Dodds Luck
Golden Coast Publishing Company, July 1988. Cloth. Signed by Wilkinson on title page. More
Signed Books
The long walk at San Francisco State, and other essays
Grove Press, January 1971. First Edition. Cloth. Duodecimo (12mo.) in very good dustjacket. NOT price clipped. Original price of $5 on jacket flap. Red cloth with black lettering on spine. Clean, sound, bright review copy. Review slip laid in indicates this First Edition was published on January 29, 1971, although..... More
Year Before Last (Crosscurrents / Modern Fiction series)
Southern Illinois University Press, 1969. First Thus. Cloth. Kay Boyle s second novel, "Year Before Last, "was published in 1932 by Harrison Smith in New York and by Faber and Faber in London, in each case a true edition from different settings of type. Matthew J. Bruccoli, the textual editor..... More
The Modern British Novel
Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd, January 1993. First Edition. Cloth. Bradbury argues that almost a century since the emergence of Modernism, it is now possible to see the entire period in perspective. It is clear that the first 50 years - from Henry James, Wilde and Stevenson, through James Joyce..... More
Roots, Radicals and Rockers
Faber & Faber, August 2017. Cloth. One of Kirkus Reviews Best Music & Entertainment Books of 2017 As heard on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross & seen on PBS Newshour "Nothing short of masterly." -- The Wall Street Journal "A remarkable history of skiffle.... Bragg impresses throughout with engaging..... More
Roots, Radicals and Rockers
Faber & Faber, August 2017. Cloth. One of Kirkus Reviews Best Music & Entertainment Books of 2017 As heard on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross & seen on PBS Newshour "Nothing short of masterly." -- The Wall Street Journal "A remarkable history of skiffle.... Bragg impresses throughout with engaging..... More
All Over But the Shoutin'
Pantheon, 2015. First Thus. Hardcover. Signed by Rick Bragg at the Carter Library, September 28, 2015. A Cappella was the bookseller. More
The Man Who Saved the Union: Ulysses Grant in War and Peace
Doubleday, October 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. From "New York Times" bestselling author H. W. Brands, a masterful biography of the Civil War general and two-term president who saved the Union twice, on the battlefield and in the White House, holding the country together at two critical turning points in our..... More
The Zealot and the Emancipator: John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and the Struggle for American Freedom
Doubleday, October 2020. First Edition. Hardcover. Gifted storyteller and bestselling historian H. W. Brands narrates the epic struggle over slavery as embodied by John Brown and Abraham Lincoln--two men moved to radically different acts to confront our nation's gravest sin. John Brown was a charismatic and deeply religious man who..... More
Superman's Not Coming: Our National Water Crisis and What We the People Can Do About It
Pantheon, August 2020. First Edition. Hardcover. From environmental activist, renowned crusader, champion fighter, maverick--a book that looks at our present situation with water and shows us how we can each take action to make changes in our cities, towns, and villages, before it is too late. Brockovich is a vocal..... More
The Condemnation of Little B.
Beacon Press, February 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Through the story of a thirteen-year-old black boy condemned to life in prison, Elaine Brown exposes the "New Age" racism that effectively condemns millions of poor African-Americans to a third world life. The story of "Little B" is riveting, a stunning example of..... More
Blood Sweat And Tears: Or How I Stopped Worrying And Learned to Love Fashion
Te Neues Publishing Company, October 2005. First Edition. Oversized Hardcover. (excerpted from catalog copy) ?No book is about one thing.? By Bruce Weber At first I thought strictly about a book of photographs on fashion. As I worked on it, I thought more and more about something my friend the..... More
Cuttings from the Tangle
Black Sparrow Press, December 2020. Hardcover. For nearly three decades, Richard Buckner has been traveling the byways of America, often alone and with little more than his guitars and notebooks. Now he's sharing what he saw, felt, and found. Long admired for his impressionistic and elliptical lyrics, Buckner has more..... More
Dirt: Adventures in Lyon as a Chef in Training, Father, and Sleuth Looking for the Secret of French Cooking
Knopf, May 2020. First Edition. Hardcover. A hilariously self-deprecating, highly obsessive account of the author's adventures, in the world of French haute cuisine, for anyone whose ever found joy in cooking and eating food with their family--from the author of the best-selling, widely acclaimed Heat. A New York Times Critics'..... More
The Kingdom of the Wicked (Signed First Edition)
Franklin Library, January 1985. First Edition. Leather. Signed, Limited, First Edition, Full Leather; Hubbed spine. Accented in 22kt gold, printed on archival paper with gilded gold edges. Decorative swirl print end pages. Signed by Burgess on bound in page after FFEP. With silk ribbon marker a bit frayed at end..... More
Napoleon symphony
Alfred A. Knopf, May 1974. First American. Cloth. First/first (U.S.) in edgeworn dustjacket. Mild marginal browning & not price clipped. Original price of $7.95 on flap. Mocha brown cloth with gold lettering to spine & front board. Pale green topstain is sun faded on spine end. Board bottom edges faded..... More
All The Young Men
Grove Press, December 2020. First Edition. Hardcover. In 1986, 26-year old Ruth visits a friend at the hospital when she notices that the door to one of the hospital rooms is painted red. She witnesses nurses drawing straws to see who would tend to the patient inside, all of them..... More
Alice Knott: A Novel
Riverhead Books, July 2020. First Edition. Hardcover. Named one of the Best Books of 2020 by Refinery29 A hypnotic, wildly inventive novel about art, violence, and endurance Alice Knott lives alone, a reclusive heiress haunted by memories of her deceased parents and mysterious near-identical brother. Much of her family's fortune..... More
Fighting Westway: Environmental Law, Citizen Activism, and the Regulatory War That Transformed New York City
Cornell University Press, April 2014. Trade Paperback. From 1971 to 1985, battles raged over Westway, a multibillion-dollar highway, development, and park project slated for placement in New York City. It would have projected far into the Hudson River, including massive new landfill extending several miles along Manhattan's Lower West Side..... More
ROADS TO JAMESTOWN: A View and Review of the Old Town
Bookcrafters, January 1997. First Edition. Oversized Hardcover. Quarto in jacket. First/first. Signed by Thomas on title page. More
Democracy from the Heart: Spiritual Values, Decentralism, and Democratic Idealism in the Movement of the 1960s
Communitas Press, April 1991. First Edition. Paper Back. Inscribed on first inside page/half title page: 'Best Wishes, Greg Calvert'. Gregory Nevala Calvert (1937 - 2005) was the National Secretary of SDS ( Students for a Democratic Society) 1966 to '67.This appears to have been released simultaneously in paperback & hardback..... More
Clay in the Potter's Hand
Facets Of Life Poetry Collection, December 2001. Paper Back. Clean, solid, without markings or wear. Personal inscription by Watson: 'To DeJu. Keep smiling my friend and be Blessed! Enjoy! C.A.W. 7/8/08'. More
Round-The-World Flights
Van Nostrand Reinhold, June 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Some shelf wear and a small 3mm closed tear on the jacket. Signed by the author, ' To John Wiley, Super pilot, writer and friend' on the front free endpaper. Mylar wrapped to protect. More
Bird on a Blade
University of Texas Press, October 2018. Hardcover. With an iconic sound that transcends country, pop, rock, and blues, Rosanne Cash's voice and vision have captured American life for generations of fans. Over the same time span, internationally acclaimed artist Dan Rizzie has wowed collectors with his evocative paintings, prints, and..... More
Day by day with Celestine Sibley
Doubleday, January 1975. First Edition. Cloth. In dust jacket. Signed 'Best wishes Celestine Sibley' on f.f.e.p. Also previous owner's gift inscription inked same page. More
