Essays/Prose Narratives from 100 POCKETS

New York, NY: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1983. First Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. Very Good/None as Issued. Robert Borja (Woodcuts). Text/BRAND NEW & Bright; previously under paper cover (included; tidy & still servicable) which left discoloration to front/rear covers verso & tape residue to first title page. First Edition, First Thus. An erudite & highly entertaining… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Books, Inc/E.P. Dutton, 1943. Stated First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Text/As New; Bright & Clean. First Edition. Beige boards/VG; strong w/edge & surface rubs. DJ/None. Chicago Times correspondent Keith Wheeler (1911 - 1994) was dispatched with hours of notice to the Southwest Pacific after Pearl Harbor (Dec 7th, 1941). He spent December… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Augustus M. Kelley/Reprints of Economics Classics, 1967. Reprint of 1967 . Hardcover. New/None as Issued. BRAND NEW Copy. Gilt embossed green linen boards/Fine. DJ/None as Issued. British colonia governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay from 1757 to 1760, Thomas Pownall (1722 - 1805) was a British colonial official and politician. He was governor of… Read more about this item

Bologna, Italy: Zanichelli, 1974. First Edition, Printing of 1978 . Soft cover. New/None as Issued. BRAND NEW COPY. Text in Italian. Essays on literature and structualism. 1974 major works of Italian linguist Luigi Rosiello (1930 - 1993 ). 155 pgs.

London, UK: Oxford Univ Press, 1966. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Text/Near New w/soil spot to pgs 51/52. Decorated linen boards/NF w/light surface wear. DJ/None. Trace soiling to upper text blockEnglish epic poem by Edmund Spenser (1552? - 1599). An allegorical work, in praise of Queen Elizabeth I, examining virtuous and noble discipline exemplified… Read more about this item

Paris, France: Editions Mereal, 1996. First Edition, First Thus . Soft Cover/with Dust Jacket. NEW - COLLECTIBLE/New. Louis Monier (Photographer). BRAND NEW & COLLECTIBLE. First Edition, First Thus. A perpetual calendar and photographic (Louise Monier) tribute to cats, and, a literary anthology of prose, verse, and quotations celebrating that enigmatic creature that has lodged itself in our hearts.… Read more about this item

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1961. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. Todd Webb (Author-Photographer). Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Black linen boards/VG; strong & sound w/light edge and surface rubs. DJ/Poor; intact w/nips, chips, rubs. closed tears & small losses to all leading edges. Maps to endpapers; tape residue to fEP. A photographic documentary of mining camps… Read more about this item

New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's, 1897. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Text/Near New, and showing trace margin discoloration. Gilt embossed, illustrated blue linen boards/NF w/nips & rubs to edges. DJ/None. Upper text edge in gilt. PO name to fEP. From his Roycroft Press in East Aurora, NY, Illinois-born Elbert Hubbard (1856 - 1915) edited… Read more about this item

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1894. First Edition, 7th Impression . Hard Cover/Stitched. Very Good/No Jacket. COLLECTIBLE. LAID-IN: Handwritten letter from Anges Repplier (1858-1950) on personal stationary dated June 21st, 1938 attached to rear. First Edition, 7th Impression of 1899. Text/Near New, showing faint margin discoloration. Red linen boards/VG w/trace soiling and discolored backstrap. DJ/None. PO label to front… Read more about this item

Paris: Nouvelle Société des Éditions Encre, 1984. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 9 7/16"; 21.7cm. A volume in the publisher's series Itineraires, it is an original collection of travel essays and sketches about mid-19th Century Paris, and about points north to Crépy-en-Valois, and west to Pontoise and St-Germain-en-Laye. 183 pages, with (non-contemporary) illustrations, and map. Covers show insignificant… Read more about this item

Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Fõrlag, 1946. Printed Cardstock. Very Good/No Jacket. 7"; 19cm. 188 pages, plus one unnumbered page, Innehalle. Author's dedication inked on front endpaper. Covers show slight shelf use, and have a mended tear at left lower corner; otherwise covers and text are strong and unmarked.

Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1930. 9e édition 19 Juin 1930 . Printed Cardstock. Good/No Jacket. 7 3/8"; 18.73cm. 230 (+ XX) pages. Covers have colored, are brittle, and show losses; text is strong and unmarked, but browning to margins and coloring throughout.

Ebenhausen [b. Munchen]: Wilhelm Langewiesche-Brandt, 1937. 10., Textlich Erweiterte Auflage, 1944 . Printed Cardstock. Very Good/No Jacket. 7 1/16" Tall. Comparing the page count this edition with previous printings, it is not "erweiterte." What makes the selections noteworthy is the editor's Nachwort - he was later editor of the respected Spektrum des Geistes - which concludes with the… Read more about this item

Oslo: Spillerom: HUN, Spillerom for Kvinner, 1998. Illustrated Coated Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 11 1/4 x 8 11/16. This is a collection of contemporary and historical photos, poetry, and prose about working Norwegian women, and women at work in Norway. 161 pages, with Frontispiece, prefatory matter and many illustrations; illustrated EPs. Boards are nipped at leading corners, and… Read more about this item

New York: Macmillan Publishing, 1982. Eighth Printing, 1988 . Illustrated Coated Cardstock. Very Good/No Jacket. 7 1/4" Tall. The selections here are drawn from the Essayes (1597, 1612); The Essayes or Counsels, Civill and Morall (1625); The Proficience and Advancement of Learning; The Wisdom of the Ancients; The Great Instauration; The New Organon; Of the Dignity and… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Fireside/Simon & Schuster, 1999. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. NEW - COLLECTIBLE/None as Issued. BRAND NEW & Collectible. First Edition, First Printing. Pocket-size anthology of 36 true stories of the essence of motherhood. Exploring that universe where unconditional love resides, including parenting by surrogate & stand-in moms. 127 pgs arranged in 5 groups: I,… Read more about this item