New York: Avon Books, 1984. First Edition. Illustrated Wrappers. (4) 105 (3) pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by 7 of the 13 chefs represented, including Rene Verdon (Le Trianon), Jacky Robert (Ernie's) and Barbara Tropp (China Moon). Illustrated from photographs of the chefs, restaurants and dishes, some in color. Illustrated wrappers, bound with..... More
Bad Wildungen, Germany: Tac Echelon, HQ 12th Army Group, 12 May 1945. First Edition. Single Sheet Paper. This is an ORIGINAL folded MAP showing the travels of the "Tac Echelon", Headquarters 12th Army Group in WWII through England, France, Luxenbourg, Belgium and Germany from 15 July 1944 through 9 May..... More
New York: Miramax Books, 2003. First U.S. Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. 339 (1) pp. SIGNED by Martin Amis in ink on the title page. Illustrated dust jacket. Cloth-backed boards. 6 1/4" x 9 1/2". Envelope with review clippings laid in. From the jacket flap blurb: "Yellow Dog is Martin Amis at..... More
Berkeley: Howell-North Books, 1959. First Edition. Cloth. 382 pages. SIGNED by author Lucius Beebe in ink on the limitation page. First Edition. Limited "Gold Coast" edition, #850 of 1950 copies. Profusely illustrated including color tipped-in frontispiece from photograph of "The Virginia City", a private car built by Pullman and owned..... More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1967. First Edition. Cloth-backed cloth. (xiv) (1) 125 pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Brother Antoninus in ink to fellow poet Robert Dawson on the half-title: " for Robert Dawson from Brother Antoninus with the presence of the poet in the man: good! / Oct..... More
New York: A. S. Barnes & Co., 1956. First Edition. Cloth-backed cloth. (viii) 312 pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED in ink by Joe E. Brown. Illustrated dust jacket. Cloth-backed cloth. 6" x 8 1/2". The autobiography of Joe E. Brown (1891-1973), a major film comedy star of the 1930's. He had many connections..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. First Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. (xxvi) 579 (1) pp. SIGNED in ink by Kevin Brownlow on the title page. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated from 250 period photographs. Black cloth-backed black boards. Gilt cover and spine titling. 7" x 10 1/4". From the jacket flap blurb..... More
Metuchen, N.J. The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1994. First Edition. Cloth. 218 pages. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by author/actor Harry Carey, Jr. in ink on the front free endpaper ("To Ralph: Welcome to Ford Country! Your's truly, Harry Carey Jr. 1-14-'95"). Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Octavo. Cloth. Index. List..... More
Metuchen, N.J. The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1994. First Edition. Cloth. 218 pages. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by author/actor Harry Carey, Jr. in ink on the front free endpaper ( "To Ken Jones: Greetings from The John Ford Stock Company! Your friend, Harry Carey Jr 10-19-98"). Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated from black and white..... More
New York: Liveright, 1971. First Edition. Cloth. (xxv) 591 pages. First Trade Edition. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Custer historian John M. Carroll in brown ink on the title page, "To the Campions with my personal regards / John M. Carroll". Illustrated dust jacket. 7 1/2" x 10". Brown cloth. Notes, Bibliography. Index..... More
New York: Harper Collins West, 1994. First Edition, Stated. Cloth-backed Boards. (xii) 212 pp. SIGNED in ink by Author Barnaby Conrad on the title page. Illustrated dust jacket. Foreword by Herb Caen. Illustrated, including from drawings by Author Conrad and various guests at his establishment. Cloth-backed boards. 5 3/4" x...... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1947. First Thus. Cloth. (xx) (1) 351 (1) pp. #221 of 1500 copies printed by Richard W. Ellis, New York. SIGNED in ink on the colophon by illustrator Hans Alexander Mueller. Introduction by William McFee. Bookplate of California bibliophiles Amy and Arthur Fields on..... More
New York: Pantheon, 1994. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Cloth-backed Boards. (9) 437 (1) pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by author in ink on the title page. Illustrated dust jacket. Photograph of author laid in . Poem affixed to front free endpaper. Cloth-backed boards. 6" x 9". The sourcework for the 2001 film..... More
New York: Random House, 1986. First Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. 365 (1) pp. This is Custer historian John M. Carroll's copy, with his 7th Cavalry bookplate, SIGNED in ink by John M. Carroll, affixed to the front free endpaper. Illustrated dust jacket. Cloth-backed boards. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2". A novel..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1993. First Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. 241 pages. SIGNED in ink and dated ("12/9/95") by Harriet Doerr on the half-title. Illustrated dust jacket. Cloth-backed boards. Octavo. From the jacket flap, "In her customary crystalline prose Harriet Doerr examines the lives of four North American expatriates..... More
New York: New Directions, 1974. First Edition. Cloth. (ix), 80 pp, SIGNED by William Everson in ink on the title page. Green cloth. 5 1/2" x 8 1/4". This is Williamn Everson's first collection of poetry since leaving the Dominican order in December of 1969, and with it, the name..... More
New York: Covici Friede, 1934. First Edition. Cloth. 407 pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED in ink by Gene Fowler to Nunnally Johnson on the front free endpaper: "To Nunnally Johnston (sic) in loving memory of George Arliss. / Gene Fowler / Oct--1934". Illustrated from period black and white photographs including movie stills and..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1954. First Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. 277 pages. A presentation copy, SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Gene Fowler in ink on the title page: "To my long-time friend Lucius Beebe, the arbiter. With the best / Gene / 1954". First Edition. Endpapers illustrated from photographs and drawings. Illustrated dustjacket..... More
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1969. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Cloth-backed Boards. 247 pp. SIGNED in ink by Dick Francis on the title page and by his son Felix Francis on the dedication page. Illustrated from black and white period photographs, mostly horseracing. Afterword. Index. Illustrated dust jacket..... More
Dallas: The Heritage Press, 1970. First Edition. Cloth. (iv) 54 pages of illustrated text; 80 pages of art and descriptions. SIGNED by Joe Grandee in ink on the title page. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Joe Grandee on page iv to Custer historian and author John M. Carroll (1928-1990): "To my friend John..... More
Los Angeles: Zeitlin & Ver Brugge, 1958. Second Revised and Enlarged Edition. Boards. 87 pp. Preface by Editor Lawrence Clark Powell. Edition limited to 1000 un-numbered copies, printed by Anderson, Ritchie & Simon, Los Angeles. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by both Lawrence Clark Powell and Jake Zeitlin: "For John B. Lee for auld..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1943. First Edition, Fourth Printing. Cloth. (ix)158 pp. SIGNED in ink by both James Hilton ("with all good wishes James Hilton") and Dr. Corydon Wassell ("Comdr. C. M. Wassell, (M.C.) U.S.N.R.") and a gift INSCRIPTION in ink from Dr. Wassell's wife, Madeline D. Wassell ("To..... More
Nevada City, California: Harold Berliner, 1999. First Thus. Cloth. 221 pp. SIGNED in ink by printer/publisher Harold Berliner on the title page. Number 105 of a limited edition of 300 copies. Author's Note. Introduction by Hon. William Newsom (the father of the Governor of California). Designed by Wolfgang Lederer. Printed..... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1999. First Edition. Boards. 175 (1) pp. SIGNED in ink by Maria Cooper Janis on the half title. Illustrated dust jacket. Introduction by Tom Hanks. Photographic endpapers. Profusely illustrated, including many family photographs. Gray boards; gilt cover and spine titling. 9 1/2" x 11..... More
Aromas, California: Cayucos Books, 1973. First Trade Edition. Boards. (xxix) 200 (1) pages. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by William Everson in ink to the late bookseller and publisher Robert Hawley, on the front free endpaper, "To Bob Hawley / as fine a friend as they come! / Bill Everson / June 19, 1974"..... More
