New York: Knopf, 1946. First edition. INSCRIBED on front endpaper. Near fine with spine ends bumped, minor rubbing along the edges, and a few small marks of soiling to the spine. In a very good or better dust jacket with a touch of soiling and rubbing, and shallow chipping to..... Item #51509 More
New York: Duell , Sloan and Pierce, (1948). First edition. SIGNED by author. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket with cover art bright and the barest wear to edges. Item #40568 More
Andrew Wyeth. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, (1941). First edition, limited issue. Number 25 of 650 copies in the "special Delaware edition ... printed exclusively for the Greenwood Book Shop" SIGNED BY CANBY AND WYETH. Very good or better with light edge wear and spine slightly faded; in like dust..... Item #53698 More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1991. First edition. His second book. Two volumes -- advance reading copy in pictorial paperwraps and SIGNED first printing in dust jacket. Both are fine. Item #34461 More
1977. Original pen-and-ink drawing on 11 x 14" illustration board depicting Capote as a 1930s gangster wearing a pinstripe suit with combat-style U.S.-flag patch on his left arm, a banded fedora atop his head, and carrying a machine-gun style "violin" case with what looks to be an F-16 protruding from..... Item #56034 More
New York: Knopf, 1998. First American edition. SIGNED on title page. Fine in dust jacket. Item #46038 More
New York: W. W. Norton & Co., (1977). First edition. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author. Fine in price-clipped pictorial dust jacket with slight shelf wear. Item #47265 More
New York: Random House, (1997). First edition. SIGNED on title page. Fine in dust jacket. Item #50635 More
Hardwick: The Four Zoas Press, [1975]. First edition. SIGNED by Carr and numbered "XVI" (16). Limitation unstated but judging from the number of offerings of the book we've seen, there can't have been many copies and not all were signed. Near fine in plain green, unprinted paperwraps. Item #51412 More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1996. First edition. SIGNED and INSCRIBED, "For Pamela/ Thank you for being part of this book's birth! Peace/ James Carroll/ June 5, 1996." Winner of the 1996 National Book Award for non-fiction. Item #35383 More
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, (1986). A reprint of the President's autobiography in Easton's Library of the Presidents. Originally published in 1982. A SIGNED edition but no limitation stated. Fine to new in full gray leather with two raised bands on spine; gilt decoration on covers and spine; gilt page edges;..... Item #48312 More
Amy Carter. New York: Times Books, (1995). First edition, but sixth printing. SIGNED by the former President. Fine in dust jacket. Illustrated by Amy Carter. Item #50117 More
New York: Random House, (1987). First edition. SIGNED by Jimmy Carter on front endpaper. Fine in fine price-clipped dust jacket. Item #29266 More
(New York): Random House/Times Books, (1994). First edition. Written with Susan K. Golant. INSCRIBED by Carter, former First Lady of the U.S., on the half-title page. Fine in dust jacket. Item #46871 More
New York: George Braziller, (1988). First edition. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the title page. Fine in bold dust jacket. Item #47100 More
Santa Barbara: Neville Books, 1995. First edition. By Jon A. Jackson with illustrations by Barnaby Conrad. One of 300 numbered copies SIGNED by Jackson. Jackson, a well-known mystery writer, fleshes out Carver, the man, in "Ridin' with Ray." In "The Old Game" he restores to its original state the story..... Item #40069 More
New York: Knopf, 1983. First edition. His third collection of short stories and the first to bring him critical acclaim, SIGNED on title page above his printed name and dated 10/31/83. Barest toning to edges of boards, gentle push at head of spine, otherwise fine in fine dust jacket with..... Item #54615 More
London, Victor Gollancz, 1936. First edition of his third book. A novel set in Nigeria, where Cary was stationed during WWII. SIGNED BY CARY on title page. Very good in aged but complete, about very good dust jacket with Cape Town bookseller circular sticker/label on spine. Item #54215 More
London: Nicholson & Watson/The Liberal Book Club, (1939). First edition. The "Liberal Book Club" edition preceding the first trade. SIGNED by Cary on the title page and INSCRIBED TO J. B. PRIESTLEY on the front free endpaper, "J. B. Priestley/ from his most sincerely/ the author" in Cary's typical tiny..... Item #55174 More
New York: Atheneum, 1977. First edition. Association copy. From the library of Doris Grumbach with her initials on front endpaper. INSCRIBED and SIGNED to Grumbach from John Casey on the title page. Review copy with slip and publisher's letter offering praise from author Brendan Gill laid in. Near fine with..... Item #29423 More
New York: Knopf, 1935. First edition. Number 404 of 749 SIGNED, numbered copies. Blue cloth spine faded to tan, otherwise near fine in original paper-covered slipcase which is lightly aged but still very good. Lacking the dust jacket. PRINTER'S PROOF FOR PAGES 181 to 183 SHOWING SLIGHT VARIATION IN TEXT..... Item #53725 More
Boston: Richard G. Badger, The Gorham Press, 1903. First edition of her first book; a "vanity press" production of thirty-six poems. Cather reportedly destoryed what remained of the edition in 1908. INSCRIBED, "Mr. J. W. Rankin / From an old friend / Willa Silbert Cather / New York / May..... Item #54535 More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company Inc., 1972. First edition. INSCRIBED, "To the McCormicks with best wishes. Bruce Catton." Perhaps the long-time Doubleday editor, Ken McCormick? Catton, who is best known for his books on the American Civil War, won a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award in 1954 for A...... Item #54624 More
New York: Crown Publishers, (1989). First edition. SIGNED and dated (1992). Fine in dust jacket. Item #34508 More
New York: Villard Books, 1995. First edition. Basis for the Academy Award-nominated film of the same name. Chabon won the Pulitzer Prize in 2001 for "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay." An advance reader's edition in printed paperwraps. SIGNED by the author on the title page with quote, "The..... Item #46672 More