Essays from Minotavros Books

New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1918. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Orig. red cloth. vii, 197 pp. Spine cocked, sunned and damp stained. Chafing to extremities, bumping to spine ends and lower front corner. Interior age toned.

London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1960. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Black paper boards. 188 pp. Spine tilted. Dust jacket is sunned to spine, rubbed to extremities, damp stained to spine foot, soiled to rear. Ten gifted 'exiles' were asked what made them leave their own countries to live, even temporarily,… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1956. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 18mo. Orig. grey cloth. 239 pp. Light staining to spine foot. Light spots of damp staining to top edge of text block. Acid migration to pastedowns Dust jacket is age toned, sunned to spine, chip to spine foot, light rubbing to extremities.

Toronto: Lester & Orpen Denys, 1990. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Full aqua paper boards. xvii, 325 pp. Dust jacket lightly age toned. About fine.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Full blue cloth. 189 pp. Spine shaken. Foxing and soiling to top edge. Dust jacket is edge worn, damp stain to front cover. A collection of essays by renowned scientist, neurosurgeon and the first Director of the Montreal Neurological… Read more about this item

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1968. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Brown paper boards. 160 pp. Spine cocked. Interior slightly age toned. Dust jacket is price clipped, lightly edge worn, bumped to edges.

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1968. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Brown paper boards. 160 pp. Spine cocked. Brown spotting to top edge of text block. Interior slightly age toned. Dust jacket is price clipped, lightly age toned and soiled, bumped to edges.

San Bernadino, CA: The Borgo Press, 1988. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. SIGNED and dated by author to limitations page, limited first edition, #62/65. Tan paper boards. 63 pp. About fine.

Toronto: J.M. Dent & Sons (Canada) Limited, 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. First printing stated. Blue paper boards. 84 pp. Sunning to extremities of boards and dust jacket. Very good overall.

Toronto: Anansi, 1991. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Red paper boards. 121 pp. Fine. Unsupported Assertions is Hugh Hood's third book of essays, following The Governor's Bridge Is Closed (1973) and Trusting the Tale (1973). This wonderful collection shows Hugh Hood to be a virtuoso writer of belles lettres, as well as… Read more about this item

Montreal: Mansfield Book Mart, 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Limited first edition, #139/375. Orig brown cloth. 64 pp. Slight tilt to spine, very minor rubbing to spine ends and corners. Dust jacket damp stained to spine foot. Near fine overall.

Ottawa: Graphic Publisher's Limited, 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Full black cloth. 319 pp. Some unopened signatures. Foxing to edges of text block. Soiling to top edge. Dust jacket cropped to flaps (not price clipped), sunned to extremiies, light bumping to edges. Open House is an experiment in free speech. OUr newspapers and magazines are conservative,… Read more about this item

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1970. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 12mo. Orig. tan cloth. 158 pp. Spine tilted. Bookplate to front pastedown. Light rubbing to extremities of dust jacket. Dr. Wilder Penfield, the versatile Canadian scientist, surgeon, and writer of historical novels, has given us his second book of essays, a sequel to the popular Second Career.… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1960. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. Second impression. Orig. black cloth. 292 pp. Offsetting to front endpapers from inserted folded leaf from The National Jewish Monthly dated April 1965, with an article entitled "Let's Tak a Long, Hard Look at Jewish Education," by Azriel Eisenberg, and Hebrew and Yiddish vocabulary list.… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan and Co, 1937. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Orig. burgundy cloth. vii, 255 pp. Spine tilted, chafing to extremities, bruising to spine ends and corners. Foxing to edges of text block. Ink ownership inscription to ffep. Dust jacket is age toned to extremities, chipped to spine ends and top edge, perforation to rear fore… Read more about this item

London: Victor Gollancz, 1945. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 18mo. Blue cloth boards. 103 pp. Spine sunned, light chafing to extremities. Foxing to edges of text block. Dust jacket is foxed, age toned and bumped to extremities, darkened to spine, chips to top edges.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1944. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 18mo. Blue cloth boards. 223 pp. Spine sunned, light chafing to extremities. Soiling to edges of text block. Dust jacket is foxed, age toned and bumped to extremities, darkened and damp stained to spine and joints, chip to spine head.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1945. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 18mo. Blue cloth boards. 223 pp. Spine sunned, light chafing to extremities. Soiling to edges of text block. Dust jacket is foxed, age toned and bumped to extremities, damp stained to spine.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1945. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 18mo. Fourth impression. Blue cloth boards. 77 pp. Front board bowed. Foxing to edges of text block. Dust jacket is age toned and bumped to extremities, damp stained to spine.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1946. 5th or later Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 18mo. Fourth impression. Blue cloth boards. 157 pp. Front board bowed. Foxing to edges of text block. Dust jacket is age toned and bumped to extremities, chipped to spine head.