Family, Population & Development in Africa
London & New Jersey: Zed Books Ltd, 1997. Soft cover. 8vo. White and black pictorial softcover, 230pp. Fine. Essays on the nature, status, and cultural changes and challenges in Africa. More
Essays
Original Dwelling Place: Zen Buddhist Essays
Washington, D.C. Counterpoint, 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Stated first printing. xii, 241 p.p. Quarter bound in brown cloth with tan paper boards, gilt lettering to spine and author's initials stamped in gilt to front board. Light sunning to head. Dust jacket is sunned at spine with very light bumping..... More
Undomesticated Ground: Recasting Nature as a Feminist Space
Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2000. First Edition. Soft cover. 8vo. Paperback. x, 225pp. Illustrated. About fine. Investigating and reclaiming nature through feminist and environmental perspectives. More
These 25 Years: A Symposium
Toronto: The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited, 1933. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown cloth, gilt emblem on upper front cover, spine lettered in gilt, 113pp. Signed and inscribed by W.H. Alexander on ff/ endpaper; annotated margins and underlines in pencil, spine ends bruised with light soiling on boards, else near..... More
Anecdotes, &c. Antient and Modern. With Observations.
John Stockdale, 1789. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Elegantly rebound with calf spine, xvi, 469pp. Frontispiece. Light spotting on pages, otherwise Near Fine. A collection of anecdotes ranging from advice, good old times, hermits, poetry, sailors and other miscellaneous topics. More
Crossing Memories: Slavery and African Diaspora
Trenton: Africa World Press Inc, 2011. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 8vo. Softcover, 297pp. Fine. Collected essays on the idea of memory, place, identity and remembrance across the personal, collective & artistic records of the slave trade. More
A Lantern at the Gate
Blenheim, Ontario: The Blenheim News-Tribune, 1986. Hardcover. 8vo. SIGNED with inscription by author: "To John and Phyllis Blair, with affection and appreciation, Alvin Armstrong." 270 p.p. Brown paper board with black lettering to spine. Minor bumping to spine ends, else fine. Fore edge of text block lightly damp stained. Colour..... More
D.H. Lawrence and German Literature, with Two Hitherto Unknown Essays
Montreal: Mansfield Book Mart, 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Limited first edition, #139/375. Orig brown cloth. 64 pp. Slight tilt to spine, very minor rubbing to spine ends and corners. Dust jacket damp stained to spine foot. Near fine overall. More
Essays, or Counsels, Civil and Moral
London: The Folio Society, 2002. Brockway, Harry. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Orig. tan paper boards. Patterned endpapers. xxv, 136 pp. Illustrations in text. Fine in fine patterned paper slipcase. More
Judaism and Christianity: A Modern Theologian's Discussion of Basic Issues Between the Two Religions
Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1960. Hardcover. 8vo. Second impression. Orig. black cloth. 292 pp. Offsetting to front endpapers from inserted folded leaf from The National Jewish Monthly dated April 1965, with an article entitled "Let's Tak a Long, Hard Look at Jewish Education," by Azriel Eisenberg, and..... More
From Facts to Values. Certainty, Order, Balance, and Their Universal Implications
Toronto: Optagon Publications Ltd, 1995. Soft cover. 8vo. 284 (4) p.p. Paperback. Small black markings to spine ends. Interior clean, a fine copy of book. This book explores the differences between what people value and the facts behind them for commonly known controversial topics. More
The World from Jackson Square: a New Orlean's Reader
Farrar, Straus and Company, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. Orig. black quarter-cloth over red boards, xvii, 405pp. Bookplate of C.B. Farrar on front pastedown, newsprint illustrations laid-on verso of pp. xvii, and rear free endpaper. Yellow tape marking on ff/ endpaper. Spine bumped but o/w very good in d/w. Jacket..... More
A Christmas Garland
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1918. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Orig. red cloth. vii, 197 pp. Spine cocked, sunned and damp stained. Chafing to extremities, bumping to spine ends and lower front corner. Interior age toned. More
The Mysteries Today, and other essays
London: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1973. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Full blue paper boards. 154 pp. Spine slightly tilted. Light staining to top edge of text block. Dust jacket is lightly sunned to spine, some rubbing to extremities, tear to foot of front cover..... More
Goethe's World. As Seen in Letters and Memoirs.
London: Peter Owen Limited, 1951. Hardcover. 8vo. xxii, 422 p.p. Cloth. Illustrations. Discolouration to spine ends and corners of dust-jacket. Tears to ends of dust-jacket. Bumping to boards, extremities. Bookplate of C.B. Farrar on front pastedown endpaper. Notes in blue ink to head of rear pastedown. Price clipped. Overall a...... More
A Little Book on the Human Shadow
San Francisco: Harper San Francisco, 1988. Soft cover. Soft cover. 81 pp. Toning to covers, light foxing to fore edge of text block. Else fine. More
Each Moment as it Flies
Toronto: Methuen, 1984. Hardcover. 8vo. Orig.cloth. xi, 283pp. Signed with a dedication from the author. A small tear to lower front hinge, some light bruising to spine ends o/w very good in a near fine but lightly soiled d/w. A collection of essays and columns by Canadian journalist Harry Bruce..... More
Each Moment as it Flies
Toronto: Methuen, 1984. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Orig.cream cloth. xi, 283pp. Fine condition. A collection of essays and columns by Canadian journalist Harry Bruce. More
The Spirit of the Court: Selected Proceedings of the Fourth Congress of the International Courtly Literature Society, Toronto 1983
Cambridge: D.S. Brewer, 1985. Hardcover. 8vo. Full red cloth. 408 pp. Light bumps to spine ends and one very small damp stain to front board. Dust jacket is bumped to extremities, a few stains, small chip to foot of front cover. The Spirit of the Court represents a selection of..... More
The Sheffield Dialect
Sheffield: G. Chaloner, 1839. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 18mo. Cloth with paper spine label. xii, 283 p.p. Light scuffing, rubbing to boards and edges. Spine sunned with slight bruising to ends. Corners lightly frayed. Small tearing to paper label, partially affectng title.Some trimming to top edges, but text unaffected. Top right..... More
Some Of Us: An Essay in Epitaphs
New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1930. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Limited edition, #1093/1250. Quarter white cloth, blue paper boards, printed paper spine label. 195 pp. Darkening to spine and top edges, very minor wear to upper corners of boards, else fine. More
It's Your Empire
London: Victor Gollancz, 1945. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 18mo. Blue cloth boards. 223 pp. Spine sunned, light chafing to extremities. Soiling to edges of text block. Dust jacket is foxed, age toned and bumped to extremities, damp stained to spine. More
The Atlantic in Global History, 1500-2000
Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson, 2007. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 8vo (square). Blue softcover,258pp. Illustrated. Fine. Academic essays on the evolving Atlantic in global context, including slavery and African diaspora. More
V.S. Naipaul: An Anthology of 21st Century Criticism
New Delhi: Atlantic, 2015. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (crown). Pictorial boards, xxxvii, 283pp, about fine. Essays on themes in V.S. Naipaul's work, ranging from race, identity, travelogues, Post-Colonialism, and more that have emerged in his fiction and non-fiction writing. More
The Dance of Siva: Essays on Indian Art and Culture
New York: Dover Publications, 1984. Soft cover. Paperback, 139pp. Illustrated. About fine. Essays on Indian Music, the Status of Indian Women, Buddhism, That Beauty is a State, Hindu View of Art and many other perspectives on Indian culture. More