Search Results: Authors starting with A from Johnson Rare Books & Archives

New York: Springer, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. This book develops a clear and systematic treatment of time series of data, regular and chaotic, that one finds in observations of nonlinear systems." Octavo: 272 p. with 140 illustrations. Original printed boards; issued without a dust jacket. A fine copy.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated by Edward Abbey to his friend, the New Mexico writer and publisher Ernie Bulow, on the front flyleaf: "for Ernie Bulow, mountainman, from his old compañero Ed Abbey, desertrat." Bulow first met Abbey in 1970 at the University of Utah, where Bulow was a graduate student and Abbey a visiting professor. Later, Abbey featured Bulow as a character in his final novel, The Fool's Progress (1988). Cactus Ed's last collection of essays, bringing together pieces previously published in abridged form in various magazines and newspapers, including Harper's, Mother Earth News, National Geographic, Architectural Digest, and the Arizona Daily Star. Includes essays on eco-defense, river travel ("Sanders is supposed to be here Thursday"), the growth of Arizona, and Ralph Waldo Emerson, as well as a writer's credo. Octavo. Original red paper-covered boards over a black cloth spine, with gilt titles.… Read More

London: Jonathan Cape, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. One of the forgotten poet's of the First World War, Abbott (1889-1971) is perhaps best known for his scholarly work as an editor of the papers of James Boswell, Gerald Manley Hopkins, and others. This collection of verse includes poems inspired by his service as a private with the Artists' Rifles. Inscribed by Abbott on the front flyleaf, with a greeting card signed by Abbott laid in. Additionally, laid in is a typed letter signed (TLS) from Abbott's nephew informing the recipient of the poet's death. Octavo. Original blue cloth binding, with silver titles. The dust jacket is lightly browned along the extremities, with a tiny chip to the spine heel; otherwise very good.

Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America, Inc, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. Inscribed by Abou El Fadl on the front flyleaf. "This is a substantially expanded edition of the author's seminal work The Authoritative and Authoritarian in Islamic Discourses: A Contemporary Case Study. Beginning with the case study of a Muslim basketball player who refused to stand up while the American national anthem was playing, the author documents the disintegration of the Islamic juristic tradition, and the prevalence of authoritarianism in contemporary Muslim discourses." Octavo. Original black buckram binding, with gilt titles. Some mild sun fading along the spine of the dust jacket; else very good or better.

Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America, Inc, 2001. First Edition. Trade paperback. Near fine. Inscribed by Abou El Fadl on the front flyleaf. "Using the Muslim experience in the United States as a lens, the author examines what he identifies as a pervasive alienation suffered by Muslims over their place in history, source of identity, and moral foundations. The author imagines himself sitting in a conference of Islamic books - the Conference convening to examine the contemporary Muslim condition. Various influential intellectual trends are represented in this Conference, but the author is not a passive observer, he is an active participant who reacts to the Conference with introspection and critical moral insight. The author positions himself on a bridge between the intellectual heritage of Islam and the oppressive Muslim present, arguing that the salvation of one is intricately linked to the other." Octavo. Original paper wrappers. Near fine.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Edited and with an Introduction by William Abrahams. Includes "The Demonstrators" by Eudora Welty, the 1968 First Prize winner. A fine copy in a very lightly rubbed dust jacket.

New York: W.W. Norton, 1973. Trade paperback. Fine. Octavo. Original paper wrappers. A fine, unread copy.

Beverly Hills, California: Morrison, Raven-Hill Company, 1983. First Edition. Paperback. Very good. Profusely illustrated. Beverly Hills, California and Pangbourne, Berkshire, England: Morrison, Raven-Hill Company, 1983. First edition. A pictorial study of the life and genius of Lon Chaney (1883-1930), with contributions by Robert Bloch, Ray Bradbury, Vincent Price, and many others. Inscribed by Ackerman on the dedication page. Original pictorial paper wrappers. Some mild rubbing and edgewear; otherwise very good.

Paris: ACR Edition, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. With a typed signed letter (TLS) by the author laid in. Between 1843 and 1922, American artists travelled to the Near East and North Africa, painting all that they witnessed. Edwin Lord Weeks and Frederick Bridgman are amongst the most famous but there was also Francis Bacon, Samuel Colman, Swain Gifford, and many others who specialized in Oriental compositions. Through their biographies, activities, and travels, the author has endeavoured to let the artists speak for themselves, narrating their adventures and explaining their objectives, aided by correspondence, travel journals, and various articles and books. The tenth volume in The Orientalists series. Quarto 288 p. with numerous illustrations (most color). Original gray cloth binding, with silver titles and a ribbon marker. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with a minor crease to the rear flap. Housed in the publisher's slipcase.

Los Angeles: Con Safos, Inc, 1970. Wraps. Near fine. The sixth issue of this important Chicano literary magazine, with three letters from Oscar "Zeta" Acosta, a Mexican-American lawyer who was immortalized as the heavyweight Samoan attorney, Dr. Gonzo, in Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1971). He also authored the novels Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo (1972) and The Revolt of the Cockroach People (1973) before his disappearance in 1974 during a trip to Mexico. In the first of the three letters, Acosta confesses his embarrassing fascination with light-skinned women: "We know perfectly well that these colorless broads have not the blood of our mothers and sisters or even your cousin who is of la familia de raza which we struggle to place in history by the colorful designs of our own brown ancestors ...But yet, it has not been you, mujer de Aztlan. Unfortunately, it has not yet been you!" The second letter relates his troubles as a lawyer working unpaid for the cause, while the… Read More

Amstelodami [Amsterdam]: Ex officina Henrici et viduae Theodori Boom, 1682. Hardcover. The philosopher, statesman, orator, and tragedian Seneca (circa 4 BCE - 65 CE) was Rome's leading intellectual figure in the mid-1st century and was virtual ruler with his friends of the Roman world between 54 and 62, during the first phase of the emperor Nero's reign. Octavo: [lx], 785, [xxxix] p. with the engraved title page. Full vellum binding, with yapp edges and a later gilt-stamped leather spine label. Mild toning to the index. The armorial bookplate of Maurice Benedict de Worms (1805-67) appears on the front pastedown. Some general dust staining to the top edge. The vellum is soiled, more so along the spine, with a bit of loss to the spine label (not affecting the title).

Bishop, California: Spotted Dog Press, Inc, 2002. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. Inscribed on the title page by Sue Kunitomi Embrey, who contributed an introduction to this work. An influential Japanese-American activist from her youth in the Little Tokyo section of Los Angeles to her grim experiences at Manzanar and her postwar struggle to raise awareness of the internment camps, Embrey (1923-2006) played a major role in bringing this dark chapter of American history into the light of congressional acknowledgement and a presidential apology. A new and expanded edition of the book first published by U.S. Camera in 1944 with photographs and text by Ansel Adams. Includes an introduction by Archie Miyatake, the son of photographer and Manzanar internee Toyo Miyatake, who collaborated with Adams on the collaborative exhibit Two Views of Manzanar after the war. Also features contributions by Sue Kunitomi Embrey and William H. Michael. Edited by Wynne Benti. Quarto: 128 p. with numerous photographic… Read More

Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Inscribed and dated by Ansel Adams on the half-title. This copy is additionally inscribed by Imogen Cunningham below her portrait of Adams in the foreword. Retrospective selection of 115 of Adams' finest photographs, including his rarely seen portraits and architectural studies, all superbly reproduced in a manner that captures the full range of Adams' artistry and projects the heightened reality of the actual print. Oblong folio. Original gray cloth-covered boards over a black cloth spine, with silver stamping. Mild discoloration along the bottom edge of the front board; else near fine in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket. Housed in the publisher's slipcase.

Beverly Hills, California: Donald Adams, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Textual illustrations. Includes the first publication of passages from Dashiell Hammett's short story "The Thin Man" (different than his novel). This copy is inscribed by editor Donald Adams to Lawrence D. Stewart on the front flyleaf: "For Lawrence: Copy No. 1 of 10 hand-cased advance copies. Bound by Bela Blau: 14 November 1972." Stewart's short story "Gertrude Stein and the Vital Dead" is included in this annual. Octavo. Original red cloth binding, with gilt titles. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed By Editor.

New York: Hastings House, 1952. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. Second edition, completely revised by M. Lisle Reese. Interpretive history of The Mount Rushmore State, touching on the Sioux and other Native American populations, as well as postwar economic opportunities. Includes profiles of nine leading cities and The Black Hills, together with 14 suggested tours of South Dakota. Octavo: xxvii, 421 p. with numerous photographs, line drawings, and maps. Original green cloth binding, with dark green stamping. The dust jacket is price-clipped, with a bit of mild edgewear; else very good or better.

London: John Murray, 1856. New Edition. Hardcover. Very good. New Edition, with more than one hundred illustrations designed by John Tenniel. Lewis Carroll was so impressed by Tenniel's animated illustrations for this edition of Aesop's Fables, first published in 1848, that he chose the artist to illustrate Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865). From the library of Sir Francis Wyatt Truscott (1824-95), Lord Mayor of London in 1879-80, with his armorial bookplate to the front pastedown. Small octavo: xiv, 145 p. In a period one-half brown calf over marbled paper binding, with a burgundy calf spine label, decorative gilt stamping, and brown endpapers. Minor ink staining to the extremities of the last few leaves, not affecting the text, with a small chip to the bottom corner of the final leaf. A bit of rubbing to the marbled paper; otherwise very good.

New York: Charles H. Nicoll, 1893. First Edition. This early football program is notable for featuring William H. Lewis (1868-1949), the first African American to earn First Team All-America honors, who is seen here at the center of the Harvard team portrait. After graduating from Amherst and enrolling at Harvard Law School, he played two seasons for the Crimson, helping the team compile a 22-2 record. In November 1893, Harvard team captain Bertram G. Waters was unable to play in the last game of the season due to an injury. The game was Lewis' last college football game, and the team voted him as the acting captain for the game, making him Harvard's first African American team captain. Following law school, Lewis was hired as a football coach at Harvard, where he served from 1895 to 1906. It was during this time he proposed the "neutral zone" rule that is still used today to lessen the brutality of the game at the line of scrimmage before the snap. He also wrote one of the first books on the game,… Read More

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Designed and illustrated by Milton Glaser. A collection of limericks, both moral and immoral, by the distinguished American poet and man of letters. A bit of wear to the corners and tips, with some general mild shelfwear to the dust jacket; otherwise a very good copy.

John Lehmann Ltd, 1951. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. London First U.K. edition. A collection of fifteen poems by Conrad Aiken (1889-1973), the American Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, short-story writer, novelist, and critic whose works, influenced by early psychoanalytic theory, are concerned largely with the human need for self-awareness and a sense of identity. Blue cloth binding, with black and gilt stamping. The dust jacket is price-clipped and lightly rubbed. A near fine copy.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1941. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Frontispiece portrait, with an additional plate within the text. Original blue paper-covered boards over a tan cloth spine, with a blue paper spine label and gilt stamping. Bookplate to the front pastedown. The spine is very lightly sunned; otherwise a crisp, very good copy.