New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1964. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/8 X 7 1/2 Inches. 92 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Signed "To Lillian L. Bechtold, with my best wishes, Thyra Ferre Bjorn" on the FFEP. Lillian Bechtold was the Children's librarian at Curtis..... More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1952. Maurice Sendak. Early Edition. Hardcover. 5 3/8 X 6 5/8 Inches. First Edition, second issue, with the word "Grr-r-r" on p. 23. Retains original green cloth spine and correct price! Signed "To Lillian L. Bechtold, Maurice Sendak" on the rear of FFEP. Includes an..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1943. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 X 8 1/4 Inches. 422 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Includes stories and appreciations by Paul Gallico, H.H. Holmes, Agatha Christie, Baroness Orczy and Edgar Wallace among others. Jacket price-clipped. Sunning to DJ spine..... More
Battle Creek, MI: Review and Herald Office, 1884. First Thus. Cloth. 5 X 7 3/4 Inches. 320 [32] PP. A truly important memoir of this early Abolitionist and Women's Rights activist! First "Memorial Edition" in the original green publisher cloth binding. Contains the first printing of the 32 page Memorial Tribute..... More
Omaha, NE: Notable Trials Library, 2016. Limited Edition. Full leather. 5 3/4 X 8 3/4 Inches. 470 PP. Original leather clean and sharp. Unread copy. AEG. Three raised hubs to spine. More
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2016. Signed Limited Edition. Full leather. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 306 PP. Signed by author on limitation page. Original COA and prospectus laid-in. Four raised hubs to spine. AEG. A sharp copy. More
Avalon Beach, NSW: Ruskin Rowe Press, 1996. William Romaine Govett. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 6 X 8 1/2 Inches. 64 PP. #528 of 1000 numbered copies. Early account of life in Pittwater, Australia. More
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2016. Limited Edition. Full leather. 6 3/8 X 9 1/2 Inches. 477 PP. Signed by author on limitation page. Original COA and publisher prospectus laid-in loose. Five raised hubs to spine. Original satin endsheets clean. Binding tight. Basis for an upcoming HBO Max series. More
Boston: Anti-Slavery Office, 1849. Early Edition. Hardcover. 4 1/4 X 6 7/8 Inches. 125 PP. Original highly embossed black cloth boards. Gilt title stamping to spine. Between the 1845 first edition and the start of the American Civil War in 1860, only 30,000 copies of this book were produced and..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 411 PP. Stated "First Edition" with full number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $24.95 intact. Signed twice by author. Signed and inscribed, "June 2005 / Paonia Co..... More
New York: WCC Books, 1965. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 X 8 1/4 Inches. 254 PP. First printing with original price of $4.95 intact. Signed, "6-28-65 / For Arnold Shapiro, with whom I dined and talked on this date. Best Wishes, Bill Huie" directly on the half title-page..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1969. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 7/8 X 8 5/8 Inches. 257 PP. Stated "First Printing" on the copyright page. Original price of $6.95 intact. Signed, "To My Friend, Manuel Vazquez: From his admirer and supporter. In the name of Unity & Justice - Whitney Young..... More
New York: A.L. Burt, 1932. First Thus. Hardcover. 5 1/8 X 7 1/2 Inches. 276 PP. First Burt edition using the original Minton, Balch text. Red cloth boards sharp and clean. Original price of 75 cents intact on front flap. House in splendid original dust jacket. More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 5/8 X 8 1/2 Inches. 126 PP. First printing with full number line to the "1" on the copyright page. "The most significant account of the tragedy of Eastern European Jewry during this period" (from the front flap). More
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1919. First American Edition. Hardcover. 5 1/8 X 7 5/8 Inches. 160 PP. First issue without the additional four page appendix at rear. Original cloth with bold title stamping to cover and spine. Doyle's second book on religion and the afterlife. Hint of offsetting..... More
Boston: N. H. Whitaker, 1829. First American Edition. Hardcover. 3 7/8 X 6 3/8 Inches. First American printing of the collection of letters to and from "Junius" in regards to the British Parliament and King George III. The letters famously highlighted the blunders of King George III and his ministers..... More
New York: Drake Publishers, 1976. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 9 1/8 Inches. 228 PP. First printing copy signed "Art - How good to see a first edition - there are so few of them - Sean Wright - 4 July 1997." Original price of $9.95 intact..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1859. First Edition. Cloth. 4 7/8 X 7 1/2 Inches. 122 PP. Important description of AMERICAN BASEBALL, which Elwyn called "Bat and Ball" in his youth. Interestingly, he describes the game as "an imperfect form of cricket," but also clearly states that it was "a..... More
New York: American News Company, 1873. First Thus. Original cloth. 5 X 7 3/4 Inches. 776 PP. First thus edition - the first printing of the "Author's Edition" with added text up to February, 1873. Original brown cloth with gilt title stamping to spine. Front and rear cover embossed in..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/2 X 9 1/2 Inches. 352 PP. Signed and inscribed by author directly on the half title-page. Signed about a month after original release. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $26.00 intact on front..... More
New York: Triangle Books, 1941. First Thus. Hardcover. 5 1/8 X 7 5/8 Inches. 304 PP. First Triangle Books reprint of the 1938 Stokes edition. Original boards fresh and clean. Text a bit brittle as is typical for these cheaply made Triangle books. Scarce original DJ has a hint of..... More
New York: Tom Doherty Associates (TOR), 2008. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 3/8 X 9 1/2 Inches. 380 PP. First printing with full number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $25.95 intact. Official Orson Scott Card signed bookplate laid-in. More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1939. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 X 7 1/2 Inches. 680 PP. Warren's fifth book. Understanding Poetry widely influenced the study of poetry at the College level in America. While it was a textbook, the book has reached must further than the College..... More
New York: PublicAffairs, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 1280 PP. First printing with full number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $39.95 intact on front flap. Exhaustive and impressive biography of FDR. Top gutter a bit dusty else..... More
New York: Random House, 1965. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 1/2 Inches. 454 PP. Stated "First Printing" on the copyright page. Original price of $5.95 intact on front flap. Signed by author and poet Robert Penn Warren on bookplate affixed to the FFEP. Impressive and important..... More