London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 Inches. 304 PP. True first UK printing in the scarce original DJ. Signed by early female aviator Jean Batten on a slip cut from an autogaph album. Signature taped to FFEP. Batten made the first solo..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2004. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 5/8 X 7 3/4 Inches. 174 PP. First printing with full and complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $21.00 intact on front flap. Signed by President Jimmy Carter on the second..... More
Tulsa, OK: Vickers Printing, 1947. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 5 1/2 X 8 Inches. 254 PP. Stated "First Edition July, 1947" on the title-page. Very scarce original hardcover issue of the title later issued by Gollancz and Anchor Press. The book was issued under the title "Sister of the..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1879. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 5/8 X 8 7/8 Inches. 274 PP + Ads. Original publisher cloth binding with gilt title-stamping to spine. Covers ruled in blind. One of the most important Confederate memoirs written ("Regarded as the finest of Confederate Memoirs"..... More
Los Angeles: Self-Realization Fellowship, 1997. Deluxe Edition. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 Inches. 588 PP. Original issue faux leather binding in original slipcase. PO inscription to first page. AEG. More
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1930. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 X 8 3/4 Inches. 341 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Sticker remnant to book spine. Spine a bit faded. FFEP clipped. Wear to pastedowns and DJ from separation from previously being glued down. DJ a bit worn at..... More
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. 6 X 8 3/4 Inches. 22 VOLUME RUN. Incredible collection of the first 22 volumes of "The Papers of Benjamin Franklin." The 22 volumes run from 1961 to 1982. While the series did continue, an assemblage of this many consecutive..... More
London: Peter Davies, 1970. Early Edition. Hardcover. 5 5/8 X 8 3/4 Inches. 177 PP. Classic kitchen's maid memoir that served as the main inspiration for Julian Fellowes' Downton Abbey series. Original publisher maroon cloth binding. Original price intact at bottom of front DJ flap. Book sharp and clean. DJ..... More
London: Peter Davies, 1970. Early Edition. Hardcover. 5 5/8 X 8 3/4 Inches. 177 PP. Signed copy of the classic kitchen's maid memoir that served as the main inspiration for Julian Fellowes' Downton Abbey series. Signed "Yours sincerely, Margaret Powell" directly on the FFEP. Original publisher maroon cloth binding. Original..... More
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2007. Signed Limited Edition. Leather bound. 8 1/8 X 9 1/2 Inches. 311 PP. Signed by the late Senator John McCain directly on the limitation page. Accompanid by original COA from The Easton Press. Bound in highly decorated original red leather. AEG. A sharp copy..... More
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1985. Limited Edition. Leather bound. Part of Easton's "Library of the Presidents" series. Original two volumes in genuine leather with elaborate gilt decoration to covers and spine. AEG. Satin endsheets and bookmark. More
New York: The John Day Company, 1957. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 X 8 Inches. 256 PP. "The finest violins ever made - more than a thousand masterpieces by Stradivari and his contemporaries, including most of the instruments treasured by today's great artists - would have remained lost..... More
New York: Norton, 2010. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/2 X 9 1/2 Inches. 354 PP. Stated First Edition with full number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $26.95 intact. More
Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/8 Inches. 365 PP. First printing with full number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $24.95 intact. This copy from the archives of the University Press of Florida and..... More
New York: Privately Printed, 1893. First Edition. 7 1/4 X 10 1/4 Inches. An impressive set personally gifted by Webb's grandson to another member of the family (it would appear). #246 of only 350 Deluxe Sets bound in 3/4 morocco leather with matching tips. Marbled boards. TEG. Each volume exhibits..... More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1924. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/2 X 9 5/8 Inches. Stated "First Edition" with proper letter code of "H-Y" on copyright page. Two volumes housed in original dust jackets. TEG. Jackets a bit sunned to spine. Overall, a stunning set housed in the..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1893. First Thus. Leather bound. 5 1/4 X 7 5/8 Inches. 473 PP. Circa 1893 biography of the noted Swedish Opera singer often referred to as "The Swedish Nightingale." TEG. Fore-edge and bottom gutter rough-cut. Bound in stunning leather quarter-binding with leather tips. Four raised..... More
New York: L.B. Fischer, 1945. First American Edition. Hardcover. 5 1/4 X 8 1/4 Inches. 253 PP. Very rare copy of the original 1945 first printing of Mary Berg's diary of life in a Warsaw Ghetto during WWII. The diary, which was passed over by Dial Press, was published in..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 378 PP. First printing with full and complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $22.95 intact on front flap. Signed by Lovell on laid-in matching "Lost Moon" bookplate! More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1962. Early Edition. Hardcover. 5 5/8 X 8 1/2 Inches. 278 PP. Signed and inscribed to "William Page McCoy" directly on the FFEP by Basil Rathbone. Dated "April 23, 1964", the exact date of Rathbone's William Shakespeare reading at The Citadel in Charleston, SC..... More
Philadelphia: Universal Book and Bible House, 1924. First Edition. Cloth. 6 1/8 X 8 3/4 Inches. Original blue cloth binding with gilt title and border to front cover (with B/W portrait of Wilson intact). Original "Representatives' Instructions, How to Sell" sheet laid-in. Order form blank at rear. An extremely clean..... More
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2012. Signed Limited Edition. Leather bound. 6 1/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 283 PP. #678 of 700 copies signed by author. Publisher COA and prospectus laid-in. Four raised hubs to spine. AEG. A sharp copy. More
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2011. Signed Limited Edition. Leather bound. 6 1/4 X 9 3/8 Inches. 442 PP. #280 of 750 copies signed by author. Publisher COA and prospectus laid-in. Four raised hubs to spine. AEG. A sharp copy. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 748 PP. First printing with full and complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $24.95 intact. Official Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum autographed bookplates laid-in loose. This plate is one of the..... More
LaVergne, TN: Booklocker, 2010. First Edition. Original wraps. 5 1/2 X 8 1/2 Inches. 325 PP. Signed and inscribed by author on the half title-page. Promotional bookmark for this title laid in loose. More