Sex, Economy, Freedom and Community
New York: Pantheon, 1993. First edition / uncorrected bound galleys. 161pp. Octavo [21 cm] Yellow printed wrappers. Very good. Freedman A93a. More about Sex, Economy, Freedom and Community
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A World Lost
Washington, D.C. Counterpoint, 1996. First edition / uncorrected bound galleys. Paperback. 149pp. Duodecimo [19.5 cm] Red printed wrappers. Very good. Freedman A103a. The author's fifth novel, continuing to tell the stories of the characters of the Port Williams fellowship. More about A World Lost
What I Stand On: The Collected Essays of Wendell Berry: 1969-2017
New York: The Library of America, 2019. First edition. Hardcover. 1702pp. Octavo [21cm]; two volumes in a slipcase, green cloth covered boards with gilt title on spine. Wendell Berry (b. 1934) is a writer whose life’s work has been dedicated to “what I value most in the world: the life..... More about What I Stand On: The Collected Essays of Wendell Berry: 1969-2017
American Authors Series: Wendell Berry
Lewiston, ID. Confluence Press, Inc., 1991. First edition. Hardcover. 223pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Brown cloth covered boards with a white ink stamped title on the spine. Near fine. The foot of the spine is gently bumped. The dust jacket is in near fine condition as well. This work contains an... More about American Authors Series: Wendell Berry
Trust Me: Charles Keating and the Missing Billions
New York: Random House, 1993. First edition. Paperback. SIGNED. ADVANCE UNCORRECTED PROOF. 420pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] White and blue printed wrappers. Near Fine book in Near Fine dust jacket. Rear panel of jacket is blank. "PROOF" stamped on inside of jacket. One of only a handfull of proofs produced for... More about Trust Me: Charles Keating and the Missing Billions
Virgin of the Radio
New York: Doubleday, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. 342pp. Large octavo [24 cm] 1/4 brown cloth with brownish red paper covered boards. Near fine / Near fine. Publisher's author photo laid in. Sarah Bird's previous novel, The Mommy Club, won the Texas Institute of Letters Best Fiction of the Year award. More about Virgin of the Radio
Idaville
New York: Brooklyn Artists Alliance, 2010. Paperback. Unpaginated, 24cm. Red and light blue saddle-bound illustrated wraps. Issue 9, Numbered edition of 750. Idaville is an illustrated short story about a boy detective who never grew up and a girl who did. For Leroy, solutions have always been as easy as flipping... More about Idaville
Stone Song: A Novel of Crazy Horse
New York: A Tom Doherty Associates Book, 1995. Advance reading copy. Paperback. SIGNED. 400pp. Octavo [21 cm] White and black printed wraps. Very good. The extremities are lightly soiled, and very slightly stained. Label stain on rear wrap. Spine ends bumped. Remainder mark in black pen on the bottom edge... More about Stone Song: A Novel of Crazy Horse
The Decameron: The Modell of Wit, Mirth, Eloquence and Conversation Framed in Ten Dayes, of An Hundred Curious Pieces, by Seven Honourable Ladies, and Three Noble Gentlemen; Preserved to Posterity by the Renowned John Boccaccio, The Refiner of Italian Prose
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1980. Fritz Kredel. Collector's Edition. Leather bound. 536pp. Quarto [26 cm] Full red leather with raised bands, a gilt stamped title on the spine, and gilt stamped decorative designs on the spine and covers. All edges gilt. Tan moire endpapers. With a thin 2" scratch... More about The Decameron: The Modell of Wit, Mirth, Eloquence and Conversation Framed in Ten Dayes, of An...
Con Burroughs (Conversazioni inedite 1974-1979)
Roma: Arcana Editrice, 1979. Italian text. Paperback. 140pp. Octavo [20 cm]. Illustrated wraps. Lightly bumped on edges and corners, faded at the spine. Clean and unmarked. Very Good. Conversazioni inedite con Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Allen Ginsberg...1974-1979. Many illustrations. More about Con Burroughs (Conversazioni inedite 1974-1979
Querencia
Livingston, MT: Clark City Press, 1996. Second printing, association copy. Hardcover. SIGNED. 154pp. Octavo [22 cm] Tan cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title on the backstrip. Near fine, in a very good dust jacket, with light staining (more so on the rear panel). Ex-libris Tom Russell. Inscribed by... More about Querencia
Notes of a Vagabond, Ways of Men
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1931. First edition in English. Hardcover. 274pp. Octavo [23 cm] Orange cloth over boards stamped in brown and gilt. There are a number of very tiny, light stains to the upper extremities, the spine ends are gently bumped, and there is a previous owner's... More about Notes of a Vagabond, Ways of Men
Evaristo Carriego
New York: E. P. Dutton, Inc., 1984. First American edition. Hardcover. 173pp. Large octavo [24 cm] 1/2 natural cloth with olive green cloth covered boards. Very good plus. The edges of the spine and covers are very subtly bumped, rubbed and faded. The top edge of the text block is... More about Evaristo Carriego
A Bekkersdal Marathon
Cape Town, Pretoria: Human & Rousseau, 1978. Third edition. Hardcover. 170pp. Octavo [22 cm] Gray paper covered boards with a white ink stamped title on the spine. Very good. The edges of the covers are lightly rubbed and bumped. There are a couple of very small stains on the front... More about A Bekkersdal Marathon
A Cask of Jerepigo
Cape Town, Pretoria: Human & Rousseau, 1978. Third edition. Hardcover. 245pp. Octavo [22 cm] Brown paper covered boards with a white ink stamped title on the spine. Very good. The edges of the covers are bumped and lightly rubbed. The dust jacket is in very good condition as well. The... More about A Cask of Jerepigo
Cold Stone Jug
Cape Town, Pretoria: Human & Rousseau, 1969. Hardcover. 220pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Brown paper covered boards with a white ink stamped title on the spine. Very good. The edges of the covers are gently rubbed and bumped. The spine is ever so slightly rolled. There is an ink stamp on... More about Cold Stone Jug
Jurie Steyn's Post Office
Cape Town, Pretoria: Human & Rousseau, 1978. Third edition. Hardcover. 147pp. Octavo [22 cm] Brown paper covered boards with a white ink stamped title on the spine. Very good. The edges of the covers are bumped and lightly rubbed. Very slight spine slant. There are several very small light stains... More about Jurie Steyn's Post Office
Mafeking Road
Cape Town, Pretoria: Human & Rousseau, 1982. Twelfth impression. Hardcover. 166pp. Octavo [22 cm] Black paper covered boards with a white ink stamped title on the spine. Very good. The edges of the covers are lightly rubbed. There is a small indentation in the top edge of the rear board... More about Mafeking Road
Unto Dust
Cape Town, Pretoria: Human & Rousseau, 1974. Fifth edition. Hardcover. 181pp. Octavo [22 cm] Brown paper covered boards with a white ink stamped title on the spine. Very good. The edges of the covers are gently bumped and rubbed. Very slight spine slant. The free endsheets are very subtly yellowed... More about Unto Dust
Willemsdorp
Cape Town, Pretoria: Human & Rousseau, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. 208pp. Octavo [22 cm] Orange paper covered boards with a white ink stamped title. Very good. The edges of the covers are mildly bumped and rubbed. The dust jacket is in very good condition. Lightly rubbed and soiled. There is... More about Willemsdorp
Blood Orchid: An Unnatural History of America
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2018. University of Texas Press Edition. Paperback. 270pp. Octavo [21.5cm]; black and white wraps. Forward by William Langewiesche. More about Blood Orchid: An Unnatural History of America
Blood Orchid; An Unnatural History of America
New York: North Point Press, 2002. First paperback edition. Paperback. 298pp. Octavo [21 cm] Illustrated wraps. "In this ground-shaking, breathtaking cri de coeur, Bowden digs with love-driven fury for the roots of our brutal history in this once-brace New World. The figures he casts before us - from Pancho Villa... More about Blood Orchid; An Unnatural History of America
Blue Desert
Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. 175pp. Octavo [23 cm] Full blue cloth with gilt title on backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Signed by the author in black ink on the title page. In 'Blue Desert', Charles Bowden presents a view of the Southwest that seeks to... More about Blue Desert
Blue Desert
Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. 175pp. Octavo [23 cm] Full blue cloth with gilt title on backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Jacket price clipped. Signed by the author in black ink on the title page. In 'Blue Desert', Charles Bowden presents a view of the Southwest... More about Blue Desert
Blue Desert
Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 175pp. Octavo [23 cm] Blue cloth over boards with a copper stamped title on the backstrip. Very good plus, with a short, thin mark on the bottom edge of the text block. In a very good dust jacket, with... More about Blue Desert