Slender Thread, Signed (12 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. AT2 - DJ is mylar protected. DJ and book have light discoloration and shelf wear otherwise fine. Signed by the author on the title page. Rediscovering hope at the heart of crisis. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition/First Printing. first edition/first printing book is tight with no markings, some soiling to page edges, minor rubbing to dj, nice copy. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Signed by Diane Ackerman & inscribed to the bookseller. Bright, clean & tight 2nd printing, unread, in AS NEW condition. "Both a sensuous road map through depression, despair and loss of self, and a homage to the wonder, multiplicity and rejuvenating power of nature, this new book from the author of A Natural History of the Senses is, quite simply, wonderful. Ackerman has worked for years as a counselor at a suicide prevention and crisis center in her hometown in upstate New York. She describes her work as that of a 'sorrow ranger.' The slender thread of the title refers to the phone wires that reach invisibly between Ackerman and the frightened, hopeless, often desperate person at the other end and to the strength that keeps us going through the hard times. Her writing can charm ("summer is like a new philosophy in the air, and everyone has heard about it"), but it doesn't scant her own despair, making this her most personal book to date. So depressed she forces herself to cross-country ski on her local golf course, Ackerman is pulled back on track by the Canadian geese honking overhead. Thoughts and subjects move and trail into each other here, sometimes through anecdote, sometimes through historical passages, sometimes through densely layered or near stream-of-consciousness prose. From 'cutters' (self-mutilators) to the act of bathing, from captive lions to squirrels in her backyard, from a biking trip through the Finger Lakes to a dying Luna moth beside the road, Ackerman leads the reader on a respectful, deeply emotional, life-affirming journey."--Publishers Weekly. "In a narrative lush with her signature gift for metaphor and delight in the senses, Ackerman illuminates the bewildering workings of the resilient human psyche."--Booklist. "Diane Ackerman is the great dramatist and explorer--she probes, opens, takes off lids, peels back covers, tastes, sniffs. There is no limit to her curiosity, and she is constantly discovering surprises."--New York Times Book Review. Pristine hardcover w/sharp corners & crisp edges, a square & tight binding; quite presentable. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Signed by author in black ink on title page. Author of A NATURAL HISTORY OF THE SENSES, THE MOON BY WHALE LIGHT: And Other Adventures Among Bats, Penguins, Crocodilians, and Whales, A NATURAL HISTORY OF LOVE, THE BOOK OF LOVE, and THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE. Fine, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. NF2. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condition: good. 1410730174. Vignettes of one family's life & death experience, signed author, published by author, clean copy, Professional booksellers since 1981.

Fine/Fine. First Edition. Signed by Author. ISBN: 0-679-44877-2. Rediscovering hope at the heart of crisis. Signed by the author. 305 pp. Small red dot bottom page edges.

Condition: Collectible; Like New. Like new/BRAND NEW COPY SIGNED BY AUTHOR. sent next working day from the u/k 1st class 0.0. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 0902830465. Navigator books SIGNED AUTHOR, pictorial boards, bright clean copy, Professional booksellers since 1981.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Signed by the author on ffep, with non-personalized inscription (With good wishes) , dust jacket now in a clear protector ; 173 pages; Signed by Author.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 2000 FIRST UK EDITION -- SIGNED by STEPHEN VENABLES on the title page. Original navy boards with gilt lettering spine, navy EPs. The book is in excellent condition with clean covers, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, solid binding. The original dust jacket is clean, has no tears, no rubbing, original printed price still present on flap corner. The book measures 240mm tall x 153mm, and has 208 pages, 48 color & 13 b/w photos, 2 maps. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED. Signed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Condition: F. Dust Jacket Condition: F. First Edition. F/F. 8vo. original blue boards gilt in dustwrapper; pp. xvi (last blank), 208, with 48 colour photos, 12 black & white illustrations & 2 maps. A fine copy. Flatsigned 'Stephen Venables' on title page. Shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Prize 2000. Signed by Author.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. Unpaginated. Published in 1993. Artist Books. The artist/photographer's "Totem" Complete Set. One of the most brilliant art photography projects of our time. Each book is published in a Limited Edition of 500 copies. The first and only edition. Published as softcover originals only that sold out after publication. They are all, individually and collectively, now rare. An austerely elegant production by Lewis Koch: Accordion-foldout format. Photographs, concept, design, and text by Lewis Koch. Each book is encased in its own slim slipcase. Souvenir Postcard laid-in. Printed on thick card-stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents, in Limited Edition formats, Lewis Koch's complete, three-volume "Totem" Artist Books: "Double Caution Totem", "Surplus Koan Totem", and "Slender Thread Totem". Three of the most austerely and quirkily beautiful Artist Books one will ever see. Ed Ruscha, as it were, with a genuinely inquisitive, probing, and intellectual slant. "The photographic assemblages presented here reconfigure the idea of totems in a contemporary context. Offers sincere respect to the mysteries of our existence in its many manifestations. It also becomes a tool of critical discourse by suggesting the connectedness we all implicitly have to the pressing issues of our time" (Lewis Koch). Koch is an artist's artist who makes photographic works, site-specific installations, and sculptural assemblage. He has exhibited extensively throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe, in which countries his work is in the Permanent Collections of major museums. He isn't as well-known as Ed Ruscha (although he deserves to be). But as these Artist Books will immediately show, he knows how to make elegant books, has a dry wit, and is an American original. An absolute "must-have" title for Lewis Koch collectors. These are copies of the Limited Edition of 500 copies each. Each copy of the "Totem" Complete Set is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the Limitation Page by Lewis Koch. They are all signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. In addition, he presented the set with a Souvenir Postcard (which reproduces "Garage Interiors", one of his most beautiful images) that is also very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed and inscribed on verso by him. These titles are late-modern Artist Book classics. As far as we know, this is the only such signed set available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Lewis Koch did NOT sign copies of the books. A rare signed set thus. One of the most brilliant artist/photographers of our time. A fine collectible set. (SEE ALSO OTHER LEWIS KOCH AND ED RUSCHA TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). Signed by Author.