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New York:: Farrar, Straus & Giroux,, 1989.. Hardcover -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. 3rd printing. Accounts of three struggles against the forces of nature: the Atchafalaya and the tendency of the Mississippi River to change courses, a volcanic eruption and lava flow in Iceland which were threatening the second largest fishing harbor in the country, and the… Read more about this item

London:: Faber & Faber,, (1948.). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (usual offsetting to endpapers, some toning and minor wear to dust jacket.). First printing.

New York & Boston:: Little Brown,, (2012). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread but with a remainder dot on bottom edge.). First edition. The first book publication of fifteen of Wallace's essays, issued posthumously. 323 pp.

New York:: Farrar, Straus & Giroux,, (1980). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket (remainder dot). First printing. A collection of essays by this award winning author, many of which are "commentaries on the relation between moral and aesthetic ideas, discussing the works of Antonin Artaud, Leni Riefenstahl, Elias Canetti and others" 204… Read more about this item

London:: William Heinemann,, (1931). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in green cloth with gilt lettering on the spine in a near fine dust jacket (previous owner's name on front endpaper, a couple of small chips to the bottom edge of the dj).. First printing. A collection of sixteen short "pieces" - mostly essays but some fiction… Read more about this item

Boston:: Godine,, (1980.). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in dark green cloth in a like dustjacket.. First printing. Second volume of essays by this urban man turned framer and teacher, now living in Thetford Vermont and teaching at Dartmouth. The NY Times Review stated that "Perrin makes a fine defense of country living, not as… Read more about this item

New York:: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,, (1985). Hardcover first edition -. Good only in a good dust jacket (a bit of dampstaining to the lower gutter of several pages, with bleeding to the interior or the dj, short closed tear and other edgewear to dj).. First printing. Collects twenty-one essays by this award-winning writer, including lectures, reviews and… Read more about this item

New York:: Modern Library,, (2001). SIGNED first edition -. Near fine in illustrated wrappers (toning to pages).. First printing, a trade paperback original. Includes 88 of her best - and most provocative - essays on topics like abortion, affirmative action, and school vouchers, Clinton, Modern Library's list of 100 best novels of the century, the Taliban and more.… Read more about this item

New Haven:: Yale University Press,, (1971). Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. Trade paperback. Collects four lectures from the T. S. Eliot Memorial Lectures - C.P. Snow commented that Steiner "presents us with a dark prospect for our culture. But his own existence is a proof that the culture has not altogether crumbled or split. His own existence… Read more about this item

New York:: Catapult,, (2016). SIGNED first edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers with self flaps. . First printing, a trade paperback original. A National Book Critics Circle Award finalist in Criticism. A collection of essays about reading, writing, and living. Orner reads and writes everywhere he finds - in a hospital cafeteria, a coffee shop in Albania, the… Read more about this item

New York:: Farrar, Straus & Giroux,, 1979.. Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket (crease to corner of photograph). First printing. A collection of 5 pieces: the title piece refers to the farmers selling at the Greenmarket in New York City. Also included is are essays on a white water trip in Maine,… Read more about this item

Boston:: Richard G. Badger / The Gorham Press,, (1918). Hardcover first edition -. Very good in green cloth with darker green lettering - usual toning to the pages, corners slightly bumped, but overall tight and sturdy, . First edition. Scarce first edition of this collection of three essays by this noted American biologist and zoologist who,… Read more about this item

New York:: Philosophical Library,, (1950.). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in turquoise cloth with a dark blue spine panel with gold lettering in a near fine dustjacket (price of $4.75 still present.).. First edition. A collection of essays written after 1936, including many never before published, on a variety of topics ranging from… Read more about this item

London:: Pitman Medical Publishing Co., , (1960). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in burnt sienna boards gold lettering on the spine, no dust jacket. . First printing. A lighthearted series of essays by Brain, a noted neurologist and physician, on various historical and literary figures including Jonathan Swift, Dr Johnson, Lord Monboddo (evolutionist and anti-Johnsonian), Christopher Smart,… Read more about this item

New York:: Simon & Schuster,, (1985). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket (slight hint of fading on the spine).. First printing. A book which includes a decade's worth of essays on literature, philosophy and the theory of language, Among the writers whose work he discusses are , Emerson, Joyce, Nabokov, Dickens,… Read more about this item

St. Paul, MN:: Graywolf Press,, (2001). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A brief but provocative collection of essays,on topics as diverse as the dancer Martha Graham, the Flat Earth society, the artist Henry Darger, the idea of a Hall of Fame and more. Notes. 246 pp.

New York:: Farrar, Straus & Giroux,, (2012). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (crease to lower corner of the last few pages).. First printing. A collection of 21 essays and speeches written mostly in the five years preceding publication. Among the topics are his violent encounter with bird poachers in Cyprus, his… Read more about this item

New York:: Farrar, Straus & Giroux,, (2002.). SIGNED hardcover -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (light crease to upper corner of front endpaper and first few leaves) . 2nd printing. First collection of essays by the award-winning author of 'The Corrections,' including his controversial Harper's article on the modern novel, an award-winning and moving account of… Read more about this item

Claremont, CA:: Claremont College,, 1973.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in very good dust jacket (toning to the spine and some light soiling to the white dj. First printing. A book which is perhaps more approriate than ever as we try to navigate the new work-from-home model. A title in the Annual lecture series of the … Read more about this item

Westwood, NJ:: Fleming H. Revell Company,, (1953). Hardcover -. Very good in a fair only dust jacket. (several small chips and edgewear to the dj, price-clipped) . Fourth printing. A brief book by this journalist, educator and the first poet-laureate of South Carolina, from 1934-1973, on the different forms beauty can take - the beauty… Read more about this item