(Lake Oswego, OR: AMV Entertainment), 1992. First edition. "This volume is an attempt to bring together a reference source for the Beatles' available session work." Apparently issued in only 150 copies. This copy with "19/150" handwritten in the corner of the Introduction page, beside Todd's INSCRIPTION, "Dear - - Thanks..... Item #50603 More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1938. First edition. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the half-title page to Eda Lou Walton, "For Eda Lou, with my inexpressible gratitude for the best pieces in the book and the death of the Ice-Age. Affectionately, Ben." The printed dedication to the last..... Item #45577 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: 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
Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Co., 1961. First edition. The author's only book. An advance copy INSCRIBED by Brammer, "For Wm. Beckman -- Friend of famous Arthurs / Pen Pay of Genius Poets / Patron of the Pataphysician. From his boon companion Wm. (B. L.) Brammer 3/21/63 (4 a. m.)." One..... Item #53157 More
London: Secker & Warburg, (1990). First edition and only hardcover edition. Second book in his "Barrytown Trilogy." INSCRIBED BY DOYLE on title page, "To Toby Sunshine, Roddy Doyle, 17/4/96." Spine ends a little softened and few stray spots of foxing to page top edge otherwise fine in near fine dust..... Item #55408 More
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1988. First edition. Companion volume to his earlier book on Jeffers, FRAGMENTS OF AN OLDER FURY. Foreword by Albert Gelpi. INSCRIBED BY EVERSON to collector Allen K. Mears at a book-release party, "for Allen Mears/ every good wish/ William Everson/ Oct 21, 1988/ Carmel." 8vo..... Item #55694 More
Santa Barbara: University of California, (1976). First edition. ASSOCIATION COPY INSCRIBED by Everson to friend and biographer Lee Bartlett at head of page 5. Journal of the University of California, Santa Barbara. Published twice yearly. Vol. VIII, Dec. 1976, No. 2. Includes Everson’s article "The Poem as Icon--Reflections on Printing..... Item #55592 More
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
(Chicago: American Bar Association, 2004). First edition. Written with Guess; foreword by Dennis Archer, the 2003/2004 American Bar Association president. INSCRIBED BY HOOKS on the front free endpaper simply, "Thanks / BWHooks" (not inscribed to anyone). "As leader of the NAACP for 15 years, Benjamin Hooks oversaw the organization's position..... Item #53131 More
New York: Vincent FitzGerald & Co., 1984. First edition. Number 24 of 130 numbered copies signed by Mamet and Koren. Frontispiece etching SIGNED and numbered (24/130). This copy signed on colophon page by Koren, as called for, but INSCRIBED BY MAMET on half-title page, "Dear Sara -- Merry Christmas +..... Item #54629 More
Chicago: Pascal Covici, 1927. First edition. One of only 2000 copies. This one INSCRIBED by author. Intricate, gilt-stamped binding. Spine dulled otherwise would be near fine. Lacking dust jacket. Item #52467 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
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: Albert & Charles Boni, 1926. First edition. INSCRIBED, "To Dorothy from Jim Tully." A novel about Hollywood during the silent-film era. During the '20s and '30s, Tully was was routinely ranked with Hemingway and Fitzgerald as a true American voice. Very good or better with corners a little..... Item #55258 More
Sherman Oaks, Ca: Mixolydian Editions, 2006. First edition. The first book published by Wagener's Mixolydian Editions. SIGNED BY WAGENER, the author/publisher/ printer AND INSCRIBED on the colophon page "For Allen / With Best Regards / Richard Wagener / 1/15/07" This 5.5 x 10 inch tall book contains four full-page wood..... Item #55876 More