Essays, Journalism & Letters
Ground Zero [FIRST EDITION]
New York: Morrow, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. Minor shelf wear. This is a first printing book of personal essays from the front lines of the AIDS epidemic. More
Crimes Against Criminals
East Aurora, NY: Roycrofters, 1906. 8vo. Full suede leather. Portrait plate. Minor shelf wear. This is a leather-bound printing of Ingersoll's critique of the penal system. Handmade book by the Roycrofters, the celebrated arts and crafts community of East Aurora, NY. (McKenna 126). More
Crimes Against Criminals
East Aurora, NY: Roycrofters, 1906. 8vo. Full suede leather. Portrait plate. Minor shelf wear. This is a leather-bound printing of Ingersoll's critique of the penal system. Handmade book by the Roycrofters, the celebrated arts and crafts community of East Aurora, NY. (McKenna 126). More
Spheres of Existence; Selected Writings
Westport: Lawrence Hill, 1980. Paperback. 8vo. Wraps. Minor shelf wear. Small damp stain on rear cover. This is an uncommon collection of essays by Westindian thinker James. More
Happy to Be Here [FIRST EDITION]
New York: Atheneum, 1982. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter cloth. Dust jacket. 210 pp. Inscribed by Keillor on front free endpaper. Very minor shelf wear to jacket. An excellent copy. This is a signed stated first edition of Keillor's 1982 collection of stories and humor writing. More
The Open Eye [FIRST EDITION]; In Pursuit of Art
New York: Harper and Row, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. Minor shelf wear. This is a stated first edition book of critical essays about modern art. More
Bill Kurtis on Assignment [FIRST EDITION]
Chicago: Rand McNally, 1983. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 4to. Cloth. Dust jacket. Photographic plates throughout. 192 pp. Signed by Kurtis on title page. Very minor shelf wear to jacket. This is a signed first printing of the first book by legendary Chicago journalist (and Wait Wait Don't Tell Me..... More
Reporting World War II [complete in 2 volumes]
New York: Library of America, 1995. Cloth. 8vo. Red cloth. Silk ribbon attached. Fine condition. This is an attractive set of 2 volumes from the long-running Library of America series. More
Pieces and Pontifications [FIRST EDITION]
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1982. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Maroon cloth. Dust jacket. Damp stain on bottom edge at left bottom edge of front cover and left bottom edge of rear cover. Both of these spots have bled through the jacket, leaving a pink-colored stain. 1/2" closed tear at..... More
Artists of the Page [FIRST EDITION]; Interviews with Children's Book Illustrators
Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Co., 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Cloth. Illustrations throughout. Fine condition. This is an uncommon collection of interviews with 20th century children's book illustrators. Includes interviews with Allan and Janet Ahlberg, Molly Bang, Nicola Bayley, Gavin Bishop, Quentin Blake, Anthony Browne, Ashely Bryan, John Burningham and..... More
Adventure on Red River; Report on the exploration of the Red River by Captain Randolph B. Marcy and Captain G.B. McClellan [FIRST EDITION]
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1937. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Pictorial dust jacket. Publisher's cloth with pastedown on spine. Frontispiece plus 7 full-page illustrations plus folding map. 199 pp. Jacket is taped to boards. Ex-library with sticker on jacket spine and cover, stamp on top and bottom block edges..... More
Dream-Life; A Fable of the Seasons
Philadelphia: Altemus, 1894. Reprint. Cloth. 12mo. Brown cloth with silver lettering and decoration to spine and cover. Frontispiece. Hand-pressed paper. 296 pp. plus advertisements. Scuffing to edges. 1" dark scuff on rear cover. Corner of p. 83 creased. Tight and clean. This is a handsome reprint of Mitchell's (pen name..... More
The Medium Is the Massage
New York: Bantam, 1967. Paperback. 12mo. Wraps. Many photographs throughout. Minor shelf wear. Scuffs to rear cover. This is a vintage paperback copy of McLuhan's classic book about media literacy and sociology. More
Giving Good Weight [FIRST EDITION]
New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 1979. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Yellow cloth. Dust jacket. 261 pp. Minor edge wear. Jacket price clipped. Bookplate on front free endpaper. This is a stated first printing of McPhee's classic essay collection. More
Giving Good Weight [FIRST EDITION]
New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 1979. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Yellow cloth. Dust jacket. 261 pp. Jacket has several tears and chips around edges. Remainder mark on bottom block edge. Stamp on front free endpaper. This is a stated first printing of McPhee's classic essay collection..... More
Report of the County Chairman
New York: Bantam, 1961. Paperback. Wraps. Minor shelf wear. This is a vintage paperback nonfiction book about the election of President Kennedy. More
The Complete Prose of Marianne Moore [FIRST EDITION]; The racial transformation of an American neighborhood
New York: Viking Press, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. Minor shelf wear. This is a first edition book collecting Moore's prose works, mostly literary criticism for The Dial. More
Race, Oppression and the Zombie; Essays on cross-cultural appropriations of the Caribbean tradition
Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2011. Paperback. Large 8vo. Wraps. Minor shelf wear. A few page corners creased. This is a collection of essays regarding zombies in the media. More
Transmission [FIRST EDITION]
[Nice]: Villa Arson, 2007. First Edition. Paperback. In French. 8vo. Wraps. 269 pp. Edges lightly scuffed. This is a scarce conference publication from a 2007 French seminar of artists around the theme of "transmission." With many illustrations and essays. More
Figures of Thought; Speculations on the meaning of poetry & other essays [FIRST EDITION]
Boston: David R. Godine, 1978. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. 198 pp. Signed by Nemerov on title page. Jacket is price-clipped. A few instances of underlining. This is a signed first edition of Nemerov's critical essay collection. More
Journal of the Fictive Life [FIRST EDITION]
New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1965. First Edition. 8vo. Quarter cloth over marbled boards. Dust jacket. 189 pp. Inscribed by Nemerov on half-title to Chicago-area poet Rick Holinger. Jacket is price-clipped and has scuffing and several closed tears to edges. This is a signed first edition of Nemerov's critical..... More
The Orwell Reader
New York: Harvest, 1956. Paperback. 8vo. Wraps. Minor shelf wear. This is a vintage collection of Orwell's writings. More
Culture Worrier: Reflections on race, politics and social change [FIRST EDITION]; Selected columns 1984-2014
Chicago: Bolden, 2014. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. 8vo. Wraps. Inscribed on title page. This is a signed first printing collection of columns by longtime Chicago Tribune journalist Page. More
Biographical and Critical Miscellanies
Harper and Brothers, 1852. Cloth. This is an early edition of the great American historian's essay collection. Binding is nice and tight, but leather spine covering has come away, and there is some further loss on corners and covers. Foxing present throughout. More