8vo 8" - 9" tall; 35 pages; [SIGNED] 1912 Self-Published. Slim paperback in pictorial title lettered covers with a saddle ribbon sewn binding. Inscribed and signed by the author on the front flyleaf. Yapped covers lightly ruffled and rubbed; covers lightly toned and a little shelf soiled. Uncommon. VG-; Signed by Author View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 611 pages; 6th printing. Soundly bound and clean in original pictorial dust jacket. On the verso of the title page the author has inscribed an appreciation and signed with August 1934 date. Notably this page appears to have been excised, and judging by the folds, sent through the mails. Perhaps the book's owner mailed the page to the author for the signature? The page is reattached to the stub from which it was apparently removed. Dust jacket worn with rubbing at edges and several small chips and short tears. Flap folds loose with a mild accordion fold to the front e... View More...
Poesia E Veita #15; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 54 pages; [SIGNED] 1966 Neri Pozza Editore. Paperback in cream paper wraps with pictorial title desing in red and black. Inscribed and signed by both Helen and Antonio Barolini on the front flyleaf, dated 1968. Covers lightly shelf soiled and a little toned. Rubbing and light shelf wear to covers at spine ends and corners. Some pages unopened at the top edge. Uncommon. G++; Signed by All Authors View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 321 pages; [SIGNED] 1930 Ives Washburn. HC 3rd printing. Snugly bound and clean in original ribbed purple cloth with titles in gilt. Signed on the front flyleaf by the former Jesuit and outspoken critic of the Catholic Church hierarchy, Boyd Barrett. Cloth a trifle sunned at spine with gilt titles just slightly dulled. Contents bright and fresh. VG View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 321 pages; [signed] 1930 Ives Washburn. HC 1st edition. Snugly bound and neat in original ribbed purple cloth with titles in gilt to spine. Signed on the front flyleaf by the former Jesuit and outspoken critic of the Catholic Church hierarchy, Boyd Barrett. On the same page heas penned "First edition. No. 49" - not sure what that signifies, unless the author took some copies to sign prior to the official launch and sale date. Cloth a bit sun faded at spine with gilt a little dulled there. Contents bright and fresh. VG; Signed by Author View More...
4to 11" - 13" tall; 258 pages; Larger HC/DJ. 1st edition, 1st printing. Warmly inscribed and signed by the writers and owners of Metropolitan Bakery to Catherine Hennessy, who was commissioned to do the photographs for the book. Snugly bound and clean in original pictorial dust jacket with publisher's $29.95 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Mild halo toning to jacket edges and superficial handling soil to jacket extremities. Illustrated with b&w photographs principally by Hennessy. VG+/VG+; Signed by All Authors View More...
Folding map & Plan; b&w photos and figures; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 116 pages; [SIGNED Limited edition] 1982 National Society of Colonial Dames of America in the State of Maine. HC/DJ. Signed by both authors on the front flyleaf; numbered 315 in an edition limited to 750 copies. Snugly bound and neat. Cream colored jacket lettered in orange is just lightly toned at spine and edges. Illustrated with fold-out map and plan along with some b&w photos and reproductions. F/VG++; Signed by All Authors View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 308 pages; Exceptionally bright and fresh copy in crisp edged and uniformly bright pictorial jacket with publisher's $24 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Bookmark from Bibelot Book Store - where signing took place, is laid in at front. Handsome copy. F/F; Signed by Author View More...
Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 120 pages; [SIGNED by Enrique Labrador Ruiz] 1929 F. Verdugo, Havana. Large octavo HC bound in brown oilcloth covered boards. Prior ownership of Cuban novelist, poet and writer, Enrique Labrador Ruiz (1902 - 1991), with his signature and 1934 date penned to front endpage. Spanish language bookseller's bibliographic notes in pencil to the same page. Illustrated with some b&w facsimile reproductions of period printed work. A few stray marks in text. Page stock with expected light toning to endpages and adjoining leaves. Light shelf rubbing to cloth at extremities. Scarc... View More...
B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 201 pages; [SIGNED] Circa 1927. HC early reprinting. Snugly bound and clean in original burgundy colored cloth with titles in black. Signed by Beebe without inscription or date on the front flyleaf. Illustrated with several b&w photos on glossy stock. VG to VG+; Signed by Author View More...
B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 248 pages; [SIGNED] 1927 G. P. Putman's Sons. HC 1st edition. Signed by Beebe on the front free flyleaf and dated Oct 9, 1928. Snugly bound and very neat in original ribbed blue cloth with title designs brightly in gilt to cover and spine. Illustrated throughout by 60 photographs by the author during his extensive and wide ranging expedition through Asia collecting examples for the New York Zoological Society. Superficial shelf tap top front corners and mild crimping to cloth at spine ends. Trimmed front flap of jacket laid in. VG++ to NF; Signed by Author View More...
Color Plates, B&w photos and figures; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 439 pages; [SIGNED] 1926 G. P. Putnum's Sons. HC 2nd printing. Signed by Beebe on the first blank endpage and dated Oct 9, 1928. Very snugly bound and neat in original thatched green cloth with rules in blind and titles brightly in gilt; top edge gilt. Illustrated with bold color pictorial endpages, 8 color plates with lettered tissue guards and many b&w photos and figures. A trimmed section of the front jacket flap laid in at front. A very fresh and neat copy, signed by one of the more highly regarded early 20th century American ... View More...
12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 297 pages; [SIGNED] 1925 Modern Library. Signed by Beebe on the front flyleaf and dated Oct 9, 1928. The trimmed front cover of the dust jacket is laid in at front. Toledano binding type 4 and Bernhard endpapers suggest a 1925 printing, but no statement of edition is present. The book was first published by Modern Library in 1925. Snugly bound and vey neat with just superficial crimping to cloth at spine ends and an expected mild wrinkle to the cloth over spine. Beebe is remembered as one of the preminent American naturalists and for his extensive work in exploring and doc... View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 229 pages; 1st edition is tight, bright and fresh in original pictorial dust jacket wih $16.95 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Just trace shelf rub to jacket at tips. Signed by author to title page. NF/NF; Signed by Author View More...
12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 260 pages; [SIGNED by American Jazz composer, Kenyon Hopkins] No date given, circa 1940's. Kalmus, New York. Miniature Scores #130. Paperback in matte title lettered card stock covers. From the collection of important American Jazz composer - Kenyon Hopkins, with his manuscript note of ownership on the front cover. Covers lightly toned and shelf soiled; mildly rubbed at edges with reader creasing at spine. Expected light general toning to page stock. This is one of several scores from Hopkins' personal collection, signed by him, that we have in stock. Hopkins is we... View More...
Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 96 pages; Inscribed and singed by the author to a fellow poet, dated 2018. Snugly bound and fresh in crisp edged, translucent, title lettered dust jacket. Gray paper covered boards with several woodcut panel illustrations to upper board. A tiny nick to the lower front corner and top edge of the dust jacket. Otherwise about Fine. NF/VG++; Signed by Author View More...
Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 60 pages; Trade sized paperback in glossy pictorial covers. Inscribed and signed by the author on the half-title page and dated 2005. Just a whisper of shelf evidence to cover edges. NF; Signed by Author View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 253 pages; 1st edition. Inscribed and signed by Behrman on the flyleaf, dated Oct 1965 NYC. Soundly bound in original 1/4 cloth backed spine and brown paper covered boards. Spine just slightly shelf cocked. Dust jacket toning at spine and panel edges with light shelf rubbing to edges and a few short closed tears. VG+/VG-; Signed by Author View More...
(Signed)1998 New Concept trade sized pbck in printed wraps. 1st ed. Author signed letter laid in. Crisp, fresh and unread. As new; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 198 pages; Trade sized paperback in pictorial wraps. Short typed note on letterhead signed by the author is laid in at rear. Crisp, fresh and unread. Fine; Signed by Author View More...