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NY: Harper & Brothers, 1955. SIGNED first edition. Hard cover in original cloth and dust jacket. Published NY: Harper & Brothers, 1955, first printing. [Hanrahan A18]. 12mo., 5 3/8" x 6 3/4", unpaginated 24pp., color illustrations by Maurice Sendak. Sendak's first all-color illustrated book. Black cloth and pictorial paper covered boards, floral design decorative endpapers in color. Inscribed by Sendak to 5 year-old Sing-Si Schwartz on half-title. (Sing-Si later became a fine-arts photographer, and presumably photographed the laid in Sendak illustrations) : "Jul 70' , For Sing-Si, hello: Maurice Sendak" Laid in is a 1955 publication notice of the book in "The Villager", Greenwich Village, NY, Dec 15, 1955 featuring a photo of Sendak holding a dog. Three 4" x 6" duotone prints of Sendak's illustrations for the book laid in. Book is fine with no wear, dust jacket very good, $2 price on flap, mild age toning, darkening fade along the spine with…
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by William Faulkner
Dr. Martino And Others Stories
by William Faulkner
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New York: Harrison Smith And Robert Haas, 1934. Limited Edition. Full-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall. Signed by Author(s). 1st Printing 1 Copyright Date 1934, Limited Edition 360 Copies Of Which 350 Are For Sale Each Copy Is Numbered And Signed By The Author This Number Is 280. Modern Black Leather Lettered In Gilt, Top Edge Gilt; Marbled Endpapers. No. 280 Of 360 Copies, Of Which Only 350 Are For Sale. First Limited Edition. Signed By William Faulkner On The Limitation Statement. A Handsomely Bound Copy Of The Author's Second Collection Of Short Stories. Touches Of Wear To Leather; Very Faint Marginal Age-Toning To Text Block; Near Fine.
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- Date Published 1934
- Pages 371
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Charlotte and the White Horse [SIGNED early Sendak]
by Krauss, Ruth; Sendak, Maurice (illus)
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20th Century Ghosts
by Hill, Joe
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P.S. Publishing UK, Sept. 2005. Number 165 of 200 copies in publisher's slipcase. SIGNED by Joe Hill and Christopher Golden (introduction). As New book in As New DJ with Fine slipcase (slight impression top of slipcase). Cover art by Vincent Chong. Highly collectable format of Joe Hill's first collection of short stories. Winner of the Bram Stoker Award, British Fantasy for Best Fiction Collection, and more. ISBN 10:1904619487.
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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner [SIGNED, Limited Edition of 525]
by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor and Willy Pogany (illus.)
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NY: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co, 1910. Signed first edition, limited to 525 numbered copies in England and America, #137, signed by Pogany on limitation page. Full brown morocco with gilt cover design, gilt spine titles, top edge gilting, pictorial end papers, sewn in silk bookmark. Published NY: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 1910. Folio, 9 1/2" x 13", printed on Japan vellum, unpaginated, Illustrated by Pogany with 20 tipped-in color plates, calligraphic text, decorative borders plus illustrations in color and line throughout the text. A stunning work. Some scuffing, wear along the edges of boards, small, previous owner bookplate on front pastedown, internally near fine, pages clean, no foxing or markings, page block crisp, all plates present, binding tight. Rare.. Signed by Illustrator. 1st. Hard. Very Good. Illus. by Pogany, Will. Folio. Numbered, Limited Edition.
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Sarah Whitman, Boston, 1904, Signed by Holmes
by Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr: Whitman, Sarah Wy
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1904. Boston: The Merrymount Press, 1904. Boston: The Merrymount Press, 1904. A Memorial Tribute to a Prominent Female Boston Artist Inscribed, Signed and Marked by Holmes [Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. (1841-1935)]. [Whitman, Sarah Wyman (1842-1904)]. Sarah Whitman. Boston: The Merrymount Press, 1904. [vi], 27, [2] pp. Specked paper boards with contrasting spine, title and image of wreath to front board, gilt title to spine, deckle edges. Light wear to spine ends and corners, light toning to text, light foxing to a few leaves. "Helen C. Bell/ 14 Chestnut St./ From O.W. Holmes" in pencil to head of title page, check marks in pencil, most likely by Holmes, in margins next to two passages. $2,500. * A prominent and commercially successful painter and stained glass and book cover designer who ran an important literary salon with her husband, Whitman was one of Holmes's neighbors in Boston and Beverly Farms. Sarah Whitman is a record of a memorial service in her honor at the Baptist Church in Beverly…
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Stephen King Signed & PSA-Certified The Stand Complete and Uncut
by Stephen King
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PSA AUTHENTICATED & SIGNED BY STEPHEN KING. Includes ironclad PSA full Letter of Authenticity. Also inscribed as shown. Complete & uncut edition, later printing, with Holdorf cover. Outstanding condition: appears unread, so text pristine; boards have sharp corners and bright lettering; DJ only mild blemishes and now protected with new mylar. In my opinion, a breathtaking presentation, completely unmatched anywhere given professional authentication. Expedited shipping is welcome; international buyers please request a shipping quote before purchase. Signed by author.
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ON GOING TO CHURCH.
by SHAW. GEORGE BERNARD
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The Roycroft Printing Shop. New York. 1896. First edition, pirated by Elbert Hubbard, founder of the Roycroft movement. 8vo. Inscribed by the author on the title page, "I repudiate all responsibility for this bowdlerised piracy. Elbert Hubbard, who perpetrated it, is dead. Why not bury it with him? G. Bernard Shaw. 27/5/22." Additionally inscribed by Hubbard on the front free endpaper, "To Leonard D. Abbott with all good wishes from his friend Elbert Hubbard." Original cloth-backed boards. Housed in a blue half morocco slipcase and chemise. A fine copy.
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A Budget of Paradoxes [Signed]
by De Morgan, Augustus. [Edward Burnett Tylor]
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London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1872. First edition. Hard cover. Reprinted, with the author's additions, from the Athenaeum. A posthumous publication edited by De Morgan's widow. Published London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1872. 8vo., vii, [1 erratum], 511, [1 colophon], illustrated with tables, drawings within the text, plus Longman's Catalog of September, 1877 appended [30pp.]. Sir Edward Burnett Tylor's copy with his signature and bookplate. Tylor was Fellow of the Royal Society, the founder of cultural anthropology and the first Professor of Anthropology at Oxford. This copy of "Paradoxes" was presented to Oxford University by his wife upon his death in 1917, with a commemorative bookplate: "From the Library of Sir Edward Burnett Tylor, KNT., D.C.L., F.R.S., The first Reader and Professor of Anthropology in the University of Oxford. Presented to the Radcliffe Trustees by Dame Anna Rebecca Tylor, June, 1917." Blue cloth with gilt spine titles, gray endpapers.…
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Twelve Fables of Aesop
by Narrated by Glenway Wescott and Antonio Frasconi (illustrator)
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Hardcover Condition:Fine. Slipcase Condition: VG. Limited Edition (1 of 25 lettered copies signed by Monroe Wheeler). Twelve Fables of Aesop narrated by Glenway Wescott, illustrated with 18 linoleum blocks by Antonio Frasconi, designed and printed in three colors (black, gray, and red) on Rives mould-made paper by Joseph Blumenthal at the Spiral Press, New York, from hand-set Emerson type and from the artist's original blocks. The edition is limited to 975 numbered copies and 25 lettered review copies, all signed by Mr. Frasconi, Mr. Wescott, and Mr. Blumenthal. This copy is one of the 25 lettered copies (copy number "F"). In addition to the other three signatures, it is signed by Monroe Wheeler. In 1935 Wheeler was employed by New York's Museum of Modern Art (MOMA). He was on the Library Committee and in three years he was Director of Membership and the following year Director of Publications. In 1940 MOMA created the role of Director of Exhibitions and Wheeler was the first person to hold the post.…
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Twenty Poems
by Neruda, Pablo; Robert Bly and James Wright [Translation]
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Madison: The Sixties Press, 1967 First printing of the first bilingual, English/Spanish edition. Signed and dated, in year of publication, by Robert Bly directly on the front endpage: "Best Wishes / Robert Bly / Dec 20, 67." Toning to spine and cover margins and a small stain to lower front fold, else book and dust jacket in fine condition.
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Revue Franco-Américaine Vol. I 1895 First Issue: Original First edition, First volume published in June 1895.
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Revue Franco-Americaine. Volume 1, 1895 (Franco-American Magazine No.1, June 1895 Paris New York).Original First edition, the first volume published in June 1895.The first issue sold as a specimen, inscribed and signed with compliments from Prince Andre Poniatowski.Revue Franco-Americaine. Juin, 1895. Paris & New York: 1895.Original lithographic plates by Toulouse-Lautrec (Zimmermann et sa machine), Helleu (Femme et enfants), Caran D' Ache (Un chapitre des memoires du General Marbot, folding), and Forain (Le Monde).
One of the 45 copies on Japon Imperial paper which were sent to the world leaders of the time, including both the French and the American Presidents, the Pope, Queen Victoria, and Leo Tolstoy as listed on the colophon.
Numerous in-text photographic reproduction and woodcut illustrations..This luxurious, eclectic, elite, and worldly review published in French, la Revue Franco-Americaine counted a total of three issues between June and August 1895, of which this is the first. It features… Read More
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Under Fire: An American Story
by North, Oliver L
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Harpercollins, 1991. First edition, as stated, first printing . Hardcover. Fine/near fine. r. 446 pp. This is a rare first edition copy signed by both Oliver North and William Novak. North's inscription, "Margo and Sam, all the best," appears in blue ink on the half title page with North's signature and the date "3 Nov 91" and Novak's signature in black ink. Dust jacket slightly wrinkled at top of spine. Free USPS tracking with every US order. Ships from MA.
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A New History of Japanese Cinema: A Century of Narrative Film
by Standish, Isolde
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New York: Continuum, 2006. 8vo size trade paperback with black and white photo illustrated cover; 414 pages From back: "Cinema, which first arrived in Japan in 1896 with the Kinetoscope prototype, came at the very time that Japan was transforming its economic base and society into that of a major international power. The first cinema, the Asakusa Denikikan, was opened in Tokyo in 1903 and within 13 years 300 cinemas had sprung up throughout the country... (The author) focuses on the historical development of Japanese film, illustrated by a series of typical Japanese film posters. She details an industry and an art form shaped by the competing and merging forces of traditional culture and of economic and technological innovation." Edgewear, creases to bottom and bottom and top corners of front cover, soil on bottom and light soil to outside pages. We note pencilled underlining on at least 29 pages and pencilled marginalia on at least three pages and four creased page corners. Quotes…
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Old Bones
by Elkins, Aaron J
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New York, NY, U. S. A.: Mysterious Press, 1987. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. New York, NY, U. S. A.: Mysterious Press, 1987. Fine in Near Fine jacket Signed by Author A Gideon Oliver Mystery, SIGNED on title pg. Edgar Award winner best mystery npc 197pp. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. First Edition
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Starting With Flags : Forty-Three Drawings
by Parker, Kingsley
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New York: Private Printing. Fine with no dust jacket. 1976. Limited Signed Edition. Softcover. The artist's abstract and quite varied series of 43 drawings of flags, all printed monochrome on the recto of pages. Kingsley Parker has been exhibiting and represented by galleries since the mid-1970s and has a work in the collection of the Museum Of Modern Art in New York, NY. The artist is quite active with new works. Signed in ink "K. Parker/1976 ©" in the front matter where Parker explains his motivation for drawing the series of abstract flags. Copy 158 of a limited edition of 600, numbered in the colophon. Approximately 44 pages, unpaginated. Printed on fine, machine-made paper in brown wraps. The title and a flag drawing are framed on the front cover. In absolutely clean, Fine condition. ; Drawings; Square 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 44 pages; Signed by Artist .
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Dead in Dixie
by Charlaine Harris
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New York: Science Fiction Book Club, 2003. Z2 - A Science Fiction Book Club Omnibus Edition hardcover book SIGNED by the Charlaine Harris in as new condition in as new dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dead Until Dark, Living Dead in Dallas, Club Dead. 8.5"x5.75", 612 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed by Author. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book Club (BCE/BOMC).
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Songs From Appledore
by Oscar Laighton
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RARE. Collectible: 1916. Signed by the author. Cambridge MA: University Press. Very Good. Hardcover. Light soil to green cloth covered boards with gilt stamped title, author's name, and design. A bright solid, book - 27 pages; Inside covers are sunned. Pages clean and bright. Frontspiece. "View from Mrs. Thaxter's Garden Gate. 29 illustrations. Small book: 7" x 5"
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The Last Season (SIGNED) (FIRST EDITION): A Team In Search of Its Soul
by Phil Jackson
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SIGNED FIRST EDITION One of the most successful coaches in the history of professional basketball offers his own take on his turbulent 2003-2004 season with the Los Angeles Lakers, chronicling the difficulties faced by the team--difficult relationships, public feuds, the Kobe Bryant rape trial, contract disputes, and injuries--and their successful journey to the NBA finals.
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Grant Wood and Marvin Cone : Artists of an Era
by Hazel E. Brown
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Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1972. Hardcover. First Edition (stated). Flat signed and dated by author on FFEP and Inscribed by author to a friend on half-title page. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine except for author's inscription and signature. Spine straight and tight. Jacket shows light rubbing, light chipping at spine head, and light reading wear to edges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xi + 150 pages. illus. A reflection of the relationships of two artists -- Grant Wood (1891-1942) and Marvin Cone (1891-1965) -- with the community of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A loving biography by a woman who knew them both. Laid-in are two letters to the editor of the Cedar Rapids Gazette; one from Woods' sister, and another from a friend of Woods and the author.
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The Lace Reader
by Barry, Brunonia
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True FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING (stated). "Flap Jacket Press trade paperback edition / First Printing July 2007" on copyright page. This small run printing precedes the hardback edition. NEW. Cover Clean, no wear, no tears, no spine creases, protected in Brodart cover. Text Clean, no marks. No remainder mark. Not ex-library. Books are Carefully Packed in a Box and Shipped Daily with Delivery Confirmation from Dry, Smoke-Free shop. Complete Satisfaction Guaranteed. B103
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I Curse the River of Time (Signed, Limited UK Edition)
by Petterson, Per
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SIGNED, FIRST UK LIMITED EDITION, FIRST PRINTING (stated, complete number line to 1) Harvill Secker, London, 2010. NEW, Unread. Author's Signature, no inscription, on a bookplate attached to the first chapter page. Note on bookplate reads "This edition of I Curse the River of Time, signed by the author, is limited to 1,000 copies". Dust Jacket Bright in Brodart protective cover, Clean, no wear, no tears, not price clipped (£12.99). Text Clean, no marks. No remainder mark. Not ex-library. Not book club. Fast shipping from Dry, Smoke-Free home. Email Confirmation with Tracking Number. International ships Air Mail.
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