counterpoint press berkeley (71 résultats)

Paperback. Etat : Very Good+ to Near Fine. 2nd printing. Small trade-sized. Photo cover. Corner creases, else Fine. Book.

Paperback. Etat : Near Fine. 1st printing (2011). Trade-sized. Cover image by iStock. Minor edge smudges. Book.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing, signed by author, hardcover with dust jacket in archival cover. Volume and dj are both fine. Author's first book. Collectible book in like condition. Please see scans of the book you will receive. Signed by Author(s).

Trade Paperback. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. First Thus. Used Book.

Hardcover. Etat : New. Etat de la jaquette : New. First Edition. New. Very little shelfwear. First Printing. 370 pages. The dust jacket is in new mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. History, Religion.

paperback. Etat : new. reprint. 140 pages; 6 x 9".

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Demirel, Selcuk (illustrateur). Some notes after having a cataract removed. Good Book/No Dust Jacket As Issued. First Printing. Drawings by Selçuk Demirel. Navy blue full cloth binding with yellow and white printed title and paper illustration label on front, yellow and white printed title on spine, white printed blurb on back, and navy blue endpapers. Covers show a few scratches to titles, light edgewear, and light shelfwear but are otherwise clean. Titles are bright. Back cover shows spot of adhesive residue. UPC sticker affixed to back cover as issued. Corners are sharp. Hinges strong. Binding tight and square. Pages clean and unmarked. 67 pages. 4-3/4 X 7-1/2.

Paperback. Etat : new. Second edition. 433 pp. Octavo [21 cm]; illustrated wraps. "This is the only major collection of Abbey's writings compiled by the author himself: in his own words, "to present what I think is both the best and most representative of my writing--so far." It serves up a rich feast of fiction and prose by the singular American writer whom Larry McMurtry called "the Thoreau of the American West." Devoted Abbey fans along with readers just discovering his work will find a mother lode of treasures here: generous chunks of his best novels, including The Brave Cowboy, Black Sun, and his classic The Monkey Wrench Gang; and more than a score of his evocative, passionate, trenchant essays--a genre in which he produced acknowledged masterpieces such as Desert Solitaire. Scattered throughout are the author's own petroglyph-style sketches. This new edition adds selections from work that appeared shortly before Abbey's death: a chapter from Hayduke Lives!, the hilarious sequel to The Monkey Wrench Gang; excerpts from his revealing journals; and examples of his poetry. A new foreword by Doug Peacock--Abbey's close friend and the model for the flamboyant activist Hayduke--offers a fond appreciation of this larger-than-life figure in American letters." --from Publisher.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. 2nd printing (number line). Sewn binding in paper-covered boards, in dustjacket. 66 pages. A nice copy with some bumping to lower edge of back cover, else nearly as new. Unclipped dustjacket has a hint of wear at top edge, else fine.

paperback. Etat : Near Fine. 1st edition. 6 x 9", 234 pages. Both a moving celebration of the outdoor life, and a chronicle of the mending, uplifting power of nature.

Soft cover. Etat : Fine. 1st Edition. First printing, with full number line. A fine copy. A clean, unmarked copy. Note: Small patch of soiling on rear cover (barcode area) of an otherwise very nice copy.

Soft cover. Etat : NEW - COLLECTIBLE. Advance Reading Copy (ARC). BRAND NEW & COLLECTIBLE w/trace wear to softcover corner tips. Advance Reading Copy. Debut novel from author, book critic, and journalist Meredith Maran (1951 -). Provocative, topical issues in what it means to be a family. Set in the Bay Area and crisis breakup as the 1989 Loma Prieta shakes up the region. Tale of Alison Rose and Zoe, who have lived together happily for years, and Alison's exit to live a "normal" life with a man.

Hard Cover. Etat : NF. Etat de la jaquette : F. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo. Decorative white boards quarterbound in a blue backstrip with shiny silver lettering on the spine. Light bumping at the head and tail of the spine. White endpapers. Binding is straight and tight; pages all clean, white, and crisp. 243 pages. Dust Jacket has no discernable flaws. Very nice copy. Author of In the Box Called Pleasure, Little Beauties, and others.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. large thick brown hardbound 8vo. ~ 8º (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of all markings. dustwrapper in near fine cond. 1cm tear front flap edge at top, not price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking , underlining, remainder markings etc ~ first edition. first printing ( # 1 in # line). xv+848p. epilogue (b&w ) photographs & documents. world history. american history. politics. conspiracy theory. secret societies. kennedy assassination JFK. RFK. MLK. john roselli. santo trafficante. sirhan sirhan. lee harvey oswald. jack ruby. sam giancana. jimmy hoffa. james earl ray. john mccone. guy bannister. jim garrison. e howard hunt. j edgar hoover. ~"An important new analysis, with credible new disclosures." ~Ronald Goldfarb, Mafia prosecutor for Attorney General Robert Kennedy, San Francisco Chronicle THE RIFLE FIRE IN DALLAS that killed John F. Kennedy didn't just start a frantic effort to find his assassins. JFK's murder also launched a flurry of covert actions by officials like Robert F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Helms to hide the fact that the United States was on the brink of invading Cuba as part of a JFK~authorized coup only ten days away. The plan's exposure could have cost the life of JFK's coup leader, Cuban Army Commander Juan Almeida, and led to a nuclear confrontation with the Soviets, just a year after the Cuban Missile Crisis. But the cover~ups by these top officials also had the tragic effect of preventing a full investigation of JFK's assassination, spawning a legacy of secrecy that would impact Presidents, Congress, and U.S. foreign policy for the next forty~five years. Legacy of Secrecy details the secret attempts of Robert F. Kennedy and his aides to expose his brother's killers, while protecting Commander Almeida. It shows how RFK continued his war against the Mafia by focusing increased attention on the Mafia bosses behind JFK's assassination, until his own murder. RFK's associates continued his quest, almost exposing the truth several times. But like a deadly, high~stakes chess game~at the height of the Cold War~they were blocked each time by three Mafia chiefs and a handful of CIA operatives. Legacy details each step taken by mob bosses Carlos Marcello, Santo Trafficante, and Johnny Rosselli to hide their involvement in JFK's murder, and the tragic results that followed. The long shadow of secrecy surrounding both JFK's murder and the coup plan set the stage for the murder of Martin Luther King, ultimately driving two Presidents from office, and bringing about the murders of five Congress!onal witnesses in the mid~1970s.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. 1st Edition, Signed. First edition, hardcover, signed by author, slight bow to front board, light bumps to spine ends, otherwise clean and bright, a Near Fine copy in like dustjacket.

Hard Cover. Etat : As New. Etat de la jaquette : As New. First Edition. First Edition - first printing. Book is clean and tight. Dust Jacket covered with Brodart. Author's first novel. 275 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Essays. Counterpoints Series #6. First Printing. SIGNED BY WENDELL BERRY IN INK DIRECTLY TO THE TITLE PAGE. Trade Paperback with matte wrappers. Covers show light edgewear and shelfwear but are otherwise clean. Spine uncracked. Lower corner of back cover lightly bumped. Tail edge of textblock shows light shelfwear. Binding tight and square. Lower corners of pages lightly bumped but otherwise pages are clean and unmarked. 71 pages. 4 X 6. Signed.

Softcover. Etat : Very Good+. First Edition. First edition, trade paperback, signed by Farrar on the half title page, the book has a minor bow to the book block, light bumps to the spine ends and corners, and some rubbing to the covers. Overall, a solid, tight, Very Good+ copy.

HARDCOVER. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Illustrated by Full Page Maps (4) (illustrateur). first edition,1p; 10987654321pt line. VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD UNCLIPT(S26.00 DUST JACKET clean, solid bright.; Author Photo i3x3" nner back dj flap.Gold SPINE titles on blue hard covers.Yellow titles on dark blue DUST JACKET, SHOWING SMALL VILLAGE IN ROLLING HILLS. ; 237pg pages; ll the Catletts, Burley Coulter, Elton Penn, the Rowanberrys, Laura Milby, the preacher's wife, Kate Helen Branch, Andy's dog, Mike-nearly everyone returns with a story or two.

Soft cover. Etat : Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition advanced reading copy uncorrected proof (issued prior to the 2015 softcover release), first printing of a fine softcover with no dustjacket as issued. It's 2007 and a Blockbuster video store has opened in in direct competition with the independent Star Video and the owner and his employees try, some hilarious schemes to fight the corporate invaders and save the store.s.

Paperback. Etat : Good. Good Book. SIGNED BY WENDELL BERRY IN INK DIRECTLY TO THE TITLE PAGE. Trade Paperback with glossy wrappers. Covers show edgewear, a few indentations, rubbing, and shelfwear to all extremities. Front cover shows small dent to top edge. Back cover shows large crease to lower corner and dent to bottom edge. Spine uncracked. 1/8" horizontal cut to spine. Corners show some wear. All edges of textblock show age tanning, light scratches, and shelfwear. Tail edge shows a few small indentations and smudges. Binding tight. Book slightly bowed. Pages clean and unmarked. 180 pages. 6 X 9. Signed.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. A posthumous collection with a preface by Kay Eldredge Salter (his second wife).

First edition. 12mo. 350 pp. Softcover binding, very good condition. (126585). This is Leonard Pitt's story of growing up the misfit in Detroit in the 1940s and 50s. In a later age he would have been put on Ritalin and paraded before psychiatrists because he couldn't pay attention in school. In 1962, at the end of a misguided foray towards a career in advertising he took the ultimate cure, a trip to Paris. He thought it would only be a visit. He stayed seven years. There in the City of Light, Leonard's mind exploded. And it hasn't stopped since. Contents.

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Economics For A Renewed Commonwealth. Very Good Book. Foreword by Herman E. Daly. SIGNED BY WENDELL BERRY IN INK DIRECTLY TO THE TITLE PAGE. Trade Paperback with glossy wrappers. Covers show edgewear, light scratches, rubbing, and shelfwear to all extremities. Front cover shows small crease to top edge and small dent to bottom edge. Spine uncracked. Corners bumped. All edges of textblock show light scratches and shelfwear. Tail edge shows a few smudges. Binding tight and square. Small dent to bottom edge of first eight pages but otherwise pages are clean and unmarked. 193 pages. 6 X 9. Signed.

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Very Good Book. SIGNED BY WENDELL BERRY IN INK DIRECTLY TO THE TITLE PAGE. Trade Paperback with glossy wrappers. Covers show minor edgewear, a few light indentations and scratches, and shelfwear but are otherwise clean. Spine uncracked. Corners show light wear. Light crease to bottom edge of front cover near joint. Small creases to top edge of back cover. All edges of textblock show light scratches and shelfwear. Binding tight. Book slightly curled. Pages clean and unmarked. 189 pages. 5-1/2 X 8-1/4. Signed.

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 165 pages. In Near Fine condition with a Near Fine dust jacket. Jacket is white with black lettering, wrapped in an archival mylar sleeve. Mild shelf and edge wear to jacket. Price uncut: "$24.00". Boards show minimal shelf wear. Text block clean. Signed and dated in black ink by author on title page: "Noy Holland / November 13, 2015". Shelved in Room C Overflow. 1405110. Special Collections.

Paperback. Etat : Good. Good Book. Edited by Chad Wriglesworth. SIGNED BY WENDELL BERRY IN INK DIRECTLY TO THE TITLE PAGE. Trade Paperback with glossy wrappers. Covers show edgewear, rubbing, and small scratches to all extremities. Front and back covers show a few nicks to top edges. Back cover shows scuff marks near spine and small crease to bottom edge. Spine slightly curved inward. Spine uncracked. Edgewear to spine ends. Corners show some wear. Upper corner of front cover shows small crease. Upper corner of back cover shows large crease. Binding tight. Book slightly bowed. Upper corners of last five pages show light bend but otherwise clean and unmarked. 288 pages. 6 X 9. Signed.

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Very Good Book. SIGNED BY WENDELL BERRY IN INK DIRECTLY TO THE TITLE PAGE. Trade Paperback with matte wrappers. Covers are bright and clean. Spine uncracked. Corners very lightly bumped. Tail edge of textblock shows a few scratches and light soiling. Binding tight and square. Pages clean and unmarked.167 pages. 5 X 8. Signed.

Hardcover. Etat : As New. Etat de la jaquette : As New. First Edition. With the '1' in a number line. The definitive, massive biography of an author-critic whom T.S. Eliot called "A man of undoubted genius." With an extensive Lewis bibliography. Pristine, clean, unmarked and unclipped.

Paperback. Etat : As New. As New Book. SIGNED BY WENDELL BERRY IN INK DIRECTLY TO THE TITLE PAGE. Trade Paperback with matte wrappers. Covers bright and clean. Spine uncracked. Corners Sharp. Binding tight and square. Pages are crisp and clean. Appears unread. 140 pages. 6 X 9. Signed.