Search Results: Social Commentary

South End Press. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1988. First Edition. Softcover. 0896083411 . Clean tight copy that shows shelf/edge/corner wear only! .

NY: Random House, 1997. First edn, 2nd printing. 8vo, pp. 241. References, index. Illustrated with small drawings. Cover slightly bumped at upper corners, o/w a nice copy in little scuffed dj.

NY: Random House, 1962. 8vo, pages not numbered. paper wraps. Cover a little worn, owner's signature inside cover, otherwise VG. A collection of Feiffer cartoons.

Notre Dame, Indiana: Notre Dame Press, 1979. First paperback edn. Vint Lawrence. 8vo, pp. 216. Illustrated with drawings by Vint Lawrence. Paper wraps. Cover somewhat soiled, o/w a VG tight copy. The author relates the old "seven deadlies" to the central issues of contemporary life.

Boston: Litle, Brown, 1993. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 302. Notes, bibliography, index. Paper over boards, with cloth spine. Cover little soiled and bumped, o/w a nice tight copy. No dj.

Iowa City: University of Iowa, 1988. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 278. Edges and some pages somewhat stained, o/w VG in soiled dj.

Philadelphia: Chilton, 1961. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 259. Cover little worn, o/w a VG tight copy. Comments on fads, fashions and folly over the course of human history.

NY: Atheneum, 1971. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 387. Index. A VG tight copy.

NY: Putnam's, 1921. 8vo, pp. xi, 176. Illustrated with portraits. VG. A Brit decries Darwinism and about everything after Mr. D.

Corte Madera CA: Gingko Press, 1998. 4to, pp.181. A book of full color illustrations of the work of designers from several countries who are challenging contemporary culture. Includes short biographies of the designers, with their comments on their work. Heavy paper wraps. Cover very slightly chipped, o/w a nice copy.

Sydney: Harpercollins [Harper Collins Publisher]. 2004. Very Good condition. 324 pages. Trends and Tensions in the Contemporary Anglican Church. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Reprint. Trade Paperback.

Australia: Macmillan Australia. 2016. Very Good condition. 280 pages. An engrossing exploration of the ways we find spiritual fulfilment in an avowedly secular age. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Trade Paperback.

Cambridge MA: MIT Press, 2000. First American edn. 8vo, pp. xiii, 160. Notes. Translated from the French by Nadia Benabid and Rodolphe el-Khoury. Black suede-cloth stamped in white and gilt. A nice copy. Laporte ties the concept of the individual to the fate of human waste.

London: Flamingo. 1999. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket. DJ now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 266 pages. Essays dealing with politics and personalities, men and women, pride and prejudice, sex and society. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

New York, NY HarperCollins: HarperSanFrancisco, 2003. Hardcover First Ed; First Printing indicated. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Ed; First Printing indicated. Fine in Near Fine DJ: Book shows binding square and secure; text clean. DJ shows only the mildest rubbing; a couple of barely discernible scratches where "autographed copy" sticker has been removed; tiny nick at upper rear corner tip; price intact; mylar-protected. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 307pp. Hardback with DJ. Why do teenagers use drugs, what happens to them when they do, and what can we do about it? Venturing into uncharted territory, mother and award-winning journalist Meredith Maran takes us inside teenagers' hearts, minds, and central nervous systems to explore the causes and consequences of our nation's drug crisis. In these pages we get to know the kids, the parents, the therapists, and the drug treatment programs at their best and worst. We're face-to-face with… Read More

New York: Pantheon Books. 1993. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. 177 pages. Social commentary by the noted American Essayist, cultural critic, poet and novelist. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Reprint. Softcover.

Kent Town SA: Wakefield Press. 2010. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. MINT - a NEW copy. Illustrated with colour and black & white reproductions of Franz Kempf's work. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 62 pages. "Reflects aspects of a journey through a world of imagination - of light and darkness, of war and chaos and natural disasters, La Comedie Humaine..." Franz Kempf in the introduction. Franz Kempf is an Australian artist, craftsman and teacher who is a Fellow of the Royal Society [London] and Graphic Society [USA]. In 2003 he was awarded the Order of Australia for his services to the arts. . New. 1st Edition. Softcover.

New York: Vintage Books (Random House), 2010. First Vintage Books Edition. Hardcover. Very good; Ex-lib w/ usual markings and expcted imperfections; foxxing on first & last pages, text block edges, & inside wraps; wear & small staining on wraps; all else clean, tight & attractive. . Sm 8vo; 296pg. Blue wraps w/ color illustration and white lettering; Author photograph by Natasha Yefimov; introduction xi-xxiipg; b/w phtographs throughout; appendix 255-258pg; acknowledgments 259-260pg; notes 261 280pg; index 281-296pg; Book design by Iris Weinstein.

William Heinemann London 1941 . A book about the Chinese written by the Chinese. Green boards with DJ - small inscrip. inner front cover. 8vo, 419pp

Harcourt: ForeEdge (University Press of New England), 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good; ex-lib w/ usual markings & expected imperfections; all else clean, tight & attractive. /Very good; clean, tight & attractive. Dj protected by new Mylar wrap. . 8vo; 360pg. red boards; white spine strip; red spine lettering; white dj w/ color photograph on front wrap; rainbow & black lettering on spine; Foreword by Governor Deval Patrick; acknowledgments 346-349pg; index 351pg- 360pg. Foreword by Governor Deval Patrick. "A no-holds from-the-trenches account of the campaign to win and protect the freedom to marry in America."