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NEEDFUL THINGS

NEEDFUL THINGS by King, Stephen

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Title
NEEDFUL THINGS
Author
King, Stephen
Seller
Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition
Very good plus.
Description
[New York]: Viking, 1991. First edition. Very good plus.. Inscribed uncorrected proof, association copy, of King's goodbye to his fictional Castle Rock - signed to Pulitzer-Prize-winning poet and writer Stephen Dobyns, whose work King regularly blurbed and whom King wrote into a later book. Just as Paul Sheldon did in MISERY, King came to feel he had to kill one of his most beloved characters: the town of Castle Rock, Maine that figured in so many of his novels. While he ultimately didn't quite succeed in that regard (the locale does appear subsequently in sporadic King works), this first novel written after King conquered his drug and alcohol addictions is a tale of an antiques store that carries the exact thing each customer secretly wants - a satire, according to the author, of 1980s consumerism and greed. This copy was signed at the Stephen King Film Festival in Syracuse NY, a benefit for the Syracuse University creative writing department held at the Landmark Theater on April 26th, 1991. King had been invited by Dobyns (who headed the department) and it marked the beginning of a long friendship between the two. King has since frequently cited Dobyns as one of his favorite writers and poets, blurbing his novels ("THE CHURCH OF DEAD GIRLS is a meditation on hysteria, immensely ambitious, but Dobyns tells the tale with the calm-and fearful inevitability-of a man walking down a long hotel corridor to a room where some awful thing is waiting [...] I kept reading, riveted by the plot and rooting with all my heart for Dobyns to pull it off. And he did, in a terrifying climax. I don't expect to read a more frightening novel this year") and mentioning his poetry often in interviews ("The poetry I come back to again and again are the narrative poems of Stephen Dobyns" - interview in THE NEW YORK TIMES). King has even dedicated a poem to Dobyns and wrote the poet into INSOMNIA. In that novel, the character Dorrance Marstellar says of Dobyns: "He reminds me of Hart Crane without the pretensions [...] Of course he doesn't have the music of Dylan Thomas, but is that so bad? Probably not. Modern poetry is not about music. It's about nerve - who has it and who doesn't." The influence goes both ways. Dobyns's 2013 novel THE BURN PALACE was a decidedly King-inflected horror novel (which King also blurbed: "I've read some very good novels this year, but this one is the best of the best"). A warm and wonderful association. 9'' x 6''. Original pictorial wrappers. [xii], 640, [2] pages. Inscribed by King on the title page: "For Stephen Dobyns - / Thank you for having me. It / was a real pleasure to meet you. / I hope the first time won't be / the last, and I hope you like / this story. / Stephen King / 4/26/91." Some minor edgewear and rubbing, touches of shelfsoil here and there, faint foxing to covers. Overall, sound.
The gentleman's diary, or the mathematical repository....; The lady's diary or, woman's almanack....; Vox stellarum or, a loyal almanack....; Merlinus liberatus. An almanack for the year of our redemption, 1806....; Old poor Robin. An almanack....; Speculum Anni, or the season on the seasons....; The coelestial atlas...

The gentleman's diary, or the mathematical repository....; The lady's diary or, woman's almanack....; Vox stellarum or, a loyal almanack....; Merlinus liberatus. An almanack for the year of our redemption, 1806....; Old poor Robin. An almanack....; Speculum Anni, or the season on the seasons....; The coelestial atlas... by [ALMANACKS] [ANONYMOUS]

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The gentleman's diary, or the mathematical repository....; The lady's diary or, woman's almanack....; Vox stellarum or, a loyal almanack....; Merlinus liberatus. An almanack for the year of our redemption, 1806....; Old poor Robin. An almanack....; Speculum Anni, or the season on the seasons....; The coelestial atlas...
Author
[ALMANACKS] [ANONYMOUS]
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Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description
London: Nichols and Son; J. Adlard; Cox, Son and, Baylis; William Thorne; G. Woodfall; Luke Hanford, 1808. FIRST EDITIONS. Printed in red and black; text illustrations throughout. Contemporary red straight-grained morocco, gilt spine and edges. An incredible annotation on the fly-leaf from an owner (Stephen Catterell) dated 16 February 1864 noting where he was born, with a follow-up annotation indicating a mistake in his date of birth. First editions of these entertaining almanacs for the year 1808, which (as mentioned in all of the printings) was a leap year. Included are a great variety of puzzles, enigmas, riddles, mathematical questions and solutions. One contains arts and sciences for the “Fair Sex”; a number are astronomical almanacs of eclipses, tides, and information on the moon and stars, and ephemera. There are quite a few astrological observations, a chronology of remarkable events throughout history, details of current “inventions,” and a timeline of Christ’s cruxifiction. Of special interest is the almanack discussing events of international political intrigue.
The Comic History of England [with] The Comic History of Rome

The Comic History of England [with] The Comic History of Rome by A'BECKETT, Gilbert Abbott; [John] Leech, (illus.)

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The Comic History of England [with] The Comic History of Rome
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A'BECKETT, Gilbert Abbott; [John] Leech, (illus.)
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Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
London: Punch Office, 1847-48. First Edition. Octavo (22cm). Full tan calf, tooled in gilt at board edges, spine, and turn-ins, all edges gilt; marbled endpapers; xii,320pp; xii,394pp; xii,308pp; 30 hand-colored etchings and numerous in-text wood engravings by John Leech. Straight volumes, with faint staining to bindings at lower spine and board corners, not affecting interiors; lower joints splitting; internally clean, generally Good or better. A few original wrappers for the History of England bound in.
LINES FOR THE NEW YEAR: Poems 1963 - 65

LINES FOR THE NEW YEAR: Poems 1963 - 65 by TOWLE, Tony; Terence Winch

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LINES FOR THE NEW YEAR: Poems 1963 - 65
Author
TOWLE, Tony; Terence Winch
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Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition
Near fine.
Description
New York: Adventures in Poetry, 1975. First Edition. Near fine.. Signed limited edition, one of 26 lettered copies, of this Towle collection, with cover art by Allan D'Arcangelo. 11'' x 8.5''. Original side-stapled pictorial wrappers. [45] pages. One of 26 lettered copies, this copy #Y, signed by both Towle and D'Arcangelo, and additionally dated June 13, 1975 by Towle. Touches of shelfwear, toning to extremities. Else clean and sound.
PLURALISM IN THE MIDDLE AGES : HYBRID IDENTITIES, CONVERSION, AND MIXED MARRIAGES IN MEDIEVAL IBERIA (ROUTLEDGE RESEARCH IN MEDIEVAL STUDIES ; 2)
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PLURALISM IN THE MIDDLE AGES : HYBRID IDENTITIES, CONVERSION, AND MIXED MARRIAGES IN MEDIEVAL IBERIA (ROUTLEDGE RESEARCH IN MEDIEVAL STUDIES ; 2) by Zorgati, Ragnhild Johnsrud. 1972-

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PLURALISM IN THE MIDDLE AGES : HYBRID IDENTITIES, CONVERSION, AND MIXED MARRIAGES IN MEDIEVAL IBERIA (ROUTLEDGE RESEARCH IN MEDIEVAL STUDIES ; 2)
Author
Zorgati, Ragnhild Johnsrud. 1972-
Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780415881319
Description
New York: Routledge, 2012. Hardcover. Octavo, 216 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine is black with blue and white print. Boards in black, blue and white paper with white and blue print. Slight wear to spine caps. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column L. 1384376. FP New Rockville Stock.
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Masterworks of American Photography by Sandweiss, Martha A.

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Title
Masterworks of American Photography
Author
Sandweiss, Martha A.
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Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
Condition
VG
Description
Birmingham, Alabama: Oxmoor House, Inc, 1982. Hardcover. VG. Brown boards with leather at spine; Gilt lettering at spine and on front cover; Yellow pictorial dj.; 155 pp.; 155 bw photos. Includes photos by 80 American photographers, including Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange, Berenice Abbott, Edward Weston, Edward Steichen, Clarence White, Laura Gilpin, and more.