ALL I HAVE IS BLUE.
New York: Atheneum, 1992. First edition. SIGNED and INSCRIBED to author Neil McGaughey, "For Neil/ With my great respect and with my thanks. Jim 7-3-92." Fine in dust jacket. Item #35327 More
New York: Atheneum, 1992. First edition. SIGNED and INSCRIBED to author Neil McGaughey, "For Neil/ With my great respect and with my thanks. Jim 7-3-92." Fine in dust jacket. Item #35327 More
Sag Harbor, New York: Permanent Press, (1997). First edition. SIGNED by author on title page. Fine in fine dust jacket. Item #55065 More
Blair Hughes-Stanton. [No-place]: Nonesuch Press, 1934. First edition. A collection of six stories Bleiler called "one of the great fantasy collections." Number 238 of 1,000 copies SIGNED BY COLLIER. Intended for distribution in both the UK and U.S. Frontis wood engraving by Blair Hughes-Stanton. Small 4to green buckram stamped in..... Item #55013 More
Edward Wolfe. London: William Jackson (Joiner & Steele), 1932. First edition, limited issue. Frontispiece by Edward Wolfe, foreword by Osbert Sitwell. Number 24 of 550 copies SIGNED BY COLLIER. The story of a man-eating orchid surmised by some to be the basis for the 1960 film of THE LITTLE SHOP..... Item #55011 More
New York: William Morrow, (1991). First edition. THE ELUSIVE HARDCOVER ISSUE -- SIGNED on the title page by Collins and dated "Jan 1992." The book was issued simultaneously in softcover and even that issue is scarce. An early selection of poems from the eventual Poet Laureate, exhibiting his usual wry..... Item #53538 More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (1974). First edition. Autobiography of the Gemini 10 and Apollo 11 astronaut, INSCRIBED TO HIS COPY EDITOR on front endpaper, "For Carmen Gomez-plata,/ with all good wishes -/ Michael Collins." Carmen Gomezplata, for decades the chief copy editor at Farrar Straus, was known for..... Item #72257 More
New York: Random House, (1964). First edition. Uncorrected proof in pictorial paperwraps. INSCRIBED inside front cover, "For Francisco Diabb (Frank Heller to you) with awe, respect and much fond admiration. Richard Condon New York Xmas 1903." Some minor wear on edges but still very good or better in stiff paperwraps..... Item #29564 More
Blakeney: Scorpion Press, (1998). First edition thus, a specially SIGNED, LIMITED bound from the sheets of the Orion edition with "An Appreciation of Michael Connelly" by George P. Pelecanos added. Quarter leather with gilt-stamping at spine and marbled paper covered boards. Number 59 of 115 numbered copies SIGNED BY CONNELLY..... Item #71686 More
Boston: Little, Brown, (1998). First edition. Two volumes -- the hardback book which is fine in fine dust jacket and a fine advance reading copy in pictorial paperwraps. Both are SIGNED BY CONNELLY on title page. The first in Connelly's series featuring semi-retired FBI criminal profiler Terry McCaleb and basis..... Item #71687 More
(Los Angeles: Steven C. Vascik), 2004. First edition thus: a special signed, limited edition. Number 22 of 125 numbered copies SIGNED BY CONNELLY. (There were also 75 copies reserved for author presentation as well as 26 lettered copies.) The first book in Connelly's series featuring reporter Jack McEvoy; originally published..... Item #71747 More
London: Heinemann, (1926). Second impression, published just one month after the first. INSCRIBED "To Walter & Caroline Pilcher, affectionately from Jessie Conrad/ April 1928." Caroline Pilcher was the widow of Arthor Marwood, a friend of both Conrad's and Ford Madox Ford (Ford is said to have based his Christopher Tietjens..... Item #71772 More
London: T. Werner Laurie Ltd., 1923. First edition, limited issue. Number 245 of 1,000 SIGNED, numbered and specially bound copies. Play based on his 1907 book of the same name. Spine a little tanned otherwise near fine in very good or better dust jacket with internal archival-tape repair to split..... Item #53797 More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1972. First edition thus: illustrated by Robert Shore. Number 316 of 1,500 numbered copies SIGNED BY Shore and Ward Ritchie, who designed and printed the book. Introduction by Leo Gurko. 4to gilt-stamped quarter blue leather; blue sailcloth-covered boards; 9 color plates, including frontis. Fine in..... Item #72125 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
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, (1986). First edion. Near fine uncorrected proof in red paperwraps, in dust jacket. INSCRIBED by the author on the half-title page, "To Goldie/ Hope you enjoy this little flying story & sell a ton of 'em/ Best wishes/ Stephen Coonts." Item #32855 More
New York: Random House, (1937). First edition. INSCRIBED and SIGNED twice on front endpaper. Very good with light soiling to edges and endpapers a little darkened but otherwise only minimal wear. In a very good, price-clipped dust jacket with light soiling, a tanned spine, a few tears repaired with tape..... Item #51500 More
London: Heinemann, (1986). First edition of the AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. INSCRIBED on the half-title page to Rolland Comstock, a great champion of Crace's work, "with my very best wishes and thanks." Bright and fine in equally nice dust jacket with publicity sticker "You can afford to make the journey!" (one..... Item #53702 More
New York: Harper & Row, (1987). First edition. INSCRIBED BY CREWS on title page, "For Walter Sullivan/ All best to/ one of the great ones/ Harry Crews." Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor, and authority on Southern literature. "A virtuoso blending of despair and hope..... Item #72100 More
(No-place [Winston-Salem]): Palaemon Press Ltd., (1981). First edition. One of an unknown number marked "Review Copy" on front wrapper. SIGNED by author on colophon page. Yapped bottom corner a little bumped, otherwise fine in dark tan printed wraps. A different binding than the published version which was a limited signed..... Item #41018 More
New York: Harper & Row, (1988). First edition. INSCRIBED BY CREWS on title page, "To Walter Sullivan/ Best to you and yours/ Harry Crews." Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor, and authority on Southern literature. Crews' is a distinctive voice among Southern writers, and this..... Item #72069 More
New York: William Morrow & Co., 1969. First edition. His scarce second book. INSCRIBED BY CREWS on half-title page, "Paul,/ take care--read/ in good health/ Harry Crews/ March 23, 80/ Gainesville, Fla." 8vo light-green simulated cloth boards (also issued in medium to dark-green cloth boards; no known priority). First-issue dust..... Item #52198 More
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2005). First edition. Boldly SIGNED AND INSCRIBED WITH A QUOTE on half-title page: "If only he could . . . become the dress she wore . . . ," Fine in fine dust jacket. Item #48226 More
Aliso Viejo, CA: James Cahill Publishing, 2002. First edition. Written with Craig Dirgo. One of 600 copies SIGNED and numbered by Cussler. Published the same month as the Putnam edition, December, 2002. Cloth spine and marbeled boards, fine in slipcase. As issued, without dust jacket. Item #40243 More
Hicksville, NY: Exposition Press, (1975). First edition. SIGNED on front free endpaper. Endpapers lightly offset, corner of front free endpaper clipped, sticker residue on front pastedown and small spot on page fore edges, otherwise about fine in very bright dust jacket with light edge wear. Item #37449 More
New York: Bantam Books, (1996). First edition. Postcard laid in, SIGNED in full by author. Contents about book collecting and sources, over 100 words. Fine in dust jacket. Item #46695 More