Non-fiction from Linden Avenue Books

Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Signed. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Navy cloth with gilt lettering. Tight, square with sharp corners. The interior is clean and unmarked. Dustjacket is fine, unclipped, no chips or tears and with mylar protective cover. "This is the extraordinary tale of life aboard what may be one of the last American… Read more about this item

First Edition, First Printing. Good+ in a Good dustjacket. Gray cloth with blue & gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Boards and binding are solid, some edgewear and soiling on rear. The interior is clean and free of any markings. The unclipped dustjacket has original $5.95 price, a cover art photo of Nixon by Philippe Halsman, and shows some… Read more about this item

First Edition, FIrst Printing. Blue cloth with silver lettering on spine. A withdrawn x-library copy with stamps on top edge and title page, library pocket on rear endpapaper. The interior is otherwise clean and unmarked and the binding is solid. The unclipped dustjacket shows original $8.95 price and is taped to the boards. Protected in mylar. Written in the 1940's… Read more about this item

First Edition, First Printing. Very good in a fine dustjacket. 104 pages with illustrations by Mark Summers. Square with sharp corners and solid binding. Front and rear boards show slight abrasions, both front and rear pastedowns show minor spots. Otherwise clean and unmarked. The unclipped dustjacket is clean, bright and without flaws. Protected in mylar. From the dustjacket: "Defining Portraits,… Read more about this item

FIrst Edition, First Printing. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Clean, square with sharp corners. Interior is unmarked. The glassine printed dustjacket is unclipped and shows original $22.95 price with no chips, creases or tears. Protected in mylar. Born LeRoi Jones in New Jersey in 1934, Baraka was a poet, playwright, writer, and activist who became a seminal figure in the… Read more about this item

First Edition, First Printing. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Square with sharp corners and tight binding. Interior is clean with no markings of any kind. The unclipped dustjacket with original price of 23.95 is clean and crisp with no chips or tears. Protected in mylar. The author, a journalist, poet and musicologist born in Belfast, gives the history of his… Read more about this item

No edition stated. Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket. Rust-colored cloth with minimal shelfwear. Square with sharp corners and solid binding, interior is clean and unmarked with some age-darkening. 450 pages with notes, index, extensive bibliography and illustrated maps on endpapers. The unclipped pictorial dustjacket has original $5.50 price, rubbed with some wear at extremities. Protected in mylar. "A… Read more about this item

First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine, Near Fine. Clean, crisp and square with sharp corners and tight binding. The unclipped dustjacket shows original $7.95 price and is bright with minimal wear. Protected in mylar. From the dustjacket: "This superb documentary vividly reveals the havoc the Vietnam War caused in in the American system of jurisprudence. Provoked by the refusal of… Read more about this item

Fifth Printing. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Clean and unmarked, square with tight binding and sharp corners. Fine dust jacket is unclipped and flawless. "The first installment of Bob Dylan's autobiography is as lively, omnivorous, and endlessly weird as its subject." - New York Magazine. Protected in mylar cover. Carefully packaged and shipped in a box.

Hardcover, later printing, not a book club. Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket. Black cloth with cover illustration, green lettering and illustrated endpapers. A nice copy, 587 pages including notes, bibliography and index. Square with solid binding and sharp corners, head of spine lightly bumped. Interior is clean and unmarked. The unclipped dustjacket shows original $3.50 price, with edgewear… Read more about this item

An early reprint of this 1947 best-seller. Very Good in a Good+ dustjacket. Decorative cloth boards, jacket designed by Samuel Bryant and illustrated with sketches by Agness Newton Keith and Don Johnston. Solid binding, square with sharp corners. The interior is clean and free of any markings. The dustjacket is unclipped but does not show any price, with chipping at… Read more about this item

FIrst Edition, First Printing. An x-library copy with the usual stickers and stamps, including pocket at rear endpaper. Binding is solid, text is clean and free of any markings. The dustjacket is price-clipped, with some soiling but overall in good shape, protected in a mylar cover which is taped to the boards. Includes a scholarly analysis of Allen's films, a… Read more about this item

First Edition, First Printing. Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket. Orange & black cloth boards with gilt lettering. Tight binding, square with sharp corners and minimal shelf wear. Interior is clean, bright and free of any markings. The dustjacket is unclipped; the original price of $17.95 shows a faded mark-over (see photo) and there is a crease on the… Read more about this item

First Edition, First Printing. Very Good, no dustjacket. Quarter red cloth over grey cloth with black and silver lettering on the front board and spine, with red publisher's topstain. Binding is solid, minor wear at head and foot of spine, one coner is lightly bumped. The interior is clean and free of any markings. The second in Catton's three volume… Read more about this item

First Edition, First Printing. Very Good in a Fair dustjacket. Black cloth with silver title on front cover. A large, heavy volume with solid binding, square and with minimal wear. The interior is clean and without markings of any kind. The uclipped dustjacket has the original $15.00 price, chipping and wear at extremities and a one-inch open tear on the… Read more about this item

First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Binding is tight, book is square. Interior is clean and free of any markings. There is some paper residue on rear pastedown under the jacket flap (see photo) and a light bump on one corner, else fine. Appears unread. The unclipped dustjacket is fine with original $8.95 price and gilt… Read more about this item

First Edition, First Printing. Very Good in a Fine dustjacket. Green cloth with orange lettering on spine. Deckled foredge and red endpapers. Boards are a bit bowed, otherwise fine. Binding is tight, corners are sharp. The interior is clean and without markings of any kind. The beautifully illustrated dustjacket is crisp and bright with slight wear at head of spine.… Read more about this item

First Edition, FIrst Printing. Good in a Good dustjacket. A withdrawn ex-library copy with usual stamps and markings and pocket on rear end paper. Solid boards and very tight binding. Text is clean and unmarked. The dustjacket is unclipped with original $24.95 price intact and taped to the boards in a protective mylar cover. Carefully packaged and shipped in a… Read more about this item

First Edition, FIrst Printing. Good in a Good dustjacket. A withdrawn ex-library copy with usual stamps and markings, but no library pocket. Solid boards and very tight binding. Text is clean and unmarked. The dustjacket is bright, unclipped with original $25.00 price intact and taped to the boards in a protective mylar cover. Carefully packaged and shipped in a box.

First Edition, First Printing. Good in a Good dustjacket. A withdrawn ex-library copy with usual markings and pocket on rear end paper. Boards are solid and binding is tight. The text is clean and unmarked. Dustjacket is bright and unclipped with original price of $5.95 intact. Protected in mylar cover, taped to the boards. "The influences that shaped Dreiser's life… Read more about this item