johnson rare books & archives, ABAA (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. First edition, #134 of 225 copies printed on Old Stratford laid paper ans signed by Hergesheimer. Octavo. Original decorative paper-covered boards over a vellum spine, with a printed paper title label on the front and gilt titles on the spine. Internally crisp and clean. The boards are edgeworn and showing in places; otherwise very good. Signed by Author.

Seller Inventory # 58891

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Frontispiece portrait. Charlottesville: The University of Virginia Press, 1959. First edition. "Here are transcripts of thirty-six questions-and-answer sessions recorded while William Faulkner was Writer-in-Residence at the University of Virginia during the sessions of 1957 and 1958. The questions range from simple and obvious attempts of First Year men at the University ot clarify passages of Mr. Faulkner's writings to probing queries of members of the Department of Neurology and Psychiatry; they include inquiries by teachers of college English, by members of the Law Wives Club, by individuals who came to the University specifically to interrogate Mr. Faulkner, and by residents of the University community." Octavo. Original black cloth binding, with silver stamping. Internally crisp and clean. Some mild wear and browning along the extremities of the dust jacket, with a trio of tiny tape mends to verso. Better than very good.

Seller Inventory # 59172

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Gastronomical anthology of feasts drawn from historical and literary sources, ranging from Lucius Apuleius to Virginia Woolf, with commentary and analysis by Fisher: "[Food] increased in richness as culture developed." Octavo. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt titles. Mild fading and wear along the extremities of the boards. The dust jacket is price-clipped, with some general minor shelfwear, including a bit of shallow chipping to the spine ends; otherwise very good.

Seller Inventory # 59222

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. First Edition. Examines the history of social anthropology as an emergent discipline in the interwar years. In particular, it focuses on key practitioners, such as Malinowski and Fortes, and explores how far ideological approaches adopted by social anthropologists were defined by the institutions in which they developed, particularly in response to key issues of the time: colonialism, anti-Semitism and communism. Octavo. Original glossy boards. Issued without a dust jacket. A near fine copy.

Seller Inventory # 67048