Search Results: Authors starting with A from The Hermitage Bookshop

Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance, 1944. Near fine in good, but edgeworn dust jacket in mylar cover..

New York: Ernest R. Gee, 1928. One of 350 copies, printed at the Derrydale Press. Fine in custom mylar cover.. Green cloth backed green boards.

Oxford, 1968. Inked name, else fine in near fine, slightly worn dust jacket, in mylar cover.. Text in Latin.

Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson, 1877. First edition, first printing. Pencil name to front free endpaper, light rubbing, near fine in custom mylar cover.. Green pebble cloth decoratively stamped in blind and titled in gilt.

E. P. Dutton, 1979. First pbk edition, first printing. Previous owner's crude, but clear tape repair to tear to half-title, mild wear to wrappers with small ghost notation to front wrap, very good.. Endearingly inscribed by the author on the half title page in the year of publication.

Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1984. First edition, first printing. Fine in very good dust jacket, in mylar cover..

Back of Beyond Books, 2015. Limited edition. #7/22 copies available for sale to the public. A facsimile of the original draft, bound at top edge reporter style, in 3/4 black leather over charcoal gray cloth boards, titled in gilt, marbled endpapers. Leather rubbed extremities, a few scratches to cloth, faint circular stain front cover, about fine.. Introductory Essay by Brooke Williams. Manifesto and color plate by Dave Wilder. Published on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the opening of Back of Beyond Books, conceived shortly after the passing of Abbey in 1989, and eventually opening in 1990.

Simon & Schuster, 1969. Second printing. Light fading, near fine in near fine dust jacket, in mylar cover.. Signed by the author on the ffep.

Dream Garden Press, 1985. First edition, first printing. Grey cloth, stamped in black. Near fine.. Contributors include: Wendell Berry, Nancy Mairs, Barry Lopez, Gary Snyder and many more.

St. Martin's Press, 1990. Later printing. Fine in fine dust jacket which has been neatly laminated..

E. P. Dutton, 1979. First edition, first printing. Small bump to upper corner, else fine in near fine price-clipped dust jacket, in mylar cover.. Signed by the author on the ffep.

Little, Brown & Co., 1990. First edition, first printing. fine in fine dust jacket, in mylar cover..

Rydal Press, 1989. First edition, limited. Green cloth spine, paper covered boards resembling crinkled brown paper. Binder's error, else fine in near fine to fine publisher's slipcase.. Binder's error to front endpaper--paper cut incorrectly, exposing the binder's webbing. Limited to 225 copies, of which this is 177.

Henry Holt, 1995. First edition, first printing. Near fine in fine dust jacket, in mylar cover..

Little, Brown & Co., 1994. First edition, first printing. Remainder mark to bottom edge, still fine in near fine, lightly rubbed dust jacket with a slightly sunned spine in mylar cover..

Henry Holt, 1988. First edition, first printing. Near fine in near fine dust jacket, in mylar cover..

#106/500 copies signed by Kirk Douglas on the colophon page. Fine in fine dust jacket. Illustrated with scenes from the motion picture "Lonely Are the Brave.. This edition, the first since the original of 1956, includes Abbey's final additions and corrections to the text.

Dodd, Mead & Co., 1954. First edition, first printing. Publisher's full black cloth, spine titled in yellow, in dust jacket. Spine ends rubbed with light wear and closed tear, spine foot with small bump, overall a near fine copy in a bright, very good dust jacket with short closed tear and light chipping along top of spine and some mild foxing and soiling to rear cover and jacket verso, in mylar cover.. 8.25" x 5.75". 374pp. A SOUTHWEST RADICAL'S REJECT "I don't know where you can find one, but if you do, burn it" was Abbey's response to a searching fan looking for a copy of his first book, Jonathan Troy. His biographer, James Cahalan, recollects that, while reading the galley proofs prior to publication, Abbey thought the novel was "even worse than [he] thought...too juvenile, naive, clumsy, pretentious." Once published, it was a resounding failure. The hatred and regret that Abbey had towards the book persisted into the early 80's, once again calling it "a disgusting novel, fortunately long out… Read More

Little, Brown & Co., 1994. First edition, first printing. Fine in fine, lightly rubbed dust jacket.. Signed by the editor, David Petersen, "David Petersen (for E.A.)

Rydal Press, 1989. First edition, limited. Green cloth spine, paper covered boards resembling crinkled brown paper. Binder's error, else fine in near fine to fine publisher's slipcase.. Binder's error to front endpaper--paper cut incorrectly, exposing the binder's webbing. Limited to 25 lettered copies, of which this is E.