Roc Trade, December 2011. First Thus. Paper Back. With tales ranging from the deadly serious to the absurdly hilarious--including an original story for this volume--Side Jobs is a must-have collection for every devoted Harry Dresden fan. As Chicago's only professional wizard, Harry Dresden has had cases that have pitted him..... More
Dalkey Archive Press, January 2005. Paper Back. On Tuesday, October 12, 1954, Pierre Vernier, a teacher in a Paris lyc?e, begins setting down an account that is to be a complete record of the life lived by himself, his students, and his fellow teachers. He begins by meticulously recording what..... More
Faber and Faber, 1961. First Edition. Cloth. First/first UK edition. Originally issued in French in 1956 as L'Emploi du temps; In very good dustjacket. Not price clipped. Original UK price on flap lower corner: 21s net. Speckled patterned white & maroon cloth with maroon lettering & gold clockhands spine edge..... More
Houghton Mifflin Company, May 1975. Cloth. In edgeworn dustjacket. Red cloth covered boards with splotches front & back. Textblock is unglued at spine from cloth but binding remains intact & sound, little or no give. Red topstain is quite sun bleached. Dust stains bottom edge & fore-edge. Previous owner's name..... More
Knopf, 1947. First Edition. Cloth. In mildly edgeworn dust jacket. Tan cloth with green lettering & decorations. NOT price clipped jacket. Original price of $2. Darkened end pages. Faded green tinted top edge. Slight lean to spine. More
Touchstone, February 2015. Hardcover. One of "Five Best Books about Wartime Presidents"--Michael Bechloss, The Wall Street Journal From Lyndon Johnson's closest domestic adviser during the White House years comes a book in which "Johnson leaps out of the pages in all his raw and earthy glory" (The New York Times..... More
Modern Library, October 1997. First Thus. Cloth. The novellas are characterized by their unfailing intelligence and by the technical surehandedness and acuity of the writing. Each has a strong sense of place - New York City, the Hudson Valley, Saratoga Springs - and an eclectic cast of characters who inhabit..... More
Houghton Mifflin, November 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. A "tattoo" is a bugle call, a summoning that lingers in the ear. Although Hortense Calisher's family eventually migrated north to New York City, the echoes of their days as a slave-owning Jewish family in the South still resonate with this acclaimed author..... More
Random House, January 1971. Cloth. First/first in dustjacket with chipping/edgewear top & bottom of spine. Not price clipped. Original price of $5.95 on flap. Black cloth with silver & red lettering. Faintly foxing textblock edges. Tanning end pages. Sound binding. Clean, unmarked internal text. More
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
Praeger Film Library, 1969. Paper Back. (Six-inch x Six & 1/2-inch) Duodecimo/12mo. Mild darkening to spine. Clean. (144 pp.). More
World Without War Publications, January 1972. Reprint. Pamphlet. (Five & 1/4-inch x Eight-inches) This pamphlet is to put it mildly in rough condition with soiling, discoloration, scars & dampstains. There is an inked inscription/'review' by a previous owner that begins on first inside page and continues over on the last..... More
Dey Street Books, October 2015. Hardcover. New York Times Bestseller Featured in the critically acclaimed documentary RBG It was beyond my wildest imagination that I would one day become the 'Notorious RBG. -- Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 2019 She was a fierce dissenter with a serious collar game. A legendary, self-described..... More
Knopf, January 1957. First American. Hardcover. First US edition in mildly edgeworn jacket with some ink stains (from black ink separation from tinting of textblock top edge). Blue & purple & pink decorative paper covered boards with black lettering. Text clean & without markings. More
PM Press, March 2010. Paper Back. Based on extensive research, this book remains the essential study of the Angry Brigade, a group of urban guerillas, who, between 1970 and 1972, used guns and bombs on embassies of repressive regimes, police stations and army barracks, boutiques and factories, government departments, and..... More
The Viking Press, September 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. First/first (U.S.) in dustjacket with mild edgewear. Not price clipped. Original price $10.95 on front flap. Quarter bound: blue cloth spine, gold lettering with rust red paper covered boards. Board edges beginning to fade with mild dark staining. Textblock top edge has..... More
Methuen young books, 1985. Cloth. This edition was published in October 1978, but this is the 4th printing (1985). In very good dustjacket. NOT price clipped. Original UK price on flap bottom corner. Blue cloth with gold lettering on spine & stamped gold illustration on front board. Sixty-six beautiful illustrations..... More
E.P. Dutton, 1929. First Thus. Cloth. First American Edition in dust-stained, spine-darkened pink dustjacket with blue lettering and chipping/edgewear with considerable wear to top of spine. Spine & corners Carolina blue & boards sky blue. Much faded/darkened gilt printed paper labels spine and front board. Edges of cloth worn/frayed top..... More
University of Alabama Press, December 1968. First American. Cloth. Octavo. In dustjacket with some rubbing. Not price clipped. Original price of $6 on flap. Black cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. Faint foxing & stains to textblock top edge & fore-edge. Internal text is clean & unmarked. No underlining..... More
Library of America, January 2003. First Edition. Cloth. First published for the fortieth anniversary of the March on Washington, this Library of America volume along with its companion chronicles over thirty tumultuous years in the struggle of African-Americans for freedom and equal rights. The first volume follows the rise of..... More
Library of America, January 2003. First Edition. Cloth. This Library of America volume, along with its companion, offers a uniquely panoramic perspective of the fight to bring an end to racial segregation in the United States. It gathers the work of over 150 diverse writers, representing the best in American..... More
Harper & Brothers, New York, January 1948. Cloth. In edgeworn dustjacket. NOT price clipped. Original price of $3 on flap. Heavy foxing to white areas of back jacket panel. Quarter bound: black spine & gold lettering & grey cloth boards. Heavy tanning to front end pages. Previous owner's name inked..... More
St. Martin's Press, 1976. Cloth. In very good dust jacket. Not price clipped. Blue cloth boards with silver lettering spine edge. Sound binding. Slight tanning to end pages. Interior text without markings. No underlining. No side-notes. More
Stanford University Press, August 2002. First Edition. Cloth. This posthumous book represents the first publication of one of the seminars of Cornelius Castoriadis, a renowned and influential figure in twentieth-century thought. A close reading of Plato's Statesman, it is an exemplary instance of Castoriadis's pragmatic, pertinent, and discriminating approach to..... More
