ABarbarian
in Asia
HENRI MICHAUX
A unique travel book by a wise and
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The Green Uhild
HERBERT READ
One of the most beautiful and thought–
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Nausea
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE
French critics agree that Sartre's first
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Journey to the
End of the Night
LOUIS-FERDINAND CELINE
A new edition of one of the authentic
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Rabelais and Swift. $3.50
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Goethe's World
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Selected Poems
A copiously illustrated volume on Goethe
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WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS
the man, and the social climate in which
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biographical writings. $5.00
For some years the collected poems of
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