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195447826New York: Harper & Brothers 1954. Very Good/Very Good . New York: Harper & Brothers 1954. First Edition in later state dust jacket with $2.00 price. Slim quarto 23cm; publisher's cloth-backed boards pictorial endpapers in supplied pictorial dust jacket; 40pp.; illus. throughout. Light toning to jacket margins boards rather worn with exposure at corners. A Very Good example overall. <br /> <br /> Inscribed and signed on front free endpaper verso "! A Happy New Year! To Serena Felicity Broughton and her parents Suzanna and James Broughton. From Ruth Krauss / 1964."<br /> <br /> Sweet association copy between Ruth Krauss and the Beat poet James Broughton and his growing family. The book was almost certainly a gift to the Broughtons following the birth of their daughter Serena -- a 1964 letter from Krauss congratulating Broughton on the birth of his daughter can be found in his papers at Kent State.<br /> <br /> Hanrahan A12. Harper & Brothers unknown
196532893Garden City NY: Crime Club / Doubleday & Company 1965. Near Fine/Very Good. Garden City NY: Published for the Crime Club by Doubleday & Company 1965. First American Edition Stated. Octavo 21.5cm; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price $3.50; 191pp. Light wear and wrinkling to dust jacket white portions a bit toned small piece of tape to front pastedown else a Near Fine copy in Very Good jacket. Bookplate signed by the author laid in.<br /> <br /> The author's first book and the first to introduce Inspector Wexford. The question mark symbol on the front jacket flap connotes that this is a "classic puzzler. Crime Club / Doubleday & Company unknown
1975B1025London: Hutchinson 1975. First. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. This is the ninth book in Ruth Rendell's Inspector Wexford series. First editions are uncommon in the market particularly with dust jackets and signed copies are scarcer still. So this is a much sought after title.<br /> <br /> This copy is near fine in black cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Just slight bumping at the spine ends and very slight soiling on the half title page. No other marks or damage. The clipped dust jacket has been in a protective plastic sleeve and so it excellent. Signed by Rendell on the title page. BI19. Hutchinson hardcover
1968B1019London: John Long 1968. First UK. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good-. From ruthrendell.info<br /> <br /> <p>Ruth Rendell is one of the true all-time greats. The Secret House of Death changed my life with its utterly perfect unguessable twist.</p> <br /> <p>—Sophie Hannah 1</p> <br /> <p>It was his third visit to the gloomy house on Orchard Drive. Each time he parked in the same place carried a briefcase and was greeted by Louise North at the door.</p> <br /> <p>Is it sin to rush into the secret house of death ere death dare come to us<br /> Antony and Cleopatra Act 4 Sc. 16</p> <br /> <p>Susan Townsend was the only resident with no interest in the neighbourhood gossip about the affair going on next door.<br /> Yet it was Susan who found the murdered bodies of the lovers locked not in passion but in death. And it was Susan whose own life would be imperilled by a monstrous crime far beyond the imaginings of the vilest gossiping tongues.<br /> <br /> This copy is near fine in brown cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Very slight bumping at the spine ends and a lightly stamped number on the copyright page are the only issues. The unclipped DJ has very slight edge wear but it is approximately 1/4" shorter than the book itself. It is not clear if that is a publication anomaly a trimmed jacket for some reason or a jacket borrowed from another edition. As a result I am rating the jacket as a VG-<br /> Signed by Rendell on the title page.<br /> Very scarce first in jacket and signed.</p> . EB18. John Long hardcover
1967B1024London: John Long 1967. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. This is the third book in Rendell's Inspector Wexford series. As with all of her early books first editions are quite scarce and this title is often considered the rarest of all. And many of the copies of her early books went to public libraries rather than to the retail market. <br /> <br /> This copy is very good in black cloth with gilt titles on the spine. The covers are in unusually good condition for it having been a library copy. Very slight bumping at the spine ends and very slight wear along the bottom edge. The front hinge has been tape reinforced but the binding is otherwise sound. Ex-library with ink stamps on the front pastedown and flyleaf and another ink stamp on the title page. The rear endpaper has a vertical residue where perhaps the now missing dust jacket may have been taped. Some soiling along the page edges. No other marks or damage. No jacket.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> AB19. John Long hardcover
199227137Toronto: Collector Grade Publications. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1992 1993. Mixed Editions. Hardcover. 0889351171 . Price is for the set of 2 volumes. The ISBN for volume 2 is 0-88935-123-6. Volume one is a 2nd printing volume 2 is a first edition. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 846 pages . Collector Grade Publications hardcover
1923441124New York: Harper & Brothers 1923. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Faint bend on first few leaves probably a printing error else fine in fine dustwrapper with a tiny tear. Seemingly feminist-themed novel of a young woman with a rich bloodline who flees her debauched home to settle in Boston with "a young woman adventurer in sociology." At 18 she marries a man of wealth and collector of beautiful things but proves himself unworthy of her. Very scarce especially in jacket. Harper & Brothers hardcover
196247896Berkeley California: Parnassus Press 1962. First edition. Fine in very good plus dust jacket. Inscribed first printing of this Napoleonic tale of adventure on the high seas with illustrations inspired by the art of soldiers of the period - presented to the author by the illustrator. Published the year after his Caldecott Medal win THE EMPEROR AND THE DRUMMER BOY showcases Sidjakov's unique blend of modernism and awareness of more vernacular artistic traditions. This copy is inscribed by Sidjakov to Ruth Robbins the book's author and the wife of the owner of the Parnassus Press and apparently a very good cook. A wonderful association between these two figures who together won the 1961 Caldecott Medal for their book BABOUSHKA AND THE THREE KINGS. 10'' x 8''. Original color pictorial boards. Original price-clipped color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated in color. 40 pages. Inscribed by Sidjakov to verso of front flyleaf to Robbins "To Ruth / I wish my illustrations / would be as good / as her cooking." Jacket with a hint of edgewear one tiny closed tear. Sharp. Parnassus Press unknown
1957308829SAN FRANCISCO: FEARON PUBLISHER. Fine. 1957. First Edition. Photograph. First edition. NSCRIBED by noted photographer Ruth Bernhard on dedication page. Close to fine in a good dust jacket. Small S. F. Bookshop stamp at base of rear paste-down. Tiny hint of off-setting on front end-paper & paste-down. Interior clear tape repairs to jacket. Some fairly shallow chipping at spine ends and 1 1/2"-inch chipping along upper edge of front cover. Soil spot and rubbing to jacket. Melvin Van is the Afro-American film director Melvin Van Peebles whose first book this is. Most uncommon signed by Ruth Bernhard who's own copy this may well be as it was acquired in the Monterey region of California where she resided for many years. Photographs of San Francisco cable cars. LR . FEARON PUBLISHER. unknown
19579996San Francisco: Fearon Publisher 1957. First Edition. Very good /near fine. Tall 4to. 77pp. wheat-colored cloth pictorial dust jacket with black and white photograph of San Francisco. Photographs by Ruth Bernhard. -- Closed tear to bottom of the dust jacket that has been repaired with tape on the inside of the jacket. Light wear to the outer extremities of the jacket. -- "The Big Heart" is Van Melvin's first book. -- "He is most famous for creating the acclaimed film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song which heralded a new era of black-focused films."-wikipedia. -- Signed by Van Melvin and Ruth Bernard on the title page.-- Typo page 35 first line of text the word "pumping" should be "jumping". -- Condition. Fearon Publisher unknown
192972221New York:: E. P. Dutton & Co. 1929. First edition. publisher's blue cloth decorated in silver in dust jacket. A bright unworn copy in a tanned jacket with a few small chips and tears; a scrape to the rear panel; and some overall use and soiling. Folio. Illustrated by John Vassos. E. P. Dutton & Co., hardcover
193561356New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc 1935. First edition inscribed association copy. Hardcover. Good. SIGNED. Quarto 30.5 cm 104pp. Folio 30.5 cm 1/4 blue cloth with red cloth over boards with bold gilt stamped titles. Double title page printed in black and bold red. Boards a bit warped; some dampstaining and tapestains to boards dampstaining primarily to rear board; pages a bit toned. The first edition was strictly limited to 2000 copies. <br /> <br /> This copy is intimately inscribed by John Vassos to Colonel Darryl Zanuck on the front free endpaper: "Written in 1935 - / now 1944 - / One wonders. are we / going to make the same / mistakes / To Col. Darryl Zanuck / from another soldier - / Lt. Col. John Vassos C.E. / in New York City / July 27 1944."<br /> <br /> Inscribed to the giant American film producer and studio executive Darryl Zanuck. Zanuck 1902-1979 was vice president in charge of production for Twentieth Century-Fox. The IMDb website writer David S. Smith refers to him as "One of the kingpins of Hollywood's studio system." He is known for his signature productions of "How Green Was My Valley" "The Grapes of Wrath" and "Twelve O'Clock High." He was also known for producing "The Longest Day" 1962 which was viewed as the definitive examination of D-Day for decades. Also highly significant is the fact that Zanuck was responsible for the first use of dialogue in a full-length film "The Jazz Singer." Zanuck joined the U.S. Army when he was 15 years old. He was active in World War I and World War II.<br /> <br /> John Vassos was also in the military. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps developing camouflage techniques.<br /> <br /> A unique inscription not only between two military men but between two people with huge ties to the entertainment industry. The artist John Vassos was the designer of the first consumer television set for RCA while Zanuck was considered a major studio boss of his era. E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc hardcover
1977100298<p>Boston:: Good Gay Poets. Very Good. 1977. Hardcover. 0915480093 . A collection of poems. Drawings by Paul Blake. Stated first edition 200 copies. Light foxing to edges and endpapers previous owner's blind-stamp on title page else very good in illustrated boards. No dust jacket. .</p> Good Gay Poets, hardcover
1964152455Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox Television 1964. First Draft script for the pilot episode of the 1965-1966 television series which originally aired on September 16 1965 on ABC. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1958 film directed by Martin Ritt which was in turn based on the 1931 novella "Spotted Horses" the 1939 short story "Barn Burning" and the 1940 novel "The Hamlet" by William Faulkner. The series followed the Varners a wealthy Mississippi family whose patriarch is forced to confront the newly arrived young son of his former rival who challenges the Varners' control over the town. <br /> <br /> Set in the fictitious town of Frenchman's Bend Mississippi. <br /> <br /> Red titled wrappers noted as FIRST DRAFT on the front wrapper dated October 7 1964. Title page present dated October 7 1964 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Earl Hamner film screenwriters Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr. and story and novel credits to William Faulkner. 63 leaves with last page of text numbered 58. Multilith duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only with blue pink green and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 12/3/64 and 12/21/64. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox Television unknown
194861655New York:: New Directions 1948. First edition. publisher's cloth in dust jacket. Light dampstaining to the lower half of the rear board and the bottom edge of the front board; some wrinkling of the bottom edge of the text at rear. Dust jacket lightly tanned with a small chip at the top of the spine. 8vo. Two-page typescript of Ruth Lechlitner's review laid in corrected in pencil; a few pencil annotations to text of the book in the same hand. A New Directions Book. New Directions, hardcover
2001x-0761919678Sage Pubns 2001. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 287 pages. 9.00x6.25x0.75 inches. Sage Pubns hardcover
1996x-0415108357Routledge 1996. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 214 pages. 9.75x6.75x1.00 inches. Routledge hardcover
2024Discovery-9781804890684BRILLIANCE 2024. Hardcover. New. BRILLIANCE hardcover
2024Discovery-9781804890684BRILLIANCE 2024. Hardcover. New. BRILLIANCE hardcover
2024Discovery-9781804890677BRILLIANCE 2024. Hardcover. New. BRILLIANCE hardcover
2024Discovery-9781804890677BRILLIANCE 2024. Hardcover. New. BRILLIANCE hardcover
2022__0414088832Sweet & Maxwell 2022. Hardcover. New. 6th edition. 960 pages. 9.41x6.46x2.13 inches. Sweet & Maxwell hardcover
196547249Kyoto: The First Zen Institute of America in Japan 1965. First edition. Original grey buckram cloth-covered boards with gilt lettered spine. xvii 156 pages with 10 pages of reproductions of ink drawings by Hakuin Ekaku. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY RUTH SASAKI Ryosen-an Daitoku-ji April 12 1966. "The present work is the first scholarly examination in any language of the historical development and traditional method of koan study in Zen Buddhism." A clean tight near fine copy with just some light spotting on endpapers. No name bookplate or other markings.The stiff grey paper dust jacket is printed in red and black and is near fine in a protective mylar wrap. Published simultaneously with the American Harcourt edition this First Zen Institue printing is much scarcer. A nice copy in the scarce dust jacket. . Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. The First Zen Institute of America in Japan Hardcover
2024Manohar-9781032513263Routledge 2024. Paperback. New. Routledge paperback
2024Manohar-9781032513263Routledge 2024. Paperback. New. Routledge paperback
