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1) Balancing Acts
Hoagland, Edward

Balancing Acts
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 0671746812 ex-library with usual internal markings, some damage to the pastedowns; some edge wear to boards; Alfred Kazin once said that Edward Hoagland is ''a writer born, a writer obsessed.'' The Washington Post called him ''the Thoreau of our time, an essayist so intensely personal, so sharp-eyed and deep-sighted, so tender and tough, lyrical and elegiac as to transmute a simple stroll into a full-blown... more information

Offered by Kayleighbug Books (New York, United States)
$1.99



2) Basic Black
Black, Arthur

Toronto: Stoddart. #65385 . F/--. 1992. D4 . softcover. 210p . fine copy, clean & tight. . ... more information

Offered by Ayerego Books (IOBA) (Ontario, Canada)
$10.92



3) Browsing
Barth, John and Mary Rhinelander (Illustrator)

Chestertown, MD: The Literary House Press/Washington College. New. 2004. First Edition; First Printing. Trade paperback. New book, signed by illustrator (Mary Rhinelander) on title page. ; "For any reader who has ever plunged joyously headlong into a book--or a roomful of them, or an entire library--this one will be a special treat. John Barth's Browsing takes us on a literary ramble through the history of libraries (both real and imagined) and of his own lifelong encounters with books." ... more information

Offered by James F. Balsley, Bookseller (Virginia, United States)
$50.00



4) In Darkest Domestica
Nicol, Eric

Toronto: Ryerson Press. #45491 . NF/VG. 1959. CY . hb. w/dj. 113p . shelf wear & chipping, bits missing, o/w clean & tight. . ... more information

Offered by Ayerego Books (IOBA) (Ontario, Canada)
$16.62



5) ESSAYS IN CONTEMPORARY CIVILIZATION
Thomas, C. W. (editor)

New York: The Macmillan Company. VG+/NONE. 1931. Hardcover. Binding sound and tight. Black cloth binding with orange and black labels on front and spine. The orange on the spine label has faded from light. There is very minimal wear to the cloth. Pages clean and unmarked, but have a little age tanning. No DJ. ; This is a collection of 40 essays on contemporary (to 1931) essays by authors such as: John Dewey, John Ruskin, Lewis Mumford, Sir J. Arthur Thomson, Robert A. Millikan, Julian Huxley, Bertrand... more information

Offered by James F. Balsley, Bookseller (Virginia, United States)
$8.00



6) A Fine Contagion
Mackenzie, Armine D

Berkeley: The California Library Association. Fine+. 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Tan cloth cover with gilt lettering on spine. Book is as new. No markings. No DJ. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 78 pages . ... more information

Offered by James F. Balsley, Bookseller (Virginia, United States)
$30.00



7) Essays of Five Decades
Priestley, J.B

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Hardcover in dustjacket. 8vo. First edition. Book is in VG condition, with some browning to boards, bumped corners and bumped spine edge. Interior is clean, binding is tight. Jacket is in VG- condition, with scuffing and soiling to covers, chipping to bottom edge of spine, rubbed edges, bumped corners, and one crease to front corner. In protective mylar. Edited with a preface by Susan Cooper. 311 pp. ... more information

Offered by Warwick Books (California, United States)
$95.00



8) COLLECTED EDITORIALS FROM ANALOG
Campbell, John W

Garden City New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc.. VG/G. 1966. First Edition; First Printing. Hard cover. Blue cloth cover clean with very minimal rubbing at extremities. Binding sound, pages clean and unmarked other than old price in pencil on ffep. DJ has wear at edges, some short tears and a 1 inch square chip from top edge. Not clipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 248 pages . ... more information

Offered by James F. Balsley, Bookseller (Virginia, United States)
$40.00



9) ESSAYS ON ATOMISM: From Democritus to 1960
Whyte, Lancelot Law

New York: Harper & Row Publishers. NF. [1963]. Trade paperback. Would be as new but for previous owners name on half-title page. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 108 pages . ... more information

Offered by James F. Balsley, Bookseller (Virginia, United States)
$9.00



10) THE GENIUS OF EUROPE
Ellis, Havelock

New York: Rinehart & Company. NF/NONE. [1951]. Hardcover. Maroon cloth cover with white and gold lettering on spine is clean and unworn. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown endpaper. There is toning between two pages where a news clipping had been laid in, pages otherwise clean and unmarked. Lacking DJ. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 288 pages . ... more information

Offered by James F. Balsley, Bookseller (Virginia, United States)
$8.00



11) HARVARD CLASSICS:
Eliot, Charles (editor)

HARVARD CLASSICS:
Danbury, CT: Grolier Enterprises , (©1980). Registered Collector's Edition. Brown leatherette hardcover with gilt titles and design, ribbon, all-edge-gilt. As New in shrink wrap (gilt bright). 676g. [C] ... more information

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$10.00



12) HARVARD CLASSICS:
Eliot, Charles (editor)

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Danbury, CT: Grolier Enterprises , (©1980). Registered Collector's Edition. Brown leatherette hardcover with gilt titles and design, ribbon, all-edge-gilt. As New in shrink wrap (gilt bright). 756g. [C] ... more information

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13) HARVARD CLASSICS:
Eliot, Charles (editor)

HARVARD CLASSICS:
Danbury, CT: Grolier Enterprises, (©1980). Registered Collector's Edition . Brown leatherette hardcover with gilt titles and design, ribbon, all-edge-gilt. Fine (as new, gilt bright, appears unread). 470p; 22cm. 748g. [C] ... more information

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14) HARVARD CLASSICS:
Eliot, Charles (ed)

NY: P.F. Collier & Son, (©1937). Deluxe Edition. Green hardcover, gilt design. Near Fine. 332p: black/white frontispiece; 22cm. ... more information

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15) FEMINIST FRONTIERS III
Richardson, Laurel & Verta Taylor

FEMINIST FRONTIERS III
NY: McGraw-Hill , (©1993). Fifth printing.. Softcover. Near Very Good (slight shelfwear, very light pencil marks throughout). An anthology of articles in four parts: "Introduction to Feminist Research"; "Learning Gender"; "Social Organization of Gender"; "Social Change". 548p; 23cm. 841g. [C] ... more information

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16) THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE IMAGINATION
Davenport, Guy

THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE IMAGINATION
New. Paperback. New, Unread Copy. No marks or writing. ; Trade PB . ... more information

Offered by McDowell's Emporium (South Carolina, United States)
$14.99



17) JEFFERSON DAVIS GETS HIS CITIZENSHIP BACK
Warren, Robert Penn

Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky. F/F. [1980]. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First edition, first printing as a book (first appeared in the New Yorker) in 1980. DJ protected in Brodart. ; 0.64 x 8.83 x 4.98 Inches; 114 pages . ... more information

Offered by James F. Balsley, Bookseller (Virginia, United States)
$22.00



18) The Best of Greg Clark and Jimmie Frise
Clark, Greg & Jimmie Frise

Toronto: Collins. #11216 . F/NF. 1977. 2nd. CU . hb. w/dj. 216p . light shelf wear, stamp, o/w fine, clean & tight. . ... more information

Offered by Ayerego Books (IOBA) (Ontario, Canada)
$16.62



19) THE JOURNEY FROM HERE
Bradley, Bill

New York: Artisan. New/New. [2000]. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. New book in as new condition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 166 pages . ... more information

Offered by James F. Balsley, Bookseller (Virginia, United States)
$6.00



20) ADDRESSING FRANK KERMODE: Essays in Criticism and Interpretation
Tudeau-Clayton, Margaret and Martin Warner (editors)

Urbana And Chicago: University of Illinois Press. New/New. [1991]. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Brand new book. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 218 pages . ... more information

Offered by James F. Balsley, Bookseller (Virginia, United States)
$25.00



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