Berkeley: Howell-North Books, 1964. California Authors, Southern Pacific, Cedntral Pacific, 20th Cen. 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... More
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.... More
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... More
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. More
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... More
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... More
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... More
Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1964. First Edition. Cloth. 297 (4) pages. SIGNED/INSCRIBED in ink by Author Jake Ehrlich on a front free endpaper, "Mrs. Hardy Fern / Good Luck /Jake Ehrlich". First Edition. Illustrated dustjacket. Essays on legal subjects by the late great San Francisco criminal lawyer, J. W.... More
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... More
New York: A. S. Barnes & Company, 1947. First Edition. 238 pages. First Edition. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Corinne Griffith in ink as a Presentation Copy to Movie Mogul DARRYL ZANUCK on a front free endpaper, "To Darryl / Its time you read some good literature. Corinne Griffith". (Darryl Zanuck's copy; Certificate... More
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... More
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... 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
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1997. First Edition. Cloth. 771 pages. Illustrated. Original blue cloth with gilt cover vignette. 7 1/4" x10 3/4". Location symbols. List of references consulted. Index. Introduction by J. S. Holliday. SIGNED in ink by author Gary Kurutz on the half-title. The definitive masterwork... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
Flagstaff, Arizona: Northland Press, 1976. First Edition. Leather backed cloth. (ii), xvi, 159 pages. First Edition. Number 62 of a limited edition of 75 copies "..especially bound, slipcased and signed by the contributors". SIGNED by Lawrence Clark Powell in ink on the title page, and SIGNED by the contributors on... More
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... More
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... More
Barstow, California: Back Door Publishing, 1999. First Edition. Cloth. (xviii), 607 pages. SIGNED in ink by Author on front free endpaper, "Hope you enjoy California's exciting past--Clifford Walker". Illustrated primarily from vintage photographs and a few maps. Blue pebbled cloth. Silver front cover and spine titling. Illustrated dust jacket. Octavo... More
Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, 1993. First Edition. Cloth. 175 (11) pages. First Edition. SIGNED in ink by Author Larry Watson on the title page. 175 (11) pages. Green cloth. Gilt titling.5 1/2" x 8".The 1993 Milkwood National Fiction Prize winner. Afterword by David Huddle, National Fiction Prize judge. A 12 year-old... More
Charlottesville, Virginia: Hampton Roads Publishing Company, Inc, 2001. First Edition. (xxvii) 324 pages. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Dennis Wearver in ink on the title page, "To John / Dennis Weaver". First Edition. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated from B/W photographs.Octavo. Boards. The autobiography of the star of the Gunsmoke and McCloud television series... More
New York: Random House, 1987. First Edition, Later Printing. Cloth-backed Boards. (xvii) 216 (3) pages. SIGNED in ink by Jonathan Winters on the half-title, "With affection /Jonathan Winters / Halloween 1992". Illustrated dust jacket with photograph of Jonathan Winters on rear cover. Illustration from drawing by Winters on a rear... More
