Boston New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. 8vo, black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over gray boards, Mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) of Paul Theroux by Jerry Bauer, red endpapers, [viii] + 466 pages. "The man is fiction, but the mask... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf / A Borzoi Book, 2015. Photos, diagrams. First Edition. Cloth and boards. Ex Library: Thick 8vo, tan quarter cloth over green boards, illustrated with 8 pages of B&W photographs and 47 in-text illustrations, Mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) of young Vladimir and Véra Slonim, lix... More
New York: Random House, 1954. First Edition, First Printing. Decorative cloth. 8vo, maroon cloth with peach & silver lettering on spine plus three reddish-&-black doubled crosses embossed on the front cover, Mylar-protected gray-blue dust jacket with a black cross (unclipped) by Riki Levinson, blue-gray endpapers, yellow topstain, 437 pages. Near... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1955. Taro Yashima. First Edition (likely later printing). Pictorial boards. SIGNED, INSCRIBED, & STAMPED with his red Japanese Chop by the Author-Illustrator, small folio (12" x 9"), pictorial boards, no dust jacket, green endpapers decorated with a red flower & yellow butterfly, 37 pages. CALDECOTT... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011. First Edition. Boards. SIGNED by Thomas Friedman on the free front endpaper, 8vo, light blue boards with gold lettering on spine, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with a series of American flags in color, 380 pages + [2] About the Authors. Columnist Thomas... More
New York: William Morrow / HarperCollinsPublishers, 2017. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author on half title, 8vo, black cloth with gold lettering on spine over black boards blindstamped "WM," Mylar-protected white lettered red dust jacket (unclipped) by Miss Ty, xiv, [xv-xvi] + 336 pages. Scott... More
New York: Random House, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo,black cloth with gold lettering on spine, illustrated with 37 B&W plates; 23 in-text illustrations, and 2 maps, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting Wallace against a collage of birds and places he studied by Marek Antoniak, xi, [xii] +... More
New York: A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book / Harcourt, Brace and World, Inc., 1966. First American Edition. Cloth. 8vo, black glossy cloth with gold lettering, Mylar-protected black dust jacket with title in red (price cliipped), xiv + 306 pages. A classic study of animal and human behavior. VERY GOOD OVERALL... More
Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo,black cloth with gold lettering on spine, illustrated with 37 B&W plates; 23 in-text illustrations, and 2 maps, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting Wallace against a collage of birds and places he studied by Marek Antoniak, xi, [xii]... More
Boston New York London: Little, Brown & Company, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author, 8vo, olive green quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over light green boards, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) by Deborah Lill, 310 pages. Debut novel! This is an engaging... More
New York: Random House, 1982. First Edition Thus. Cloth. IINSCRIBED by the Author, 8vo, black cloth with white lettering and wraparound figure of a man in white at the top of the spine, with an Introduction by the Author, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) illustrated by E. McKnight Kaufer, 439... More
New York: Avenel Books, 1978. First Reprint of Knopf 1934 Edition. Cloth. Thick 8vo, black cloth with gold lettering on spine, illustrated with images provided by the New York Public Library, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped), George Orson Welles (1915 – 1985) was an American actor, director, writer, and producer... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2008. Glossy color & B&W reproductions. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo, green cloth with bright green lettering on spine, preliminary map of Prince Edward's Island & three sets of 16-pages of glossy pages with reproductions of contemporary B&W and color photographs and illustrations, Mylar-protected... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, c.1956. Early G&D Edition: Reprint. Cloth. Small 8vo, green cloth with black lettering in "label," Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting Captain Ahab [looking rather like movie posters of Gregory Peck], 633 pages. A striking (!) edition of this American classic novel. Moby-Dick; or... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers / Thrushwood Books, 1940. Early Reprinted Edition. Cloth. Small 8vo, bright green cloth with black lettering on spine and black stylized farm in small panel on front cover, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) of Rebecca in green dress, hat, holding a green umbrella, [x]... More
New York: William Morrow / HarperCollinsPublishers, 2012. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, 8vo, pumpkin quarter cloth with dayglo-turquoise lettering over beige boards, Mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) the back of a man sitting, 401, [402] pages + [2] Acknowledgements. Dennis... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlop, 1917. Photographs. Photoplay / Universal Film Edition. Cloth. Small 8vo 7 5/8" x 5 1/8"), pictorial green cloth with black lettering on spine & cover with tubby submarine, illustrated with 4 glossy B&W photos from the Universal Film, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped), xiv +... More
Huntington Woods, Michigan: Phantasia Press, 1982. Ed Emshwiller. Book Club Edition. Cloth. 8vo, Navy blue quarter cloth with red lettering on spine over lighter blue boards, Foreword by STEVEN KING, Mylar-protected decorative dust jacket (unclipped) with cover art by Jane MacKenzie, xvi + 299 pages. Harlan Jay Ellison (born May... More
Ottawa, Canada: National Museum of Canada Bulletin 65 Anthropological Series No. 15, 1963. Color and B&W photographs. Sixth Edition. Cloth. ASSOCIATION COPY once belonging to Professor Lee Braude, Sociologist at the University of Chicago, small 4to, burgundy cloth,with gold lettering on spine and front cover, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped)... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1897. Fourth Edition, with new appendices. Half leather and marbled boards. 8vo, half maroon calf and marbled boards with gold lettering on spine, illustrated with numerous folding charts and tables, 353 pages. Very Good or better condition: tight, bright, unmarked, with all folding plates... More
Boston: Beacon Press, 1962. First Edition. Cloth and boards. 8vo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4"), dark beige quarter cloth with reddish lettering on spine over pale cream boards with blind-stamped Beacon Press buildings, Mylar-protected lettered dust jacket (unclipped), xiv + 369 pages. Sir Hamilton Gibb was "A Leading authority on... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1960. Pat Marriott. First Edition. Decorated cloth. 8vo, tan cloth with embossed drawing on the front cover of a sperm whale hunt by Pat Marriott, illustrated with several full-page line drawings by Marriott, top edge of pages stained red by publisher for dust protection, 190 pages. Willard... More
By the Artist, c.1940. Original. Watercolor. SIGNED lower right "Garth Williams" in pencil; paper size: (9" x 12" with image size: 7" x 9"), medium is sepia and ink (with possible watercolor), estate catalog number lower right verso in pencil. Light creasing, toning, and signs of handling around edges. More
New York, Evanston, and London: Harper & Row, Publishers, c.1958. Richard Bergere. Book Club Edition [#592 on flap]. Boards. Thick 8vo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4"), pale yellow boards, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped), ATreeGIB illustrated with drawings by Richard Bergere, (pp.1-368: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn); ([369-373], 374-733 pages... More
New York: Walker and Company, 1973. Eric Sloane. First Edition. Cloth. PRESENTATION COPY with LIBERTY BELL SKETCH SIGNED by the Author-Illustrator, small 4to (10 1/2" x 7 1/2"), pebble-grain beige board with light gray-blue lettering on spine and image of Liberty Bell on cover, 26 B&W illustrations by Eric Sloan--many... More