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185142443New York: Harper & Brothers 1851. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Original pebble-grained red cloth with gilt spine lettering and blind-embossed rules and front board publisher's device. xxiii 635pp 6pp ads. Good plus. Internally a sound "Very good" as it's internally tight and unrestored showing only mild sporadic age toning and occasional light foxing; binding is sound and decent with exposed tips; somewhat rough spine has had 1" X 1" excision archivally and discretely restored and chipped spine head and tail archivally rebuilt see images; pencilled 1852 ownership signature on inner flyleaf. A tight presentable and quite handleable first U.S. edition first issue of this giant of 19th century literature. One of only 3000 U.S. copies the American edition -- preceded by the 2-volume English version one month prior -- met with little fanfare and supposedly many unsold copies were destroyed in an 1854 warehouse fire. Original terra cotta endpapers. Despite wear this is a respectable copy appropriately priced. Housed in a handsome custom red cloth clamshell case with gilt spine lettering. BAL 13664. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
198522310NY: William Morrow. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1985. Hardcover. 0688039049 . Black and white photographs. First printing. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . William Morrow hardcover books
19692222193<p>First edition thus. 32mo 3 1/2" x 2 3/4". Full gilt stamped blue morocco. Fine. 8 pages.</p><p>This copy is printed for San Francisco bookseller David Magee.</p><p>One of five copies printed entirely on vellum.</p> The Beagle Press hardcover books
199310768Livingston: Clark City Press 1993. First edition first prnt. Stapled wraps. No hardcover issue. Publisher's promotional booklet containing advance excerpts of then-forthcoming books including Matthiessen's Red and Blue Days: Writing on the American West which was to appear in 1993 but was not published and most likely will not be published. This copy is signed by Matthiessen on the title page. Other selections by Cutler Gilfallen and Jackson. Unread copy in Fine condition. Not commonly available signed. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/Not Issued. Advance Reader's Excerpt. Clark City Press Paperback books
2221669<p>"Edwin Markham" 1 page 9 3/4" x 7 1/4" "San Francisco Desolate". Holograph manuscript of his 12 line poem on the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. Very good short tear right margin; light traces of previous framing.</p><p>Fair copies of Markham's Lincoln are common. This is the first we have seen of his "San Francisco Desolate."</p><p>Markham 1852-1940 was an American poet.</p> unknown books
19822221607<p>First edition. Octavo. Prefaces by Guillermo Diaz-Plaja and Manuel Alcantara. Original stiff green wrappers stamped in black. No dust jacket. Very good. 167 pages.</p><p>Signed and inscribed by author to poet Alicia Ghiragossian Oct. 1984 on front free endpaper.</p> Union Editorial paperback books
2007110769Tampa: The Norman Mailer Society 2007. First edition. Limited issue of 56 bound copies in green full cloth-covered boards 40 of which were numbered and 16 were presentation copies all signed by Mailer and Sipiora on the limitation page. Copy #32. Issued without dustjacket. Contributors include Morris Dickstein Donald L.Kaufmann J. Michael Lennon Barbara Mailer Wasserman et al. Also two contributions by Mailer one of which is an excerpt from the previously unpublished 1942 play "The Naked and the Dead." Supplemental Bibliography. Color photographs. The Inaugural Issue. ISSN: 1936-4679. Unread copy in Fine condition. Signed by Author and Editor. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. The Norman Mailer Society Hardcover books
200731945Tampa: The Norman Mailer Society 2007. First edition. Limited issue of 56 bound copies in green full cloth-covered boards 40 of which were numbered and 16 were presentation copies all signed by Mailer and Sipiora on the limitation page. Copy #31. Issued without dustjacket. Contributors include Morris Dickstein Donald L.Kaufmann J. Michael Lennon Barbara Mailer Wasserman et al. Also two contributions by Mailer one of which is an excerpt from the previously unpublished 1942 play "The Naked and the Dead." Supplemental Bibliography. Color photographs. The Inaugural Issue. ISSN: 1936-4679. Unread copy in Fine condition. Signed by Author and Editor. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Norman Mailer Society Hardcover books
2003100911NY: Random House 2003. First edition first prnt. Pbk Original edition. Perfect-bound illustrated wraps. Preface by Mailer. Signed by Mailer on the half-title page. Unread copy in Fine condition. Revised and new poems. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Random House Paperback books
199831034NY: Random House 1998. First edition first prnt. Signed by Mailer on a tipped-in front endpage. One of an unspecified number of copies as such. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. An anthology of various Mailer works published to commemorate both his seventy-fifth birthday and the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of his first novel The Naked and the Dead. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Random House Hardcover books
1958305049<p>First edition. Octavo. Dust jacket unclipped; short tears; nicks; creases. Very good. 320 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p> Collins hardcover books
19062222052<p>First edition. Octavo. Seven b/w full page illustrations by August Abelmann. Original grey pictorial cloth stamped in white black and brown. No dust jacket. Very good spine faded fly specks at edges. Tight copy. 396 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>Small bookseller label on end paper.</p><p>Chapter 11 is titled: "A Legend of the Yosemite" pages 351-371.</p> Monarch Book Company hardcover books
19062222194<p>Early reprint. Octavo. 38 b/w illustrations. Original brown decorated cloth stamped in gilt black yellow with two rams heads. No dust jacket. Fine fresh copy. 310 pages.</p><p>Signed and inscribed by Lummis to James B. Duffy: "With high regard. Always your Friend. Chas. F. Lummis."</p><p>Duffy was a Southern California businessman with oil interests. He was connected by marriage to the Carrillos and President John Adams.</p><p>He was an honorary pallbearer at Lummis' funeral in November 1928.</p> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1954300062<p>First edition first printing so stated. Octavo. Dust jacket designed by H. Laurence Hoffman unclipped. Very good. 243 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p> Simon and Schuster hardcover books
19602222004<p>dated Dec. 6 1960 C. Tinling & Co. Ltd. Proof copy. Octavo. Original printed green wrappers with editorial marks and corrections. No dust jacket. Good few stains; tear on lower spine. 160 pages.</p><p>Label of International Literary & Artists Agency Beverly Hills. With pencil signature of producer Jerry Bick 1923-2004. Bick was the producer of Raymond Chandler's "The Long Goodbye."</p> George Allen & Unwin Ltd. paperback books
18484463<p>First edition. Small octavo. Original glazed yellow boards spine a bit worn. With half title page. Good a little foxing. 27 pages. No signatures or bookplates. BAL 13069.</p> NICHOLS hardcover books
19062221586<p>WITH RARE DUST JACKET</p><p>First edition September 1906 so stated. Small octavo. Original gilt stamped green cloth t.e.g. Edited by Anna Harris Smith. Frontispiece portrait. Dust jacket with design that replicates gilt cloth design few small chips; few tears. Very good. 137 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>Designed by D. B. Updike The Merrymount Press Boston.</p> Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. hardcover books
19062221908<p>First edition. Octavo. Illustrated with color frontispiece four full page b/w plates and many marginal vignettes by Charles Copeland. Original green pictorial cloth stamped in gilt t.e.g. Pictorial dust jacket which reproduces the frontispiece. Rare thus. Very good. 296 pages.</p><p>Signed and inscribed by Long on front free endpaper: "One Man to Another."</p> Ginn & Company, The Athenaeum Press hardcover books
1923301381<p>First edition thus. Octavo. Pages 9-60 comprise Jack London's "My Hawaiian Aloha." Pages 61-264 are by Charmain. Illustrated with 16 halftone photos; double page map of Hawaiian Islands. Original gilt stamped blue cloth With the rare unclipped original dust jacket. Fine fresh. No other signatures or bookplates. Laid down on the front pastedown is a 1 page Autograph Letter Signed "Charmain London" in blue fountain pen ink January 1928 Waimea Hawaii to Judge and Mrs. David Forbes. See BAL 11984 for the 1922 American printing issued under the title "Our Hawaii".</p> Mills & Boon, Limited hardcover books
19112222107<p>Revised edition. Octavo. Color frontispiece. Original pictorial tan cloth with design of a salesman embarking from a train followed by a porter with two suitcases. Two ink signatures of previous owner's. Old label on spine a few spots on top edge else a bright copy. No dust jacket. Very good. 162 pages.</p> Laird & Lee, Publishers hardcover books
19052222071<p>First edition October 21 1905. Octavo. Color frontispiece of a painting by Maynard Dixon. Original olive green pictorial cloth stamped in gilt with a design in black cream and red. With the rare dust jacket unclipped; small chips; few nicks; light soiling. Very good. 333 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>With publisher's three page promotional brochure quoting reviews comparing the book to "The Virginian" and to Jack London.</p><p>Ben Blair was filmed in 1916 by Wm. Desmond Taylor.</p><p>William Otis Lillibridge 1878-1909 died at age of 31. His other novel "Where the Trail Divides" was also filmed.</p><p>See Jeff Dykes "Western High Spots" page 36.</p> A. C. McClurg & Co. hardcover books
199123574Washington D. C.: Library of Congress 1991. First edition. Cloth. A fine copy and as new in a lightly soiled plain dust jacket. xxxv 427 pp. Illus. with 98 color & b/w plates. Sm. 4to. One hundred essays about The Rosenwald Collection which "constitutes the largest single gathering of rare books at the Library of Congress and . represents one of the finest collections of books formed by any individual." Essays cover Manuscripts Early Printing Typography & Writing Books Illustrated Books Eighteenth-Century French Illustrated Books William Blake Modern Illustrated Books Architecture Bindings Geography Herbals and Science. Library of Congress hardcover books
19322222224<p>First edition thus. Octavo. Original printed stamped wrappers. No dust jacket. Fine. 8 pages include wrappers.</p><p>Number 91 of 100 privately printed copies signed on colophon by Harvey Taylor.</p><p>Merle Johnson page 313.</p> Harvard Press paperback books
19322222213<p>First edition thus. Small octavo. Original printed white wrappers. Fine. 8 pages including wrappers.</p><p>Number 97 of 100 privately printed and signed by Harvey Taylor.</p><p>Merle Johnson page 313.</p> Harvard Press for Harvey Taylor paperback books
19812221674<p>First edition. 10" x 6 1/4". Original stiff orange wrappers. No dust jacket. Fine fresh. 13 pages.</p><p>#19 of 300 limited signed copies.</p> Lord John Press paperback books
