Berkeley: Howell-North Books, 1964. First Edition. 243 pages. SIGNED in ink by both authors on the limitation page. Profusely illustrated including some in color. Of this limited edition of two thousand copies, 550 have been reserved to the Special Order of The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad, of which this...
Paris: New York Herald Tribune, 1953. Third and Expanded Edition. 80 pages. Presentation copy to Darryl F. Zanuck. SIGNED/INSCRIBED on the title page in ink by Art Buchwald to movie mogul Darryl F. Zanuck, "To Darryl / A Bon Vivant's BonVivant / Art Buchwald July 1953". Laid in is a....
Los Angeles: Round Table West, 1980. First Edition. Cloth. 192 pages. This is the late actor Burgess Meredith's copy. SIGNED/INSCRIBED to Burgess Meredith in ink by the Author on the title page: "To Burgess Meredith with fond memories of the "Golden Years" and so happy to have your "So Far...
Garden City, N. Y. Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1949. First Edition. Cloth. (ix) 276 pages. SIGNED in ink by Herb Caen on a front free endpaper. First Edition (stated). Cloth. Octavo. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated from drawings by Howard Brodie, including illustrated endpapers. Index. A colorful portrait of 1949 San...
New York: Liveright, 1971. First Edition. (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". 7 1/2" x 10". Brown cloth. Notes, Bibliography. Index. Sans dust jacket...
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997. 318 pages. SIGNED by author Mary Higgins Clark in ink on the title page. First Edition. Cloth Backed Boards Octavo A fine copy in a fine dust jacket, protected in a Brodart mylar cover. Always FREE SHIPPING via media mail to any United States address.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1923. First Edition. Cloth. (xix) 291 pages. First Edition. SIGNED/INSCRIBED in ink by the author on the front free endpaper: "Mr. Ben N. Powers. In you I feel that I have a true friend whom I hope to meet again. In the meantime when you...
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1944. First Edition. 167 pages. INSCRIBED/SIGNED by David E. Lilienthal (then head of the Tennessee Valley Authority -TVA) to movie executive Darryl F. Zanuck, in ink on a front free endpaper, "Presented to Darryl F. Zanuck distinguished interpreter of democracy with the compliments of David...
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1965. First Edition. Cloth. 379 pages. INSCRIBED/SIGNED in ink by Author Jake Ehrlich on the half-title, "For Ronald Orner with every good wish from your distinguished father and Jake Ehrlich / P.S. Your father now owes Lou Lurie $5.95 plus tax." First Edition. Illustrated...
New Orleans, Louisiana: Faust Publishing, 1986. First Edition. 20 pages. SIGNED by Ellen Gilchrist in ink on the half title. First Edition. This is one of fifty deluxe specially bound binder's copies, produced in addition to 300 numbered copies. Leather-backed purple cloth. 7 3/4" x 11". Frontispiece from photograph of...
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. First Edition. (XIX) (1) 140 pages. Ilustrated from onstage photographs. Light brown cloth with gilt cover device and gilt spine titling. Dust Jacket. First Edition (Stated). 5" x 7 1/2". INSCRIBED in ink by author Oscar Hammerstein II on a front free endpaper, "To...
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1961. First Edition, Stated. Cloth. 311 pages. SIGNED in ink by Sir Cedric Hardwick on a front free endpaper. Illustrated, including from vintage photographs. Illustrated dust jacket. Octavo. Cloth. The amusing, acerbic memoirs of the great British stage and screen actor, of whom George...
Hollywood: Warner Brothers, Inc., 1973. First Edition. This is an ORIGINAL candid still photograph from the Irish set of "MACKINTOSH MAN", a 1973 Warner Brothers film, directed by John Huston and starring Paul Newman, Dominique Sanda and James Mason. SIGNED in ink at the upper lefthand corner by Director John...
Aromas, California: Cayucos Books, 1973. First Edition. Leather-backed linen boards. (xxix) 200 (1) pages. SIGNED in ink by poet William Everson on the colophon. Copy #115 of 250 copies designed and printed by Graham Mackintosh at the Capra Press. Preface, Introduction, Afterword and Notes by William Everson. Red leather-backed linen...
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"...
Van Nuys, California: Toastmaster Publishing Co., 1963. First Edition. Cloth. 176 pages. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by George Jessel in ink on a front free endpaper, "To My Friend Peter--George Jessel". First Edition. Illustrated dust jacket. Small octavo. Tan cloth. From the jacket, "An anthology of messages from famous Hollywood Personalities as might...
Garden City, N. Y. Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1945. First Edition. 238 pages. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Gertrude Lawrence in ink on the half-title: "For Joyce. Sincerely Gertrude Lawrence." First Edition (stated). Dust jacket illustrated with a color portrait by Cecil Beaton. Endpapers illustrated from photographs from the author's hit shows. 5...
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1988. First Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. 215 Pages First Edition SIGNED/ INSCRIBED by Actress/Author Helen Hayes in ink on a front free endpaper: "To Lois Nichols / Blessings / Helen Hayes".Illustrated dust jacket, including a photograph of Ms. Hayes on the back cover. Cloth-backed boards...
Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company, 1921. First Edition. Illustrated Cloth. 303 pages. This is Author Perry Newberry's copy SIGNED/INSCRIBED to himself in ink on a front free endpaper: "Compliments of the Author to his very good friend, Perry Newberry". also in the Author's hand, in ink, is a caricature of...
Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1977. Limited Edition. 128 (colophon) pages. Cloth-backed boards. Blue pictoral dust jacket. Octavo. afterword by Hen ry Miller. From the colophon: "Two hundred copies, specially bound, have been signed and numbered by the author." This copy INSCRIBED by Lawrence Clark Powell in ink on the colophon...
Flagstaff: Northland Press, 1976. First Edition. Cloth First Edition Fine in Fine DJ (xv), 160 pages. Illustrated. Chronology of LCP Keepsakes. Checklist of published writings of LCP. Designed by John Anderson. Printed at Paul Weaver's Northland Press. SIGNED in ink by Lawrence Clark Powell on the half-title. Prior owner's neat...
Washington DC: Shoemaker & Hoard, 2004. First Edition (Uncorrected Bound Galley). Original illustrated wrappers. 106 (2) pages. SIGNED by Gary Snyder in ink on the title page. According to the back cover: "THIS IS AN UNCORRECTED BOUND GALLEY--NOT FOR SALE". Illustrated wrappers. 5 1/2" x 8 1/4". Per the back...
First Edition. ORIGINAL photograph of Poet/Essayist Gary Snyder, SIGNED in ink by Mr. Snyder just below the image. 5" 1/2" x 8 1/2" in total, with an image measuring 4 1/2" x 5 3/4". Gary Snyder (Born 1930) is best known as a poet, associated with the San Francisco Renaissance...
San Francisco: A. M. Robertson, 1911. First Edition. Illustrated Cloth. (2)140 (2) pages. First Edition. SIGNED/INSCRIBED twice in ink by George Sterling to artist Francis (Frank) McComas. The first inscription is on a front free endpaper: "Dear Frank: I am proud to sign myself your friend / George Sterling /...
San Francisco: 1896. First Edition. Brown wrapper. This is an ORIGINAL SIGNED contract dated September 1, 1896 between Adolph Sutro and Paul Thereux of San Francisco. Two pages of folded typescript, with a brown stapled backing, with identifying text on the outside. SIGNED in ink by Adolph Sutro and Paul...
