Pull Devil Baker by Benson Stella (45 results)

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Pull Devil, Pull Baker This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 275 Pages 15 Chapters; Introduction In Front; Pages Tight; No Markings; Page Edges Cut Roughly; Purple End Pages; Lettering On Spine; Purple Covers With Slight Fading On Edges; Gild Banner With Crest On Cover; Some Discoloration Spots On Banner. Moderate Shelf Wear. Chapter Headings Include: Oho, What Next?; The Heartless Young Man; Angelina; Shreeded Loving Stories; A Draw Is Declared, Etc. Rare Vintage Copy.

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Paperback. Condition: New. Pull Devil, Pull Baker is one of the oddest autobiographies ever written.The novelist Stella Benson first encountered an eccentric Russiannobleman, Count Nicolas de Toulouse Lautrec De Savine in the pauper'sward of a Hong Kong hospital. Striking up a friendship, she foundherself fascinated by the Count's garrulous memoirs, written in a uniqueblend of English, French, and Russian.The Count's adventures included a stint as a Russian cavalry officer,gold mining in California, a failed attempt to establish himself as Czar ofBulgaria, get-rich-quick schemes, and countless romanticentanglements. Were these all inventions of his fervid mind, like alatter-day Baron Munchausen? Were they true? Could they be both?In Pull Devil, Pull Baker, Stella Benson not only collected the Count'srecollections but provided a running commentary that reflects on thenature of memory, truth, and the power of storytelling. In the process,she created a book that anticipates by decades the "new nonfiction"school of such bestsellers as The Lifespan of a Fact and the work ofGeoff Dyer, W. G. Sebald and others who weave together fiction and fact.Pull Devil, Pull Baker exemplifies the unique and remarkable booksbeing brought back to print by Recovered Books, the new series fromBoiler House Press that celebrates the gems that have been lost to thechanging tides of critical and popular taste. Pull Devil, Pull Baker is easily the most exceptional and genre-busting reissue of 2022.

Paperback. Condition: New. Pull Devil, Pull Baker is one of the oddest autobiographies ever written.The novelist Stella Benson first encountered an eccentric Russiannobleman, Count Nicolas de Toulouse Lautrec De Savine in the pauper'sward of a Hong Kong hospital. Striking up a friendship, she foundherself fascinated by the Count's garrulous memoirs, written in a uniqueblend of English, French, and Russian.The Count's adventures included a stint as a Russian cavalry officer,gold mining in California, a failed attempt to establish himself as Czar ofBulgaria, get-rich-quick schemes, and countless romanticentanglements. Were these all inventions of his fervid mind, like alatter-day Baron Munchausen? Were they true? Could they be both?In Pull Devil, Pull Baker, Stella Benson not only collected the Count'srecollections but provided a running commentary that reflects on thenature of memory, truth, and the power of storytelling. In the process,she created a book that anticipates by decades the "new nonfiction"school of such bestsellers as The Lifespan of a Fact and the work ofGeoff Dyer, W. G. Sebald and others who weave together fiction and fact.Pull Devil, Pull Baker exemplifies the unique and remarkable booksbeing brought back to print by Recovered Books, the new series fromBoiler House Press that celebrates the gems that have been lost to thechanging tides of critical and popular taste. Pull Devil, Pull Baker is easily the most exceptional and genre-busting reissue of 2022.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Pull Devil, Pull Baker is one of the oddest autobiographies ever written.The novelist Stella Benson first encountered an eccentric Russiannobleman, Count Nicolas de Toulouse Lautrec De Savine in the paupersward of a Hong Kong hospital. Striking up a friendship, she foundherself fascinated by the Counts garrulous memoirs, written in a uniqueblend of English, French, and Russian.The Counts adventures included a stint as a Russian cavalry officer,gold mining in California, a failed attempt to establish himself as Czar ofBulgaria, get-rich-quick schemes, and countless romanticentanglements. Were these all inventions of his fervid mind, like alatter-day Baron Munchausen? Were they true? Could they be both?In Pull Devil, Pull Baker, Stella Benson not only collected the Countsrecollections but provided a running commentary that reflects on thenature of memory, truth, and the power of storytelling. In the process,she created a book that anticipates by decades the new nonfictionschool of such bestsellers as The Lifespan of a Fact and the work ofGeoff Dyer, W. G. Sebald and others who weave together fiction and fact.Pull Devil, Pull Baker exemplifies the unique and remarkable booksbeing brought back to print by Recovered Books, the new series fromBoiler House Press that celebrates the gems that have been lost to thechanging tides of critical and popular taste. Pull Devil, Pull Baker is easily the most exceptional and genre-busting reissue of 2022. In Pull Devil, Pull Baker, Stella Benson presents the memoirs of a vagabond former Russian nobleman she met in a Shanghai pauper's ward, but with an accompanying commentary that questions the truth of anyone's memories in a strikingly contemporary and post-modern way. This is the first reissue of the book since its publication over 90 years ago. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Type: Hardback First Printing of The Literary Guild Edition. Hardcover Book in Good Condition, Without Jacket. Literary Guild edition with the original Harper plates bound in purple cloth with gold banner across front, clean, with wear to lower front corner, upper front corner discolored, white streak to spine; sewn binding tight and solid. Spine and edges of rear cover sunned. Purple endpapers. Pages quite clean, unmarked, no creases, lightly toned. Top edge tinted, fore-edge and lower edge rough cut. Supposedly based on interviews with the Count de Toulouse Lautrec de Savine as told to the feminist British novelist and poet, Stella Benson, In reality, a metafictional, wonderfully playful text way ahead of its time. The eposodes alternate between the incredible yarns of thr 'old soldier' (the Pull Devil's side of the picture) and Ms Benson's retelling of them in her own way (the Baker's side). 275 pp. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. 1933, The Literary Guild, New York.

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Yellow green jpatterned cl., shelfworn, rubbing to bottom corners. Backstr. yellow green w. yellow green label and black lettering, shelf worn. Xiv, 275pp. Third printing.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. 1st Printing. Literary Guild edition with the original Harper plates bound in purple cloth with gold stripe. A Very Good copy. Mild dust soiling to the co vers. Fading to the spine. Former owner's bookplate is affixed to the front fly. Toning to the pages. No dust jacket.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Pull Devil, Pull Baker. Book.

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Condition: Fair. 1933. First Edition. 260 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Inscriptions to front pastedown and endpaper. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with moderate foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards have been moderately rub worn. Noticeable shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are bumped and a little frayed Spine ends are crushed, with noticeable splits and chips. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

hardcover. B029854; 275 pp Hardcover, Very good contents, Good covers.

Condition: Fair. 1933. First Edition. 275 pages. No dust jacket. Purple cloth.Expected school library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Pages are lightly tanned at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards have slight shelf with bumping to corners. Spine ends are a little crushed with moderate tanning.

Hardback. Green and yellow cloth, black lettering on orange paper title label on spine, 8vo, 275 pp. "Red Cross Canteen" stamped on ffep, no other marks in book, binding solid. Stated First Edition. Covers show minor edge wear, edges of text block dust soiled. In unclipped ($2.50) dust jacket that shows chipping, 1 1/2" x 1/2 loss top front panel affecting "Faraway Bride" blurb. Book condition VG in Good+ DJ. Binding: HB. Edition: 1st Edition.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 378 pages. 7.75x5.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Gold-Embossed Cloth. Condition: G+ to VG-. Dust Jacket Condition: G. First Edition ? 275 pp, the copyright page is a stated First Edition by Harper & Brothers, 1933, the title page states The Literary Guild, 1933, the book and contents are clean and solid, the front free endpaper has owner name and address and a small lightening at bottom edge, several pages in front have a vertical crease, the covers and endpapers are purple and the front cover has a 2" wide gold stripe from corner to opposite corner,one corner is bumped, the dust jacket has some wear and soil, but is mostly chipped at top and bottom of spine.