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1Title:  Excerpts from a life   
 Creator:  Rexroth, Kenneth, 1905-1982 | Faas, Ekbert, 1938- 
 Publication:  Conjunctions], Santa Barbara, CA, 1981. 
 Notes:  "A Conjunctions book." "Edition of 350 numbered copies signed by the author." 
 Extent:  61, [2] p. : port. ; 24 cm. 
 Subjects:  Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography

 
Collection:  Columbia University 
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2Title:  Scott Fitzgerald and his world   
 Creator:  Mizener, Arthur. 
 Publication:  Thames and Hudson, London, 1972. 
 Notes:  Bibliography: p. 119. 
 Extent:  128 p. : ill., facsims., ports. ; 24 cm. 
 Subjects:  Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography

 
Collection:  Newberry Library 
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3Title:  In joy still felt: the autobiography of Isaac Asimov, 1954-1978   
 Creator:  Asimov, Isaac, 1920-1990 
 Publication:  Doubleday, Garden City [N.Y.], 1980. 
 Notes:  "Catalog of books": p. [799]-806. Includes indexes. 
 Extent:  x, 828 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. 
 Subjects:  Asimov, Isaac, -- 1920- -- Biography | Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography

 
Collection:  American Philosophical Society 
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4Title:  Divine invasions: a life of Philip K. Dick   
 Creator:  Sutin, Lawrence, 1951- 
 Publication:  Harmony Books, New York, [1989] 
 Notes:  At head of t.p.: "Uncorrected proof." Includes bibliographical references. 
 Extent:  341 p. ; 22 cm. 
 Subjects:  Dick, Philip K. -- Biography | Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography

 
Collection:  American Philosophical Society 
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5Title:  In memory yet green: the autobiography of Isaac Asimov, 1920-1954   
 Creator:  Asimov, Isaac, 1920-1990 
 Publication:  Doubleday, New York, 1979. 
 Notes:  Includes indexes. "Catalog of books, Isaac Asimov": p. [709]-715. 
 Extent:  vii, 732 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. 
 Subjects:  Asimov, Isaac, -- 1920- -- Biography | Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography

 
Collection:  American Philosophical Society 
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6Title:  Four visions of America   
 Creator:  Jong, Erica. 
 Publication:  Capra Press, Santa Barbara, Calif, c1977. 
 Extent:  127 p. : ports. ; 23 cm. 
 Subjects:  Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography | United States -- Civilization -- 20th century

 
Collection:  Columbia University 
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7Title:  Journal of the birth   
 Creator:  Meltzer, David. 
 Publication:  Oyez, Berkeley, c1967. 
 Notes:  "First appeared in Journal for the protection of all beings, no. 1, 1961." 
 Extent:  [21] p. ; 23 cm. 
 Subjects:  Meltzer, David | Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography

 
Collection:  Columbia University 
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8Title:  A little original sin: the life and work of Jane Bowles   
 Creator:  Dillon, Millicent. 
 Publication:  Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, New York, c1981. 
 Notes:  Includes index. 
 Extent:  xii, 464 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. 
 Subjects:  Bowles, Jane, -- 1917-1973 -- Biography | Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography

 
Collection:  Columbia University 
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9Title:  The thirties: from notebooks and diaries of the period   
 Creator:  Wilson, Edmund, 1895-1972 | Edel, Leon, 1907-1997 
 Publication:  Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, New York, 1980. 
 Notes:  Includes bibliographical references and index. 
 Extent:  xxxii, 753 p. ; 19 cm. 
 Subjects:  Wilson, Edmund, -- 1895-1972 -- Biography | Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography

 
Collection:  Columbia University 
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10Title:  Conversations with Eudora Welty   
 Creator:  Prenshaw, Peggy Whitman. 
 Publication:  University Press of Mississippi, Jackson, c1984. 
 Notes:  Includes index. 
 Extent:  xii, 356 p. ; 24 cm. 
 Subjects:  Welty, Eudora, -- 1909-2001 -- Interviews | Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography

 
Collection:  Columbia University 
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11Title:  The journals of Thornton Wilder, 1939-1961   
 Creator:  Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975 | Gallup, Donald Clifford, 1913-2000 | Wilder, Thornton, Selections., 1897-1975 
 Publication:  Yale University Press, New Haven, c1985. 
 Notes:  Includes bibliographical references and index. 
 Extent:  xxvi, 354 p. : facsim. ; 24 cm. 
 Subjects:  Wilder, Thornton, -- 1897-1975 -- Diaries | Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography

 
Collection:  Columbia University 
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12Title:  Voices: a memoir   
 Creator:  Prokosch, Frederic, 1908-1989 
 Publication:  Farrar, Strauss, Giroux, New York, 1982, c1983. 
 Notes:  Cover title. "Uncorrected proof." 
 Extent:  260 p. ; 28 cm. 
 Subjects:  Prokosch, Frederic, -- 1908-1989 | Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography

 
Collection:  Columbia University 
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13Title:  I knew a phoenix: sketches for an autobiography   
 Creator:  Sarton, May, 1912-1995 | Berguson, John. 
 Publication:  W.W. Norton, New York, [c1959] 
 Extent:  222 p. : ill., ports.; 22 cm. 
 Subjects:  Sarton, May, -- 1912-1995 | Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography

 
Collection:  Columbia University 
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14Title:  A peculiar treasure   
 Creator:  Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968 
 Publication:  Doubleday, Doran & Co, New York, c1938, 1939. 
 Notes:  Dedication signed: E.F. "First edition after the printing of a limited de luxe edition of 351 copies"--T.p. verso. 
 Extent:  ix, 398 p., [15] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. 
 Subjects:  Ferber, Edna, -- 1887-1968 | Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography

 
Collection:  Columbia University 
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15Title:  The brown wasps: a collection of three essays in autobiography   
 Creator:  Eiseley, Loren C., 1907-1977 
 Publication:  Perishable Press, Mount Horeb, Wis, 1969. 
 Notes:  "The frontispiece drawing [on half-title page] is by Jack Beal." "Two hundred copies on hand made Charter Oak & fifty six copies on Shadwell, a paper hand made by the printer." 
 Extent:  39 p. : 1 ill. ; 22 cm. 
 Subjects:  Eiseley, Loren C., -- 1907-1977 | Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography

 
Collection:  Columbia University 
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16Title:  Anaïs Nin observed: from a film portrait of a woman as artist   
 Creator:  Snyder, Robert, 1916-2004 
 Publication:  Swallow Press, Chicago, c1976. 
 Notes:  Based on the motion picture, Anaïs Nin observed. 
 Extent:  xi, 115 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. 
 Subjects:  Nin, Anaïs, -- 1903-1977 | Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography

 
Collection:  Columbia University 
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17Title:  Some sort of epic grandeur: the life of F. Scott Fitagerald   
 Creator:  Bruccoli, Matthew J. (Matthew Joseph), 1931-2008 
 Publication:  Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York, c1981. 
 Notes:  Includes bibliographies and index. 
 Extent:  xxxi, 624 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. 
 Subjects:  Fitzgerald, F. Scott -- (Francis Scott), -- 1896-1940 | Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography

 
Collection:  Columbia University 
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18Title:  Helen, a courtship ; and, Mississippi poems   
 Alt. Title:  Helen, a courtship   
 Creator:  Faulkner, William, 1897-1962 | Collins, Carvel, 1912-1990 | Blotner, Joseph, 1923-2012 | Faulkner, William, 1897-1962 
 Publication:  Tulane University, Yoknapatawpha Press, New Orleans, La, Oxford, MS, c1981. 
 Notes:  Errata slip inserted. Includes bibliographical references. 
 Extent:  165 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. 
 Subjects:  Faulkner, William, -- 1897-1962 | Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography

 
Collection:  Columbia University 
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19Title:  Voices: a memoir   
 Creator:  Prokosch, Frederic, 1908-1989 
 Publication:  Farrar, Strauss, Giroux, New York, c1983. 
 Notes:  Includes index. 
 Extent:  343 p. ; 24 cm. 
 Subjects:  Prokosch, Frederic, -- 1908-1989 -- Biography | Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography

 
Collection:  Columbia University 
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20Title:  At seventy: a journal   
 Creator:  Sarton, May, 1912-1995 | Fehr, Terry. 
 Publication:  W.W. Norton, New York, c1984. 
 Notes:  Dust jacket designed by Terry Fehr. 
 Extent:  334 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. 
 Subjects:  Sarton, May, -- 1912-1995 -- Diaries | Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography

 
Collection:  Columbia University 
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