New York: Harcourt Inc., 2002. Uncorrected Proof. Original wraps. 6 X 9 Inches. 357 PP. Stated "Uncorrected Proof" on the front panel. Signed by Mercury Astronaut Scott Carpenter directly on the front cover. Carpenter was one of the original Mercury Astronauts, memorialized forever by author Tom Wolfe in his "The..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/2 X 9 1/2 Inches. 525 [2] PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $22.95 intact on front flap. Signed by Sallie Bingham on the half title-page. Daughter of the founder of the Louisville..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1938. Early Edition. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 3/8 Inches. 325 PP. Early edition signed and inscribed to Rockford, Illinois Police Chief Thomas P. Boustead. Original price of $2.50 intact on front flap. Binding is a bit shaky. DJ worn and chipped at edges and..... More
New York: Delacorte Press, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 1/2 Inches. 318 PP. First printign with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $23.95 intact on front flap. Signed by Homer Hickam, Jr., Roy Lee Cooke, Billy Rose and..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1956. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 5/8 X 8 1/2 Inches. Stated "First Edition" of each volume. Includes "Year of Decisions" and "Years of Trial and Hope / 1946-1952." Signed and inscribed by Truman on the half title-page of volume one. Front hinge..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1964. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/2 X 9 1/2 Inches. 438 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. DJ price-clipped. Ink date to FFEP. Light wear to DJ edges and folds. Sounds worse than appears. More
New York: The Woolfall Company, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. 6 3/4 X 10 1/4 Inches. 559 PP. Profusely illustrated biography of Admiral Dewey. Original navy boards with gilt seal on front cover. PO plate to front pastedown. A bit of wear and scuffing to edges and spine. Spine ends a...... More
New York: Fordham University Press, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/8 Inches. Stated First Printing of each volume. One of only 1500 copies of each produced. Part of a larger six volume set. Volume one has a PO name and date on the FFEP. Hint of scuffing..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/2 X 9 1/2 Inches. 386 [2] PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $28.95 intact on front flap. A splendid copy. More
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 10 X 13 5/8 Inches. 367 PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $60.00 intact on front flap. A massive history of the band and the music. NOTE: This book..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1976. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 3/8 Inches. 203 PP. First printing with "1976" and no additional copyright years on copyright page. Original price of $8.95 intact on front flap. Scarce biography of "one of the greatest financiers of the..... More
Chicago: Belford, Clarke, and Company, 1889. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/4 X 7 3/4 Inches. Complete three volume set illustrated with photographs of the Lincoln family and facsimiles of authograph letters by Lincoln. Bound in original navy cloth. About as fine a set as we have ever encountered..... More
Los Angeles: Dove Books, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 265 PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $22.95 intact on front flap. Signed by Flynt directly on the half title-page. Accompanied by flyer..... More
New York: Atria Books, 2012. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 3/8 X 9 1/2 Inches. 338 [6] PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $26.00 intact on front flap. Signed by lauper on bookplate affixed to half title-page. More
New York: Carroll & Graf, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 438 PP. Stated "First Carroll & Graf Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $27.50 intact on front flap. More
Topeka, KS: Published by the Author, 1909. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 3/8 X 8 1/4 Inches. 234 PP. First printing in the original red cloth binding. Signed and inscribed by author and noted historian William Connelley directly on the FFEP. Early and important biography of Kansas Senator John..... More
Somerset, OH: Rosary Press, 1964. First Edition. Original wraps. 6 X 9 Inches. 14 PP (unnumbered). Includes excerpts from Pope Paul VI and from JFK's 1961 Inaugural Address. A fairly scarce little booklet with OCLC locating "0" copies. More
New York: Scribner, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 640 PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $30.00 intact on front flap. Signed by Bush on bookplate affixed to title-page. Hint of scuffing to..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1924. First Edition. Original wraps. 5 X 6 1/2 Inches. 13 PP. Original publisher promotional pamphlet. Stapled binding. Light wear to edges. Label remnant to verso of first page. More
New York: Random House, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 308 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page with the correct number sequence. Original price of $25.00 intact on front flap. Signed by Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Massie directly on the title-page. More
Lexington, KY: The University Press of Kentucky, 1980. First Hardcover Edition. Hardcover. 4 7/8 X 8 3/4 Inches. 114 PP. First hardcover printing of this long essay that originally ran in the New Yorker magazine. Signed by Warren on bookplate affixed to FFEP. Light toning to DJ, else a fine..... More
Framingham, MA: Charles S. Morgan, Publisher, 1950. First Separate Edition. Original wraps. 5 X 7 5/8 Inches. 43 PP. Recounts the 1897 passage between Portland & Norfolk by Captain William R. Kreger. Original wraps tight. A bit of rubbing to spine and edges. More
New York: Avon Books, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/8 X 7 1/4 Inches. 232 PP. First printing with full number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $18.00 intact on front flap. Signed by Hillary Clinton directly on the title-page. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 334 PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $19.95 on the front flap. Inscribed "To Jane" by both Willie and Bobbie Nelson on..... More
Dayton, OH: Tomart Publications, 2008. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 7 1/8 X 10 1/4 Inches. 176 PP. Stated "First Printing" on the copyright page. Original price of $22.95 intact on rear panel. Signed by author directly on the title-page. More