Essays

Kingsolver's best known essay collection, including a widely diverse set of pieces. Near fine in a VG jacket. Jacket has minimal wear save for crea...

Quite nice copy, near fine in like jacket. Four essays by Wilde, The Critic as Artist; Pen, Pencil and Poison; The Decay of Lying; The Truth of Mas...

From the "University Classics" Series. Book good, no jacket. Split to binding at top of spine, Gilt lettering on spine badly faded, internally clea...

Very nice copy of the author's collection of essays on authors from Dante and Voltaire to Borges, Sebald, and Rushdie. First U.S. fine in a near fi...

First edition, aside from previous limited edition. Book is fine, appears unread. Jacket graded Good: shows rubbing, has significant scuff mark on ...

A very nice copy of Mathiessen's book detailing his travels in Africa in the late 70s and 80s. Fine in a like jacket. First printing. Hardcover, Fi...

Another collection of diverting essays from the author of The Orchid Thief. This focuses on Orlean's varied travels. Pieces on Japan, world music i...

First printing of this, Fisher's look at Marseille. NF, small stain to bottom edge, in a VG jacket. Some light creasing to jacket and slight discol...

Nice first British copy of this book-length essay from a well known British writer's experiences traveing the Mississippi River. Jacket near fine (...

Odd conceit for a book, this collects all of Fisher's prefaces for various books--her own and others', along with brief re-introductions to each on...

Gopnik's highly regarded memoir about life with his wife and child in Paris. This is a first printing, overall VG in a like jacket. Slight lean to ...

This Theroux offering takes the reader on another set of journeys to out of the way places, and into the mind of the writer himself. Near fine in a...

Very nice Advance Reader's Copy. Butler uses classic American postcards as his jumping off points for this collection of stories. Near fine, top fr...