Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; [SIGNED] 1987 - 1991. Simon & Schuster. All three volumes signed and inscribed by Ambrose to the same individual. First and third books in the trilogy are 1st edition, 1st printing, while the 2nd book "Triumph of a Politician" is a book club edition, though notably in the same size and same quality of binding as the the other 2 titles. First two books signed on the blank front flyleaf while the 3rd book is inscribed on the 2nd front endpage recto. A very handsome and well preserved set with snug, tight bindings and uniformly bright dust jackets. Issue prices intact on... View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 264 pages; 1923 B W Huebsch, NY HC/DJ 1st printing. Original black cloth brightly stamped with orange lettering to spine and cover. Original cream/white paper dust jacket lettered in black and red. Mild shelf soiling to the whites of the jacket; somve very light nicking and rub to DJ edges witha short closed tear or two. Publisher's $2.00 issue price printed mid spine. Original owner has carefully reinforced the spine ends with an application of transparent tape on the reverse side of the jacket. Many pages unopened at the bottom edge; an unread copy. This copy was p... View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 371 pages; 1st state. In publisher's original blue cloth with publisher's colophon in blind to cover; gilt title lettering at spine dulled but legible. 1st state with top edge colored a light aqua blue. Attractive bookplate to front pastedown of noted Dunsany collector, Montgomery Evans II. Sound clean copy with light shelf rub to cloth at spine ends and usual dulling of titles at spine. VG- View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 282 pages; Bobbs Merrill HC/DJ 1st edition. A very attractive copy; tight bright and sharp in original ribbed purple cloth with gilt stamped borders and titles. Bright clean dust jacket with an art deco stylized illustration wrapping from front panel around spine. $2.50 issue price intact on unclipped front flap. Dust jacket just mildly storage rubbed at edges with a few tiny closed tears. Fanciful fantasy: an autobiography by a a squirrel named George. Attractive pictorial end pages, frontis and in-text illustrations by James C. Reid. Uncommon in condition. VG/G View More...
Putnam's Nature Field Books; Color Plates, b&w drawings and photos; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 625 pages; [SIGNED] 1928 G. P. Putnam's Sons. Stout, smaller format HC 1st edition, 1st printing. Tightly bound and exceptionally fresh in original burgundy red cloth with decorative pictorial title design to cover and titles at spine boldly and brightly in gilt. The author's warm inscription and signature to the front endpage is dated April 9, 1929. By all appearances Anthony appeared on that date as the featured lecture at the Travel Club of Lancaster PA; it is inscribed to Dr Wolf, a noted composer and a... View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 256 pages; Uncorrected Proof/ARC in slick pictorial covers. Tight clean copy appears unread. No marks. Promotional photo and biographical/review material laid in at front. Superficial stress crease acrsoss the lower corner of the front cover. NF View More...
frontis; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 212 pages; Grosset & Dunlap HC/DJ. Early printing. Dust jacket front flap lists just 9 Sturdy titles, but interior lists at rear of book lists 12 Sturdy titles ending "Temple of Fear" Presumably a 1932 printing. Pictorial green and white endpages. Original red cloth with title lettered in green. Hinges a little tender but sound. Dust jacket has shallow chipping from spine ends, several short closed tears at edges and a longer, semi-circular closed tear from the bottom edge of the front panel/cover. Publisher's green top stain fading. VG-/G++ View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 210 pages; 1st edition, early (2nd) printing. Soundly bound in original color, duotone pictorial dust jacket. Oil Gusher listed as the final titles in ads at front and rear but with next title - "Chest of Secrets" listed as the last title in the list on the front flap. Mild shelf bumping and rubbing to cloth at front corners. Prior owner's small ink name stamp in duplicate to front endpage. Jacket lightly rubbed and worn at edges; spaine panel toned and faded with some damp mottling. Trace damp evidence to jacket top edge and front edge of rear panel. VG-/G++ View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 214 pages; Circa 1937 Whitman reprinting of #37 in the Swift series. HC/DJ. Soundly bound in original color pictorial dust jacket. Orange colored cloth with titles in black; expected moderate general toning to page stock. Some light/moderate damp mottling to cloth boards and offset discoloration to the blank reverse of the jacket. Light / moderate ripple and damp stain to jacket rear panel. Trace chipping to jacket at spine ends. A sound and decent but somewhat worn copy with some light dampstaining to externals. G++/G++ View More...
B&W drawings; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 425 pages; 1939 Whitman Better Little Book #1485. Tom Swift # 39, penultimate in the series. 1st edition. Small format HC in original glazed, color pictorial boards. Binding sound and contents complete. Illustrated with b&w drawings by James Gary. There are two notable condition issues. It appears this books was at one time bundled with some other BLB titles using string and it appears this was the bottom book in the bundle. There are shallow indent impressions to the rear board and pressure ruptures where the string looped over the board edges. Shallo... View More...
B&W drawings; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 425 pages; 1939 Whitman Better Little Book #1485. Tom Swift # 39, penultimate in the series. 1st edition. Small format HC in original glazed, oclor pictorial boards. Binding sound and contents complete. Illustrated with b&w drawings by James Gary. Spine square and flat with light rubbing at spine ends and board edges. Last blank page appears to be missing. Prior owner name in pencil and pen to rear endpage. A small half-dime sized surface abrasion to the paper covered front board at the bottom edge. Contents sound and clean; a generally well preserved ... View More...
B&W drawings; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 425 pages; 1939 Whitman Better Little Book #1485. Tom Swift # 39, penultimate in the series. 1st edition. Small format HC in original glazed, color pictorial boards. Binding sound and contents complete. Illustrated with b&w drawings by James Gary. Spine square and flat with just light rubbing at spine ends and board edges. A few tiny spots of rub to board surfaces and some mild soiling in evidence to spine. Expected general toning to page stock but a little more so than in other copies we have handled. Still a solid and well preserved example of the un... View More...
Very good in very good dust jacket. ; 214 p. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 214 pages; 1st edition of #37 (second to last) of the Grosset published 1st Swift series. #37 Ocean Airport is the last title in the list on the copyright page, is not included on the list at rear of book which ends at #36 Television Detector. Front dust jacket flap also ends at #36. Original orange cloth with titles boldly in black to cover and spine; publisher's orange top stain is uniform and bold. Pictorial orange lining sheets. Original pictorial dust jacket has shallow chipping at spine ends, mild toning to spine p... View More...
Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 290 pages; 1985 St. Martins Press. HC/DJ. 1st edition, 1st printing. Tightly bound and neat in original pictorial dust jacket with publisher's $17.95 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Just very mild instances of shelf rubbing to jacket at spine ends and corner tips, a tiny chip top edge of the cover panel and a pair of tiny closed edge tears. Text bright and fresh; no marks. Illustrated with 3 sections of b&w photos and film stills printed on glossy stock. NF/VG+ View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 305 pages; Soundly bound in a decorative prictorial trade binding from a design by Decorative Designers; terra cotta colored cloth with a pictorial standard of the Roman Republic to the cover. DD monogram at the base of the pictorial design. Cloth rubbed and just slightly frayed at top front corners; light shelf soiling to cloth boards. Snugly bound book is justs a little shelf cocked in the spine. Tissue guarded frontis on glossy stock from a design by Frank Merrill. Speculative novel. VG- View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 272 pages; In publisher's dark brown cloth with decorative pictorial title designs to cover and spine in black. Binding art design "signed" with Tyng's monogram on the lower front corner of the board. Snug, clean copy; no marks. Cloth a little crimped at spine ends; a tiny nick to the cloth at crown. Expected mild toning to page stock. Solid and neat. VG+ View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 208 pages; Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page: "To Nancy -- Enjoy the Show! [signed] 2007" Snugly bound and clean in original wraparound pictorial dust jacket with publisher's $16.99 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Prior owner initials penned neatly to front flyleaf; mild shelf bump to top front corner of the page block. Just mild feel of prior reading. Edgar award winner for Juvenile mystery novel. VG+/VG+; Signed by Author View More...
Color Illustrations; Oblong 4to 11" - 13" tall; 32 pages; 1990 Lothrop Lee & Shepard. Oversize oblong format HC/DJ. 1st edition 1st printing. Tightly bound unread copy in crisp edged and uniformly bright pictorial dust jacket with publisher's $13.95 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Illustrated throughout in color by the author. Lovely copy is about as new. F/NF View More...
Color Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 26 pages; 1985 William Morrow & Co. Oversize HC/DJ 1st edition, 1st printing. Tightly bound unread copy in glazed color pictorial boards and matching pictorial dust jacket. Jacket crisp edged and sharp but with front flap cotrner clipped. Lovely illustrations from color art by the author. F/NF View More...
