New York; (1977): E.P. Dutton. First Edition. Octavo. First printing. 242pp.. signed by the author, illustrated by Jim Stiles. What Henry David Thoreau was to New England and Bret Harte to the outcasts of Poker Flat, Abbey is to the land and people of the American West. Following a trail..... More
Northridge, Ca: Lord John Press, 1980. Limited Edition. Octavo. Limited to 300 copies signed by Ray Bradbury and William Nolan. xx, 29 pages. William F. Nolan's introduction discusses Bradbury's early fascination with carnivals and circuses as they would stop in Waukegan on their way to Chicago. He identified with the..... More
Northridge, Ca: Lord John Press, 1982. Joe Mugnaini. Limited Edition. Octavo. 25 pages. limited to 300 signed copies of which this is #191 Includes his poem: "How I Became a Writer". Bound in 1/4 olive cloth over pictorial paper covered boards lettered and decorated in black, a fine bright copy..... More
New York; (1979): Targ Editions. Limited Edition. Octavo. 21 pages, signed by Ray Bradbury, limited to 375 copies of which this is #40. This is book number three of the Targ editions and designed Ronald Gordon. Dedication page: For Donald Harkins, who helped me trap W.C. Fields in his lair..... More
Pennsylvania: Franklin Library, 1984. First Edition. Octavo. 254(1) pp. Signed by the author. One of Buckley's best spy novels set in 1961 in Berlin. Since Buckley had worked for the USA, he brings authentic background to one of his best. A fine copy bound in black leather lettered and decorated..... More
Tx, James Earl Rudder Auditorum: Texas A&M University. Advertisement poster for a lecture given to students and non-student April 1, 1986, 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. During the year 1986, the lectures were given by four important men; Former President Gerald R. Ford, Former President Jimmy Carter, Dr. Steven Ambrose..... More
Tucson: Arizona Historical Society, 1974. Limited Edition. Quarto. Limited to only 100 copies. The present copy is #36 signed by the author George W. Chambers and C.L. Sonnichsen. 55 pages. A memorial to the pioneers of Arizona and their descendants. A fine copy bound in cream cloth centrally stamped in..... More
New York: Funk and Wagnalls, 1886. First Edition. Octavo. Signed by Captain Jack. Portrait frontispiece, 181 pp. (6) pp. publisher's ads. A master storyteller who presented the West as he experienced. During the civil war he became Chief Scout for the 5th Cavalry under the command of Eugene A. Carr..... More
New York: Doubleday, Doran and Co., 1943. First Edition. Octavo. 344pp., Signed by the author. The author has turned his genius for combining theory with practice, mathematics with psychology, from one of the most trivial to the most urgent of human problems. Total peace not only elaborates and explains the..... More
(MN, 2006): Nodin Press;. First Edition. Octavo. Inscribed by the author John Egan and signed on the half-title by Vern Mikkelsen/HOF '95. Mikkelsen was drafted by the Minneapolis Lakers in the 1949 BAA draft (territorial selection). He played Forward-Center from 1950 until 1959 for the Minneapolis Lakers and was inducted..... More
New York: Walker and Co., 1974. First Edition. Octavo. 238 pages. Eleven uncollected stories by Ellison. Michael Crichton's foreword discusses how he was warned about Ellison's allegedly anti-social behavior and followed by Ellison's insightful introduction. If you only read the introduction, you will understand how you and every person desirous..... More
New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1998. Original Paper Wrps. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 24 leaves (48 pages), with 20 black and white rich photographs. A pristine copy with no flaws and signed by Eric Fischl. More
Northridge, Ca: Lord John Press, 1981. First Edition. 5.2 x 7.5 Cm. Limited to 400 copies signed by former President Gerald R. Ford. The present copy is #270, designed and printed by Castle Press. 29pp., bound by Bela Blau in 1/2 dark blue leather over marbled paper covered boards, spine..... More
Albuqueque: University of New Mexico Press. First Edition. Octavo. 135p. second printing. Signed by Tony Hillerman. Here Tony Hillerman discusses the craft of mystery writing, the approach to plot, characterization and setting and the wrinkles and twists that make his brand of fiction unique. Included in this volume also is..... More
New York; (1997): Random House. First Edition. Octavo. Signed by the author, 539pp., This is the second novel of the author's trilogy. This story confronts the primal relationship between a dangerous father and his desperate sons and the ways in which his death had shaped their lives. His son Lucius..... More
Amherst, NY:(2010): Prometheus Books. First Edition. Octavo. 359pp. signed by the author. In the sleepy Istanbul district of Eskikoy stand the former whirling dervish house of Aderm Dede. Six characters'' lives revolve around it; A retired economist, A nine-year-old boy, a rogue trader, an art dealer, a slacker and a...... More
London: Victor Gollancz, 1992. First Edition. Octavo. 320pp., signed by the author. The story of a young mute girl who searches for her family who had been taken during a conflict between the town of Chepsenyt. Mathember Fileli. Her family had become refugees and eventually separated. Mathember, a mute girl..... More
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London: Privately Printed for Subscribers Only By the Ancient Egyptian Society, 1921. Limited Edition. Octavo. A poignant and tragic love story of the renowned 12th-century philosopher and theologian Peter Abelard and his gifted student Héloïse. Moore presents a richly detailed historical account of the famed lovers, capturing both their intellectual..... More
Pennsylvania: Franklin Library, 1984. First Edition. Octavo. 306pp. The writer, as this one troubles to tell us is a performer on the flying trapeze who does not know, as he flies through the air, if or not the safety net is stretched beneath him. It is a risk he takes..... More
Pennsylvania: Franklin Library, 1983. First Edition. Octavo. 461pp. laid in is a pamphlet introducing the author's book which she also discussed Hemingway's Up in Michigan on the PBS series. Bound in brown leather lettered and decorated in gilt, all edges gilt. A fine copy. More
Np. [2004]: Np. Octavo. 64 pp. signed by Palmer on the front free endpaper (not a bookplate), with an introduction by Phil Mickelson. An expanded edition of the first edition published in 1983. Illustrated throughout with photographic images, bound in black leather lettered in gilt, the second blank may have..... More
New York, (1984): Bantam Books. First Edition. Octavo. 342 pp. Signed by the author. This story begins in the forests of ancient Bohemia and doesn't finish until nine o'clock tonight. It is a saga, as well. The hero of the story is a janitor with a missing bottle. The story..... More
New York; (1990): Bantam Books. First Edition. Octavo. 422 pp. Signed by the author. One of Robbins's most political novel, is also his mot comical. And, it's almost certain to be his most controversial, dealing as it does..... in his audacious manner...with the most sensitive issues of the day; race..... More
Pennsylvania: Franklin Library, 1985. First Edition. Octavo. 599pp. Signed by the author. John Toland won the Pulitzer Prize for The Rising Sun, here he shows the triumphs and the tragedies of soldiers in World War II including both The Americans and Japanese. illustrated by David Frampton. The author intimately involves..... More
(Bartlesville, OK; 1991): Frank Philips Foundation. First Edition. Quarto. Signed by the author, photographer and inscribed by western artist Joe Beeler "Dear You/I know you love/this place as much as/ we do-/Best Wishes/Joe Beeler". 192pp. illustrating Woolaroc which is 45 miles northwest of Tulsa, OK on Highway 123. It is..... More