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Yours Ever
People and Their Letters
Written by Thomas Mallon
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: November 10, 2009
Price: $26.95
From the author of A Book of One’s Own and Stolen Words comes a delightful and wide-ranging investigation of the art of letter writing.
Yours Ever explores the offhand masterpieces dispatched through the ages by messenger, postal service, and BlackBerry. Thomas Mallon weaves a remarkable assortment of epistolary riches into his... Read more >
People and Their Letters
Written by Thomas Mallon
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: November 10, 2009
Price: $26.95
From the author of A Book of One’s Own and Stolen Words comes a delightful and wide-ranging investigation of the art of letter writing.
Yours Ever explores the offhand masterpieces dispatched through the ages by messenger, postal service, and BlackBerry. Thomas Mallon weaves a remarkable assortment of epistolary riches into his... Read more >
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Yours Ever
People and Their Letters
Written by Thomas Mallon
Format: eBook, 360 pages
On Sale: November 10, 2009
Price: $26.95
From the author of A Book of One’s Own and Stolen Words comes a delightful and wide-ranging investigation of the art of letter writing.
Yours Ever explores the offhand masterpieces dispatched through the ages by messenger, postal service, and BlackBerry. Thomas Mallon weaves a remarkable assortment of epistolary riches into his... Read more >
People and Their Letters
Written by Thomas Mallon
Format: eBook, 360 pages
On Sale: November 10, 2009
Price: $26.95
From the author of A Book of One’s Own and Stolen Words comes a delightful and wide-ranging investigation of the art of letter writing.
Yours Ever explores the offhand masterpieces dispatched through the ages by messenger, postal service, and BlackBerry. Thomas Mallon weaves a remarkable assortment of epistolary riches into his... Read more >
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hardcover.
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Women's Letters
America from the Revolutionary War to the Present
Edited by Lisa Grunwald and Stephen J. Adler
Format: eBook, 832 pages
On Sale: January 21, 2009
Price: $18.00
Historical events of the last three centuries come alive through these women’s singular correspondences—often their only form of public expression. In 1775, Rachel Revere tries to send financial aid to her husband, Paul, in a note that is confiscated by the British; First Lady Dolley Madison tells her sister about rescuing... Read more >
America from the Revolutionary War to the Present
Edited by Lisa Grunwald and Stephen J. Adler
Format: eBook, 832 pages
On Sale: January 21, 2009
Price: $18.00
Historical events of the last three centuries come alive through these women’s singular correspondences—often their only form of public expression. In 1775, Rachel Revere tries to send financial aid to her husband, Paul, in a note that is confiscated by the British; First Lady Dolley Madison tells her sister about rescuing... Read more >
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The Letters of Noel Coward
Written by Noel Coward
Edited by Barry Day
Format: eBook, 800 pages
On Sale: December 30, 2008
Price: $19.95
Lavishly illustrated and annotated, this first and definitive collection of letters to and from Coward provides a divine portrait of an age, from the Blitz to the Ritz and beyond.
The incomparable Noël Coward loved to correspond with friends, enemies, the famous and infamous, the talented and the powerful, including Virginia Woolf... Read more >
Written by Noel Coward
Edited by Barry Day
Format: eBook, 800 pages
On Sale: December 30, 2008
Price: $19.95
Lavishly illustrated and annotated, this first and definitive collection of letters to and from Coward provides a divine portrait of an age, from the Blitz to the Ritz and beyond.
The incomparable Noël Coward loved to correspond with friends, enemies, the famous and infamous, the talented and the powerful, including Virginia Woolf... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Women's Letters
America from the Revolutionary War to the Present
Edited by Lisa Grunwald and Stephen J. Adler
Format: Trade Paperback, 832 pages
On Sale: April 8, 2008
Price: $18.00
Historical events of the last three centuries come alive through these women’s singular correspondences—often their only form of public expression. In 1775, Rachel Revere tries to send financial aid to her husband, Paul, in a note that is confiscated by the British; First Lady Dolley Madison tells her sister about rescuing... Read more >
America from the Revolutionary War to the Present
Edited by Lisa Grunwald and Stephen J. Adler
Format: Trade Paperback, 832 pages
On Sale: April 8, 2008
Price: $18.00
Historical events of the last three centuries come alive through these women’s singular correspondences—often their only form of public expression. In 1775, Rachel Revere tries to send financial aid to her husband, Paul, in a note that is confiscated by the British; First Lady Dolley Madison tells her sister about rescuing... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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I Promise to Be Good
The Letters of Arthur Rimbaud
Written by Arthur Rimbaud
Translated by Wyatt Mason
Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $15.95
One of the most written-about literary figures in the past decade, Arthur Rimbaud left few traces when he abandoned poetry at age twenty-one and disappeared into the African desert. Although the dozen biographies devoted to Rimbaud’s life depend on one main source for information—his own correspondence—a complete edition of these remarkable... Read more >
The Letters of Arthur Rimbaud
Written by Arthur Rimbaud
Translated by Wyatt Mason
Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $15.95
One of the most written-about literary figures in the past decade, Arthur Rimbaud left few traces when he abandoned poetry at age twenty-one and disappeared into the African desert. Although the dozen biographies devoted to Rimbaud’s life depend on one main source for information—his own correspondence—a complete edition of these remarkable... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Letters of Noel Coward
Written by Noel Coward
Edited by Barry Day
Format: Hardcover, 800 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2007
Price: $37.50
A publishing event! The first and definitive collection of letters (most of them previously unpublished) both from and to the incomparable Noël Coward, a unique and irresistible portrait of a society and age—from the Blitz to the Ritz and beyond.
The range, charm, and vitality of his talents—he was a playwright... Read more >
Written by Noel Coward
Edited by Barry Day
Format: Hardcover, 800 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2007
Price: $37.50
A publishing event! The first and definitive collection of letters (most of them previously unpublished) both from and to the incomparable Noël Coward, a unique and irresistible portrait of a society and age—from the Blitz to the Ritz and beyond.
The range, charm, and vitality of his talents—he was a playwright... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
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The Voyage That Never Ends
Fictions, Poems, Fragments, Letters
Written by Malcolm Lowry
Edited by Michael Hofmann
Format: Hardcover, 536 pages
On Sale: August 21, 2007
Price: $27.95
A NEW YORK REVIEW BOOKS ORIGINAL
Notorious for a misspent life full of binges, blackouts, and unimaginable bad luck, Malcolm Lowry managed, against every odd, to complete and publish two novels, one of them, Under the Volcano, an indisputable masterpiece. At the time of his death in 1957, Lowry also left behind... Read more >
Fictions, Poems, Fragments, Letters
Written by Malcolm Lowry
Edited by Michael Hofmann
Format: Hardcover, 536 pages
On Sale: August 21, 2007
Price: $27.95
A NEW YORK REVIEW BOOKS ORIGINAL
Notorious for a misspent life full of binges, blackouts, and unimaginable bad luck, Malcolm Lowry managed, against every odd, to complete and publish two novels, one of them, Under the Volcano, an indisputable masterpiece. At the time of his death in 1957, Lowry also left behind... Read more >
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The Book Of Love Letters
Canadian Kinship, Friendship, And Romance
Written by Paul Grescoe and Audrey Grescoe
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: January 24, 2006
Price: $16.95
In the 138 years since Confederation, kinfolk, friends, old married couples, and especially young lovers have declared on paper their caring and passion. The letters in this unique collection are moving, dramatic, funny, and remind us that falling in love is a universal experience. Read more >
Canadian Kinship, Friendship, And Romance
Written by Paul Grescoe and Audrey Grescoe
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: January 24, 2006
Price: $16.95
In the 138 years since Confederation, kinfolk, friends, old married couples, and especially young lovers have declared on paper their caring and passion. The letters in this unique collection are moving, dramatic, funny, and remind us that falling in love is a universal experience. Read more >
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Too Brief a Treat
The Letters of Truman Capote
Written by Truman Capote
Edited by Gerald Clarke
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: September 13, 2005
Price: $16.00
The private letters of Truman Capote, lovingly assembled here for the first time by acclaimed Capote biographer Gerald Clarke, provide an intimate, unvarnished portrait of one of the twentieth century’s most colorful and fascinating literary figures.
Capote was an inveterate letter writer. He wrote letters as he spoke: emphatically, spontaneously, and passionately... Read more >
The Letters of Truman Capote
Written by Truman Capote
Edited by Gerald Clarke
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: September 13, 2005
Price: $16.00
The private letters of Truman Capote, lovingly assembled here for the first time by acclaimed Capote biographer Gerald Clarke, provide an intimate, unvarnished portrait of one of the twentieth century’s most colorful and fascinating literary figures.
Capote was an inveterate letter writer. He wrote letters as he spoke: emphatically, spontaneously, and passionately... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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I Promise to Be Good
The Letters of Arthur Rimbaud
Written by Arthur Rimbaud
Translated by Wyatt Mason
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: November 9, 2004
Price: $15.95
One of the most written-about literary figures in the past decade, Arthur Rimbaud left few traces when he abandoned poetry at age twenty-one and disappeared into the African desert. Although the dozen biographies devoted to Rimbaud’s life depend on one main source for information—his own correspondence—a complete edition of these remarkable... Read more >
The Letters of Arthur Rimbaud
Written by Arthur Rimbaud
Translated by Wyatt Mason
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: November 9, 2004
Price: $15.95
One of the most written-about literary figures in the past decade, Arthur Rimbaud left few traces when he abandoned poetry at age twenty-one and disappeared into the African desert. Although the dozen biographies devoted to Rimbaud’s life depend on one main source for information—his own correspondence—a complete edition of these remarkable... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Too Brief a Treat
The Letters of Truman Capote
Written by Truman Capote
Edited by Gerald Clarke
Format: Hardcover, 512 pages
On Sale: September 21, 2004
Price: $27.95
Truman Capote was hailed as one the most meticulous writers in American letters–a part of the Capote mystique is that his precise writing seemed to exist apart from his chaotic life. While the measure of Capote as a writer is best taken through his work, Capote the person is best understood... Read more >
The Letters of Truman Capote
Written by Truman Capote
Edited by Gerald Clarke
Format: Hardcover, 512 pages
On Sale: September 21, 2004
Price: $27.95
Truman Capote was hailed as one the most meticulous writers in American letters–a part of the Capote mystique is that his precise writing seemed to exist apart from his chaotic life. While the measure of Capote as a writer is best taken through his work, Capote the person is best understood... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Essays, Speeches & Public Letters
Written by William Faulkner
Edited by James B. Meriwether
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: February 10, 2004
Price: $15.95
An essential collection of William Faulkner’s mature nonfiction work, updated, with an abundance of new material.
This unique volume includes Faulkner’s Nobel Prize acceptance speech, a review of Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea (in which he suggests that Hemingway has found God), and newly collected gems, such as the... Read more >
Written by William Faulkner
Edited by James B. Meriwether
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: February 10, 2004
Price: $15.95
An essential collection of William Faulkner’s mature nonfiction work, updated, with an abundance of new material.
This unique volume includes Faulkner’s Nobel Prize acceptance speech, a review of Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea (in which he suggests that Hemingway has found God), and newly collected gems, such as the... Read more >
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Letters: Summer 1926
Written by Boris Pasternak, Marina Tsvetayeva and Rainer Maria Rilke
Preface by Susan Sontag
Format: Trade Paperback, 408 pages
On Sale: October 31, 2001
Price: $19.95
Edited by Yevgeny Pasternak, Yelena Pasternak, and Konstantin M. Azadovsky
The summer of 1926 was a time of trouble and uncertainty for each of the three poets whose correspondence is collected in this moving volume. Marina Tsvetayeva was living in exile in France and struggling to get by. Boris Pasternak was in... Read more >
Written by Boris Pasternak, Marina Tsvetayeva and Rainer Maria Rilke
Preface by Susan Sontag
Format: Trade Paperback, 408 pages
On Sale: October 31, 2001
Price: $19.95
Edited by Yevgeny Pasternak, Yelena Pasternak, and Konstantin M. Azadovsky
The summer of 1926 was a time of trouble and uncertainty for each of the three poets whose correspondence is collected in this moving volume. Marina Tsvetayeva was living in exile in France and struggling to get by. Boris Pasternak was in... Read more >
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