Search Results: Essays from Books, Interesting and Odd & Sleepyside Books

New York: Random House, 1991. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. A very nice copy of Mathiessen's book detailing his travels in Africa in the late 70s and 80s. Fine in a like jacket. First printing.

Library of America , 2001. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A collection of important documents of the American Revolution, arranged chronologically from Paul Revere's account of his own ride through a description of Washington resigning his commission at the end of the war. A wonderful group of primary source documents. VG in a Fine jacket, the book DOES have a moderate amount of unobtrusive penciled underlining.

New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1991. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Collection of Trillin's longer non-fiction pieces from the New Yorker. First printing, fine in a NF jacket (tiny scuff to rear at bend in flap, price clipped).

Viking, 1996. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine copy in near fine dust jacket (light bow/crease to rear of jacket, score from box opening on spine (not through the paper). Collected travel essays from wonderful author.

Viking, 1996. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine copy in near fine dust jacket (light shelfwear, light soil to rear of jacket). Collected travel essays from wonderful author.

Washington, D.C.: Counterpoint, 2003. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Very nice first pirnting of this look at how the desires of women are shaped by culture. Fine in a NF jacket, with a just a bit of shelfwear.

Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, 1992. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Fine copy of scarce collection of essays, prefaces, and interviews from novelist Auster. Appears to be second printing of first edition. Fine in a fine jacket, with very minimal rubbing to jacket. light crease to front flap.

Atlantic Monthly Press, 1990. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition, first printing stated of collection of Plimpton's essays, with amplifying photos. Book has slight foxing/spotting to page edges, jacket previously glued to boards, some residue remains.

Dallas, TX: Benbella Books, 2004. Advance Reader's Copy . Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Signed by editor Nick Gillespie. Nice ARC of this collection of essays from Reason magazine, a libertarian publication. No notable flaws Foreword by the late Christopher Hitchens.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1952. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Simont, Marc. A nice copy of this collection of Christmas stories invented by Cooke for BBC holiday broadcasts. Cooke alleged that these were "traditional American" holiday stories - not so, he made 'em up. First edition stated, with charming 2-color illustrations throughout by Marc Simont, probably best known for The 13 Clocks. A fun, unusual title. Gift inscription to previous owner on front endpaper - a couple of pages have a stray pen mark or a touch of soil, but overall VG in an easily VG (unclipped) jacket, in protective mylar.

London: Cassell, 1999. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Intriguing work by a gay, Jewish doctor, who tells of coping with anti-semitism and the beginnigs of the AIDS epidemic. Framed by the pictures of Richard Wagner that hung in the author's apartment. Unusual personal reflections. Near fine, trade paper.

New York: Random House, 1978. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. First printing of this, Fisher's look at Marseille. NF, small stain to bottom edge, in a VG jacket. Some light creasing to jacket and slight discoloration of jacket edges, a little edgwear, rear flap had been bent. Not price-clipped.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Signed by author on the title page, inscribed "For Nancy - Knowing all the best ones see things differently. best Jacki Lyden." A finely crafted memoir, by turns humorous and heartbreaking, from this longtime NPR correspondent. First printing, very good in a VG jacket. Book has water damage to the FFEP and first 30 or so pages are a bit wavy. Jacket has two closed tears and crease to lower front, but quite presentable in protective mylar.

New York, NY: E.P. Dutton, 1989. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. First printing of a collection of columns from beloved Chicago newspaper columnist Mike Royko. Near fine (remainder mark) in a fine jacket, protected in Brodart. Very clean copy.

San Francisco: North Point Books, 1988. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Odd conceit for a book, this collects all of Fisher's prefaces for various books--her own and others', along with brief re-introductions to each one. VG+ in a like jacket. 2 page corners bent, cover has light overall shelfwear.

New York: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1993. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. A very nice, clean first printing of May Sarton's musings on aging. Fine in a very nearly fine jacket (maybe a touch of shelfwear).

Oxford University Press, 2004. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. A collection of shorter pieces, some never previously published in English, from the noted Middle East scholar Bernard Lewis. Fine in a nearly fine jacket unclipped jacket, with some sunning to spine. A first printing, this is SIGNED (not inscribed) on a bookplate added to the title page.

New York: Doubleday, 1977. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Good. First edition, aside from previous limited edition. Book is fine, appears unread. Jacket graded Good: shows rubbing, has significant scuff mark on front cover, closed tear top rear, some discoloration to bottom edge of flaps. But good reading copy.

Chicago, Illinois: Twopress, 1996. First Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Anthology with contributions from David Mamet, Joe Mantegna, Studs Terkel, Roger Ebert,Oprah, others, all with b&w photographic portraits of the contributors. Fine in oversized softcover, in original shrinkwrap.

Grove Press, 2004. Advance Reader's Copy . Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Very nice Advance Reader's Copy. Butler uses classic American postcards as his jumping off points for this collection of stories. Near fine, top front and rear corners have small bends