(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 -- housed together in portfolio handmade by summer interns. Produced in honor of readings at the Center by established and emerging..... 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 -- housed together in portfolio handmade by summer interns under the leadership of Ana Cordeiro, the Center’s binder-in-residence. Produced in honor..... Item #55773 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
(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
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1927. First edition. Wilson, a civil servant, wrote a number of biographies of literary and historical figures; and as a civil servant, she was one of the first women in the United Kingdom to earn equal pay for her work (Wikipedia). One of 1,480 numbered copies..... Item #55262 More
[Delavan, WI]: G&G Books, (1995). First U.S. edition in hardback. Includes introduction by Martin Cruz Smith and afterword by Block written specially for this edition. Number 365 of 500 SIGNED, NUMBERED COPIES. Fine in fine dust jacket. Item #71699 More
Aliso Viejo: James Cahill Publ. 1996. First U.S. edition in hardcover. Number 113 of 200 SIGNED NUMBERED COPIES. Illustrated by Phil Parks. Fine in fine dust jacket and fine publisher's slipcase, as issued. Item #71697 More
Middletown, Connecticut: Robin Price, 2005. First edition. First separate publication of Bloom's short story which first appeared in Ms. magazine. Number 37 of 125 copies SIGNED BY BLOOM, TIERNEY, & PRICE. This copy additionally inscribed "this copy for Allen K. Mears" on colophon by Price who designed, letterpress printed, and..... Item #55875 More
Chicago: Pascal Covici, 1925. First edition thus: edited and with essay of appreciation by Bridges. With 29 illustrations, including the picture by Holbein etched in the author's time, to which is added Mr. Angarola's drawings of his conception of the period & drawings by way of contemporary comment by Gene..... Item #54686 More
Berkeley, CA: Editions Koch, 2003. First edition, DELUXE limited issue. All twenty fragments – ranging from a few words to 66 lines – of the poem generally referred to as "On Nature" by pre-Socratic Greek philosopher Parmenides of Elea (active circa 475 BC) translated from the Ancient Greek and with..... Item #55883 More
Berkeley, CA: Editions Koch, 2005. First edition. Presentation copy of this limited edition, No. 52 of 200 SIGNED and numbered copies. INSCRIBED on the title page "for Allen Mears: / an ancient bottle of old wine / Robert Bringhurst / 6 October 2005." The book is a sequence of 12..... Item #55877 More
Berkeley, CA: Editions Koch, 2005. First edition, limited issue. Presentation copy of this deluxe, slipcased limited edition, LETTER A OF 26 COPIES SIGNED BY KOCH AND BRINGHURST. And INSCRIBED BY BRINGHURST on the colophon "Alas. The colophon is in error. Even Peter / does not always think of everything. /..... Item #55878 More
New York: Center for Book Arts, 2005. First edition. The Center's innovative 30th-anniversary publication. Number 3 of 75 copies SIGNED BY BRINGHURST, HENRY, KYLE, and RICHARD MINSKY, The Center’s founder and the project’s coordinator. THIS COPY ADDITIONALLY INSCRIBED BY BRINGHURST, "for Allen Mears,/ who may appreciate/ more than most not..... Item #55884 More
[New York]: E P Dutton & Co., Inc., 1940. First edition. One of 997 SIGNED, numbered copies issued in publisher's slipcase. Very good to fine with page top edges gilt and ribbon place marker. Slipcase shows some fading and wear on edges, but still intact and sturdy. Item #33976 More
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Joe Servello. (Tucson, AZ: Dennis McMillan Publications), (1987.). Original uncut version, first edition thus. One of 450 numbered copies SIGNED BY PHILIP JOSE FARMER, who wrote the foreword for this edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. TOGETHER WITH THE ORIGINAL, SIGNED PAINTING BY JOE SERVELLO used for the dust jacket..... Item #54963 More
Samuel Warner. East Aurora: Roycrofters, 1901. Limited issue, first thus. Number 138 of 940 numbered and specially bound copies SIGNED BY HUBBARD, though it does not appear his signature is called for. Bound in limp, light brown suede with dark brown silk endpapers. Artwork designed by Samuel Warner. Very good..... Item #50043 More
New York: Robert M. McBride, 1929. First edition. Notes on the symbolism in Cabell's FIGURES OF EARTH. One of 865 numbered copies. Mild smudge on spine still fine in original glassine dust jacket. Lacking slipcase. Item #30955 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
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, (1986). A reprint of the President's 1982 autobiography in Easton's "Library of the Presidents" series. A SIGNED edition without stated limitation. Full gray leather with two raised bands on spine; gilt decoration on covers and spine; gilt page edges; and satin ribbon page marker. Introductory pamphlet..... Item #48312 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
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
(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: 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
London: John C. Nimmo, 1892. First edition. Number 188 of 520 numbered copies. Fifty-two hand-colored plates, being "Comic Designs to Popular Ballads by The Three Cruikshanks" and numerous black-and-white illustrations in the text. Quarto gilt-stamped dark blue cloth; top edge gilt, rest untrimmed. Very good or better with light wear..... Item #54565 More