Hardcover. Northampton UK, Methuen & Co, 1st UK, 1963, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 181 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has minor dents and rips, with some fading and staining. Binding is in generally good shape. This 1957 essay by the philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre attempts to reconcile Marxism with existentialism. Sartre argues that existentialism and Marxism are compatible, even complementary, even though Marxism's materialism and determinism might seem to contradict the abstraction and radical freedom of existentialism. Previous owner's name signed on interior front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33600
Softcover. Highlands, NC, Jargon Books, 1st, 1958, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated (86 pages), soft cover. Covers have some minor staining and edge wear, with a sunned spine. One significant dent is present on the front cover. Interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains lots of B&W photography throughout. This is one of only 2,000 copies printed. Introduction by Miller is on the inside flap of the front cover. Photographs are by Wynn Bullock. This is a facsimile of one of the two notebooks which Miller kept during his air-conditioned nightmare tour across America in the early 1940's. The author signed his name in blue ink on the front end page. Clean copy. Record # 34068
Hardcover. Provo UT, Bi World Publishers Inc., Reprint, 1980, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 372 pages, hardcover. Blue cloth covers are in good condition, with bumped corners and some hinge wear. Interior pages are clean and bright. B&W photography and illustrations throughout, as well as some bound-in full-color plates. This book is a classic introduction to Iridology, an alternative medicine technique whose proponents claim that patterns, colors, and other characteristics of the iris can be examined to determine information about a patient's systemic health. Author's inscription on first front end page reads: "Seek the Higher Values in Life." Previous owner placed their name and initials in multiple locations around the outside edge of the book and on the inside front cover, as well as highlighted some text throughout. Record # 33996
Hardcover. Chapel Hill, NC, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 149 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, green cloth covers with gilt text, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W and full-color photography throughout. This book presents the history of The Carolina Inn. It is a geographic place on a map; it is an emotional place in the hearts of countless guests, employees, students and alumni; and it occupies a place in the history of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This is a large-format volume, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34522
Hardcover. Denver, CO, Outskirts Press, Inc., 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 40 pages, hardcover. One small ding is present on the lead edge of the rear cover, pictorial boards are otherwise clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains some laid-in ephemera from the author. This book frames the human experience as an ongoing adventure. It explores how people easily trap themselves in daily, exhausting struggles to achieve a perfect or ideal state of living. The core message of the poems is that this concept of absolute perfection does not exist and can never be fully reached. Instead, the book encourages readers to shift their mindset to embrace the messy reality of the journey itself rather than getting bogged down by unachievable standards. Author's short inscription to the previous owner is present on the title page. Clean copy. Record # 34619
New York, Viking, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, SIGNED BY LANGTON on prelim page." Signed by author" sticker on front of dust jacket. Record # 75228
Hardcover. N Y, Viking, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, SIGNED BY LANGTON on prelim page with "signed copy" sticker on dust jacket. Record # 60021
Softcover. Cincinnati, OH, Word Press, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 79 pages, soft cover. Paper covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This scarcely available poetry collection by New York poet Philip Memmer is structured into three sections--"Swelter", "The Ventriloquist's Ex", and "Speeding and Lost"--exploring the tension between domestic life and external reality. Author's inscription to the previous owner is present on the title page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34647
Hardcover. London, Elkin Mathews and Marrot Limited, 1st Ltd. Ed., 1930, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, color decorated boards with an orange cloth spine, 36 pages. Paper label on front with title. SIGNED BY COLUM on the limitation page, this is #263 of 500 for sale. Endpapers darkened otherwise clean, very good. Record # 412062
Hardcover. Clifton, VA, Boynton and Associates, Inc., 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 152 pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Color and B/W photographs. Previous owner's ephemera included with book. Very clean. Dust jacket scuffed. Record # 802370
Hardcover. NY, Mysterious Press, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 339 pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. Clean, bright copy. Record # 2303
Hardcover. Boston, David Godine, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 180 pages. INSCRIBED BY DUBUS on the half title page as well as SIGNED on the title page. Previous owner's signature on the front fly leaf. Record # 951422
Hardcover. New York, W. W. Norton & Company, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 272 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. Otherwise, clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 470491
Hardcover. New York, Mysterious Press, 1st, 1990, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, SIGNED BY MULLER on title page. Clean, bright copy. Record # 107929
Hardcover. New Haven, CT, Privately Printed, 1st, 1927, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 52 pages, hardcover. Blue paper boards with a black cloth spine have light shelf wear, and the top and bottom of the spine have been mildly bumped. Covers are still in very good condition overall. Interior pages with deckled edges are clean and bright. Binding is solid. This book is a privately published collection of poems. Contains a frontispiece portrait of the author, with original solarized photograph laid-in. Author's inscription to previous owner on the front end page reads: "H is all I have. Will you share it with me? With best love, Flora Louise Hunn, Feb. 10, 1927." Clean copy. Record # 34260
Softcover. Colbyville, VT, Silver Print Press, 1st, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 168 pages, soft cover. Covers have some minor edge wear and rubbing with a crease on the spine, but are still in very good condition overall. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book presents interviews and photography which explore Vermont's fading rural culture. Author's signature is present on the title page. Clean copy. Record # 34483
Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. US, Scribner, 1st, 2002-02-26, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 217 pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Clean, unmarked copy in excellent condition. Record # 461099
Hardcover. Garden City, NY, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 298 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in very good condition, as protected by a clear plastic Brodart sleeve. Teal cloth covers with one-quarter dark blue cloth have light bumping at the top and bottom of the spine, but are still in very good condition overall. Interior pages are clean and bright despite minor foxing to the end papers. Binding is solid. This book is a personal portrait, informal local history, and humorous love letter to Cincinnati, Ohio. Written as an intimate, nostalgic tour rather than a strict chronological textbook, the book explores Cincinnati's vibrant culture from the early frontier days and native tribes up to the mid-1960s. It highlights local landmarks, regional quirks, German heritage, neighborhoods like Over-the-Rhine, and local media personalities. Author's name is signed on the front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34613
Hardcover. Waterbury, VT, Silver Print Press, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 135 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has been price-clipped, but is still in good condition overall despite some minor wear. Cream cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book puts faces and stories to the many women-owned farms of Vermont. It compares their similar philosophies of independence, and contrasts their wide varieties of crops and animals. Author's signature is on the front end page. Clean copy. Record # 34452
Softcover. Charlotte, VT, Pine Martin Press, Volume 1 2nd Ed., Volume 2 1st Ed., 2011-2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 273 pages volume 1, 305 pages volume 2, soft covers. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Bindings are solid. Contains B&W illustrations throughout. These books present hilarious and true Vermont stories featuring animals. Volume 1 has been signed by Megan Price on the front end page, but volume 2 has not. Clean copies. Record # 34474
Hardcover. NY, Ballantine Books, 1st thus, 2022, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 322 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, green paper covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. This book tells the epic story of Violeta Del Valle, a woman whose life spans one hundred years and bears witness to the greatest upheavals of the twentieth century. Author's signature is present on a front end page. Clean copy. Record # 34441
Hardcover. NY, St. Martin's Press, 1st thus, 1985, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 199 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, black cloth covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W maps throughout. This book surveys the development of geopolitical thought in the twentieth century and relates it to international political developments. It discusses present geopolitical thought and its predictions for the future of world politics. Contains some of previous owner's highlights on a few pages throughout, but this does not impact the legibility of any text blocks. Previous owner's name was also signed in blue pen on the front end page, and there are a couple more blue pen markings on the contents page. Record # 34566
Hardcover. Pittsburgh, PA, Graphic Arts Technical Foundation Press, 3rd, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 322 pages, hardcover. Pictorial boards are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book is a standard text for printers, detailing the fundamentals of paper manufacturing, production, recycling, handling, and printability. This is a large-format volume, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Previous owner's name was signed and dated on the front end pages, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34466
Softcover. Chicago, IL, Rescue Press, 1st, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 86 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This is a scarcely available 2019 collection of experimental lyric poetry which explores alienation, haunting, and longing within a rigid capitalist society. The non-chronological poems follow an enigmatic speaker named "o", who navigates a dystopian urban landscape as a fugitive presence before shifting toward collective healing. Author's short inscription to the previous owner is present on the title page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34654