8vo 8" - 9" tall; 525 pages; Signed and inscribed on the front endpage by the author to fellow novelist T. Everitt Harre, dated April 1935. Soundly bound copy in original dust jacket. Binding a little cocked in the spine. Beige paper dust jacket is toned and lightly shelf soiled with spine panel sunned; title lettering remains bold but lighter color printing of the author name is considerably faded. Jacket is nicked at edges with several short closed tears and shallow stress creases at edges. Shallow damp stain to the top edge of a handful of pages at front. Inscribed association copy... 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...
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; 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...
B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 336 pages; [SIGNED] 2009 NAL Caliber. HC/DJ 1st edition, 1st printing. Snugly bound and clean in uniformly bright and clean pictorial dust jacket with publisher's $24.95 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Signed by Alexander on the half-title page. Illustrated with b&w photos printed on glossy stock. Superficial shelf evidence to jacket edges. VG++/VG++; Signed by Author 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...
Square 8vo 8" to 9" tall; [SIGNED] Square format HC/DJ Original edition, 10th printing. Issued circa 1976; with a warm personal inscription and drawing by Aliki to the verso of the front endpage. Prior owner, a personal fiend of Aliki and De Angeli, has placed her bookplate on the recto of the front endpage. Dust jacket lightly sunned at spine panel and has a small wrinkle from a drink condensation at the front panel. Mild shelf rub to bottom of board edges. VG+/VG This early Aliki title is scarcely6 encountered in signed examples. ; 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...
12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 265 pages; Mass market sized paperback in illustrated covers. Inscribed (warmly) and signed by the author on the front endpage; dated 1982. Bright clean copy suffers only a touch of mild toning to the page stock. NF; Signed by Author View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 52 pages; [SIGNED] 1951 E. P. Dutton & Company. HC/DJ. 1st edition. Signed by the poet on the front flyleaf. Original dust jacket with light general toning; lettering at spine faded and generally effaced. Mild shelf rubbing with a few small nicks at edges. VG+/VG-; Signed by Author View More...
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...
B&W Plates; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 258 pages; [SIGNED] 1931 Lowman & Hanford, Seattle. HC 1st edition. Snugly bound in original thatch patterned brown cloth with titles brightly in gilt to spine. Signed by Andrews on the front flyleaf and dated 1937, Seattle. Mild toning to endpages and light foxing to the glossy pictorial frontis and the facing title page. Contents clean and neat. Illustrated with several b&w plates on glossy stock. VG; Signed by Author 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; 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...
Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 341 pages; [SIGNED] 1964 Houghton Mifflin Company. HC/DJ 1st edition. Inscribed and signed by Auchincloss on the front flyleaf for the sister of a good friend. Soundly bound and clean but in a worn dust jacket. Jacket rubbed and chipped at edges with shallow chipping at spine ends, nicks from corners and general surface rubbing. Light sun fading to jacket at spine. Binding a little shalf cocked; boards lightly shelf tapped at tips. VG-/G; Signed by Author View More...
B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; One of a limited edition of 326 copies signed by Sendak and Schaubeck on the limitation colophon. This copy not numbered and out of sequence. Bright clean copy in original slate blue flap-fold wraps. Just superficial shelf evidence to covers at extremities and trace sunning to spine edge. VG++ to NF; Signed by Author & Illustrator View More...
Color reproductions and b&w photos; Square Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 72 pages; [SIGNED Presentation Copy] 2005 Cornell University Press & Olana Partnership, Square format HC/DJ. 1st edition, 1st printing. Inscribed by author to eminent Hudson Valley School and Olmsted scholar, David Schuyler. Tightly bound and exceptionally fresh in crisp edged and uniformly bright pictorial dust jacket. Feels and appears unread and about as new. No marks. Lavishly illustrated with color reproductions and plates. NF/F; Signed by Author View More...
Color and b/w photographs; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 153 pages; Oversize, folio paperback in glossy color photo covers with french fold flaps. Inscribed by Baltz on the first leaf and dated March 1991. Tight, fresh and very neat copy. Appears unhandled and about as new. The exhibition catalog for the major retrospective of Baltz's work organized by Julia Brown Turrell. Profusely illustrated with color and b/w photographs. Fine copy. ... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. ; Signed by Author View More...
12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 180 pages; [SIGNED] 1899 Harper & Brothers. HC. Publisher's limited edition of 500 copies: "Author's Autograph Edition." Author signed limitation bookplate - numbered 337 of 500 - mounted to the front pastedown. Bookplate is done in a striking Arts & Crafts design. Decorative pictorial binding with a Newell designed 4 color pictorial panel to the cover board. Title lettering in gilt to cover and spine. Illustration and gilt are bright. Mild soling to cloth and moderate darkening to spine; mild streaks of smoke staining to rear board and top edge. Contents b... View More...
