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(London): Secker & Warburg, (1993). First edition. Booker Prize winner. SIGNED BY DOYLE on title page. Near fine with tanning to page edges as often seen; in fine dust jacket with barest wear. Item #72030 More
(London): Secker & Warburg, (1993). First edition. Booker Prize winner. SIGNED BY DOYLE on title page. Near fine with tanning to page edges as often seen; in fine dust jacket with barest wear. Item #72030 More
London: Secker & Warburg, (1990). First edition, and the only hardcover edition. (Published in the U.S. in 1992 as a trade paperback original.) The 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..... Item #55408 More
[New York]: Penguin, [1992]. First U.S. edition, issued as a paperback original. Uncorrected proof SIGNED & DATED on the title page, "Roddy Doyle 24/1/'94." The second book in his "Barrytown Trilogy." Near fine in orange, printed paperwraps. Item #72258 More
London: Jonathan Cape, (1999). First edition. SIGNED by Doyle on title page. First volume in his "The Last Roundup" series. Fine in fine dust jacket. Item #72039 More
(Amador City: Quintessence Publications, 1981). First edition. Number 4 of 100 numbered copies, per the colophon. Drew's poem printed by Marlan Beilke at his Quintessence press, inscribed beneath the colophon on verso, "For Marlan Beilke, who prints my Irish poem, teaches me ever more about our poet Jeffers, brightens my..... Item #72256 More
New York: Grossman Publ.; Random House; New American Libr. (1965, 1967, 1972). First edition of all three volumes. From the collection of Paul "Dr. Z" Zimmerman. Early works by the novelist, Pop artist, playwright, and former professional wrestler ("Rosa Carlo, the Mexican Spitfire"). I AM THE BEAUTIFUL STRANGER (her first..... Item #55080 More
(London): Little, Brown, (2003). First edition. SIGNED BY DUNANT on the title page. A young artistic woman comes of an age during a time of political turbulence in Florence. Usual tanning to the pages otherwise fine in fine dust jacket. Item #71610 More
Santa Barbara: Santa Teresa Press, 1990. First edition thus, Based on the book by Richard Llewllyn, Screenplay for the film directed by John Ford which won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. SIGNED BY DUNNE. Illustrated with stills from the movie, many of which were deleted from..... Item #54716 More
New York: Scribner, (2004). First edition. INSCRIBED, "To Patsy, best regards. Sorry you missed the party. The fun began when the lights went out. John Dunning 4-3-04." With bookmark from the signing event (at Quill & Brush) laid in. The third book in the Cliff Janeway series by this award-winning..... Item #52349 More
Santa Barbara: Santa Teresa Press, (2004). First edition. Published to benefit the ABAA Benevolent Fund. Number 385 of 500 SIGNED numbered copies. Shaara, the author of KILLER ANGELS, spent a summer in Denver where he and John became friendly. This short piece documents Dunning's memories of his visits with Michael..... Item #36337 More
Williamsburg, PA: [no-publisher], 1928. First edition. Scarce souvenir booklet published by Stultz’s hometown of Williamsburg, PA, in commemoration of his historic trans-Atlantic flight June 17-18, 1928, with Lou Gordon and Amelia Earhart. Issued on the occasion of his “Home-coming Celebration” in Williamsburg on July 18, 1928. SIGNED ON FRONT COVER..... Item #71961 More
San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1989). First U.S. edition. Children's book with illustrations by Carmi. Translated by William Weaver. INSCRIBED WITH A QUOTE on half-title page by Eco with the classic opening phrase, "Once upon a time." Short remainder line on bottom page edge, tucked up against spine, otherwise bright..... Item #50129 More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1983. First edition. One of 26 SIGNED, LETTERED copies handbound in boards. Fine in original acetate dustwrapper. Item #1856 More
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1977). First edition. INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the front endpaper by the author. Near fine in dust jacket. Item #47922 More
New York: Mysterious Press, (1983). First edition. INSCRIBED by author on half-title page. Near fine with a slight bump to the head of the spine. In a very good dust jacket that shows some wear to the edges, including a few small tears and skinning at the spine ends... Item #50705 More
New York: Mysterious Press, (1984). First edition. A serial-killer thriller set in L.A.; the first installment in the "Lloyd Hopkins" trilogy. His third novel but first to be published in hardcover in the U.S. (the rest were issued here in paperback). Also, his first book to be adapted for film--made..... Item #54759 More
New York: Mysterious Press, (1990). First edition. INSCRIBED, "To: Lana -- Blood blitz. James Ellroy." Noir novel set in 1950's L.A. in which three policemen investigate a series of murders and mete out with their own brand of justice. Basis for the critically acclaimed movie of the same name starring..... Item #54760 More
New York: Crown Publishers, (1996). First U.S. edition. Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden. One of 250 SIGNED, numbered and specially-bound copies. Fine in slipcase. Item #14405 More
New York: D. Appleton, 1908. Later printing, presumably the second. INSCRIBED BY EVANS on title page, "For Captain Keyes with my best/ wishes,/ R. D. Evans/ Rear Admiral/ U.S.N." Robley “Fighting Bob” D. Evans (1846-1912) -- a rear admiral in the U.S. Navy who served in both the Civil and..... Item #54171 More
London: Bantam Press, (1995). First UK edition of AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. Basis for the Robert Redford movie. Advance reading copy (though labeled "uncorrected proof"). SIGNED BY EVANS on the title page, which is unusual as most copies we've seen were signed on a numbered bookplate. Fine in glossy pictorial paperwraps..... Item #50983 More
New York & London: M. Walter Dunne, Publisher, (1901). First thus. Two volumes. Special Talleyrand edition, #27 of 100 sets. Edited from the original by William Bray, who also provides a biographical introduction, and with special introduction by Richard Garnett. Includes hand-colored frontispiece SIGNED by the engraving editor and five..... Item #51675 More
New York: Crown Publishers, 1966. First edition. Number 96 of 150 SIGNED copies. With an original SIGNED etching, "Girl with Sunflowers" laid in. Foreword by Abram Lerner & "Proem: An Opinion" by James A. Michener. 160 pages with 117 drawings and 59 prints in black and white. Also contains a...... Item #53159 More