Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1912. Second printing. Hardcover. Small hardbound octavo. Navy covers ruled and stamped in gilt. Slight corner wear else a clean copy marred only by a small inked name/date (from 1912) on the front endpaper and a small bookseller stamp afixed to the inside..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1974. Reprint. Cloth. Early reprint edition of this 373 pp memoir by the late night television host and commentator. Cloth covers are somewhat soiled. Age-spotting to page edges. A very good copy in very good unclipped dustwrapper with some dampstaining to the rear panel. This copy..... More
New York: HarperCollins, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound octavo in dustwrapper. House in a decorated thin wooden slipcase. One of one thousand specially designed copies thus and SIGNED by Chabon. An award winning novel set in an alternative future. Terrific read. This copy (mostly) still in original shrinkwrap. Remainder stripe..... More
Flint: The Shaw Society of America, 1953 - 1957. First edition. Paperback. Stapled printed wrappers. Five random issues from the 1950's of the Shaw Bulletin, a publication devoted to the writings and life of playright George Bernard Shaw. Includes Number Four Summer, 1953, Number Five May 1954, Number Six September..... More
Francestown, NH: Typographeum, 1993. First edition. Cloth. Fine press limited edition. Foreword by John Wyse Jackson and with a frontispiece by Jocelynn Hallen. One of 175 copies. 26 pp. An essay that Chatwin presented at a June 1973 charity art auction. Fine copy in dark grey cloth covers with paper..... More
Minneapolis: Redpath Press, 1987. First edition. Paperback. Small, narrow paperbound chapbook. 32 pp. Illustrated by Etienne Delessert. A short story by the author of The Wapshot Chronicles. Fine condition in bound illustrated wrappers with French flaps. Comes with original mailing envelope and publisher card. More
Northridge: Lord John Press, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. Tall octavo. Cloth spine over patterned paper-covered boards. Issued without dustwrapper. A 23 pp story. This is copy 227 of 275 hand-numbered and SIGNED copies. Fine condition. More
New York: Alfred Knopf, 1976. First edition. Paperback. Uncorrected proof copy inbound peach wrappers printed in black. 167 pp. A clean near fine example of this uncommon proof. Minor toning to spine color. More
Franklin, PA: The Franklin Library, 1978. First edition thus. Full Leather. Full decorated leatherbound edition of one of the author's great literary achievements. Illustrated by Chet Jezierski. SIGNED by Cheever on a tipped in page with protective tissue guard. Publisher's Notes From The Editors booklet laid in. Other than some..... More
New York: Clarkson Potter, 2000. First edition. Paperback. Tall, wide paperbound quarto. 240 pp. Illustrated in black and white. This is the Uncorrected Proof copy in bound photo-illustrated wrappers. In very good condition. An intimate memoir of Bowles written with the assistance of Cherie Nutting... More
Milford: Russell Enterprises, 2009. First edition. Paperback. Thick paperbound quarto. 408 pp. Foreword by Larry Evans and with an opening survey by Andy Soltis. A fine copy. Oddly uncommon volume on the great chess champion. More
Reykjavik: Ugla Publishing, 2019. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound octavo. Issued without dustwrapper. 224 pp. With some color photographs. A memoir of Fischer written by one of his close friends and confidants. A fine, as-new copy. More
Chicago: Newstand Library, 1960. First Edition. Paperback. Clarence Cooper's first book written under this alias. A solid very good copy. A pocket paperback original book. Gangsters and voluptuous babes. More
Northville, MI: Sun Dog Press, 1998. First edition. Cloth. Cloth 8vo. Issued without dustwrapper. One of 200 clothbound copies (there were also 26 lettered and signed cloth copies). Near fine condition. This book was mostly published in softbound format so the cloth copies are uncommon. More
Hove, UK: Codex, 1997. First UK edition. Paperback. Trade paperbound book. 190 pp. A novel loosely based on the author's early life. Crease to rear cover. Small sticker afixed to the front cover. A good readable copy of this, the first UK edition. More
New York: Hyperion Books, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. First edition of this charming book for children written by actor and author Alan Arkin. Illustrated by Hala Wittwer. A near fine copy in dustwrapper. This copy has been INSCRIBED by Arkin on the front endpaper. More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1956. First edition. Cloth. First edition stated of the Connecticut author's first book. 188 pp. With illustrations by Louis Darling. A handsome very good copy in two-tone illustrated cloth covers in a good price-intact dustwrapper. The wrapper has a noticeable irregularly shaped chip at the..... More
Boston: Ginn & Company (Le Roy Phillips), 1904. Reprint. Hardcover. Early reprint edition of this illustrated classic children's book. Two pages have a piece torn away from the bottom edge, not affecting any text or illustrations. Otherwise a tight clean copy in illustrated boards. Prior ownership name to front endpaper..... More
New York: Crown Publishers, 1984. First edition. Cloth. 10" square clothbound children's illustrated volume. Translated into English by Ralph Manheim. 102 pp. Stated first edition. Prior owner name and date to the top of the illustrated front endpapers else a very good copy in gray cloth binding. Comes in a...... More
New York: Bantam Doubleday, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong hardbound quarto in dustwrapper. A children's book told by performers West and Izen using their gloved hands. A fine copy in dustwrapper. This book has been INSCRIBED by West and SIGNED by both contributors. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Small Hardbound quarto. The second children's book (after The Story of Ferdinand) by this writer / illustrator team. Yellow cloth spine is a little scuffed and worn. Otherwise the book is clean and quite attractive. The dustwrapper is clipped at both..... More
New York: Clarion Books, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound 4to in dustwrapper. First printing of this entertaining illustrated children's book by Lewin who both wrote and illustrated this volume. A lovely fine copy in clipped, but otherwise fine illustrated dustwrapper. This copy has been both SIGNED and separately INSCRIBED by..... More
New York: Viking Press, 1938. First edition. Cloth. Small quarto. Unpaginated. The classic children's book written by Munro Leaf with drawings by Robert Lawson. This is the "Thistle Edition", a special edition in burlap covers limited to 525 copies SIGNED by both author and illustrator. Slight wear at edges else..... More
New York: Scholastic Press, 2003. Reprint. Hardcover. Fifth installment of the ever-popular Harry Potter series of books. This is the 4th US printing. A fine copy in dustwrapper. Illustrations by Mary Grandpre who has SIGNED this copy on the title page. A signature not often found. 870 pp... More
