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Nog (Original first draft manuscript and archive for the 1968 novel)

Nog (Original first draft manuscript and archive for the 1968 novel) by Rudy Wurlitzer

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Seller: Royal Books
Title
Nog (Original first draft manuscript and archive for the 1968 novel)
Author
Rudy Wurlitzer
Seller
Royal Books (United States)
Description
N.p.: N.p., 1968. Archive of manuscript material for Rudolph Wurlitzer's 1968 debut novel "Nog," including a complete first draft of the novel, showing significant differences from the published version and with an unpublished final chapter, and over 300 loose manuscript pages, both with extensive manuscript annotations throughout. As complete and detailed an archive regarding a writer's creative process as we can imagine. From the collection of Rudolph Wurlitzer, with full provenance available. A landmark of postmodern American fiction and a bona fide cult classic, whose plot is best summed up by the rear panel copy of Two Dollar Radio's 2009 reprint edition as "the tale of a man adrift through the American West, armed with nothing more than his own three pencil-thin memories and an octopus in a bathysphere." On publication, "Nog" drew favorable comparisons to the work of Thomas Pynchon and Samuel Beckett, with Pynchon himself stating it was "more than a beautiful and heavy trip, it's also very important in an evolutionary way, showing us the direction we could be moving in," and Jack Newfield stating in his revew for the "Village Voice" that the novel's impact on literature is "what Dylan is to lyrics." After reading the novel, director Monte Hellman would tap Wurlitzer to write the screenplay for "Two-Lane Blacktop," leading to a second career which saw him pen scripts for Sam Peckinpah, Alex Cox, Robert Frank, and Bernardo Bertolucci. Included in the archive is a first draft of the novel with significant differences in both text and structure from the published version, and extensive revisions, deletions, and corrections to the text by Wurlitzer. Most importantly, the manuscript contains an unpublished final chapter, mirroring the first chapter in structure and providing a completely different ending than the published novel, which concludes with the penultimate chapter of this manuscript draft. 177 pages, rectos only, with both typescript and xerographically duplicated pages, with manuscript ink and pencil, copied, and typed annotations throughout. Also included in the manuscript in a xerographically duplicated copy of Wurlitzer's story "Octopus," as it appeared in the Summer 1966 issue of the "Paris Review." In addition to the heavily revised manuscript, the archive contains approximately 320 loose manuscript pages, containing rewrites and edits to content of the novel, including multiple versions of the same pages or passages, primarily a mix of typescript and xerographically duplicated pages, with extensive manuscript, copied, and typed annotations throughout, and with occasional handwritten pages of text or notes also present. Also included is an additional typescript draft of the first three chapters of the novel, appearing to closely resemble the published version, as well as the 2009 reprint edition of the novel. Manuscript and archive material Near Fine overall.
Around the World in the Sloop Spray, a Geographical Reader Describing Captain Slocum's Voyage Alone Around the World [Sailing Alone Around the World]

Around the World in the Sloop Spray, a Geographical Reader Describing Captain Slocum's Voyage Alone Around the World [Sailing Alone Around the World] by Slocum, Captain Joshua

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Seller: B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA
Title
Around the World in the Sloop Spray, a Geographical Reader Describing Captain Slocum's Voyage Alone Around the World [Sailing Alone Around the World]
Author
Slocum, Captain Joshua
Seller
B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: Charles Scriber's Sons, 1903 Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Slocum, eleven plates, and a fold-out map at the rear. First edition thus (first abridged edition). Presentation copy, signed and inscribed by Slocum with a quotation from the book (second paragraph, first line): "'As for myself the wonderful sea charmed me from the first' Joshua Slocum [illegible] Aug 16th 1903". Publisher's dark red cloth, with front board and spine elaborately decorated in brown, and lettered in black. Very good or better, with some rubbing and flaking to spine and front board, light wear to spine ends, lightly bumped top edge of front board, and bookplate to front free endpaper "Charlotte Richmond, [VA?]", with a note penned by the owner on the provenance of Slocum's inscription: "This book was given to me by the old captain when I took cookies out to him, while anchored nearby". Overall, a great, uniquely inscribed copy. Sailing Alone Around the World (1900) is Captain Joshua Slocum's firsthand account of his incredible solo circumnavigation of the earth, which took three years (1895-1898) and covered more than 46,000 miles. During the voyage Slocum encountered a number of life-threatening dangers, including gales, gear failure, and pirates. Slocum spent a year renovating his sloop, The Spray, before setting sail on the trip. He sailed without the use of a chronometer, relying instead on dead reckoning, a traditional navigation method. He also never learned to swim, believing it to be a useless skill. Nathaniel Philbrick, author of In the Heart of the Sea, described the book as "Walden without training wheels." In the Preface of this edition, Slocum explains how he collaborated with Dr. Edward R. Shaw to abridge Sailing Alone Around the World so that it could be used in schools and serve as "a story of adventure and a lesson in geography all in one." . Inscribed by Author. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good.
Molecule Biology of the Gene

Molecule Biology of the Gene by James D. Watson

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Seller: Appledore Books, ABAA
Title
Molecule Biology of the Gene
Author
James D. Watson
Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
New York, 1965. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. A solid, very presentable copy of the 1965 1st edition of Nobelist James Watson's first published book. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, VG+ dustjacket, with light rubbing to the front panel and just a touch of minor creasing at the spine crown. Thick octavo, a seminal title in W.A. Benjamin's "The Biology Teaching Monograph" series.
Lovely Hair

Lovely Hair

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Seller: Eclectibles
Title
Lovely Hair
Seller
Eclectibles (United States)
Condition
Very good. Some rubbing, minor dust soiling. Corners bumped.
Description
New York, New York: American Hard Rubber Company, 1920. Very good. Some rubbing, minor dust soiling. Corners bumped.. An illustrated advertising booklet for hard rubber "Ace" brand combs, marketed to fashionable women in the 1920s. Offers advice for proper hair care and how to make finger waves, and illustrates "Combs of Former Ages" from the Roman era, Renaissance era, Stone Age, etc. The next pages illustrate Ace combs and their sleek modern designs. Also of note in the booklet is the inclusion of "The Comb Maker", a 1568 poem "from a rare book" (p. 21). Includes some fabulous Art- Deco inspired images of women. Single vol. (6.5" by 5"), pp. 32, illus., stapled in original illus. wrps. The American Hard Rubber Company was originally based in New Jersey, and made the state known as a major center for rubber products such as combs, shoe soles, and syringes.
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The Union Lawn Tent / The Union Clothes Dryer by Whitcomb, W. W.; Yale, R. M.

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Seller: ZH BOOKS
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The Union Lawn Tent / The Union Clothes Dryer
Author
Whitcomb, W. W.; Yale, R. M.
Seller
ZH BOOKS (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
Boston: By the authors, 1873. Very good. Leaflet, folded to form pp. [4]; 5 3/4 x 4 1/2; illustrated with wood engravings; minor wear and creasing; in very good or better condition. Patented by one W. W. Whitcomb, the tent and the dryer were sold by Rufus Mitchell Yale (1822 - 1899) was a military officer, prominent Boston businessman, and a preeminent manufacturer of sails, banners, flags, awnings, and tents, and agent for the New England States for the tent and the dryer. The leaflet described the advantages of the two products and their superiority over other similar inventions, including the ability to fold the tent and store it in a 1 x 1 x 6 ft. box for easy transportation. Despite the superlatives, a curious little note at the bottom of pp. 3 announced: "The proprietor wishes to dispose of the right for New England to control Clothes Dryer, and of the other states, both the Tent and the Dryer. Address the Patentee at Boston." Perhaps, the inventions were not quite as magical, as they were portrayed to be...
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Trotz Misslungenem Attentat auf Hitler: Generale Proklamieren Friedensregierung! by Anonymous

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Seller: ZH BOOKS
Title
Trotz Misslungenem Attentat auf Hitler: Generale Proklamieren Friedensregierung!
Author
Anonymous
Seller
ZH BOOKS (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
S. l.: s. n., 1944. Very good. Leaflet, n. d. (1944); 8 1/4 x 5 1/4; off-white stock, printed in black; horizontal crease line thorugh middle and moderate age-toning; in very good condition. Reading: "Despite the Failed Assassination Attempt on Hitler: Generals Proclaim Peace Government," the WWII propaganda leaflet was distributed by the Allies, following the July 20, 1944, assassination attempt on Hitler. Aiming at demoralizing German troops and highlighting the inevitable German defeat, it encouraged surrender by promoting a supposed peace movement among German generals.
Tail Spin: Women at War in the Wake of Tailhook [Tailspin]

Tail Spin: Women at War in the Wake of Tailhook [Tailspin] by Zimmerman, Jean

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Title
Tail Spin: Women at War in the Wake of Tailhook [Tailspin]
Author
Zimmerman, Jean
Seller
Yesterday's Muse Books (United States)
ISBN
9780385477895
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: Doubleday, 1995. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. First edition. Top corner of front board stained, 2 inch taped tear on top of front dust jacket. 1995 Hard Cover. 327 pp. Chronicles the 1991 Tailhook affair involving the U.S. Navy and traces its effects on the role of women in combat, focusing on the struggle of women fighter pilots for equality with their male counterparts.

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