New York: Random House, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 259 pages. A collection of essays from the author of "Pitch Dark" and "Speedboat." A very good with some foxing to the page edges in a close to near fine dust jacket with some slight foxing to the verso and very minor wear. Uncommon. Item #171384 More
Price: $35.00
New York: Viking, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. A collection of essays including many on some of America's finest writers: Bellow, Vonnegut, Mailer and Updike. A near fine copy with the usual remainder mark to the bottom edge in a very near fine dust jacket. Signed by Amis on the title page. Item #103238 More
Price: $35.00
New York: Viking, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. A collection of essays including many on some of America's finest writers: Bellow, Vonnegut, Mailer and Updike. A fine and tight copy in a very near fine dust jacket. Signed by Amis on the title page. Item #114377 More
Price: $40.00
New York: Harmony Books, 1994. First U.S. edition, first printing. Hardcover. A terrific collection of essays with most relating to literature. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. Signed by Amis on the title page. A very fresh unread copy. Item #173475 More
Price: $35.00
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
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2000. First edition. Softcover. Uncorrected proof of this collection of lectures by Ashbery. An about good copy in wrappers with numerous corners of pages dog earred and some pen notations thoughout and some other wear. Somewhat uncommon in this format. This copy was owned by poet and reviewer Marie Ponsot (although no markings to show this) and she was the person who read it and made the notations. Item #171326 More
Price: $12.50
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
New York: Random House, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 144 pages. A collection of four of Auden's T.S. Eliot Memorial Lectures. A tight very good plus copy with some minor wear in a about near fine dust jacket with some minor wear. Item #171470 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. An about very good copy in wrappers with some minor wear. Item #135006 More
Price: $6.50
London: The Menard Press, 1982. First edition. Softcover. The true first edition of this collection of eleven essays on various literary subjects. A clean near fine copy in wrappers. Signed by Auster on the title page. A very nice copy of this uncommon book which preceded the U.S. version by a decade. Item #124502 More
Price: $300.00
Mount Vernon, NY: Peter Pauper Press. Hardcover. A lovely edition of this collection of Bacon's works. Originally published in late 1600s. Includes the some of the following essays: Of Parents and Children, Of Envy, Of Travel, Of Empire, Of Discourse, Of Riches and many others. In near fine condition in an almost near fine jacket with slight wear and a puncture to the jacket on the spine side of the rear panel. Item #102840 More
Price: $8.00
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. 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
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: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980. First U.S. edition. Hardcover. First printing. 198 pages. Anthology of writings by Virginia Woolf edited and with an introduction by Michele Barrett. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with some very minor wear. Item #165344 More
Price: $25.00
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. Hardcover. First printing. Barthelme's first collection of essays. An about near fine copy with some very minor soiing to the page edges in a very good plus dust jacket with a short tear to the top of the front panel and another tear to the top of the back panel. Item #104231 More
Price: $15.00
Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 1985. Fifth printing. Softcover. 279 pages. A collection of Barthes' essays translated by Richard Howard. A tight very near fine copy in wrappers. Item #137069 More
Price: $15.00
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, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. A collection of essays from the author of "Waiting for Godot." A very near fine copy but for a binding error which resulted in the rear endpaper not being bound into the book in a fine dust jacket. Uncommon in the hardcover. Item #104683 More
Price: $65.00
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