Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
New York: Viking, 2005. Illustrated. xi + 575 pages, 8vo, black boards, d.w.; text toned, dust wrapper lightly rubbed. New York: Viking, (2005). A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
New York: Viking, 2005. Illustrated. xi + 575 pages, 8vo, black boards, d.w.; text toned, dust wrapper lightly rubbed. New York: Viking, (2005). A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
New York: Viking, 2012. Illustrated. xi + 499 pages, 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Viking, 2012. A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
New York: Pantheon, 1982. xxx + 208 pages, short 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Pantheon Books, (1982). A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. A few illustrations. xiii + 242 pages, 12mo, boards, d.w.; some spotting to top and foredges. New York: Oxford University Press, (2007). A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Washington: Smithsonian, 2002. Introduction by Hanna Rose Shell. Foreword by John Mack Faragher. Illustrated. xxiii + (367-548), 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. Washington: Smithsonian, (2002). A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Cambridge: Belknap Press, 2013. Edited with an Introduction by Alice Kaplan. 224pp., small 8vo, cloth, d.w. Cambridge: Belknap Press, 2013. FirstEdition. First published in France in 1958, this is the first appearance in English. More
New York: Knopf, 2012. Few illustrations. xv + 614 pages, 8vo, red coards, d.w. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. First edition. The Peopling of British North America. More
New York: Doubleday, 2009. 239 pages, 8vo, boards, d.w. New York: Doubleday, (2009). First edition. A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
New York: Bollingen/Pantheon, 1964. Translated from the Russian, with a Commentary, by Vladimir Nabokov. 4 volumes. 8vo, pale blue cloth with red spine labels, d.w., publisher's board slipcase. New York: Bollingen/Pantheon, (1964). First Edition. The first volume wrapper is price-clipped, otherwise fine in box. Bollingen Series LXXII. More
New York: International Universities Press, 1954. Some b/w illustrations. 306 pages. 8vo, maroon cloth, d.w. New York: International Universities Press, (1954). Second printing. A fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
London: Hogarth Press, 1959. 211 pages. 8vo, green cloth, d.w. (dampstain on rear panel). London: Hogarth Press, 1959. Fourth impression. A near fine copy in very good dust wrapper. The International Psycho-Analytic Library, No. 29. More
New York: Barnes, 1948. Illustrated throughout. 166 pages. Tall slim 8vo, green cloth. New York: Barnes, (1948). First edition. One page with penciling, still a very good copy, lacking the dust wrapper. More
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1903. 16 color plates and many other illustrations. by W.W. Denslow. 8vo, green pictorial cloth. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, (1903). Fine. Second Edition, second state, with "New" dropped from the cover, 3 entry copyright notice, printer's notice in caps, yellow removed from crow's eye. A very good copy, a little worn at the corners & extremes of spine but otherwise bright and clean. More
London: Barrie and Rockliff, 1961. Frontispiece portrait. 165 pages. Slim 8vo, terracotta cloth, price-clipped d.w. London: Barrie and Rockliff, (1961). First edition. A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
New York: Orion Press, 1963. With an Introduction by the editor. 285 pages. 8vo, brick red cloth, purple graphic d.w. designed by Wladislaw Finne. New York: The Orion Press, (1963). First edition. Upper corners slightly bumped, else a fine copy of this uncommon book. An anthology of "dream experiences in fiction, a collection that begins with selections from ancient China and includes a previously unpublished story by Vladimir Nabokov, as well as works by Bierce, Poe, Maugham, Gautier, Kipling, H.G...... More
New York: Random House, 1987. Photo illustrations in color and black & white. 8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Random House, (1987). First Edition, Presentation copy, with an indecipherable inscription in red ink to critic John Leonard. More
New York: Dutton, 1940. Photo illustrations. Large 8vo, green cloth. New York: Dutton, 1940. First American Edition. Near fine copy, lacking dust wrapper, spine lightly faded. More
New York: Random House, 1987. 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York: Random House, (1987). First Edition. Presentation copy to critic John Leonard, written on a large personal label " Seriously! (ou haven't heard it yet!!) " More
London: murray, 1953. Photo illustrations and map. 8vo, green cloth ,d.w. (back panel sunned, and a few edge chips). London: John Murray, 1953. First Edition. Third and last volume of her autobiography, dealing with travels in South Arabia and Syria. More
Paris: Hachette, 1951. 319 pages. Small 8vo, yellow cloth, d.w. Paris: Librarie Hachette, (1951). Some discoloration at front and rear free endpapers -- otherwise fine. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
New York: Praeger, 1969. Illustrated in black and white. 208 pages. 8vo, orange cloth, d.w. (spine sunned, laminate bubbling near spine, price clipped). New York: Praeger, (1969). Some wear at tail, otherwise fine. A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
London: British Museum, 1971. Edited and abridged by Edith Clay. Color frontispiece, 16 black & white plates, 253pp., 8vo, cloth, d.w. . London: British Museum, 1971. Fine. More
Amsterdam: Vereenigde Drukkerijen, 1921. 2 volumes, Illustrated, 4to, olive green cloth. Volume 2 is as new and volume 1 binding is age darkened and rubbed at the extremes. Amsterdam: Vereenigde Drukkerijen, 1921. Very Good. More
New York: Knopf, 2016. viii, 403 pages. 8vo, light blue boards, d.w. (price clipped). New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2016. Bumped at tail, some pages bumped. A very good(+) copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 2007. Several maps illustrated in black and white. 416 pages. 8vo, black cloth, d.w. (lightly soiled, dampstain at tail). Toronto: Doubleday Canada, (2007). Bumped at head and tail, staining on outer edges of text block. A very good(+) copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. Biography of Samuel de Champlain and Henry Hudson search for the Northwest Passage. More
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