Omaha, NE: Nemo Press, 1987. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 3/8 X 9 5/8 Inches. 1019 [2] PP. First printing copy with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $29.95 intact on front flap. Signed TWICE and inscribed to Gary K. Wolf, friend..... More
London: British Astonomical Association. First Thus. Original wraps. 6 1/8 X 9 5/8 Inches. 25 PP. [Booklet + ALS]. "I enclose the promised reprint of the latter part of my Presidential Address." - Bertrand Peek to Sir Spencer Jones in the accompanying autographed letter. Circa 1940 first standalone pritning of..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1952. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8 5/8 X 11 1/4 Inches. 143 [1] PP. First printing copy with no additional copyright dates mentioned. Original price of $4.00 intact on front flap. PO name and date on the half title-page. Original blue cloth binding remains clean and..... More
Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing, 2012. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 10 1/4 X 10 1/4 Inches. 160 Pages. Signed by photographer David Spielman directly on the title-page. A one page biography, snapshot if you will, of dozens of New Orleans entertainers. Photos and bios include Dr. John, Fats Domino, Harry..... More
![Item #9581 Like a Lover [#126/200 Copies - Inscribed by Author w/ 2 Notes]. Glenway WESCOTT](https://backintimerarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/9581.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1789674542)
Villefranche-sur-Mer: Monroe Wheeler, 1926. Original wraps. 5 1/4 X 8 Inches. 35 PP. #126 of only 200 copies published by Monroe Wheeler at the outset of his personal lifelong love affair with Wescott. This copy not signed on limitation page, but rather inscribed to his friends on the first page..... More
![Item #9580 Clausewitz on War [Modern Library Giant / G22]. Carl Von CLAUSEWITZ, Col. Joseph...](https://backintimerarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/9580.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1789674542)
New York: The Modern Library, 1943. First Thus. Hardcover. 5 1/2 X 8 1/4 Inches. 641 PP. Original 1943 edition with the "This is a Random House Wartime Book" statement on the copyright page. Original price is clipped from lower corner of front flap. Light wear to DJ and some..... More
![Item #9579 The Poetry of Greek Tragedy [INSCRIBED TO A GLENWAY WESCOTT]. Richmond LATTIMORE](https://backintimerarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/9579.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1789674542)
New York: Harper Torchbooks, 1966. First Paperback Edition. Original wraps. 5 3/8 X 8 Inches. 157 [11] PP. Signed by the famed translator of The Iliad and The Odyssey. Stated "First Harper Torchbook Edition" on the copyright page. Signed and inscribed "Glenway Wescott / from Richard Lattimore / something gave..... More
![Item #9577 Young and Famous: Hollywood's Newest Superstars [MICHAEL J. FOX COVER]. Daniel...](https://backintimerarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/9577.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1789674542)
New York: Pocket Books, 1987. Paperback Original (1st). Original wraps. 4 1/8 X 6 3/4 Inches. 121 PP. Brief biographies of dozens of stars who had roots in the 80's. The expected crew of Rob Lowe, Michael J. Fox, Tom Cruise etc... Interestingly, Daniel Day Lewis gets 1/2 a page..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. First American Edition. Hardcover. 5 5/8 X 8 3/8 Inches. 225 PP. First printing of the American edition with proper number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $5.95 intact on front flap. "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar", will..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 7/8 X 8 1/2 Inches. 307 PP. Stated "First Trade Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $15.95 intact on front flap. Light crease to front flap, else a fine copy. More
New York: Ballantine Books, 1969. First Paperback Edition. Original wraps. 4 1/4 X 7 Inches. 270 PP. Stated "First American Printing" on the copyright page. Blurb by C.S. Lewis on rear cover! Third book in his Zimiamvian Trilogy. Light wear and rubbing to spine and edges. An attractive copy overall..... More
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 327 PP. Signed and inscribed by the author to her husband. Signed, "For my husband Craig, to whom I dedicated this book, for helping me to exorcize the demons of my past. With..... More
New York: Carlyle Books, 1980. Leon Tadrick. Paperback Original (1st). Original wraps. 4 1/8 X 7 Inches. 224 PP. James Kahn's first published novel. Signed directly on the title-page by James Kahn. Original price of $1.95 on front cover. Spine remains unbroken Light foxing to cover inside as well as..... More
The Bookish Box, 2021. First Thus. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/4 Inches. Complete four volume Signed/Limited set of "The Four Horseman" by Laura Thalassa. Each book housed in original issue double-sided dust jacket. Includes: Pestilence, War, Famine and Death. The Bookish Box has taken the monthly "book club" idea..... More
New York: Random House, 1990. First American Edition. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 9 1/2 Inches. 555 PP. First American edition of this Booker Prize winning novel. Stated "First American Edition" with correct price of $22.95 intact on front flap. Basis for the Gwyneth Paltrow / Aaron Eckhart film of the..... More
![Item #9568 In Love Again Combo Series: Five Jazz Arrangements for Jazz Quintet [SCARCE]. Bunky...](https://backintimerarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/9568.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1789674542)
International Foundation For Jazz, 1987. First Edition. Original wraps. 8 1/2 X 11 Inches. 38 PP. Bunky Green (1933–2025) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, composer, and influential educator from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He briefly played with Charles Mingus in the early 1960s before moving to Chicago, where he worked with..... More
New York: Pocket Books, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 5/8 X 8 3/4 Inches. 378 PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $23.00 intact on front flap. While I consider myself a "Lucashound" and don't normally hawk Trek..... More
![Item #9566 Listening Point [SIGNED 1ST]. Sigurd OLSON](https://backintimerarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/9566.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1789674541)
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1958. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 7/8 X 8 1/2 Inches. 243 PP. One of the first edition copies signed by Olson on State of Minnesota limitation page. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Price-clipped DJ. Light rubbing and wear at DJ spine..... More
Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, 2015. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 1/2 Inches. 178 PP. First printing with proper number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $24.00 intact on front flap. More
New York: Argus Books, 1947. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 268 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $3.50 intact on front flap. Captivating commentary on the world of books and bookmen. Light scuffing to boards. DJ exhibits minor rubbing..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1886. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 5 1/4 X 7 3/4 Inches. 224 PP. First edition copy in the original cloth binding. Title-stamping in gilt to the spine. The frontis portrait (a real photo mounted to the page) of Longstreth intact. Albumen and silver portrait frontis..... More
Washington: Philosophical Society of Washington, 1893. First Edition, First Printing. Original wraps. 5 7/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. Very scarce original tract from the first Senior Geologist of the US Geological Service. Gilbert's study of the moon led him to be the first to correctly identify the craters on the..... More
![Item #9560 The House of Breath [INSCRIBED TO A GLENWAY WESCOTT]. William GOYEN](https://backintimerarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/9560.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1789074734)
New York: Random House / Bookworks, 1975. First Thus. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 1/2 Inches. 194 PP. "I thought he would be rather flimsy in bed, but he was a stallion!" - Katherine Anne Porter to Glenway Wescott [Rosco, 2002, p 141] Stated "First Printing" on the copyright page..... More
Chicago, IL: People's Publishing Co., 1890. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 7/8 X 8 1/4 Inches. 488 [1] PP. Original illustrated red cloth binding. Barnum's now classic book on financial freedom along with inspirational short biographies of successful politicians and businessmen of the day. SIGNED BY BARNUM ON A...... More
Los Angeles, CA: TSR Books, 1987. Typed Manuscript. 8 1/2 X 11 Inches. 5 PP. Original typed manuscript of the introduction to "The Wild Years 1946 - 1955" by Robert Bloch. This manuscript hand and type corrected by anthology editor Martin Greenberg. Accompanied by a typed letter to Robert Bloch..... More