Good News.
New York: Dutton, 1980. First edition and first printing. Softcover. The simultaneous paperback issue of Abbey's second novel to use the character Jack Burns. A clean near fine copy in wrappers. Item #180514 More
Price: $20.00
Non-Fiction
One Life at a Time, Please.
New York: Henry Holt, 1988. First edition. Softcover. Uncorrected proof. The last collection of essays published during Abbey's life. Includes essays on topics ranging from politics to books and arts. A very good copy in printed wrappers with a name written on the front panel, name written on the verso of the front cover and pen notation on the front free endpaper and some toning to the spine. Uncommon in this format. Item #173553 More
Price: $40.00
Appalachian Wilderness.
New York: E.P. Dutton, Inc., 1970. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. The correct edition from Dutton and not the later and cheaper reprint edition. A small folio that features text by Abbey and color photographs by Eliot Porter. Abbey is perhaps best known for his brilliant book "The Monkey Wrench Gang." A clean very near fine copy in green cloth boards in a very near fine dust jacket. Item #187894 More
Price: $100.00
Dressing Up: Transvestism and Drag: The History of an Obsession.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1979. First US edition. Hardcover. First printing. A non-fiction work on transvestism. A clean near fine copy with a remainder mark to the bottome edge in a near fine jacket. Item #102797 More
Price: $40.00
London: The Biography.
New York: Nan A. Talese - Doubleday, 2001. First edition. A massive biography/history of the city London with 801 pages. Illustrated throughout. A close to near fine copy with some pulling to the spine block in a near fine dust jacket. Item #118748 More
Price: $20.00
Nature Through The Seasons.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. Illustrated by David A. Goddard with science texts by Max Hooper and science drawings by Adrian Williams. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Item #102826 More
Price: $15.00
Gentleman of Leisure: A Year in the Life of a Pimp.
New York: New American Library / Times MIrror, 1972. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 187 pages. A fascinating book that examines the seedy underworld of prostitution. Features text by Susan Hall accompanied by black and white photographs by Bob Adelman. A clean and tight very near fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. A very nice copy. Item #185108 More
Price: $50.00
Gentleman of Leisure: A Year in the Life of a Pimp (Signed).
New York: powerHouse, 2006. First edition thus. Hardcover. A new edition of a book that was previously published in 1972. A fascinating book that examines the seedy underworld of prostitution. Features text by Susan Hall accompanied by black and white photographs by Bob Adelman. A near fine copy with some slight bumping to the top corners in a near fine dust jacket with minor wear. Signed and with a lengthy inscription by Adelman to photographer and editor John Loengard: "For John- when we were doing this book, we were clear wwe were doing an investigative report on a criminal underworld. Who knew 35 years later that these denizens of the underworld would courtesy of hip hop would be culture heroes. Your pal, Bob Adelman." A nice association copy. Item #174506 More
Price: $150.00
Desires: Right & Wrong - The Ethics of Enough (Signed First Edition).
New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. A collection of Adler's writings on ethics which includes a criticism of his perceived errors in the philosophies of David Hume, Immanuel Kant, John Stuart Mill, and John Dewey. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Adler on the front free endpaper and uncommon as such. Item #124580 More
Price: $45.00
Nonconformity: Writing on Writing.
New York: Seven Stories Press, 1996. First edition. Softcover. Uncorrected proof. A very good copy in wrappers with some pencil notations throughout. Item #181083 More
Price: $15.00
Reveille For Radicals.
Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press, 1946. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 228 pages. Alinsky's classic first book. A tight very good copy with sunning to the spine ends and some other minor wear in an about fair price clipped dust jacket that has extensive chipping, tears, pen notation to the rear flap, and tape repairs to the verso. Uncommon in any jacket. Item #171813 More
Price: $125.00
Narratives of Barbary Captivity: Recollections of Jeames Leander Cathcart, Jonathan Cowdery and William Ray.
Chicago, IL: R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 2007. First edition thus. Hardcover. 322 pages. The 105th entry in the longstanding series of books issued by the R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company as a Christmas gift for employees and friends of the press. A fine copy without dust jacket as issued. A fresh copy. Item #130348 More
Price: $10.00
The American Guide: The Mountain States and The West Coast.
New York: Hastings House, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. A very good plus copy in cloth binding. No dust jacket. Item #108463 More
Price: $12.50
Offshore: A North Sea Journey.
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1986. First edition. Uncorrected proof. Interesting examination of the oil drilling along the coast of the North Sea near England. An about near fine copy in green printed wrappers with publisher information sheet laid in. Uncommon in this format. Alvarez is perhaps best known for his poker book "The Biggest Game in Town." Item #103064 More
Price: $35.00
Koba The Dread: Laughter And The Twenty Million (Signed Proof).
New York: Talk Miramax Books, 2002. First edition. Advance uncorrected proof. A meditation on Stalin and communism. A fine copy in printed wrappers. Signed by Amis on the title page. Item #103256 More
Price: $45.00
City Watch: Discovering The Uncommon (Signed First Edition).
Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa Press, 2001. First edition. Softcover. A paperback original. A clean near fine copy in wrappers with some very minor wear and some sunning to and along the spine. Signed and warmly inscribed by Anderson on the half title page: For Wayne & Lois you both know far, far more about this city than I do with best wishes Jon Anderson." A nice association copy as one of the recipients, Loise Wille, was a two time Pulitzer Prize winning Chicago journalist. Uncommon signed. Item #166987 More
Price: $20.00
Fit For A Queen.
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. The companion book to "Fit For a King." A fine and tight copy in a very good plus price clipped dust jacket with a 3/4 inch tear to the front panel with a tape repair to the verso and some very minor chipping to the top of the spine. Still, a bright and lovely copy. Item #103323 More
Price: $35.00
Accent on Life.
Ames, IA: The Iowa State University Press, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Features a foreword by John Charles Thomas. A clean and tight near fine copy in cloth boards with some very slight foxing to the fore edge in a near fine dust jacket with some very minor wear. A very nice copy. Item #187233 More
Price: $20.00
So Called Abstract Art.
Santa Fe, NM: Manzanita Press, 1964. New edition. Softcover. Originally published in 1938 by E. Weyhe. Features Margaret Phillips foreword for this new edition. A very good plus copy in wrappers with some light wear. Item #187033 More
Price: $15.00
Manzanar.
New York: Times Books, 1988. First edition and first printing. Oblong hardcover. 167 pages. A look at this dark turn in U.S history where we interned people of Japanese descent. Features commentary by John Hersey and additional text by John Armor and Peter Wright. Illustrated with photographs by Ansel Adams. A clean very near fine copy in black cloth boards in a very near fine dust jacket. Item #187496 More
Price: $25.00
When the Pyramids Were Built: Egyptian Art of the Old Kingdom.
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 1999. First edition. Hardcover. 144 pages. Published in conjunction with a traveling show. Includes numerous color photographs by Bruce White. A near fine copy with some slight bumping to the bottom corners in a very near fine dust jacket. Item #126639 More
Price: $15.00
Whaler's Eye (Proof).
New York: Macmillan Company, 1962. First edition. Softcover. Uncorrected proof. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. A very fine set of folded and gathered sheets in a close to near fine price clipped dust jacket that has some wear at the edges as it's larger than the sheets. Uncomomon in this format. Item #108104 More
Price: $25.00
Off-Season (Signed First Edition).
Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois Press, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. From the author of the classic book - Eight Men Out. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. Signed by Asinof on the title page. Item #101679 More
Price: $60.00
This Bright Land: A Personal View (Signed First Edition).
Garden City, NY: Doubleday / Natural History Press, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. A review copy with slip laid in which has notes on the verso side of it. Includes drawings by Earl Thollander. A very near fine copy in a close to near fine dust jacket that has some minor wear. Signed and very warmly inscribed by Atkinson to author and critic Claudia Cassidy on the front free endpaper in the year of publication. A nice association copy of a book that is seldom found signed. Item #117290 More
Price: $50.00
Just Take This: Women/pain/ medical histories.
San Francisco: San Francisco Camerawork, 1994. First edition. Spiral bound softcover. 28 pages. Group exhibition that ran June 30 through August 13, 1994. Curated by Karen Atkinson. A close to near fine copy with a sticker shadow and some rubbing to the front cover and with a rubber stamp from the SF Camerawork Reference Library (they sold their books) to the title page. Scarce with only 1 copy listed in OCLC. Item #122186 More
Price: $35.00