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Eagle and Earwig: Essays on Books and Writers

Wilson, Colin (1931-2013) · 1965 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.34 | ¥13,569)

London John Baker First Edition, First Printing pp. 278. 8vo., measuring 5.5" x 8.75". Publisher's original dark-green cloth over boards with gilt lettering over orange spine label. Lightest bumps to the head-and-tail of spine otherwise, the extremities remain remarkably well-...

Bone of Contention: Life Story and Confessions

Scott, Cyril · 1969 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$38.00 (€34.48 | £28.76 | ¥6,066)

New York Arco Publishing Company, Inc. First Edition, First Printing pp. xi, 242. 8vo. Publisher's ivory cloth over boards, gilt lettering to the spine. Black-and-white photograph frontispiece of Scott. Exceptionally well-preserved showing no detectable flaws to the cloth extr...

Engels: The Only Concise Guide to His Life and Work

McLellan, David · 1977 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

United Kingdom Harvester Press | Fontana Books First Edition pp. 79. Slim 8vo. Publisher's navy-blue cloth over boards, gilt lettering to the spine. Lightest rubbing to the cloth extremities, ex-library pocket and stamps to the ffep, else, contents without blemish with bright,...

A Piece of My Mind: Reflections at Sixty

Wilson, Edmund (1895-1972) · 1956 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

New York Farrar, Straus & Cudahy First Edition, First Printing pp. 239. 12mo. Ivory cloth over boards, black lettering to the spine. Exceptionally well-preserved extremities. Net ink name to the ffep, else, contents equally without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked page...

Chords and Discords; Purely Personal Opinions on Music

Wilson, Colin · 1966 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$33.00 (€29.94 | £24.98 | ¥5,268)

New York Crown Publishers, Inc. First Edition, First Printing pp. 215. 8vo. Publisher's black cloth over boards, lilac lettering and ornamentation to the spine and front board. Faintest rubbing to the cloth extremities, contents equally without blemish with bright, clean, and ...

A Long The Riverrun: Selected Essays

Ellmann, Richard · 1989 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$32.50 (€29.49 | £24.60 | ¥5,188)

New York Alfred A. Knopf First Edition, First Printing pp. 277. 8vo. Publisher's quarter cloth over boards, gilt lettering to the spine and front board, untrimmed pages edges. No detectable flaws to the extremities, contents equally without blemish with bright, clean, and unma...

An Essay in Autobiography

Pasternak, Boris (1890-1960); Manya Harari (Trans.); Edward Crankshaw (Intro.) · 1959 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$39.00 (€35.38 | £29.52 | ¥6,226)

London Collins and Harvill Press First English-Language Edition pp. 160. 8vo. Publisher's black cloth over boards with gilt lettering to the spine. Black-and-white photograph frontispiece, accompanied with additional illustrated, and portrait plates. Exceptionally well-preserv...

My Sister and I

Nietzsche, Friedrich; Oscar Levy (Trans. & Intro.) · 1953 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$39.00 (€35.38 | £29.52 | ¥6,226)

New York Bridgehead Books | Boar Books pp. 254, [2]. 8vo. Publisher's textured teal paper boards, stamped maroon lettering and illustraiton to the spine and front board. Charming engraved frontispiece portrait of Nietzsche. Light rubbing to the edges, neat ink name to ffep oth...

Hitch-Hike to Vancouver [SIGNED]

Watson, Daniel J. · 0 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$39.00 (€35.38 | £29.52 | ¥6,226)

Eriksdale, Manitoba, Canada Privately Printed First Edition, First Printing pp. 206. 8vo. Pictorial covers. Black-and-white photographs, and portraits. Bright, clean, and unmarked; very good+. SIGNED by the author to the title page.

My Sister's Brother

Litman, Larry; Ryan Litman (Illust.) · 2004 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

[Winnipeg, Manitoba] Zaman Publishing First Edition, First Printing pp. 119. Small 8vo. Pictorial covers. Black-and-white illustrations throughout. Bright, clean, and unmarked; near fine. Warmly SIGNED, and incribed by the author to the title page.

Right On, You Got the Elbow Out! ; Wartime Memories of the R.C.A.F.

Monnon, Ernest F.; Mary Ann Monnon · 1990 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada Natural Heritage Inc. First Edition, First Printing pp. 96. Slim 8vo. Pictorial covers. Rich with many black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations, etc. Bright, clean, and unmarked; as new.

Mr. God, I'm Sorry

Haywood, Joe; Peter Warren · 1979 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Winnipeg, Manitoba Gateway Publishing Co., Ltd. First Edition, First Printing pp. 146. Small 8vo. Pictorial card covers held with black plastic spiral binding. Black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, etc. Bright, clean, and unmarked with firm, sound ...

My Every Breath; A Memoir of Love, Loss and Hope

Maynard, Anna; Karen Emilson · 2019 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

[Winnipeg, Manitoba] Privately Printed First Edition, First Printing pp. 309. 8vo. Pictorial covers. Many black-and-white photographs, portraits, etc. Bright, clean, and unmarked. SIGNED and inscribed by the author to the title page.

From Sanger to Saskatchewan: The Life Story of John Robert Drever [SIGNED]

Drever, John Robert · 1976 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

[Fort San, Saskatchewan] Privately Printed First Edition, First Printing Unpaginated [pp. 12]. 12mo., measuring 5" x 7.75". Plain twice-stapled card covers. Clean, and unmarked; fine. Scarce in commerce. SIGNED and inscribed by the author to the final page. Not found in Peel, ...

The Importance of Living

Yutang, Lin (1895-1976) · 1937 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$59.00 (€53.53 | £44.66 | ¥9,419)

New York John Day | Reynal & Hitchcock First Edition pp. xvi, 459. 8vo. Publisher's black cloth over boards, gilt lettering over red spine label, Chinese characters to the centre of the front board. Faintest edgewear, and light bumping to head and tail of spine, else, cloth ex...

Paul Goodman: Collected Stories [Complete In Three Volumes] Volume I: The Break-up of Our Camp, Stories: 1932-1935; Volume II: A Ceremonial, Stories: 1936-1940; Volume III: The Fact of Life, Stories (1940-1949)

Goodman, Paul; Taylor Stoehr (Ed.) · 1977 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$165.00 (€149.70 | £124.89 | ¥26,340)

Santa Barbara & Ann Arbor Black Sparrow Press Deluxe Limited Edition pp. 289; 273; 329. 8vo's., measuring 6.25" x 9.25". Uniformly bound in (marbled, brown, and teal) felt over paper boards with pasted paper labels to the spines; lilac, orange and maroon endpapers. Light rubbi...

Attorney for the Frontier, Enos Stutsman

Gibson, Dale; Lee Gibson; Cameron Harvey · 1983 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Winnipeg, Manitoba The University of Manitoba Press First Edition, First Printing pp. 180. Square 8vo. Publisher's quarter brown cloth over terracotta boards, gilt lettering to the spine, map endpapers. Black-and-white portrait frontispiece. Many additional black-and-white pho...

Famous Scots Series: James Frederick Ferrier

Haldane, E.S. · 1899 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Edinburgh & London Oliphant Anderson & Ferrier First Edition pp. 158, [2 pages of advertisements]. Small 8vo., measuring 5" x 7.5". Publisher's illustrated red cloth over boards, gilt and black lettering to the spine, and front board. Remarkably well-preserved showing no detec...

The American T. S. Eliot: A Study of the Early Writings [SIGNED].

Sigg, Eric · 1989 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Cambridge Cambridge University Press First Edition, First Printing pp. ix, 269. 8vo. Black cloth over boards, silver lettering to the spine. No detectable flaws to the cloth extremities, ink underlining to the first seven pages (entirely unaffecting legibility of the text), re...

Grace Whitney Hoff: The Story of an Abundant Life

Patch, Carolyn; Chauncey W. Goodrich (Intro.); Grace Whitney Hoff (1862-1938) · 1933 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$74.00 (€67.14 | £56.01 | ¥11,813)

Cambridge Privately Printed by the Author at the Riverside Press First Edition, First Printing pp. xix, 223. Royal 8vo. Publisher's light-blue cloth over boards, gilt lettering to the spine, and facsimile signature of the subject in gilt to the front board, pictorial endpapers...