New York: Pocket Books, 1971. First Paperback Edition. Original wraps. 4 X 7 Inches. 191 PP. First paperback printing of the story of the death of Bishop James Pike. Pike was a rather well-known spiritual leader of the mid-20th Century. He famously invited Martin Luther King Jr. to speak to..... More
New York: Pocket Books, 1979. First Paperback Edition. Original wraps. 4 1/8 X 7 Inches. 239 PP. Signed, "For Sam and Bettye, with love from Charles - June 7, 1979" on the first page. Sam Jaffe is probably best known for his films, including Ben Hur and The Day the..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1935. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 1/8 Inches. 338 PP. Original publisher green cloth binding a bit sunned and worn at edges. Original dust jacket appears to have been trimmed a bit. Jacket edges and folds are tender..... More
New York: HarperCollins, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 232 PP. Full and complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $22.00 intact on front flap. More
New York: Nan A. Talese, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 402 PP. Signed directly on the title-page. First edition, first printing with full and complete numberline to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $27.95 on rear panel. From the author..... More
London: The Reprint Society, 1966. First Thus. Hardcover. 5 5/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 496 PP. 3/4 leather with leather tips over marbled boards. A practice copy from the old Royall Bindery in Richmond, VA we believe. Five raised hubs to spine. Light foxing throughout. Just a nice looking copy..... More
Boston: Wells and Lilly, 1828. First Edition, First Printing. Full leather. 5 1/2 X 8 3/4 Inches. Two volumes, published one year apart (both are the First Edition). Bound in period leather with yellow and black spine labels. Early PO name plate to front pastedown of each volume. Vice-President under..... More
New York: Doubleday, 1989. Later Edition. Hardcover. 7 1/4 X 10 3/8 Inches. 719 PP. Includes the summary of the report by the State Forensic Science Laboratory of the Ministry of Justice and new introductions by Harry Paape, Gerrold Van Der Strrom and David Barnouw. Massive illustrated edition of the..... More
New York: Avon Books, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. First printing with full number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Signed by B.B. King on the half title-page. Original price of $23.00 intact. Publishing error affecting the final two pages of..... More
New York: Warner Books, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/4 Inches. 432 PP. First printing with full number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Signed and inscribed "To Jim" by Gordy directly on the half title-page. A rare signed copy of the biography..... More
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