DRIVING FORCE.
New York: Putnam's Sons, (1992). First U.S. edition. INSCRIBED, "Greetings Susan/ Dick Francis" and dated "24 October '92." Fine with faint crease to base of spine; in fine dust jacket. Item #48629 More
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DRIVING FORCE.
New York: Putnam's Sons, (1992). First U.S. edition. INSCRIBED by Francis, "Hi Jim!" on half title page. Uncorrected proof, fine in blue, printed paperwraps with rumple along hinge of first leaf (from binding). Item #56208 More
FIELD OF THIRTEEN.
New York: Putnam's Sons, (1998). First U.S. edition. INSCRIBED, "Hi Don" and SIGNED by the author on the half-title page. Fine with a couple of faint minute stains on the page edges; in fine dust jacket. Item #48199 More
HOT MONEY.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1988). First U.S. edition. INSCRIBED on half-title page, "To Bill & Cindy / Hi! / Dick Francis." Boards slightly sprung otherwise fine in fine dust jacket with minor wear. Item #47466 More
SECOND WIND.
New York: G.P. Putnam's & Sons, (1999). First U.S. edition. SIGNED by the author. Very good with spine concave (otherwise would be fine); in fine dust jacket. Item #47030 More
THE SECOND STAGE.
New York: Summit Books, (1981). First edition. INSCRIBED by author on the free endpaper, "For Martina + Karl-- Who've been a joyful source of strength in my own second stage-- Zestful wishes + love--Betty Friedan." Her follow up, 20 years later, to "The Feminine Mystique." Near fine in dust jacket..... Item #50320 More
BOESMAN AND LENA: A Play in Two Acts.
Cape Town: Buren Publishers, 1969. True first edition. INSCRIBED on title page "For Harold, With my best wishes, Athol Fugard." One of the playwright’s best-known and most widely respected dramatic works. The play that established Fugard’s reputation as a major playwright. 8vo illustrated paper boards. Small label of Vanguard Booksellers..... Item #71538 More
LUDMILA A Story of Liechtenstein.
(Vaduz: Quick, 1960). Fourth printing. INSCRIBED by Baron Von Falz-Fein (father of Ludmila and producer of the movie). Fine in dust jacket with two closed tears and very light soiling. Includes original blue wrap-around band announcing the movie made from the book. Item #34963 More
A MODERN COMEDY.
London: William Heinemann, 1929. First edition. Number 459 of 1,030 SIGNED copies, this one additionally INSCRIBED BY GALSWORTHY with a quote from one of his poems--"Of Errantry:/ For who would live so petty and unblest/ That dare not tilt at something ere he die"--beneath his signature on colophon page. His..... Item #54043 More
SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. First edition. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the title page. The story's source are his grandfather's letters to loved ones. The book and pictorial dust jacket are in fine condition. Item #46790 More
ON THE OCCASION OF MY LAST AFTERNOON.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1998). First edition. INSCRIBED with the quote, "Underneath the spready sycamore" and SIGNED by the author on the half-title page. Fine in dust jacket. Item #47527 More
DRAWINGS.
New York: H. R. Russell and Son, 1894. First edition. INSCRIBED TO THE ARTIST DANIEL BEARD. Large (18 x 12") oblong off-white beveled paper-covered boards with plain quarter linen spine. Author's Gibson Girl drawing on front cover in black. Wonderfully satirical drawings of love and life from ballroom to drawing..... Item #71535 More
LISTEN! I HEAR A SOFT WIND.
Philadelphia: Dorrance & Company, (1976). First edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the free endpaper in 1976. Very good or better with a touch of rubbing to the bottom of the spine. In a price-clipped dust jacket that has a thin short line of blue offset to the front cover..... Item #50758 More
DOCTOR FISCHER OF GENEVA: Or, THE BOMB PARTY.
London: Bodley Head, (1980). First edition, first issue with "leave alone" p.(9):4. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Greene to A.J. Cheshire, his accountant. Near fine in a price-clipped dust jacket. INSCRIBED BY GREENE TO HIS ACCOUNTANT. Item #40665 More
TALKIN' ABOUT BESSIE: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman.
New York: Orchard Books / Scholastic Inc., (2002). First edition. Children's book about the determination and struggles of Bessie Coleman [1892 - 1926], the first Black woman and first Native American to hold a pilot license in the U.S. and first Black person to hold an international pilot's license. INSCRIBED..... Item #71784 More
DANCING DAVID.
Kripplebush, New York: Nadja, (1995). First edition, limited issue. Illustrated with a wispy stream of red squiggled lines by Dorothea Tanning (1910-2012), a painter, printmaker, sculptor, writer, and poet herself, whose work after 1960 was almost completely abstract (Wikipedia). NUMBER XVII (17) of 25 ROMAN-NUMERALED COPIES "reserved for the poet..... Item #54267 More
OLDEST LIVING CONFEDERATE WIDOW TELLS ALL.
New York: Knopf, 1989. First edition. 4 volumes, all signed by the author. ADVANCE EXCERPT with illustrations by Gurganus, GOOD HELP (Rocky Mount: 1988), #220/1,000 SIGNED copies; fine in gray paperwraps printed in black and red. UNCORRECTED PROOF, SIGNED on first blank; fine in cream-colored paperwraps printed in red. FIRST..... Item #71548 More
THE PRACTICAL HEART.
North Carolina: Wesleyan College Press, 1993. First edition. Number 961 of 1,000 SIGNED numbered copies. INSCRIBED BY GURGANUS to author/critic Doris Grumbach and her partner, "To Doris & Sybil --/ beloved sisters of mine --' and the most practical of/ utterly impractical (loving)/ hearts./ A joyful new year./ Allan/ Nov..... Item #30607 More
EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS.
New York: Harcourt Brace & Co., (1999). First edition. INSCRIBED "To Steve & Bonnie" and SIGNED by the author on the title page. Fine in fine dust jacket. Item #47668 More
SUSAN'S ESCORT AND OTHERS
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1897. First edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper, where the previous owner has also made notations (at the bottom). Printed photo of the author affixed at front, creating offset to front endpaper, and notation -- which appears to be in the..... Item #51434 More
STUDIES IN STAGECRAFT.
New York: Henry Holt and Company, (1914). First edition. INSCRIBED to Hollywood producer and screenwriter Ralph Block - "To Ralph Block - flittings, flutterings, and floatings- from his fellow outcast Clayton Hamilton, to commemorate their year of common exile at the Goldwyn Studios, Culver City, California 1921-1922." Gilt spine lettering..... Item #33449 More
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE.
Boston: Small, Maynard & Co., 1899. First edition. Part of the Beacon Biographies of Eminent Authors series, edited by M. A. DeWolfe Howe, this work includes the first appearance of many of Hawthorne's letters. INSCRIBED on half-title page by Fields to Elizabeth Fairchild. Annie Fields was the wife of the..... Item #51250 More
THE HOURS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
New York: Random House, (1958). First edition. INSCRIBED & SIGNED: "To Dr. Allan Berne - Allen with cordial good wishes-----Joseph Hayes 7 Oct. 58". Slight offset on endpaper behind inscription, otherwise fine in dust jacket with a few closed tears, one very small chip and a small skined spot on..... Item #41379 More
THE SONG OF THE HORSE | THE MARRIAGE DIALOGUES (with ALS) | THE POWER OF LESS (2 volumes) | THANK A BORED ANGEL | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHERS OF EVERYBODY | THIS PART OF THE WORLD: [Seven volumes, all but one signed or inscribed, one with autograph letter signed laid in].
Various places, Various publishers, 1983-2009. First edition of each of the 7 volumes. Dr. Samuel John Hazo, a National Book Award finalist, founded the International Poetry Forum and served as Pennsylvania’s first State Poet from 1993 to 2003. He is the author of over 50 books, including poetry, fiction and..... Item #55538 More
SELECTED POEMS 1966 - 1987.
New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1990. First U.S. edition. INSCRIBED on front endpaper, "Inscribed with all good wishes for Harold J. Herman/ Seamus Heaney/ April 1991." At the time, Herman (1929 - 2016) was a professor at University of Maryland, where he lectured on the Arthurian Legend. With AUTOGRAPH..... Item #71551 More