London: Cassell & Co Ltd., 1887. First edition. A selection from Cassell's National Library Series. Edited by Professor Henry Morley. Piozzi and her first husband, Henry Thrale, were intimates of Samuel Johnson's. A pocket-sized book with decorative boards and ads for other Cassell books and products on endpapers. Binding a...... Item #47297 More
Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co., (1937). First edition. SIGNED BY NORRIS and dated October 1937 on front endpaper. Memoirs of the Philadelphia reporter, lawyer, banker, and public official described on the jacket flap as being “far too clever to draw the veil of faint praise over the characters of those..... Item #71757 More
(Varous places: Various publishers, 1976 - 2002). First edition of each of the 15 volumes. Award-winning poet Weigl explores his experience serving in the Vietnam War in his work and says in his memoir, "The war took away my life and gave me poetry in return." Among many other honors..... Item #55495 More
Amador City, Ca: Quintessence Publications, 1980. First edition. Number 170 of 300. Included with this item are an announcement card for the 1980 exhibit of The Phoebe & Hans Barkan Collection of Robinson Jeffers, the funeral keepsake "To Remember Blanche," that contains her last poem "Not-Mind," in an edition of..... Item #55915 More
New York: Harper & Row, (1968). First edition. Author's first book. A great book about obsession with the New York Giants and Frank Gifford. Crisp and fine with only the lightest of rubbing to edges; in near fine dust jacket with just a few tiny nicks and touch of light..... Item #53965 More
New York: Doubleday, (1996). First U.S. edition. Boldly SIGNED BY GORBACHEV in felt-tip marker on the half-title page (few tiny specks of bleed through to title page). Mildest of shelf wear but still fine in fine dust jacket. "In every generation, a handful of individuals radically alter the course of..... Item #71588 More
(New York): Bernard Geis, (1960). First edition. SIGNED BY TRUMAN on the half-title page. Large 8vo gilt-stamped quarter white cloth over blue cloth boards stamped in red, black, and blue on spine; top edge red; 315 pages. Very good or better with light soiling to spine cloth, board edges a...... Item #71949 More
Tucson: University of Arizona Press, (1998). First edition. SIGNED BY URREA. Memoirs of his childhood by the Mexican-American poet, novelist, and essayist. His childhood was "a mix of cultures, a clash of opposites," during which he endured "violence and fear" both outside his home and in it. Fine in fine..... Item #55454 More
(New York): Viking, (1986). First edition. INSCRIBED TO KEN LUDWIG, playwright best known for "Lend Me a Tenor" prior to the play's arrival here in the states. (It ran at London's Globe Theatre beginning in March 1986 where it was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for "Best Comedy of..... Item #71678 More
New York: St. Martin's Press, (2000). First edition. SIGNED and INSCRIBED on the half-title page, "For --- remembering the old times - Richard Conroy." Page fore edges slightly soiled, otherwise fine in dust jacket. Illustrated with photographs by the author. Memoir of the author's time in the Foreign Service. Item #37651 More
Philadelphia: Book Association of Friends, 1877. Later printing/edition. Blind-stamped imprint on two leaves, otherwise near fine. Item #50973 More
Detroit / Chicago: Broadside Press / Third World Press, (1972 / 1996). First edition of each volume. The first one, “REPORT FROM PART ONE,” IS INSCRIBED on the half-title page, “For Richard and Joan, Warm regards!/ Sincerely,/ Gwendolyn Brooks”; and the second one, “REPORT FROM PART TWO,” IS SIGNED TWICE..... Item #72131 More
New York: D. Appleton, 1908. Later printing INSCRIBED BY EVANS on title page, "For Captain Keyes with my best wishes, R. D. Evans." Robley Dunglison Evans (1846-1912) was a rear admiral in the U.S. Navy, serving from the Civil War to the Spanish-American War. Roger John Brownlow Keyes (1872-1945), was..... Item #54171 More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1894. First edition. Top edge gilt. Cloth cover shows wear on spine ends and corners, black endpapers a little chipped on back inner hinge, previous owner's name and date on front free page, still good to about very good. Item #50074 More
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1977). First edition. INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the front endpaper by the author. Near fine in dust jacket. Item #47922 More
(Toronto): Lester Publishing, (1994). First edition. SIGNED BY FETHERLING on title page. An unaccountably scarce book, an "unusual, vivid and often disturbing memoir ... Margaret Atwood, Marshall McLuhan, John Lennon, Allen Ginsberg, Gwendolyn MacEwan (and Charles Manson) are just some of the people who cross the pages of his story"..... Item #54886 More
New York: Crown Publishers, (1975). First edition. SIGNED BY LYTLE on the dedication page. “The long-awaited family chronicle of one of this country’s most distinguished and highly respected men of letters” (from the jacket flap). Although not indicated as such in the book, this copy from the collection of Walter..... Item #72151 More
Tucson: University of Arizona Press, (1999). First edition. SIGNED BY URREA. Memoirs by the Mexican-American poet, novelist, and essayist. Ruminations on nature, music and poetry written while wandering the West with his cat, Rest Stop. Fine in fine dust jacket. Item #55453 More