Signed Books in Stock
Authors M to Z
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  MacD, Dixon, Merkt with Mark H. Lytle and Richard M. Grave:  Shang A Biography of Charles E. Wheeler.  Spanish Fork, Utah: Hillcrest Publications, Inc., (1984). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in brick red buckram cloth covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine and on the front board. A small quarto measuring 11 by 8 1/2 inches. In a near fine unclipped dust jacket with a minor rubbing mark at the upper fore corner of the front panel. Boldly signed by the author on the fly title page. 199 pages including an index of illustrations, appendices, text and extensive black and white photographs by Richard M. Grave as well as a section of 15 pages of color photographs. With an introduction by Raymond E. Baldwin. Edited by Ruth Wolfe. A handsome, clean and tight copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
  TB26998  $150.00



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  Mailer, Norman:  Marilyn A Biography. Pictures by the World's Foremost Photographers.  New York: Grosset & Dunlap, Inc., (1973). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in bright white cloth covered boards with brown text stamped on the spine and with blind embossing of "Marilyn" at the top edge of the front board. A small quarto measuring 10 1/2" by 9 1/8" with brown end sheets with faint dust staining to the top edge of the text block. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on a special label which is adhered to the first free end page. 271 pages of text and illustrated throughout with color and black and white photographs taken by numerous photographers taken from Norma Jean's baby picture to 1962. A beautiful, tight and clean copy with no previous ownership markings of any kind.
  TB27824  $225.00



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  Mailer, Norman:  Some Honorable Men Political Conventions 1960-1972.  Boston: Little, Brown and Company, (1976). Second Printing. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with silver and red colored text on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 inches. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with flecking of the colors at the ends of the spine area and to the areas over the tips of the boards. Simply signed by the author on the title page without an inscription or date. 499 pages of text. A collection of essays written by Mailer covering the presidential campaigns of 1960 through 1972.
  TB29208  $60.00



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  Mailer, Norman:  The Time Of Our Time.  New York: Random House, (1998). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and red paper covered boards with gilt text stamped on the spine and the author's initials blind stamped on the front board. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 1/8 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on a tipped-in page without an inscription or date. 1286 pages of text.
  TB29209  $40.00



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  Mandela, Nelson:  Long Walk To Freedom The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela.  London: Little, Brown & Company (UK), 1994. Signed, Limited Edition. Fine in full, dark green morocco leather with gilt text on the spine and gilt borders on the front board. A small quarto of 9 1/8 by 6 inches with all edges of the text block gilt and with map end sheets. Without a dust jacket as issued; however, the book is within a dark green, cloth covered slip case. One of only 250 copies issued, bound in full leather and signed by the author. This copy is numbered 147 and signed by Nelson Mandela on the limitation page. 630 pages including an index and text. Illustrated with three sections of images from black and white photographs. There are no marks, notations or any prior ownership markings in this copy except for the signature and number noted above.
  TB32702  $5600.00



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  Marshall, Frank J.:  Marshall's Chess Swindles Comprising Over One Hundred and Twenty-Five Of His Best Tournament and Match Games At Chess.  New York: The American Chess Bulletin, 1914. . Poor in its original dark red, ribbed, cloth covered boards with tarnished gilt text on the front board. An octavo o 8 3/4 by 6 inches with the text block dis-bound from the boards as a result of the front and rear hinges broken and with the signed, first free end page, frontispiece and title page loose from its binding. The remainder of the pages are tight and clean. This copy is signed and inscribed on the first free end page by the author as follows: "Attleboro, Mass.| Jan 12th, 1923 | To | Dr. J. L. McCarthy | For his fine game | this evening against | Frank J. Marshall | author." 130 pages of text and illustrated with a frontispiece with portraits from photographs of four chess masters of the time and a few game board images. A good candidate for repair and re-backing.
  TB32295  $350.00



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  Masefield, John:  The Dream.  New York: The Macmillan Company, 1922. Signed, limited first Edition. Very good in 1/4 black cloth and decorated blue-gray paper covered boards with a paper label on the spine and on the front board. The paper label on the spine has a number of very small chips around the edges none of which impact on the text. Without a dust jacket. With woodblock illustrations by Judith Masefield. One of only 750 signed and numbered copies printed and sold and this one is identified as copy 281 and signed by the author on the verso of the second free end paper. A small quarto measuring 9 5/8" tall by 56 1/2" deep containing 37 pages of text.
  TB19427  $30.00



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  Mason, Bobbie Ann:  Feather Crowns.  New York: HarperCollins, 1993. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. A 1993 nominee for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Her fourth book and second work of fiction.
  TB03166  $19.60



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  Matthiessen, Peter:  Seal Pool.  Garden City: Doubleday, 1972. First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in color illustrated cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and with a color illustration on the front board with black text. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 5 3/8 inches. In a near fine, price clipped dust jacket however, the jacket's original price was clipped to allow the publisher to attach a new price on a sticker. Signed by the author on a bookplate which is tipped on to the first free end page. 79 pages of text with 17 color plates Illustrated by William Pene duBois. Matthiessen first book for children.
  TB29304  $250.00



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  Matthiessen, Peter:  In The Spirit of Crazy Horse.  New York: Viking Press, 1983. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in 1/4 maroon cloth and paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine with a prior owner's blind, embossed seal on the fly title page. In a very good+ unclipped dust jacket with several short closed tears on the lower edges of the spine and panels together with some related creasing with several creases to the front flap. Signed by the author on the first free end paper. This is the true first edition of the book which was suppressed and recalled for destruction shortly after its publication due to complaints made by the FBI. The title was re-leased in 1991. This is one of the scarce volumes which made it to the market and avoided capture.
  TB20000  $225.00



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  Matthiessen, Peter:  In The Spirit of Crazy Horse.  New York: Viking Press, 1991. First Edition of the 1991 Reprint, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and brown paper covered boards. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4 by 6 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page without an inscription. 645 pages containing an index, chapter notes, an afterword by Martin Garbus, epilogue by the author and text. Illustrated with maps.
  TB29590  $200.00



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  Matthiessen, Peter:  Raditzer.  New York: Viking Press, 1961. First Edition, First printing. Very good in 1/4 white cloth and blue paper covered boards with blue text stamping on the spine. The spine is soiled and the front board is somewhat bowed. In a very good price clipped dust jacket with light wear and flecking of the colors, creasing and short closed tears at ends of the spine and at the folds. The spine area is also slightly faded. Laid-in is an envelope from the author containing an undated short letter on an index card regarding his willingness to answer questions of the recipient on his book The Snow Leopard. It is signed "Sincerely | Peter Matthiessen" The author's fourth book and third novel which takes place on a troop transport vessel near the end of World War II. 152 pages of text.
  TB16769  $125.00



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  Matthiessen, Peter:  Lost Man's River.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, 1997. Signed First Edition. Fine in full royal blue leather covered boards with four raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and with gilt tool work on both the front and rear boards. The end papers are silk with a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All three edges of the text block are in gilt. A small quarto measuring 9 3/16" tall by 5 3/4" deep containing 539 pages of text. Signed by the author on the specially tipped-in second free end page and accompanied with a laid-in Certificate of Authenticity from the publisher. This is copy number 573 of only 1,150 copies signed and numbered by the author. One of The Easton Press' signed, first edition, leather bound books. A beautiful, tight, clean copy with no names, dates, notations or former owner's book plates to mar its appearance.
  TB19530  $125.00



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  Matthiessen, Peter:  At Play In The Fields Of The Lord.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, 2001. Collector's Edition. Fine in full, dark green leather covered boards with four raised bands on the spine, gilt text and tool work within the compartments, gilt tool work on both boards, silk end sheets, gilt to the edges of the text block and there is a placement ribbon sewn-in at the top of the spine. An octavo measuring 9" by 6" without a dust jacket as issued. Signed by the author on the second free end page. Laid-in is the publisher's note card about the author and this book. 373 pages of text. This title was nominated for the 1965 National Book Award.
  TB24401  $100.00



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  Matthiessen, Peter:  Baikal Sacred Sea of Siberia.  Vancouver/Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 1992. First Edition. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. An oblong octavo of 8 3/8 by 9 1/2 inches. In a fine dust, unclipped (no price) jacket. Signed on a small book plate by the author and tipped in at the second free end page. 89 pages of text and full color photographic plates. Essay by Peter Matthiessen and illustrated with a map and 50 color photographs by Boyd Norton and edited by Chez Liley. A handsome, clean and tight volume with no prior ownership marks or notations.
  TB29596  $65.00



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  Mauch, James W. John D. Townsend and Arthur Kerber:  Aware A Retrospective of the Life and Work of Eric Sloane.  Laurys Station: Garrigues House, Pub., 2001. First Edition. Fine in black paper covered boards with gilt text stampings on the spine and a gilt decorative stamping on the front board. In a fine jacket with a classic Eric Sloane barn on the front panel. A beautiful 4to measuring 11 1/4 by 9 3/4 inches containing 232 pages of text and color and black and white illustrations by Eric Sloane through-out. An outstanding biography of the artist-writer with contributions by Arthur Kerber on the art of Eric Sloane and John Townsend describing the first editions by Sloane. Signed by two of the authors: James Mauch and John Townsend on the first free end paper with an inscription by the second.
  TB30995  $150.00



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  McCarthy, Don:  Afternoons in Montana.  Aberdeen: North Plains Press, 1971. First Edition. Fine in simulated brown leather covered boards with orange text on the spine and front board. In a near fine dust jacket with a small dampness stain at the lower edge of the rear panel. Signed and inscribed by the author on the first free end paper. "A collection of memorable moments by a former newspaperman in the Big Sky country." 124 pages containing an index, a glossary of western expressions & several illustrations.
  TB11992  $45.00



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  McClendon, Lise:  Painted Truth.  New York: Walker & Company, 1995. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. Signed and dated by the author on the title page. An Alix Thorseen mystery.
  TB04225  $14.00



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  McCord, David:  Take Sky More Rhymes of the Never Was and Always Is.  Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1961, 1962. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in light green cloth covered boards with a gilt on black title block on the spine and black text with a sketch with a facsimile of the author's signature on the front board. A small octavo measuring 8" by 5 1/2" with a very faint circular 2" dampness stain on the front board; else, fine. In a very good, price clipped dust jacket with light wear and rubbing to the ends of the spine area and to the corners of the panels with light soiling to the front panel. Signed, warmly inscribed and dated "July 1963" by the author on the first free end page with a small sketch of an owl. 107 pages of text with drawings by Henry B. Kane. A collection of 48 rhymes and poems for children.
  TB24041  $25.00



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  McCreight, Major I.:  Buffalo Bone Days A story of the Buffalo slaughter on our western plains.  DuBois, Penn.: Self-Published, 1950. First Edition in book form. Near fine in brown, pebbled cloth covered boards with gilt text stamped on the front board. An octavo measuring 9 by 6 inches with minor fly specking at the upper edge of the front board. Without a dust jacket presumably as issued. Across the face of the title page the author has written a long inscription to his editor. Reprinted from a series of articles appearing in the Dubois Courier-Express in 1949. 85 pages of text including an appendix and epilogue. Illustrated with reproductions of a number of black and white photographs. A very clean and handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
  TB28789  $600.00



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  McCullough, David:  1776.  New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 dark blue cloth and blue paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine and decorated end papers. A small quarto of 9 1/8 by 6 1/4 inches. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page without an inscription or date. 386 pages including an index,bibliography, source notes, text and illustrated with three sections of reproductions of contemporary works of art, maps and facsimiles of original documentation. A very attractive and collectible copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
  TB33408  $150.00



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  McCurdy, Michael:  Thoreau at the Cabin.  Great Barrington, Mass.: Self Published, 1989. Limited Edition Etching. A fine broadside etching on wove paper measuring 16 by 12 inches with Book Week New England 1990 printed in red across the top side of the image. The image of Henry David Thoreau standing at the open doorway of his cabin gazing in contemplation at Walden Pond measures roughly 8 by 6 inches. There is a minor, 1/4 inch printer's smudge at the upper left hand corner of the sheet very close to the edge of the paper. One of only 100 numbered and signed copies with this one identified as number 37 and signed by the artist in pencil. Hand-printed in December, 1989 for the New England Booksellers' Association for Book Week New England 1990. The etching originally appeared in the Yolla Bolly edition of The Winged Life.
  TB29445  $125.00



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  McGuane, Thomas:  The Sporting Club.  New York: First Edition, 1968. First Edition, First Printing. Very near fine in red cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A small octavo of 8 by 5 3/8 inches with the front hinge begining to part. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with a small nick and soiling to the upper rear corner of the spine area where it meets the rear panel and mild staining to the outside edges of the rear flap. Signed by the author on the first free end page without a date or inscription. This was McGuane's first book which has become quite uncommon in such nice condition. It is a work of fiction which deals with two men who "resume a long-standing and destructive competitive friendship" while at a hunting and fishing club in Michigan.
  TB31648  $200.00



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  McGuane, Thomas:  The Bushwhacked Piano.  New York: Simon and Schuster, 1971. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in light brown cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and black images of bats on the front board. An octavo of 8 1/16 by 5 1/2 inches with a black remainder mark on the lower edge of the text block and with the first 7/8ths inch neatly cut from fore edge of the first free end page. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with slight tanning to the spine area and outside edges of the panels. Signed by the author on the first free end page without a date or an inscription. The author's second book. 220 pages of text.
  TB31649  $150.00



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  McGuane, Thomas:  Panama.  New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1978. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 green cloth and green paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Signed by the author on the title page.
  TB13588  $95.00



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  McGuane, Thomas:  Nothing but Blue Skies.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. First Edition. Near fine in 1/4 blue cloth and paper covered boards with top 1" of front cover very slightly faded. In a fine dust jacket. Signed and dated in 1992 by the author on the title page.
  TB05761  $55.00



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  McGuane, Thomas:  Keep the Change.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1989. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 tan cloth and light green paper covered boards with green metallic text on the spine and a facsimile of the author's signature on the front board. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 5 1/2. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed without an inscription by the author on the title page. 230 pages of text. A fine, bright and clean copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
  TB29322  $12.00



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  McKelvie, Colin:  Flyfishing for Salmon An Introduction.  Shewsbury: Swan Hill Press, 1995. First Edition, First printing. Fine in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. 160 pages including an index, bibliography, text and illustrated throughout with black and white photographs, color photographs and line drawings.
  TB20472  $20.00



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  McKuen, Rod:  The Sea Arount Me...The Hills Above.  London: Elm Tree Books/Hamish Hamilton, 1976. First Edition, Limited Edition. Fine in blue cloth covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine and the gilt image of the author on the front board. An octavo 8 1/2 by 5 3/8 inches with a minor bump to the upper fore corner of the front board. In a near fine clear acetate dust jacket. Both the book and its jacket are contained within a near fine, paper covered slip case with a bump to a lower rear corner. One of only 1,000 copies bound, printed and signed by the author. This copy is number 38 signed twice by the author the second time in heavy black pen with an inscription and date. 152 pages of poems and illustrations. An extremely clean, tight and bright copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
  TB29559  $80.00



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  McKuen, Rod:  Finding My Father One Man's Search for Identity.  London: Elm Tree Books/Hamish Hamilton, 1977. First Edition, Limited Edition. Fine in purple cloth covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine and the gilt image of the author on the front board. An octavo 8 1/2 by 5 3/8 inches. In a fine clear acetate dust jacket. Both the book and its jacket are contained within a near fine, paper covered slip case. One of an unspecified number of limited edition copies. This copy is signed, inscribed and dated by the author on the fly title page in heavy black pen. 255 pages of poems and text. Illustrated with several sections of black and white photographs. An extremely clean, tight and bright copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
  TB29561  $80.00



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  McKuen, Rod:  We Touch The Sky.  London: Elm Tree Books Hamish Hamilton, (1979). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in green cloth covered boards with bold gilt text on the spine and a gilt sketch of McKuen on the front board. An octovo of 8 1/2 by 5 3/8 inches. In a near fine, price clipped dust jacket with a hint of rubbing at the upper edge of the spine area. Signed, inscribed and dated "With love to Phil from Tthea & Rod McKuen November, 1993" on the fly title page by the author in green flow tip pen. (153) pages of poetry.
  TB29764  $65.00



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  McKuen, Rod:  Intervals.  New York: Harper & Row Publishers, (1986). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in blue cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and a black sketch of McKuen on the front board. An octovo of 8 1/8 by 5 1/2 inches. In a near fine, price clipped dust jacket with a hint of rubbing at the upper edge of the spine area. Signed, inscribed and dated on the fly title page by the author in black flow tip pen. 141 pages of poetry.
  TB29763  $50.00



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  McKuen, Rod:  Beyond The Boardwalk.  Los Angeles: Cheval Books, 1975. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in tan cloth covered boards with bold brown text on the spine and the sketch of the author on the front board. An octavo 8 3/8 by 5 1/4 inches. In a near fine clear acetate dust jacket. Both the book and its jacket are contained within a near fine, paper covered slip case with very minor soiling. One of an unspecified limited edition copies signed by the author with a stamped number of 76 on the first free end page. This copy is signed and warmly inscribed by the author on the same page. 162 pages of poems and illustrations. An extremely clean, tight and bright copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
  TB29560  $40.00



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  McKuen, Rod:  The Power Bright & Shining Images Of My Country.  New York: Cheval Books Simon and Schuster, (1980). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 white cloth and blue paper covered boards with black text on the spine and a black sketch of McKuen on the front board. An octovo of 8 3/8 by 5 1/4 inches. In a fine, price clipped dust jacket. Signed, inscribed and dated on the fly title page by the author in black flow tip pen. 168 pages of poetry.
  TB29765  $25.00



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  McNamee, Gergory:  Gila.  New York: Orion Books, 1994. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 brown cloth and charcoal gray paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Signed by author on the title page. Sub-titled: The Life and Death of an American River.
  TB02437  $30.00



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  McNulty, Marjorie Grant:  Glastonbury From Settlement to Suburb.  (Glastonbury): The Historical Society of Glastonbury, 1983. Reprint of 1983. Fine in brick red cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine with map end papers. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 163 pages containing an index, list of sources, appendix which includes a list of original land holders of 1640, and a list of petitioners for separation of 1690. The text is illustrated with early photographs of houses, buildings, persons and reproductions of early art work.
  TB31848  $45.00



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  McPhee, John:  Oranges.  New York: Farrer Straus Giroux, 1967. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in light blue cloth covered boards with the upper edge of the text block stained light yellow. The lower edges of the boards shows minor fading; otherwise the book is fine. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. A small octavo measuring 7 7/8" tall by 5 3/8" deep containing 149 pages of text. Warmly inscribed by the author on the title page and dated in 1969. The author's third book which has become rather uncommon.
  TB22008  $275.00



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  McPhee, John:  The Control of Nature.  New York: Farrer Straus Giroux, 1989. First Edition, First printing. Fine in red-brown cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and with a black illustration on the front board. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author without a date or inscription on the fly title page. Mcphee visits with the engineers who must prevent the Mississippi from leaving its old established course; an Icelandic physicist who devised a means to prevent molten lava from taking over and filling-in Iceland's most important port; Hawaii to view similar attempts to control lava and in Los Angeles to meet with those responsible for trying to control the rapid disintegration of the mountainous terrain surrounding that area. 272 pages of text.
  TB32746  $145.00



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  McPhee, John:  The Headmaster Frank L. Boyden, of Deerfield.  New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1966. First Edition, First Printing. Possibly an ex-library copy in near fine condition in green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A small octavo of 8 by 5 3/8 inches with Rock Village Library book plate on the front paste down, and a number "9500" at the upper edge of the title page with that number repeated on the rear paste down. In a very near fine, unclipped dust jacket Signed and inscribed on the title page by the author. 109 pages of text followed by a number pages of black and white photographs to page 149. The author's second book, difficult to find in such collectible condition.
  TB29603  $125.00



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  Mears, Richard C.:  Ebb of the River.  New York: Wyndham Books, 1980. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 green cloth and gilt decorated paper covered boards with a remainder mark on the lower edge of the text block near the spine. In a near fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap with a minor 1/2" stain in the lower center of the front panel. Signed and warmly inscribed by the author on the first free end paper. A fictional memoir of a boy and a river.
  TB11590  $14.70



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  Middleton, Faith:  The Goodness of Ordinary People.  New York: Crown Publishing, 1996. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 red cloth and paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. The host of Public Radio's The Faith Middleton Show provides a collection of heartwarming true, stories from many of her interviews.
  TB07341  $31.50



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  Millard, Candice:  River of the Gods.  New York: Doubleday, (2022). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 purple and brown paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/8 by 6 inches with map end sheets. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed without a date or inscription by the author on the second free end page. 349 pages including an index,bibliography, chapter notes and text. Illustrated with one sections of plates with images from black and white photographs.
  TB32649  $45.00



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  Miller, Arthur:  Death of a Salesman.  New York: The Viking Press, 1977. First Edition, Signed Limited Edition. Near fine in heavy brown cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and a gilt facsimile of the author's signature on the front board and with illustrated end sheets. A small octavo measuring 8 1/16 by 5 1/2 inches with the cloth on the spine slightly faded and with a small prior owner's book plate on the front paste down. Without a dust jacket as issued; however, the book is contained within a near fine cloth covered slip case. One of only 500 special autographed editions with this copy identified as number 308 and signed by the author on the fly title page. This title brought Miller an international reputation as it became his second Broadway success after All My Sons (1947). Many consider it his masterpiece and perhaps the best play written by an American. The play was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1949 in the drama category. 139 pages of text and script. Illustrated with eight plates from black and white photographs. An exceptional copy of an award winning play.
  TB31420  $500.00



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  Miller, Arthur:  Incident At Vichy.  New York: The Viking Press, (1965). First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in 1/2 blue cloth and printed paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine and a blind embossed "M" on the front board. A small octavo of 8 by 5 3/8 inches with slight fading to the cloth at the ends of the spine area. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by the author on the fly title. 71 pages of script.
  TB32403  $275.00



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  Miller, Arthur:  After the Fall.  New York: The Viking Press, 1964. Second Printing. Fine in 1/2 maroon cloth and decorated paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo measuring 8 1/2 by 5 1/2 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the first free end page without an inscription or date. 129 pages of script. Laid-in at the rear of the book is an article dated July 11, 1964 from the Staten Island Advance regarding a panel discussion with Arthur Miller about theater critics. Unfortunately, the newspaper article has discolored the verso side of the last free end sheet.
  TB28515  $100.00



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  Miller, Mark Charles:  Coyote Cafe Foods from the Great Southwest.  Berkeley, Calif.: Ten Speed Press, (1989). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in light yellow cloth covered boards with bold black text on the spine and the same on the front board with blind embossing on the front board as well. A quarto of 11 1/8 by 7 1/2 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the first free end page beneath "More Chilies". 192 pages including an index. Illustrated throughout from color photographs. A beautiful, tight, clean copy with no prior ownership markings.
  TB31885  $50.00



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  Milne, George McLean:  Lebanon Three Centuries in a Connecticut Hilltop Town.  Canaan, New Hampshire: Lebanon Historical Society, Inc by Phoenix Publishing, (1986). First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in 1/4 black cloth and red cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and gilt text and designs on the front board. An octavo of 9 by 5 7/8 inches with map end sheets. The spine has a slight lean and the edges of the text block show foxing. In a very good+, unclipped (no price) dust jacket with tanning to the upper half of the front panel and spine area and light soiling to the rear panel. Signed and inscribed by the author on the fly title page in the year of publication. One of only 1,500 copies printed. 287 pages including an index, bibliography, appendices and text. Illustrated with line drawings and images from black and white photographs.
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  Momaday, Scott:  In the Presence of the Sun (Signed Limited Edition).  New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992. First Ltd. Edt.. Fine, No dust jacket was issued; however, in a fine slipcase. Signed by the author on the fly title page. One of an unstated number of limited edition copies in maroon covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine in a maroon slip case.
  TB02500  $75.00



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  Moore, Mary Tyler:  After All.  New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1995). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and light yellow paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine and the author's initials in gilt on the front board. An octavo measuring 8 7/8 by 5 7/8 inches with very faint spots of foxing to the edges of the text block. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page with no inscription or date. 332 pages including an index, photo credit and text. Illustrated with black and white photos throughout. A tight clean and collectible copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
  TB29125  $250.00



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  Moore, Clement Tomie De Paola: The Night Before Christmas.  New York: Holiday House, Inc., (1980). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/2 red cloth and blue paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A small quarto of 11 by 8 1/2 inches. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with a 3/4 inch closed tear at the lower edge of the front panel and a 1/4 inch closed tear to the upper edge of the front panel. This copy is signed on the fly title page and inscribed "For the Small Family" by the author and dated "'96". Unpaginated, but containing 31 pages of text and full color illustrations by the author.
  TB33457  $75.00



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  Moore, Kathleen Dean:  Holdfast At Home in the Natural World.  New York: The Lyons Press, 1999. First Edition, First printing. Fine in black and blue paper covered boards with white text stamping on the spine. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. 176 pages of text.
  TB18924  $35.00



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  Morgan, Dale L.:  The Great Salt Lake.  Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1947. First Edition, Limited Edition. Near fine in dark green cloth covered boards with modest rubbing to the cloth at the ends of the spine. An octavo of 9 3/8 by 5 7/8 inches. In a very good+ unclipped dust jacket with light rubbing and wear to the ends of the spine area. A special limited edition signed by the author on the decorated, tipped-in, second free end page. The 8th volume in The Lakes of America Series and one of the more difficult ones to locate. 432 pages including an index. Overall a beautiful copy! (Fitzgerald, AL2a)
  TB32992  $165.00



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  Morris, Willie:  My Dog Skip.  New York: Random House, 1995. First Limited Edition. Fine without a dust jacket as issued; however, the book is contained within a fine slipcase. Signed by the author and numbered 402 out of only 500 copies printed.
  TB06001  $275.00



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  Morris, Wright:  A Cloak of Light Writing My Life.  Franklin Center, Penn.: The Franklin Library, 1985. First Edition. Fine in full dark blue leather covered boards with four raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations in the compartments and with gilt decorations on the boards. The end sheets are marbled paper, the edges of the text block are gilt and there is a blue silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. Carefully signed by the author on the second free end page. 306 pages of text with a section of black and white photographs. One of the volumes from The Franklin Library's collection for The Signed First Edition Society.
  TB24489  $40.00



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  Morris, Paul C.:  Maritime Nantucket A Pictoral History Of 'The Little Grey Lady' Of The Sea.  Orleans, Mass.: Lower Cape Publishing, (1996). First Edition. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with bold gilt text on the spine and on the front board. A small quarto measuring 11 by 8 1/2 inches with map end sheets. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket with only hints of wear at the ends of the spine area. Signed by the author on the title page. Laid-in at the front of the book are two newspaper articles regarding the release of this title. 264 pages including an index. Illustrated throughout with hundreds of black and white photographs.
  TB28648  $40.00



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  Morris, Roger:  Haig: The General's Progress.  n.p. (Chicago): Playboy Press, 1982. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in 1/4 dark blue cloth and peach colored paper covered boards. The paper covering to the front board is quite faded. In a very good+ unclipped dust jacket where the price has been lined out with a single ink line. Signed and inscribed by General Haig on the fly title page. 450 pages including an index.
  TB19445  $35.00



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  Mosher, Howard Frank:  The Fall of the Year.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1999. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 linen and paper covered boards with black text stamping on the spine. In a fine jacket with price intact on the front flap. Signed by the author on the title page.
  TB11160  $28.00



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  Mosser, Marjorie, and Kenneth Roberts:  Good Maine Food.  New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1939. Early reprint. Near fine in tan buckram cloth covered boards with brown decorations and text on the spine and on the front board. The front end papers are very slightly tanned as is typically seen with this title. In a poor dust jacket with upper five inches of the spine area missing and the balance faded and with a with several chips from the edges of the panels. Signed by both Marjorie Mosser and Kenneth Roberts on the first free end page. It has also been signed and inscribed to "Elva | With Love, | Clara | December 25, 1939". This was Clara Claasen, Kenneth Roberts' long-time editor at Doubleday, Doran. A fine association copy. 381 pages containing an index, recipes and an introduction by Kenneth Roberts the uncle of the author.
  TB21260  $200.00



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  Mowat, Farley:  Sibur My Discovery of Siberia.  Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1970. First Edition. Near fine with dust staining to the top edge of the text block. In a very good dust, price clipped dust jacket with minor chips and creases at the upper edges of the panels and spine area. Signed by the author on the title page with no dedication or inscription. 313 pages including an index.
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  Mowat, Farley:  My Discovery of America.  Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1985. First Canadian Edt.. Near fine in full gray cloth covered boards with white text printing on the spine with a hint of rubbing to the cloth at the head of the spine. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with a tiny hint of wear at the top of the spine area and modest soiling to this predominently white jacket. Signed by the author on the fly title page with the date of "85" with no inscription or dedication. Farley Mowat recounts his experiences at being rejected by the US Immigration and Naturization Service at the US/Canadian border in an understandably indignant, but mostly in a humorous style. 125 pages. A very handsome, tight, clean copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
  TB05129  $65.00



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  Mumey, Nolie:  The Life of Jim Baker 1818-1898.  New York: Interland Publishing Inc., 1972. Signed, deluxe limited edition. Fine in 1/2 yellow leather and patterned, paper covered boards with gilt on dark green title labels on the spine as well as gilt borders and tool work. An octavo measuring 9 by 6 inches with reinforced cloth hinges and marbled end sheets and a silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. Without a dust jacket as issued. One of only 100 copies printed and made available for sale. This copy is out of series and it is signed by the Joe Grandee and Peter Decker who provided the foreword. 234 pages including an index, bibliography and text. Illustrated with a frontispiece photograph of a painting of a mountain man by Joe Grandee. Tipped in after the fly title page is a large fold-out map of the western United States showing the travels and expeditions of Jim Baker. This is a facsimile reprint of the extremely scarce, original 1931 edition which was only printed in 250 signed and numbered copies.
  TB28866  $225.00



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  Nansen , Oddand edited by Timothy J. Boyce:  From Day To Day One Man's Diary Of Survival In Nazi Concentration Camps.  Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, (2016). First Editin, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 maroon cloth and black cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. A small quarto of 10 by 7 inches. The contents are bright and clean with no evidence that this copy has been read or marked up with any prior ownership notes or book plates. In a fine, unclipped (no price) dust jacket. Signed without an inscription by the editor, Timothy J. Boyce, on the title page. 616 pages including an index, appendices and text. Illustrated throughout with sketches by Odd Nansen and with a section of black and white images from photographs. The original publication was first published in 1949 by G. P. Putnam's Sons of New York based on a translation from the Norwegian by Katherine John. Although that publication received rave reviews it fell into obscurity rather quickly after the war. The editor, wishing to revive the book, added significantly to this republication with extensive notes, footnotes all gathered from deep research and travel. This publication contains a preface by Thomas Buergenthal who met and was cared for by Nansen in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp.
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  Nelson, James L.:  All The Brave Fellows.  New York: Pocket Books, 2000. First Edition, First printing. Fine in gray and white paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page. Captain Isaac Biddlecomb is under orders to sail to Philadelphia before invading British Forces can take the newly completed 28-gun frigate, Falmouth, and sail her to sea. Well reviewed with one critic calling Nelson the "American counterpart to Patrick O'Brian."
  TB28411  $7.50



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  Nevin, David:  1812.  New York: Tom Doherty Assoc., 1996. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 blue cloth and paper covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine. In a near fine unclipped dust jacket with only a hint of rubbing to the upper edge of the spine area. Warmly inscribed to a prior owner by the author and dated in the year of publication on the title page. Author of the bestseller, Dream West. The jacket contains very favorable reviews by John Jakes, James Michener, Thomas Fleming, Philip B. Kunhardt and Edmund S. Muskie.
  TB23320  $35.00



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  Nichols, John:  On The Mesa.  Salt Lake: Peregrine Smith Book, 1986. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 red cloth and decorated paper covered boards with copper colore text stampings on the front board and spine. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Warmly inscribed by the author on the second free end paper and dated in the year of publication. This is the true first state as page 152, line 22 bears the incomplete sentence.
  TB15709  $87.50



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  Nichols, John:  An Elegy For September.  New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1992. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the fly title page.
  TB04780  $14.00



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  Niles, Blair:  The James.  New York: Farrar & Rinehart, (1939). First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in blue cloth covered boards with a bright gilt on black title block on the spine with illustrated end sheets. A small octavo of 8 by 5 3/8 inches with the cloth at the head and heel of the spine is slightly faded. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with two small, shallow chips at the upper edge of the spine area which is tanned, a long closed tear at the fold from the spine area to the front panel and a soiled rear panel. Signed and inscribed to "a new friend" by the author and dated in the year of publication. With illustrations by Edward Shenton. The fifth volume in The Rivers of America Series. 359 pages including an index which is followed by an essay by the originator and first editor of the series, Constance Lindsay Skinner.
  TB29597  $250.00



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  O'Brien, Tim:  The Nuclear Age.  New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a near fine dust jacket with a hint of wear to the spine ends. Signed by the author on the title page.
  TB02984  $52.50



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  O'Brien, Dan:  Brendan Prairie.  New York: Scribner, 1996. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page.
  TB03601  $17.15



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  O'Neill, Eugene:  Dynamo.  New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. First Edition, Limited Edition. Near fine in mottled blue vellum covered boards with a gilt stamped white leather label on the spine and the facsimile of the author's signature in gilt on the front board. A small quarto measuring 10 by 7 5/8 inches with the blue coloring mostly faded on the spine as is typically seen. Without a dust jacket; however, the book is protected with an acetate covering and is contained within a very good paper covered slip case with a design of spider webs in relief on the covers. The edges of the opening of the slip case are heavily worn. One of only 775 copies each of which were signed and numbered by the author. This copy carries number 15 and is signed by Eugene O'Neill on the limitation page. 150 pages many of which remain un-opened. The text is printed in two colors.
  TB29022  $250.00



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  O'Neill, Charles:  Morning Time.  New York: Simon and Schuster, 1949. First Edition, First printing. Very good in 1/4 red cloth and gray paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine and a facsimile of the author's gilt signature on the front board. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is very slightly tanned and the end pages are tanned from newspaper articles having been laid-in. In a very good- unclipped dust jacket with three small 1/8" deep chips from the upper edge of the spine area, 1/8" chips from the lower corners of the spine area which is faded and 1/4" deep chip at the lower edge of the front panel. Warmly signed and inscribed by the author on the first free end page and dated in the year of publication. Also, laid-in are 1) A newspaper review of this book title with a photograph of the author. 2) "A tribute to Charles O'Neill's Morning Time" by the publisher with a photograph. 3) A handwritten letter, signed by the author dated Oct. 17, 1949 which refers to a speaking engagement at a local bookstore and a monograph on the origins of the name "Nutmeg State". 3) A typed, signed letter from the author dated January 16, 1950 referring to the positive reviews from his book Morning Time. 392 pages of text followed by a one page commentary about the author. An historical fiction novel taking place just after the close of the Revolutionary War and culminates in the still struggling territory of Kentucky.
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  Paton, Alan:  Cry The Beloved Country.  Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1978. Limited Signed Edition. Fine in full light brown leather covered boards with extensive gilt tool work on the boards and with two raised bands on the spine with gilt text and tool work in the compartments. There are silk end papers with a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All edges of the text block are gilt. A small quarto measuring 9 by 5 3/4 inches containing 297 pages of text and illustrated with color drawings by Howard Rogers. Signed by the author on the third free end paper. An extremely handsome, crisp clean copy with no prior owner's names, dates, inscriptions or book plates.
  TB31737  $125.00



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  Pepin, Jacques:  Jacques Pepin Celebrates.  New York: Alfred A Knopf, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in illustrated black and yellow paper covered boards with white text upon a black spine. A small quarto of 10 by 7 7/8 inches with a a few small black spots on the top edge of the text block. In a very good, unclipped dust jacket with 3" closed tear at the upper corner of the front panel and wrinkling at the upper edge of the spine area. Signed and inscribed by the author on second free end page with "Dec. 01 | To Jan | Joyeux Noel | Best Regards | J. Pepin". 458 pages including an index, a list of illustrated cooking techniques and text. Illustrated throughout with color photographs. A collection of the author's "200 most cherished recipes for memorable meals with family and friends" (from the dust jacket). A very handsome clean and tight copy without any prior ownership markings of any kind.
  TB29821  $40.00



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  Pepin, Jacques:  Encore With Claudine.  San Francisco: KQED Books & Tapes, (1998). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 off white cloth and white paper covered boards with white text on the spine with a ribbon place holder sewn in at the head of the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 8 inches. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with minor soiling to the folds to the flaps. Signed and inscribed by the author on the first free end page with "To Lebadia | Joyeux Noel | Glad you could be with us - | Jacques Pepin Dec 98." 280 pages including an index and text. Illustrated throughout from color and black and white photographs.
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  Perkins, Wilder:  Hoare and the Portsmouth Atrocities.  New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998. First Edition, First printing. Fine in grey paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. A maritime mystery which involves Captain Bartholomew Hoare is no longer able to command one of King George III's ships and is assigned shore duty. This allows him to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a ship.
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  Perry, Arthur Latham:  Origins In Williamstown.  New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1894. First Edition. Good+ in its original black cloth covered beveled boards with gilt text on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 inches with the cloth at the head and heel of the spine heavily worn and with the cloth over the tips of the boards worn and rubbed. Adhesive tape has been used to hold the first and second free end pages into the text block and the title page has lost at least half of its attachment to the text block. Small, penciled check marks appear in the margins throughout the text. Attached to the first free end page is a small 2 by 4 1/2 inch slip of paper which reads: "Arthur Robinson | from his old teacher | Arthur Latham Perry". which is the signature of the author who was a professor of history and economics at Williams College from 1853 to 1891. 631 pages including an index and text. Eleven illustrations from engravings, photographs and silhouettes. According to Ronald Gephart's bibliography Revolutionary America 1763-1789, "References to the Revolutionary era are scattered through the first two chapters." (Gephart, 1627)
  TB32759  $150.00



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  Pesci, David:  Amistad.  New York: Marlowe & Company, 1997. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. Although a novel, it is based on the actual events surrounding the uprising of 53 slaves on the Spanish slaver Amistad in 1839. A movie of the same name was created by Steven Spielberg.
  TB04161  $30.00



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  Peters, James Edward:  Arlington National Cemetery Shrine to America's Heroes.  Kensington, Maryland: Woodbine House, c1985, 1967. Third Printing. Near fine in light gray cloth covered boards with black text stamping on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/2 by 5 1/2 inches with upper and lower edges of both boards faded due to a dampness stain that only impacted the rear end sheets; otherwise, the contents are in fine condition. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed, dated and warmly inscribed by the author on the first free end page. 313 pages of text followed by an appendices and an index. Illustrated with black and white photographs throughout out and a fold-out map of Arlington Cemetery.
  TB32802  $65.00



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  Peterson, Roger Tory:  A Field Guide to the Birds A Completely New Guide to All the Birds of Eastern and Central North America.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1980. First of Fourth Revised Edition. Fine in full morocco, green leather covered boards with six gilt bands on the spine with gilt text in one compartment and gilt images of birds in the other five compartments and a gilt image of a flying duck on the front board. A 12mo of 7 1/8 by 4 1/2 inches with marbled end sheets and with all edges of the text block gilt. Without a dust jacket as issued. This copy is housed in a fine, green cloth covered slipcase and the book and slipcase still retain the original shipping container on the outside of which the book's identifying number is written. A green label on the third free end page identifies this copy as being one of only 99 copies produced especially for the National Audubon Society. This copy is numbered "A.A. 63" in red pen by the author. Warmly signed by the author in his typical red flow pen on the third free end page. With maps by Virginia Marie Peterson. 384 pages containing text and illustrations through-out.
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  Peterson, Roger T.:  The Field Guide Art of Roger Tory Peterson (Western Birds).  New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. Limited Edition, Second Printing. Fine in heavy dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a near fine jacket with two minor closed tear to the lower end of the spine area which have been repaired with archival tape on the verso of the jacket. Signed by author on the title page in his customary, red flow tip pen. A large folio limited edition containing 356 pages with 165 full color plates. A beautiful volume with the images appearing so large details are easily seen unlike in the much smaller field guides. A superb, tight, handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
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  Peterson, Roger Tory:  A Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern and Central North America.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1980. Fourth Revised Edition, First Printing. Good in decorated blue and green cloth covered boards with white text on the spine and black text and illustrations on the front board. A 12mo of 7 1/4 by 4 1/2 inches with heavy wear and rubbing around all edges of the boards and ends of the spine. Without its issued dust jacket. Warmly signed by the author "With best wishes | & happy birding!" by the author and his wife, Virginia Marie Peterson, in red flow pen on the dedication page. With maps by Virginia Marie Peterson. 384 pages containing text and color illustrations through-out.
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  Philbrick, Nathaniel:  Abram's Eyes The Native American Legacy of Nantucket Island.  Nantucket Island: Mill Hill Press, 1998. First Edition, First printing. Fine in black cloth covered boards with bold gilt text on the spine and a gilt decoration on the front board. There is a prior owner's name and address label on the first free end page. In a very near fine unclipped dust jacket with a 1/8" closed tear at the lower fore corner of the front panel. Boldly signed by the author on the title page. 304 pages including an index, bibliography, chapter notes and text. Illustrated with maps and several sections of black and white photographs. The author's second book.
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  Philbrick, Nathaniel:  Sea of Glory America's Voyage of Discovery, The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842.  New York: Viking, 2003. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 black and bright red paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo measuring 9 by 6 inches. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author without an inscription or date on the second free end page. 452 pages including an index, bibliography, chapter notes and text. Illustrated with maps and two sections of black and white photographs of contemporary works of art.
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  Prosek, James:  The Complete Angler A Connecticut Yankee Follows in the Footsteps of Walton.  New York: HarperCollins Publishers, (1999). First Edition, First printing. Near fine in 1/4 green cloth and yellow paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine and with printed end sheets. A square octavo measuring 8" by 8" with a very slight lean to the spine and a small 1/4" bump to the lower edge of the front board. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. 324 pages of text illustrated with water colors by the author. This is Prosek's third book on fish or fishing.
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  Prosek, James:  Joe and Me An Education In Fishing And Friendship.  New York: Rob Weisback Books, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 cloth and paper covered boards with text stamping on the spine and illustrated title plate on the front board. Without a dust jacket as issued. Signed and inscribed by the author with: "For Ben | Keep fishing but | don't get caught | Best Wishes". Illustrated by the author who also wrote and illustrated Trout which was well regarded and continues to sell well in hard bound form.
  TB29994  $35.00



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  Pudney, John:  The Green Grass Grew All Round.  London: John Lane the Bodley Head, 1942. First Edition, First printing. Fine in bright green cloth covered boards with yellow text on the spine and illustrated end sheets. A 12mo measuring 7 1/4" tall by 5" deep. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with a 1/4" deep closed tear at the lower edge of the spine area and light rubbing to the folds and to the upper edge of the spine area. Curiously, the verso side of the jacket is printed to accommodate Ogden Nash's book: The Primrose Path. Signed on the title page by the author. 130 pages of text. A novel of the tranquility of rural living during a time of war on a farm in the countryside of England. Illustrated with seven black and white photographs including the frontispiece.
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  Quaife, Milo:  Lake Michigan.  Indianapolis: The Bobb-Merrill Co., 1944. First Edition, Limited Edition. Very near fine in decorated green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and gilt text and a gilt outline of the lake on the front board and with map end sheets. An octavo of 8 3/8 by 5 3/4 inches with light rubbing to the cloth at the corners of the head and heel of the spine and at the fore corners of the boards. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with very light wear to the top edge of the spine area and with two shallow chips to the lower edge of the same.and wear and the fore corners over the tips of the boards. Signed by the author on the special, tipped-in page immediately after the first free end sheet. The third volume in The American Lakes Series. 384 pages containing an index and bibliographical notes. Illustrated from black and white photographs throughout. (Fitzgerald, AL5a)
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  Rawls, Walton:  The Great Book of Currier & Ives' America.  New York: Abbeville Press Publishers, 1979. Signed Limited First Edition. Fine in heavy cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and with an illustrated paper label on the front board. The rear end paper has the blind embossed seal of a prior owner. Without a dust jacket as issued; however, the book is housed in an elegantly made full leather covered slip case with gilt decorations and text stamping. Signed by the author on the second free end paper and numbered 898 out of only 3,000 copies numbered and signed. A folio measuring 15 1/2" tall by 12" deep containing 487 pages with 400 illustrations 300 of which are in full color.
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  Rector, George:  Wilson's Meat Cookery.  Chicago: Wilson & Co., Inc., (1941). First Edition. Very good+ in a plastic comb binding with modest wear and rubbing around the edges of the boards. The front and is rear boards are slightly bowed. Without a dust jacket as issued. Warmly inscribed and dated in 1945 by the author on the title page. 136 pages of text including a one page index. Contained within the book is a folded letter from the president of the Wilson & Co., Edward F. Wilson, to the prior owner of this copy.
  TB31407  $45.00



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  Rice, Luanne:  Home Fires.  New York: Bantam Books, 1995. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. By the same author who wrote Crazy In Love and which was made into a movie by the same name.
  TB02694  $24.50



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  Rider, Hope S.:  Valour Fore & Aft Being the Adventures of America's First Naval Vessel.  Newport: Seaport '76 Foundation, 1978. First Edition by Seaport '76 Foundation, First Printing. Fine in linen covered boards with dark brown text on the spine with map end sheets. An octavo of 8 7/8 by 5 7/8 inches with a dated notation from a prior owner on the dedication page. In a fine, unclipped (no price) dust jacket. First published by the Naval Institute Press in 1977. Signed and inscribed by the author on the fly title page. 259 pages including an index, bibliography, chapter notes and text. Illustrated with a two page frontis and line drawings, facsimile images of documents, maps and images from photographs. This is a tribute to the history of the first naval vessel for the struggling Continentals.
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  Ring, Jim:  We Come Unseen The Untold Story of Britain's Cold War Submarines.  London: John Murray, (2001). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in black cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. A small quarto of 9 3/16 by 6 inches with a binding error which shows up as a wrinkle to the cloth on the front board In a fine, price clipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page without an inscription or date. 270 pages including an index, bibliography, appendices and text. Illustrated with a map and a section of plates from black and white photographs.
  TB30748  $30.00



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  Roberts, Kenneth:  Arundel.  Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1930. First Edition, First Printing. Very good+ in dark blue cloth covered boards with orange text and decorations on the spine and on the front board. A small octavo measuring 7 1/2 by 5 1/8 inches with rubbing and wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine. With only the front panel of the first issue dust jacket done by Stafford Good under a clear acetate dust jacket protector. As noted above this copy has only a portion of the Stafford Good first state dust jacket which was originally used to cover the initial copies of the first edition. Roberts complained so bitterly about this jacket that the publisher (Doubleday) had to remove the book from the market to have a new jacket designed and painted by N.C. Wyeth. Any collector of Roberts' books aspires to have a first edition copy of this title in the first state dust jacket.
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  Roberts, Kenneth L.:  Why Europe Leaves Home.  New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1922. First Edition. Very good in dark red cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is very slightly rubbed. In a very good dust jacket chips at top of spine & small chip at bottom. Signed and inscribed by the author to Frederick S. Bigelow of the Saturday Evening Post and dated in the year of publication (April 20, 1922.) Reportedly only 2,011 copies of this book were published making it an extremely rare find and particularly so in a collectible jacket and inscribed by the author.
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  Roberts, Kenneth:  The Lively Lady.  Garden City: Doubleday, Doran, 1931. First Edition. Very near fine in black cloth covered boards with light green text and decorations on the spine and on the front board. A small octavo measuring 7 1/2 by 5 1/4 inches with map end sheets with the cloth at the head and heel of the spine lightly rubbed and the ghost of what may have been a book plate on the front paste down. In a very good+, unclipped first state dust jacket with rubbing to the fold to the front flap and several vary short closed tears around the edges of the panels. Signed and inscribed to A. P. Tedesco by the author on the title page. This copy is covered by the first state dust jacket which reads "A Chronicle of Certain Men of Arundel" while the second state dust jacket reads: "A Chronicle of Arundel". Only 5,560 of the first printing were sold. A scarce title in this condition in a very collectible and very uncommon dust jacket.
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  Roberts, Kenneth:  Trending into Maine.  Boston: Little Brown & Co., 1938. Arundel Signed Limited Edition. Fine in 1/4 white cloth and blue cloth covered boards with a gilt on black leather label on the spine whichq which is bright and crisp. A small quarto of 9 1/2 by 6 3/4 inches with very slight fading to the edges of the boards. The glassine dust jacket is only in good condition due to chipping to the edges of the panels. The book and its dust jacket are contained within a very good- slipcase with one of its upper joints broken which has been repaired with clear acetate tape. Signed by both the author and N. C. Wyeth on a page following the copyright page and numbered copy 288 out of only 1,075 printed. 394 pages including an index and text. Many of the pages throughout this copy have yet to be opened. Illustrated with a color frontispiece and 13 color plates all by N. C. Wyeth. Missing from the book are the extra suite of plates.
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  Roberts, Kenneth:  Sun Hunting.  Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1922. First Edition, First state. Near fine in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and on the front board. A 12mo measuring 7 1/4" by 5" with a prior owner's book plate on the front paste down behind the dust jacket flap. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with 1/8" deep chips at the upper and lower edges of the spine area, rubbing and light wear to the folds to the panels and with several short closed tears to the upper edge of the spine area with related creasing. Signed by the author on a Kenneth Roberts' book plate. A total of 4,790 copies of this title were sold by the publisher. Quite uncommon when signed.
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  Roberts, Kenneth:  Northwest Passage (Limited Edition).  New York: Doubleday Doran & Co., 1937. First Signed Limited Edition. Both volumes are in fine condition in reddish cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and gilt top edges to the text blocks. Both are small quartos of 9 3/8 by 6 1/4 inches with Yale University Library book plates on the front paste downs. (Each book plate is noted that this title is a duplicate of what was in the library at that time and neither volume bears any other library markings.) Both volumes are in their original decorated, paper, unclipped dust jackets which are in very good+ condition with a 1/2 inch deep chip at the upper edge of the spine area of volume II and volume I has 1/2 inch "V" shaped chip at the base of the spine area. Both jackets are tanned on their spine areas. Volume I contains the first trade edition version of Kenneth Robert's Northwest Passage which remained on the best seller list for many months. It is the account of the life of Major Robert Rogers (founder of Roger's Rangers) as seen through the eyes of a fictional protagonist. Volume II contains "the unique historical material on which the essentials of the novel were based" to include a transcript of the courts martial trial of Major Rogers which was held in Montreal in 1768. Volume one is signed by the author on a specially tipped in page and numbered 228 out of only 1,050 copies printed. Both volumes are contained in a good original, paper covered slip case which is rubbed in many areas and the top panel is creased and shows closed tears to the joints and has a one inch coffee (?) stain to one of the paper labels. An very handsome and collectible set and quite uncommon in original dust jackets.
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  Roberts, Kenneth:  Black Magic.  Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1924. First Edition. Very good in black cloth covered boards with faded gilt text stamping on the spine and on the front board. An octavo measuring 8 1/2" by 5 1/2" with a 1/8" hole in the cloth at the head of the spine and with fading of the cloth on the spine. Without a dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by the author on a Kenneth Roberts' book plate and signed a second time with "Best wishes" over his signature on the second free end paper. 250 pages illustrated with a black and white photographic frontispiece. A fairly scarce title and one seldom seen signed.
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  Roberts, Kenneth:  The Collector's Whatnot.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1923. First Edition. Very Good in patterned paper covered boards with paper labels on the spine and front board. A small octavo measuring 8" by 5 1/4" with two, shallow chips from the head of the spine. In a good+ dust jacket dust jacket which is heavily faded especially on spine. Inscribed by Milton Kigallen and Kenneth Roberts at Christmas time of 1923. 147 pages of text illustrated with line art and other comical works of art.
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  Roberts, Kenneth:  Oliver Wiswell (Limited Edition).  New York: Doubleday, Doran Co., 1940. First Edition, Limited Edition. Both volumes of this two volume set are in near fine condition specially bound in full, red leather covered boards with five raised bands on each spine with gilt text in two of the compartments and gilt tooling in the others. The top edge of the text blocks are gilt, the end sheets are marbled paper and the leather turn-ins are decorated with gilt dentelles. This binding was most probably ordered by Roberts to be gifted to his friend, Doubleday, Doran publishing executive, Malcolm Johnson, who's name is listed in the collection of names who provided "generous assistance" in the creation and publication of this title. Both volumes are small quartos of 9 1/4 by 6 1/4 inches. There is a faint dampness stain to the extreme lower, inside edge to the first 70 pages of volume I. That stain does not impact on any of the text as it is limited to the lower margin. The lower quarter of the front joint to volume I shows a slight weakness. The hinges and joints for both volumes are otherwise fine. The trade version of this set was sold with glassine jackets and a paper covered slipcase. It is doubtful that a slipcase was made for this specially bound set. The binding was produced by The French Binders of Garden City, New York as evidenced by their gilt stamp on the front paste downs. This set is signed by Roberts and numbered 182 out of only 1,050 copies printed and sold. Volume I contains 411 pages of text and illustrated with a frontispiece portrait by Grant Wood and two, double page maps. Volume II contains pages 415 to 849 including a bibliography and text and is illustrated with two, two page maps. This title was a best selling novel for Roberts. It provides an insightful look at the American Revolution from a Loyalist's point-of-view. After reading it one is astounded that the war was even won by the American forces.
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  Roberts, Kenneth:  Rabble in Arms (1939 Ticonderoga Edition).  Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1939. Ticonderoga Edition of 1939. Very near fine in dark blue, patterned cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and a gilt decoration on the front board. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 5 1/8 inches with minor crimping of the cloth at the head and heel of the spine. In a very good unclipped dust jacket with several 1/4 inch deep chips at the upper edge of the spine area, several very shallow chips at the lower edge of the spine area a closed tear at the upper edge of the front panel with related creasing. Signed by the author on a specially tipped-in Fort Ticonderoga page just before the fly title page. Reportedly, there were only 150 copies of this edition published making it extremely uncommon. Overall a very handsome and collectable copy of one of Kenneth Roberts' most memorable works historical fiction novels dealing with the early years of the American Revolution. The book picks-up following the loss at Quebec and where Robert's earlier book, Arundel, leaves off. It traces the escape of the American Army, under the command of Benedict Arnold, down Lake Champlain to the southern end of the lake to construct a small fleet of vessels to meet and oppose the British fleet on the northern end of the lake. The ensuing battle took place at Valcour Island on October 11, 1776. Although the Battle of Valcour Island was considered a loss to the American forces its outcome was significant enough to delay the British advance down the lake and was a major reason for the ultimate victory at Saratoga a year later.
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  Roberts, Kenneth:  For Authors Only.  Garden City: Doubleday, Doran, 1935. First Edition, First Printing. Very good+ in dark blue, patterned cloth covered boards with bright gilt stamped on the spine and on the front board. There is slight wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and the end sheets show minor foxing due to a reaction to the glue used in binding. There is also a prior owner's small name tag on the front paste down behind the jacket flap. In a very good-, unclipped dust jacket with several closed tears and related creases at the ends of the spine area and at the upper and lower edges of the front panel. Signed and inscribed "With Best Wishes" on the first free end paper by the author. 446 pages followed by four pages of ads for other books by Roberts. Very scarce in dust jacket as only 5,603 copies of the first printing were produced.
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  Roberts, Kenneth:  Arundel (300th Anniversary Edition).  Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1953. Reprint of May 1953. Fine in navy blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and front board with map end sheets. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 5 1/8 inches In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with two 1/4 inch long closed tears to the upper edge of the spine area and a small chip from the rear upper fore corner of the rear board over the tip of the board. This is the very scarce 300th Anniversary Edition which has a specially tipped-in page in advance of th title page bearing the signature of the author. 652 pages of text followed by a number of pages of ads for other titles by Roberts. Reportedly there were only 701 copies of this edition celebrating the 300th anniversary of the founding of the town of Arundel, Maine. The special tipped-in page is signed by Kenneth Roberts. An extremely handsome and clean copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
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  Roberts, Kenneth:  Northwest Passage.  Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1937. First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in decorated dark green cloth covered boards with map end papers with the hinge areas of the end papers showing very faint foxing due to a reaction with the glue employed in binding as is often found with this printing. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with very minor rubbing and wear to the ends of the spine area. Signed "With all the good wishes of | Kenneth Roberts" by the author on the title page. 709 pages of text. This was one of Robert's most popular books dealing with Major Robert Rogers, of Roger's Rangers and the French and Indian War. Very uncommon in such nice condition and signed without a personal inscription.
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  Roberts, Kenneth:  I Wanted To Write.  Garden Cty: Doubleday & Company, 1949. First Edition. Near fine in tan, linen covered boards with a gilt on read text block on the spine with decorated map end papers with the spine slightly tanned and at bump to the upper corner of the spine. In a fine jacket with the price intact but a later issue jacket with a price of $5.95 on the flap. Signed on a Kenneth Roberts book plate and tipped on to the second free end page. 471 pages including an index followed by several pages of ads for Roberts' books. The closest thing to Roberts' autobiography.
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  Roberts, Kenneth:  Lydia Bailey (Limited Edition).  New York: Doubleday & Company, 1947. First Limited Edition. Fine in white cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and a gilt top edge. The cloth on the spine is very slightly tanned. The book is contained within a very good+ original, paper covered slipcase with minor wear at the corners. Signed by the author and numbered 191 out of 1,050 copies. What makes this limited edition particularly unique is that laid-in at its front is a page from Robert's, typewritten working manuscript complete with his penciled annotations and corrections. This particular page is quite unique. The typewritten side is completed crossed-out in pencil and the verso side of the page is entirely in pencil by the author which is quite unusual! An extremely attractive copy with a very unusual page from his manuscript.
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  Roberts, Kenneth:  Captain Caution.  Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1934. First Edition, First Printing. Very near fine in blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and with a pattern to the cloth and a gilt eagle on the front board. A 12mo of 7 7/16 by 5 1/8 with the cloth at the head and heel of the spine is very lightly rubbed. In a very good, unclipped dust jacket with 1/4 inch deep chips at the upper and lower edges of the spine area and two closed tears at the lower fore edge of the front panel. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page with "With Best Wishes | Kenneth Roberts". An historical fiction novel which takes place during the War of 1812. 310 pages of text followed by ads from the publisher.
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  Roberts, Kenneth:  March To Quebec.  Garden City: Doubleday Doran & Co., 1938. First Edition, First printing. Fine in redish cloth covered boards with a gilt on black title block on the spine with map fixed end sheets. As is so typical with this title, the front and rear hinge areas show modest tanning due to a reaction with the glue used in binding. A small octavo measuring 7 7/8 by 5 1/2 inches. In a very good+ unclipped dust jacket with three shallow chips at the upper edge of the spine area and four very small chips at the fore corners of the panels over the tips of the boards. Signed by the author on the title page without an inscription or date. 657 pages including an index and text. Following the writing of Arundel, Roberts compiled the journals of the members of Arnold's expedition to attack Quebec through the wilds of what is now the Maine woods north into Canada in the dead of winter. An extremely handsome and very collectible copy with no prior owner's markings, dates or book plates.
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  Roberts, Kenneth:  Florida.  New York: Harper & Brothers, 1926. First Edition. Good+ in green cloth covered boards with faded gilt text on the spine and readable gilt text and decorations on the front board. An octavo measuring 8 1/2" by 5 1/2" with a 1/8" tear to the cloth at the head of the spine which is well tanned so that the gilt text is unreadable Signed and inscribed "For Bingham Morris | from a fellow sufferer " by the author on the title page. Fewer than 5,000 copies of this title were sold by Harper and Brothers. 324 pages of text illustrated with black and white photographs.
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  Roberts, Kenneth:  Rabble In Arms.  New York: Doubleday, Doran, c1933, 1938. Reprint of 1938. Fine in its original dark blue decorated cloth covered boards with bright gilt text on the spine and a gilt eagle on the front board with map end sheets. A small quarto of 7 1/2 by 5 1/4 inches. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with art by N. C. Wyeth. This is a splendid copy with only a tiny amount of rubbing to the upper fore corner of the front panel. Signed by the author on the title page without an inscription or date. 870 pages of text followed by four pages of ads by the publisher for other Kenneth Roberts' titles. A beautiful, tight clean copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
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  Roberts, Kenneth:  Henry Gross and his Dowsing Rod.  New York: Doubleday & Co., 1951. First Edition, First printing. Very good- in tan cloth covered board with a mild crease to the spine and with much of the title block on the spine worn off. Two prior owner's names are written on the front free end paper and there are tape stains on the front fixed end paper which once held the letter noted below. Missing its issued dust jacket. Laid-into the book is a typed letter signed by Kenneth Roberts on Water Unlimited, Inc. letterhead. The letter is dated January 16, 1951 and makes reference to another author's works on dowsing and the human race's "inability...to absorb what is set forth clearly in the English language."
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  Roberts, Kenneth:  Kenneth Roberts an American Novelist.  New York: Doubleday Doran & Co,, 1938. Probable first edition. Near fine in printed, heavy blue paper wraps over a stapled binding with very light rubbing to the spine edge of the cover and with two handwritten, marginal notations on pages 5, 22 and 23. Doubleday Doran normally uses the statement "First Edition" in their books; however, this lacks that typical slug and in 25 years of specializing in Roberts' books we have yet to see a copy with that statement. Signed and inscribed by the Roberts to "Jesse E. Walker | with best wishes" on the title page and dated "1952". A tribute to Roberts by his publisher, Doubleday Doran with several articles by individuals reviewing his work. 40 pages. Accompanying this signed and inscribed copy is a signed, typed letter from Roberts to Jesse E. Walker containing a brief discussion of the last edition of March To Quebec and the fact that as of that date (Nov. 22, 1952) there had been no further changes to that title. The letter goes on to note that this copy of Kenneth Roberts an American Novelist is enclosed which contains "the automobile routes that mark, as nearly as possible, the marches in some of my books." Also included is the original envelope from Roberts to Walker.
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  Roberts, Kenneth:  Kenneth Roberts A Biographical Sketch An Informal Study.  New York: Doubleday Doran, 1936. First Edition, First printing. Good+ in heavy blue paper wraps with a stapled binding but with an archival tape repair at the upper edge of the front and rear panels with rubbing and flecking of the colors at the spine fold and two creases on the rear panel. Signed by the author on the verso of the front panel. A tribute to Kenneth Roberts prepared by his publisher, Doubleday The full title reads: Kenneth Roberts A Biographical Sketch An Informal Study His Books & Critical Opinions. 32 pages.
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  Rockwell, George L.:  The History of Ridgefield Connecticut.  Ridgefield, Conn.: Self-Published, 1927. First Edition. A presentation copy in near fine condition in full, brown leather covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with gilt text in three compartments and gilt borders and gilt title on the front board and with the top edges the text block gilt. A small quarto of 9 1/8 by 6 inches with the rear board retaining most of the original green color, but with the spine and and front board faded to a warm brown and there is a p prior owner's book plate on the first free end pages and with two penciled marginal notations in the appendix. Without a dust jacket. On the verso of the first free end page the author has written a warm, dated (May 31, 1929) inscription to possibly a relative. 583 pages including an index, appendices, records of vital statistics for Ridgefield from 1706 and text. Illustrated with maps and images from black and white photographs. This title carries a chapter describing in detail the British attack on Danbury from Compo Beach in Westport where the British landed.
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  Roth, David M.:  Connecticut's War Governor: Jonathan Trumbull.  Chester, Conn.: Pequot Press, 1974. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in printed, heavy paper wraps over an adhesive binding. A small quarto of 9 by 6 inches with a prior owner's name at the top edge of the title page. Signed "Best Regards" by the author without a date on the title page. 99 pages including chapter notes and text. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Governor Trumbull and his wife Volume IX in the Connecticut Bicentennial Series.
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  Roush, Herbert L. (Editor):  The Biography of T. C. Collins Written By Himself Part One 1832-1873.  Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc., 1986. Limited First Edition. Fine in brown cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. There is a prior owner's name and date neatly written at the upper edge of the front pastedown. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. This is copy number 600 of only 750 copies printed as noted on the book plate pasted to the front end paper which is also signed by the author. The subject of this narrative, Thomas C. Collins, kept four journals of which the editor, Roush, has knitted together the life and adventures of a 19th century riverboat man in the Ohio River valley. His journals provide a unique first-person insight into early frontier days and the life on a big river. 302 pages followed by an index. Illustrated with reproductions of photographs and facsimiles of related early documentation.
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  Russell, Robert H.:  Wilton Connecticut Three Centuries Of People, Places, and Progress.  Wilton, Conn.: Wilton Historical Society, (2004). First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in purple paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 5 7/8 inches with a minor bump to the heel of the spine. In a near fine, unclipped (no price) dust jacket with light rubbing and wear to the lower edge of the spine area. Signed, dated and inscribed by the author on the first free end page. 591 pages of text including an index, bibliography, source notes and appendices. Illustrated throughout with black and white images from photographs.
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  Russell, Henry B.:  Man Proposes A Story of Woodland Fancies.  New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1939. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in red cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine with the lower 1/2 inch of the boards faded. In a very near fine unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing to the panels. Warmly signed by the author on the second free end page. "A story which illustrates throughout that man proposes, but God disposes." 206 pages of text. An extremely handsome copy of a very uncommon title.
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  Sanborn, Margaret:  The American.  New York: Holt Rinehart & Winston, (1974). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in tan cloth covered boards with a gilt on dark red title block on the spine. A small octavo of 8 by 5 1/4 inches. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with just a hint of wrinkling to the upper edge of the spine area. Signed by the author on the title page without an inscription or date. The last title published in The Rivers of America Series and one that has recently become more uncommon. 354 pages including an index with illustrations by Jerry Helmrich.
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  Sandoz, Mari:  The Beaver Men.  New York: Hastings House, 1964. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in decorated light brown cloth covered boards with blind stamping on the front board, gilt text on the spine and map end papers. A small octavo of 8 by 5 3/8 inches. In a near fine unclipped dust jacket with just a hint of soiling to the spine area. A special "Presentation Edition" page tipped-in behind the first free end page and signed by the author. The ninth volume in the American Procession Series and subtitled: Spearheads of Empire. 335 pages including an index followed by a map key.
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  Sanford, Candace:  Captain Nathaniel Brown Palmer A Maritime Pioneer.  Mystic, Conn.: Flat Hammock Press, (2007). First Edition, First Printing. Fin in printed, heavy paper wraps over an adhesive binding. A small quarto of 9 by 6 inches. Signed without a date or inscription by the author on the fly title page. 84 pages including an appendix, bibliography and text. Illustrated with line art drawings by Susan Scala and the appendix is illustrated with images from earlier, black and white photographs.
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  Saroyan, William:  The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze.  New York: Random House, 1934. First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in its original foil covered light gray cloth covered boards with black text printed on the foil wrap- around band. A small quarto of 9 by 5 1/2 inches with very faint soiling to the covers. Without a dust jacket. Signed by the author without an inscription or date on the first free end page. 270 pages of text. A collection of 26 short stories. The title for the book comes from the first story in the text.
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  Saroyan, William:  Dear Baby.  London: Faber and Faber, Ltd., 1945. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in bright green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. There are two shallow cuts to the cloth at the lower edges of both boards. In a very good unclipped dust jacket with very shallow 1/8" chipping at the ends of the spine area. Signed, dated in the year of publication and warmly inscribed by the author to Vartkes Aharonian on the first free end paper at San Francisco in December 21, 1945. 108 pages of text containing a collection of twenty short stories.
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  Sartre, Jean-Paul:  Five Plays.  Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1978. Signed Limited Edition. Fine in full bright red leather covered boards with four raised bands on the spine with gilt text and tool work in the compartments with elaborate gilt tooling on both the front and rear boards. The end sheets are silk and there is a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All edges of the text block are gilt. An octavo measuring 8 1/2" by 5 1/4" containing 484 pages of text and illustrated by Robert Borja. The leather over the spine is very slightly faded as are the outside edges of the end sheets. Signed by the author on the third free end paper. Included in this volume are Sartre's plays: No Exit, The Flies, Dirty Hands, The Respectful Prostitute, and The Condemned Of Altona. An extremely handsome, crisp and clean copy of a very scarce book with Sarte's valuable signature with no prior owner's names, dates, inscriptions or book plates.
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  Saunders, Ruth Thomson:  The Book Of Artists' Own Bookplates.  Claremont, Calif.: Saunders Studio Press, 1933. First Edition, Limited Printing. Very good- in 1/4 black cloth and checkered paper covered boards with a printed, paper title block pasted to the spine. A 12mo measuring 7 3/8 by 5 1/8 inches with the bookplate of a previous owner on the front paste, the cloth at the head of the spine is worn down to the edge of the text block, the cloth at the heel of the spine is worn and rubbed as are the tips of the boards. Without a dust jacket. One of only 360 copies printed and signed by the author. This copy is identified as number 282 and is signed by the author on the limitation page. 87 pages of text including an index. Illustrated with 32 bookplate examples.
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  Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr.:  A Thousand Days John F. Kennedy In The White House.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in black cloth covered boards with gilt text on a red title block on both the spine and front board. An octavo of 8 3/8 by 5 5/8 ths inches. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with small 1/16 inch chips from the ends of the spine area and light rubbing to the folds to the panels. Signed and inscribed by the author on the first free end page. 1087 pages including an index and text. A very handsome, clean and tight copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
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  Sendak, Maurice:  Where The Wild Things Are.  : Harper & Row Publishers, . Reprint of 1974, c1963. Near fine in 1/4 dark gray cloth and illustrated, paper covered boards with bold black text on the front board. An oblong octavo of 8 7/8 by 10 inches. In a very good unclipped ($5.95) dust jacket with a 1 1/2 inch closed tear at the upper edge of the front panel, and two 1 inch long closed tears to the upper and lower edges of the rear panel. Signed by the author/artist on the fly title page just beneath the title of the book. Unpaginated but containing 40 pages. Illustrated throughout from color paintings. Winner of the 1964 Caldecott Medal "for the most distinguished Picture Book of the Year".
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  Serrao, John:  The Wild Palisades of the Hudson.  Westwood, NJ: Lind Publications, 1986. First Edition, First printing. Fine in dark green cloth covered boards with silver colored text on the spine. A quarto measuring 11" by 8 1/4". In a very good+ unclipped dust jacket with a 1/3" closed tear at the upper edge of the front panel, modest rubbing and wear to the upper edge of the spine area and with the same to the upper fore corners of the panels at the folds to the flaps. Inscribed, signed and dated by the author on the first free end page. (169) pages including an index, appendix, bibliography and text. Illustrated throughout with line drawing maps for numerous trails, black and white photographs and a large section of color photographs.
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  Settle, Mary Lee:  Charley Bland.  Franklin Center, Penn.: The Franklin Library, 1989. Signed First Edition. Fine in full dark green leather covered boards with three raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and with gilt tool work on both the front and rear boards. The end papers are marbled with a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All three edges of the text block are in gilt. An octavo measuring 8 5/8" tall by 5 3/4" deep containing 207 pages of text. Signed by the author on the specially tipped-in second free end page. Illustrated with black and white drawings by Leslie W. Bowman. One of The Franklin Library's volumes in their collection for the Signed First Edition Society. A beautiful, tight, clean copy with no names, dates, notations or former owner's book plates. Laid-in is a two page letter on heavy stock from the publisher describing the author and this title.
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  Shaw, Irwin:  Bread Upon The Waters.  New York: Delacorte Press, (1981). Signed Limited Edtion. Fine in full dark blue leather covered boards with bright gilt text stamping on the spine, a gilt rule on both boards and a gilt facsimile of the author's signature on the front board and with marbled end sheets with all edges of the text block gilt. An octavo measuring 9" by 6". Without a dust jacket as issued; however, the book is contained within a fine dark blue leather covered slip case with the author's facsimile signature on one panel. One of only 500 limited edition copies signed by the author on the second free end page with this copy identified as number 66. 438 pages of text. An extremely handsome, tight, clean and unread copy with no prior owner marks, notations or book plates.
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  Sieller, William Vincent:  Green Water for a Granite Valley.  Francestown, NH: The Golden Hill Press, 1970. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in 1/4 leatherette and decorated green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and gilt decorations stamped on the front board with faint spots of foxing on the edges of the text block. In a very good+ dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap but with light soiling and tanning to the panels and folds. Signed by the author on the title page and warmly inscribed with the author's initials on the first free end paper. A collection of 55 poems dealing with the seasons of New England contained on 80 pages of text.
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  Simon, Neil:  Lost In Yonkers.  New York: Random House, (1991). Unknown Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and orange paper covered boards with metallic red text on the spine and with the blind embossed seal of Random House on the front board. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 5 3/8 inches. In a fine, unclipped (no price) dust jacket. Signed by the author and playwright on the title page without an inscription or date. 120 pages of script. Even though there is no price on the dust jacket, this copy does not appear to be a book club version as there is blind embossed dot on the rear board. Additionally, there is no indication of the printing on the copyright page.
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  Simon, Neil:  The Prisoner of Second Avenue.  New York: Random House, (1972). Book of The Month Club Edition. Fine in black paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/8 by 5 3/8 inches. In a fine, unclipped (no price of course) dust jacket. Signed on the title page by Marsha Mason and Richard Dryfus who were starts of the film version of this title. 88 pages of script.
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  Simon, Neil:  The Play Goes On.  New York: Simon & Schuster, (1999). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in /14 black cloth and yellow paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/8 by 6 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author with an inscription "To Carolyn and Kent" on the title page. 348 pages including an index and text. Illustrated with a section of images from black and white photographs.
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  Singer, Isaac Bashevis:  Lost in America.  Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1981. First Edition, Limited Edition. Fine in maroon cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4 by 6 inches. Issued without a dust jacket; however, the book is contained within a fine, paper covered slip case with a printed paper label on one side of the slip case. One of only 500 limited edition copies printed. This copy is identified as number 104 and is signed by the author on the limitation page. 259 pages of text with black and white and colored drawings by Raphael Soyer. The laid-in, signed and numbered plate by Soyer is missing from this copy.
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  Singer, Isaac Bashevis:  A Young Man in Search of Love.  Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1978. First Edition, Limited Edition. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine and with a facsimile of the author's signature on the front board. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4 by 6 inches. The cloth over the spine is slightly faded. Issued without a dust jacket; however, the book is contained within a fine, paper covered slip case with a printed paper label on one side of the slip case. One of only 300 limited edition copies printed. This copy is identified as number 43 and is signed by the author on the limitation page. 177 pages of text with black and white and colored drawings by Raphael Soyer. The laid-in, signed and numbered plate by Soyer is missing from this copy.
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  Sloane, Eric:  Eric Sloane's Weather Book (with sketch).  New York: Duell, Sloane & Pear, 1955. Reprint of February 1955. Very good with some soiling around the edges of the boards and with rubbing and wear to the head and heel of the spine and tape stains to the fixed end pages. In a very good+, price clipped dust jacket with minor rubbing and wear around the extremes. With a sketch by Sloane on the front end sheets of a large cloud blowing heavy wind at a man and lady leaning away from the wind with the gentleman's hat blowing away and the lady's hair a mess and her skirt blowind up. Signed and inscribed "To the Drouets" 90 pages of text and illustrations throughout.
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  Sloane, Eric:  Our Vanishing Landscape (with sketch).  New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1955. 3rd Printing. Near fine in decorated green cloth covered boards with black text stampings on the spine and front board. A small quarto of 9 5/8 by 7 1/4 inches. In a good dust jacket with the price intact but with a number of closed tears anthe legs of a very shapely young lady and signed "To Joded chips. The first free end page has been signed and inscribed by Sloane with a picture of a truck plowing into a pile of what may be dirt and an inscription reading: "To Joe | the landscape vanisher | Eric". 107 pages of text and drawings by the author depicting the charms that once graced the landscape of the US during the 1800's and later. The author's underlying theme with this book is his belief that farms and farmers were not only the pioneers of this country but created the foundation of the American countryside. In his richly illustrated tour of the American landscape of the mid-1800's he provides extensive graphic detail of farm houses and barns, out-buildings serving the farming family, gates, fences, toll houses, mills, canals and the boats used in them, milestones, devices and tools used to repair roads, plank roads, covered bridges, sleighs, sleds and snow rollers, road signs, taverns, inns, churches and then followed by an eight page "little gallery of sketches from the Vanishing Landscape".
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  Sloane, Eric:  Our Vanishing Landscape.  New York: Wilfred Funk, Inc., 1955. Second Printing. Fine in decorated green cloth covered boards with dark green text on the spine and front board. A small quarto measuring 9 3/4 by 7 inches. In a very good+ unclipped dust jacket with modest wear and rubbing at the ends of the spine area and to the fore corners of the front panel. Signed and inscribed with a sketch of a covered bridge and "to Herbert Thoms" and dated "1964" on the first free end page. 107 pages of text and drawings by the author depicting the charms hat once graced the landscape of the US during the 1800's and later. The author's underlying theme with this book is his belief that farms and farmers were not only the pioneers of this country; but, created the foundation of the American countryside. In his richly illustrated tour of the American landscape of the mid-1800's he provides extensive graphic detail of farm houses and barns, out-buildings serving the farming family, gates, fences, toll houses, mills, canals and the boats used in them, milestones, devices and tools used to repair roads, plank roads, covered bridges, sleighs, sleds and snow rollers, road signs, taverns, inns, churches and then followed by an eight page "little gallery of sketches from the Vanishing Landscape".
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  Sloane, Eric:  The Little Red Schoolhouse.  Garden City: Doubleday & Co., 1972. Second Printing. Fine in black and olive green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a near fine, price clipped dust jacket with two short (1/16 of an inch) closed tears at the upper edge of the front panel. Signed by the author on the first free end page. Unpaginated and illustrated throughout with line drawings by Sloane.
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  Sloane, Eric:  Legacy.  New York: Funk & Wagnals, 1979. First Edition. Near fine in light brown paper covered boards with black text stamping on the spine. A small quarto of 10 by 7 inches with faint foxing to the end sheets due to a reaction with the glue used in binding. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with faint foxing to the upper half of both the front and rear panels. Signed and inscribed by the author with a sketch of a post in a stone wall with a bird on the post and dated in the year of publication. 77 pages of text and illustrated with a number of the author's black and white sketches throughout. Reflections on the lessons of America's past for America's future.
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  Sloane, Eric:  Look at the Sky! (signed).  New York: Duell, Slane & Pearc, 1961. First Edition. Fine in red/orange cloth covered boards. In a very near fine dust jacket with a price clipped jacket flap and the spine area slightly faded. Signed by the author on the 2nd free end paper & dated 1970. A title which has become increasingly more difficult to locate in collectable condition.
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  Sloane, Eric:  American Yesterday.  New York: Wilfred Funk, Inc., 1956. Third Printing. Near fine in decorated blue cloth covered boards. In a very good, price clipped dust jacket with a 1/4 deep chip at the base of the spine area, two 1/8 inch chips at the top edge of same and wear at the fore corners of the front panel. Signed and inscribed by the author on the first free end paper with: "To Mary Ann | My favorite girl | Eric Sloane". This is Eric Sloane's tribute to America's "attic of vanishing ways and obsolete occupations". The very quintessence of Sloane with wonderfully detailed sketches of early American ways.
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  Sloane, Eric:  American Barns and Covered Bridges.  New York: Wilfred Funk, Inc., 1954. 6th Printing. Near fine in decorated burnt orange cloth covered boards with black text and decorations on the spine and on the front board. The end sheets show offsetting from the jacket flaps; otherwise fine. In a very good-, unclipped dust jacket with a new price printed on the flap of the jacket. The upper 1 1/2 inches of the spine area is chipped, there are two 1/2 inch closed tears at the lower edge of the front panel and the fore corners of both front and rear panels are worn. Signed and inscribed by the author on the first free end paper. One of Eric Sloane's earliest books dealing with Americana. This one is a classic as it includes his now famous sketches of barn and covered bridge details that no one else has illustrated as well. 112 pages of text with black and white line illustrations throughout.
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  Sloane, Eric:  The Spirits of '76.  New York: Walker & Company, 1973. First Edition, First printing. Fine in decorated white cloth covered boards with blue text on the spine and front panel. In a very near fine dust jacket with a price clipped front flap and very minor wear & rubbing to the upper edge of the spine area and rear panel. Signed by author on the fly title page. 64 pages of text and black & white illustrations by the author.
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  Sloane, Eric:  The Do's and Don'ts of Yesterday.  New York: Walker & Company, 1972. Reprints. This two volume set contains both Do and Don't. Both books are in fine condition in yellow and orange cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spines and front boards. Both are 16 mo of 6 15/16 by 4 1/2 inches. Without dust jackets as issued; however, both books are contained in a very good+ slip case which shows minor soiling to the paper label on the front panel and tanning to its closed end and the upper portion of its non-decorated side. Signed by the author on the front panel of the slipcase. Don't contains 67 pages with multiple line art illustrations and Do contains 55 pages also with multiple line are illustrations.
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  Sobel, Dava:  Galileo's Daughter.  New York: Walker & Company, 1999. 6th Printing. Fine in paper covered boards with bright gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. Signed, inscribed and dated in January 2000 by the author on the title page. 420 pages including an index, text and illustrations.
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  Spence, Hartzell:  Radio City.  New York: The Dial Press, 1941. First Edition. Very good in tan cloth covered boards with faded text on the spine and a design to the front and rear boards. A small octavo of 8 by 5 1/2 inches with the cloth at the head of the spine worn and with a 1/8 inch closed tear. There is a prior owner's book plate on the first free end page. Missing its issued dust jacket. Signed by the author on the dedication page with a humorous inscription. 351 pages of text.
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  Spock, Benjamin, and Mary Morgan:  Spock On Spock.  Franklin Center, Penn.: The Franklin Library, 1989. Signed First Edition. Near fine in full black leather covered boards with three raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and with gilt tool work on both the front and rear boards. The end papers are marbled with a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. Unfortunately, the rough removal of what was probably a book plate on the front pasted end sheet resulted in an unsightly tear across the middle of that marbled paper. All three edges of the text block are in gilt. A small quarto measuring - tall by - deep containing - pages of text Signed by the authors on the specially tipped-in second free end page. One of The Franklin Library's volumes in their collection for the Signed First Edition Society A tight, clean copy with no names, dates, notations or former owner's book plates.
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  Steele, Bob, and Phil Steele:  The Word For The Day.  Newington, CT: Connecticut River Press, 2002. First Edition. Fine in tan cloth covered boards with bold, metalic red text stamping on the spine. A small quarto of 9 by 6 inches. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Co-authored by Phil Steele (Bob’s son) and signed by the author and commentator, Bob Steele.. The book is subtitled: “65 years of wit and wisdom on mispronunciation.” For 65 years, between 1942 to 1991, Bob Steele each weekday morning entertained radio listeners from his WTIC broadcast booth in Hartford, Connecticut. His name was well recognized throughout New England and his morning radio show was a focal point for news, weather, traffic reports and his famous “Word of the Day”.
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  Stegner, Wallace:  The Big Rock Candy Mountain.  Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1978. Signed Limited Edition. Near fine in full light brown leather covered boards with extensive gilt decorations on the front and rear boards, four raised bands on the spine with gilt text stamping, decorations and ruled borders in the compartments. The end papers are silk, there is a silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine and the edges of the text block are in gilt. There are two minor scuff marks at the upper edge of the spine one of which mars the gilt border around the upper most title block. Signed by the author on the fourth free end paper. Laid-in at the front of the book is a small brochure describing the book. Stegner states in the forward to the book that it was "The first of my books to acheieve wide recognition, The Big Rock Candy Mountain,was an attempt to capture in the experiences of a single family the social and psychological consequences of the ending of the f rontier and the pinching out of the American Dream. Of all my novels, it is the most deeply rooted in history and sociology." A novel of the pursuit of the American Dream by a family at the turn-of-the-century in the Pacific Northwest. 733 pages of text with illustrations by Charles Reid.
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  Stevens, Alden G.:  The Way of a Lion.  New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1939. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in light brown cloth covered boards with dark brown text stamped on the spine and on the front board. The top edge of the text block is dust stained and the end papers are slightly tanned. In a poor dust jacket with the majority of the spine area missing, the front flap has separated from the front panel which has a number of chips around its edges. Of particular note is the fact that there is a long gift inscription by the author to the illustrator of the book written on the first free end paper and dated in the year of publication. An uncommon book with a unique association. 144 pages of text with illustrations by George F. Mason.
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  Stobart, John:  The World Of Sail And Steam.  Boston: Kensington Publishing, (2002). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in dark blue, heavy cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and on the front board. An oblong quarto of 12 by 15 3/8 inches with illustrated end sheets. In a fine, unclipped (no price) dust jacket. Signed by the author/artist with "All the best wishes" on the title page. 214 pages of text and "nearly 100 full-page color illustrations" of John Stobart's paintings. With an essay about the artist by M. Melissa Wolfe. A beautiful, tight clean copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind. Because of its size, additional postage may be required; and, we will not ship this title overseas.
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  Stockwin, Julian:  Artemis.  London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2002. First Edition, First printing. Fine in dark blue paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Signed by the author on the title page. The author's second book and the second in the series which was initiated with Kydd.
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  Stockwin, Julian:  Command.  London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2006. First Edition, First printing. Fine in black paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. The author's seventh in the series which was initiated with Kydd. 345 pages of text.
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  Stone, Robert:  Outerbridge Reach.  New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1992. Second Printing. Fine, in 1/4 blue cloth and paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and front board. In a fine jacket with a price clipped jacket flap. Signed by the author on the fly title page. A nominee for the 1992 National Book Critics Circle Award as well as for the National Book Award.
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  Struther, Jan:  Mrs. Miniver.  New York: Harcourt, Brace And Company, (1940). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in brick red cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A small octavo of 8 by 5 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Both the book and its jacket are contained within the original box in which the book was sold. The top of the box has a printed paper label which replicates the front panel of the dust jacket. Warmly signed and inscribed by the author on the first free end page. 288 pages of text. Laid-in at the rear of the box are two pages of an article titled: Mr. Miniver's Three Yearas of War from an known British magazine. Also laid-in is a page from the New York Herald Tribune book section providing a pictorial of Jan Struther. An extremely handsome copy!
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  Sutton, Scott E.:  More Altitude, Quick!.  Irvine, Calif.: Sutton Publications, Inc., (1988). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in illustrated paper covered boards with black text on the spine and with a color illustration on the front board. A small quarto measuring 10 3/4" by 8" with illustrated end sheets. Without a dust jacket. Inscribed to "Adam", dated in "Nov. 1990" and signed by the author with an illustration on the fly title page. Unpaginated. Written and illustrated throughout by the author. Series Book #4 in "The Wizard Tells A Story" collection.
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  Swanson, Leslie C.:  Old Mills In The Mid-West (Illinois and Iowa).  Moline, Illinois: Self-published, 1963. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the front board. Without a dust jacket. Signed by the author on the first page of text. 42 pages of text illustrated with maps and numerous black and white photographs.
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  Talese, Gay:  Unto the Sons.  New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. First Edition, First printing. Fine in purple cloth covered boards with bold gilt stamped text on the spine and the same on the front board. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4" by 6 1/4" deep. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the first free end page. 635 pages including a bibliography, author's note and text.
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  Talmadge, Marian, and Iris Gilmore:  Barney Ford, Black Baron.  New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, (1973). First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in yellow cloth covered boards with black and red text stamped on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/8 by 5 1/2 inches with minor soiling to the front board and to the top edge of the text block. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with minor wear to the ends of the spine area and to the upper fore corners of the panels. Signed and inscribed by both authors on the first free end page. 237 pages including an index, bibliography and text. Illustrated with a section of pages of images from black and white photographs. Ford was a mulatto slave who escaped with the aid of the underground railway to become well educated and eventually became a very successful business man in Denver in the 1860's.
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  Tanner, Terence A.:  Frank Waters A Bibliography With Relevant Selections From His Correspondence.  Glenwood, Ill.: Meyerbooks, (1983). First Edition. Fine in yellow cloth covered boards with a large gilt on black title block on the spine and a gilt on black image of a feather on the front board. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed on the first free end page by the author/compiler With a foreword by Frank Waters. 356 pages including an index.
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  Theroux, Paul:  Jungle Lovers.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1971. First Edition, First Printing. Very near fine in tan cloth covered boards with brown text on the spine and on the front board. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 5 5/8 inches with tape stains on the boards and the ghost of a removed label of some sort on the first free end page. In a very near fine, unclipped dust jacket with traces of rubbing and light wear to the ends of the spine area. Signed by the author without an inscription or date on the title page. 307 pages of text.
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  Theroux, Paul:  Sunrise with Seamonsters.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1985. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 light blue cloth and light gray paper covered boards with dark blue and silver colored text on the spine. An octavo of 9 1/8 by 6 1/8 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page without an inscription or date. 365 pages of text.
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  Theroux, Paul:  Riding the Iron Rooster by Train Through China.  New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1988. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and paper covered boards with bright gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto of 9 3/16 by 6 inches with a small red remainder mark on the lower edge of the text block. In a fine jacket with the price intact on the front flap with a tiny faint closed tear to the lower edge of the front panel at the fold to the front flap. Signed without an inscription or date on the title page by the author. The author's account of his extensive travel through China by railroad. 480 pages of text. Illustrated with map end sheets. A fine, bright and clean copy.
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  Theroux, Paul:  The Best American Travel Writing 2001.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in charcoal gray cloth covered boards with silver colored text on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 5 3/8 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. This title is edited and with an introduction by Paul Theroux. The series editor is Jason Wilson. Signed by the author on the title page without an inscription or date. 418 pages. A collection of 26 reprinted stories and essays from various magazines.
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  Theroux, Paul:  Fresh Air Fiend Travel Writings 1985-2000.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 green cloth and blue paper covered boards with silver colored text on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page without an inscription or date. 466 pages including a bibliography and text. A collection of 51 essays on travel.
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  Theroux, Paul:  Chicago Loop.  New York: Random House, (1990). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 purple cloth and white paper covered boards with silver colored text on the spine and the author's initials on the front board. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 5 1/2 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page without an inscription or date. 196 pages of text. An extremely fine, bright and tight copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
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  Theroux, Paul:  My Secret History.  New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1989). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and light gray paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/8 by 6 inches. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with only a hint of rubbing and wear to the upper edge of the spine area. Signed by the author on the title page without an inscription or date. 511 pages of text.
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  Theroux, Paul:  The Pillars Of Hercules A Grand Tour of the Mediterranean.  New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1995). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 white paper and tan paper covered boards with gilt text stamped on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page with no inscription or date. 506 pages of text. Illustrated with map end sheets. A fine, bright and clean copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
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  Theroux, Paul:  Hotel Honolulu.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Fine 1/4 red-orange cloth and red-orange paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches and due to an accident in binding the first free end page is glued down in its upper fore corner of the front end sheet. This is not a material issue as we still consider the book to be in collectible condition. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page without an inscription or date. 424 pages of text.
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  Theroux, Paul:  My Other Life.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and light gray paper covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 1/4 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page without an inscription or date. 456 pages of text.
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  Theroux, Paul:  World's End and Other Stories.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1980. First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in 1/4 blue cloth and green paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine and gilt text on the front board. An octavo of 8 1/8 by 5 3/8 inches with spotting on the cloth over the spine. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author without an inscription or date on the title page. 211 pages of text. A collection of 15 short stories by this author famous for his works of travel and place.
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  Theroux, Paul:  Millroy The Magician.  New York: Random House, (19940. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and purple paper covered boards with silver colored text on the spine and the author's silver stamped initials on the front board. A small quarto of 9 3/16 by 6 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page with no inscription or date. 437 pages of text. A fine, bright and clean copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
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  Thomas, Gordon, and Max Morgan Witts:  Enola Gay.  New York: Stein And Day Publishers, (1977). First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in 1/4 red cloth and black paper covered boards with bold gilt text on the spine and facsimile signatures of the two authors in gilt on the front borard. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches with faint foxing to the edges of the text block. In a very good, unclipped dust jacket with rubbing and light wear to the ends of the spine area and around the edges of the panels. The first free end page is dated in "New York City | 14 Oct. 1982" and inscribed "For Richard P. Hall | with best personal regards | Paul W. Tibbets". Brigadier general Paul Tibbets was the pilot of the Enola Gay in its mission to attack Hiroshima with the first atom bomb used in combat. 327 pages including an index, bibliography, chapter notes and text. Illustrated with maps and a section of black and white images from photographs.
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  Thomson, John:  Tables of Interest, At 3, 4, 4 1/2 and 5 per Cent.  Edinburgh and London: W. Creech and C. Elliot, 1788. Fifth Edition. Good in original full leather (sheep) covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with gilt borders on the edges of the bands. A 16 mo measuring 6 1/2 by 3 3/4 inches with front and rear joints broken, but held to the book with crudely placed linen hinges. This copy is signed by the author on what would normally be called the copyright page which attests to the fact that this copy is genuine and authorized printing. 532 pages of tables of interest with no markings, writing or ink stains.
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  Thomson, Jay Earle:  Aviation Stories.  New York: Longmans, Green And co., '1929. First Edition. Very good+ in orange cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and the same on the front board together with a sketch of a bi-wing airplane. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 5 3/8 inches with the cloth over the spine slightly soiled or tanned. Signed by the author on the first free end page as: Sincerely yours | J. Earle Thomson". 250 pages of text including a list of famous flights, aeronautical terms and pronouncing vocabulary. A collection of 27 stories or essays about famous pilots and famous flights. Illustrated from black and white photographs.
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  Tiger, Caroline:  General Howe's Dog George Washington, The Battle of Germantown, and the Dog Who Crossed Enemy Lines.  New York: Chamberlain Bros., 2005. First Edition, First printing. Fine in red and tan paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A 12mo measuring 7 1/2" by 5". In a fine unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on a book plate attached to the first free end page. 162 pages including a bibliography and text. Illustrated with maps and black and white photographs of contemporary works of art.
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  Tillotson, Harry Stanton:  The Beloved Spy The Life and Loves of Major John Andre.  Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1948. First edition, Signed limited edition. Near fine in decorated light rede cloth covered boards with tarnished gilt text and decorations on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 1/4 inches with minor white markings on the front board with a few of the pages roughly opened. In a poor, unclipped dust jacket with large multiple chips on the panels, the spine area faded with tape repairs. Signed by the author on the copyright page and numbered 38 out of only 1,000 copies of the signed limited edition printed. The first free end page is also signed, dated and inscribed by the publisher on the first free end page. 199 pages including an index, bibliography, text and illustrated with a frontispiece of Andre from an engraving and 18 plates from photographs or earlier works of art.
  TB32738  $100.00



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  Tutu, Desmond:  No Future Without Foregiveness.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, (1999). Collector's Edition. Fine in full, brown leather covered boards with three raised bands on the spine with gilt text and gilt tool work in the compartments. All edges of the text block are gilt, the end sheets are silk and there is a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 5 3/8 inches. The book remains in the publisher's original shrink wrap as well in the publisher's shipping box. Signed by the author on the limitation page at the front of the book.
  TB31615  $200.00



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  Updike, John:  Rabbit, Run.  Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1977. Signed Limited Edition. Fine in gilt decorated bright red leather covered boards with four raised bands on the spine and gilt edges to the text block with a silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the top of the spine. Signed by the author on the third free end paper. Laid-in at the front of the book is the publisher's 22 page notes from the editors. One of the volumes in The Franklin Library's collection of signed limited books. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. 342 pages of text and illustrations. A bright clean copy with no prior owner's marks, names, dates or book plates.
  TB23899  $85.00



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  Van de Water, Frederic:  Lake Champlain and Lake George.  Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1946. First Limited Edition. Near fine in decorated green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and on the front board with map end sheets. An octavo of 8 3/8 by 5 3/4 inches. In a very good+ unclipped dust jacket with shallow chipping across both ends of the spine area and several small chips to the edges of both boards. A special limited edition signed by the author on the decorated, tipped-in, second free end page. The seventh volume in The American Lakes Series edited by Milo M.Quaife. 381 pages containing an index and bibliographical notes. (Fitzgerald, AL1a)
  TB32983  $135.00



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  Van Gieson, Judith:  Mercury Retrograde.  Huntington: James Cahill Publish, 1994. Sigend Limited Edition. Fine, In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Signed by author, illustrator and introducer, Walter Satterthwait, on the title page. Numbered "PC" of 124 numbered and 26 lettered limited edition copies. The sixth book by this author of mystery fiction.
  TB02544  $35.00



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  Van Gieson, Judith:  The Lies That Bind.  New York: Harper Collins, 1993. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine jacket with a tiny black pen mark at the lower quarter of the front panel near the spine. Signed by the author on the title page. The fifth Neil Hamel mystery book.
  TB01904  $14.00



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  Van Gieson, Judith:  The Wolf Path.  New York: Harper Collins, 1993. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. The fourth Neil Hamel mystery.
  TB01905  $14.00



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  Van Gieson, Judith:  Parrot Blues.  New York: HarperCollins, 1995. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. The sixth Neil Hamel mystery.
  TB02910  $10.00



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  Vestal , Stanley[W. S. Campbell]:  Joe Meek The Merry Mountain Man.  Caldwell, Idaho: The Caston Printers, Ltc., 1952. First Edition. Near fine in light blue cloth covered boards with bold silver colored text on the spine and the outline of a beaver on the front board. A small quarto of 9 by 6 inches. In a very good, price clipped dust jacket with a 1/3" deep chip from the upper edge of the spine area, shallow chipping at the base of the spine area, heavy wear to the folds and several tape repairs to the recto of the jacket on the rear panel and numerous tape repairs on the verso of the jacket.. Signed by the author using both his real name (W. S. Campbell) and his nom de plume on the fly title page. 336 pages including a bibliography and text. Illustrated with black and white photographs.
  TB29862  $150.00



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  Vestal , Stanley[W. S. Campbell]:  Kit Carson The Happy Warrior of the Old West.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, c1928. Reprint. Near fine in brown cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and an oval emblem stamped on the front board. An octavo of 8 3/16 by 5 5/8 inches. In a very good, unclipped (no price) dust jacket 1/4 inch deep chips from the ends of the spine area and heavy rubbing and wear to the fold to t he front flap. Signed by the author using both his pseudonym and his real name, "W. S. Campbell" in parentheses on the front paste down. 297 pages of text.
  TB31391  $100.00



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  Ward, Lynd:  Madman's Drum.  New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, Inc., (1930). Second Printing of November 1930. Very good in black cloth covered boards with a printed paper label on the spine. An octavo of 8 by 5 1/2 inches with the spine label tanned, the lower edge of the boards and backstrip show a faint waiter mark which did not penetrate into the end sheets and there are two dents in the middle of the fore edge of the front board. In a good, unclipped dust jacket which is well tanned and have a number of shallow chips at the ends of the spine area and the top edge of the front panel. Signed by the author, illustrator on the fly title page. Unpaginated, but with 118 pages. Other than the printed fly title, a publisher's statement, the title page and copyright page this title has no printed works. Instead, it is illustrated with woodcuts on each page performed by Lynd Ward. This is the second of Lynd Ward's six wordless titles.
  TB33409  $400.00



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  Warmsley, Arthurh J.:  Connecticut Post Offices and Postmarks.  Portland, CT: Self Published, 1977. First Edition. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and front board. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Inscribed to "The Kendall Museum" and signed by the author on the first free end paper. One of an unstated limited edition copies. This copy is out of series. 257 pages containing an index, list of Connecticut Post Offices, text and photographic illustrations and a list of Connecticut cancelation marks.
  TB29907  $75.00



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  Waterman [Matthew Goldman], Constant:  More Landmarks You Must Visit In Southeast Connecticut.  n.p.: Breakaway Books, 2015. First Edition. Fine in heavy, printed paper wraps over an adhesive binding. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches. Without a dust jacket as issued. Signed by the author on the title page without a inscription or date. 177 printed pages of text. Illustrated throughout by the author from line drawings and maps. A guidebook to the more famous sites and locals in many of the towns of New London county and four of the lower Connecticut River towns in Middlesex county.
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  Waterman [Matthew Goldman], Constant:  Landmarks You Must Visit In Southeast Connecticut.  n.p.: Breakaway Books, 2010. First Edition. Fine in heavy, printed paper wraps over an adhesive binding. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches. Without a dust jacket as issued. Signed by the author on the title page without a inscription or date. 155 printed pages of text. Illustrated throughout by the author from line drawings and maps. A guidebook to the more famous sites and locals in many of the towns of New London county and four of the lower Connecticut River towns in Middlesex county.
  TB31958  $25.00



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  Waters, Frank:  The Colorado (National Travel Club Edition).  New York: National Travel Club, (1946). First Edition, Second Printing. Near fine in black cloth covered boards with gilt text and gilt borders on the spine and the gilt logo of the National Travel Club on the front board with blind embossed borders. A small octavo of 7 15/16 by 5 1/4 inches with minor light rubbing to the cloth at the corners of the spine and a date of "July 2, 1946" written in ink at the upper corner of the fly title page. In a very good-, unclipped (but not priced) dust jacket with two 1/2" deep chips at the upper corners of the spine area, small chips at the fore corners of the panels at the folds and soiling to the rear unprinted panel. Signed by the author, Frank Waters, on the fly title without an inscription or date. This is an interesting variant in The Rivers of America Series. It is actually a second printing of the title, but it is its first appearance as it was released in July of 1946 three months before the Rinehart publication. Rinehart's plates were used to create this printing which is why it carries the Rinehart circled R on the copyright page. (Fitzgerald, C11) 400 pages including an index, glossary, reference appendix and text. The illustrations are by Nicolai Fechin.
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  Watson, Larry:  White Crosses.  New York: Pocket Books, 1997. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 cloth and paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. The author's fifth book of fiction. His third, Montan 1948, was a prize winning novel and best seller.
  TB04805  $45.00



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  Waugh, Alec:  These Would I Choose A Personal Anthology Arranged by Alec Waugh.  London: Sampson Low, 1948. First Edition, First printing. Very good- in tan cloth covered boards with blue text on the spine which has a slight crease and with the end sheets tanned. In a good unclipped and lightly soiled dust jacket with 1/4" deep chips from the corners of the spine area, a 1/4" deep chip from the upper inside corner of the front panel and wear to the fore corners of the panels. Warmly signed and inscribed by the author on the first free end page as follows: "Dear John - I hope | you'll find things to | like here | alec." and dated Sept. 6, 1949. 251 pages of text with drawings by Laurence Scarfe. A collection of various poems by numerous authors to include: Shakespeare, Milton, Byron, Shelley, Browning, Marlowe, Hardy, Robert Graves, Sassoon, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Evelyn Waugh, Dickens, W. Somerset Maugham, Rupert Brooke, Hemingway and many others.
  TB22501  $40.00



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  Webb, Walter Prescott:  The Texas Rangers A Century of Frontier Defense.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1935. First Limited Edition. An ex-library copy in near fine condition in 1/4, light brown morocco leather with tan covered boards with a dark blue leather title label stamped with gilt text on the spine. The top edge of the text block is gilt. A small quarto of 9 3/8 by 6 1/4 inches with very light rubbing to the leather at the head of the spine. The book plate of Jean Hersholt is on the front paste down. (Hersholt was an early Hollywood star his most famous role being in the 1937 film version of Heidi.) The title page is stamped with a library name at the lower margin and the dedication page shows a five digit number and there is the ghost of something removed from the rear paste down. Those are the only library marks in this copy. It does not have a dust jacket as issued; however, it is contained within a new replacement, black. cloth covered slipcase with the original, printed paper title label laid down on its spine with the handwritten number "30". This is one of the 205 signed by the author and numbered limited edition copies. This copy is identified as number 30 on the limitation page. 583 numbered pages including an index, text and illustrated from drawings by Lonnie Rees and with images from black and white photographs. First trade editions of this title in collectible condition are considered quite scarce. Signed, limited editions even more so. Ramon F. Adams in his bibliography Six-Guns and Saddle Leather referred to this title as: "The most thorough work to date on the Rangers." (Adams, 6-Guns 2333, Howes, W195) Laid-in at the front of the book is a book review from the New York Herald Tribune written by Henry Steele Commager.
  TB32210  $1600.00



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  Welch, James:  The Indian Lawyer.  New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1990. First Edition. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the fly title page.
  TB02286  $45.00



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  White, Randy Wayne:  The Sharks of Lake Nicaragua True Tales of adventure, travel and fishing.  New York: The Lyons Press, 1999. First Edition, First printing. Fine in deep purple and white paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. 221 pages of text.
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  White, Michael C.:  A Dream of Wolves.  New York: Cliff Street Books/HarperCollins Publishers, (2000). First Edition, First printing. Near fine in 1/4 dark blue cloth and white paper covered boards with curling to the head and heel of the spine and with a prior owner's name and phone number at the upper edge of the first free end page. There is also an "Autographed | Waldenbooks" label on that same page. In a near fine unclipped dust jacket with minor soiling to the lower edge of the rear panel. Signed by the author on the title page. 386 pages of text.
  TB25139  $15.00



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  Wiesel, Elie:  Zalmen, Or The Madness of God A Play.  New York: Random House, 1974. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in 1/4 white linen and decorated blue paper covered boards with the upper and lower edges of the boards modestly faded and with slight dust staining to the upper edge of the text block. In a very good+ dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap but with modest rubbing to the folds and light soiling to the panels. Signed by the author on the fly title page. 172 pages of script. Adapted for the stage by Marion Wiesel.
  TB16198  $50.00



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  Wiesel, Elie:  The Fifth Son.  Franklin Center, Penn.: The Franklin Library, 1985. Signed First Edition. Fine in full dark blue leather covered boards with four raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and with gilt tool work on both the front and rear boards. The end papers are marbled with a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All three edges of the text block are in gilt. A octavo measuring 8 3/4" by 5 1/2" containing 210 pages of text. Signed by the author on the specially tipped-in second free end page. Translated from the French by Marion Wiesel. One of The Franklin Library's volumes in their collection for the Signed First Edition Society A beautiful, tight, clean copy with no names, dates, notations; however, there is a prior owner's blind, embossed seal on the title page.
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  Wiley, Frank W.:  Montana and the Sky.  Minneapolis: Montana Aeronautics, 1966. First Edition. Near fine with the leather covered spine showing rubbing at the ends and small nicks in heavy cloth covered boards & gilt wings on front. Without a dust jacket; however, in a near fine slip case. Signed and numbered 155 out of only 250 copies printed on a laid-in page. 343 page with index and endpapers made of aeronautical maps of the Great Falls and Helena area. Subtitled: "The beginning of Aviation in the Land of the Shining Mountains."
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  Wilson, William E.:  The Wabash.  New York: Farrar & Rinehart, (1940). First Edition, First Printing. Very good+ in dark blue cloth covered boards with a gilt on light blue title block on the spine. The cloth over the complete backstrip is faded with the boards left largely untouched by the sun. In a very good+ unclipped dust jacket with a 1/2 inch deep by 2 inch long chip to the upper edge of the rear panel. Signed with a long, warm inscription by the author on the fly title page. The 8th volume in the Rivers of America Series. Illustrated by John de Martelly. 339 pages including an index, bibliography and text.
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  Wilson, R. L.:  Steeel Canvas The Art of American Arms.  New York: Random House, 1995. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in royal blue paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine and with the author's initials on the front board. There are small hints of shelf rubbing at the tips of the boards and at the heel of the spine. In a near fine unclipped dust jacket. An advance review copy with the publisher's review material laid-in at the front of the book. An oblong octavo measuring 8 1/2 by 10 3/4 inches containing 384 pages including an index, bibliography, appendix, glossary, text and illustrated with hundreds of color photographs by Peter Beard, G. Allan Brown, Douglas Sandberg and Jonathan Shorey. A nice copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
  TB28890  $50.00



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  Wolfe, George "Hooper":  I Drove Mules On The C and O Canal.  Dover, Del.: Dover Graphic Associates and Woodwend Studio, (1969). First Edition. Near fine in light brown cloth covered boards with a printed paper label on the front board. A small quarto of 10 by 8 inches. In a very good+, unclipped (no price) dust jacket with a long closed tear at the fold between the front panel and the spine area. Signed in flow pen on the title page by the author. 171 pages of text. Illustrated throughout from black and white photographs. Laid-in at the rear of this copy is a 16 page "Supplement To The First Edition" which provides a synopsis of the book, the C&O Canal Song and additional photographs. As of this writing there are no other copies of this title for sale on the Internet.
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  Woodman, Richard:  A Private Revenge.  London: John Murray, 1989. First Edition, First printing. Fine in brown cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Signed by the author on the title page. The ninth volume in the Nataniel Drinkwater series. It takes place on the frigate Patrician off the China coast in a voyage to Borneo.
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  Woodman, Richard:  Endangered Species.  London: Little, Brown & Co., 1992. First Edition, First printing. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. A novel of Captain John Mackinnon's last voyage before his retirement on the last passage by the old cargo vessel, Matthew Flinders.
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  Woodman, Richard:  Under False Colours.  London: John Murray, 1991. First Edition, First printing. Fine in gray cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Signed by the author on the title page. The tenth volume in the Nathaniel Drinkwater series. It takes place in 1809 when Drinkwater takes a role in efforts to disrupt the relationship between Napoleon and the Russian Tsar.
  TB13547  $20.00



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  Woodman, Richard:  Ebb Tide.  London: John Murray Publish., 1998. First Edition, First printing. Fine in red paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Signed by the author on the title page. The 14th Nathaniel Drinkwater novel which takes place in 1843.
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  Wouk, Herman:  The Caine Mutiny.  Franklin Center, Penn.: The Franklin Library, 1977. Signed Limited Edition. Fine in full red-brown leather covered boards with four raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations in the compartments. Both the front and rear boards are decorated with gilt tool work and borders. The end sheets are silk, there is a matching placement ribbon sewn in at the head of the spine and all edges of the text block are gilt . Without a dust jacket as issued. Signed by the author on the third free end page. Laid-in at the front of the book is the publisher's 22 page "notes from the editors". 544 pages of text illustrated with a two-page, color frontispiece. The author's third novel and one which was a major best seller and formed the basis of the movie of the same name. A very handsome and clean copy with no prior owner's names, dates or book plates.
  TB26659  $130.00



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  Wyeth, Betsy James, and Andrew Wyeth:  Christina's World: Paintings and Prestudies of Andrew Wyeth.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1982. First Edition, First printing. Fine in yellow-orange buckram covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and with blind embossing on the front board and brown end sheets. An oblong small quarto measuring 10 by 13 inches with no faults. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by both Andrew Wyeth and Betsy James Wyeth on the fly title page. 281 pages including an index of paintings, pre-studies and photographs. Illustrated throughout with black and white and color prints. A stunning beautiful copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind. This copy is still within its original shipping box.
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  Wylie, Elinor:  Mr. Hodge & Mr. Hazard.  New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. Signed, Limited First Edition. Near fine in dark blue cloth with silver colored text stamping on the spine and with the same plus decorations on the front board with green end sheets. All that remains of the original glassine dust jacket is the rear panel which remains with the book. The book is contained in a very good light green paper covered slip case. Signed on the limitation page by the author. Although this copy is out of series it is identified on the limitation page as a "printer's copy". 256 pages of text many pages of which remain unopened and uncut.
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  Yeslah, M. D. [Mina Deane Halsey]:  A Tenderfoot In Southern California.  New York: Self published, 1908. Limited First Edition. Very good+ in red cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and on the front board with the cloth at the lower tips of the boards worn through and rubbing to the joints. Without a dust jacket. Signed by the author (probably with an auto-pen) and this copy is identified as number 7,459. 150 pages of text with line art illustrations. A tourist's impressions of southern California and in particular Los Angeles.
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  Young, Stanley P. and Edward A. Goldman:  The Wolves of North America.  Washington, DC: The American Wildlife Institute, 1944. First Edition, Limited Edition. Very good+ in the uncommon, 3/4 bison leather and olive green cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spine and with a gilt image of a wolf's head on the front board. The front and rear end sheets have applied to them one page biographies of the two authors. An octavo measuring 9" by 6". The leather at the head and heel of the spine is rubbed and worn. The front joint was separated from the backstrip, but has been professionally reinforced to join the backstrip with the front board. The front hinge remains intact. The rear joint and hinge remains tight and strong. Without a dust jacket and probably as issued. A limited, presentation copy, one of only 102 copies so produced. The fly title page which is signed, inscribed and dated 1949 by the author to his good friend Dr. Bill Morgan (who was an author and linguist). In his long inscription the author notes that the binding for this particular volume is "buffalo hide" and he mentions the limitation which is not indicated elsewhere in the book. 636 pages including an index, a section of black and white photographs of skulls of North American Wolves, bibliography and text. Illustrated with maps and black and white photographs. Illustrated with a color frontispiece and 131 plates in total from black and white photographs. An extremely unusual and uncommon copy.
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  Zamperini with Helen Itria, Louis:  Devil At My Heels The Story of Louis Zamperini.  New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., c1956, 1961. Fourth Printing of Nov., 1961. Very good+ in red paper covered boards with black text on the spine and a black and red title block on the front board. A small octavo of 8 by 5 3/8 inches with two very short closed tears to the ends of the spine; a notation in ink on the front paste down and a prior owner's address label on the first free end page and an address correction in pencil. In a very good, unclipped dust jacket with small chips from the lower edges of the front panel, a 3/4 inch closed tear at the upper rear corner of the front panel at the fold to the spine area, shallow chipping at the upper edge of the spine area which is also faded. Signed by the author on the first free end page without an inscription or a date. 251 pages of text and with a foreword by Billy Graham. Illustrated with a frontispiece from a black and white photograph of the author standing with Billy Graham and with 14 plates scattered through the text all from photographs and 3 line art images. Louis Zamperini was the subject of Laura Hillenbrand's 2010 book: Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival the story of Zamperini's life as the 1936 Olympic winner of the 5,000 meter race and the tragic story of his captivity in a Japanese prison camp during World War II singled out for punishment because of his Olympic win.
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  Zebrowski, George:  Macrolife.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, 1990. Collector's Edition. Fine in full light brown leather covered boards with three raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and with gilt tool work on both the front and rear boards. The end papers are silk with a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All three edges of the text block are in gilt. An octavo measuring 9" by 6" deep containing 279 pages of text. Signed by the author on the second free end page and laid-in is the two page notes from the publisher. Illustrated with drawings by Rick Sternbach and with an introduction by Ian Watson. One of the volumes in The Easton Press' collection of Masterpieces of Science Fiction. A very handsome, tight, clean copy with no names, dates, notations or former owner's book plates.
  TB27353  $65.00



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