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Baker, Carlos (editor) (George Plimpton; Andre Maurois; Edmund Wilson; Lionel Trilling; H. E. Bates; Mark Spilka; Harry Levin; Mario Praz; Pier Francesco Paolini; Deming Brown; Ivan Kashkeen; Michael F. Moloney; Frederic I. Carpenter; Arturo Barea) Listings

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	1	Baker, Carlos (editor) (George Plimpton; Andre Maurois; Edmund Wilson; Lionel Trilling; H. E. Bates; Mark Spilka; Harry Levin; Mario Praz; Pier Francesco Paolini; Deming Brown; Ivan Kashkeen; Michael F. Moloney; Frederic I. Carpenter; Arturo Barea) HEMINGWAY AND HIS CRITICS - An International Anthology New York Hill and Wang 1961 First Soft Cover Edition Trade Paperback Very Good (xii) 298 pp. Edge and corner wear with some minor creasing on a slightly faded spine; previous owner's name inside. This essay collection contains: Introduction: Citizen of the World by Carlos Baker; An Interview with Ernest Hemingway by George Plimpton; Ernest Hemingway by Andre Maurois; Emergence of Ernest Hemingway by Edmund Wilson; Hemingway and His Critics by Lionel Trilling; Hemingway's Short Stories by H. E. Bates; The Death of Love in The Sun Also Rises by Mark Spilka; Observations on the Style of Ernest Hemingway by Harry Levin; Hemingway in Italy by Mario Praz; The Hemingway of the Major Works by Pier Francesco Paolini; Hemingway in Russia by Deming Brown; Alive in the Midst of Death: Ernest Hemingway by Ivan Kashkeen; Ernest Hemingway: The Missing Third Dimension by Michael F. Moloney; Hemingway Achieves the Fifth Dimension by Frederic I. Carpenter; Not Spain but Hemingway by Arturo Barea; Hemingway's Across the River and Into the Trees by Horst Oppel; How Do You Like It Now, Genglemen by Joseph Warren Beach; Hemingway: The Matador and the Crucified by Melvin Backman; The Old Man and the Sea: Hemingway's Tragic Vision of Man by Clinton S. Burhans Jr; and The Marlin and the Shark: A Note on the Old Man and the Sea by Keiichi Harada; followed by A Checklist of Hemingway Criticism. Price: 14.92 USD
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	2	Plimpton, George THE CURIOUS CASE OF SIDD FINCH New York Charter Books 1988 1557730644 / 9781557730640 First Paperback Printing Soft Cover Very Good 272 pp. Light edge and corner wear with some creasing on the spine; store stamped. Price: 5.50 USD
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	3	An Operator (foreword by George Plimpton) THE FANCY - or True Sportsman's Guide - Selections Barre, Massachusetts Imprint Society 1972 0876360290 / 9780876360293 First Printing Hard Cover Very Good Limited Edition Randy Jones; Signed by Artist 136 pp. First Thus. This is number1580 of 1950 - signed by Randy Jones. Quarter-bound in brown leather on beige and brown decorated boards; decorated in gilt on the spine; brown slipcase with a decorated paste-on on the spine. Light wear on the corners of the book and the slipcase. The Selections are: Cursory Remarks on the Origin Rise and Progress of Pugilism in England; Memoirs of the Life of Thomas Cribb: Additional Anecdotes of Female Pugilism Other Pugilists Pedestrians et cetera; Memoirs of the Life of Thomas Hickman: including Miscellaneous Reports on Sporting Ardour an Altercation between Two Ladies and Brutality of the American Mode of Fighting; Memoirs of Tom Shelton the Navigator: with a Discussion of the Cruel Amusements of the Westminster Pit Life in London and Related Subjects; On the Advantages of Training; Memoirs of Tom Mulineux: with Further Observations on the Progress of Pugilism and an Account of Bull Baiting; Memoirs of Jack Slack: as well as Sundry Items on Badger Baiting The Bilking of an Archbishop and Combats between such Varied Participants as Animals Labourers and Rival Lovers; and Memoirs of Joshua Hudson. Price: 66.00 USD
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	4	Urstadt, Bryant (editor) (E. M. Swift; Alec Wilkinson; George Plimpton; Peter Gzowski; Dave Bidini; Jeff Greenfield; Gare Joyce; William Faulkner; Red Fisher; Guy Lawson; Jack Falla; Brian Fawcett; Hugh Hood; John Stackhouse; Nancy Dowd) THE GREATEST HOCKEY STORIES EVER TOLD - The Finest Writers on Ice Guilford, Connecticut The Lyons Press 2006 1592289053 / 9781592289059 First Printing Trade Paperback Very Good (xi) 269 pp. Light rubbing on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. This collection contains: A Reminder of What We Can Be by E. M. Swift; Facing the Shooter by Alec Wilkinson; Open Net by George Plimpton; The Game of Our Lives by Peter Gzowski; Steaua Wears a Black Hat by Dave Bidini; Hockey Fan Antics by Jeff Greenfield; Damage Control by Gare Joyce; An Innocent at Rinkside by William Faulkner; Toe by Red Fisher; Hockey Nights by Guy Lawson; Building a Rink of Your Own by Jack Falla; My Career with the Leafs by Brian Fawcett; The Style Is the Man by Hugh Hood; Our Hockey Is Hotter than Your Hockey by Bryant Urstadt; The Healing Power of Hockey by John Stackhouse; and Slap Shot by Nancy Dowd. Price: 21.96 USD
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	5	Willey, David (introduction) (Sebastian Junger; Scott Anderson; P. J. O'Rourke; Rick Bass; George Plimpton; Charles Gaines; Philip Caputo; Tim Cahill; Thomas McGuane; John McLaughlin; John Paul Newport; Jim Harrison; Charles M. Young; Roy Blount) WILD STORIES - The Best of Men's Journal: Escape from Kashmir; As Long As We Were Together; Weird Karma; Creatures of the Dictator; X-rated; The Cajun Road; Alone; The Most Dangerous Friend in the World; Cutting Horse Road; The Hour and the Glory New York Three Rivers Press 2003 1400048303 / 9781400048304 Second Printing Trade Paperback Very Good- (xii) 596 pp. Edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine; no interior markings but a slightly wrinkled appearance to the front endpaper. This collection contains: Escape from Kashmir by Sebastian Junger; As Long As We Were Together Nothing Bad Could Happen by Scott Anderson; Weird Karma by P. J. O'Rourke; Creatures of the Dictator - Ceausescu by Rick Bass; X-rated by George Plimpton; The Cajun Road by Charles Gaines; Alone by Philip Caputo; The Most Dangerous Friend in the World by Tim Cahill; Cutting Horse Road by Thomas McGuane; The Hour and the Glory by John McLaughlin; They Might Be Giants by John Paul Newport; Starting Over by Jim Harrison; Hairball Carcass Tossing in the Chugach by Charles M. Young; Blunder Road by Roy Blount Jr; Crazy in the Desert by Hampton Sides; Far North by John Balzar; The Big Game by Jonathan Miles; A Mountain of Trouble by David Roberts; How It Feels to be Yvon Chouinard by Doug Stanton; Much About This World by Chip Brown; A Man's Land by Rick Telander; Something Wild in the Blood by Bob Shacochis; The Last Trip by Todd Balf; Forty Years in Acapulco by Devin Friedman; The Baby Goat Murders by Larry Brown; The Death Zone by Peter Wilkinson; Sunk by Doug Stanton; Killing Libby by Mark Levine; Buried at Sea by Ramsey Flynn; Rebels of the Apocalypse by Rory Nugent; After the Spill by Charles Siebert; Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden; The Firefighters; Fliers Like My Father by Stephen Rodrick; and The Survivors by Hampton Sides. Price: 22.00 USD
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	6	Plimpton, George (editor) (Kingsley Amis; John Cheever; James Dickey; Joan Didion; P. G. Wodehouse; William Gass; Henry Green; Joseph Heller; Jerzy Kosinski; Archibald MacLeish; Pablo Neruda; Joyce Carol Oates; Gore Vidal; Isaac Bashevis Singer) WRITERS AT WORK - The Paris Review Interviews - (5th) Fifth Series Middlesex, England Penguin Books 1981 0140058184 / 9780140058185 First Softcover Edition Trade Paperback Very Good (xvii) 387 pp. Light rubbing on the corners with an uncreased spine; no interior markings. Introduction by Francine du Plessix Gray. This collection contains interviews with: Kingsley Amis; John Cheever; James Dickey; Joan Didion; P. G. Wodehouse; William Gass; Henry Green; Joseph Heller; Jerzy Kosinski; Archibald MacLeish; Pablo Neruda; Joyce Carol Oates; Gore Vidal; Isaac Bashevis Singer; and Irwin Shaw. Price: 22.00 USD
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Rooke, Constance (editor) (Salman Rushdie; Margaret Atwood; Pierre Berton; Dionne Brand; Nicole Brossard; June Callwood; George Elliott Clarke; Leonard Cohen; Robertson Davies; Timothy Findley; George Galt; Graeme Gibson; Peter Gzowski; Jack Hodgins)

Rathborne, St. George