Essays from Hopkins Books

First edition hardcover, with dust jacket, published by Crown, 2022. From the author of 'The Year of Living Biblically', the author investigates puzzles, those who make them, those who solve them, participating in competitions along the way. 344 pages, with Index, and a section of color photos. Includes many examples of a variety of puzzles. No former ownership marks, no… Read more about this item

First hardcover edition, with dust jacket, published by Scribner, 1984. A collection of 22 essays on topics related to Science, from the author of 'Einstein's Dreams' and 'Good Benito'. 168 pages, 5-1/4" X 8-1/2", with Index and Suggested for Further Reading, sewn binding. Also includes ten illustrations by Laszlo Kubinyi. The dust jacket is intact and is not price clipped,… Read more about this item

Hardcover first edition, with dust jacket, published by Harper, 1999. How does one become successful? By using the lessons of Machiavelli and being mean. 4-3/4" X 7-1/2, 148 pages. This is not a remainder, not a library discard, No former ownership marks, no writing on the text pages. Edges of the text block are clean. Binding is tight and square.… Read more about this item

Hardcover with dust jacket, published by University of Iowa Press, 1988. First edition. Dust jacket is not price clipped. A collection of eleven essays by the inspiration for the character 'Mr. Keating' of 'Dead Poets Society'. Green cloth covered boards, with the author name and title imprinted in gold on the spine. Boards are flat, the corners are not… Read more about this item

Hardcover with dust packet, published by Little, Brown, 2000. A later edition. The dust jacket is intact and is not price clipped. A collection of 28 short essays that had originally appeared in The New Yorker, Esquire and other publications. This is not a remainder, not a library discard. No former ownership marks, no writing on the text pages.… Read more about this item

First trade paperback edition, published by Scribner, 1989. A collection of essays from throughout his career, from 1954 to 1987, with a Preface by the author, 405 pages. This is not a remainder, not a library discard. No former ownership marks, no writing on the text pages. Edges of the text block are clean. No creases to the cover… Read more about this item

Hardcover first edition, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1978. The dust jacket is intact and is not price clipped. 88 pages. Essay by the author of 'On Photography', among many other non-fiction and fiction works, on the uses of illness as a metaphor in the arts. Dark brown cloth covered boards with the title and author imprinted on the… Read more about this item

First hardcover edition, with dust jacket, published by Bloomsbury, 2003. The dust jacket is intact and is not price clipped. 198 pages. Black boards with the author name and title imprinted on the spine in gold. A review of 'hospitality' from the ancient Greeks, the palace of Versailles, up to the present day. This copy is not a remainder, not… Read more about this item

A first printing hardcover with dust jacket. Published by Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1979. The dust jacket is intact and is not price clipped, the original price of $9.95 appears in the upper corner of the front flap. No writing, no highlighting, no former ownership marks. There is some light foxing spots to the edges of the text block. This is… Read more about this item

Issue number 20 of DoubleTake Magazine, Spring 2000. Published by The Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. Edited by Robert Coles. DoubleTake Magazine was a quarterly, large format magazine, that published the leading contributors in the fields of photography, essays, poetry, and literary fiction. Features in this issue include essays by Daniel Deal, Bill Donahue, and Panthea Reid. This… Read more about this item

Issue number 19 of DoubleTake Magazine, Winter 2000. Published by The Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. Edited by Robert Coles. DoubleTake Magazine was a quarterly, large format magazine, that published the leading contributors in the fields of photography, essays, poetry, and literary fiction. Features in this issue include essays by Stephen Hendricks, Mary Beth Meehan, and a previously… Read more about this item

Issue number 18 of DoubleTake Magazine, Fall 1999. Published by The Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. Edited by Robert Coles. DoubleTake Magazine was a quarterly, large format magazine, that published the leading contributors in the fields of photography, essays, poetry, and literary fiction. Features in this issue include essays by William Maxwell, Randy Testa, and Fleur Weymouth. This… Read more about this item

Issue number 14 of DoubleTake Magazine, Fall 1998. Published by The Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. Edited by Robert Coles and Alex Harris. DoubleTake Magazine was a quarterly, large format magazine, that published the leading contributors in the fields of photography, essays, poetry, and literary fiction. Features in this issue include essays by Lawrence Diller, David Robbins, Nigel… Read more about this item

Issue number 8 of DoubleTake Magazine. Published by The Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. Edited by Robert Coles and Alex Harris. The Spring 1997 issue. DoubleTake Magazine was a quarterly, large format magazine, that published the leading contributors in the fields of photography, essays, poetry, and literary fiction. Contributors to this issue include Susan Faludi, Edward hirsch, Verlyn… Read more about this item