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19152222147<p>Sixth printing August 6 1915. Octavo. Three b/w illustrations by Walter Biggs. Original pictorial black cloth with design in white and red. No dust jacket. A bright fresh copy. 208 pages.</p><p>Ink signature of "M E Davis 1915" on front free endpaper.</p><p>Filmed in 1917 as "A Wife on Trial."</p><p>Three of Widdemer's novels were filmed.</p> J. B. Lippincott Company hardcover books
19052222027<p>First edition. Octavo. Original red pictorial cloth with design by "G" of standing figure in green white and black; t.e.g. No dust jacket. Very good. 297 pages.</p><p>Previous owner's signature on front pastedown; small bookseller label at end.</p> The Neale Publishing Company hardcover books
2221863<p>A Western romantic play in four acts n.d. ca. 1920's 181 pages. The complete holograph manuscript. Folio 12 3/8" x 8". Written in pencil on ruled paper with separate holograph title page listing the cast and signed by Grey. Unpublished . The setting is Utah. It is based on his 1917 novel "Wildfire." Very good. Enclosed in a brown cloth slipcase.</p><p>The cast of twelve includes Bostil Lucy Bostil Aunt Jane Creeds and others villagers and Indians.</p><p>Act I pages 2-57. Page 1 is the title page and cast listing.</p><p>Act II pages 1-40.</p><p>Act III pages 1-48.</p><p>Act IV pages 1-36.</p> unknown books
19112222030<p>First edition first impression July 1911. Octavo. 5 page introduction by Jack London. Title page in red and black. Original tan cloth stamped in red and black with pictorial cat design. No dust jacket. Very good. 239 pages 18 pages of publisher's ads.</p><p>Signature on front free endpaper: "Compliments of Harry Rodd.</p><p>BAL 11930.</p><p>Woodbridge 1033.</p> L. C. Page & Company hardcover books
1934304110<p>Nelson 2/- series. Small octavo. Color pictorial dust jacket unclipped; nicks; large chips. Very good. 381 pages 3 pages of publisher's advertisements. No other signatures or bookplates. Small New Zealand bookseller's label on the front pastedown. With a full-page inscription on front free endpaper by Zane Grey's son Romer: "Zane Grey Estate Altadena Calif. July 19 1970. In the other book I said one thing. In this I might say I just re read these and believe them as I have ridden every inch of ground in this perhaps there is hope Romer Zane Grey." Zane Grey's "thin" blindstamp on front free endpaper.</p> Hodder and Stoughton hardcover books
1952306176<p>First edition so stated. Octavo. Dust jacket designed by Samuel H. Bryant unclipped; minor rubbing; small stain. Very good. 263 pages. No signatures or bookplates 16 short stories winners of the 7th annual detective short story contest sponsored by Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. Authors represented include Octavus Roy Cohen Thomas Flanagan Mabel Seeley Mark Van Doren Dorothy S. Davis Veronica P. Johns Gertrude Diamant Jane McClure Kitty Harwood et al.</p> Little, Brown and Company hardcover books
19032222240<p>First edition February 1903. Octavo. Original gilt stamped red cloth spine a bit faded; inner joint weak. No dust jacket. Good. 421 pages.</p><p>Actor Theodore Roberts 1861-1928 copy with his nautical bookplate and bold signature of his wife actress Florence Smythe 1878-1925.</p> Doubleday, Page & Co. hardcover books
19272221661<p>WITH ORIGINAL BOREIN DRAWING</p><p>First edition. 11" x 7 3/4". Illustrated with color frontispiece and 16 b/w full page drawings by Edward Borein and several vignettes. Two page introduction by Owen Wister. Original red stamped pictorial boards joints cracked and a bit warped. No dust jacket. Good. 76 pages.</p><p>Signed by Perkins on front free endpaper January 1928.</p><p>Together with an original ink drawing by Borein of cowboy on horseback signed and dated 1928.</p><p>Small red leather bookplate of John Stuart Groves.</p><p>Borein 1872-1945 was a noted Western illustrator and painter. His cowboy drawings appeared in "Land of Sunshine" with encouragement by Charles F. Lummis.</p> Wallace Hebberd hardcover books
19272221662<p>WITH ORIGINAL BOREIN DRAWING</p><p>First edition. 11" x 7 3/4". Illustrated with color frontispiece and 16 b/w full page drawings by Edward Borein and several vignettes. Two page introduction by Owen Wister. Original red stamped pictorial boards. No dust jacket. Very good. 76 pages.</p><p>With a large signed original detailed ink drawing by Borein of two cowboys on horseback inscribed to Frank E. Bliss and dated 1927. Most original drawings by Borein in books tend to be much less detailed and smaller.</p><p>Engraved bookplate of Francis E Bliss on front pastedown.</p><p>Borein 1872-1945 was a noted Western illustrator and painter. His cowboy drawings appeared in "Land of Sunshine" with encouragement by Charles F. Lummis.</p> Wallace Hebberd hardcover books
19072222235<p>First edition. Octavo. Frontispiece. Original gilt and white stamped decorative cloth. No Dust jacket. Very good. 90 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>Ahouse A10a.</p> Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover books
1990305052<p>First edition Large 8vo. Dust jacket unclipped. Very good-fine. 199 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p> Bantam Books hardcover books
18522221594<p>First edition. Octavo. Illustrated with 22 steel engravings and chromolithographed pictorial title pages by D. Mc Lellan and T. Sinclair. Publisher's elaborately gilt stamped purple morocco with gilt vignettes of Christ rising the dead Noah's Ark child with lion and lamb group of five men in various ethnic dress; the spine with elaborate gilt designs and decorations; edges gilt; back covers in blind or gilt. Minor light rubbing. Nice examples of elaborate American leather trade bindings. No dust jacket. Very good. 320; 288 pages. No signatures or bookplates. 2 volumes.</p><p>Printed by E. N. Grossman & Son.</p><p>Stereotyped by Richard C. Valentine.</p> Edward Walker hardcover books
1984305584<p>First edition thus. Small folio 10 1/4" x 13". Illustrated with 14 linoleum prints by Clark Henley. Original dark red cloth printed paper spine label uncut. Fine and fresh. No other signatures or bookplates. One of 26 lettered copies printed for George Houle of a total edition of 150 signed by the illustrator Clark Henley on limitation page. The text is from the first published version which differs from later versions. According to the publisher this is apparently the first book edition of the text as it originally appeared in the Troy Sentinel with textual variation.</p> Arundel Press 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
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
198710987<p>NY: Viking 1987. First US edition first prnt. Signed by Amis on the title page. Beginning toning on board edges; dustjacket with slight wrinkles at spine topedge. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.</p><p>The images are of the book described and not stock photos.</p> Viking hardcover books
190040348Philadelphia: George Barrie & Son 1900. Hardcover. Complete 20-volume set. Translation by George Burnham Ives. 8vo. Half brown calf with compartments and gilt letterng and decorations and tan decorated paper over boards. Various paginations. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece with captioned tissue guards full-page illustrations with captioned tissue guards decorative tan endpapers. Very good overall. Bit of occasional edgewear only. A tight quite handsome custom bound full set of the "Edition de Nohant" with colophon noting the limitation to 1000 numbered sets this #83 and this set printed for Charles N. Mann likely the Philadelphia antiquarian and book collector1840-1912. Though not so marked this set hails from the library of Adlai E. Stevenson III Illinois senator and before him the library of his father Adlai E. Stevenson II 1900-65 Illinois governor and twice presidential candidate -- whose wife Ellen Borden 1907-72 likely acquired it she being the family member who read and collected fine literature and poetry. Uncommon set nice condition unusual provenance. George Barrie & Son hardcover books
19932222182<p>First edition. Octavo. B/W illustrated artwork by William J. Close Jr. Four page foreword by James H. Vickers. Five page preface by Farley. Original gilt stamped blue leatherette over blue cloth matching cloth slipcase. No dust jacket as issued. Fine. 221 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>Limited to 125 deluxe copies this is #73.</p><p>Laid in loose is Close's business card.</p> Silver Spruce Publishing 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
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
19702221975<p>First edition first printing. Octavo. Dust jacket unclipped designed by Jay Gendell. Very good. 280 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>Advance copy for review with publisher's slip with March 24 1970 publication date.</p> Bernard Geis Associates hardcover books
2221947<p>ca. 1850. 4 3/4" x 3 1/2". Frontispiece engraved portrait. Original red cloth stamped in gilt and blind a.e.g. No dust jacket. Good minor nicks; soiling; slight-lean. 222 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>Printed by J. Billing Woking.</p> Thomas Allman hardcover books
1911226771<p>Second edition so stated; "June 3 1911". Octavo. Frontispiece and 25 b/w photographs by the author; 1 b/w drawing. Original tan cloth gilt stamped spine pictorial upper cover in gilt light blue and white with design of a sand storm blowing across the prairie spine lettering faded; medium foxing to edges of text uncut and partly unopened. Very good tight copy. 314 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Printed by the Vail Company.</p> A.C. McClurg & Co. 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
1947300756<p>First edition. Thin octavo. Original gilt stamped dark blue cloth uncut. Very good. 40 pages. No dust jacket. No signatures or bookplates. Designed by Joseph Simon.</p> Ward Ritchie Press hardcover books
