(New York: The Center for Book Arts, 2008). First edition. Limitation not stated but according to Sarah Nicholls, Program Coordinator for the Center, approximately 50 were made. 12 letterpress-printed broadsides -- EACH ONE SIGNED BY THE POET -- in portfolio handmade by summer interns. Produced in honor of readings at..... Item #55774 More
(New York: The Center for Book Arts, 2004). First edition. Limited to 100 copies (as stated on each broadside). 12 letterpress-printed broadsides -- EACH ONE SIGNED BY THE POET -- in portfolio handmade by summer interns. Produced in honor of readings at the Center by established and emerging poets throughout..... Item #55775 More
(New York: The Center for Book Arts, 2005). First edition. Limited to 100 copies (as stated on each broadside). 12 letterpress-printed broadsides -- EACH ONE SIGNED BY THE POET -- in portfolio handmade by summer interns under the leadership of Ana Cordeiro, the Center’s binder-in-residence. Produced in honor of readings..... Item #55773 More
New York: Tom Doherty Associates, (1996). First edition. INSCRIBED by Neil Abercrombie on title page. Fine in fine dust jacket. Item #51013 More
(New York: Mulholland Books / Little, Brown, 2013). True first edition, preceding the UK. SIGNED BY BOTH ABRAMS AND DORST on front endpaper at a NYC ticketed signing event, Nov. 23, 2013. Original event program included. A story within a story conceived by Abrams and executed by Dorst. A copy..... Item #55430 More
New York: Macmillan Co., 1961. First edition, trade issue. Illustrated by Nick Eggenhofer. INSCRIBED by Adams on the front endpaper, " To - - with best wishes. If you ever have to ride the rough string here's hopin' your cinch is tight./ Cordially yours, Ramon F. Adams." Fine in price-clipped..... Item #51457 More
New York: Putnam, (2001). First printing of the third edition. SIGNED by Allen Ahearn. Revised and enlarged with prices for over 20,000 first editions in all fields for collectors, dealers, and librarians. Fine in fine dust jacket. Item #28153 More
Approximately 3 x 8". Appears to be clipped from a magazine. Together with brochure from the 1996 Plymouth Theater revival and 2003 review clipped from the New Yorker. Provenance: From the collection of William Plumley. Fine. Item #53855 More
[Charleston, WV: Parchment Gallery, circa 1997]. First edition. Previously unissued broadside print by the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright. A drawing of a mustachioed figure, from chest up, hoisting a barbell with "Spanish gigilo [sic] as weightlifter" written beside it. SIGNED by Albee and "framed" in black and yellow. 11 x 7.75"..... Item #46155 More
Charleston, WV: 1983. First edition. In September 1983, Albee spent a 2-week "Marshall Evans" residency at the University of Charleston, during which he lectured, taught seminars on writing, acting and directing, and directed two of his own plays, "The Sandbox" and "Counting the Ways." This small archive from that period..... Item #37406 More
New York: Walker & Co., (1991). First edition of the AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK, SIGNED and INSCRIBED by him on the front endpaper. Photograph of Albert laid in. Fine in a bright dust jacket. Item #29818 More
No place: Xlibris, 2000. First edition. Advanced reading copy. SIGNED by the author. Publisher's letter and bookmark laid in. INSCRIBED to Washington Post columinst Michael Dirda "October 26, 2001 To Michael Dirda, With respect and appreciation for your love of the written word. Tudor Alexander." Item #37828 More
New York: Putnam's Sons, (1973). First edition of this collection of stories. INSCRIBED by Algren (covering the full front endpaper), "with best wishes to Jeen" followed by one of his signature cat drawings, signed and dated June 1978, and colored with light blue and yellow streaks and whirls. Two small..... Item #53734 More
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1949. First edition. SIGNED BY ALGREN on publisher's tipped-in page. Winner of the first National Book Award and made into the movie that resurrected Frank Sinatra's career. Spine lightly soiled otherwise near fine. In about very good, price-clipped dust jacket with mild age toning, shallow..... Item #54066 More
New York: Harper & Brothers, (1942). First edition. INSCRIBED BY ALGREN, "For Jimmy Cannon, Who knows it's from the depths the stars shine clearest, God bless his Merry Christmas. Nelson Algren, '57." Journalist Jimmy Cannon (1909-1973) was inducted to the International Boxing Hall of Fame for his coverage of the..... Item #54153 More
New York: Macmillan Company, (1963). First edition. His travel writings, of a sort -- covering trips to England, Seville, Crete, Istanbul, Paris, et al. INSCRIBED to Richard Elman, "Best wishes/ To Dick Elman/ from/ Nelson Algren/ May 16 1963." Elman and Gene McGarr's interview, "A Converation with Nelson Algren," ran..... Item #53974 More
(New York): HarperCollins, (1991). First U.S edition. SIGNED by Allende on the half-title page with her traditional flower drawing. Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden. Fine in fine dust jacket with the barest rubbing to the tips. Item #54324 More
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1989). First edition. Two volumes: first printing of volume two, second printing of volume one. BOTH VOLUMES INSCRIBED BY AMBROSE. The first two volumes in Ambrose's Nixon trilogy. Illustrated with photos. Volume one: Slight lean at top of spine still very good to fine in..... Item #47542 More
Approximately 11.75 x 8" black-and-white photograph of Amis by an unknown photographer circa 1980s (or perhaps 1990s?). Appears to be a professional photograph, the sort used on a dust jacket, but we are unable to identify it. A close-up shot from the neck up, SIGNED BY AMIS. Evidence of previous..... Item #55094 More
Approximately 11.75 x 8" black-and-white photograph of Amis by an unknown photographer circa 1980s (or perhaps 1990s?). Appears to be a professional photograph, the sort used on a dust jacket, but we are unable to identify it. A close-up shot from the neck up, SIGNED BY AMIS. Evidence of previous..... Item #55095 More
New York: Gnome Press, (1951). First edition. With gold-bordered label SIGNED BY ASIMOV affixed to base of title page. In binding cloth variant "A" (red-stamped dark blue boards) and pages bulking nearly 2 cm., as called for. In later-printing circa-1959 dust jacket with price, front flap, spine and front panel..... Item #55110 More
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., (1993). First edition. SIGNED by the author, who for seven long years was in darkness and chains, not knowing when, if ever, he would be free. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket. Item #42947 More
Austin: University of Texas Press, (1986). First edition. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. SIGNED and INSCRIBED "To Audrey, with many bluebonnets, Jean Andrews" on title page. Fine in fine dust jacket. Item #37668 More
New York: Somerset Publishing Co., 1936. First edition, INSCRIBED, "For Herbert B. Elliston from L. L. B. Angas." Lawrence Lee Bazley Angas was born into a family with a banking background. He was educated in both England and France and earned a Master of Arts degree at Oxford University before..... Item #54595 More
(La Quercia, Italy: John Van Sickle and Giulia Battaglia, 1971). First edition. Number 116 of 180 numbered copies. An additional 20 copies were printed on varying colored paper. THIS COPY INSCRIBED TO PRIZE-WINNING POET ANTHONY HECHT, "For Anthony Hecht, with great esteem, this volume that provoked my life-long study of..... Item #54273 More