New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 1999. First edition of her first book for children, INSCRIBED on front endpaper, "For Natasha, Warmest regards, Toni Morrison." A book about letting free spirits be free -- and freedom in general. Written with her son Slade. 11.25 x 11.25" glossy pictorial boards; unpaginated..... Item #71646 More
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1928. First edition. Very good with inscription on front endpaper; in a bright, almost very good dust jacket with soiling, closed tears and shallow chipping. Item #29384 More
[San Francisco]: Tangram, 1998. First edition. One of 170 unnumbered copies. His only book of poems. Nabham is an ecologist, ethnobotanist, and Ecumenical Franciscan. His work focuses primarily on Southwest plants and cultures, and he's considered a pioneer in the local food movement and the movement to save heirloom seeds..... Item #55391 More
Ann Arbor: Ardis, (1991). First edition. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs throughout. Fine in fine dust jacket. Item #55070 More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. First U.S. edition. SIGNED BY NAIPAUL on title page. Brief letter on Random House, Inc., letterhead stating "V. S. Naipaul was kind enough to sign books for our better accounts" laid in. Fine in fine dust jacket. Item #55551 More
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[Washington, DC], and Amherst: Audubon Naturalist Society, and Amherst College, 1960, and circa 1961. First edition. Two items. "GIFT OF AN ISLAND WILDERNESS: The Significance of the Gift," by Irston R. Barnes; illustrated with photographs by Shirley A. Briggs. 8-page offprint from the "Atlantic Naturalist," October-December, 1960, pp. 232-238. Includes..... Item #72023 More
Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1895. Student's "Herbarium" -- a collection of 46 dried plants gathered in and around the woods of Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, in the spring of 1909. Housed in string-tied portfolio intended for the purpose with instructions and bi-folio cards for descriptions and mounting. Miss Allie Good was neat..... Item #71798 More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1875. First edition. Nordhoff (grandfather of the MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY Nordhoff) toured major Utopian settlements: the Shakers, the Amana Colony, the Perfectionists, the Icarians, and many others -- in order to compile this large work providing extensive information on the religious beliefs, poetry, architecture..... Item #55231 More
New York: Doubleday & McClure Co., 1899. First edition, first issue with last word p.106, "moment." A story of jealousy and greed. Basis for the 1916 silent film of the same name and one in 1924 called "Greed." Also the basis for the more current but very loose adaptation "Slow..... Item #54004 More
New York: The Macmillan Co., 1926. First U.S. edition. His most famous play and one of the most famous Irish dramas. Minor rubbing to corners, name on front end paper, and a small dark spot on front inner hinge paper, otherwise very good or better in a dust jacket with..... Item #32771 More
New York: Random House, (2002). First edition. Uncorrected proof. INSCRIBED "To a Fellow Texan" and SIGNED by Justice O'Connor. Filled with family photos of the Days on the ranch. Tentative publishing date of February 2002. Fine in publisher's logo-printed paperwraps. Item #48869 More
New York: Atheneum, 1965. First edition. Based on Mr. Odets' play with lyrics by Lee Adams to music by Charles Strouse. Near fine in very good dust jacket with light rubbing, and a few small chips, nicks and short closed tears. Item #45271 More
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854. First edition. Second issue, with "Preface to the Letters" p.[11] and pp.[11] to 14 cancels. INSCRIBED, "To Mrs. Lucy A Willard, with the love and kind remembrance of T. W. Parsons October 1854." Top quarter-inch of spine worn away and a few soiled spots, otherwise..... Item #39876 More
Dijon, France: Imprimerie Bernigaud Privat, University of Dijon, 1932. First edition of Powell’s first book. He earned his doctorate with this dissertation on Jeffers. Creme wrappers. Map by M.F.K. Fisher. White wove paper throughout, frontispiece of coated paper. One of 225 (one of the 60 trade). Of the 225, 85..... Item #55505 More
New York: Beech Tree Books/Wm. Morrow, (1988). First edition. His second book. Fine in near fine dust jacket with minor wear on the spine ends. Item #54873 More
London: Heinemann, (1938). First edition. Three men find their lives intertwined as they uncover a plot to blow up the world. Light scattered foxing to page edges otherwise crisp and fine in bright, near fine to fine dust jacket with barest of soiling and spine gently toned. A remarkably attractive..... Item #56005 More
(London: Aloes Books, 1980). First separate appearance of this story originally published in "The Saturday Evening Post," December, 1964. One of 2,500 copies (limitation on rear cover). Fine in stapled, pictorial paperwraps. Item #36251 More
(New York: The Objectivist, 1970 - 1971). First edition. The final 21 issues, January 1970 - September 1971, which was the last issue published under this title and in this format. "The Objectivist" was retooled and expanded from Rand's earlier 4-page "Objectivist Newsletter" to the 16-page small magazine format of..... Item #72029 More
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1938. First edition. "Here is a new tempo in murder mystery. Murder is practically set to music!" His second book featuring detective Dan Jordan (the only two books he wrote). Spine and edges toned otherwise would be near fine in very good to..... Item #54786 More
Los Angeles, CA: Laguna Verde Imprenta, 1988. First edition. ONE OF ONLY 50 COPIES (being the entire issue) SIGNED BY RITCHIE at the colophon. Bibliography of Ritchie’s Laguna Verde Press which he established after retiring from commercial printing. Covers 26 books, pamphlets and broadsides produced by the press (“wr 1”..... Item #55856 More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1948. First edition. Small mark on front free endpaper, otherwise fine in dust jacket with small closed edge tear and small chip at top of front panel with a closed tear below it. A bright, attractive copy. Item #33619 More
New York: Harper & Row, (1986). First edition. His second mystery, after STRIKE THREE YOUR DEAD. This one involves the mysterious deaths of two basketball players from the Boston Celtics and Washington Bullets. INSCRIBED, "Oct. 6, 1986/ To Michael --- May all your dribbles be single ones. Best, Richard Rosen."..... Item #35322 More
London: Jonathan Cape, (1986). First UK edition. Uncorrected proof in dark orange-red printed paperwraps. Touch of rubbing to spine tips, light glass ring and small scrape on front cover, otherwise very good to near fine. Scarce. Item #55406 More
(New York): Library of America, (2005). First edition. Fifth volume in the series. SIGNED BY ROTH ON TITLE PAGE and with Enrico Adelman's Bloomsday Books stamp at base of final page listing the titles in The Library of America Series. Adelman and Roth became fast friends in 1989 when Roth..... Item #55900 More
London: Jonathan Cape, (1991). First UK edition. Advance reading copy with "Uncorrected Proof" on front cover. Glossy white pictorial paperwaps printed in black and gray. A relatively scarce advance issue. Fine. Item #55405 More