Breitenbush publications (19 resultados)

Hardback. Condición: Very Good. This collection of 50 essays, winner of the 1990 Western States Book Award, tells of the people, mythsand legends of the American Southwest. An Edward Abbe y with the heart of a poet, Bruce Berger teaches armchair environmentalists and hard-core outdoorsmen alike to tread lightly in the wilderness, with new respect for the odd charm and immense fragility of the planet. Mr. Berger brings the desert to life. --TheNew York Times Book Review. Line drawings.…

Hardback. Condición: Very Good. Gustavson, Susan (ilustrador).

Hard cover. First edition. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 243 p. Audience: General/trade. Fine in very good dust jacket. light shelfwear, no ownership marks, two tiny closed tears to the jacket, first printing. Charley, Johnson (ilustrador).

Hardback. Condición: Very Good. Gustavson, Susan (ilustrador).

First edition. Fine in wrappers.

Hard cover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. First Edition. The dustjacket has a short tear and some edgewear. Previous owner embossed stamp. Inscribed "For Herb Mack, With all best wishes, Bruce Berger 7/6/90". Signed by Author.

hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No marks inside; solid spine; clean cover. Slight wear on jacket edge; rub marks front and back on jacket at spine.

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: None as Issued. First Edition, First Printing. BRAND NEW Copy w/trace edge rubs to illustrated soft cover. Author signed. First Edition, First Printing. High adventure historical novel based on the fate of the merchant ship Tonquin of the early 19th Century. The ship, used by John Jacob Astor's Pacific Fur Company, had established fur trading outposts on the Northwest Coast, including Fort Astoria at the mouth of the Columbia River. In 1811, while trading fur on board, Captain Thorn evidently "tossed" some otter pelts at the local chieftan; an insult so grave that the natives assaulted the ship. In the face of total annihilation, injured crew member James Lewis blew up the vessel, killing himself as well. The only survivor of the 23 member was a half Chinook and half British pilot of the ship Lamazee (alias Jack, or George, Ramsay). The novel is an adventure/mystery framed arround these extraordinary happenings. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. FIRST EDITION. Trade issue, unsigned. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket, lightly shelf worn. A nice copy.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. 1ST PRINTING. VG condition book with dust jacket. DJ is clean, has fresh colours and has little wear to edges. Book has clean and bright contents.

Paperback. Condición: Near Fine(-). First paperback printing. White octavo, 101 pages; 22 cm. Poetry, American -- 20th century. Out of print. Very small scuff to spine head, very mild rubbing to front corners, light soiling to covers, else Near Fine(-).

Soft cover. Condición: Fine. First Thus. (Winner of the 1978 Elliston Award) First paperback. Larger softcover, glossy white wrappers with red design at front left, black lettering, praise on back wrapper from American Poetry Review, Choice, The Malahat Review, 101 pages. Light crease at top back edge next to spine. Near Very Fine.…

Hardcover. Condición: Good. 1st Edition. Good condition. Slightly chipped, damp stained, and shelf worn.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Later Printing. Light soiling to front cover. A nice, solid copy.; 8vo; 61 pages.

Condición: Sehr gut. 23 cm. 79 pages. Illustrations in black and white throughout. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Inscribed and signed by the author to Erik Haugaard, Danish-born American writer, best known for children's books and for his translations of the works of Hans Christian Andersen. Mary Ethel Barnard (December 6, 1909 August 25, 2001) was an American poet, biographer and Greek-to-English translator. She is known for her elegant rendering of the works of Sappho, a translation which has never gone out of print. Paideuma: A Journal Devoted to Ezra Pound Scholarship, Issue 94, was exclusively dedicated to her work and her correspondence with Pound. Barnard won a Levinson Award of Poetry from Poetry Magazine in 1935, and an Elliston Award for her Collected Poems, a Western States Book Award in 1986, (for Time and the White Tigress). Among other honors were: the Washington State Governor's Award for achievement in the literary arts, and the May Sarton Award for Poetry from the New England Poetry Club in 1987. (Amazon).…

Paperback. 61p. slim softcover in white pictorial wraps, light toning to covers else very good condition. Inscribed and signed by the author in 1988 to "John and Kyle Dorothy." Early collection from the award-winning Arab-American poet reflecting on themes including her Palestinian father and growing up in Texas.…

First edition. 61 pages. Paperback in near very good condition; Modest bump and crease to bottom corner of front cover.

Hardcover. Condición: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.

First edition. 61 pp. Perfect-bound printed wrappers. Some surface wear, lower rear corner slightly creased. Prices blacked out on rear cover. The first full-length collection by an acclaimed poet.