Search Results: Essay from Callaghan Books South

Aporia Press, 1987. Soft cover. As New. Large, thin softcover, glossy blue wrappers with antique illustration of royal lion of front, 111 pages. Mint.

Simon & Schuster, 1987. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. (1st) Major piece of Klaus Barbie, Gestapo Chief of Lyons, on Hawaii, American religious movements, Jerusalem, Jane Bowles, Margaret Atwood, Thomas Merton. Large, heavy book, 396 pages. DJ has light wear at top front tip, crease with micronick at spine top edge. Near Fine DJ/Very Fine book.

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Little Brown & Company, 1977. Soft cover. Very Good. Smaller, sturdy softcover, glossy white wrappers, praise from Wall Street Journal, New York Times and others, 396 pages. Tiny light wear spots along front left. Near Fine.

Macmillan, 1965. 1st Ptg. . Hardcover. Fine/Good. (1st ptg.) 180 pages. DJ has wear and tear at tips and spine edges, tiny tears with slight wear at top front edge, tiny tear at top back edge next to spine. Good+ DJ/Very Fine book.

Atlantic Monthly Press, 1995. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Very Fine. (1st edition, 1st ptg.) Large, heavy book, white covers, red lettering very fine on spine, 341 pages. DJ glossy and colorfully designed in white and red, two photo of man on front. DJ has very light pinch at top back tip. Near Very Fine DJ/Very Fine book.

The Freethought Association. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Small book, blue-grained boards, 186 lightly browned pages plus ads. Surface wear at spine top and bottom edges, light wear at tips. Near Good.

Viking, 2002. 2d . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Large, sturdy book, black spine, cream boards, very bright gilt lettering on spine, 429 pages with essays on Salinas, New York City, ospreys, Sag Harbor, squatters, World War II, Vietnam, Ed Ricketts, Ernie Pyle, Arthur Miller, Adlai Stevenson, Woody Guthrie and much more. DJ glossy with red background, large black stars, a b/w photo portrait, and a color-illustration by Thomas Hart Benton. DJ has micronick with light wear at top front tip, two creases at bottom front and spine top, light wear to spine bottom left edge. Near Fine DJ/Very Fine book.

The Literary Guild of America, 1938. Hardcover. Fine/Good. Essays by Louise Bogan on Poetry, Joseph Wood Krutch on Theater, John Kieran on Sports, Karl Menninger on Psychiatry, Jacques Barzun on Race-Prejudice, Lin Yutang on Oriental, and many more. Large heavy book, dark blue cloth, gilt background at center front for blue title, gilt bright on spine, pale yellow color inside covers and adjacent end papers, 606 pages. DJ heavy paper, light blue background with blue and red lettering, a list of contributors on front: Karl Menniger, Joseph Wood Krutch, John Kieran, Jacques Barzun and many more. DJ has very slight wear to tips and spine edges, very tiny chip at spine top left, two tiny tears also, two tiny tears along spine bottom edge. Good+DJ/Very Fine book.

WestVaco, 1984. Limited . Hardcover. Fine. Dark blue cloth, embossed medals on front, 286 pages. Very Fine book in grayish slipcase, also Very Fine. Please note additional Westvaco books in slipcases, 13639-13656.

Princeton University Press, 1960. Hardcover. Fine/Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. (The Walter E. Edge Lectures, 1960) Small sturdy book, black boards, spine very slightly askew, ink name inside top front cover, 74 lightly browned pages. DJ has small b/w photo of Douglas at bottom front right, illustration of eagle on back. DJ has slight rubbing along front bookfold edge, long spine left edge too, tiny tear at spine bottom right edge, slight wear to front tips. Fair DJ/Fine book.

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1984. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Very Fine. (1st) Slightly smaller book, black cloth spine, light brown boards, bright red lettering on spine, 339 pages. DJ gray background to front and spine with black, red and blue lettering, b/w photo of subway car with graffiti on back. DJ has very tiny tear at top front tip, light creases to bottom front. Near Very Fine DJ/Very Fine book.

Philip Morris USA, 1987. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Very Fine. (1st) Foreword by Frank E. Resnik, President and CEO of Philip Morris. Red cloth spine, blue boards with gilt title and Philip Morris logo, gilt bright on spine, 444 pages of essays. Heavy book. DJ beautifully illustrated with U.S. flags, several tiny light dents at top front right. Near Very Fine DJ/Very Fine book.

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1929. Cloth. Fine. Larger, thin sturdy book, dark blue cloth, gilt on spine slightly bright, very slight surface wear to tips. Near Very Fine.

Harper & Brothers, 1892. First Edition . Cloth. Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. (1st) Small book, smooth cream cloth with dozens of embossed gilt torches on front with gilt title and author with design near fine, spine browned, gilt lettering very good on spine, covers browned especially spine with tiny smudging at bottom front right. Good.

Chautauqua NY: The Chautauqua Press, 1927. Hardcover. Fine/Fair. Frontispiece b/w photo of smiling Erskine. Four Parts: American Character, The Moral Obligation to Be Intelligent, The Kinds of Poetry & The Literary Discipline. (Originally published, 1915) Smaller, thick book, brown cloth with black border to front, 1927 written on spine top, 231 pages, includes four-page pamphlet with photo of Erskine and Chautauqua books for 1927. DJ cream paper, tiny photo and eagle illustration on front, small illustration at center front, quotations on back. DJ has tears and nicks to all edges and top tips. Fair DJ/Fine book.

Dover, 1969. Soft cover. Fair. (From 1917 Mother Earth publication) Larger softcover, color-illustrated wrappers in glossy red and orange background, a red-tinted close-up of Emma on front wrapper, with photos. 271 pages plus advertisements. Creased near top and bottom front tips, slightly rubbed near bottom back tip. Fair.

Barnes & Noble, 1992. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Very Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (1st) Includes annotations on Walden; or Life in the Woods, Civil Disobedience, a chronology and much more. Very large, very heavy book, black cloth spine, smooth black boards, bright gilt lettering on spine, 502 pages. Light crease on p. 271. Profusely illustrated, facsimiles of title pages and text. DJ glossy light green with color photo of Walden Pond in Autumn at center front and back. DJ has very light crease at bottom front edge, microtear at top back tip. Near Very Fine DJ/Very Fine book.

Tampa, Florida, U.S.A.: Olive Branch Books, 2005. Soft cover. Near Fine. Large, sturdy softcover, glossy wrappers with rose-colored background and ornate border, color photo at top back left of author and host of radio program "True Talk." 240 glossy pages. Light wear to front tips, light crease at spine top edge. Near Fine.

Oxford at Clarendon, 1894. Cloth. Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Edited with Introduction by John W. Hales. Small book, bendable red textured cloth, gilt lettering near fine on spine, 159 browned pages, light foxing inside covers and adjacent end papers, ink notes in margins, some ink underlining too. Very slight wear to tips, slight wear to spine edges. Good.

Twelve, 2011. First Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. (1st edition, 1st printing) Large, very thick, heavy book, yellow spine, black boards, black lettering very fine on spine, 788 pages plus brief biographical note. DJ glossy with close-up photo in color of Hitchens on front, yellow spine and back, praise on back from Christopher Buckley, Ian McEwan, Ed Luce in Financial Times, Douglas Brinkley in Los Angeles Times. DJ and book, both As New.