Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 659 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has one closed tear at the top of the spine, and some shelf wear to the top edge. Black paper covers have minor bumping at the top and bottom of the spine, but are still in very good condition overall. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. This book presents an empathetic, absorbing, and balanced portrait of an eccentric alcoholic-workaholic whose novels and stories exploded shibboleths with a volatile mixture of caricature and realism. Clean copy. Record # 34137
Hardcover. New York, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 264 pages. Light rubbing to dust jacket, crease to inside flap. Rough-cut pages. A very clean, tight copy. Record # 450846
Hardcover. New York, Viking, Reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 390 pages. Price clipped dust jacket shows standard wear. Clean, unmarked copy. Record # 609337
Hardcover. US, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1998-04-28, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 142 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 463846
Hardcover. London, Sphere Reference, Reprint, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 468 pages. Maroon cloth, gilt. Very good color dust jacket has partial sticker markings. Record # 604529
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 307 pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Very good pictorial dust jacket. Poet and writer Lisa Michaels blends memoir with social commentary to tell a remarkable tale of growing up as a child of political activists during the early seventies. Michaels's upbringing was marked by communes, rallies, and road trips; as a young girl she traveled across the country with her mother and stepfather in a customized mail truck, complete with a wood stove, while her father spent two years in jail for his part in an antiwar protest. Record # 220929
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 307 pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Very good pictorial dust jacket. Small remainder dot bottom edge. Poet and writer Lisa Michaels blends memoir with social commentary to tell a remarkable tale of growing up as a child of political activists during the early seventies. Michaels's upbringing was marked by communes, rallies, and road trips; as a young girl she traveled across the country with her mother and stepfather in a customized mail truck, complete with a wood stove, while her father spent two years in jail for his part in an antiwar protest. Record # 220928
Hardcover. New York , Charles Scribner's Sons, reprint, 1926, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 548 pages. Green cloth cover, cloth faded on spine. Some wear to corners and edges. Pages untrimmed on fore edge, top edge gilt. Inside is bright and clean. A nice copy. Volume XV in The Works of Theodore Roosevelt. Record # 852791
Softcover. East Lansing, Michigan State University Press, reprint, 1997, East Lansing, Michigan State University Press, reprint, 1997, 238 pages. Softcover. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers. . Record # 467453 Record # 467453
Hardcover. London, Oxford Univ. Press, 1st , 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 204 pages. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf and front panel of dust jacket Dust jacket edgeworn, taped to covers. Record # 65601
Hardcover. US, University of Massachusetts Press, 1st, 1998-08-14, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 303 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 463730
Hardcover. Hanover, N. H., University Press of New England, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 198 pages, review slips laid in, very clean, tight copy. Record # 800744
Hardcover. NY, New Directions, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 148 pages. Slight crease the front cover of the dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 108334
Hardcover. US, New Directions, 1st, 1995-04-17, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 148 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 463849
Hardcover. NY, Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1st, 1936, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 561 pages, hardcover. Blue cloth covers are clean and bright, as are the interior pages. Mild fading present on the spine. Binding is solid. This book completes John Dos Passos's three-volume series "fable of America's materialistic success and moral decline." Here we come back to America after the war, and find a nation on the upswing. Industrialism booms. The stock market surges. Lindbergh takes his solo flight. Henry Ford makes automobiles. From New York to Hollywood, love affairs to business deals, it is a country taking the turns too fast, speeding toward the economic crash of 1929. Previous owner's signature on first front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33706
Hardcover. NY, Covici-Freide, 1st, 1931, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 323 pages, hardcover. Chipped dust jacket with several open tears has been preserved by a brodart plastic book wrap. Black cloth covers underneath are clean and bright, as are the interior pages. Binding is solid. This volume marks the highest level of Hecht's artistic stature, through a collection of his best work. This is a very uncommon anthology, especially in good condition. Clean copy. Record # 33764
Hardcover. Westminster, MD, The Newman Press, Reprints, 1949-1952, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 486 pages volume 1, 470 pages volume 2, 470 pages volume 3, all hardcovers without dust jackets. Cloth covers are generally in good condition, although volume 1 has light discoloration and volume 3 has one minor stain on the rear cover. Interior pages are all clean and bright. The binding of volume 1 is slightly loose due to a crack at the top of the spine, but it is still contiguous. The bindings of the other 2 volumes are solid. This is a mismatched set, with volume 1 being a 1952 reprint, and volumes 2 & 3 being 1949 reprints. These books present a monumental collection of mystical poetry and prose commentaries, intended to serve as a spiritual roadmap detailing the soul's journey from worldly attachments to the ultimate goal of transforming union with God through divine love. Due to the size and weight of the package, this 3-volume set is available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copies. Record # 34548
Softcover. Evanston, IL, Northwestern University Press, Reprint, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 243 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. Must poetic form be, as Yeats demanded, "full, sphere-like, single," or can it accommodate the impurities Yeats and his Modernist generation found so problematic? Sixty years later, these are still open questions, which Marjorie Perloff addresses in these essays. Clean copy. Record # 34249
Softcover. NY, Columbia University Press, 2nd pr., 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 304 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This book examines the philosophies of Deleuze, who lived from 1925-1995, on issues such as becoming, ethics and morality, individuation, desire, and politics. Clean copy. Record # 34192
Hardcover. NY, Liveright Publishing Company, 1st thus, 2025, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 585 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. This copy has been inscribed by the translator, addressed to Vermont writer Jay Parini. Inscription dated November 30th, 2024 reads: "With Admiration for your Gifts, and Gratitude for your Gift to Me. -Michael Palma" This book describes Dante's descent into Hell, with Virgil as his guide. It examines questions of faith, desire and enlightenment. The poem is a brilliantly nuanced and moving allegory of human redemption. Clean copy. Record # 34146
Hardcover. Chicago, IL, Quadrangle Books, 1st, 1970, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 308 pages, hardcover. Tan cloth boards have some light staining, but are otherwise in good condition. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. This collection of original philosophical papers confronts the future of metaphysical thought. Part I of the book scans the contemporary spectrum of metaphysical orientations, from linguistic analysis and process-philosophy, through phenomenology, existentialism, and scholasticism, to neo-Hegelianism and oriental thought. Part II focuses on the relationship between metaphysics and various areas of human concern: language, logic, science, value, society, and religion. Clean copy. Record # 34356
Hardcover. NY, American Heritage Publishing Co. Inc., 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 529 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has several chips and closed tears, concentrated at the top and bottom of the spine. Brown cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W and full-color photography and maps throughout. This book is a comprehensive illustrated history of all of Africa. It also presents, in 12 anthologies, a cross-section of Africa's little-known historical literature. This is a large-format book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34355
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