No Place: Blue from the Death Edition, 1994. First edition. Number 3 of only 39 copies SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND ARTIST. Bell's short story about buskers in New York City illustrated with five woodcuts by de la Fontaine. Chinese-style cloth scroll, 18 x 32 inches, with text and illustrations in..... Item #53353 More
New York: Viking Press, 1983. First edition. His first novel. SIGNED by Bell on the title page. Near fine in dust jacket with barest shelf wear to edges. Item #48503 More
New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1921. First edition of the AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. INSCRIBED, DATED AND SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper. "For Billie Allen / in memory of many / happy hours on the / shore of Lake Como / Robert C. Benchley / Dec 20..... Item #40334 More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (1993). First edition. INSCRIBED on title page "To Doris [Grumbach] - | With admiration & affection, | Liz [printed "Elizabeth" crossed out] | April 2, 1993 | NYC". Fine in fine dust jacket. Item #30774 More
San Francisco: (Privately printed by Grabhorn Press), 1946. First edition, limited issues. Two volumes, each from the limited edition of 200 copies. The first volume as usually seen in 8vo dark yellow paperwraps printed in black and red on front and folded over crudely pasted flexible boards. INSCRIBED BY BENNETT..... Item #55484 More
New York: Neale Publishing Co., 1909 - 1912. First edition. Twelve volumes, EACH ONE SIGNED BY BIERCE. (The regular signed limited edition of 250 numbered copies was signed in first volume only.) THIS SET WITH "COMPLIMENTS OF" PAGE SIGNED BY BIERCE IN EACH VOLUME, three of which are signed in..... Item #54511 More
New York: Harper & Row, (1968). First edition. A book of short stories. INSCRIBED, "For Nancy and Roger All the best Stephen Birmingham 1982 & again in '89." Bookplate on front pastedown and cloth a little faded on spine and top edge, otherwise fine in dust jacket. Item #34778 More
Boston: Little, Brown and Co., (1961). First edition of his third book. INSCRIBED (3 times) "For Meg Balcom with warmest good wishes from Bill Steers and me author, Stephen Birmingham." Again on front endpaper, " '61 Nancy and Roger. Here I am again. Stephen Birmingham '89." And again on back..... Item #34775 More
Boston: Little, Brown and Co., (1959). First edition of his first book, a novel. INSCRIBED "For Nancy and Roger All the best Stephen Birmingham 1982 & again in '89." Fine in dust jacket with edgewear, spine a little faded, and minor chipping on corners and spine ends... Item #34777 More
(New York: Athens Printing Company), no-date. First edition. SIGNED with inscription in Greek on front endpaper. Text in Greek and five poems translated to English. Near fine in glossy, stapled paper wraps with light rubbing to spine ends and corners. Item #51668 More
New York: Villard, (1996). First edition. Two volumes. SIGNED and INSCRIBED with lines from the book. The paperwraps, "advance reader's edition," inscribed, "The boy general, son of the morning star . . ."; and the first edition in dust jacket inscribed, "I am . . . .compelled to write... Item #47454 More
New York: W. W. Norton & Co., (1973). First edition. SIGNED by the author on the bright yellow front endpaper. Front cover bowed a bit, otherwise near fine or better in price-clipped dust jacket showing very minor shelf wear. Item #48855 More
[Delavan, WI]: G&G Books, (1995). First U.S. edition in hardback. Includes introduction by Martin Cruz Smith and afterword by Block written specially for this edition. Number 365 of 500 SIGNED, NUMBERED COPIES. Fine in fine dust jacket. Item #71699 More
Aliso Viejo: James Cahill Publ. 1996. First U.S. edition in hardcover. Number 113 of 200 SIGNED NUMBERED COPIES. Illustrated by Phil Parks. Fine in fine dust jacket and fine publisher's slipcase, as issued. Item #71697 More
Arlington Heights: Dark Harvest, 1993. First U.S. edition in hardback. Adds an introduction by Jonathan Kellerman. SIGNED BY BLOCK on title page. Fine in near fine dust jacket with touch of light rubbing. Item #71696 More
Middletown, Connecticut: Robin Price, 2005. First edition. First separate publication of Bloom's short story which first appeared in Ms. magazine. Number 37 of 125 copies SIGNED BY BLOOM, TIERNEY, & PRICE. This copy additionally inscribed "this copy for Allen K. Mears" on colophon by Price who designed, letterpress printed, and..... Item #55875 More
New York: Harbinger House, (1942). First edition. Poetry collection from the "King of Greenwich Village Bohemians" who descended into dereliction after making a name for himself in the 1920s and '30s (Wikipedia). ASSOCIATION COPY INSCRIBED, "To [William] Saroyan/ A poet to another poet/ --- is there/ any difference?/ Maxwell Bodenheim."..... Item #55982 More
New York: Beaufort Books, (1984). First U.S. edition. INSCRIBED, "For Marian, With all good wishes, Michael Bond." Bond wrote books for children, most notably his series featuring "Paddington Bear." This is one is for adults -- a gastronomic mystery in his series featuring Monsieur Pamplemousse and his faithful bloodhound, Pommes..... Item #54653 More
Rockville: Quill & Brush, 1975-1986. Each is a first edition. A collection of the books we published before Putnam started publishing us in 1989. They were INSCRIBED to a bookseller, in some cases to two (one being Bev Cheney, a good friend who died a few years ago). Includes the..... Item #40400 More
New York: Random House, (1969). First edtition. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by the author on the front free endpaper. Fine in dust jacket with light soiling. Item #46796 More
New York: The Viking Press, (1976). First edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the endpaper to Pulitzer Prize winner and Poet Laureate Anthony Hecht and wife, "for Tony and Helen in joy of their being... with great affection and admiration for each. Philip 12 IV 76." Booth has also noted..... Item #53711 More
(New York): Viking, (1999). First edition. INSCRIBED in the form of a poem to Pulitzer Prize winner and Poet Laureate Anthony Hecht, "This lifetime/ of LIFELINES/ are for/ Tony,/ with thanks for/ the resurrected blurb,/ but most of all/ the mastery of/ his own lifelong/ works.../ Yrs, as ever,/ Philip/..... Item #53751 More
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., (1988). First U.S. edition. INSCRIBED, "For --- With good wishes. William Boyd." Fine in dust jacket. Item #35867 More
London: Faber and Faber, (1952). Two volumes of the first UK edition. One is INSCRIBED to her good friend Doris Grumbach, the novelist, essayist and critic, "Love to Doris - Kay." In what appears to us to be the first binding: light-red cloth with gold lettering. Chambers [A25c] calls for..... Item #29768 More
London: Faber and Faber, (1948). First UK edition. INSCRIBED on the title page, "To Doris (Grumbach) with love - Kay Washington, D.C." Grumbach, the author of Chamber Music and a number of other well-received works was a good friend of Boyle's. Short, previous owner's inscription on front endpaper, otherwise fine..... Item #29244 More