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1966. First Edition Thus. 308 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Paper cover has mild edgewear with curling to corners. Light tanning to spine and edges with small splits to spine edges. Small stain to front cover.

First enlarged edition. Octavo. 350pp. Spine sunned, a very good or better copy lacking the dust jacket.

First edition. Octavo. 350pp. Small gift inscription, a little sunning on the susceptible green boards, else near fine in about very good dust jacket with some nicking and tears at the spine ends and corners.

First edition of one of White's greatest and most important books, including much of White's best essays like "Once More to the Lake." "No one has written more consistently graceful, thoughtful essays in twentieth-century American language than White" (Phillip Lopate, quoted in Root 2) ONE MAN'S MEAT was the book that caused HERALD TRIBUTE reviewer Irwin Edman to famously declare White, "one of our finest essayists, perhaps our only one" (quoted in Root 2). An unusually scarce book in its first edition (and uncommon even in later printings), issued during wartime production and consequently difficult to find in any kind of collectible condition. 8'' x 5.5''. Original green cloth. In original unclipped ($2.50 pictorial dust jacket. xvi, 346 pages. Book is sharp and bright with just trace shelfwear at spine tips and a bit of shelf-soil to top edge of text block. Jacket with two shallow chips and faint dampstaining (visible mainly from reverse, not affecting book). Scarce thus.

First edition. Fine in an attractive, very good or better price-clipped dust jacket, with some small, old internal repairs and a bit of light fading at the spine. The author's classic collection of short essays that originally appeared in *Harper's Magazine* or *The New Yorker.* White's good sense, close observation, keen sense of the absurd and essential humanism are almost unparalleled in 20th Century American literature.

First English edition. Fine in slightly soiled, very good or better dustwrapper with a couple of tiny tears. Publisher's file copy, stamped "Archive Copy" on the title page, and docketed in pencil on the front panel of the jacket. The author's classic collection of short essays that originally appeared in *Harper's Magazine* or *The New Yorker.* White's good sense, close observation, keen sense of the absurd and essential humanism are almost unparalleled in 20th Century American literature. The English edition is exceptionally uncommon. *OCLC* locates nine copies, only three in the U.S.

A collection of White's short, inimitable essays -- most from his column in Harper's and a few from The New Yorker. White provides a new foreword, which puts his short and thoughtful essays into the context of the then-ongoing Second World War. This is one of an unspecified number of copies signed by the author on a tipped-in leaf. Offsetting pp. 12-13 from a prior bookmark; rubbing to edges, with the front hinge starting. An uncommon issue of a classic book of essays by White, perhaps the most highly regarded American essayist and the writer whose voice was the most critical in defining the urbane humanism that characterized The New Yorker, setting the tone for the best of American literature in the 20th century. A very good copy, lacking the dust jacket. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings.

A collection of White's short, inimitable essays--most from his column in Harper's and a few from The New Yorker. White provides a new foreword, which puts his short and thoughtful essays into the context of the then-ongoing Second World War. This is one of an unspecified number of copies signed by the author on a tipped-in leaf. Offsetting pp. 12-13 from a prior bookmark; rubbing to edges, with the front hinge starting. An uncommon issue of a classic book of essays by White, perhaps the most highly regarded American essayist and the writer whose voice was the most critical in defining the urbane humanism that characterized The New Yorker, setting the tone for the best of American literature in the 20th century. A very good copy, lacking the dust jacket. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings.