8vo 8" - 9" tall; 279 pages; 1969 Little, Brown & Company. HC/DJ. 1st edition, 1st printing. Soundly bound and generally clean in original pictorial dust jacket with publisher's $5.95 issue price intact to unclliped front flap. Light shelf rubbing and several short closed tears to jacket edges; spine panel a trifle sunned. Mild prior reading evidence to page stock whic is unmarked and clean. Thoung not marked as such, this copy is from the library of pioneering African-American comic and actor, Godfrey Cambridge. VG/VG View More...
film stills on glossy stock; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 140 pages; 1st edition, thus. Inscribed and signed by Williams on the front flyleaf. Soundly bound in original scarlet paper covered boards with titles brightly in gilt to spine and with original pictorial dust jacket with cover design by Green and film stills illustrateing the rear panel. Publisher's 12s. 6d. Net price to unclipped front flap. Inscribed to Jere Real, almost certainly in 1979 on the occasion of his 3 day visit to Lynchburg College, a visit arranged by Real in his role as English and Film teacher and host of the visiting writers p... View More...
Library of America # 119 & 120; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 2053 pages; 2000 Library of America # 119 & 120. Two volumes, complete thus. 1054; 999 pp. Both volumes are 1st printings of the LOA editions. Unread copies tightly bound and exceptionally fresh in crisp edged and uniformly bright pictorial dust jacket. Publisher's silk book marks sewn in. Just a hint of shelf evidence to jacket extremities. About as new. F/NF View More...
4to 11" - 13" tall; Large 4to HC in full red cloth with title lettering to spine and crest to cover brightly stamped in gilt. Limited edition of 225 copies, this copy not numbered and out of sequence - stamped "Printer's Sample Copy" on colophon. Paged (8), 38, (60) pp. Final 60 pages well rendered facsimile of the Coverdale Psalter. Bright, clean copy with no marks. Perhaps issued without slipcase as a Printer's Sample. Cloth lightly stressed at spine ends; a pair of tiny bumps to the lower edge of the cover board. Attractive, bright and uncommon thus. VG++ View More...
4to 11" - 13" tall; 64 pages; Oversize HC/DJ. 1st edition, 1st printing. Inscribed and signed by both Brian and Wendy Froud on the title page, to which Brian has added a small drawing. Snug, bright and very neat in a crisp edged and fresh dust jacket with publisher's $18.00 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Just superficial evidence of handling to pages and mild shelf evidence to bottom edge of boards. NF/NF. ... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. ; Signed by Illustrator View More...
B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 292 pages; [Uncorrected Proof]. Pre-publication 1st printing. Trade sized paperback in pictorial wraps featuring the final art work for the book. Bright, tight and fresh; feels and appears unread. Just trace shelf evidence to covers. NF View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 179 pages; 1985 Holiday House. HC/DJ 1st edition. Tightly bound, unread copy in crisp edged and uniformly bright wraparound color pictorial dust jacket with publisher's $12.95 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Tiny bit of shelf rub to jacket at corner tips and 2 short closed tears top edge of rear jacket panel; else about as new. Jacket art, frontis and decorations from art by Caldecott winning artist, Trina Schart Hyman. F/VG++ View More...
B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 250 pages; Solid, clean copy in original pictorial dust jacket. No marks. General uniform toning to the dust jacket, which is lightly furred along the top edge and somewhat faded at spine. Usual expected binder glue bleed through stains to the endpage joints - almost ubiquotous in 1930's era books. Just a little shaken in the spine. With vignettes in line by Yvonne Saint-Cyr. VG/VG- View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 200 pages; SIGNED 1957 Alan Swallow HC/DJ 1st edition. Warmly inscribed by Winters on the front flyleaf; dated Christmas 1957. Original tan cloth with titles in gilt to spine. Original printed dust jacket chipped and well worn at edges and folds. Flaps had detached bt have been reattached with minimal application of Japanese tissue paper tape on reverse of jacket. DJ toned and a bit shelf soiled. Boards have an unusual warp, concave with curl up at top and bottom. Contents clean and neat. Uncommonly found signed. A somewaht worn copy but retaining most of the jacket ... View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 384 pages; 1920 George Doran HC 1st appearance in book form, preceding UK publication as "Jill the Reckless" ... Green gray cloth blocked in a dark green with titles to spine and cover. Soundly bound. Short gift inscription front endpg, else unmarked. Some light tanning to spine and soiling to covers. Upper board corners lightly bumped. No fraying or significant rubbing to boards at corners or edges. Solid copy uncommon in the original edition. VG- View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 347 pages; 1st American edition, with Doran colophon on copyright. Soundly bound in original ribbed blue cloth with titles in darker blue. A little tender in the hinges and a bit shaken in the spine. Cloth crimped and lightly shelf rubbed at spine ends; trace rub through to cloth at 2 corners and light shelf rub at tips. VG- View More...
Color Pictorial map endsheets; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 127 pages; 1st printing. Snugly bound and clean in original wraparound color pictorial dust jacket with publisher's $2 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Light shelf rubbing to jacket edges with a few superficial nicks. Prior owner name and 1943 date penned to verso of half-title page. Final two pages opened a bit roughly at the front edge. Illustrated with color pictorial map endpages. Nice copy of a book not often seen with the original dust jacket. VG/VG View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 252 pages; 1968 John Day HC/DJ 3rd printing. Superb copy. Very fresh and neat -- appears unread. No marks. DJ price clipped but very clean and bright w just a hint of hanling top edge of rear panel. F/NF- View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 175 pages; Inscribed by Wolff on the title page to Jere Real and dated 1988 in Lynchburg. Jere Real was a professor at Lynchburg College; he coordinated visits and played host to the authors who appeared at the college as part of the Thornton Writer-in-Residence and Guest Reader program. Bright, snug and very neat copy in crisp edged and uniformly bright dust jacket, but price clipped to font flap. Just trace shelf soiling to jacket at spine. Sharp, fresh copy of Wolff's first short story collection. NF/NF; Signed by Author View More...
B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 258 pages; 1st edition. Square and sound in original pictorial dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to the title page. A few early pages with brief pencil ticks and marginlia; prior owner's penciled personal index to rear endpage. Light foxing to the front endpage as well as the top and front edges. Shallow shelf rub to jacket at edges; a few trivial nicks at edges.. Jacket is price-clipped. Illustrated with B&W photographs. VG+/VG-; Signed by Author View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 240 pages; 1948 Doubleday & Company. HC/DJ. Soundly bound with original pictorial dust jacket. In red cloth lettered in yellow. Dust jacket price clipped front flap and heavily rubbed and worn with chips and fraying at edges. Long jagged tear from bottom edge of the jacket spine and a chip missing mid-spine; fraying and chipping to jacket at crown. VG- in fair to good only jacket. Uncommon View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 240 pages; Snug and neatin black cloth over peach, paper covered boards with title-lettering in orange to spine. Spine just slightly shelf-cocked. Prior owner's name and catalog note penned neatly in tiny script to front endpaper. Text clean and unmarked. Lacking dust jacket; otherwise VG+ View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 286 pages; HC/DJ. An attractive copy; neat, solid, clean. No marks. Dust jacket mildly worn to edges, and mildly rubbed to front and rear panels. NF/VG+. View More...
