8vo 8" - 9" tall; 319 pages; HC/DJ. Presumed 1st edition. Snugly bound in original terra cotta colored cloth with titles brightly in gilt to cover and spine. No statement of edition on copyright but with 1921 year on title page. Original cream paper dust jacket lettered in green and orange is missing a very large swath along the bottom third of the front panel, bottom 2 inches of the spine and the bottom 1 inch area of the rear panel. Publisher's $1.75 issue price intact to unclipped front flap; top edge ruffled and worn with shallow chipping at crown of spine and vertical creasing to the spi... View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 345 pages; A bright, neat, snug copy in its original dust jacket. Prior owner's small circuar name stamp inked to front endpage. Jacket spine mildly sunned. Light shelfrub to jacket edges and mild toning to the unlaminated jacket surfaces. VG+/VG View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 336 pages; [Uncorrected Page Proof] Paperback in light blue paper covers with title and publication details printed to cover in black. Snugly bound and clean with a small rectangular ticker shadow to the top spine corner of the cover. Just mild shelf rubbing to edges with superficial furring to paper at the spine crown. This Proof copy does not include or mention the subtitle - "The Hank Aaron Story" and the page count differs from the final printed edition. It is presumed that there were some changes made to the text prior to the final published edition. The Proof does not ... View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 235 pages; 1st printing with Scribner "A" on copyright page. In publisher's textured tan paper covered boards with title lettering boldly in blue to cover and spine. Soundly bound copy, slightly cocked in the spine, has prior owner name penciled neatly to front endpage. Light shelf soiling to boards and usual expected light offset toning in endpage gutters from 1940's era binder's glue. Solid copy lacking the elusive dust jacket. VG- View More...
T; Uncorrected Proof; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 406 pages; Uncorrected proof. Trade sized paperback in glossy illustrated covers. Bright, tight and fresh; no marks inside or out. Feels and appears unread. Just a hint of shelf/storage evidence to edges. About ot Near Fine View More...
Color Illustrations; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; Bright, snug and neat in crisp-edged, uniformly bright pictorial dust jacket. Gift inscription neatly penned to front endpage; otherwise unmarked and very neat. Illustrated with bright color drawings. NF/F ... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. View More...
B&W Drawings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 221 pages; Bright, tight and fresh in immaculate dust jacket. Feels and appears about as new. Illustrated with B&W drawings. Signed by author to the title page. F/F.; Signed by Author View More...
12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 476 pages; Everyman's Library. 1st Everyman imprint of this title with no indication of subsequent printings. Printer's notice for Temple Press at rear. Soundly bound in original trade binding of ribbed red cloth with decoratively gilt panelled spine. Mild crimping and light rubbing to cloth at spine ends with mild fray to cloth at crown. Red cloth is lightly sun faded at spine but with gilt still bright. Binding a little shaken. Prior owner name and 1911 purchase date penned neatly to pictorial front pastedown endpage. The 1st printing of the Everyman edition. [Se... View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 152 pages; Inscribed by Albee on the half title page to Jere Real : " by [signed] // This copy for Jere Real , who // understands // Lynchburg 1982." 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. Tight fresh copy in crisp edged and uniformly bright dust jacket with $7.95 issue price to unclipped front flap. Just trace shelf evidence to jacket at spine ends and edges. NF/NF; Signed by Author View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 152 pages; Tight and neat in crisp edged and uniformly bright dust jacket with $7.95 issue price intact on unclipped front flap. Just mild toning to jacket flaps. Handsome copy. F/NF View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 135 pages; Inscribed by Albee on the half-title page to Jere Real. 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. Tight, fresh copy in crisp edged and uniformly bright dust jacket with $7.95 issue price intact to the unclipped front flap. Top edge stain is vivid and uniform. Mild vertical stress crease to the front jacket flap. NF/NF; Signed by Author View More...
Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 138 pages; Inscribed and signed on the half-title page by Albee to Jere Real. Under the half-title "by Edward Albee (through Jim Purdy) for Jere Real". Snugly bound in original title lettered dust jacket with $4.95 issue price on unclipped front flap. Real's ownership signature to the top corner of the flyleaf is dated 1970. Dust jacket shelf rubbed at edges with several spots of rub to panel surfaces. Illustrated with photos from the stage production. Jere Real was a professor at Lynchburg College; he coordinated visits and played host to the a... View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 250 pages; 1st printing. Snugly bound and clean in original pictorial dust jacket with publisher's $3.00 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Superficial foxing in endpage gutters. Jacket just lightly worn at edges with a small nick from the crown of the spine panel. VG+/VG View More...
12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 276 pages; 1884 Roberts Brothers. HC 1st edition. Variant olive green cloth binding with decorative pictorial title design in gilt and black to cover and spine. Shallow fray to cloth at spine ends and corner tips. Prior owner has mounted a type written descriptive catalog label to the floral paterned front endpage; above this label is a rectangular abrasion from a label or bookplate removed. Light remanant of a different plate removed on rear pastedown. Blank front endpage torn out likely to remove ownership inscription. A few signatures starting at front edge. Illustrated... View More...
Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 480 pages; 1st printing. Tightly bound and exceptionally fresh in crisp edged and uniformly bright pictorial dust jacket with publisher's $29.95 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Just a whisper of shelf evidence to jacket edges. F/NF View More...
Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 413 pages; HC/DJ 1st edition, 1st printing. Exceptionally bright and fresh copy in crisp edged and uniformly bright pictorial jacket with publisher's issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Signed by the author to the title page. Handsome copy. F/F; Signed by Author View More...
Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 322 pages; [SIGNED] 2015 Atria Books. HC/DJ 1st edition, 1st printing. Signed by Allende on the title page. Very tight bright and fresh in immaculate dust jacket. Unread copy feels and appears entirely as new. F/F View More...