Key West, Florida: SeaStory Press, 2015. First Edition. Cloth. INSCRIBED by the Author on the title page, tall 8vo, black cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front cover, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a silhouette of a woman-as-tree, vii, [viii] + 391 pages. Michael Ritchie is a...... More
Philadelphia [Boston & New York]: Joseph Healy / Weeks, Jordan & Co. /, 1838. First Edition. Decorated & gilt-stamped cloth. 12mo (7 1/4" x 4 1/2"), original publisher's brown cloth with gold lettering on spine, "Whittier's Poems" framed in gold on front cover which also has tiny fleur-de-lis [stylized lilly]..... More
New York London: Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2017. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. 8vo, black quarter cloth with silver lettering on spine over bright blue boards, Preface by Peter Catapano, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) designed by Michael Vrana, xi, [xii] + 435 pages. Peter Catapano was born..... More
New York: Random House, 2018. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author with "AB" initials on the title page, tall 8vo, white quarter cloth with gold lettering over white boards, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting two women sitting on balcony overlooking the Washington monument..... More
London: Severn House, 2018. First World Edition. Pictorial boards. INSCRIBED on the title page, 8vo, glossy pictorial boards depicting a woman's shoe and leg in dark foliage, cover art repeated on dust jacket (unclipped), 296 pages + [2] Acknowledgements. INSCRIBED "...What would you do on your Last Night Out! Best..... More
First Edition. Boards. SIGNED boldly on the title page by the Author, tall 8vo, black boards with silvery light green lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a broken window with shards of glass remaining, 284 pages + [1] Acknowledgements. "Whodunit suspense with smart unraveling of family..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2011. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author on the front free map endpaper, 8vo, black quarter cloth with white lettering over gray boards, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting green palm trees at night, map endpapers of Sanibel..... More
Chicago Philadelphia Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, 1924. Frank Godwin. Reprint. Cloth and boards. 8vo, green cloth with gold lettering on spine and full-color glossy pictorial panel depiicting six pirates by Frank Godwin affixed to front cover, illustrated by Frank Godwin with full-color glossy frontispiece and 3 additional color..... More
New York, N.Y. New American Library / Penguin Random House, 2016. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. INSCRIBED by the Author on the title page, 8vo, light blue cloth with gold letters on spine over light red boards, Brodart-protected dust jacket (unclipped), viii, [ix-x] + 305. Lisa Beazley is..... More
Myrtle Creek, Oregon: The Mail Printers for Beatrice L. Bliss, 1972. Period photos of participants and locations. First Edition. Pebbled boards. SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the front free endpaper + her inlaid small handwritten note, brown textured boards with tan lettering on spine and front cover,illustrated with 20 half-tone..... More
Berkeley: Ten Speed Press < Random House, 2005. Photos by De Mello and Peterson. First Edition, Later Printing. Cloth. SIGNED with "Happy Holidays!" by the Chef-Author on a bookplate, 4to (8 1/4" x 10 3/4"), purple cloth with white lettering on spine and front cover, profusely illustrated with color photos by John De Mello and Scott Peterson, photographic dust jacket (unclipped) with red tail of fish, green endpapers, [vi] + 242 pages. Roy Yamaguchi (born 1956) is the chef and founder 30 Roy's Restaurants, the Tavern by Roy Yamaguchi and Eating House 1849. He is revered for his culinary skills and respected as the innovator of Hawaiian inspired cuisine, an eclectic blend of California-French-Japanese cooking traditions created with..... More
New York: An Orion Press Book / Grossman Publishers, 1971. B&W photos, maps. First Edition. Cloth. Thick 8vo, blood red cloth with pink lettering on spine and Aztec bird framed on front cover, illustrated with 20 B&W plates (some full-page), archival mylar-protected dark blue-green dust jacket (unclipped) with white lettering..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf / Borzoi Books, 1972. Richard Erdoes. First Edition. Cloth. Tall 8vo (6 3/4" x 9 1/4"), light green cloth with gold lettering on spine with small embossed & stylized Indian on horseback on front cover,profusely illustrated with B&W photos by Richard Erdoes, archival mylar-protected dust..... More
London: Dulau and Company / Schott and Co., 1884. Wood engravings from photos. New Edition: Enlarged and Revised. Decorated & gilt-stamped cloth. Thick 4to [8 1/2" x 10"), original publisher's dark green cloth with gilt lettering on spine & embossed Guanarius violin of Paganini's centered on front cover, illustrated with..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1953. First American Edition. Cloth. 8vo, beige quarter buckram with black label & gold lettering over pale blue boards with "N.K." stamped in gold, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting small dancing Zorba within a larger portrait silhouette designed by Dick Dodge, translated from..... More
Rock Island, Illinois: Augustana Book Concern, 1946. Laura Bannon. First Edition. Cloth. INSCRIBED by the Author on the half title, small 8vo (5 3/4" x 8"), beige cloth with dark blue lettering on spine & front cover plus sketches of the cousins on front cover, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket..... More
New York London Toronto Sydney Auckland: Doubleday, 2014. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED elaborately by the Author on front endpaper, 8vo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4"), black quarter cloth with silver lettering on spine over black boards, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a red dragonfly..... More
New York: Borzoi Book / Alfred A. Knopf, 2011. First American Edition. Cloth and boards. Ttall 8vo, black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over red boards, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with an illustration of a carriage, 291 pages + [1] A Note About the Author /..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1954. Book Club Edition. Cloth and boards. 8vo, brown quarter cloth with silver spine lettering over wheat-colored buckram over boards, archival mylar-protected white-lettered brown dust jacket (unclipped) depicting the sketch of a man slumped in his chair, tan endpapers, top of page-edges stained brown..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1971. Book Club Edition. Cloth and boards. 8vo, grass green quarter cloth with two-color spine lettering (black author's name & gold titles) over purple & green vertically-striped light beige boards, archival mylar-protected white & red lettered green dust jacket (unclipped) with a woman in..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1960. Book Club Edition. Cloth. 8vo, dark green boards with silver lettering, archival mylar-protected green pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with clustered sketches of the novel's characters by Allan Mardon, 213 pages. .Dame Agatha Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (1890 – 1976) was an English writer..... More
New York San Francisco St. Louis Dusseldorf Mexico Toronto: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1972. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Tall 8vo, brown cloth with gold lettering on spine with blind-stamped title and "Jack Kerouac" on front cover, Introduction entitled "The Great Rememberer" by poet Allen Ginsberg, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, June, 1929. Stephen Gooden. Limited Revised American Edition: #13 of 500 copies. Vellum & boards. SIGNED by the Author George Moore & Artist Stephen Gooden on front endpaper, small 4to (6 1/2" x 10 3/8"), 1/8th vellum backstrip with gold lettering on spine over black..... More
New York: Philosophical Library, 1956. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo (8 1/4" x 5 5/8"), beige cloth with brown lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected dark green pictorial dust jacket (price-clipped) with white lettering & human head suspended by strings, 221 pages. Arthur Louis Wormhoudt (1918 - 2007): MA;Ph.D., SUI. After the..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1952. New Edition. Cloth. 8vo, dark blue with gold lettering on spine, lettered dust jacket (mylar-protected with bevelled corners & $2.00 price present), [x], 11-127 pages. Frederic Ridgely Torrence (1874 - 1950) was an American poet, and poetry editor of The New Republic. Poems was his..... More