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Welcome to Lightholder Books! Specializing in rare, vintage, and first editions of short-story collections, women in translation, poetry, and other fiction and nonfiction.

New Arrivals

Emily L . by Marguerite Duras
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Emily L . by Marguerite Duras

$15.00

$15.00

Lover by Marguerite Duras
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Lover by Marguerite Duras

$45.00

$45.00

Ravishing of Lol Stein by Marguerite Duras
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Ravishing of Lol Stein by Marguerite Duras

$25.00

$25.00

Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre
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Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre

$30.00

$30.00

Taxi by Violette Leduc
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Taxi by Violette Leduc

$22.00

$22.00

Cosima by Grazia Deledda
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Cosima by Grazia Deledda

$14.00

$14.00

He Who Searches by Luisa Valenzuela
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He Who Searches by Luisa Valenzuela

$10.00

$10.00

History by Elsa Morante
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History by Elsa Morante

$22.00

$22.00

House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
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House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

$75.00

$75.00

Stories of Eva Luna by Isabel Allende
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Stories of Eva Luna by Isabel Allende

$15.00

$15.00

The Temptation of Jack Orkney & Other Stories by Doris Lessing

The Temptation of Jack Orkney & Other Stories by Doris Lessing

$20.00

$20.00

Anagrams by Lorrie Moore
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Anagrams by Lorrie Moore

$25.00

$25.00

Self-Help by Lorrie Moore
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Self-Help by Lorrie Moore

$20.00

$20.00

Like Life by Lorrie Moore
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Like Life by Lorrie Moore

$30.00

$30.00

Great Days by Donald Barthelme

Great Days by Donald Barthelme

$20.00

$20.00

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Lover by Marguerite Duras
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Lover by Marguerite Duras

$45.00

$45.00

Emily L . by Marguerite Duras
New

Emily L . by Marguerite Duras

$15.00

$15.00

Ravishing of Lol Stein by Marguerite Duras
New

Ravishing of Lol Stein by Marguerite Duras

$25.00

$25.00

Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre
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Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre

$30.00

$30.00

Cosima by Grazia Deledda
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Cosima by Grazia Deledda

$14.00

$14.00

He Who Searches by Luisa Valenzuela
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He Who Searches by Luisa Valenzuela

$10.00

$10.00

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Separations by Marilyn Hacker

Separations by Marilyn Hacker

$10.00

$10.00

Classic Ballroom Dances by Charles Simic

Classic Ballroom Dances by Charles Simic

$45.00

$45.00

Selected Poems by Gwendolyn Brooks

Selected Poems by Gwendolyn Brooks

$65.00

$65.00

Storyteller by Leslie Marmon Silko

Storyteller by Leslie Marmon Silko

$45.00

$45.00

Three Pieces by Ntozake Shange

Three Pieces by Ntozake Shange

$25.00

$25.00

House on Marshland by Louise Gluck

House on Marshland by Louise Gluck

$160.00

$160.00

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