B&W Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 65 pages; Limited edition 2nd printing; this is number 267 of an unstated number of copies. Paperback in matte pictorial covers. Signed by author to the copyright page. Bright, snug and clean; no marks. Just trace soil to the covers. Profusely illustrated with historical photographs and maps. NF; Signed by Author View More...
(Signed +MLS)1995 Overlook Press HC/DJ 1st ed. Inscribed by author to poet Sanford Pinsker- dated 1995. Hand written note on author's stationary signed and laid in. As new; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 72 pages; (Signed +MLS) 1995 Overlook Press HC/DJ 1st ed. Inscribed by author to poet Sanford Pinsker- dated 1995. Hand written note on author's stationary signed and laid in. F/F As new; Signed by Author View More...
Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 266 pages; A collection of pieces written for the newspapers and monthlies by Evans. Notable subjects/interviews include Dickens, Bulwer, Garrison, Ward, Grant et. al. Inscribed by the author to the larger-than-life business personality and social activist, William O McDowell. Inscription dated 1888. Original blue cloth with ornate blind stamped border designs to cover and fine gilt stamped titles to cover and spine. Very snugly bound with just light rub to the original cloth covers at edges and spine ends. An unusual collection of journalistic pieces touching... View More...
Folio 13" - 23" tall; Very large format, square folio in publisher's heavy grey linen with paper title label to cover board and title lettering in white to spine. Very warmly inscribed to the front endpage; "Bernard, an interior chap / Love / Walker / 9/1/1966." Splendid copy with sharp edges and crisp title lettering at spine; title label unblemished and uniformly bright. Beautifully printed (photogravure process) photographs; each has an unmarred heavy onion skin tissue guard. Publisher's portrait (promotional? ) of Evans laid in at front along with a few pages of obituary c... View More...
Color and b&w Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 61 pages; 1st edition, 2nd state. Signed by Tudor on the pictorial front endpage and dated 1987. 2nd state with titles lettered in black to green cloth. Snugly bound and clean; illustrated throughout with Tudor's charming color and b&w drawings. This copy lacks the dst wrapper but is other wise VG++ or better; Signed by Illustrator View More...
12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 148 pages; With a card from the author mounted to the front pastedown "Compliments of the Author" and signed by the author's wife on the blank front endpage. Soundly bound in original pictorial brown cloth, a little dulled and toned at spine. Errata sheet tipped in over the first page of the text. VG-; Signed by Associated View More...
12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 328 pages; Mass market sized paperback in glossy illustrated covers. 1st paperback edition. Superb copy is tightly bound and fresh with flat uncreased spine and crisp edged covers. Expected mild toning to page stock and mild fading to the publisher's green edge coloring to the page block edges. Signed by Farmer on the title page. Crisp copy. NF. Uncommon thus; Signed by Author View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 616 pages; [SIGNED] 1940 The Vanguard Press. HC 2nd printing. Inscribed and singed by Farrell on a slip that has been mounted to the front flyleaf. Cloth toned and soiled with bumping to corners and a dent to the front edge of the lower board. Chipping and fraying to cloth at spine ends. Glue used to mount the signature is toned and showing theough the paper. Fair to good only. ; Signed by Author View More...
B&W Photographs; Square 4to 9" - 11" tall; 48 pages; [SIGNED] 1994 Bremik Press, Printers. Oversize square format paperback in 80 lb Confetti paper wraps titled in black. Issued in an edition of 1000 unnumbered copies. Signed by Fee at the base of the front endpaper. Snugly bound and fresh; 22 selenium toned b&w photographs lushly reproduced. Just superficial shelf evidence to cover surfaces. Introduction by Craig Krull. VG++ to NF .. Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. ; Signed by Author View More...
Color reproductions, some folding; Oblong 4to 11" - 13" tall; 220 pages; [SIGNED Association Copy] 2009 Rizzoli. Oversize oblong format HC/DJ. 2nd printing. Inscribed on the half title page by the author to esteemed scholar and historian of the Hudson River Valley, David Schuyler. Snugly bound and fresh in crisp edged and uniformly bright pictorial dust jacket. Lavishly produced with finely printed color reproductions of landscapes and art work on the River and valley; some plates are fold-out. Just a whisper of shelf evidence to jacket edges. About as new. NF/NF ... Oversize book may require... View More...
B&W and Color Photos; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 336 pages; [SIGNED] 1994 The Galfield Press. Oversize HC in glossy color pictorial boards. 1st edition. Signed by author on the front endpage. Tightly bound and fresh. Lavishly illustrated with color and b&w photos. Feels and appears generally unread and about as new. Issued without dust wrapper. NF; Signed by Author View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 432 pages; HC/DJ. 3rd printing. Signed by Sarah Fine on the title page. Laid in at front is a book sized promotional glossy pictorial card for the 2017 published sequel, "The Cursed Queen" signed by Fine on the glossy pictorial side. Book is tightly bound and fresh in crisp edged and uniformly bright pictorial dust jacket. NF/NF; Signed by Author View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 105 pages; [SIGNED] 1918 Oliver Ditson HC 1st edition. Snugly bound and very neat in original beige laid paper covered boards with paper title labels to cover and spine. Inscribed by the author on the front pastedown, part of the inscription on an Oliver Ditson pictorial bookplate. Illustrated throughout with facsimiles, photos and figures. Sharp fresh copy, signed by the author. VG++ to NF; Signed by Author View More...
Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 569 pages; [SIGNED by Julia Child]. 1997 Doubleday & Company. HC./DJ 1st edition, 1st printing. Signed by Julia Child on the half-title page. Soundly bound and clean in original pictorial dust jacket with publisher's $25.95 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. The feel of a once read book; dust jacket with light shelf and handling rub to edges. Uncommonly found signed by master chef, Julia Child. VG+/VG+; Signed by Biographee View More...
Color Illustrations; Oblong 4to 11" - 13" tall; 40 pages; [SIGNED DEDICATION COPY] 2008 Candlewick. 1st edition, 1st printing. Bright, tight and fresh in crisp edged and uniformly bright pictorial dust jacket. Inscribed by Barry Root to Jean Grommoll, to whom he dedicated this title. Inscribed and signed in black felt tip to the bottom edge of the dedication/copyright page. Jean and Eberhard Grommoll were longtime friends and patrons of Barry and Kimberly Root's original artwork and enthusiasts for the books they illustrated. Lovely copy feels and appears as new. F/F; Signed by Illustrator View More...
B&W and Color Reproductions; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 22 pages; [SIGNED Presentation Copy from Le Roy] 1981. Profile Press, Printers, NYC. Quarto HC special binding. The original glossy card stock covered book of 22 pages biund in full heavy red cloth with Ginesta signature stamped to lowr front corner. Presumably Le Roy had some number of copies specially bound by Ginesta Binders of New York. To the half title page he has wriiten a gift note of thanks for "the wonderful bindings" and signed below. Illustrated with glossy b&w photos of the artist on the inside covers of the book proper, along with... View More...
B&W Plates on Glossy stock; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 351 pages; [SIGNED Presentation Copy] 1931 Bobbs-Merrill Company. HC/DJ 1st edition. Very warmly inscribed by the author on the 2nd blank at front: " To Owen P. Bricker, my good friend and wise counselor, it gives me much pleasure to present one of the first copies... / [signed]." Below the authorial inscription is a several line prior ownership inscription of the subsequent owner, explaining the association of Foltz and Brucker as bridge partners in a game that had succeeded their passing and was still being played as of 1986. This copy was clear... View More...
B&W Plates on Glossy stock; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 351 pages; [SIGNED Presentation Copy] 1931 Bobbs-Merrill Company. HC 1st edition. Warmly inscribed by the author on the front flyleaf to Dr William Wolf, who acted a liaison for visiting speakers at the Lancaster Travel Club. Presumably inscribed on the occasion of such a lecture. Ribbed blue cloth with gilt titles bright to cover and spine; light rubbing and trace fray at spine ends. Mild toning to cloth at spine and a tiny drip spot bottom edge of the cover board. Small clipped newsprint portrait of the author mounted to a front endpage with off... View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 250 pages; [SIGNED] 1958 Harper & Brothers. HC/DJ. 1966 reprint with A-Q date code to copyright. Inscribed and signed by Ford on the front flyleaf. Soundly bound and clean in original dust jacket. Mild crimpint to cloth at spine ends. Jacket lightly shelf rubbed to edges and vertical stress creases to front and rear panels suggesting the book was for a time taken off the book and stored flat. VG++/VG-; Signed by Author View More...
Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 318 pages; [SIGNED by James Gurney] 1996 Turner Publishing, Inc. HC/DJ. 1st edition, 1st printing. Signed on the title page by the creator of the Dinotopia world and author of the original books, James Gurney. Gurney has furnished the art for the dust jacket design on this Foster authored novel. Snugly bound and very neat in crisp edged and uniformly bright pictorial dust jacket with $21.95 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Laid in at front is a Gallery card for a 2010 show of Gurney's work at the Delaware Art Museum. NF/NF View More...
