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• American Book Collector, Sept./Oct. 1980 — Features "John Fowles: A Bibliographical Checklist" by Ray Roberts, Fowles' U.S. editor. Fine.
• Antaeus, Spring/Summer 1982 — Near-fine in wrappers. Includes Fowles' essay "Wistman's Wood" (which originally appeared in The Tree), along with a nifty black-and-white drawing of Fowles.
• Art & Antiques Magazine, April 1985 — Fine--virtually as-new. Includes Fowles' article "Landscapes on Trial," which discusses realism in modern literature.
• Boulevard--Journal of Contemporary Writing — Volume 2 (Spring 1987). Very good in wrappers. Includes the 16-page article "A Conversation with John Fowles."
• Connoisseur Magazine, November 1983 — Near fine with a touch of edgewear to covers. Includes Fowles article "Simple Things, Splendid Forms" about peasant pottery.
• Dorset Magazine, April 1973 — Fine in illsutrated wraps. Includes "John Fowles, The Magus"--a lengthy interview of Fowles accompanied by numerous photographs, followed by an article entitled "The Art of John Fowles."
• Etudes sur The French Lieutenant's Woman de John Fowles — Centre National de Documentation Pedagogique (1977), 1st edition. A 68-page softbound journal with several academic articles (in French) on the novel. Near-fine.
• Four Contemporary Novelists — by Kerry McSweeney. McGill-Queens (1983), 1st edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. A look at the work of Fowles, Angus Wilson, Brian Moore and V.S. Naipaul.
• Fowles/Irving/Barthes--Canonical Variations on an Apocryphal Theme — By Randolph Runyon. Miami University (1981), 1st edition. Near-fine in a fine dust jacket. Includes the essay "Fowles' Enigma Variations."
• Granta--The Magazine of New Writing, Summer 2004 issue —  Near-fine in wrappers with slight edgewear.  Features "The French Lieutenant's Diary," an account by Fowles of the time he spent writing The French Lieutenant's Woman.
• Harper's, November 1979 — Near-fine with a touch of corner wear. Includes Fowles' 16-page essay "Seeing Nature Whole" which is the first appearance of a portion of his famous essay "The Tree," published in book form the following year.
• John Fowles — By Barry Olshen. Frederick Ungar (1979), 2nd printing. Fine in a near-fine price-clipped dust jacket. An excellent survey of Fowles' first five novels.
• John Fowles--A Reference Guide — By Barry Olshen and Toni Olshen. G.K. Hall & Co. (1980), 1st edition. Fine in maroon boards. A bibliography of writings by and about Fowles.
• Journal of Modern Literature, John Fowles Issue -- Signed — Temple University (1981). Near-fine in wrappers with a touch of edgewear, SIGNED BY FOWLES on the cover. Features 12 articles on Fowles and his work, including several on The Magus and The French Lieutenant's Woman.
• Journal of Modern Literature--John Fowles Issue — Temple University (1981). Near-fine in wrappers with slight edgewear.
• Life Magazine, May 29, 1970 — Fine in wrappers. Includes an interesting article on Fowles (with several photographs), "The French Lieutenant's Woman's Man."
• Life Magazine, September 4, 1970 — Near-fine in wrappers. Includes Fowles' review of "The World of Charles Dickens" by Angus Wilson.
• Lorenzaccio Study Notes — National Theatre (1989), 1st edition. Fine in dark blue folder which contains nine loose pages of background notes for teachers and pupils written by Fowles to accompany the National Theatre's production of "Lorenzaccio," which was translated and adapted by Fowles. SIGNED by Fowles on the inside of the front cover.
• McCullough's Brief Lives — By David McCullough. Book-of-the-Month Club (1980), 1st edition. Includes a two-page discussion with and on Fowles by the author.
• Modern Fiction Studies--John Fowles Issue — Purdue University (1985). Near-fine in wrappers with slight soiling. Includes 15 articles on Fowles and his work.
• Notes on the French Lieutenant's Woman — By James & Kathryn Bellman. Cliffs (1996), as new in wrappers. Includes critical comments, plot and character synopsis, and study questions.
• Observer Magazine, January 1974 — Very good with internal tape repair to spine. Features Fowles' article "Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of Death." Scarce.
• People, Books & Book People — By David McCullough. Harmony Books, 1981, 1st edition. Fine in wraps. Includes an interview of Fowles by the author.
• Sports Illustrated, May 21, 1973 — Fine in wrappers. Includes Fowles' article "A Pitch for Cricket."
• Texas Quarterly Autumn 1964 — Very good with some edgewear.  First appearance of Fowles' essay "On Being English But Not British."
• The Art of John Fowles — by Katherine Tarbox. University of Georgia Press (1988), 1st edition. Very fine in a very fine dust jacket. An outstanding review of Fowles' six novels by one of the top Fowles scholars.
• The Collector--Stage Adaptation by David Parker — Samuel French (1973), 1st edition. Softbound in fine condition, this is the actual text of the play performed in London in 1971. A very difficult to find Fowles item.
• The Evergreen Review, August-September 1964 — Very good plus in wrappers with slight creasing. Includes Fowles essay "I Write Therefore I Am," one of his first magazine appearances. A very unusual and hard-to-find Fowles item.
• The First Fifty Years of the Lyme Regis Society — By Joan B. Walker. Lyme Regis Society (1984), 1st edition. Very fine in wraps. A 54-page booklet with a foreword by Fowles.
• The Novel and Its Changing Form — By R. G. Collins. University of Manitoba Press (1972), 1st edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Includes Fowles' essay "My Recollections of Kafka."
• The Romances of John Fowles — By Simon Loveday. Macmillan (London), 1985, 1st edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. A detailed analysis of Fowles' first five novels.
• The Timescapes of John Fowles — By H. W. Fawkner. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press (1984), 1st edition. Near-fine (owner's info on last blank page) in a near-fine dust jacket with slight edgewear.
• Toward A New Synthesis--John Fowles, John Gardner and Norman Mailer — By Robert Begiebing. UMI (1989), 1st edition. As new. The first third of the book is an excellent analysis entitled "John Fowles: The Magician as Teacher."
• Transatlantic Review 16, Summer 1964 — Near-fine in wrappers. Fowles contributes three poems. Quite scarce.
• Twentieth Century Literature -- John Fowles Issue — Hofstra University (1996). As new. Soft-bound scholarly journal with several essays on Fowles work, an interview of Fowles, two poems by Fowles and his essay Behind the Magus.
• Venture Magazine, June 1964 — Very good in decorated boards. Volume 1, Number 1 (first issue of this publication) includes Fowles' article "The American Expatriate: No Land's Man."
• Venture Magazine, June/July 1966 — Near-fine with a touch of soiling to covers. Features Fowles' article "Your Blinded Eyes, Worst Foes to You" about the value of preserving nature.
• Venture Magazine, October 1965 — Near-fine with a touch of rubbing to cover edges and ownership book plate on inside front cover. Features Fowles' essay "Swan Song of the European Wild" about Norway's arctic region.
• Writers & Their Work--John Fowles — By Michael Thorpe. Profile Books (1982), 1st edition. Near-fine in stiff card wraps (48 pages). Includes an analysis of Fowles' first five novels, along with a bibliography. Near-fine with a touch of foxing to the front cover.

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• Venture Magazine, June/July 1966 - John Fowles
• Venture Magazine, October 1965 - John Fowles
• John Fowles-A Reference Guide - John Fowles
• Lorenzaccio Study Notes - John Fowles
• MAGAZINE CONTRIBUTIONS, BOOKS ABOUT JOHN FOWLES, ETC. Archives - John Fowles
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