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New York: Harcourt Brace & Co., 1925. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition.. New York: Harcourt Brace & Co., 1925. First Edition. Very Good+/No Dustjacket. Clean rust red cloth boards with clean unchipped paste-on label on cover and spine. Hint of wear to corner tips, no fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. 265 pgs. Very small previous owner label (very small return address label) on front fixed endpaper. Nice clean, solid copy. 8 vo. Essays..

New York: Liveright, 1971. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. New York: Liveright, 1971. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good+. First Edition, First Printing. Very clean green cloth boards with yellow lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean olive green endpapers; no names, writing or bookplates. 273 pgs. Clean unfaded dustjacket is not price clipped, has one tiny chip (smaller than a match head) at top rear panel edge, very slight edge wear. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Short stories and essays by E. M. Forster written between 1900 and 1915 and first published in book form in this edition. Approx. 8" x 6". Literature..

New York : Eaton and Mains, 1898. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition hardcover book. Clean pale green/gray ribbed cloth boards with paste-on mountain scene on cover (no rubbing, chipping or wear), gold lettering on cover and spine. Tiny bit of fraying at top spine edge. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Neatly penned previous owner name on front free endpaper - lots of pencil underlining in text. Illustrated with full page photographs, drawings. 197 pages. A series of essays and stories that intertwine the nature of man with the forces of nature and God..

Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press and The British Film Institute, 1994. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press and The British Film Institute, 1994. First edition. Fine/fine. Clean unfaded maroon cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 227 pgs. with index. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. A collection of Umberto Eco's essays on mass culture from the 1960s through the 1980s, including major pieces which have not been translated into English before. Organized in four main parts, Eco looks at a variety of topics and cultural productions, including the world of Charlie Brown, distinctions between highbrow and lowbrow, the future of literacy, Chinese comic strips, whether countercultures exist, Fellini's… Read More

Boston: Lothrop Publishing Company, 1900. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. Boston: Lothrop Publishing Company, 1900. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/No Dust jacket. First Edition decorated American trade binding. (signed binding - monogram TBH - Theodore B. Hapgood). Clean light green cloth boards with gold lettering and decoration, gold line rule border on cover, gold lettering and small decoration on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with gilt top page edges. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 257 pages..

New York: Random House, 1988. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Stated First American Edition.. New York: Random House, 1988. Stated First American Edition. Very Good+/Very Good+. Stated First American Edition in unclipped dust jacket. Clean maroon cloth boards with metallic lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean. Clean maroon endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. 303 pages + "About the Author." Dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Twenty-four of the author's most stimulating, fearless, and provocative essays to appear since the publication of "The Second American Revolution", winner of the 1982 National Book Critics Circle Award for criticism. On subjects ranging from Henry James to Nancy Reagan, Oscar Wile to Oliver North, Hollywood to Mongolia, Vidal once again confirms his reputation as "America's finest… Read More

Boston/New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1899. Book. Illus. by Edward H. Garrett, Illustrator. Near Fine. Hardcover. Boston/New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1899. Near FIne/No Dustjacket. Edward H. Garrett, Illustrator. Decorated binding. Very clean brown ribbed cloth boards with gilt decoration and lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. Gilt top edges. 257 pgs. Frontis illustration with clean tissue guard; eleven additional illustrations..

New York: Arden Book Company, 1935. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Thirteenth Printing.. New York: Arden Book Company, 1935. Thirteenth printing. Very Good+/Good. Thirteenth printing in original dust jacket. Clean brown boards with red lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean. Blank endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with drawings by various artists. 219 pages. Dust jacket is complete, quite clean, but separated at both front and rear flaps. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The instigators of this book offered masculine artists and writers, for the first time in their era, the opportunity to express their honest opinions of women, mores, sex, marriage and many other things! Contributors include Rex Stout, Ogden Nash, Carl Carmer, Philip Wylie, and more..

London: William Kimber, 1951. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. London: William Kimber, 1951. Stated First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First Edition hardcover book in original unclipped dust jacket. Clean red cloth-covered boards with gold lettering on spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. Illustrated with black & white drawings. 359 pages. Clean jacket has some small edge chips, mostly at top and bottom spine edges, is not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. During the years 1777 to 1783 Boswell contributed seventy papers to The London Magazine under the pseudonum "The Hypochondriack." Written while he was between the ages of 38 and 43, they provided Boswell with an opportunity to comment on life from an immense variety of angles from 'Love' to 'Cookery', and to search into his own… Read More

San Francisco, California: Ignatius Press, 1994. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Very clean softcover book. Binding is tight and square, no chipping or fading. Pages are clean and bright with no names, writing or marks. 193 pages with Bibliography. .

New York: Turtle Bay Books (Random House), 1992. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition.. New York: Turtle Bay Books (Random House), 1992. First Edition . Very Good+/Very Good. First Edition in dust jacket. Clean brown paper-covered boards with black cloth spine, bright silver lettering on spine. No fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean (small previous owner name on blank fly leaf). Clean black endpapers. 157 pages. Clean jacket is not price clipped, has one tiny corner chip; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Essays by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet..

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1900. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Small hardcover book (size approx. 7-1/2" x 4-1/2"). Clean blue-gray paper-covered boards with green cloth spine, black lettering on cover. Wear to three corner tips; light surface wear to spine ends, no fraying. Binding is tight, hinges are sound. Small previous owner initials at top of front free endpaper. Pages are clean. 23 pages. A wonderful essay and thoughts at Christmas-time on life well-lived. Printed at the Merrymount Press, Boston..

Grove Press, 1988. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Clean first edition, first printing in clean unclipped dust jacket. Brown paper-covered boards with dark blue cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, all pages are clean and unmarked. 310 pages. Clean jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Essays by one of Britain's foremost psychiatrists on the human soul's mysterious complexities..

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1903. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1903. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine/No Dust jacket. Lovely clean and solid first edition of this scarce book on achieving success in life. Dark green cloth boards with gilt lettering and small leaf decoration on cover with double rule line border in gold. Gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. All gold bright and unchipped. Blind stamped ruled border on rear cover. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Small previous owner name and Merry Christmas neatly penned on front free endpaper. 404 pages with index..

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1930. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1930. Stated First Edition. Fine/Fine. First Edition (so stated) in clean original dust jacket. Clean unfaded blue cloth boards with gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with blank endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Translated from the French by Yvonne Dufour. 82 pages. Clean jacket is unchipped, no tears, unsoiled - enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. What conversation can do FOR you when it is employed as an art and what it can do TO you when you are not sufficiently skilled in it, is the theme of this brilliant essay by the famous French novelist and biographer. One of the most interesting parts of the book is the author's revelation of the uses of silence..

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Clean hardcover book in clean dust jacket - now in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Clean olive green cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages are clean and bright. No names, writing or bookplates. Beautiful full color photographs by Les Line. 184 pages. Clean bright jacket has one tiny chip to rear panel. Elegant companion volume to "A Countryman's Flowers" - a glorious celebration of America's woodlands. Hal Borland gives us nearly eighty delightful, informal essays on trees and some commonly found shrubs and vines of the North American woodlands. .

Rand McNally, 1981. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Clean hardcover stated first printing in clean dust jacket. Golden beige cloth boards with bright gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 187 pages. Clean bright jacket is unchipped, no tears, small price clip at top corner of front inside flap; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

New York: Dodd Mead, 1904. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York: Dodd Mead, 1904. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/no dust jacket. First Edition, Published May, 1904. Clean decorated American trade binding. Green ribbed cloth boards with blind-stamped decoration on front and rear boards and spine, stamped gold lettering on cover and spine. Slightest hint of surface wear to spine corners, no wear-through or fraying. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers; no names, writing or bookplates. Translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos. 348 pages. Sixteen essays on everything from the wrath of a bee to old-fashioned flowers and "Our Friend, the Dog.".

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Near Fine. Clean, as new stated first edition in dust jacket. Red cloth boards with silver lettering on cover and spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 703 pages with index. Clean bright dust jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, small price clip to upper corner of front inside flap..

Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press, 1968. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition.. Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press, 1968. First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good+. First Edition, SIGNED by author. Clean green cloth boards with bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Hint of slight fading at extreme upper edge of front board. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Inscribed in Spanish and signed, dated on front free endpaper by author. Previous owner name and date below. 137 pgs. Dustjacket is unchipped, not price clipped, with small spot on front panel near fold edge (smaller than a dime); one 1/16" closed edge tear. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Latin America..