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Extremities lightly rubbed and bumped, with minor loss to spine head; front hinge gently cracked; minor toning. Very good. SJK-407. Francis Turner Palgrave. Maxfield Parrish, illustrator. A Golden Treasury of Songs and Lyrics. New York: Duffield & Company, 1911. First edition. Quarto. 373pp (indexed). Illustrated with eight color plates (including frontispiece) by Maxfield Parrish. Publisher's dark blue cloth, stamped in gilt to spine and front cover, with illustrated pastedown to front board. .

A Fine copy. YLG-13. Robert B. Parker. The Private Eye in Hammett and Chandler. Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 1984. Limited edition, No. 12 of 50 deluxe copies. Signed by Robert B. Parker. Octavo. 63pp. Publisher's quarter leather over marbled paper boards, endleaves in yellow, acetate dust wrapper, original cloth slipcase. .

Very good. CDK-93. John Pearson. The Life of Ian Fleming. New York; McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1966. First U.S. edition. Octavo. 366pp. Cloth. .

Very good. CDK-94. John Pearson. James Bond: The Authorized Biography of 007. A Fictional Biography. New York; William Morrow & Company Inc., 1973. First American edition. Octavo. 317pp. Cloth. Dust jacket. .

Slightly darkened and creased to spine; lightly rubbed and chipped to covers. Very good. CDK-97. John Pearson. The Life of Ian Fleming. London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. Uncorrected proof copy. Octavo. 346pp. Illustrated with b/w photos. Original card wraps. .

Gently rubbed and bumped, light sunning and wear to jacket. very good. KWH-380. [INSCRIBED] Tom Pendleton. The Iron Orchard. New York: McGraw-Hill Company, 1966. First edition.  Inscribed by Tom Pendleton: "To / Jim and Pauline Hall / with all good wishes / Tom Pendleton." Octavo. 373pp. Publisher's hardcover paper boards, stamped in silver and orange to spine, original unclipped dust jacket listing a retail price of $5.95. .

Minor shelfwear; early ownership signature to front free endpaper; small tear to upper edge of front jacket panel. Very good. CDK-57. Elizabeth Peters. The Jackal's Head. New York, NY: Meredith Press, 1968. First edition. Signed by Elizabeth Peters. Octavo. 244pp. Publisher's maroon cloth, stamped in gilt to spine, original unclipped dust jacket listing a retail price of $4.95. .

Fine. JBS. Robert C. Petersen, Ph.D. et al. Cocaine: A Second Look. Rockville, MA: ACM, Inc. 1983 Octavo. 45pp. Grey wraps, saddle stapled.  .

Extremities gently rubbed and bumped; light uniform toning throughout; clipped jacket slightly rubbed and creased. Very good. LMM-. H. St. John Philby. The Land of Midian. London: Ernest Benn Ltd., 1957. First edition. Octavo. 286pp (indexed). Illustrated. Publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt to spine, original pictorial dust jacket. From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book, with personal brand-mark bookplate. .

Spine leaning; extremities gently rubbed bumped; offsetting to endleaves; minor uniform toning throughout; hinges lightly cracked; stamps and marking from Nottingham Mechanics Institution Lending Library. Very good. LMM-155. H. St. John Philby. The Empty Quarter being a Description of the Great South Desert of Arabia Known as Rub' al Khali. London: Constable & Company, 1933. First edition. Octavo. 433pp (indexed). Illustrated, two folding maps. Publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt to spine, top edge stained green. From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book, with personal brand-mark bookplate. .

Spine slightly sunned and leaning; extremities gently rubbed and edgeworn; ownership erasure to inscription page; offsetting from (still present) news clipping to title page; minor toning; jacket sunned and torn in two, repaired with clear tape to verso. An about very good copy in a fair jacket. LMM-00303A. Cecil Beaton. Photobiography.  Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1951. First edition.  Pencil Inscribed by Cecil Beaton to front free endpaper: With all good / wishes & many thanks / Cecil Beaton.  Small quarto. 255p. Illustrated with b/w photos by the author. Publisher's beige and black cloth, stamped in gilt to spine and front cover, original pictorial dust jacket. From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book, with personal brand-mark bookplate. .

Extremities rubbed, corner bumped, text block toned and foxed, library stamps from Asile d'Aliénés de Villejuif Bibliothèque Médicale. Very good. JBS-244. Dr. G. Pichon. Le Morphinisme. Impulsions Délictueses Troubles Physiques et Mentaux des Morphiomanes... Paris: Octave Doin, 1889. First edition. 16mo. 489pp. Marbled paper hardcover boards, gilt-stamped red leather label pasted to spine. Text in French. .

Minor wear to boards, ink ownership inscription to verso of half title, jacket a bit soiled and torn. Very good. KWH-372. Katherine Anne Porter. Flowering Judas and Other Stories. New York: The Modern Library, 1940. First Modern Library edition.  Twelvemo. 285pp + 7pp catalogue. Publisher's green cloth, stamped in black and gilt to spine and front cover, original unclipped dust jacket. .

Gently rubbed, bumped, and discolored to boards, front hinge cracked, jacket torn and soiled. A good copy in a poor jacket. AYW-294. Patrick Pringle. Jolly Roger: The Story of the Great Age of Piracy. London: Museum press Limited, 1953. First edition. With extensive pencil annotations and notes by William Goldman, presumably used in research for Goldman's novel The Princess Bride.   Octavo. 294pp (index). Illustrated. Publisher's red cloth, stamped in black and gilt to spine, original dust jacket.  From the library of Oscar-Winning screenwriter and author William Goldman (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid / The Princess Bride / Marathon Man). His personal copy, with official ink-stamp from his estate. .

A fine copy. KWH-371. [SIGNED] Annie Proulx. Brokeback Mountain. London: Fourth Estate, 1998. First British edition.  Signed by Annie Proulx.  Twelvemo. 58pp. Publisher's card wraps.

Spine slightly sunned and leaning; light wear to boards; bookseller's ticket to front pastedown. Very good. SJK-40. James Branch Cabell. Howard Pyle, illustrator. Gallantry: An Eighteenth Century Dizain in Ten Comedies, with an Afterpiece. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1907. First edition. Octavo. [334]pp. Illustrated with four color plates (including frontispiece) by Howard Pyle. Publisher's green decorative cloth, stamped in white and silver to spine and front cover, top edge gilt, illustrated endleaves. .