New York: Harmony Books, 1994. First U.S. edition and first printing. Hardcover. 274 pages. A terrific collection of essays with most relating to literature from the author of "The Rachel Papers," "Money," "London Fields" and numerous other books.cf A very near fine copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine and in a very near fine dust jacket. Item #192724 More
Price: $20.00
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. 245 pages. Edited by Edwin Corle and designed by Merle Armitage. Features contributions by Pablo Picasso, Russell Cowles, Paul Klee, Mrac Chagall, Antonio Frasconi, Arnold Newman, Edward Weston, and others. A clean and tight very near fine copy in black cloth boards in a very good plus dust jacket with some small edge chips, tears and light soiling. A very attractive book. Item #187062 More
Price: $50.00
London: E. Lahr, nd. First edition. Softcover. 15 pages. A very good copy in stapled wrappers with some minor wear. Item #140611 More
Price: $15.00
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. A collection of essays from the author of the "Foundation" series. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Item #108513 More
Price: $30.00
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1979. First edition. Softcover. Uncorrected proof. A very near fine copy in red printed wrappers. Item #176014 More
Price: $15.00
New York: Antaueus, 1981. First edition. Softcover. A book of aphorisms and reflections from this importan British poet edited by Daniel Halpern. A clean near fine copy in wrappers. Item #184182 More
Price: $10.00
Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, 1992. First edition thus. Hardcover. 312 pages. Copy 198 from an edition of 300 numbered and signed copies. The true first edition was put out by a small publisher in England as a paperback. This edition was expanded from the original with a number of new essays and interviews. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Auster. Item #187548 More
Price: $65.00
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1971. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. A collection of biographical essays and thoughts from this well known African American actress and writer. A fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. Signed by Bailey on the title page. Item #129331 More
Price: $35.00
New York: Random House, 1996. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Review copy with laid in publisher sheets. The first collection of essays from the author of "The Mezzanine" and "Vox." A clean near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Item #180971 More
Price: $15.00
London: Chatto & Windus, 1996. First edition. His first collection of essays. A fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. Signed by Baker on the title page. Item #103800 More
Price: $40.00
New York: Random House, 1996. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. The first collection of essays from the author of "The Mezzanine" and "Vox." A fine unread copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Baker on the title page. Item #103801 More
Price: $35.00
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. A collection of essays from the author of "The Floating Opera." An about near fine copy but for a remainder mark ( letter b) on the top edge in a fine dust jacket. A tight copy. Item #104222 More
Price: $15.00
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1974. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Barthelme's first collection of essays. A clean near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Item #174625 More
Price: $15.00
New York: Hill and Wang, 1979. First U.S. edition and first printing. Hardcover. 151 pages. A review copy with laid in slip and author publicity photograph. A collection of thirty short works by Barthes translated from the French by Richard Howard. A clean near fine copy in cloth boards with some slight toning to the gutters of the endpapers and in a close to near fine dust jacket with some toning to the spine. Item #191914 More
Price: $45.00
New York: Hill and Wang, 1980. Hardcover. 121 pages. A review copy with laid in slip. A collection of eight essays by Barthes translated from the French by Richard Howard. A clean near fine copy in cloth boards and in a close to near fine dust jacket with some toning to the spine. Item #191913 More
Price: $45.00
New York: Hill and Wang, 1974. First U.S. edition, first printing. Hardcover. 271 pages. An essay by Barthes translated by Richard Miller and features a preface by Richard Howard. A near fine copy in black cloth boards with a small faint sticker shadow to the front pastedown in a near fine dust jacket with some minor wear and some slight toning to the edges. Item #185979 More
Price: $35.00
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Bass on the title page. Item #104244 More
Price: $35.00
Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1987. First edition. His second book, a collection of essays with drawings by Elizabeth Hughes. A fine unread copy in a fine dust jacket. Item #104227 More
Price: $100.00
St. Paul, MN: Graywolf Press, 1997. First edition. Softcover. Uncorrected proof. A collection of essays on fiction. A fine copy in glossy illustrated wrappers. Signed by Baxter on the title page. Item #104237 More
Price: $40.00
Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1997. First edition. Softcover. Advanced reading copy of this debut book, a collection of essays. A fine copy in illustrated wrappers. Item #104680 More
Price: $15.00
New York: Grove Press, 1957. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 72 pages. Number 96 from an edition of 250 specially bound copies. An essay on Proust from the author of "Waiting for Godot." A close to near fine copy in paper covered boards with cloth spine but with some sunning to the cloth in an about very good acetate dust jacket that has some chips and tears. Signed by Beckett on the limitation page. Item #181972 More
Price: $2,000.00
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. A collection of essays and broadcasts. A near fine copy in a very good plus dust jacket with some chipping at the spine ends as well as some spotting/staing to the spine. Item #104703 More
Price: $30.00
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. A limited edition of 2000 numbered copies, this being copy # 1850. An about near fine copy with the lettering to the spine rather dull and a some glue residue/staining to the front pastedown from a bookplate in a very good plus dust jacket with some chipping out of the spine and near the top of the back panel as well as a number of small tears. Still, a decent copy in an uncommon dust jacket. Item #104702 More
Price: $50.00
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1931. First edition. Hardcover. A collection of essays. A very good plus copy with some soiling to the page edges in an about near fine dust jacket with some very minor edgewear and rubbing. Item #104794 More
Price: $50.00
np: np, 1940. First edition. Softcover. 8 pages. "A declaration written by Stephen Vincent Benet and read by Raymond Masset at an America United Rally sponsored by the Council for Democracy at Carnegie Hall, Wednesday evening, Nov 6, 1940." A close to near fine copy in stapled wrappers with a tiny split at the base of the spine. Scarce. Item #135848 More
Price: $35.00