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New York, New York, USA: Philosophical Library, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hard Back First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. Jacket in archival protective cover. A series of essays by the distinguished Shakespearean scholar, about Tennyson, Burns, Congreve, Bunyan, Locke, Collier and the great British historiographers. The last essay deals with the puritan tradition and Cotton Mather, and its impact on early American culture. Includes monotone portraits of many of the authors discussed. Blue full cloth binding, gilt titled on spine; very clean and unmarked; light to moderate wear to extremities. Tight, solid and square. Internals clean, clean, no markings of any kind, no creases. Near fine dust jacket is clean, unmarked, in blue with illustration, not price-clipped. 154 pages. 8.75 x 5.75 inches. 1972, Philosophical Library, New York, New York, USA

USA: Random House, 1997. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Fine Condition. Clean & bright, tight & solid book. Black paper-wrapped spine and boards with bronze-foil titles. Jacket multicolored purple, yellow, and orange, with white lettering--quite striking. A continuation of the bestselling Wouldn't Take Nothing For My Journey Now. Here we have Maya Angelou talking about the things she cares about most--in her inimitable spellbinding way. She offers her wisdom on topics such as how a house can hurt its occupants and heal them; about Africa; about Oprah; about age and sexuality; about the problems of fame; and more. 145 pages. 8.25 x 5.75 inches. Random House, New York, 1997.

U.S.A: Simon & Schuster, 2003. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback Third Printing Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket As New. A book that is easy to read, easy to use and very funny, in Degeneres trademark ramblings--contains hundreds of succinct insights into her psyche, supplemented by easy-to-understand charts, graphs, and diagrams so that you'll never miss a joke (from the jacket). 177 pages. 8.75 x 5.75 inches. Simon & Schuster, New York, 2003.

New York: P.F.Collier & Son, 1959. Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hard Back Fifty-Second Printing, 1959, of the 1909 Original Edition. Hardcover Book in NEAR FINE Condition. Bound in forest green leather with gilt shield, decoration and titles on the spine; blind-stamped shield and ruffled lines on front. No jacket, as issued. Registered edition with Introduction and Notes. Very clean, no marks, tight, square, solid sewn binding. Frontis: Portrait of Thomas H. Huxley. Pages very clean and free from any markings, no creasing, faintly toned, fine condition. Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf of Books originally published in 1909 is a 50 volume anthology of classic works from world literature. This anthology originated from a challenge made by P. F. Collier to Dr. Eliot based on speeches he made stating that a good liberal education could be had by reading 15 minutes a day from a collection of books that could fit on a five foot shelf. Collier challenged him… Read More

London, England: House of Stratus Ltd, 2001. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. New Preface by Andrew Roberts. Most of Sir Arthur Bryant's twenty essays here included were printed between 1936 and 1950 in the "Illustrated London News". All are personal subjects close to this celebrated historian's heart. He was born in 1899 on the Royal Sandringham estate, served in the Royal Flying Corps in the First World War, and wrote hugely popular history books and revived the neglected art of writing history as literature. He died in 1985. The book is bright and clean and unmarked with slight wear to the lower edge. Internals are in Fine Condition. Glued binding is tight and solid. 109 pages. 9.4 x 6.2 inches. 2001, House of Stratus Ltd, London, England.

New York, New York, USA: Warner Books, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Edition, Very Good Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket in Archival Protective Cover. Essays to bring tears to your eyes, to make you laugh, to recognize yourself--about thing and people and animals Waller cares about and loving, losing, winning sometimes. Book has slight rubbing to lower board edges near corners and a tiny tan dot (NOT a remainder mark) on the top edge, else Fine. 172 pages. 8.75 x 5.75 inches. 1994, Warner Books, New York, New York, USA

U.S.A: Shoemaker & Hoard/Avalon Publishing Group, 2006. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Second Printing. Hardcaver Book and Dust Jacket in VERY GOOD Condition. The short works have been Gathered and Introduced by Joan Reardon. Binding of navy half cloth with silver titles, cream boards, in spotless condition; solid, square with sharp corners. rear upper corner very gently bumped; top edge of page block is spotty-only significant defect. Internals immaculate. Jacket is clipped, very clean, just faint ruffling along part of top edge. "A Stew or a Story" covers five decades of Fisher's writing for such publications as Gourmet, Bon Appetit, Atlantic Monthly, Harper'sBaxaar, and others; also included are articles nearly impossible to find from lesser known, more ephermal magazines. There are essays on people, places, and of course food, mixed with delightful fiction, for delightful reading. 364 pages with Acknowledgments and Recipe… Read More

St. Johnsbury, Vermont: Brigantine Media/Voyage, 2018. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Publisher: Brigantine Media/Voyage, 2018. Paperback in Good Condition. Ex-Library with minimal marks-discard stamp on endpaper, sticker to upper front corner and spine heel. Clean, neat, otherwise unmarked, internals as new. As the youngest daughter of Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Reeve Lindbergh reconciles the seemingly separate worlds of fame and privacy after devoting years keeping her "Lindbergh Life" and her everyday life on her farm separate. 128 pages. 8v. 2018, Brigantine Media/Voyage. ISBN10: 1938406702, ISBN13: 9781938406706,

Boston, MA: Back Bay Books, 2009. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. A compilation of essays, humorous with dead pan style, on many topics about human nature--sometimes at its worst. Sedaris uses humor as a portal to deeper feelings and is funny while serious. Clean and unmarked wraps, whisper of wear to edges, tight glued binding, page edges clean and white. Internals are in Fine Condition. 323 pages. 5.5 x 8.25 inches. Back Bay Books, Boston, MA 2009.

New York, New York, U.S.A: Summit Books, 1983. First US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First American Edition . Hardcover and Dust Jacket in VG Condition. Mylar jacket cover. 256 pages. From South Africa's internationally acclaimed writer, a leading voice of dissent, he often had his novels of black hope and white repression suppressed. His nonfiction writings are collected in this volume for the first time-on writers and writing in the world today, Mahatma Gandhi today, culture and apartheid, slaves and masters, intellectuals, against silence, and much more. Very powerful writing. Navy cloth backed gilt titled, with navy paper over boards, very clean, no markings, a touch of rubbing to bottom edge. Publisher's mark on bottom edge of textblock. Interior is Fine. Jacket not price-clipped, slightly wrinkled around spine head, third inch closed tear on upper edge. 1983, Summit Books.