Essays from Great Northern Books
New Arrivals
Aids and Its Metaphors
by Sontag, Susan
- Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- very good +
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1989
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780374102579
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Item Price
-
SGD 12.33
Show Details
Description:
New York: Farar, Straus, & Giroux, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. First printing. "Susan Sontag's now classic essay on the invented and often punitive uses of illness as a figure or metaphor in our culture. " [from the jacket]. A clean unmarked copy.
Item Price
SGD 12.33
Baseball: A Literary Anthology
by Dawidoff, Nicholas (Editor)
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 2002
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781931082099
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Item Price
-
SGD 16.44
Show Details
Description:
New York: Library of America, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. First printing. An intelligently selected and diverse collection of the best baseball poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. A clean unmarked copy.
Item Price
SGD 16.44
Keep It Simple: A Defense of the Earth
by Nichols, John
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1992
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780393033861
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Item Price
-
SGD 12.33
Show Details
Description:
New York: W.W. Norton and Co., 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. First printing. Nichols is the author of "Sterile Cuckoo" and "The Milagro Beanfield War." He has written an autobiographical appreciation of the simple life illustrated with color photographs by the author.
Item Price
SGD 12.33
Swallowing the Anchor: Being a Revised and Enlarged Collection of Notes Made by an Engineer in the Merchant Service Who Secured Leave of Absence From His Ship to Investigate and Report Upon the Alleged Superiority of Life Ashore
by McFee, William
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First American edition
- Published
- 1925
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Item Price
-
SGD 10.96
Show Details
Description:
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran, & Company, 1925. First American edition. Hardcover. Good. First printing. Mcfee was born on a a three-masted ship and known for his tales of the sea. Front cover panel has color paper label image of the sun and clouds above a ship at sea. Paper label on spine. Title page is printed in… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 10.96
The Little Man at Chehaw Station
by Ellison, Ralph
- Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Edition
- First printing
- Published
- 1977/78:Winter
- Binding
- Periodical
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Item Price
-
SGD 32.89
Show Details
Description:
Washington DC: United Chapters of Phi Beta Kappa, 1977/78:Winter. First printing. Periodical. Very Good +. First print appearance of Ellison's most famous essay, later republished in the book, "Going to the Territory." A complete issue of the periodical, The American Scholar v.47:no.1; Winter, 1977/78. A clean unmarked copy.
Item Price
SGD 32.89
Virgin Islands: Essays 1992-1997
by Vidal, Gore
- Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- very good +
- Edition
- First UK edition
- Published
- 1997
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780233991368
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Item Price
-
SGD 12.33
Show Details
Description:
London: Andre Deutsch, 1997. First UK edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. First printing. "Vidal on writers and politicians, the CIA and the American Empire... " [from the jacket]. A clean unmarked copy. Ships from USA.
Item Price
SGD 12.33
At the Same Time : Essays and Speeches
by Sontag, Susan
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Edition
- First UK edition
- Published
- 2007
- ISBN
- 9780241143711
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Item Price
-
SGD 12.33
Show Details
Description:
London: Hamish Hamilton, 2007. First UK edition. Near Fine/near fine. First printing. A collection of sixteen essays and addresses, written in the last years of Sontag's life, published posthumously. Edited by Paolo Dilonardo and Anne Jump. Foreword by her son, David Rieff. Wonderful black and white photograph of Sontag on dustjacket that wraps from the rear panel to… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 12.33
Four Visions of America
by Sanchez Thomas; Jong Erica; Boyle Kay; Miller Henry
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Paperback edition
- Published
- 1977
- Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Item Price
-
SGD 13.70
Show Details
Description:
Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1977. First Paperback edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. First printing. SIGNED BY THOMAS SANCHEZ on the half title page. Sanchez is the author of "Rabbit Boss" and "Zoot-Suit Murders. Slight shelfwear to cover, else a clean unmarked copy.
Item Price
SGD 13.70
Other Colors: Essays and a Story
by Pam, Orphan
- Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- very good +
- Edition
- First Canadian edition
- Published
- 2007
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780676979701
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Item Price
-
SGD 12.33
Show Details
Description:
Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. First Canadian edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. First printing. Pamuk's first book since winning the Nobel Prize. Slight edgewear to dustjacket else a clean unmarked copy. Ships from USA.
Item Price
SGD 12.33
High tide in Tucson : Essays From Now or Never
by Kingsolver, Barbara
- Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- very good +
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1995
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780060172916
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Item Price
-
SGD 16.44
Show Details
Description:
New York: Harper Collins, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on the title page, "Patricia - tide's up! Barbara Kingsolver." Illustrations by Paul Mirocha. Also includes a publisher's postcard. A clean, unmarked copy.
Item Price
SGD 16.44
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman : With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects
by Wollstonecraft, Mary
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First edition thus
- Published
- 2008
- Binding
- Hardcover Slipcase
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Item Price
-
SGD 61.66
Show Details
Description:
London: Folio Society, 2008. First edition thus. Hardcover Slipcase. Near Fine. First printing. This ed. uses the text of the second edition of 1792. Also includes Wollstonecraft's "Hints towards a second volume," which remained unwritten. Includes seven illustrations by Sheri Gee with hand-lettering by Stephen Raw. Bound in white with black and red decorations, shelved in a red… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 61.66
As They Were
by Fisher, M. F. K. (Mary Frances Kennedy)
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1982
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780394524009
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Item Price
-
SGD 13.70
Show Details
Description:
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. First printing. A collection of twenty pieces on food. A clean, unmarked copy.
Item Price
SGD 13.70
The Death of Adam: Essays on Modern Thought
by Robinson, Marilynne
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Advance Reading Copy/Uncorrected Proof
- Published
- 1998
- Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Item Price
-
SGD 171.29
Show Details
Description:
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1998. Advance Reading Copy/Uncorrected Proof. Trade Paperback. Very Good. SIGNED BOLDLY BY THE AUTHOR on the title page. The third book by the Pulitzer Prize winning author of "Housekeeping." Rubbed along edges of cover, else a clean, unmarked, uncreased copy.
Item Price
SGD 171.29
Meditations from a Movable Chair: Essays by Andre Dubus
by Dubus, Andre
- Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1998
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780679431084
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Item Price
-
SGD 9.59
Show Details
Description:
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/good. First printing. A collection of 25 essays, a continuation of Dubus's candid, intensely personal exploration into matters of morality, religion, and creativity, the last book published during his lifetime. Also includes two newspaper clippings, Dubus's obituary and a review of his book. A clean, unmarked copy… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 9.59
North of Now: A Celebration of Country and the Soon to be Gone
by Wetherell, W.D.
- Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- very good +
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1998
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Item Price
-
SGD 8.22
Show Details
Description:
New York: Lyons Press, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. First printing. Illustrated by Matt Brown. "In this personal narrative, Wetherell "tries to record and celebrate the pleasures of a life." [from publisher] A clean, unmarked copy.
Item Price
SGD 8.22
Here at Eagle Pond
by Hall, Donald
- Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Edition
- First Paperback edition
- Published
- 1993
- Binding
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780395611548
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Item Price
-
SGD 9.59
Show Details
Description:
New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1993. First Paperback edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good +. First printing. Illustrations by Thomas W. Nason. A collection of essays on life in rural New Hampshire, by Donald Hall, the fourteenth poet laureate of the United States. A clean, unmarked copy.
Item Price
SGD 9.59
Scribble Scribble: Notes on the Media
by Ephron, Nora
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1978
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780394501253
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Item Price
-
SGD 10.96
Show Details
Description:
New York: Knopf, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. First printing.Third book by the author of the screen plays "When Harry Met Sally" and "Julie & Julia." Randon House image remainder mark to bottom of textblock else a clean, unmarked copy.
Item Price
SGD 10.96
Collected Travel Writings : The Continent
by James, Henry
- Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Edition
- First printing
- Published
- 1993
- Binding
- Slipcased
- ISBN
- 9780940450776
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Item Price
-
SGD 13.70
Show Details
Description:
New York: Library of America, 1993. First printing. Slipcased. Very Good +. The subscription edition in brown cloth and cream colored slipcase, without dustjacket as issued, distributed prior to the retail edition in black dustjacket. Richard Howard wrote the notes for this volume. Contents: A Little Tour in France -- Italian Hours -- Other Travels. Also includes a… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 13.70
The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table
by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
- Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Published
- 1955
- Binding
- Slipcased
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Item Price
-
SGD 13.70
Show Details
Description:
New York: Heritage Press, 1955. Slipcased. Very Good +. Reprint of the Limited Editions Club edition. Illustrated with 32 russet photogravure prints by R.J. Holden with an introduction by Van Wyck Brooks. Pictorial paste downs to front and rear cover. Includes Sandglass monthly newsletter. Slight rubbing to spine, else a clean, unmarked copy, in slipcase.
Item Price
SGD 13.70
Cape Cod
by Thoreau, Henry David
- Condition
- Used - Ex-Library
- Edition
- New Riverside Edition
- Published
- 1893
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Item Price
-
SGD 16.44
Show Details
Description:
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1893. New Riverside Edition. Hardcover. Ex-Library. Includes introductory note and index. Top edge gilt. Ex-library with minimal markings, not affecting text.
Item Price
SGD 16.44