The Seibu Museum of Art, 1981. Soft cover. Bilingual catalog in French and Japanese, inscribed and annotated by Maya Ruiz-Picasso (1935-2022), eldest daughter of the painter, documenting an exhibition furnished from her collection. An inscription on the title page offers the catalog as a gift to friends in memory of.....
Minneapolis: 1941. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Illustrated whimsical verse inspired by Hawaii. Inscribed by the author to a friend, with laid in slips translating Hawaiian vocabulary and a laid in letter describing the origins of the illustrations and outlining the author's hopes for the marketing of the book. Scarce, with.....
The Golden Cockerel Press, 1924. Limited Edition. Hardcover. This is book 82/184 of a limited printing of this play, signed by the author Arnold Bennett. The book is bound in vellum with the title and author in gilt on the spine. Author's signature is on the limitation page. Pages are.....
Doubleday, Doran, 1930. Hardcover. This set includes the complete works of the iconic crime fiction author, including of course the four novels and over fifty short stories about Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, as well as all his non-Sherlock works such as his plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction, and historical novels.....
Boston and Chicago: United Society of Christian Endeavor, 1900. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A small book on the subject of perfection from a Christian perspective from William Eleazar Barton D.D., INSCRIBED by the author. Slight wear to the corners of the red cloth boards. Pages clean and unmarked. 64pp. 6.75 x......
Wichita: Wichita State University, 1976. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Martin H. Bush's monograph accompanying the first major exhibition of Hanson's works, INSCRIBED on the title page by the artist. Scuffs and slight yellowing with age to the covers; the free front endpaper has an embossed stamp from a previous owner.....
Del Rey, 2001. 1st Edition. Soft cover. First printing, INSCRIBED on the title page by the author, "Beware of techno-mages, for they are subtle and quick to anger! Jeanne Cavelos". Slightest wear to edges and corners of soft covers, spine clean and unbroken, slight toning to pages.
Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1995. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Stated first edition, SIGNED on the half title page by Julia Child. Building upon her television show, Child offers 150 recipes from 26 master chefs, resulting in "a celebration of food in America today". Unclipped glossy jacket with slightest creasing to edges;.....
Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1995. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Stated first edition, SIGNED on the half title page by Julia Child. Building upon her television show, Child offers 150 recipes from 26 master chefs, resulting in "a celebration of food in America today". Price clipped glossy jacket with slightest wear to.....
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1935. Dent, Lucien. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Stated second edition, with date code "M-K" [December 1935]. Illustrated by Lucien Dent. Signed on the free endpaper. Red cloth covers with faded spine and top edge, corners bumped inward. Top stain faded. Pages toned. Stains on pages 248.....
Ferenczi, 1934. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Inscribed by Colette on the half title page. Flimsy paper wraps in poor condition, with the majority of the spine detached. Stamped on the front panel "Received by Books Abroad, Nov 15 1934". Inscribed on the half title "A Monsieur Roy Temple House...". Pages.....
Whitcombe and Tombs, 1971. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by the author on the half title page. Presumed first edition, with no further printings noted. Condliffe's biography of Maori anthropologist Peter Buck, highlighting his many accomplishments and drawing on his correspondence with Apirana Ngata. Wear and fraying to the top edge.....
Chronicle Books Llc, 1988. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First printing with full number line, INSCRIBED in green ink on the half title page by the author, "For Mark Miller, - on my birthday I know my friends and you are one. Fondest regards, Barnaby Conrad, April 18, 1989". Laid in invitation.....
Michael Jospeh, 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed first printing. Unclipped jacket with slightest wear to upper edge, bumping to corners. Dark blue/purple cloth, map endpapers, signed on the title page. Slightest toning with age to page edges. xiii.396, [3]pp. The second novel in Cornwell's Warlord Chronicles.
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Philadelphia: David McKay, 1917. Wyeth, N.C. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the half title page, "To my friend, E. K. Robinson, Xmas 1917, N.C. Wyeth", possibly Edward K Robinson, editor at Ginn and Company and member of the Society of Printers. Green cloth covers, lettering of spine faded, with damage.....
Dark Horse Books, 2017. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Second edition, signed with a sketch by the artist on the front endpaper, dated 2017. Slightest bumping to corners, pages are clean and bright. 11.25 x 8.75"
New York: R. H. Russell, 1901. Pierce, Thomas Mitchell; Steele, F.D. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Presentation copy, with a letter from the author thanking the recipient for "your kindly notices of me in the Sunday papers of last week" affixed to the front free endpaper. A delightful early mystery, in which.....
London: Constable & Co., 1923. Buckles, Alex. Hardcover. Scarce publisher's advance copy, with Constable's name, rather than de la Mare's, on the bottom of the spine and more elaborate ornamentation on the spine. SIGNED by de la Mare on the free endpaper. An earlier bookseller's notes in pencil indicate 25.....
London: Beaumont Press, 1921. Schwabe, Randolph. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Limited edition, printed entirely on Japanese vellum and signed by the author, composer and illustrator (Randolph Schwabe). Of 330 copies, 10 were printed on vellum and signed, 56 on Japanese vellum and signed, and the rest unsigned on handmade paper. No.....
2002. 1st Edition. Soft cover. SIGNED copy of Ronnie del Carmen's short work introducing his character Nina. Bright orange covers, 40 pages. Signed in pencil on the title page. 8.25 x 5.75"
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Checkerboard Press, 1992. Tudor, Tasha. 1st Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED by Tasha Tudor on the illustrated endpaper, dated 1992. The front flap declares that "This special edition of The Real Pretend is produced exclusively for The Jenny Wren Press, which is Tasha Tudor's own publishing company". Shiny "special edition" sticker on.....
1923. Hardcover. Signed collection of poetry, addressed "For Dotsie, with love form Beezn [?]" in Farnum's distinctive script. In four parts, "A Song of Sicily and Other Verses", "Love Songs", "Songs For People" and "In Memoriam". Wear to blue cloth covers with darkening of spine, mild toning throughout. 115 pp.....
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2001. No Binding. Two copies of the small broadside of Ferlinghetti's poem, "printed to commemorate the dedication of City Lights Books as a San Francisco Cultural Landmark on October 28, 2001". One INSCRIBED by Ferlinghetti, with sunned on the upper edge; the other fine and unsigned. 11 x 4.25"
Aletti Editore, 2012. Soft cover. Scarce. Italian. 2 volumes in slipcase, the first inscribed by Ferlinghetti with a small sketch. The first volume offers a poetic anthology on the theme of the sea. The second reproduces on stiff cards Ferlinghetti's "Sulla Rotta di Ulisse" series of ink and acrylic drawings.....
New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1938. Hardcover. Seventh Printing. Inscribed by the author, "Harriet Tyler, with best wishes, Teuila (Isobel Field)". The autobiography of Isobel Field, step-daughter of Robert Louis Stevenson, including her time in Hawaii and Samoa, acting as the ailing Stevenson's amanuensis. Sunning to spine, discoloration to.....