Search Results: Prose from 100 POCKETS

New York, NY: Wenner-Gren Foundation, 1963. Subscribers Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. New/None as Issued. BRAND NEW COPY. Vintage 1963 printing. Papers and discussion transcriptions from the symposium, sponsored by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc, at Burg Wartenstein, Austria, July 10 to 22, 1961. Collection of 19 papers w/discussion transcripts to rear.

New York, NY: St Martin's Griffin, 2002. First Edition, First Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Illustrated soft cover/NF w/trace creasing to upper front corner. First Edition, First Printing. Anthology of 31 stories set in Alaska, past and present. Selection includes wrtings of Washington Irving, John Muir, Jack London, and Gary Paulsen. as well as of editor Spike Walker. Narratives arranged in 10 sectors: 1, Living on the Edge; 2, The Iditarod; 3, The Great Explorers; 4, Gold Rush; 5, Natural Wonders; 6, Natural Wonders; 7, Black Gold; 8, Modern Adventures; 9, Alaskan Voices; and 10, Don't Laugh ... It's Not Funny.

Boston, MA.: Houghton Mifflin, 1940. Limited Edition, First Thus . Hard Cover/Slipcase. Near Fine/None as Issued. John James Audubon (Artist). Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. LIMITED EDITION (1 of 3025 copies, AUTHOR SIGNED. Gilt embossed, illustrated beige linen boards/Fine. Upper text block in gilt. DJ/None as Issued. Black slipcase w/gold paste downs/NF w/edge rubs. Audubon's travel map to endpapers. Frontispiece: 1822 Audubon self-portrait. Collection of first-hand narratives of the great ornithologist John James Audubon (1785 - 1851), less as a naturalist but memoir of his travels among men --- river captains and roustbouts, pioneers and men of letters, Indians and scientists. 238 pgs (last page uncut) w/17 color plates are: 1, Audubon as a Witness; 2, Kentucky Days & Nights; 3, Hunters' Tales; 4, Pioneer Types; 5, Deep South; 6, Four Proud Fowl; 7, Down East for Birds & Subscribers; 8, Out West with Buffalo & Indians; and, 9, Envoi. Botanist, author, and master of prose,… Read More

San Francisco, CA: A.M. Robertson, 1919. First Edition, First Thus . Hard Cover/Stitched. Near Fine/No Jacket. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Beige boards/NF showing trace discoloration. DJ/None. PO name to fEP. A book on California by Brazilian-American novelist, journalist, feminist leader & president of the Authors Guild Inez Haynes Irwin (1873 - 1970) . Of herself, Irwin says, "I love California as I love no other State, and San Francisco as I love no other city". Essay ends with a toast to the Native Son.

New York, NY: Fawcett Columbine, 1990. First Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW showing faint margin discoloration. Soft cover/Fine. Unique collection 24 stories by contemporary Native-American women authors. Retold (traditional tales, biographical & contemporary short fiction. Each entry preceded by analytical notes from historian, poet & novelist Paula Gunn Allen (. Arranged - -thematically in 3 parts: Part I, The Worriers; II, The Casualties; and, III, The Resistance, followed by biographical sketches of the authors. Fine copy.

Portland, OR: Breitenbush Books, 1990. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Johnson Charley (Illustrator). Text/BRAND NEW. Linen boards/Fine. DJ/NF w/light edge wear. PO name to illustrated front endpaper. First Edition, First Printing. Winner of the 1990 Western States Book Award for Creative Nonfiction. Collection of diverse personal essays, many first published in periodicals, evoked by the quietness and seeming emptiness unique to deserts. In the Postlude, Bruce Berger describes himself as a "wilderness traveller"; from his reflections, his sensitivity to tred his steps with care to preserve the desert's fragility is clear.

New York, NY: Devin-Adair, 1962. First Edition, 2nd Printing1963 . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Alexander B. Adams (Editor - Illustrator). Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. 1963 First Edition, 2nd Printing. Off-white linen boards/Fine. DJ/VG; strong & sound w/nips, chips to edges & showing discoloration. Map to endpapers. PO gift inscription to fEP. Travelogue through space, state of mind & philosophy of life. Guide to Cape Cod with Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), who visited the Cape at least 4 times, as guide. Editor Adams, w/camera in hand, set out to "see" the region through Thoreau's eyes --- small towns, moors and beaches. Text augmented w/a biographical sketch of Thoreau penned by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882).