The Wild Palms
New York: Random House, 1939. First Edition. A fine copy in a particularly nice example of the dust jacket, which has a tiny chip at top of the back panel. More
[Book #22411P]
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Fields for President
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1940. First Edition. Cloth staining along the top of the front and back boards; very good in a dust jacket with a faded spine. More
[Book #21960P]
Inscribed Photograph
Approximately 10 x 13”; framed and glazed. Fields and his co-star and miniature arch-nemesis Baby Le Roy are depicted riding tricycles on the movie lot, most likely during the filming of It’s A Gift. Inscribed by Fields to columnist and commentator Jimmy Starr, “For Jimmy Starr, best wishes from Bill..... More
[Book #17770P]
Fisherman's Weather by Upwards of One Hundred Living Anglers
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1906. First Edition. Illustrated in color. Bookplate; about fine in a very good dust jacket. More
[Book #26757P]
Fie! Fie! Fi-Fi
Cincinnati: John Church Co., 1914. First Edition of this musical score; with lyrics by Fitzgerald. Bruccoli A2; preceded only by a script printed for the cast. Publisher's printed stiff wrappers with a cloth spine; cover spotting; waterstain on the back cover; owner’s inscription; very good. More
[Book #21959P]
Tales of the Jazz Age
New York: Scribner’s, 1922. First Edition. Bookplate; contemporary ownership inscription. Very good or better. More
[Book #22570P]
Thunderball
London: Jonathan Cape, 1961. First Edition. Near fine in dust jacket. Presentation copy; inscribed by the author, “To Jonathan Miller from the Author.” Fleming, an antiquarian book collector himself, was clearly very much aware of old conventions slipping away, and often adhered to this old custom of inscribing books from..... More
[Book #17627P]
That Last Waif or Social Quarantine
Chicago: Published for the Waifs and Distributed Through the Kindergarten Literature Company, 1898. First Edition. Publisher’s pictorial cloth; some soiling; very good. The author was a popular health faddist of his day. The typography and design of the book show the influence or possible participation of Herbert Stone in its..... More
[Book #26812P]
Six One-Page Typed Letters, Signed, to His New York Editor
Four of five letters from 1964-1965 (on Congressional or Minority Leader stationery) concern his Portrait of the Assassin; “...I’m sure you appreciate that because of the classified nature of the story, it is difficult to follow the normal procedure of submitting a detailed outline and sample chapter...Please regard even this..... More
[Book #21416P]
A Passage to India
London: Edward Arnold, 1924. First Edition. Minor cloth soiling; nearly fine in a very good dust jacket with staining and soiling and some small nicks and chips. More
[Book #22855P]
North of Boston
New York: Henry Holt, 1915. First Edition printed in America; 1300 copies were issued. There was an American issue of 150 copies of 0the first (English) edition, printed in England, but with an American title page. There were a dozen subsequent printings in America by 1922. Minor foxing; some small..... More
[Book #22337P]
George Gershwin's Song-book
New York: Random House, 1932. First Edition. One of 300 numbered copies, signed by Gershwin and the illustrator Alajalov and featuring many of the composer's greatest songs, including "Fascinating Rhythm", "Swanee", "Strike Up the Band" and "I Got Rhythm". Publisher’s full morocco; minor wear; a near fine copy, lacking the..... More
[Book #20578P]
The Blue Aspic
New York: Meredith Press, 1968. First Edition. Fine in dust jacket. More
[Book #21715P]
The Glorious Nosebleed
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1974. First Edition. Fine in dust jacket. More
[Book #21695P]
The Glorious Nosebleed
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1974. First Edition. One of 250 numbered copies, signed by Gorey. Fine in dust jacket and in the publisher’s slipcase. More
[Book #21700P]
The Glorious Nosebleed
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1974. First Edition. Fine in dust jacket. Signed by the author. More
[Book #21705P]
The Other Statue
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1968. First Edition. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. More
[Book #19403P]
The Other Statue
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1968. First Edition. Fine in dust jacket. More
[Book #21699P]
The Tunnel Calamity
New York: Putnam’s, 1984. First Edition of this peep show. Very good plus. More
[Book #21723P]
The Utter Zoo
New York: Meredith Press, 1967. First Edition. Fine in dust jacket. More
[Book #21702P]
Beginning to End: A Selection from the works of Samuel Beckett. Adapted by Samuel Beckett and Jack MacGowran. Drawings by Edward Gorey
New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1988. First Edition; one of three hundred numbered copies signed by Beckett and Gorey. Fine; with the prospectus laid in. More
[Book #26439P]
More of Brer Rabbit's Tricks. Drawings by Edward Gorey
New York: Young Scott Books, 1968. First Edition. Fine in a price-clipped dust jacket. More
[Book #21741P]
Uncle Remus: His Songs and Sayings
New York: D. Appleton, 1881. First Edition; third state. Finely bound early in the 20th century in full black morocco with an elaborately decorated spine; original spine and front cover cloth bound in after the text. Inset onto each pastedown, framed by gilt morocco, is an original watercolor by George..... More
[Book #19982P]
The Fifth Column: A Play in Three Acts
New York: Scribner’s, 1940. First Edition. A scarce book, of which only 1174 copies were printed. Front endpapers browned from a formerly laid in newspaper clipping, else near fine in a dust jacket with minor browning and spotting. More
[Book #25911P]
Men Without Women
New York: Scribner’s, 1927. First Edition; first printing. Very good in dust jacket. With Glenway Wescott’s ownership label. Contains “The Killers” and other stories. More
[Book #25913P]