London Melbourne Auckland Johannesburg: Rider, 1986. Chinese text faces English translations. First Edition. Cloth and boards. Tall 8vo, red cloth with silver lettering on spine; archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting an 18th century Chinese fortune-teller at his deskwork; illustrated with Hexagram symbols above English text with Chinese symbols..... More
New York: Ballantine Books, 1996. Chinese text faces English translations. First Edition, First Printing [Chinese text faces English on many pages]. Cloth and boards. Tall 8vo, red eighth cloth with gold lettering on spine over black boards, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) designed by Carlos Beltran; illustrated with Chinese..... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1933. First Edition. Cloth. INSCRIBED by the Author on the front free endpaper, tall 8vo (9 1/4" x 6 1/2"), light tan burlap-covered boards with paste-down green & brown labels for title and author on spine, protective clear archival film sleeve added to dust jacket..... More
China: Beaux Arts Editions, 1995. Photos of art. First Edition. Cloth. Folio (13 3/8" x 10" x 1 3/8"), navy blue cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover, profusely illustrated with color photographs of magnificent Jewish art, religious objects, paintings, books, and artifacts; pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with..... More
London: Andre Deutsch with the Noel Coward Foundation, 2012. Color & B/W Photographs. First Edition, First Printing. Photographic boards. Folio (11 7/8" x 10 1/8" x 1 1/4"), glossy padded boards with B&W photo of Noël Coward; profusely illustrated with color & B/W photos of NC + 6 pockets containing..... More
New York: David McKay Company, I nc. 1975. Photos, maps, diagrams. First U.S. Edition. Cloth. 8vo, black cloth with gold lettering on spine, profusely illustrated with B&W period photos, maps, & diagrams; archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped); Index, [x] + 253 pages. SUPERB & Illustrated thoughtful overview of major..... More
London New York Toronto: Longmans, Green and Co., 1929. 3 maps. New Edition & New Impression. Cloth. 8vo, blue cloth with gold lettering on spine, 3 maps (one foldout), Index, xx + 352 pages. Fine copy: tight, bright, clean. Cloth is slightly faded with a few minute scuffs. No dust..... More
New York: Flatiron Books, 2020. B&W photos. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Tall 8vo (9 1/2" x 6 1/2"), black cloth with gold lettering on spine, illustrated with a few B&W in-text period images, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with partial face of Abraham Lincoln, map endpapers of Lincoln's..... More
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Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923. Early Reprint of 1922 edition. Cloth. 12mo (7 1/4" x 4 3/4"), blue cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover, archival mylar-protected lettered tan dust jacket (clipped), 72 pages. SUPERIOR COPY of this remarkable statement by brilliant and self-made..... More
Oxford New York, etc. Oxford University Press, 2002. Period photographic & other images. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Small quarto (9 1/2" x 6 1/2" x 1 5/8"), gray quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over pale green boards, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped: $35.00) with..... More
The Lyons Press, 2000. Photographs. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Quarto (9 1/2" x 7 1/4" x 1 1/2"), charcoal gray quarter cloth with silver lettering on spine over blue-gray boards; Introduction by Nick Lyons; Foreword by Jack Hemingway; illustrated with 32pp. of glossy full-page B&W photos; archival..... More
New York, New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, (1943). First Edition, second printing, war edition. Cloth. SIGNED by the Author on the half title, thick 8vo (8 3/4" x 6" x 2"), light blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine, archival mylar-jacket added, [iv] + 515 pages. Wallace Stegner (1909-1993)..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2018. First U.S. Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author on a preliminary front endpaper, tall & thick 8vo, light blue quarter cloth with silver lettering on spine over white boards with several images, blue-gray endpapers with cloth's pin facing spade, 537..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1953. Beth and Joe Krush. First U.S. Edition. Cloth and boards. 8vo (8 1/4" x 5 1/2"), blue-gray cloth with blue stenciled lettering with needle, thimble, & other sewing items on spine and small girl drawing on lower corner of front cover, illustrated with..... More
New York: Harper, 2016. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED boldly by the Author on a special publisher's front endpaper, tall 8vo (9 1/4" x 6 1/4"), black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over blue boards, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a film strip..... More
New York: Random House, 1990. First American Edition. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author on the front free endpaper, 8vo, brown quarter cloth with silver spine lettering over off-white boards with "P/T" stamped in silver on front cover, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with the face of a...... More
London: John Murray, 1868. Engravings & woodcuts. Fifth Edition. Decorated & gilt-stamped leather. Small quarto (9 7/8" x 6 3/4" x 1 7/8"), full red Morocco by Sotheran with five raised hubs on spine plus gilt lettering on spine and gilt detailing on borders & inner dentelles; profusely illustrated with..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. First Trade Edition. Cloth. SIGNED by the Author on the half-title, 8vo, tan cloth with "John Updike" in silver on cover, archival mylar-protected dust jacket with photo of young Updike (unclipped) & another photo of him signing a book on the back panel, photographic..... More
New York London: Charles Scribners Sons / Batsford, 1947. B&W photographs; a few color. Reprint U.S. Edition [Printed in England]. Cloth. 8vo (215 x 15cm), maroon cloth boards, with 6 colour and 170 b&w illustrations, plus 172 figures, pictorial dust jacket (unclipped); publisher's red topstain; endpapers with green chronological tables..... More
New York: The Mysterious Press, 2023. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo, black cloth with gold lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected lettered dust jacket (unclipped: $27.95), 394 pages. EXCEPTIONAL "LIKE NEW" CONDITION. Bright, clean unclipped dust jacket. No previous owner or remainder marks. Thomas Perry (born 1947) is an award-winning..... More
New York: Atheneum / Maxwell Macmillan International, 1990. Reproductions of Period images. First American Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Tall 8vo ("9 1/2" x 6 1/2" x 1 1/2"), cloth and boards, illustrated with 54 glossy images of period figures, 3 maps, & 10 line drawing; archival mylar-protected pictorial..... More
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1997. Alan Lee. First American Edition thus illustrated based on Fourth English Edition. Decorated & gilt-stamped cloth. Small quarto (10" x 7 7/8"x 1 1/4"), black cloth with gold lettering on spine and dragon on front cover, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped)..... More
Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 1999. Maps of 5 Irish cities. Collector's Edition in leather illustrated with maps. Leather with blind- & gilt-stamping. SIGNED by the Author on a special preliminary signature page & on the Easton Press Certificate of Authenticity, thick & tall 8vo / aka small 4to (9 3/8"..... More
Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 2000. Collector's Edition. Leather with blind- & gilt-stamping. SIGNED by the Author on the signature page & SIGNED COA, tall 8vo, full black leather with four raised bands and .22kt gold title and embellishments on spine and further starlike scrolling on front cover, peach silk moiré..... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2015. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. SIGNED by the Author on the front free endpaper, tall 8vo, tan cloth with gold lettering on spine, Index, 341 pages. Bill, the "Science Guy," promotes the appealing idea that with scientific curiosity and optimism we can surmount all..... More