Search Results: Authors starting with I from Good Books In The Woods

London: Chatto & Windus. Very Good+. 1993. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. 0701141735 . SIGNED by author on full title page. "Scar Tissue is a bold and uncompromising report from that other country called illness. At its heart is a son's account of his mother's voyage into the world of neurological disease, where she loses first her memory, and then her very identity, only to gain - at the end - a strange serenity." Ships same or next business day. Book has minor edge wear, tiny folds on corners, tanned on head edge, faded on spine; overall, pages are clean and tight. Protected in archival bag. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 199 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1994. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0374114404 . SIGNED by author on full title page. First American Edition. "In Blood and Belonging, Michael Ignatieff explores both sides of nationalism in a personal odyssey that begins in the nightmare of former Yugoslavia and ends with his return to his adopted homeland, Great Britain's disunited kingdom." Ships same or next business day. Spine is slightly skewed, minor edge wear, small bumps on spine ends; overall, pages are clean and tight. Dust jacket protected in archival cover. DJ has minimal edge and shelf wear, small crease on spine head, lightly tanned on interior. ; B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 263 pages; Signed by Author .

London: Chatto & Windus. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 1991. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0701135093 . SIGNED by author on full title page. "The compelling account of one indomitable woman's path through revolution, war and exile, Asya is above all an enthralling love story which encompasses some of the momentous historical events of our time." Ships same or next business day. Small binding error: back paste-down endpaper wasn't perfectly cut on bottom right corner. Text block is slightly pulled away from spine head, small bumps on spine ends, edges of pages are tanned; otherwise, free from major defect. Dust jacket protected in archival cover. DJ has minimal edge and shelf wear, small wrinkle on back cover. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 309 pages; Signed by Author .

Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1988. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0819552119 . INSCRIBED by author on half-title page, "For: Roland C. Comstock David Ignatow." Photocopied article by author laid in. "This book is a memoir of an artist-in-process. It is, first, a work of memory of his early life in Brooklyn, the struggle to find the freedom to write, his life as reluctant son, employee, and employer, as eager reader and teacher." Ships same or next business day. Book has minor edge and shelf wear, small bump on spine head and top right corner of front cover; overall, pages are tight, bright, and clean. Dust jacket protected in archival cover. DJ has minimal edge and shelf wear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 194 pages; Signed by Author .

Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1988. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0819552119 . SIGNED by author on full title page. "This book is a memoir of an artist-in-process. It is, first, a work of memory of his early life in Brooklyn, the struggle to find the freedom to write, his life as reluctant son, employee, and employer, as eager reader and teacher." Ships same or next business day. Book has minor edge and shelf wear, small bump on spine tail and top right corner of front cover, front board very slightly bows up at fore-edge; overall, pages are tight, bright, and clean. Dust jacket protected in archival cover. DJ has minimal edge and shelf wear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 194 pages; Signed by Author .

Hanover, N. H.: University Press of New England / Wesleyan University Press. Near Fine. 1991. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. 0819511978 . INSCRIBED by author on half-title page, "For: Roland M. Comstock a friend, David Ignatow 9/19/91." "David Ignatow is a genius in the subtle way he ties the death energy to the most ordinary details of life. One thinks nothing is happening, but the implications are enormous." -- Robert Bly. Ships same or next business day. Book has minor edge and shelf wear, small smudge on back cover; otherwise, free from major defect. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 69 pages; Signed by Author .

Ann Arbor, Michigan: Univ of Michigan Press. Very Good+. 1980. First Edition. Soft cover. 0472063146 . First Edition INSCRIBED by the Poet on the half title page to noted collector Rolland Comstock. Very Good Plus: minimum wear at spine ends. Ships same or next business day. ; Poets on Poetry; 7.90 X 5.20 X 0.70 inches; 296 pages; Signed by Author .

Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press. Very Good+. 1986. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. 0819561177 . INSCRIBED by author on full title page, "For Roland L. Comstock David Ignatow." "The publication of this book is a celebration of, and for us all." -- William Matthews. Ships same or next business day. Book has moderate edge and shelf wear, small creases on top corners of covers and pages, small bump on spine tail, lightly tinted pink on head edge near fore-edge; overall, pages are clean and tight. Protected in archival bag. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 332 pages; Signed by Author .

Boston: Little, Brown & Company. Very Good. 1975. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. 0316414913 . SIGNED by author on full title page. Copyright page reads, "First Edition T02/75." "It is often difficult to grasp the fact of a living master's presence...[David Ignatow] is one of a precious handful of indispensable poets in all of American literature." -- James Wright. Ships same or next business day. Spine is slightly skewed, reading creases on both covers, light foxing on head edge; overall, pages are clean and tight. Protected in archival bag. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 108 pages; Signed by Author .

Brooklyn, New York: Latham Litho and Printing Company. Very Good+. 1917. Softcover. Original American WWI poster, not a copy. Art by George Illian. In Italian, to be posted in Italian neighborhoods in New York City in 1917. The Library of Congress translation of this poster's title is "Italy has need of meat, wheat, fat, and sugar." The LOC doesn't list a translation of the rest of the poster, my probably not-so-great translation is "Eat little of this food because it has to go to our people and the troops of Italy." This is a poster supporting the United States Food Administration (Amministrazione Dei Cibi Statie Uniti) that was run by Herbert Hoover and used a combination of coercion and persuasion to reduce US domestic consumption of food while seriously increasing food production - resulting in a tripling of food exports to a war ravaged Europe. In contrast, the Allied naval blockade of Germany caused food shortages among the German military and civilians.… Read More

New York: Pantheon Books. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1993. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0679418881 . INSCRIBED by author on full title page, "For Rolland - With best wishes - Gary Indiana." "A coolly passionate, fiercely immediate chronicle of a death foretold before the full onslaught of AIDS, Gone Tomorrow is a dangerous and unsettling work of fiction." Ships same or next business day. Book has minimal edge wear; overall, it is tight, bright, and clean. Dust jacket protected in archival cover. DJ has minor edge and shelf wear, faded on spine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 244 pages; Signed by Author .

London: Faber & Faber. Very Good+. 1986. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Uncorrected Advance Proofs. "Scandinavia at the turn of the century, post-war South America, Egypt, New England; murder, suicide, mass lobotomy, a mummy's curse. Rachel Ingalls, in The Pearlkillers, has contrived a darker, richer, headier brew than ever before." Ships same or next business day. Bookplate of noted collector, Rolland Comstock, on front paste-down endpaper. Spine is slightly skewed and faded, bumps on top corners, minor edge wear, tiny rub in center of spine, faint soiling to edges of pages; otherwise, free from major defect. Protected in archival bag. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 205 pages .

Chicago: Regan Publishing Corporation. Very Good+. 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Preface by Compiler. Very Good Plus: former owner signature on front endpaper. Protected in archival plastic cover. Ships same or next business day. Ingersoll's views were those of the Agnostic school of thought as exemplified by Hume and Kant with a mingling of the philosophy of Berkley. Ships same or next business day. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 411 pages .

London: MacMillan and Co. 1878. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, pp. Xiii, 361. Frontispiece protrait of the end of a tiger hunt, 5 full page illustrations, 3 illustrations in the text, 39 pages of ads. Bound in publisher's dark green cloth with gold cover decorations and spine titles. Corners and both ends of spine bumped. Cover decoration faded, scattered age spotting to text, occasional pencil mark in text. James Inglis lived in British India along the Nepal frontier from 1866-1877 as an indigo planter and sportsman. This book describes hunts after tiger, leopard, pig, jackal, quail, and deer. Inglis also discusses fishing in India as well as planter life, village life, and witchcraft. There are several chapters devoted to tiger hunting. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 361 pages .

Topeka: Crane & Company. Very Good-. 1916. Third Edition. Hardcover. Bound in publisher's green cloth covered boards with gold cover and spine titles. Spine age-darkened. Both ends of spine rubbed with loss of cloth. Corners rubbed with some loss of cloth - worse on bottom corners. Minor shelf wear to side and bottom cover edges. Page edges tanned. No previous owner marks. Text and illustrations clean. Ships same or next business day. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 493 pages .

New York: The MacMillan Company. Very Good-. 1898. Hardcover. Early reprint printed the same year as the first. Illustrated with full page black and white plates by F. Colburn Clarke. About half of the tissue guards are present although age darkened. Also contains black and white illustrations in the text. Fold-out map present with no tears. Newspaper clippings attached to the front free end papers and the rear endpapers - first article about the authors of this book and the Great Salt Lake Trail, second article dated 1899 and is about the slaughter of the buffalo. Clippings aged and yellowed. Both ends of book spine rubbed with loss of cloth. Front and rear hinges cracked. Front hinge amateurishly repaired by previous owner. Corners rubbed with loss of cloth. Page edges slightly soiled. Front board side edge slightly bumped. Text and illustrations clean. Ships same or next business day well protected in a box. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 529 pages .

New York: The American Mercury, Inc.. Very Good-. 1947. First Edition. Softcover. Contains entries by Michael Innes, Q. Patrick, Agatha Christie, Raoul Whitfield, and others. Staple-bound. Ships same or next business day. Moderate edge and shelf wear. Spine is slightly skewed. Small bumps on spine ends. Small creases on corners. Small damp stains on head edge of front cover to page 34. 1/4-inch tears on tail edges of page 114 to back cover. Faint crease down back cover. Head edges of pages are slightly wavey. Pages and edges of back cover are tanned but clean. Otherwise, free from major defect. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 128 pages .

Sydney, Australia: Craftsman House. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 9057032813 . This is a wonderful book covering clay, glass, metal, fibre and wood crafts. It features the work of many wonderfully talented Australian craftsmen and women. The photographs are inspiring. Ships same or next business day. Tail end of boards are gently rubbed. Minor shelf and edge wear to the dust jacket. Heavy book. Requires extra shipping. ; Color Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 264 pages .

Cambridge, Mass: Ploughshares. Near Fine. 1977. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Tim O'Brien is the fiction co-editor of this issue. Includes fiction by John Irving, Anne Bernays, Jack Pulaski, and Wendy Lamb. Poetry by John Ashbery, Jim Harrison, Charles Simic, and many others including the actor and comedian Denis Leary. Leary was at Emerson College when two of his poems were published in this issue. They're not funny, but they are powerful, especially "rabbits". Ships same or next business day. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard. Very Good-. 1835. First Edition. Hardcover. John T. Irving Jr. (1812-1906) was a Columbia educated New Yorker and author. In 1833 he joined a government trip under charge of Indian Commisioner Ellsworth to the Otoe Pawnee in present day Nebraska. According to Wagner, the book covers the story of the council at the Pawnee village, the signing of the peace, and incidentally tells the tale of the "human sacrifice" that would later become famous. Two volume complete set. Bound in half leather with marbled paper covered boards. Previous owner stamp on full title page of vol 2. Volume 1 lacks a title page, no signs of one being cut or torn out, appears it was printed without one. Title page in vol 2 has errata list on verso. Previous auction labels on front pastedowns of both volumes. Rear pastedown and endpaper have handwritting of previous owner in pencil, can be erased. Both volumes have heavy rubbing to side edges of covers with some loss… Read More