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London: Blink Publishing, 2018. First Edition. 346pp, plus 16 pages of color and black & white photographs. Hardcover: FINE. Dust Wrapper: FINE. SIGNED BOOK PLATE.
The lead singer of one of the greatest rock bands in history tells the story of his rise from nothing to rock 'n' roll megastar, and his wild journey as the voice of The Who. "It's taken me three years to unpack the events of my life, to remember who did what when and why, to separate the myths from the reality, to unravel what really happened at the Holiday Inn on Keith Moon's 21st birthday," says Roger Daltrey.

New York: The Third Press / A Joseph Okpaku Book, 1971. First edition. 281pp. Hardcover: VERY GOOD+. Dust Wrapper: NEAR FINE. Text block a little wavey with some foxing to top. Iconic image of Davis on wrapper, which has some toning and modest wear.
Essays by Davis written while in prison, coverage of the trials of Bobby Seale and Erica Huggins, works by George Jackson and Huey P. Newton, a foreword by Julian Bond, and the powerful lead essay by James Baldwin. This book was published shortly after Davis was accused of participating in conspiracy and murder with the so-called "Soledad Brothers".

New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1965. First Edition. 612 pp. Hardcover: VERY GOOD. Dust Wrapper: VERY GOOD. SIGNED by the author, with photo of book signing included.
A well-written autobiography of a pioneer for African Americans in the entertainment industry. In addition to overcoming the difficulties due to his race, he also had to overcome those resulting from an automobile accident where he lost an eye, and thought that his career might also have been lost. " YES I CAN is: "...one of the most candid, engrossing and important American autobiographies of our time," N.Y. Herald Tribune. Ranked #4 on Paste Magazine's "The 20 Best Memoirs Written by Musicians".

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1971. First Edition. 388pp. Hardcover: VERY GOOD. Dust Wrapper: NEAR FINE. Book is square and tight, some scratches to the front board. Unclipped wrapper shows modest toning and rubbing, else fine. SIGNED by DON DELILLO directly to the title page without inscription.
DeLillo's celebrated first novel. "DeLillo's swift, ironic, and witty cross-country American nightmare doesn't have a dull or an unoriginal line." Rolling Stone

New York: Beech Tree Books, 1987. First Edition. 300pp. Hard Cover: NEAR FINE. Dust Wrapper: VERY GOOD. Small pencil writing on half title page. Minor chips on top left corner and bottom of dust wrapper spine. SIGNED by the author.
"Sexually intimate memoir of a queen of the groupies and of the life she lived to the hilt turning on with the kings of rock 'n' roll...a classic account of rampant narcissism among guitar egomaniacs". Kirkus Review.

London: Gollancz, 1938. First Edition. 446pp. Hardcover: NEAR FINE: Dust Wrapper: VERY GOOD. Book is tight, with some softness to the spine, and some expected bumps given its age. There is a signed bookplate on front pastedown. Faint pen mark on page 446. Dust Wrapper has loss and color fade on spine, but very good and uncommon in such condition. Housed in a custom case. LAID IN SIGNATURE with Photo.
A very collectible copy of Du Maurier's most famous novel, which was successfully adapted for film by Alfred Hitchcock in 1940, and went on to win an Oscar. Rebecca was A National Book Award winner in 1938, voted the UK's favorite book of the last 225 years in 2017 (beating out To Kill a Mockingbird, Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice, among other notable titles).