TO THE BEST OF MY MEMORY.
NY: Harper, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Black cloth. Spine faded. Good. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Dated 1940. More
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CRUSADE IN EUROPE
Garden City: Doubleday, 1948. Limited Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. #285 OF 1426 COPIES SIGNED BY EISENHOWER ON A FACSIMILE OF THE ORIGINAL D-DAY ORDERS. Fine condition in clear acetate wrapper and publisher's box. This is Julia Rockefeller's copy, neatly inscribed to her for Christmas 1948 by "Bill" - the..... More
LIFE OF BRIGHAM YOUNG or Utah and Her Founders
New York: Tullidge & Crandall, 1876. 1st Edition. Leather bound. iv, 458, 81pp, frontispiece. Deluxe edition, bound in full decorated leather stamped and embossed in gilt and blind. The single word "Complimentary" is written in old ink on the verso of the frontispiece indicating this most likely was a presentation..... More
THIS I REMEMBER
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 387p. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. This is #344 of one thousand numbered copies signed by the author. Original blue cloth. Neat bookplate on front free endpaper else in fine condition with clear acetate wrapper and publisher's box. The box has a light..... More
BASIL SEAL RIDES AGAIN or The Rake's Regress
London: Chapman and Hall, 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. LIMITED EDITION, BEING #593 OF 750 COPIES SIGNED BY EVELYN WAUGH. Blue cloth with the original acetate wrapper. The wrapper is torn and tape repaired at the lower back corner. The book itself is in fine condition. The British issue of the..... More
BLACK MISCHIEF
London: Chapman and Hall, 1932. Limited Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, #201 OF 250 COPIES SIGNED BY EVELYN WAUGH. A very good hardcover book in a like dustjacket. The spine of the book underneath the jacket is slightly faded with the gilt lettering still legible; the jacket is clean and..... More
RETROSPECT OF WESTERN TRAVEL: Vols. I-III
London: Saunders and Otley, 1838. 1st Edition. Leather bound. Complete three-volume set. 318, 292, 293pp. 8vo. Bound in contemporary 3/4 leather and marbled boards; spines ornately decorated in gilt with red leather title labels. Expertly rebacked preserving the original spines. ACTOR EDWARD EVERETT HORTON'S COPY with his bookplate in each..... More
MANHATTAN TRANSFER
NY: Harper and Brothers, 1925. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st ed, 1st printing with K-Z code on copyright page. A FINE HARDCOVER BOOK IN THE SCARCE REMNANTS OF THE ORIGINAL DUSTJACKET. This work is found in two different bindings, one being black cloth with a yellow title label and the other..... More
EAST OF EDEN
New York: Viking Press, 1952. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing of one of Steinbeck's major works. Mild foxing to endpapers. Water spotting along foredge and pp. 319-326, else fine in a fine dustjacket. The jacket has the original price of $4.00 and shows only the slightest touches of mild shelfwear..... More
LORD JIM
Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1900. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First issue with all bibliographic points present. An attractive copy in the original mint green cloth decorated in gilt and black; the cloth is clean and bright. Former owner's name on title page, scattered light foxing throughout. Overall still..... More
THE STORY ABOUT PING
New York: Viking Press, 1933. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing in 1st issue dustjacket with all necessary bibliographic points. A near fine hardcover book which has a small scratch on the rear board and a few traces of edge wear; in a very good dustjacket which is whole and complete..... More
THE CELEBRATED JUMPING FROG OF CALAVERAS COUNTY and Other Sketches
NY: C.H. Webb, 1868. Second Edition. Hardcover. SECOND EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. Published one year after the first and in similar format. Purplish-gray boards with gilt frog on front board and blindstamped frog on rear. Edge wear to spine ends and corners; spotting to a few pages; former..... More
A SHORT VIEW OF THE LATE TROUBLES IN ENGLAND
Oxford: Moses Pitt, 1681. 1st Edition. Leather bound. x, 1-959, index, catalogue of books. Old stains throughout along top and outer margins. Old tape repair to frontispiece portrait of King Charles I; tape has been professionally removed but has left discoloration. Recently rebound in full leather ruled and stamped in..... More
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