion for humanity and his relevance for the twenty-first century. [via]
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Ella Minnow Peaby Mark DunnISBN 0385722435 (0-385-72243-5)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ella Minnow Pea'Book summary:Ella Minnow Pea is an epistolary novel set in the fictional island of Nollop situated off the coast of South Carolina and home to the inventor the pangram The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog. Now deceased, the islanders have erected a monument to honor their hero, but one day a tile with the letter z falls from the statue. The leaders interpret the falling tile as a message from beyond the grave and the letter is banned from use. On an island where the residents pride themselves on their love of language, this is seen as a tragedy. They are still reeling from the shock, when another tile falls and then another.... Mark Dunn takes us on a journey against time through the eyes of Ella Minnow Pea and her family as they race to find another phrase containing all the letters of the alphabet to save them from being unable to communicate. Eventually, the only letters remaining are LMNOP, when Ella finally discovers the phrase that will save their language. [via]
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Ethical Writings: His Ethics or "Know Yourself" and His Dialogue Between a Philosopher, a Jew and a Christianby Peter Abelard, Paul Vincent SpadeISBN 0872203220 (0-87220-322-0)
Softcover, Hackett Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ethical Writings: His Ethics or "Know Yourself" and His Dialogue Between a Philosopher, a Jew and a Christian'Book summary:Abelard's major ethical writings -- ethics, or 'know yourself', and dialogue between a philosopher, a jew and a christian, are presented here in a student edition including cross-references, explanatory notes, a full table of references, bibliography, and index [via]
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The Golden Meanby Nick BantockISBN 0811802981 (0-8118-0298-1)
Hardcover, Chronicle Books Llc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Golden Mean'Book summary:With potent, dreamlike art and compelling prose, the first two volumes of this extraordinary trilogy have captured the creative imaginations of readers and literary reviewers around the world. USA Today called Griffin & Sabine "wondrous, ingenious" and "gorgeous." The San Francisco Chronicle wrote, "The somewhat conspiratorial thrill of reading other people's mail....becomes so infectious, it's impossible to stop until the book's end." Now, in this final volume, the two artists' haunting correspondence comes to an astonishing conclusion. [via]
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Griffin & Sabineby Nick BantockISBN 0877017883 (0-87701-788-3)
Hardcover, Chronicle Books Llc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Griffin & Sabine'Book summary:With three million copies in print, the Griffin & Sabine Trilogy has captivated readers worldwid with the saga of two unlikely lovers and the conspiratorial thrill of reading their private correspondence. It has been said that Nick Bantock's innovative fusion of lush illustration, creative storytelling, and pioneering paper technology created a new genre of fiction. To celebrate the tenth anniversary of this landmark publication, Chronicle Books and Nick Bantock have created this limited edition of Griffin & Sabine, available only while supplies last. It includes never-before-seen artwork, a special postcard, and a letter from Nick Bantock himself, all in a new binding. Whether reading it for the first time or the first time in ten years, the magic of Griffin & Sabine continues to weave its spell. A tribute to a legacy, Griffin & Sabine: Tenth Anniversary Limited Edition is destined to become a collector's item.
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Griffin & Sabine Deluxeby Nick BantockISBN 0811845087 (0-8118-4508-7)
Hardcover, Chronicle Books Llc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Griffin & Sabine Deluxe'Book summary:The six titles of the Griffin & Sabine saga are now featured in a deluxe wooden case that includes a special keepsake print. Griffin & Sabine Deluxe Boxed Set features the six beloved titles in the Griffin & Sabine saga: Griffin & Sabine, Sabine's Notebook, The Golden Mean, The Gryphon, Alexandria, and The Morning Star. The books are housed in a handsome wooden case, which also includes a special keepsake print suitable for framing. The Griffin & Sabine books have spent a combined 100 weeks on the New York Times best-seller list. They are renowned for Nick Bantock's distinctive artwork, selling over 3 million copies. The six books tell the story of a mystical romance through correspondence, featuring lavishly illustrated postcards and letters that can be pulled from real envelopes. [via]
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Groucho Letters: Letters from and to Groucho Marxby Groucho MarxISBN 030680607X (0-306-80607-X)
Softcover, Da Capo Press, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Groucho Letters: Letters from and to Groucho Marx'Book summary:No personage is too big, no nuance too small, no subject too far out for Groucho's spontaneous, hilarious, and ferocious typewriter. He writes to comics, corporations, children, presidents, and even his daughter's boyfriend. Here is Groucho swapping photos with T. S. Eliot ("I had no idea you were so handsome!"); advising his son on courting a rich dame ("Don't come out bluntly and say, 'How much dough have you got?' That wouldn't be the Marxian way"); crisply declining membership in a Hollywood club ("I don't care to belong to any social organization that will accept me as a member"); reacting with utmost composure when informed that he has been made into a verb by James Joyce ("There's no reason why I shouldn't appear in Finnegans Wake. I'm certainly as bewildered about life as Joyce was"); responding to a scandal sheet ("Gentleman: If you continue to publish slanderous pieces about me, I shall feel compelled to cancel my subscription"); describing himself to the Lunts ("I eat like a vulture. Unfortunately the resemblance doesn't end there"); and much, much more. That mobile visage, that look of wild amazement, and that weaving cigar are wholly captured, bound but untamed, in The Groucho Letters. [via]
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Grumbles from the Graveby Robert A. HeinleinISBN 0345369416 (0-345-36941-6)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Grumbles from the Grave'Book summary:First Edition, 1990. Hardcover with nice dust jacket. Light wear to the jacket. Robert A. Heinlein, Author. Edited by Virginia Heinlein. Originally sold for $19.95. Cream endpages. Spine is tight and straight. Pages are clean and free of markings or tears. Black paper boards with black cloth trim that leads to the spine, gilt lettering on the spine. A Del Rey Book, published by Ballantine Books, New York. Printed in the USA. Design by Michaelis/Carpelis Design Association, Inc. Contains black and white illustrations. Total 281 numbered pages. Jacket design by Darrin Ehardt. "Long before his death in 1988, Robert A. Heinlein had expressed the desire to have a selection of his letters published, after he was gone, and entitled 'Grumbles from the Grave'. But increasing pressure from his work and a series of major illnesses made it impossible for him to undertake the job of editing this himself. Now his wife, Virginia Heinlein, has taken on the labor of fulfilling his wish." Heinlein was well known for his science fiction writings. A good book to add to your collection of Heinlein books! *5BC3 [via]
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The Gryphonby Nick BantockISBN 0811831620 (0-8118-3162-0)
Hardcover, Chronicle Books Llc
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The Habit of Beingby Flannery O'Connor, Sally FitzgeraldISBN 0394742591 (0-394-74259-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Habit of Being: Lettersby Flannery O'Connor, Sally FitzgeraldISBN 0374167699 (0-374-16769-9)
Hardcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connorby Sally FitzgeraldISBN 0374521042 (0-374-52104-2)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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Jane Austen's Lettersby Jane AustenISBN 1414500084 (1-4145-0008-4)
Softcover, Pavilion Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jane Austen's Letters'Book summary:Jane Austen famously labeled her literary ambit a "little bit (two inches wide) of ivory." Luckily, her personal travels and those of her family were slightly more extensive, otherwise we should be without her letters. Not only should every Janeite possess them, but also every connoisseur of correspondence. Austen's wit is ubiquitous--even though some protest it edges into waspishness. E. M. Forster, for example, described the letters between Austen and her beloved sister, Cassandra, as "the whinnying of harpies."
On September 18, 1796, she tells Cassandra, "What dreadful Hot weather we have!--It keeps one in a continual state of Inelegance.--If Miss Pearson should return with me, pray be careful not to expect too much Beauty..." The dashes and capitalization alone make one long for the days before stylistic rules had so cemented. As for the sentiments! Austen paces her monologues to perfection, making the comic and ironic most out of the smallest incidents. Still, her frustration does occasionally emerge. "I am forced to be abusive," she implodes to Cassandra, "for want of a subject, having nothing really to say." Jane Austen has more than enough to say for lovers of literature and the cultural pinprick. [via]
Leave the Letters Till We're Deadby Virginia Woolf, Nigel Nicolson, Joanne Trautmann BanksISBN 0701204702 (0-7012-0470-2)
Hardcover, Hogarth Press
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Letters and Papers from Prisonby Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Eberhard BethgeISBN 0684838273 (0-684-83827-3)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Letters and Papers from Prison'Book summary:Letters and Papers from Prison is a collection of notes and correspondence covering the period from Dietrich Bonhoeffer's arrest in 1943 to his execution by the Gestapo in 1945. The book is probably most famous, and most important, for its idea of "religionless Christianity"--an idea Bonhoeffer did not live long enough fully to develop, but whose timeliness only increases as the lines between secular and ecclesial life blur. Bonhoeffer's first mention of "religionless Christianity" came in a letter in 1944:
What is bothering me incessantly is the question what Christianity really is, or indeed who Christ really is, for us today. The time when people could be told everything by means of words, whether theological or pious, is over, and so is the time of inwardness and conscience--and that means the time of religion in general. We are moving towards a completely religionless time; people as they are now simply cannot be religious any more. Even those who honestly describe themselves as "religious" do not in the least act up to it, and so they presumably mean something quite different by "religious."
The pleasures of Letters and Papers from Prison, however are not all so profound. Occasionally, Bonhoeffer's letters burst into song--sometimes with actual musical notations, other times with unforgettable phrases. Looking forward to seeing his best friend, Bonhoeffer writes, "To meet again is a God." --Michael Joseph Gross [via]More editions of Letters and Papers from Prison:
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Letters Home: Correspondence, 1950-1963by Sylvia Plath, Aurelia Schober PlathISBN 0060974915 (0-06-097491-5)
Softcover, Perennial
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Letters Home: Correspondence, 1950-1963'Book summary:Will ship immediately. Expedited shipping is available. [via]
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Letters of Abelard and Heloiseby Michael Clanchy, Betty Radice, Peter Abelard, HeloiseISBN 0140448993 (0-14-044899-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Letters of Abelard and Heloise'Book summary:Abelard and Heloise are nearly as famous a pair of tragic lovers as the fictional Romeo and Juliet; their shared passion for knowledge, religious faith, and one another sealed their destiny. Abelard was a well-respected, 12th-century Parisian scholar and teacher, and Heloise was his talented young student. The two relate their story through a set of letters to one another and intimate acquaintances. Their ardor is unmistakable; as Abelard writes to his love, "So intense were the fires of lust which bound me to you that I set those wretched, obscene pleasures, which we blush even to name, above God as above myself..." This forbidden lust resulted in a pregnancy and secret marriage, and when their union could no longer withstand the challenges in its path, each lover sought refuge in the church--Abelard became a monk and Heloise an abbess. Their correspondence continued as both achieved success in their new careers but continued to struggle with their feelings for one another; the set of letters powerfully articulates the wide range of emotions they experienced. So timeless is their love story that--after eight centuries--their passion, their devotion, and their struggle still resonate with readers. [via]
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The Letters of Abelard and Heloiseby Pierre AbailardISBN 0140442979 (0-14-044297-9)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Letters of Abelard and Heloise'Book summary:Abelard and Heloise are nearly as famous a pair of tragic lovers as the fictional Romeo and Juliet; their shared passion for knowledge, religious faith, and one another sealed their destiny. Abelard was a well-respected, 12th-century Parisian scholar and teacher, and Heloise was his talented young student. The two relate their story through a set of letters to one another and intimate acquaintances. Their ardor is unmistakable; as Abelard writes to his love, "So intense were the fires of lust which bound me to you that I set those wretched, obscene pleasures, which we blush even to name, above God as above myself..." This forbidden lust resulted in a pregnancy and secret marriage, and when their union could no longer withstand the challenges in its path, each lover sought refuge in the church--Abelard became a monk and Heloise an abbess. Their correspondence continued as both achieved success in their new careers but continued to struggle with their feelings for one another; the set of letters powerfully articulates the wide range of emotions they experienced. So timeless is their love story that--after eight centuries--their passion, their devotion, and their struggle still resonate with readers. [via]
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Letters of E. B. Whiteby E. B. White, Martha White, Allene WhiteISBN 0060757086 (0-06-075708-6)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Hardcover, Harper & Row - Letters of E. B. White: ISBN 0809590638 (0-8095-9063-8)
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The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkienby Humphery CarpenterISBN 0395315557 (0-395-31555-7)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien'Book summary:Scholars and fans of the great mythologist will find a rich vein of information in Humphrey Carpenter's The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien. Tolkien was a prodigious letter writer all his life; the sheer mass of his correspondence would give pause to even the most stalwart archivist (one shudders to think what he would have done with e-mail). But with the able assistance of Tolkien's son Christopher and a healthy dose of determination, Carpenter manages find the cream of the crop--the letters that shed light on Tolkien's thoughts about his academic and literary work, as well as those that show his more private side, revealing a loving husband, a playful friend, and a doting father. The most fascinating letters are, of course, those in which he discusses Middle-Earth, and Carpenter offers plenty of those to choose from. Tolkien discussed the minutia of his legend--sometimes at great length--with friends, publishers, and even fans who wrote to him with questions. These letters offer significant insights into how he went about creating the peoples and languages of Middle-Earth.
I have long ceased to invent (though even patronizing or sneering critics on the side praise my 'inventions'): I wait till I seem to know what really happened. Or till it writes itself. Thus, though I knew for years that Frodo would run into a tree-adventure somewhere far down the Great River, I had no recollection of inventing Ents. I came at last to the point, and wrote the 'Treebeard' chapter without any recollection of any previous thought: just as it is now. And then I saw that, of course, it had not happened to Frodo at all.
This new edition of letters has an extensive index, and Carpenter has included a brief blurb at the beginning of each letter to explain who the correspondent was and what was being discussed. Still, we strongly recommend buying the companion volume, J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography, in order to better understand the place these correspondents had in Tolkien's life and get a better context for the letters. --Perry M. Atterberry [via]
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The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: A Selectionby Humphrey Carpenter, J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher TolkienISBN 0618056998 (0-618-05699-8)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: A Selection'Book summary:Scholars and fans of the great mythologist will find a rich vein of information in Humphrey Carpenter's The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien. Tolkien was a prodigious letter writer all his life; the sheer mass of his correspondence would give pause to even the most stalwart archivist (one shudders to think what he would have done with e-mail). But with the able assistance of Tolkien's son Christopher and a healthy dose of determination, Carpenter manages find the cream of the crop--the letters that shed light on Tolkien's thoughts about his academic and literary work, as well as those that show his more private side, revealing a loving husband, a playful friend, and a doting father. The most fascinating letters are, of course, those in which he discusses Middle-Earth, and Carpenter offers plenty of those to choose from. Tolkien discussed the minutia of his legend--sometimes at great length--with friends, publishers, and even fans who wrote to him with questions. These letters offer significant insights into how he went about creating the peoples and languages of Middle-Earth.
I have long ceased to invent (though even patronizing or sneering critics on the side praise my 'inventions'): I wait till I seem to know what really happened. Or till it writes itself. Thus, though I knew for years that Frodo would run into a tree-adventure somewhere far down the Great River, I had no recollection of inventing Ents. I came at last to the point, and wrote the 'Treebeard' chapter without any recollection of any previous thought: just as it is now. And then I saw that, of course, it had not happened to Frodo at all.
This new edition of letters has an extensive index, and Carpenter has included a brief blurb at the beginning of each letter to explain who the correspondent was and what was being discussed. Still, we strongly recommend buying the companion volume, J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography, in order to better understand the place these correspondents had in Tolkien's life and get a better context for the letters. --Perry M. Atterberry [via]
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Letters of J.R.R. Tolkienby J. R. R. TolkienISBN 0890112797 (0-89011-279-7)
Hardcover, Horizon Book Promotions
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The Letters of Vincent Van Goghby Ronald De Leeuw, Arnold PomeransISBN 0140446745 (0-14-044674-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh'Book summary:This thorough collection of van Gogh's letters has been assembled with an artful eye and sensitivity to the artist's thinking. The result is an atypical take on Vincent van Gogh that avoids putting too much stress on his troubled mental state and too much straining by the editor to shape a narrative out of van Gogh's epistolary clues. Instead, we see the thoughtful and contemplative side of this creative genius, as well as his concern for the impact his art and life had on those people closest to him. [via]
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Letters of Vincent Van Goghby Vincent Van GoghISBN 0684843005 (0-684-84300-5)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Letters to a Young Poetby Rainer Maria Rilke, Joan M. Burnham, Franz Xaver Kappus, Kent NerburnISBN 1577311558 (1-57731-155-8)
Hardcover, New World Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Letters to a Young Poet'Book summary:It would take a deeply cynical heart not to fall in love with Rainer Maria Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet. At the end of this millennium, his slender book holds everything a student of the century could want: the unedited thoughts of (arguably) the most important European poet of the modern age. Rilke wrote these 10 sweepingly emotional letters in 1903, addressing a former student of one of his own teachers. The recipient was wise enough to omit his own inquiries from the finished product, which means that we get a marvelously undiluted dose of Rilkean aesthetics and exhortation.
The poet prefaced each letter with an evocative notation of the city in which he wrote, including Paris, Rome, and the outskirts of Pisa. Yet he spends most of the time encouraging the student in his own work, delivering a sublime, one-on-one equivalent of the modern writing workshop:
Go into yourself and test the deeps in which your life takes rise; at its source you will find the answer to the question whether you must create. Accept it, just as it sounds, without inquiring into it. Perhaps it will turn out that you are called to be an artist. Then take that destiny upon yourself and bear it, its burden and its greatness, without ever asking what recompense might come from outside.
Every page is stamped with Rilke's characteristic grace, and the book is free of the breathless effect that occasionally mars his poetry. His ideas on gender and the role of the artist are also surprisingly prescient. And even his retrograde comment on the "beauty of the virgin" (which the poet derives from the fact that she "has not yet achieved anything") is counterbalanced by his perception that "the sexes are more related than we think." Those looking for an alluring image of the solitary artist--and for an astonishing quotient of wisdom--will find both in Letters to a Young Poet. --Jennifer Buckendorff [via]More editions of Letters to a Young Poet:
- Letters to a Young Poet: ISBN 0393310396 (0-393-31039-6)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc - Letters to a Young Poet: ISBN 0394741048 (0-394-74104-8)
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Letters to a Young Poetby Stephen Mitchell, Rainer Maria RilkeISBN 0679642323 (0-679-64232-3)
Hardcover, Modern Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Letters to a Young Poet'Book summary:Letters written over a period of several years on the vocation of writing by a poet whose greatest work was still to come.
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Letters to a Young Poet/the Possibility of Beingby Rainer Maria RilkeISBN 1567315208 (1-56731-520-8)
Hardcover, Fine Communications
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Letters to a Young Poet/the Possibility of Being'Book summary:Letters To A Young Poet... The Possibility of Being. By Rainer Maria Rilke. Two complete works. [via]
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Letters to Childrenby C. S. Lewis, Lyle W. Dorsett, Marjorie Lamp Mead, Douglas H. GreshamISBN 0805420436 (0-8054-2043-6)
Softcover, Broadman & Holman Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Letters to Children'Book summary:In his life, C.S. Lewis received thousands of letters from young fans who were eager for more knowledge of his bestselling Narnia books and their author. Here are collected many of his responses to those letters, in which he shares his feelings about writing, school, animals, and of course, Narnia. Lewis writes to the children - as he wrote for them - with understanding and respect, proving why he remains one of the best-loved children's authors of all time. [via]
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A Literate Passion: Letters of Anais Nin and Henry Miller 1932-1953by Anais Nin, Henry Miller, Gunther StuhlmannISBN 015652791X (0-15-652791-X)
Softcover, Harcourt
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One Art: Lettersby Elizabeth Bishop, Robert GirouxISBN 0374524459 (0-374-52445-9)
Softcover, Noonday Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'One Art: Letters'Book summary:One Art is the best biography we have of the elusive Elizabeth Bishop. Robert Giroux, her editor and friend, has chosen well--and discreetly--from among the poet's several thousand letters. The collection begins with correspondence she wrote while still at Vassar in the '30s and ends with a letter written on the day she died, October 6, 1979. ("Well, I could go on--but I won't!" Bishop writes.) Still, we now have more than 600 pages of witty, well-mannered missives that often shade into deep emotion. Seemingly casual observation is a staple of Bishop's art and a delight in the letters: writing to Marianne Moore in 1938, she asserts that an unappealing stray she is nonetheless feeding looks just like Picasso's Absinthe Drinker. Nor is she any less irreverent when it comes to the lifestyles of the poetic and famous. In 1950, she tells Robert Lowell that she's reading Yeats's A Vision--"or trying to. Have you? Sometimes it's Jungian. The picture of Yeats going 'Woof! Woof!' in a lower berth, in the dark, in California, in order to wake up his wife, who was dreaming she was a cat, is very pleasing, I think."
Bishop often hid her sadness behind charm, but she could also be astonishingly frank. In addition to the personal revelations, there are discussions of poems' origins. "Quite a few lines of 'At the Fishhouses' came to me in a dream," she tells U. T. and Joseph Summers. "And the scene--which was real enough, I'd recently been there--but the old man and the conversation, etc., were all in a later dream." One caveat: Robert Giroux has kept commentary and notes to a minimum, so it's worth reading his introduction for deep background before you begin. [via]
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Perfectly Reasonable Deviations From The Beaten Track: The Letters Of Richard P. Feynmanby Richard P Feynman, Timothy FerrisISBN 0465023711 (0-465-02371-1)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track: The Letters of Richard P. Feynman'Book summary:Finding out about someone by reading their correspondence is a fundamentally different thing than reading their biography. Letters offer both more intimacy with the subject and at the same time a crucial distance--the exact distance the letter-writer intended from the people to whom he was writing. In Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track, Michelle Feynman collects her famous father's letters to reveal a warm, honest man with high expectations for himself, his loved ones, and the human race. Long before Richard Feynman won the Nobel Prize, he was a smart, skinny graduate student at Princeton, writing letters to his mother and relating the mundane details of college life. "Dear Mom.... The raincoat came O.K. It is very nice," he writes. By the time he finished his Ph.D., Feynman had fallen for Arline Greenbaum, who had already been diagnosed with tuberculosis. Their tragically short marriage is set in letters against Feynman's first job--working on the atomic bomb project at Los Alamos, New Mexico.
Even while working on top secret physics, Feynman was an enthusiastic correspondent, jumping eagerly at the chance to encourage a young scientist, correct a public misperception, or tell a goofy joke to his family. Self-effacing, charmingly down to earth, and occasionally cranky, these letters cover Feynman's entire career, although in the fits and starts one would expect from a collection such as this. His own words to students, spouses, daughters, and fellow scientists reveal Feynman's brilliance far more effectively than any biographical lens ever could. --Therese Littleton [via]
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The Question of Things Happeningby Virginia Woolf, Nigel Nicolson, Joanne Trautmann BanksISBN 0701204206 (0-7012-0420-6)
Hardcover, Hogarth Press
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Sabine's Notebookby Nick BantockISBN 0811801802 (0-8118-0180-2)
Hardcover, Chronicle Books Llc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sabine's Notebook'Book summary:GriffinFoolish man. You cannot turn me into a phantom because you are frightened. You do not dismiss a muse at a whim. If you will not join me, then I will come to you. Sabine
Sabine was supposed to be imaginary, a friend and lover that Griffin had created to soothe his loneliness. But she threatens to become embodied, to appear on his doorstep, in fact. So he runs.
Griffin & Sabine, the most creative and talked-about bestseller of 1991, left readers on the edge of a precipice. With Sabine's Notebook, they beginalong with Griffinthe fall. Once again, the story is told through strangely beautiful postcards and richly decorated letters that must actually be pulled from their envelopes to be read. But this volume is also a sketchbook and diary kept by the possibly unreal Sabine, who is living in Griffin's house in London while he wanders through Europe, North Africa, and Asia, backwards through layers of ancient civilizationsand of himself.
Filled with her delicately macabre drawings and notations, the notebook adds a darker element of visual intrigue to their complex and mysterious world. For the thousands who finished Griffin & Sabine and asked, "What happened next?," this second volume in the trilogy provides the answersbut raises new and even more haunting questions of its own. [via]
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The Screwtape Lettersby C. S. LewisISBN 1557481423 (1-55748-142-3)
Softcover, Spring Arbor Distributors
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Screwtape Letters'Book summary:This adaptation of C.S. Lewis's biting satire received a 1999 Grammy nomination for best spoken-word performance, and it's easy to see why--the story fits the format perfectly. It's relatively brief (the unabridged reading takes a mere four hours), and contains only one character--the demon Screwtape, who writes letters to his novice nephew Wormwood, instructing him on how to best tempt his "patient" (a wayward soul on earth) into the bosom of "our Lord below."
Obviously, the book wasn't written with former Monty Python John Cleese in mind, but it's hard to imagine a better Screwtape. Cleese's voice provides the perfect vehicle for Lewis's dry, razor-edged wit. His uncanny comic timing and ability to milk each phrase for maximum effect betray an infectious enthusiasm for the story. It's clear that he's having a great time reading, and it's impossible not to laugh along with him. This inspired pairing of two of the 20th century's greatest wits makes for a meditation on the dark side of spiritual guidance that's as relevant and funny today as it was in Lewis's war-torn England. (Running time: 4 hours, 3 cassettes) --Andrew Neiland [via]
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- The Screwtape Letters: ISBN 1557483159 (1-55748-315-9)
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Hardcover, Barbour Pub Inc - The Screwtape Letters: ISBN 1557486220 (1-55748-622-0)
Hardcover, Barbour Pub Inc - The Screwtape Letters: ISBN 0060652934 (0-06-065293-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins - The Screwtape Letters: ISBN 0060652896 (0-06-065289-6)
Hardcover, Harpercollins - The Screwtape Letters: ISBN 0020867409 (0-02-086740-9)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster - The Screwtape Letters: ISBN 0451628217 (0-451-62821-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada) - The Screwtape Letters: ISBN 0553214438 (0-553-21443-8)
Softcover, Bantam Books - The Screwtape Letters: ISBN 0553263692 (0-553-26369-2)
Softcover, Bantam Books - The Screwtape Letters: ISBN 0684831171 (0-684-83117-1)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster - The Screwtape Letters: ISBN 0805420401 (0-8054-2040-1)
Softcover, B & H Pub Group - The Screwtape Letters: ISBN 0800606507 (0-8006-0650-7)
Hardcover, Augsburg Fortress Pub - The Screwtape Letters: ISBN 0891909893 (0-89190-989-3)
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The Screwtape Letters & Screwtape Proposes a Toastby C. S. LewisISBN 0809436590 (0-8094-3659-0)
Softcover, Time-Life Books
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The Screwtape Letters/Book & Study Guideby C. S. LewisISBN 0800783360 (0-8007-8336-0)
Softcover, Baker Pub Group
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West from Homeby Laura Ingalls Wilder, Roger Lea MacBride, Almanzo WilderISBN 0064400816 (0-06-440081-6)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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West from Home: Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder, San Francisco 1915by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Roger Lea MacBrideISBN 0060241101 (0-06-024110-1)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'West from Home: Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder, San Francisco 1915'Book summary:A selection of letters written by the author of the Little House books to her husband, Almanzo Wilder, describes the highlights of her visit to the West Coast in 1915 and her impressions of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Reissue. [via]
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Within Heaven's Gatesby Rebecca SpringerISBN 0883681250 (0-88368-125-0)
Softcover, Whitaker House
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Within Heaven's Gates'Book summary:Rebecca Springer shares the wonders and joys of her glorious vision of heaven as she offers hope for the future of mankind. Through this uplifting book, get a glimpse of the eternal home that awaits believers as well as inspiration to continue in your spiritual walk. Come venture Within Heaven's Gates! [via]
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Cartas a Un Joven Poeta/ Letters for a Young Poetby Rainer M¬ RilkeISBN 842063445X (84-206-3445-X)
Softcover, Alianza Editorial Sa
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cartas a Un Joven Poeta/ Letters for a Young Poet'Book summary:Estas CARTAS A UN JOVEN POETA, publicadas mas de veinte anos despues de la muerte de su autor, fueron dirigidas por RAINER MARIA RILKEde su concepcion del mundo, desde su vision de la vocacion y de la inspiracion literarias hasta sus meditaciones sobre la soledad inherente a la tarea del creador. [via]
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Cartas Del Diablo a Su Sobrinoby C. S. Lewis, Miguel MariasISBN 006114004X (0-06-114004-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cartas Del Diablo a Su Sobrino'Book summary:El eterno clásico sobre "las últimas novedades del Infierno y las irrebatibles respuestas del Cielo"
Esta clásica obra maestra de sátira ha entretenido e iluminado a lectores alrededor del mundo con su irónica y astuta representación de la vida y las debilidades humanas desde el punto de vista de Escrutopo, el asistente de alto rango de "Nuestro Padre de Abajo." En este divertidísimo, muy serio y excepcionalmente original libro, C. S. Lewis comparte con nosotros la correspondencia entre el viejo diablo y su sobrino Orugario, un novato demonio encargado de asegurarse de la condenación de un joven hombre.
Cartas del Diablo a Su Sobrino es la historia más atractiva acerca de la tentación -- y el triunfo sobre ella -- jamás escrita.
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Lettres Des Deux Amants: Attribuees a Heloise Et Abelardby Ewald Konsgen, Heloise, Peter Abelard, Sylvain PironISBN 207077371X (2-07-077371-X)
Hardcover, Gallimard
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