Later printing. A collection of 48 of Karsh's iconic photographs, nicely printed as sheet-fed gravures. With Karsh's brief introductions to each of his sitters. 203 pages. 9-3/4 by 12-1/4 inches. The third printing of the Canadian edition (Karsh was an Armenian refugee who settled in Canada) of this classic photobook. A......

First Edition. A collection of black-and-white images with a moving biographical essay by Raymond Carver about his childhood and his father, a text that compliments rather than comments on Burke's photographs. 59 pages. 9-1/2 by 12-1/2 inches. Preface by Andy Grundberg. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in a......

First Edition. Hanzlicek, with Philip Levine, made the poetry faculty at Fresno State University a center for working class poets in California. 69 pages. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to fellow poet Mark Strand: "For Mark, After eleven years, we.....

First Edition. This paper is one of those remarkable feats of species identification. Wheeler, one of the leading experts in myrmecology (a term Wheeler coined), or the science of ants, examined 9527 specimens of ants preserved in amber. He identified 21 new genera and 40 new species. 66 figures of drawings.....

First Edition. Part memoir, part business philosophy, part how to get rich. Lamb was a labor lawyer and broadcasting executive. First edition (stated). A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. This copy is inscribed to the former US Senator and Democratic presidential nominee George McGovern. "To George.....

35 pages. 7-1/4 by 9-1/2 inches. Edition of 200 copies. Colección del San Juan. Poems, mimeographed from typescript on off-white paper from the design and illustrations of Hiram Aguiar. While many Ediciones Vigía books have uniform borders around the text, this book has unique vignettes on each page. OCLC: DEIAI DLC EEM.....

First Edition. Correct first edition (first printing), preceding the US edition. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author with her true name, "Ruth Rendell as [Barbara Vine] To Stephen Gould with best wishes." The recipient was Stephen Jay Gould, the noted American paleontologist.....

First Edition. An anthology of poems suitable for children by writers from 68 countries. Nye, a distinguished poet who is currently the poetry editor for the New York Times Magazine, is of Palestinian and European-American heritage. She is also the Poetry Foundation's poet laureate for children's poetry. First edition (first printing).....

First Edition. xvii, 327 pages including the index. This book "brings together the most important essays and reviews of Corliss Lamont in the areas of humanist philosophy, civil liberties, world peace, and socialism"—dust jacket. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in a like dust jacket; some dampstaining to.....

First Edition. [32] pages. A short story, illustrated here by Catherine Deeter, and published as a children's picture book. The story follows a Mr. Sweet, who always is always on the verge of dying, only to be revived by a little girl. At the end of the story, the girl.....

First Edition. 8-3/4 by 11-1/4 inches. Sánchez's first book, a key collection of poetry from the Chicano Movement. Sánchez spent most of the 1960s in prison where he earned his GED and began writing. He later went on to receive a doctorate and became one of the leading figures in.....

First Edition. 284 pages. A collection of short stories with outlandish premises (dating among computer icons, humans copulating with fire, etc.). First edition (stated, with numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed to fellow weird SF writer Neal Barrett, Jr.: "for Neal with gratitude.....

First Edition. Poems; the author's second full-length collection. Nemerov served as US poet laureate and his collected poems won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. 83 pages. First edition (stated). A very good copy in a very good dust jacket (light shelf wear). This copy is inscribed.....