New York: Belmont Books, 1961. Paperback Original (1st). Original wraps. 4 1/8 X 7 Inches. 157 + 3 PP ads. "The uncensored biography of the French Sex Kitten" Paperback Original (1st Printing) copy of this early biography of Bardot.Hint of wear to edge of front cover, else a fine copy. More about The Brigitte Bardot Story (PBO
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012. Advance Reading Copy. Original wraps. 5 7/8 X 8 3/4 Inches. 547 PP. Original "Advance Uncorrected Proof" copy. An extremely clean copy with only the slightest hint of wear to corners. More about Hello, Gorgeous: Becoming Barbra Streisand (ARC
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/2 X 9 1/2 Inches. 909 PP. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Stated First Edition copy. Original price of $17.95 intact on front flap. Signed and inscrbibed by Massie directly on the half title-page. Basis for the NBC... More about Peter the Great (SIGNED FIRST PRINTING
Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 421 PP. A sharp copy of this autobiography of one of the original Tuskegee Airmen. Original price sticker of $36.72 intact on front cover. More about A-TRAIN: Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman
New York: Random House, 2015. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/2 X 9 1/2 Inches. 836 PP. Stated First Edition copy on the copyright page. Signed by Jon Meacham directly on the title-page. Original price of $35.00 intact on front flap. Front flap corner (near the price) creased. An unread copy with NO remainder mark. More about The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush; Destiny and Power
Philadelphia: John C. Winston Company, 1930. Edwin John Prittie. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 8 3/4 Inches. 300 PP. First printing with FOUR full-page color illustrations (including frontis). Cover image clean and bright! Part of the Winston "The Children's Bookshelf" series. A bit of wear to gutters... More about Joan of Arc: The Life Story of the Maid of Orleans
Washington DC: Public Affairs Press, 1954. Early Edition. Hardcover. 5 5/8 X 8 2/4 Inches. 640 PP. Second American edition of Gandhi's own account of his life, published the year of his death. The book was originally published in Gandhi's native Gujarati and then in English (UK) in 1941. This... More about Gandhi's Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth (AMERICAN EDITION
New York: American News Company, 1872. First Thus. Original cloth. 5 X 7 3/4 Inches. 870 PP + 2 PP ads. First thus edition - the first printing of the "Author's Edition". Original brown cloth with gilt title stamping to spine. Front and rear cover embossed in blind. Tissue-guard intact... More about Struggles and Triumphs, or Forty Years' Recollections
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/2 X 9 1/2 Inches. 529 PP. First trade edition of this Roosevelt classic. Original illustrated cloth boards. Slight crack to inner front hinge (typical for this heavy book). A bit of wear to edges and hinges. A.... More about African Game Trails (FIRST PRINTING
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2004. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 308 Pages. Full number line to the "1" on the copyright page. The autobiography of Sean Astin, the man who brought us "Mikey" and "Rudy" among others. More about There and Back Again: An Actor's Tale
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2013. Signed Limited Edition. Leather bound. 6 X 9 1/4 Inches. 497 PP. #136 of only 600 signed First Edition copies from Easton Press. Autobiography from the director of "The French Connection". Original publisher prospectus and unused bookplate laid-in. Genuine leather with 22KT gold accents and stamping. AEG. More about The Friedkin Connection (SIGNED LTD EDITION
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press. Signed Limited Edition. Leather bound. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 388 PP. #83 of only 800 special Signed Limited First Edition copies from Easton. Original publisher genuine leather binding with 22KT gold trim and stamping. AEG. Original prospectus and unused publisher bookplate laid-in. More about Lady Blue Eyes (SIGNED LTD EDITION
Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 2000. Signed Limited Edition. Leather bound. 6 1/2 X 9 1/2 Inches. 489 PP. One of only 1200 copies signed by Goldman. One of the "Signed First Edition Society" books from Franklin. Bound in original publisher leather with 3 raised hubs to spine and... More about Which Lie Did I Tell; More Adventures in the Screen Trade
Middlebury, VT: Paul S. Eriksson, 1981. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 1/2 Inches. 272 PP. "The true story of a helicopter pilot whose heoic exploits in Korea will stand forever as an example of endurance and heroism." Elliott Richardson, Under Secretary of State First printing with full... More about Believed to Be Alive (SIGNED FIRST PRINTING
Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1948. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 3/8 X 7 7/8 Inches. 134 PP. First printing copy of this biography of Dr. Mark Matthews, crusading pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Seattle, Washington for over 38 years. Original price of $2.00 intact on... More about The Life of Mark A. Matthews "Tall Pine of the Sierras"; SEATTLE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN...
Athens, GA: The University of Georgia Press, 1985. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 11 X 8 5/8 Inches. 97 PP. Original review slip pasted to front pastedown. Ex-library with sticker on spine of book (hidden by DJ) and pocket removed from back. A very clean ex-library copy with no additional... More about Images of the Southern Writer (REVIEW COPY
Los Angeles: General Publishing Group, 1995. First Edition. Original wraps. 8 1/2 X 10 3/4 Inches. 288 PP. First printing with full number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Exhaustive biography of the careers of the likes of Marilyn Monroe, Stella Stevens, Bettie Page, Bunny Yeager, Tempest Storm... More about Va Va Voom!; Bombshells, Pin-Ups, Sexpots and Glamour Girls
New York: Birch Lane Press, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 301 PP. First printing with full and complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $19.95 intact on front flap. Signed by Hickman on affixed bookplate on title-page... More about Forever Dobie: The Many Lives of Dwayne Hickman (SIGNED FIRST PRINTING
Macon, GA: Henchard Press, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 10 1/8 X 7 1/4 Inches. 168 PP. First printing of this biography of the early members of the Jekyll Island Club. "Imagine if you can, a gathering of the most important figures in American economic and social life at... More about Their Gilded Cage; The Jekyll Island Club Members
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2016. First Thus. Original wraps. 8 1/2 X 11 Inches. 53 PP. Stand-alone printing of the interview originally published in Sabine Rewald. Previous owner has noted "Met Breuers, December 2016" in colorful ink on rear panel. A rather scarce little Met publication. More about Paul Klee: An Interview with Felix Klee
New York: Delacorte Press, 2012. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/2 X 9 1/2 Inches. 436 PP. First printing copy with full and complete numberline to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $35.00 on inside DJ flap. PO inscription on FFEP. More about Letters
Unknown: Bruce Christopher, 1975. Paperback Original (1st). Original wraps. 4 1/4 X 6 7/8 Inches. 80 PP. Fairly interesting self-promotion from the so-called "greatest hustler to ever stroke a ball." The GodPlayer (Christopher) tells his story of being a pool hustler. Photographs include Minnesota Fats, Willie Mosconi and lots of... More about The GodPlayer; $200,000 Worth of Wins & Secrets
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2018. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/4 Inches. 640 PP. First printing with full and complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $35.00 intact on front flap. More about Bruce Lee: A Life
New York: The Cosmopolitan Press, 1912. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 X 8 3/4 Inches. 467 PP. Signed and inscribed by Mary Temple on the FFEP. Temple, a Vassar College graduate, was the daughter of Knoxville Judge Oliver Perry. She served as an official commissioner for Tennessee at the... More about Notable Men of Tennessee From 1833 to 1875 (SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY
New York: Weinstein Books, 2008. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 261 PP. First printing with full and complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $24.95 intact on front flap. Basis for the Matt Damon film of the same name. Hint of wear to DJ edges. More about We Bought a Zoo (FIRST PRINTING