New York: Random House, 1955. First American Edition. Hardcover. First American edition in original illustrated orange cloth boards. DJ retains original price of $5.00. Light foxing and some minor wear at DJ edges. A very nice copy overall. More
West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 274 PP. Still sealed in original publisher shrinkwrap. NEVER OPENED! More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/2 X 9 1/2 Inches. 751 Pages. Signed by David McCullough on bookplate affixed to half title-page. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Basis for the wildly popular HBO Miniseries of the same name. More
New York: Blue Rider Press, 2016. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 1/2 Inches. 257 PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $26.00 intact on front flap. The book that told the world she and Harrison Ford..... More
New York: Knopf, 2007. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 7/8 X 9 3/4 Inches. 240 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $24.95 intact on front flap. Signed by President Bill Clinton directly on the title-page. Accompanied by "Giving" book promotional postcard. More
London: John Macqueen, 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 1/4 X 8 Inches. 276 PP. Henry Russell was a prolific 19th-century English composer and performer whose songs captured the everyday emotions and moral sentiments of Victorian life with unusual immediacy. Best known for his popular ballads and dramatic narrative songs, Russell..... More
New York: G.W. Carleton & Co., 1877. First Edition. Hardcover. 4 7/8 X 7 1/2 Inches. 211 PP. First english editioin in original green cloth binding. Gilt title stamping to spine. Introduction by Albert Wolff. Offenback was a powerful influence on later composers of the operetta genre, particularly Franz von..... More
New York: S. French, 1855. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 X 7 1/2 Inches. 346 PP. Max Maretzek was one of the first figures to help transform opera from an elite novelty into a sustained cultural institution in the United States. As a 19th-century impresario, conductor, and composer, he organized touring..... More
Secaucus, NJ: Birch Lane Press, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 625 PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $21.95 intact on front flap. While not stated, this book from the private collection of..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1910. First Edition. Cloth. 5 7/8 x 9 Inches. 312 PP. “It is not enough to say that Cagliostro posed as a magician or stood forth as the apostle of a mystic religion . . . Cagliostro impressed himself deeply in the history of his time..... More
Birmingham, AL: Palladium Press [LIBRARY OF AMERICAN FREEDOMS], 2001. First Thus. Leather bound. 5 3/8 X 8 1/4 Inches. 333 PP. One of an unknown number of limited edition copies bound in crushed morocco leather with gilt decoration to cover and spine. Introduction by Wayne LaPierre. AEG. More
![Item #8924 Reflections From the North Country[SIGNED 1ST]. Sigurd OLSON](https://backintimerarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/8924.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1766006519)
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 7/8 X 8 1/2 Inches. 172 PP. Inscribed by Sigurd Olson directly on the half title-page. Signed "For Mary Dyar: Herewith my Credo and philosophy. Kindest Regards, Sigurd F. Olson -1976-." Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page..... More
![Item #8915 Waiting for the Morning Train: An American Boyhood [SIGNED LTD]. Bruce CATTON](https://backintimerarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/8915.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1766006522)
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1972. Signed Limited Edition. Hardcover. #104 of 250 copies signed by Catton on the publisher limitation page. Housed in original issue slipcase. Book solid and clean. Slipcase a bit rubbed at edges. Catton is best known for his books on the American Civil War..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1994. First American Edition. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 558 PP. Stated "First Edition" with full and complete numberline to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $24.95 intact on front flap. A sharp, unread copy. Gift-worthy condition. More
![Item #8889 Lincoln [SIGNED 1ST]. Gore VIDAL](https://backintimerarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/8889.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1764888149)
New York: Random House, 1984. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 3/8 Inches. 657 PP. Stated "First Edition" with proper number line on the copyright page. Original price of $19.95 intact on the front flap. Signed by Gore Vidal directly on the title-page. A sharp copy in..... More
Nashville, TN: Hambleton-Hill Publishing, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/4 Inches. 214 PP + 124 PP (Photographs/Index). "One of America's all-time greatest entrepreneurs tells how it all happened. He changed the way America travels." Senator and Astronaut John Glenn. Stated First Edition with full and..... More
Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1939. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 3/8 Inches. 386 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $3.50 intact on front flap. A nice copy of the autobiography of First Lady Edith Bolling Wilson, wife of Woodrow Wilson..... More
![Item #8862 Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback [SIGNED 1ST]; The true story of the swashbuckling...](https://backintimerarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/8862.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1764793182)
New York: Macmillan Publishing, 1973. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 3/8 Inches. 292 PP. Stated "First Printing" on the copyright page. Original price of $8.95 intact on front flap. Signed and dated by Haskins directly on the FFEP. SCARCE. James Haskins was a prolific American author..... More
New York: Bloomsbury, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/2 X 9 1/2 Inches. 307 PP. Stated "First U.S. Edition" with proper number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $24.95 intact on front flap. Following the buzz his 1999 New Yorker story "Don't Eat..... More
New York: Times Books, 1992. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 223 PP. First printing with proper number line and stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $22.00 intact on front flap. Signed by Carter on the FFEP. Light vertical creasing to..... More
![Item #8781 The Life and Death of Martin Luther King, Jr. [SIGNED 1ST]. James HASKINS](https://backintimerarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/8781.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1763418383)
New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1977. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 X 8 1/2 Inches. 176 PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $5.95 intact on front flap. Signed and inscribed to "Mother K" directly on the..... More
Nashville, TN: Fisk University Library, 1972. First Edition. Original wraps. 8 1/2 X 11 Inches. 47 PP. VOL. II, No. 2 of the Fisk University Library "BANC" (Black, Afro-American, Negro, Colored) magazine and catalog. Includes a complete listing of the most recent books added to the "Negro Collection" at Fisk..... More
New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1960. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 5/8 X 8 3/8 Inches. 222 PP. “I learned that all things come to those who wait-provided they hustle while they wait.” – James Cash Penney First printing copy with original price of $3.50 intact on front..... More
New York: HarperCollins, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 1/2 Inches. 231 PP. Stated "First Edition" with proper number line on copyright page. Original price of $23.00 intact on front flap. Signed and inscribed by Joan Rivers, "Dearest Mel - This book would never have seen..... More
Self Published, Circa 1950. First Edition. Original wraps. 5 1/2 X 8 3/4 Inches. 58 PP. Circa 1950's testimony of a reformed alcoholic. Spurlock relates his tragic story and credits AA for his sobriety and newfound life. Original blue wraps. Very early written testimony from a member of Bill Wilson's..... More