BEYOND THE WALL. Essays from the Outside.
New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed "To --- & ---/ Edward Abbey/ La Jolla '84/ on front flyleaf. Stated first edition, first printing, with full..... #27155
Essays
A PERSONAL NOTE. An Essay
Toronto: Basilike, 1974. First Edition. Softcover. One of 125 copies printed. Wrapper sewn into card covers in Cockerell dust jacket, front-label. #42
ROBINSON JEFFERS. A Portrait.
Seattle, WA: University of Washington Chapbooks, 1929. First Edition. Softcover. Signed "Louis Adamic - June, 1929" on the front flyleaf. This essay on Jeffers is usually considered Adamic's first book..... #29060
I LOVE YOU MORE THAN YOU KNOW. Essays
New York: Black Cat, 2006. First Edition. Softcover. Signed by Ames on the title page. Amusing autobiographical pieces. Paperback original (not issued in hardcover). Ames' current project is the TV..... #22955
UNTOLD STORIES.
London: Faber & Faber, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Bennett on the title page. Autobiographical writings, along with most of his other published work over the past decade, being..... #22802
HOMILIES AND RECREATIONS.
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, [1926]. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. Copy #6 of 200 numbered copies signed by Buchan. Essays and addresses by the great English writer also known as..... #27695
THE SURREALIST VOICE OF ROBERT DESNOS.
Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Important study of the influential French surrealist poet. 8vo decorated boards. #50274
POPS.
New York: Harper, 2018. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Collection of essays about fatherhood. SIGNED by Chabon on specially bound-in page by the publisher. 8vo cloth. #28734
ALL IS GRIST.
London: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo cloth. #50114
NOTES ON LIFE & LETTERS.
London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. First English Edition. First state with "S" and "A" misprint/misalignment on the table of contents page. Laid in is an..... #28612
AT SEA WITH JOSEPH CONRAD.
London: Grant Richards, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Stated Limited first edition, one of 1250 unsigned copies. Illustrations, including a nice photo of Conrad as frontispiece. 8vo cloth. Fine uncut copy..... #27837
PERSPECTIVES IN PERSONALITY THEORY.
London: Tavistock Publications Limited, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Important survey of current trends by then-leading psychologists including Gordon W. Allport (more or less the founder of modern personality theory); Harold..... #26585
LEAP YEAR.
New York: Poseidon Press, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Interesting political commentary on the 1988 presidential election. 8vo boards & cloth. #7585
BETWEEN THE WOODS AND THE WATER. On Foot to Constantinople from the Hook of Holland:The Middle Danube to the Iron Gates.
New York: Viking, 1986. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Stated first American edition, first printing. Classic travel from this gifted writer. Maps in the text plus an index. An exceptionally nice..... #29399
DREAMING WITH ADAM: NOTES ON IMAGINARY HISTORY. An Essay
Charlottesville, VA: New Literary History I, 3, 1970. First Edition. Softcover. Offprint from New Literary History: A Journal of Theory and Interpretation from the University of Virginia. Wright A20. Signed..... #10351
AN INTRODUCTION TO ALAN CHEUSE. An Essay
No Place: No Date. Softcover. Signed by Garrett on front cover. An 8-page essay on Cheuse. May be an offprint but no source anywhere, Original stapled wrappers. Scarce. #28881
ONE KIND OF ANARCHY/TWO PEDAGOGICAL POEMS. An Essay
College English, 1963. First Edition. Softcover. Offprint from College English, December, 1963. A scarce early separate item. Wright A13. Original stapled wrappers. #10360
ONE KIND OF ANARCHY/TWO PEDAGOGICAL POEMS. An Essay (Signed)
College English, 1963. First Edition. Softcover. Offprint from College English, December, 1963. Signed by Garrett front cover. A scarce early separate item. Wright A13. Original stapled wrappers. #10361
NADJA IN PARADISE.
Fort Bragg, CA: Ten Mile River Press, 1984. First Edition. Softcover. Briefly inscribed to Marshall Clements by Gifford in 1984 on the title page. Interesting series of brief studies exploring..... #20306
MOBILIZING RESENTMENT. Conservative Resurgence from the John Birch Society to The Promise Keepers.
Boston: Beacon Press, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed (generically) & dated in 2007 by the author on the title-page. Hardisty is a political scientist who studies anti-democratic movements and trends..... #25552
JOURNEY TO THE SKY A Novel about the true adventures of two men in search of the lost Maya Kingdom.
New York: Crowell Publishing, 1978. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Inscribed on the half-title page "To ---- this marvelous journey, Jamake Highwater/ 1983". Laid in is a glossy publicity..... #27856
CHINA IN TEN WORDS. Translated from the Chinese by Allan H. Barr.
New York: Pantheon, 2011. First American Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Stated first American edition, first printing, with full number line. Translated from the Chinese by Allan H. Barr. A...... #29049
WOLFERT'S ROOST AND OTHER PAPERS, NOW FIRST COLLECTED.
New York: G. P. Putnam, 1855. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, green cloth, gilt, First Printing, with publisher's Address "12 Park Place" on title page. BAL 10188. #28521
'Language in Operation'. An Essay. Lingua 21
Paris: Hermann, [1964]. First Separate Edition. Softcover. Offprint ('Extrait de") of an article which appeared in this important collection of miscellany (pp 269-281). An essay which draws heavily on Edgar..... #20400
SALMAGUNDI: FALL 1971 NO. 17.
Saratoga Springs, NY: Skidmore College, 1971. First Edition. Softcover. A Quarterly of the Humanities & Social Sciences. Interesting quarterly featuring interviews, cultural criticism, fiction, and poetry by prominent writers and..... #28555