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Bryan, Texas, USA: Shoal Creek Publishers, Inc., 1982. BZ4 - A first trade paperback edition trade paperback book in good+ to very good- condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in black and white photo illustrated olive green and white wraps with minor overall shelf wear with crease on the spine plus there is some scattered very light soiling on the back cover plus there is a large gift inscription in black ink to the original owner on the half title page/front endpaper. A selection of the Texas humorist Cactus Pryor's radio essays. Heavily illustrated with black and white photographs. 194p.. First Trade Paperback Edition. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, New York, USA: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1997. BZ5 - A first edition advance reading copy (ARC)/uncorrected proof book in very good+ condition with no dust jacket as issued (trade paperback). An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in yellow wraps with only very, very minor overall shelf wear. A collection of prose pieces by a noted American poet and translator. They include lectures, letters, reviews, addresses, prefaces, and interviews. The author is a former Poet Laureate of the United States, a winner of the National Book Award, the Pulitzer prize, and the PEN Translation Award. 246p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 6"x7.75". Advance Reading Copy (ARC).

Chicago, Ilinois, USA: University of Chicago Press, 1974. BZ6 - Chicago Review Volume 25 Number 4 1974. A tight, clean, sound copy with very minor overall shelf wear primarily in the form of some light overall rubbing, some lighlty bumped corners, some very light creasing on the front cover, and discoloration (browning). Signed by Diane Ackerman on page 43 and Andrei Codrescu on page 133. Volume 25 no. 4, 1974 issue. This issue contains fiction by John Mella, David Zane Mairowitz, and Judy Miles and essays by Jerome Klinkowitz and William Slaughter. There is poetry by Ellen Wittlinger, Diane Ackerman, John Ashbery, David Hilton, Dorothy Foltz, Peter Wild, Ruth Doty, Barry Schechter, Andrei Codrescu, Betty Adcock, Jules Laforgue, Neil Hackman, and George Bogin. There are also drawings by Anna Campoli, photographs by Mayan Ruins, and reviews by Lenfest, Del Ivan Janik, and Stewart Irvin Oost. Index to volume 25, 155p.. Signed. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Greengold, Jane.… Leer más

Chicago, Ilinois, USA: Chicago Review/University of Chicago, 1979. BZ6 - Chicago Review Volume 31 Number 2 Autumn 1979. A tight, clean, sound copy in color illustrated blue wraps with minor overall shelf wear primarily in the form of some very, very light edge wear around the covers' edges plus there is some light rubbing of the cover overall plus there is some very light soiling on the outside paper edges. This is the volume 32 number 2, fall 1979 issue of a literary quarterly published by the University of Chicago and containing fiction, poetry, essays, and reviews. This issue contains poetry by Peter Wild, Amy Clampitt, and Andrew Schelling, prose by W. S. Di Piero, and an art supplement on the works of Manjula Haksar. Illustrated with black and white reproductions. Contributors, 148p.. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Haksas, Manjula. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, New York, USA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1986. BZ6 - A hard cover first edition in very good+ condition. A tight, clean, sound copy quarter bound in green cloth with grey paper covered boards with only very, very minor overall shelf wear. The dust jacket is in very good condition with very minor overall shelf wear mainly in the form of light rubbing plus some very light edge wear plus some light creasing of the front endflapand it is price clipped. A collection of essays by a noted master of the form. They have no one central theme but range over a variety of subjects. The author is a noted syndicated columnist. 216p.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 5.75"x8.5".

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Doubleday, 1991. CB2 - A trade paperback book in very good condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with very minor overall shelf wear plus the book is very slightly shelf cocked. A collection of the author's playful, witty, instructive "On Language" syndicated columns. By the author of "Spread the Word," "Power Language," "Fumblerules," "I Stand Corrected,"Quoth the Maven," "Language Maven Strikes Again" and "On Language." Indexed, 402p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 6.25"x9.25".

Freeport, New York, USA: Books for Libraries Press, 1967. CB3 - A tight, clean, sound copy in dark green cloth covered boards with gold lettering on the spine with very minor overall shelf wear plus the front free endpaper has been removed as part of the library's withdrawal process plus there is some light soiling of the cloth overall plus there are the usual library marks and stamps on the spine, top outside paper edges, half-title page, title page, and dedication page plus there is some light soiling on the top outside paper edges. A collection of literary essays and lectures on literature. 273p.. Reprint Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 6"x8.5". Ex-Library.

Crete, Nebraska, USA: Young American Publishing Company, 1982. CB2 - A trade paperback book signed by the author in good+ to very good- condition. An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in monochrome illustrated light wraps with an inscription and signed by the author in black ink on the title page and with very minor overall shelf wear with a some fading and light yellowing on the spine. A collection of essays about rural life by a Nebraska writer. 170p.. Signed by Author. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 5.5"x8.5".

Lincolnwood, Illinois: NTC Publishing Group, 1996. CB6 - An instructor's edition trade paperback book SIGNED by Margaret Atwood on her page in very good condition that has some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. Instructor's Manual included. NTC's Library of Classic Essays series. This book contains a range of essays by women. The contributors include Mary Woostonecraft, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, George Eliot, Helen Keller, Virginia Woolf, Zora Neale Hurston, Margaret Mead, Jessica MItford, Carolyn Heilbrun, Maya Angelou, Joan Didion, Gloria Steinem, Susan Brownmiller, June Jordan, Paula Gunn Allen, Margaret Atwood, Robin Lakoff, Annie Dillard, Patricia Hampl, Diana Hume George, Gloria Naylor, Bell Hooks, and Perri Klass. 8.5"x5.5:, 213 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000. BM5 - A first edition hardcover book signed by the author in near fine condition in near fine dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket and book have some lightly bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA: Coffee House Press, 2001. CC5 - A first edition advance reading copy (ARC)/uncorrected proof book in very good+ condition with no dust jacket as issued (trade paperback). An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in gray and white wraps with very, very minor overall shelf wear plus a small (about 0.5"x0.5") patch of surface damage on the back cover near the bottom right corner from a label. A collection of essays by a noted poet that are meditations in place. They examine the human connection to both built and natural environments. The subjects include US History, literary criticism, homages to Fred Astaire's hands, the author's aging father, the color blue, and real and imaginary places. By the author of "Only the Dance." 215p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 5"x7.5". Advance Reading Copy (ARC).

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Knopf Publishing Group, The, 1991. CC6 - A trade paperback book in very good- condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in dark blue wraps with very minor overall shelf wear plus there is a light bump on the back at the top left corner. A collection of essays by a doctor who has a fluency in both the worlds of science and art. The sutjects range from how Gertrude Stein's medical training later revealed itself in her literary theory to the Titanic and the Challenger and the fragility of the promises they both represented. . Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 5.25"x8".

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996. BM5 - A first edition hardcover book signed by the author in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket and book have light discoloration and shelf wear. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996. CC6 - A tight, clean, sound copy with very minor overall shelf wear, some very light soiling on the outside paper edges, usual library stamps on the half-title page and top outside paper edges, front endpaper cutout/removed, and light shelf wear. Dust jacket still in the original library mylar sleeve with the usual library label on the spine wrapping around onto the back and inside flaps are adhered to the fixed endpapers. Signed by the author on the title page. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Rditorial el Libro Viaje, 1981. S5 - A paperback book in very good condition that has some scattered scuffing, foxing, chipping, and light stains, light tanning and shelf wear. El Llanto de las Ninfomanas / The Wail of the Nymphomaniacs by Iván Silén (Yván Silén). Text in Spanish and English. 7.75"x4.75", 62 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York, New York, USA: The Free Press, 1967. CE2 - A trade paperback book in very good condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in red wraps with only very minor overall shelf wear plus there are the previous owners' names in ink on the inside surface of the front cover. An examination of the culture, people, and society of the Victorian Age. This is an extensive collection of essays organized around central themes: major statements, intellectual trends, society and reform, religion, and art and literature. Bibliography, indexed, 440p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 5.5"x8.25".

Columbia, Missouri, USA: University of Missouri Press, 1976. CE3 - A tight, clean, sound copy with very minor overall shelf wear with the mylar dust jacket sleeve endflaps glued to the front and back fixed endpapers plus there are the usual library marks, stamps, label, and pocket on the top outside paper edges, the front fixed and free endpapers, the title page, and the back free endpaper. The dust jacket shows very minor overall shelf wear with the front and back mylar sleeve endflaps glued to the fixed endpapers plus there is a library label on the spine plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve. A collection of thirteen essays by a noted poet, critic, dramatist, and teacher. They are textual, aesthetic, technical, and historical and examine works and authors the writer considers exemplary. These essays explore their shared use of metaphor as a central element to their work. 164p.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

New York: The Orion Press, 1960. AB3 - A 2nd edition hardcover book SIGNED and inscribed by Alma Louise Lowe to previous owner on the front free endpaper in very good condition in fair dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has wrinkling, chipping, crease, tears, and open tears on the edges, corners, and some sides, some scattered stains and scuffing, tanning and shelf wear. Book has some bumped corners and cover edgewear, tanning and light shelf wear. Edited with an Introduction by Alma Louise Lowe. Illustrated by Anthony Gross. 8.5"x5.75", 250 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. . Signed. 2nd Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1957. CX1 - A 3rd edition hardcover book in very good condition that has a info plate adhered on the front fixed endpaper, previous owner's name written on the front free endpaper, light discoloration and shelf wear with no dust jacket. 7.5"x5.25", 432 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. 3rd Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: John Lane Company, 1916. H2 - Book has wear and tear on the spine edges and gutter edges, tanning on the spine with small white stain/residue, lightly bumped cover corners, chipping and wear on some edges, sides and corners, some rubbing, some soiling on the back bottom left corner, previous owner's name and year written on the front loose endpaper, moderate discoloration, and normal shelf wear otherwise good. Same date appears on the title page and copyright page. Red covered boards with gilt lettering and design.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.