Search Results: Essays from Post Horizon Booksellers

Vancouver, BC, Canada: Douglas & McIntyre, 2002. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 174pp. Titled wrapper w French flaps is clean and without wear. Binding square and not creased. Small octavo. Translated from the French by Wayne Grady

Saskatoon, SK, Canada: Thistledown Press Ltd, 2006. First Canadian Edition . Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 143pp w notes. Signed by the author to title page. Illustrated wrapper clean and without wear. Binding square and not creased. Small octavo: 217 x 141mm.

London, England: Williams Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., 1981. First U.K. Edition . Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 251pp. Light grey cloth w crisp silver lettering on spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Photo illustrated DJ is clean, showing slight shelf wear and is price-clipped. DJ preserved now in archival cover. Octavo. With an introduction by William Golding, this is the 30th annual selection of stories from The Guardian in the year 1981.

Toronto, ON, Canada: Book*hug Press, 2019. First Canadian Edition . Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 181pp. Titled black wrapper w French flaps is clean and without wear. Binding square and not creased. Small octavo: 205 x 135mm. From the series, Essais, No. 7

New York, NY, U.S.A.: New Directions, 2011. 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ix, 390pp w index. Titled wrapper is clean and without wear. Binding square and tight, not creased. Small octavo: 205 x 138mm. First New Directions printing, edited by Ingnacio Echevarria and translated by Natasha Wimmer.

Winnipeg, MB: Winnipeg Free Press Company Limited, 1956. First Canadian Edition . Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 256pp w index. Blue-green cloth w dark blue lettering on spine. Light shelfwear to bottom edges. Binding square and sound. DJ with light edgewear showing moderate soiling commensurate w age and handling and pink staining to back panel. DJ now preserved in Brodart cover. Small octavo: 205 x 135mm A collection of a few editorial pieces and essays, which appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press during the period 1955-56... together with a few typical pieces from earlier editions of the Free Press.

Toronto, ON, Canada: The Mercury Press, 1998. 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 224pp w bibliography. Colour illustrated wrap is clean and without wear. Binding square and not creased. Roy Miki explores the issues and realities that comprise, for him, a writing life: redress, history, memory, race, language, displacement - as well as the voices of those known and loved whose wisdom rings even after death, Roy Kiyooka and bpNichol

New York, NY, U.S.A.: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1986. First U.S. Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xiv, 589pp. Tan boards, burgundy cloth spine w gold lettering. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Titled DJ is clean and without wear, preserved in archival cover. Octavo.

Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Random House Inc, 2005. First U.S. Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ix, 221pp w notes. Deckle fore edge. Library stamp on ffep and top edge of text block. No further library markings internal or external. Grey boards, black quarter-wrap spine w silver lettering. Slight shelf wear. Binding square and sound. Photo illustrated DJ is clean and without wear but is price-clipped, preserved in archival cover. Small octavo. In this final collection of sixteen essays, all of the trademark themes of W.G.Sebald are contained - the power of memory and personal history, the connections between images in the arts and life, the presence of ghosts in places and artifacts

San Francisco, CA, USA: Jossey-Bass Inc., 1994. First U.S. Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ix, 144pp. Deckle fore edge. Tan boards, rust cloth quarter-wrap spine w crisp black lettering. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and tight. Illustrated DJ clean and without wear, preserved in archival cover. Small octavo. A Gestalt Institute of Cleveland Publication, edited by Taylor Stoehr. A final summing up of the thought and life of the self-described 'old fashioned man of letters,' this book offers a close look at Paul Goodman's ideas and attitudes, why he held them, and what they meant to him.

London, England: Routlege & Kegan Paul, 1961. First U.K. Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. vi, 170pp w notes and index. Prev owner name inked on front pastedown. Red cloth w gold lettering on spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. DJ showing light wear to head and tail and is price-clipped. DJ now preserved in archival cover. Octavo. The essays in this volume focus on the awareness of science and art, evolution and Freudian psychology.

Vancouver, BC, Canada: Flight Press, 1985. 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 116pp. Wrapper is clean showing light shelf wear. Binding square and not creased. Reduced shipping may apply.

Boston, MA, USA: Little, Brown and Company, 1974. First Edition Thus 2nd Printing. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xii, 308pp. Creamy yellow endpapers. Black cloth w gold lettering to spine. Hint of shelf wear to bottom edges. Binding square and sound. Titled DJ in laminate cover, showing lib cat label to tail. No edgwear but is price-clipped. Octavo. Faint lib stamp to top edge of text block. Lib cat no to top corner ffep and title. Lib stamp to bottom of title. Condition suggests this book saw very limited circulation. First American English language edition, second printing, 1975, stated. With an Introduction by Max Hayward. Translated under the direction of Michael Scammell.

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada: Meewasin Valley Authority, 2007. First Canadian Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Grummett, Tom. 120pp. Illustrated w caricature drawings by Tom Grummett and bw photographs. Inscribed by the author on flyleaf. Colour illustrated wrapper clean and without wear. Binding square and not creased. Octavo.

Toronto, ON, Canada: McClelland and Stewart, 1976. First Canadian Edition . Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 221pp. Light maroon boards with crisp gilt lettering. No wear to covers or spine. DJ clean, showing moderate wear, preserved now in archival cover. Octavo. In a volume of personal essays sparkling with all the insight, wit, and humanity that have distinguished her many masterpieces of fiction, Margaret Laurence shares with us an entertaining and wide-ranging store of memories, observations and enthusiasms

Chicago and New York, USA: Rand McNally & Company. Hardcover. Very Good +. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 241pp w Index. Prev owner stamp on ffep. Dark grey cloth w red lettering and red borders on cover and spine. Moderate surface scuff to bottom edges, head and tail. Light bumping to corners. Binding square and sound. A series of six lectures delivered by Carlyle in May, 1840.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Penguin Books, 2017. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xiii, 109pp w endnotes and index. Illustrated wrapper shows light handling. Binding square and not creased. Small octavo. 8th printing.

London, England: Oxford University Press, 1962. First U.K. Edition . Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. vii, 166pp, [1]. Dark blue cloth w gilt lettering to spine. Bumping to top front corner and tail. No edgewear. Binding square and sound. Printed DJ shows light soiling commensurate w age and handling, tiny wear to corners and head, toning to spine. DJ now preserved in mylar cover. Duodecimo: 192 x 130mm.

Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.: Harcourt, 1991. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 68pp. Titled white wrapper with French flaps clean and without wear. Binding square and not creased. Bilingual edition. Translation from the Spanish by Anthony Stanton. Reduced shipping may apply. Octavio Paz was awarded the 1990 Nobel Prize for Literature for his 'impassioned writing with wide horizons, characterized by sensuous intelligence and humanistic integrity. Born in Mexico City, he was a poet, critic, and essayist.

London, England: The Hogarth Press / Chatto & Windus, 1991. First U.K. Edition . Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 229pp w endnotes and index. Black cloth w crisp gold lettering on spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Illustrated DJ is clean and without wear, preserved in archival cover. Octavo.