Down In Flames
New York: Payson & Clarke, 1930. First Edition. Short stories of WW I combat flying. Very good plus in a dust jacket with some minor stains and wear. More
[Book #19376P]
New York: Payson & Clarke, 1930. First Edition. Short stories of WW I combat flying. Very good plus in a dust jacket with some minor stains and wear. More
[Book #19376P]
London: Gollancz, 1937. First Edition. Publisher’s wrappers (also issued in cloth); owner’s signature; minor spotting and wear; very good. The novel was published in England four months after this play. More
[Book #26751N]
Garden City: Doubleday, Page, 1917. First Edition. Aside from a little foxing, a fine copy in the publisher’s illustrated cloth, and in the scarce dust jacket which has a number of stains and very minor wear. More
[Book #19039P]
London: The Readers Library Publishing Company, 1936. First Edition. Ink date on the title page below the author’s name; pages browned and brittle as always; very good in a good dust jacket with a fingernail-sized chip at the foot of the spine. The front panel is a color illustration of..... More
[Book #22928P]
An exceptionally large poster; 64 x 44”; backed with slightly larger linen for preservation, enabling it to be unrolled without damage. Numerous creases from folds; some small chips, tears and minor discolorations; printed in two colors. At the start of his “Farewell Tour,” in New York’s New Amsterdam Theater, November..... More
[Book #24456P]
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1989. First Trade Edition (there was a Franklin Library Edition with an unspecified limitation). A near fine copy in a slightly faded dust jacket. A Mike Hammer novel, with an extraordinary full page presentation inscription by Spillane to cartoonist Frank Borth and his wife, “Suddenly I’m..... More
[Book #21893P]
New York: Sun Dial Press, 1941. Reprint edition. A very good copy in dust jacket; in a custom cloth clamshell box. Presentation copy; inscribed by the author to William Faulkner's sister-in-law, "For Mrs. John Faulkner, John Steinbeck." More
[Book #22413P]
London: Heinemann, 1957. Later edition. A very good copy. Presentation copy; inscribed by the author, "For Betty and Gerard Wellesley with many thanks this pot pourri (some say de chambre) is affectionately inscribed, John Steinbeck, Hedge Hoy Corner 1958.”. More
[Book #14706P]
New York: Viking Press, 1954. Second printing. A near fine copy in dust jacket. An excellent presentation copy; inscribed on the front free endpaper by the author, “For Gene Kelley [sic] one of the blowed in the glass ‘bums’ John Steinbeck, New Haven. 1 day before opening 1955.” Pipe Dreams..... More
[Book #22385P]
New York: Robert Ballou, 1933. First Edition. Just a touch of fading at the edges; a fine copy in a dust jacket with two tiny tears at the bottom of the back panel; slight spine darkening; a lovely example. In a custom clamshell box. More
[Book #13313P]
New York: Presbyterian Hospital, 1947. First Edition. Wrappers; only minute wear; a fine copy. Written by Steinbeck in appreciation of the care shown to him and his family by the hospital. More
[Book #15979P]
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1939. First Edition. Very good in a good to very good price-clipped dust jacket. More
[Book #24071P]
New York: Bernard Geis, 1966. First Edition. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket. Inscribed by the author in 1966. A highlight of bestselling trashy fiction. More
[Book #18966P]
Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1870. Later edition; rebacked with the original spine cloth laid down; minor foxing; still attractive. Inscribed by the author with an aphorism on the front pastedown, “Mrs. Catherine Haley, Do your duty today and repent tomorrow. Truly yours, Mark Twain. March 28/06.”. More
[Book #21834P]
London: Methuen, 1908. First Edition. Publisher’s cloth; front hinge cracked; slight page staining; very good plus in a custom clamshell box. Presentation copy; inscribed on the half-title by Jacobs, “To Mark Twain with the author’s compliments. Oct. 1908.” With the “S.L. Clemens - 1908” signature inside the front cover. Below..... More
[Book #19133P]
London: Chapman & Hall, 1930. First Edition. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket with some small chips, not affecting illustration or lettering and with very minor internal archival mends. An observant bibliographically inclined collector of our acquaintance, in comparing this example with another at hand, discovered subtle..... More
[Book #20041P]
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1930. First Edition. Signed on the title page by Weissmuller and inscribed by Bush to Edward Zabel of Chicago, who has used his stamp in several places and tipped in a form letter from him as membership secretary of the Chicago Athletic Club, the members of which..... More
[Book #19033P]
Boston: L.C. Page, 1918. First Edition. A very good copy; with the author’s presentation inscription on the front free endpaper, apparently to a fellow W.W. I flyer, “Sept. 12, 1918. For Joe: One of the six originals. A token of ‘niggers luck’ in the air. May it please and help..... More
[Book #22463P]
London: George Newnes, 1901. First English Edition; first binding. An extraordinary copy in the rare dust jacket. Aside from minor dust soiling of the edges and slight bumping at the foot of the spine, the book is as fine and bright as one might expect from the more than one..... More
[Book #16851P]
London: Printed by T. Bensley; for B. White and Son, 1789. First Edition; including the errata leaf and all plates (two folding). A classic of natural history, and, as one of the first volumes explicitly detailing birds and their habitats, a cornerstone of ornithology. A beautifully clean copy with wide..... More
[Book #24450P]
London: Hogarth Press, 1958. First Edition. A fine copy in dust jacket; with the wrap-around “Book Society” band. More
[Book #26465P]
New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1932. First American Edition. A fine copy in a very lightly used dust jacket; in a custom quarter morocco slipcase; presentation copy; inscribed by Woolf two months after publication. More
[Book #18601P]
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1913. First Edition. Minor foxing; near fine in a very good, soiled dust jacket. With color illustrations by Wyeth. More
[Book #26307P]
London: Elkin Mathews, n.d. [c. 1901]. First Edition. Presented in the style of juvenile drama (meant for the toy, miniature, theatre), but written for adults; printed wrappers with a hand-colored cover illustration and two black and white illustrations in the text; unopened; minor browning; about fine. More
[Book #26507P]
Boston: Luce, 1921. First Edition. Fine in a lightly worn price-clipped dust jacket. More
[Book #20251P]