New York: Emerson Books Inc., 1961. First U.S. edition. Hardcover. First printing. Translated from the French by J. Holman Mason. A near fine copy in a very good price clipped dust jacket that is lightly soiled and has a number of small edge tears and a small chip to the top of the rear panel. Item #115603 More
Price: $10.00
London and New York: Verso, 2007. First edition. Softcover. Uncorrected proof. 310 pages. Edited by Ursula Marx, Gudrun Schwarz, Michael Schwarz, and Erdmut Wizisla and translated by Esther Leslie. A very good plus copy in wrappers and with laid in publicity sheets. Uncommon in this format. Item #190798 More
Price: $30.00
Chicago, IL: Container Corporation of America, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 399 pages. Published to commemorate the U.S bicentential and the 50th anniversary of the Container Corporation. The book begins with introductions by Rhodes Patterson, David Ogilvy, Herbert Bayer, Mortimer Adler, and Franz Shulze The book features a total of 195 pairings of great thinkers with artwork from a variety of artists and brief biographies on each person. Among those represented are: Einstein, Camus, Faulkner, James Agee, Eleanor Roosevelt, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, Goethe, Epicurus, Abraham Lincoln, Benjamn Disraeli, Rousseau, Frederick the Great, and Confucius. The artists include: Herbert Bayer, Leo Lionni, Jerry Uelsman, Ben Shahn, Shiko Munakata, Bruno Munari, Jan Tschichold, Jacob Lawerence, Max Bill, Lester Beale, Richard Lindner, Gyorgy Kepes, Milton Glaser, Man Ray, Rene Margritte, Paul Rand and many more. A very near fine copy in a close to near fine cardstock slipcase that has some minor wear. Still, a nicer than usual copy of this terrific book. This is a heavy and oversized book and will require extra shipping. Item #178646 More
Price: $125.00
New York: The Viking Press, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. Third state with photographs at the end of the text and no mention of book club on the table of contents page. A very near fine copy in a close to near fine price clipped dust jacket with some minor edge wear to the spine ends. Item #147522 More
Price: $35.00
San Francisco, CA: Sierra Club Books, 1992. First edition and first printing. Oblong hardcover. 89 pages. Features a foreword by Yevgeny Yevtushenko, an essay by Peter Matthiessen and an afterword by David Brower. Includes numerous color photographs by Boyd Norton. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with some very minor wear. Item #182269 More
Price: $20.00
Boston, MA: Bruce Humphries, Inc., 1950. First edition. Hardcover. 110 pages. A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket with some tears and edge wear. Signed and inscribed by Maxwell on the front free endpaper. Uncommon and especially signed. Item #172755 More
Price: $55.00
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 270 pages. A clean and tight very near fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. Item #156721 More
Price: $15.00
Cupertino, CA: Meta Publications, 1989. First edition. Softcover. 133 pages. A look at the early days of Neuro-linguistic programming. Includes numerous illustrations. A very good plus copy in wrappers that have some minor wear and a small sticker shadow to the title page. Item #130312 More
Price: $30.00
New York: Pantheon Books, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. A fine and tight copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by McClintick on the title page. A fresh copy. Item #113109 More
Price: $20.00
New York: Scribner, 1996. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. An immensely popular memoir which won the Pulitzer Prize. A clean and tight near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with some minor wear. Item #185249 More
Price: $45.00
New York: Scribners, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. A continuation of McCourt's story from his Pulitzer Prize winning book "Angela's Ashes." A fine and tight copy in a very near fine price clipped dust jacket. Signed by McCourt on the title page. Item #118211 More
Price: $45.00
Boston, MA: Patrick Donahoe, 1854. Fourth edition. Hardcover. An about good copy in green cloth boards with some wear to the spine and corners, a spot to the foredge and with an edge tear to the first two endpapers. Item #124861 More
Price: $50.00
New York: The Lyons Press, 1999. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 176 pages. A collection of powerful essays from the author of "Ninety-two in the Shade" and "Nothing but Blue Skies." A clean and tight very near fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. Signed by McGuane on the half title page. Item #187045 More
Price: $45.00
York, PA: The Maple Press Company, 1943. First edition. Hardcover. 32 pages. A nicely printed book done in an edition of 700 copies as a Christmas presentation. A near fine copy in paper covered boards with cloth spine. No dust jacket. Signed and nicely inscribed by McKee on the half title page. Uncommon thus. Item #177990 More
Price: $15.00
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. A memoir from the author of "Positively Fifth Street." A tight near fine with a small smudge to the title page in a near fine dust jacket. Signed by McManus on the title page. Item #144441 More
Price: $30.00
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. A terrific book that began as a assignment to cover a murder trial in Las Vegas. McManus took the money he received to do the article and used it to enter into the World Series of Poker. He ended making it to the final table of the main event. The book also offers up a history of poker as well as covering his exploits at the poker table and coverage of the trial. A very near fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by McManus on the front free endpaper. A lovely copy. Item #177950 More
Price: $45.00
Washington, DC: Cooper-Hewitt Museum, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Hardcover. Part of the Smithsoinan Illustrated Library of Antiques prepared by the Cooper-Hewitt Museum. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket that has slight edge wear and a small bit of bumping to the top edge of the spine. Item #127510 More
Price: $10.00
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. 414 pages. A book by the former Secretary of Defence. A fine copy in decorated full leather binding with all page edges gilt and bound in silk bookmarker. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by Robert S. McNamara. Item #184877 More
Price: $250.00
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1981. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. The first book in McPhee's series of novels that were eventually published together in "Annals of the Former World" which won the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. A clean very near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with some very minor wear. Seemingly fairly uncommon. Item #177327 More
Price: $75.00
New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1970. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. McPhee's seventh book, which deals with McPhee's Scottish heritage. A clean and tight near fine copy in a near fine price clipped dust jacket. Item #173587 More
Price: $75.00
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. The tenth book from this terrific writer. A clean and tight very near fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. Item #169271 More
Price: $30.00
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002. First edition. Softcover. Uncorrected proof. His twenty sixth book, a look at McPhee's personal obsession with the shad. A fine copy in illustrated wrappers with publisher information on the rear panel. Somewhat uncommon in an advance state. Item #108372 More
Price: $35.00
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002. First edition. Softcover. Uncorrected proof. His twenty sixth book, a look at McPhee's personal obsession with the shad. A good copy that has been read and has some marginalia. Item #116416 More
Price: $10.00
New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. The fourteenth book from this terrific writer. A collection of five extended essays including the title story about a farmer selling his produce in the greenmarkets of New York in the 1970's. A fine and tight copy in a fine dust jacket. Item #114195 More
Price: $25.00
New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1979. Book club edition. Hardcover. The fourteenth book from this terrific writer. A collection of five extended essays including the title story about a farmer selling his produce in the greenmarkets of New York in the 1970's. A fine and tight copy in a fine dust jacket. Item #119239 More
Price: $10.00