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2003120552NY: Simon & Schuster 2003. First edition first prnt. Limited issue of 1500 numbered copies signed by Clinton on the limitation page as issued. Copy #1474. Issued without dustjacket. Slipcase. Slipcase with small shallow edge compression; otherwise an unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine slipcase. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. Simon & Schuster Hardcover books
2009121029Fyfield: Oak Tree Press 2009. First edition limited to 176 copies 150 of which were numbered and quarter-bound in cloth. All copies signed by Grass. Copy #117. Frontis illustration by Abigail Rorer. Endpaper illustrations by Grass. Zerkall mould made paper typset in Joanna. Issued without dustjacket. Slipcase. Fine copy in a Fine slipcase. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Not Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Edition. Oak Tree Press Hardcover books
1883L0531<p>624 pages with frontispiece and over 300 black and white illustrations. Royal Octavo 9" x 6 1/4" bound in the original publisher's brown cloth with gilt lettering and pictorial on spine and black and gilt lettering with pictorial to cover. Lacks the illustration of Twain's head in flames on page 441 and the corrected "St Charles Hotel" on page 443. Simultaneously published in 1883 in the United States and Great Britain the book is the first submitted to a publisher as a typewritten manuscript BAL 34II Second state of the first American edition.<br /><br />Twain once remarked that he considered this book his masterpiece the book that would outlive his other works and endure as a classic. Of course Twain once defined a classic as a book everybody talks about but nobody ever reads. At first glance it seems to be a travel book but it is really a highly readable discursive autobiographical account of Twain's boyhood and his region and of a culture that radically changed since he left home 30 years earlier. It makes good reading as background for <i>Huck Finn</i>. The only thing that is known of the printing history is what Twain wrote in 1891: that 50000 copies were printed and bound but only 32000 sold. Implication is that the unsold copies were reissued by Charles L Webster between 1884 and 1891 when he took over Osgood's stock. Copies are found with Osgood's sheets and Webster cancel title-page in Webster bindings dated 1888 and 1891. As a subscription book this book was similar in size to the hefty tomes of the American Publishing Company but the handsome pictorial brown cloth binding ranks with the binding of <i>Huck Finn</i> as one of the best on a Twain first edition. It could be ordered with gilt edges in full sheep three-quarter morocco and three-quarter calf. MacDonald: <i>Firsts</i>.<br /><br />This is a memoir by Mark Twain of his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War and also a travel book recounting his trip along the Mississippi River from St. Louis to New Orleans many years after the War. The book begins with a brief history of the river as reported by Europeans and Americans beginning with the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto in 1542. It continues with anecdotes of Twain's training as a steamboat pilot as the 'cub' apprentice of an experienced pilot Horace E. Bixby. He describes with great affection the science of navigating the ever-changing Mississippi River in a section that was first published in 1876 entitled "Old Times on the Mississippi". Although Twain was actually 21 when he began his training he uses artistic license to make himself seem somewhat younger referring to himself as a "fledgling" and a "boy" who "ran away from home" to seek his fortune on the river and playing up his own callowness and naïveté. In the second half Twain narrates his trip many years later on a steamboat from St. Louis to New Orleans. He describes the competition from railroads and the new large cities and adds his observations on greed gullibility tragedy and bad architecture. He also tells some stories that are most likely tall tales. In 1980 the book was adapted as a TV movie for American public television with David Knell performing as Sam Clemens and Robert Lansing as Horace Bixby the steamboat pilot who mentored him. The film used many tall tales from the book woven into a fictional narrative. In 2010 <i>Life on the Mississippi</i> was adapted as a stage musical with book and lyrics by Douglas M. Parker and music by Denver Casado. It was produced that year in Kansas City Missouri and Door County Wisconsin. <br /><br /><b>Condition:</b><br /><br />Recased in original spine some occasional foxing and finger soiling one signature slightly sprung else a very good and bright copy.</p> James R Osgood and Company hardcover books
1959121012NY: Putnam 1959. First edition first prnt. Inscribed by Wilson on the front free endpage. "To Dolores Kindest regards Meredith Wilson Nov 6 '59." Spine cloth with beginning toning beginning foxing on the page edges; dustjacket with light rubbing on the spine and flap folds beginning toning on the flaps' top and bottom edges minimal soiling. Tight copy in Very Good condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. Wilson writes about the troubles of developing "The Music Man.". Inscribed & Dated by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Putnam Hardcover books
199921026NY: Seven Stories Press 1999. First edition first prnt. Signed by Vonnegut on the front free endpage. Moderated by Ross Klavan. Foreword by Daniel Simon. Photos by Art Shay. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Contains two transcribed conversations between Vonnegut and Striger that took place in October 1998 in NYC. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seven Stories Press Hardcover books
200311960NY: Simon & Schuster 2003. First edition limited issued of 1500 numbered copies signed by Clinton on the limitation page. Copy #61/1500. Author's Note. Index. Black and white photographs. Issued without dustjacket. Slipcase. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine slipcase isbn sticker as issued. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. Simon & Schuster Hardcover books
1987006272St. Martin's 1987. Book. Fine. Cloth. Signed by Celebrity. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine copy in like jacket.Full Numberline.Signed by Landon"Best Wishes Michael Landon."on Half-Title.Comes with a Letter from his Personal Secretary. Beautiful Rare Copy. St. Martin's Hardcover books
193932389New York: Harcourt Brace & Company 1939. First Trade Edition. Near fine in original blue cloth titled in gilt on spine. Octavo. 7 x 9.5 in. xxxi 660; xii 655; xiii 673; xii 515 pp. With black & white illustrations throughtout; each volume with photographic frontis. Inscribed at half-title to legendary record producer Jack Kapp: "Jack Kapp / as between fellow Americans / working in sound-recorded / Americana—also as between / old-time Chicagoans familiar / with the dust of West Madison / street / Carl Sandburg." Jack Kapp president of Decca Records 1934-1949 produced everything from Bing Crosby and the Boswell Sisters to the hugely successful original cast recording of Oklahoma! in 1943. <br/><br/> Harcourt, Brace & Company hardcover books
1995006289Verso 1995. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine copy in like jacket As New. First Edition. Rare in Hardcover. Beautiful Copy. Verso Hardcover books
1848006316London: John Murray 1848. Full Decorated Morocco. Near Fine. 12mo. 16.5 by 11.5 cm. Lovely contemporary red morocco binding with gilt ruled vertical rectangular centerpiece and fleuron border raised bands gilt decoration in each of the spine compartments. Finden steel engraving frontis and half title vignette in each volume with occasional fold-out reproductions of letters/documents. Condition: light wear occasional rubbing to binding. Overall a beautiful shelf presence and a highly attractive set of pocket-sized volumes. <br/><br/> John Murray unknown books
1917L0651xiv2-345-34 ad pages with illustrations from photographs including frontispiece portrait of Jack London with facsimile signature. Octavo 8 1/4" x 4 2/4" bound in original publisher's blue cloth lettered & decorated in gilt. Inscribed. First Edition.<br /><br />Written by Jack London's wife. Visits to Hawaii in 1907 and again in 1915 to 1916 right before his early death in 1916. This copy is inscribed by Charmian London on the front free endpaper; "Dear Jessie: - Here's the yarn at last: and I know you'll read it for the love story it is. Lovingly Charmain Gen Ellen May 31 1918." This copy is from the library of Becky London and is signed by her on the half title page.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper. Some wear and soiling to boards rubbing at extremities a few corners slightly bumped; scattered foxing throughoutbrowning at page edges else very good. Macmillan Company hardcover books
190732423Mrs. Kate S. McDonald 1907. First Edition. Very good in original green cloth titles in gilt. With supplied handmade dust jacket. Octavo.6.5 x 9.25 in. 499 pp. Illustrated with black & white photographic plates. Tipped-in signature of editor B.C. Washington pictured opposite p. 176; tipped-in signature of Major General Thomas L. Rosser pictured opposite p. 196; bookplate of Richard D. Steuart journalist who wrote for the Baltimore News-Post under the pen name Carroll Dulaney—all affixed to front pastedown. Howes M-87; ITC 119; CWB I 125. <br/><br/> Mrs. Kate S. McDonald hardcover books
1960A33112New York: Reynal & Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1960. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter. The book and its contents are in mostly clean bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. This copy has been signed on the front endpaper by the subject Felix Frankfurter. The dust jacket has several small edge nicks and beginning chips along with some lightish spots of rubbing to the spine ends and front cover. "Felix Frankfurter November 15 1882 February 22 1965 was a jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Frankfurter was born in Vienna and immigrated to New York at the age of 12. He graduated from Harvard Law School and was active politically helping to found the American Civil Liberties Union. He was a friend and adviser of President Franklin D. Roosevelt who appointed him to the Supreme Court in 1939. Frankfurter served on the Supreme Court for 23 years and was a noted advocate of judicial restraint in the judgments of the Court." This book was "the only commercially published oral history conducted with a Supreme Court justice." . Reynal & Company hardcover books
1970110917Phila.: Girard Bank 1970. First edition. Inscribed by Michener on the title page. "To Morris Duane James A. Michener." Also signed by Wyeth as "James B. Wyeth" on the title page. Illustrated label on front board. Issued without dustjacket. Slipcase. The slipcase has a tiny scratch; it is in Near Fine condition. The book is in Fine condition. Duane was a prominent Philadelphia lawyer mover and shaker in the city's civic endeavors and a direct descendant of Benjamin Franklin. Inscribed by Author & Artist. First Edition. Hardcovers. Near Fine. Illus. by Jamie Wyeth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy. Girard Bank Hardcover books
1915L02594875 ad pages with 20 photo plates including frontispiece. Small octavo 7 1/2" x 5 3/4" issued in light blue cloth decorated and lettered in gilt. inscribed by Charmain on front end paper. First Edition.<br /><br />Charmian Kittredge London November 27 1871-January 14 1955 was Jack London's second wife. After divorcing Bess Maddern London in 1904 London married Charmian Kittredge the following year. Biographer Russ Kingman called Charmian "Jack's soul-mate always at his side and a perfect match." She was the author of several books about her life with Jack London: The Log of the Snark Our Hawaii and The Book of Jack London. The last is considered by scholars to be an important but flawed source of biographical information on London: Clarice Stasz calls it "an uneven account that omits Jack's illegitimacy yet has surprisingly frank information nonetheless concerning his personality." Their relationship became the subject of a book Clarice Stasz' American Dreamers. The couple had no children who survived them. One died soon after being born and another pregnancy ended in a miscarriage. Shortly after the death of Jack London Charmian had an affair with Harry Houdini. A PBS source cites an Houdini biographer saying: Most of the evidence of their affair convincingly reconstructed by Houdini biographer Kenneth Silverman comes from brief entries in Charmian's diaries. They saw each other over several weeks early in 1918 while Charmian was living in New York where Houdini was starring in the patriotic World War I extravaganza "Cheer Up." Charmian wrote that after they saw each other a few times Houdini made a "declaration" that "rather shakes me up." They became intimate a short time later. She wrote that one visit by Houdini had "stirred me to the deep" and that he apparently felt the same declaring "I'm mad about you" and "I give all of myself to you." Throughout she refers to him alternately as "Magic" her "Magic Man" or "Magic Lover." As intense as it apparently was their attachment did not last long. Charmian the "New Woman" whose marriage to London had included open sexual experimentation never stopped seeing other men.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />Inscription to front end paper. Edge wear length paraphrasing to back end paper corners bumped else a very good copy lacking jacket. Macmillan Company hardcover books
1885779951885. DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. London: Smith Elder & Co. v.d. 1885-1900. First edition. In 72 volumes together with 1. 3 supplementary volumes New York: MacMillan & Co. 1901 2. A concluding volume containing an Index and Epitome of the whole 1903 3. An errata volume 1904. These and all of the above volumes very good in brown cloth some library book plate none with external markings. 4. Second Supplement 3 volumes 1912. This group in worn blue cloth with chipped spines. 5. DNB--20th Century 1912-1921 with index. 1927 1 volume. This volume blue cloth very good condition. Total number of volumes is 72. Volumes 1-21 edited by Leslie Stephen. Volumes 22-26 edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. Volumes 27-63 with the 3 supplementary volumes and the Index and Eptiome edited by Sidney Lee. 8vo. Brown cloth very good. This is classic reference work containing accurate and concise biographies of noteworthy inhabitants of the British Islands and Colonies from the earliest historical period to the date of Queen Victoria's death on 22 January 1901. An unusually complete edition of this wonderful reference set. unknown books
172640531London: Printed and Sold by the Assigns of J. Sowle 1726. 1st Edition Smith FRIENDS 1.414. Modern full speckled calf binding decorated in blind in a period style. Binding - Fine. Text: previous owners' bookplates to front pastedown ink names to ffep; small binder's label to rear paste-down. Light soiling and foxing faint damp-staining to head/foot margins of beginning and end leaves. Fore-edge of one leaf shows minor loss. Prior owner inked marginal annotation p. 449. Overall VG. 24 576 12 pp. An essay on baptism and the supper separate dated t.p. p. 335; Tractatus de Trinitate or An essay on the doctrine of the trinity separate dated t.p. p. 388; An essay on the doctrine of Christ's satisfaction for the sins of mankind separate dated t.p. p. 420; An essay on tithes drop title p. 456; An essay on Liberty of Conscience drop title p. 491; An essay on Evangelical Purity drop title p. 456. 8vo: A8 a4 B - 2O8 2P4 2Q2. <br/><br/>With the bookplate and ownership signature of noted Quaker and grammarian Lindley Murray to the fpd and ffep respectively. Printed and Sold by the Assigns of J. Sowle unknown books
200310623Boston: Little Brown 2003. First US edition first prnt. Signed by Mandela on the half-title page. Forewords by President Bill Clinton and Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan. Edited by Kader Asmal Davis Chidester and Wilmot James. Color and black & white photographs. Small faint soil spot on foreedge; otherwise an unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Little Brown Hardcover books
20033068London: Little Brown 2003. First UK edition first prnt Signed by Mandela on the title page. Forewords by President Bill Clinton and Secretary-General on the United Nations Kofi Annan. Edited by Kader Asmal David Chidester and Wilmot James. Color and black & white photographs. Dustjacket with a touch of edgewear not immediately apparent; an unread copy in Fine condition in a Near Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Little Brown Hardcover books
200030939NY: Simon & Schuster 2000. First edition. Limited issue signed by Thompson on the front free endpage as issued. Leather-covered boards with gilt lettering and decorations all edges gilt moire pastedowns and endpages satin pagemarker. Issued without dustjacket. Limitation not specified purportedly about three hundred copies. Introduction by David Halberstam. Edited by Douglas Brinkley. Rear board bottom edge with trifle bump; otherwise an unread copy in Fine condition. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. Simon & Schuster Hardcover books
19242604<p> Harper & Brothers New York and London 1924 Octavo bound in original slate gray cloth with gilt titles 294 pp. including index. Top edge stained yellow. Stated first edition in the <b>RARE ORIGINAL DUST WRAPPER.</b> Offsetting from old moisture damage evidenced by a white residue mark running the width of the rear cover approximately one inch from the top edge. The damage mirrors a stain on the wrapper's rear panel and spine. The stain while noticeable is less detracting than one might expect not affecting the spine of the book itself that is otherwise fine and bright. There is other minor soiling and wear to the dust wrapper but it is unfaded and complete lettered in navy blue against a pale turquoise ground. '"Price $4.00" is printed on the inner flap along with a list of Harper publications on psychology and psychoanalysis. The back flap and rear panel also serve as advertisements for current Harper publications. The front cover of the dust wrapper however is fully dedicated to the promotion of Houdini ".He dissects with an especially keen scalpel he does not wield it as one determined to destroy but rather a seeker after truth. Although he has the utmost respect for the honest belief of any person he is the relentless enemy of deliberate fraud and the account of his adventures in the investigation and detection of it forms a valuable chapter in the crusade for the truth." Thus the wrapper is indeed a marvelous historical document in its own right. Not just a mere ornamental cover for a book it stands as a publisher's clever harnessing of the public's endless fascination with the magician and man who was the Great Houdini.</p> Harper & Brothers hardcover books
197012230San Lazzaro di Savena BO: Privately Printed 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Copy #763 of a non-commercial numbered edition. Signed and inscribed on the title page by Enzo Ferrari to the famous Italian actress Lina Volonghi in 1971. 249 18pp. Red cloth lettered in white on the spine panel. This is a new edition of the most famous title by Ferrari Le mie gioie terribili an autobiographical work in which he discusses his life and his cars with revised text different photographs and printed in a slightly different format. Profusely illustrated with b/w photographs. A fine copy in near fine dustjacket with just a hint of wear a faint spot to the verso and a very mildy faded spine panel. A really charming an indeed rare presentation copy. ; Quarto; 249 pages; Signed by Author. <br/><br/> Privately Printed hardcover books
194432352Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in original vellum-backed marbled boards with gilt-lettered morocco spine label in original blue slipcase. Small quarto. 7.25 x 10.25 in. 10 pp. Printed beautifully with large calligraphic typeface title printed in red capitals in red and blue pages ruled in red. Limited edition numbered 61 of 100 copies. Inscribed by FDR to Jonathan Daniels on front free endpaper. Daniels son of Josephus Daniels was FDR's administrative assistant and served as his press secretary in the month before the president died. <br/><br/> (U.S. Government Printing Office) hardcover books
