Black and white photographic headshot of Bradbury with a white label applied at lower left-hand corner for his presentation and signature.
"For Chris Tinlin! With the Good Wishes of Ray Bradbury Oct. 1970". With original mailing envelope. More
"For Chris Tinlin! With the Good Wishes of Ray Bradbury Oct. 1970". With original mailing envelope. More
Santa Barbara, CA; Sharon, MA: Pepper & Stern Rare Books, (1985), small octavo, printed wrappers. (27) pp. Pepper & Stern Rare Books, Pepper & Stern rare books catalogue of this impressive Sherlock Holmes collection. The collection was offered en bloc. Twelve full page illustrations. Staples slightly rusted, else a very..... More
From the library and with a dozen or so marginal pencil notations of Walter H. Briggs. Briggs was Harvard College Librarian who started his association with the Widener Library in 1896. The Association was comprised of Cambridge, Massachusetts members who would gather to perform readings of Shakespeare's plays. Mr. and..... More
(New York: Limited Editions Club, 1940), First Edition. large quarto, original black cloth stamped in gilt on front cover and spine, in original glassine wrapper. (86)pp. Limited Editions Club, Printed by A. Colish. Illustrated. Contains John T. Winterich's, "The Books as Literature". Corners scuffed exposing board. More
(Chicago: Time, Inc.), January 23, 1939, First edition. quarto, pictorial wrappers. 48pp., stapled. Time, Inc.), With cover photograph of author William Faulkner taken by Eric Schaal. A fine, clean copy. More
Dover, NH: Freewill Baptist Printing Establishment, 1866, Seventh Edition. 4-3/4" x 3" original brown decorated cloth with gilt stamping on cover. 60pp. Freewill Baptist Printing Establishment, A miniature volume covering the teachings of church leaders and outlining the systems of governance. Written under the directions of their G. conference. Endpaper..... More
Harper Collins, 1992, First Edition, Limited to 350 numbered and signed copies. large octavo, deep red cloth, a.e.g. in dust jacket a tissue, in slipcase. Harper Collins, The dust jacket on all copies of the limited edition are price clipped. a very fine, clean copy. A small, round sticker on..... More
Jackson: Univ Press of Mississippi, (1985), First Edition. Wrappers issue. octavo, wrappers. (50), 400pp. Univ Press of Mississippi, This third volume in the series provides further insight into Faulkner's connection with jack Warner and into the Hollywood of the Second World War era. "In the inner story of Faulkner's writing..... More
Jackson: Univ Press of Mississippi, (1985), First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. (50), 409pp. Univ Press of Mississippi, "Unlike its predecessor, 'The De Gaulle Story,' Faulkner's most ambitious attempt to draft an original screenplay, 'Battle Cry' demonstrates Faulkner's skill as an adaptor and collaborator. Though Faulkner was a principal..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, (1994), First Edition, Limited to 450 numbered copies signed by Clancy. large octavo, brown cloth in matchiing slipcase. G.P. Putnam's Sons, A Jack Ryan novel. Debt of Honor is a techno-thriller novel, written by Tom Clancy and released on August 17, 1994. A direct sequel..... More
New York: Putnam's Sons, (1991), First Edition, Uncorrected Proof Copy. octavo, printed wrappers. Putnam's Sons, A Jack Ryan novel. The search for a stolen nuclear weapon on American soil sends Jack Ryan on a dangerous mission with global consequences in this #1 New York Times bestselling thriller. Signed by Clancy..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1909, First Edition. small octavo, red cloth with printed pictorial design on front cover. Harper & Brothers, Frontispiece by Arthur Levering, with tissue guard. Mouse nibbles along edges of covers. Content clean, spine stamping slightly dull. More
New York: Macmillan, 1894, Illustrated Edition Limited to 350 copies, of which only 100 were for sale in America, signed by Crockett. quarto, brown cloth with pictorial image gilt stamped on front cover. T.e.g. (xxvi), 290 pp. Macmillan, With a prefatory poem by Robert Louis Stevenson. "Stickit Minister: a probationer..... More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1910, Centenary Edition in recognition of Dickens' birthday. octavo, green cloth with spine stamped in gilt and blind, and front cover with decorative design stamped in blind. xxviii, 484; x, 477 pp. Chapman & Hall, From a preliminary page, "BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES...This Edition contains all the emindations..... More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1910, Centenary Edition in recognition of Dickens' birthday. octavo, green cloth with spine stamped in gilt and front cover with decorative design stamped in blind. xxii, 393; x, 416 pp. Chapman & Hall, From a preliminary page, "BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES. The first series of 'Sketches by Boz'..... More
Harcourt Brace, (1939), Early printing. octavo, cream cloth in dust jacket. Harcourt Brace, Orange title / copyright page, dust jacket priced $2.25. Fore-edge and bottom 1/4" of dust jacket faded. A fine copy without any chipping to jacket. More
Roy Flannagan had a varied career as a journalist, author, political advisor and army officer. He developed a correspondence with Sherwood Anderson, Ernest Caldwell, Clifford Dowdey, Douglas Southall Freeman, William Faulkner, and Margaret Mitchell. This letter is dated one month after his split with Milton Avant “Ab” Abernethy over ownership..... More
London: Macmillan, 1894, Fourth reprint of the 1891 first edition. small octavo, three-quarter brown morocco and light brown cloth. A.e.g. Macmillan, With a preface by Anne Thackeray Ritchie. Beautifully illustrated by Hugh Thomson. Two upper corners scuffed, exposing board, a portion of the gilt stamping of "C" in Cranford on..... More
Recipient's name indecipherable. Regarding the sale of a Hewlett manuscript,"I don't particularly want to sell an MS. at all, but I can let you have that of Idylls of the Huntress, published in Artemision [1909] if you please. [Indecipherable] 66 foolscap pages, and I shall want L100...no copyright is included...."..... More
London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, no date (circa 1910), large octavo, pictorial boards with red cloth spine. 72 pp. Raphael Tuck & Sons, Illustrated by T. Noyes Lewis, Hilda Cowham, M. F. Taylor, Mabel Lucie Attwell, and others. An anthology of children's stories, No. 808 in Father Tuck's Golden Gift"..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1929, First English Edition. octavo, green cloth in dust jacket. Chatto & Windus, With the book labels of two different eminent book shops: The Poetry Bookshop, London, front pastedown; Gelber & Lilienthal, San Francisco, back pastedown. Cloth and dust jacket water stained and sunned with a...... More
London: Collins, 1951, First Edition. octavo, red boards in pictorial dust jacket. 288pp. Collins, A Cold War era thriller involving a former WWII mercenary RAF pilot set during the Berlin Airlift. Very fine condition, jacket clipped. More
Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1879, First American Edition, Second Impression, Binding State A. octavo, terra cotta cloth with bevelled edges, dark brown coated endpapers. Houghton, Osgood and Company, Top edge not stained ochre. Supino 7.8.0. Cloth soiled with minor bubbling to cloth front and back covers, one inch scuff..... More
London: Macmillan, 1879, Second English Edition, binding state A, first one volume issue. octavo, blue cloth stamped in black and gilt, brown coated endpapers. Macmillan, Supino 7.4.0. Cloth to outer hinge worn, wear to top and bottom of spine, inner hinges weak. Bookplate removed from front pastedown, damp stain to..... More