Search Results: Essays from THE BOOK VAULT

American Mercury Magazine, Inc., 1952. 7.75" X 5.5" in paper covers. Pages tanning; appropriate wear; approx. 1" X 1/8" strip torn from bottom edge back cover. GOOD. 128pp. "flying Saucer Hoax;" "Case Against Adlai Stevenson;" "Attempting Everest;" "Letter From Peru;" and many others in this issue.. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket.

The Frick Art Museum, Pittsburgh, 1972. 10" X 8" in dark mustard colored heavy paper covers: FINE. 41pp of text + 46pp of plates. [BB015]. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket.

University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE, 1968. 8" X 5.5" in heavy paper covers. Old price sticker on front cover, very minor soiling and shelfwear. Unmarked. NICE inside: about VERY GOOD PLUS. 281pp.. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Penguin Audio, 2005. 7 CD set in a box with great 1940's style graphics by Owen Smith. 5 3/4" X 5 1/4".. Audio Book (CD). Very Good/No Jacket.

Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1889. 7.75" X 5.25" in marbled boards with red leather spine and corners. Soiled, Internal front hinge cracking. LIGHT water stain in fore edge margin of pages in latter half of the book, damage to rear end papers. Unopened pages, top edge gilt. 425pp.. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket.

Self published, New York, 1930. 9" X 6" in gray paper covers, in turn bound into a somewhat larger protective outer jacket [file folder-type material] with the author's name and the title hand printed on the front. This binding would be easy to undo if desired. "Jacket" lightly soiled; front cover of the book is darkened by handling; prior owner's ink stamp on front cover. Contents clean and nice: VERY GOOD. SIGNED AND DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR. 41pp.. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good/Fair.

The Brookline Civil-Service Reform Association, Bookline, MA, 1883. 9.25" X 6" in gray-green flimsy paper covers with staple binding. Clean, tight, unmarked: FINE condition. 16pp [BD055]. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket.

Maynard, Merrill & Co., NY, 1897 6 1/2 X 4 3/8" in paper covers. This is No. 194 of Maynard's English Classics series. Front cover soiled and very lightly foxed, top of spine frayed about 3/4" down. Otherwise, excellent45pp.. Soft cover.

Basic Books, Inc., New York, 1963. 9.5" X 6.5" in orange cloth. Some soil - esp. smudge marks on back cover; small light stain lower edge front cover; spine is substantially faded, but still legible. Otherwise, the volume is tight and clean: GOOD. 561pp. No Jacket.. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Maynard, Merrill , & Co. New York, 1898 First Thus 6 1/2 X 4 3/8" in paper covers. Lightly soiled, otherwise, excellent. 72pp + 6pp ads. This is No. 70 of Maynard's English Classic Series.. F. Soft cover.

Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston & NY, 1926. 8" X 5 7/8" in boards with cloth spine and paper spine label. Spine label darkened and a little scuffed, old price on flyleaf otherwise, very nice inside and out: VG to VG+. First U.S. edition. This is a collection of talks, essays really, given by Edward, Viscount Grey of Fallodon. Titles: "THE PLEASURE OF READING;" "PLEASURE IN OUTDOOR NATURE;" "RECREATION;" "SOME THOUGHTS ON PUBLIC LIFE;" "WATERFOWL AT FALLODON;" "THE FLY-FISHERMAN;" "WORDSWORTH'S 'PRELUDE'." 169PP Illustrated throughout with beautiful art deco woodcuts - unattributed and unsigned.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Robert Silberman and Judith Martin, 1993. 17" X 11.25" in 3-ply heavy paper covers with a spiral-type binding. Some fading top and bottom edges front cover; Shelf wear: NEAR FINE condition. Pages are clean, crisp-looking and unmarked. This book contains a series of essays by the authors on urban redevelopment in Minneapolis. Photos are by Robert Wilcox. 24 pages. Pop-ups of the Metropolitan buildings are mounted inside front and back covers. Limited edition of 375. [BB111]. Limited Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

Schirmer Books, NY, 1975 1st Paperback Printing. 8.25 X 5.25" in heavy paper covers. Moderately soiled and smudged. About G. Contents excellent. 222pp +iv.. F. Soft cover.

University of Maine Press, Orono, ME, 2010. 10" X 7" in glossy illustrated heavy paper covers. Covers are in excellent condition, but there are some rumpled pages in the first 30. Also a few corner tips folded over. Clean, tight, and unmarked, but I will grade it VERY GOOD MINUS. 440pp. [SCARCE]. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Dana Estes & Company, Boston, 1887. 7.875" X 5.5" in colorfully marbled boards with Leather corners and spine. 4 raised bands. Green leather has darkened to brown on spine. A few scuffs, shelf wear, Corners abraded; WATER STAIN VISIBLE ON FIRST 4 LEAVES ONLY. Overall, a very handsome volume. Because of the water stain, I am only grading this as "GOOD." "Illustrated Cabinet Edition." Top edge gilt; Red and black title page. 377pp. [BA002]. Special Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Duke University Press, 1990. 9.25" X 6" in heavy paper covers. Date very lightly ink stamped top right front corner; otherwise, Excellent: about FINE. 252pp Contents as shown in photos.. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket.

Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1862. 7.25" X 5" in blindstamped blaxck cloth. Flyleaf has been removed. Pencil writing inside front cover, starting to fray at top of spine. Surprisingly clean and tight: GOOD. 437pp + 16pp of publisher's ads.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

University of Wales Press, Cardiff, 1966. 8.75" X 5.75" in brown cloth. LIGHT foxing inside front and back covers ONLY. Otherwise, clean, tight, unmarked: VERY GOOD PLUS condition. Jacket has a 2" tear and a shorter one: FAIR condition. "Four lectures originally delivered to the Merthyr branch of the W.E.A. during the winter session: 1964-5. 109pp.. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair.

The New American Library, 1960. 7" X 4.25" in illustrated heavy paper covers. Clean, tight, unmarked; top corner tips both covers creased: VERY GOOD condition. 144pp. FIRST PRINTING.. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

George Routledge and Son, London, 1887. 7 3/4" X 5 3/8" in somewhat mottled-looking light green cloth with paper spine label. Part of Morley's Universal Library. Nice condition inside; Not bad outside: overall, about VERY GOOD MINUS. 315pp + 9pp of publisher's ads.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.