Various Authors

Timothy Mcsweeney's Sometimes Not Believing How Great This All Is

Gurnee, IL, McSweeney's, 2000. Hard Cover. 288 pages. With a few illustrations. A collection of articles, essays, and literature published in McSweeney's, reflecting that journal's unique view of the modern world. With a full color cover depicting Ted Koppel. GOOD jacket on a VERY GOOD book. Heavy scuffing, moderate soiling and a dampstain present on the jacket, with a few minor tears present along the jacket extremities. Dampstain is present along the jacket spine and rear cover near the spine. Minor soiling, fading and edgwear to the book. Interior clean and solid. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 002621

Catalogue: Essays/ Non Fiction

Keywords: Literature Criticism

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Representative Men. Seven Lectures

London, Henry G. Bohn, 1850. Half-Leather. Perhaps the first UK edition, although as the preface by the publisher states, another publisher published an edition almost simultaneously with this, but without the author's final corrections. 143 pages. A collection of essays on men such as Plato, Swedenborg, Montaigne, Shakespeare, Napoleon, etc. In half leather with faux marbled green paper on the boards. Title in gilt on the spine. In VERY GOOD condition. Moderate scuffing to the covers and extremities. Minor soiling and dusting. Minor fading. Text clean and solid with moderate darkening to the pages. Former price in ink on the first endpaper. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 002382

Catalogue: Essays/ Non Fiction

Keywords: Transcendentalism Ralph Waldo Emerson Swedenborg

Grumbach, Doris

Life in a Day

Boston, Beacon Press, 1996. First Edition. Hard Cover. First edition with a 1 in the number line. Hardcover in unclipped jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR with a brief inscription on the ffep. No provenance can be given for this signature but it does match that which is given in the Ahearn author bibliography for Doris Grumbach. A memoir of a day in the life of the author. In NEAR FINE condition with no visible wear to the jacket or book. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 001227

Catalogue: Essays/ Non Fiction

Lawrence, D.H.

Pornography and Obscenity. Criterion Miscellany No. 5

London, Faber and Faber, 1929. Wraps. Printed orange wraps. 32 pp. An essay by D.H. Lawrence discussing what is considered clean and dirty in society, and how art and literature is thus influenced. He describes "phallic sex," as 'a creative flow,' while defining pornography as an 'attempt to insult sex and the human spirit.' GOOD condition. Some scuffing and chipping along the extremities, with loss of wrapper at the upper left corner. Some soiling and toning to the wrappers, rendering them somewhat grubby in appearance. Minor toning to the text block. Good .

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Book number: 016862

Catalogue: Essays/ Non Fiction

Keywords: Noisbn Literary Criticism

McCormick, Malachi

How to Make a Decent Cup of Tea

No Place, Stone Street Press, Publisher, 1988. Wraps. Stated special Boston Tea Party edition, published on the 215th anniversary of the event. Initialed by the author on the color phone page. Wraps, small handmade booklet. 14 pages. A humorous, but somewhat serious, short essay on the art of making a cup of tea. NEAR FINE condition. Very light edgewear. Near Fine .

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Book number: 018810

Catalogue: Essays/ Non Fiction

Keywords: Noisbn

McCormick, Malachi

How to Make a Perfect Cup of Coffee

No Place, Stone Street Press, Publisher, 1992. Wraps. Initialed by the author on the color phone page. Wraps, small handmade booklet. 19 pages. A humorous, but somewhat serious, short essay on the art of making a cup of coffee. NEAR FINE condition. Very light edgewear. Near Fine .

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Book number: 018822

Catalogue: Essays/ Non Fiction

Keywords: Noisbn Cookbooks

Ricker, Marilla

The Four Gospels

East Aurora, NY, The Roycrofters, 1911. Hard Cover. Paper covered boards with a leather spine. 130 pp. A collection of four essays on four figures in history: Robert G. Ingersoll, Thomas Paine, John Calvin and Jonathan Edwards, as well as an essay asking "What is Prayer?" Ricker reflects on Robert G. Ingersoll, his agnosticism and skill as an orator, as well as his advocacy for freethought, and questions Theodore Roosevelt's criticisms of Thomas Paine, among other subjects. Marilla M. Ricker was the first woman admitted to the NH bar as well as being admitted to the bar in Washington DC in 1882. She pushed for prison reform, and worked free of charge for many of her clients. Ricker was also a strong advocate for women's suffrage, being the first woman to attempt to vote in New Hampshire, arguing that she had a right to do so as a property owner in Dover, NH. She also was a key figure in the freethought movement. FAIR/GOOD condition. MISSING the backstrip along the spine. Some soiling, minor to moderate staining and spotting to the covers. Extremities bumped and worn. Leather hinges worn along the exterior. Minor toning in the interior. Fair .

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Book number: 014125

Catalogue: Essays/ Non Fiction

Keywords: Noisbn

Salaberry, Adela Garcia

Por Television Argentina. Segundo Cuaderno

Buenos Aires, Talleres Graficos Argentinos, 1960. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. SIGNED by the author, and numbered, being #301 (on the copyright page). Unpaginated. Black and white photos throughout. All text in Spanish. A collection of essays on various topics and people related to the cultural history of Argentina. By Adela Garcia Salaberry, who was very active in agitating for women's suffrage, women's rights and other feminist causes. GOOD condition. Moderate browning, some soiling and minor staining to the covers. Minor curling and creasing along the corners. Paper toned in the interior. Large gift inscription on the title page. Good .

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Book number: 009938

Catalogue: Essays/ Non Fiction

Keywords: Noisbn

Savage, M.J.

Sermons of M.J. Savage. Count Tolstoi Vs. Evolution or the Sermon of the Mount and to-Day. Unity Pulpit Boston. Vol. 8 May 20, 1887. No. 35

Boston, George H. Ellis, 1887. First American Edition. Original Wraps. Original wraps. Saddle stapled. 15pp. An essay/sermon by M.J. Savage, analyzing and refuting Count Tolstoi's theories of society and its function. Savage cites Tolstoi of being in favor of abolishing many of the arts and sciences, as well as the abolishment of personal ownership of property, in favor of a more communal style of living. Savage argues against this, suggesting toil and hardship associated with humanity struggling to achieve its individual aims is more in line with God's intent, and in fact, is beared out by the theory of evolution. In FAIR condition. Outer wraps DETACHED from the rest of the pamphlet. Mostly minor soiling to the wraps, slightly more so to the front cover. General minor tanning. A few minor tears and creases along the extremities with a bit more wear along the spine. The cover wraps, attached to each other, are split about halfway along the lower portion. Interior clean with minor tanning. Fair .

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Book number: 003530

Catalogue: Essays/ Non Fiction

Keywords: Leo Tolstoy Evolution Communism Marxism Religion Noisbn

Talfourd, Thomas Noon; Stephen, James

The Modern British Essayists. Vol. VII. Talfourd and Stephen. Critical Miscellaneous Writings of T. Noon Talfourd; Critical Miscellaneous Essays of James Stephen

Philadelphia, Carey and Hart, Publisher, 1846. Full Leather. Full calf leather. 176, 158 pp. The section of writings by Talfourd indicates this was the second American edition, containing additional articles never before published in the United States. The essays by Talfourd relate primary to literary matters, authors, etc. with the essays by Stephen relating to various historical subjects. Thomas Talfourd was an English politician and author, writing for various literary magazines on the subjects of literature and law. James Stephen was a British under-secretary of state for the colonies in the 1830s and 40s, and was a key figure in the implementation of the slavery abolition act (Wikipedia). GOOD condition. Ex-library. Bookplate and circular embossment present (on the title page) with an alphanumeric figure also present. No exterior treatments present. Dark stain present along the lower edges of the covers. Some spotting and minor staining to the covers, with light soiling. Heavy scuffing to the leather at the corners, extremities and along the spine. Minor to moderate scattered foxing throughout the interior. Very minor scattered soiling. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007726

Catalogue: Essays/ Non Fiction

Keywords: Noisbn