New York / Boston: Various publishers, 1907 - 1921. First edition. Eight books, all but one first printings, six INSCRIBED and three with LETTERS SIGNED to his aunt, MRS. J. B. RIDEOUT--author of CAMPING OUT IN CALIFORNIA--laid in. Henry Milner Rideout (1877-1927), a native of Calais, Maine, was author of..... Item #52483 More
New York: Macmillan, 1930. Early reprint published September 1930. SIGNED by Robinson "October 20, 1930/ For W. E. Brooks." Gilt stamping a little dulled otherwise near fine in lightly soiled near fine dust jacket. Item #38716 More
Minneapolis, Minnesota: Milkweed Editions, 2001. First edition. Casebound, in dust jacket. One of 3,500 first trade edition copies. Inclusive work by one of America's best naturalist poets. INSCRIBED BY THE POET, "Pattiann Rogers / For Al -- / With Pleasure / in meeting you / & talking with / you..... Item #55658 More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961. First edition. INSCRIBED on front endpaper, "For John and Mary Beth/ with love/ Jack." His most popular work. Basis for the 1964 movie starring Warren Beatty, Jean Seberg and Peter Fonda. Set in Stonemont which, we assume, is a stand-in for Rockville, MD, as..... Item #55243 More
(Washington, D.C. The Word Works, 1983). First edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page, "Ernie: I can't tell you how much I appreciate your words on the cover. Looking forward to seeing you. Bob." Inscription is to poet Ernest Kroll, who provided the following blurb that appears on..... Item #50933 More
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, (1906). First edition. INSCRIBED by author on first free endpaper, "P. H. Mayo, Esq./ Best wishes of The Author: Winthrop E. Scarritt, Hot Springs. Va. Aug. 1906." Recipient's bookplate on front pastedown. Illustrated with 16 black-and-white photographs. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering..... Item #52633 More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1912. First edition. INSCRIBED, "For Mrs. Samuel Prentiss who suggested the book---." Also a gift inscription below Schauffler's. Very good with a cover that is rubbed on corners and spine ends and lightly soiled. Lacking dust jacket. Item #51557 More
Garden City: Doubleday & Co, Inc., 1972. First edition. Illustrated with photographs. INSCRIBED TWICE by Schulberg on front endpaper: "To Rocky Aoki -- All my best. Budd Schulberg." Followed by, "And now to Rolland L. Comstock, Sincerely Budd Schulberg 4/3/92." Hiroaki "Rocky" Aoki, a former wrestler, founded the Benihana restaurant..... Item #56083 More
New York: Random House, (1986). First edition. INSCRIBED and dated on title page. Fine in near fine dust jacket that has one small creased, closed tear. Item #21065 More
New York: Soho, (2000). First edition. Author's first book. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the title page. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Item #46947 More
San Diego: Harcourt, Brace & Co., (1996). First edition. A Harvest paperback original. INSCRIBED to Pulitzer Prize winner and Poet Laureate Anthony Hecht and wife, "For Tony & Helen: with best wishes, Charlie / Nov 14, 1996 / Strafford, N.H." Fine in pictorial white paperwraps printed in black and red..... Item #53744 More
(No-place): William B. Ewert, 1999. First edition. One of 250 copies for private distribution of which 50 were on special paper and signed by Simic and the illustrator/calligrapher, R.P. Hale. This copy presumed to be one of the 200 regular copies (though the paper appears special enough). INSCRIBED BY SIMIC..... Item #54268 More
New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, (1971). First U.S. edition. Translated from the Yiddish by Singer and Elizabeth Shub. Generically SIGNED BY SINGER on title page, "Love/ I B Singer." Fine in good dust jacket toned on edges and tanned at spine with small stains where 2 thumb-nail tears were internally..... Item #54062 More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (1972). First edition. A novel from the Nobel Prize-winning author. INSCRIBED BY SINGER on first blank page: "Greetings I. B. Singer Oct 31 1976." Page edges lightly foxed otherwise near fine in like dust jacket with spine toned from green to blue, as often..... Item #55021 More
New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., (1960). First edition. Designated by Claude himself as #10 of 10 copies "with unfortunate printing error [hand-]corrected." SIGNED by Claude on title page and INSCRIBED on the copyright page with error message. Home-made bookmark at location of the error labeled in the author's hand..... Item #52996 More
New York: St. Martin's Press, (1991). First edition. Uncorrected proof in blue, printed paperwraps. INSCRIBED on half-title page, "To Tom & Enid, Here's hoping to see you in Boulder sometime -- All the best -- Julie 10/12/91." The sequel to her Edgar Award-winner, NEW ORLEANS MOURNING, the first to feature..... Item #20354 More
Brockport: BOA Editions, 1977. First edition. One of 1000 copies. Red cloth boards with black lettering on spine, black endpages. INSCRIBED on title page by Snodgrass to Pulitzer Prize winner and Poet Laureate Anthony Hecht and wife, "for Tony and Helen with delight and affection / De / W. D...... Item #53731 More
Baltimore: Charles Seluzicki, 1978. First edition. Printed at the Janus Press. Number 218 of 300 copies SIGNED by Snodgrass, who translated the folk songs herein from the collections first made by Bartok and Kodaly (1906 and 1929, respectively). Illustrated with decorations cut by Dorian McGowan. Stiff, unlettered, tan paperwraps, with..... Item #54275 More
Washington, D.C. Counterpoint Press, 1995. First edition. Essay collection. Presentation copy INSCRIBED BY SNYDER, "For Al Mears/ Gary Snyder/ 9.XI.95." The date is November 9, 1995, and was presented during a conversation following Snyder's reading at Chapters bookstore. As new in dust jacket. Item #55634 More
New York: Random House, (1947). First edition. INSCRIBED on half-title page. Edges slightly tanned, a few letters on spine slightly rubbed, and small spot on upper rear edge as well as the corners worn through to boards, otherwise very good lacking dust jacket. Item #25765 More
Munich, West Germany: Carl Hanser Verlag, 1989. First edition. Presentation copy "for/Allen Mears/best (indecipherable)/Botho Strauss/Berlin 11.3.90." Book about Jeffers, in paperwraps. As new. Item #55608 More
(Dublin): Beaver Row Press, (1985). First edition. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the half-title page. Small sticker on title page. Near fine in pictorial paperwraps. Item #38974 More
New York: McGraw-Hill, (1973). First edition. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper. A tale of "loopholes" in the welfare system. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Item #47918 More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, (1973). First edition. INSCRIBED, "For the Laites with thanks and warmest good wishes. Theodore Sturgeon / April 1973." About fine with just the barest rubbing on corners; in a near fine dust jacket with light soiling, a few spots of creasing, most noticeably on..... Item #51499 More
(Oakville, Ontario): Mosaic Press / Valley Editions, (1981). First Canadian edition and the first and only English-language edition. Translated from the Yiddish by Seymour Mayne. Introduction by Ruth R. Wisse. Frontis sketch of the author by Susan Katz. This copy INSCRIBED BY THE TRANSLATOR, "For Howard Schwartz, under the wings..... Item #54252 More