Odds Against by Dick Francis - 1991

Contains a Christmas greeting by Strom Thurmond.
A bookplate-type inscription was inserted into this book: Typed, "Nancy and the children and I feel this book is informative and entertaining. We hope you will enjoy it. With kindest regards and Greetings of the Season. (Signed) Strom Thurmond".

Reno, Nevada: Mountain Media. Fine. 2002. First Edition. Paperback. 0967025923 . Book is Fine. SIGNED inscription in ink to previous owner first page. Clean and unmarked text. Tight and sturdy binding. Very faint wear to cover edges. ; Trade PB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 696 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Bantam Books,, 1992. HBDJ, Oversized lite blue Boards with BrownRust cloth Spine cvr, October 1992, 1st edition, 1st printing, with #1 Intact Number Line, FINE-/NF+, AS-IS, 9 X 11 1/2 in. Titled in Gold Gilt on spine cvr. Interior nice tight, Clean light wear, unpaginated, Light DJ wear with tiny creases on edge, Set in modern New Jersey and New York, an African-American Alice seeks riches by entering sweepstakes. After much adventure, she learns she is already rich. in friends ; A cautionary tale for the 1990's and a great introduction to the strange and exciting sights of New York. Large format. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by John Rocco .

Phila. David McKay, 1940. HBDJ, 1940, 1st Edition, VG-/GOOD-, A Very Good- Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Spine Binding wobbly & edges scuffed rubbed, Sm 4to. DJ light Fade Wear & tiny Chips Scuff marks here & There at Edges but Illustration ON Front & Back DJ Nice Condition, Spine Ends DJ small chips fox, Blue Boards with Color Illustration Duplicates DJ has Black cloth spine, Cvr lite wear, Interior nice tight light Wear FOXing to few pgs Inner Margins, Small chips to spine DJ TOP edge & EXTREMITIES DJ various chips Light CREASES, UNPAGINATED ,, An amusing story about a faun who plays a prank on the birds of the forests by switching around all of their eggs. Pogany's style is very different for this book, more cartoon-like than we are used to seeing.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Willy Pogany,.

NY & Rochester, NY: Random House & Eastman House. Folio. 212pp., 600+ illus. Pictorial Boards, d.j. Signed. A VF copy in VF d.j.Please Note: Due to the size, weight, and cost of this book, extra shipping & insurance is required. NY residents must pay NY sales tax. Thank you.

Washington, D.C., U.S.A.: Counterpoint, 2000. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Inscribed By Author. Incscribed, ""For Jeff, 6/3/00, Wendell Berry,"" on the title page. Edges of dust jacket slight worn.

Chicago & New York: Contemporary Books, 1989. BOLDLY SIGNED (see photos) on the front endpaper by Terry Bradshaw, 4 time Super Bowl-winning quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers (signature only, NOT personalized to anyone). A BEAUTIFUL COPY. PHOTOS UPON REQUEST. Very FINE condition in a bright, shiny Very FINE dust jacket. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO fading. NOT price clipped ($17.95). The jacket is protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. The book itself is fresh, crisp, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owners' name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh, crisp, and unmarked. Illustrated with 16 pages of photos. Includes appendix giving Bradshaw's statistics for his 14-year pro football career with the Pittsburgh Steelers, 1970-1983. Bound in the original black boards, with a yellow cloth spine lettered in black. From the dust jacket: "Terry Bradshaw grew up chasing the American Dream, knowing at an early age exactly what he… Read More

Fine. London: Travellers' Bookshop, 2001. Edition limited to 500 copies, 4to., [x], 197pp., approx. 160 colour illustrations, publisherÕs black cloth with gilt spine titles, dust-wrapper. A Fine copy in Fine dustjacket - As New and signed by Julian Mackenzie on the main title page.A pictorial bibliography of one of the finest collections of Antarctica in private hands. The collection is limited to first-hand accounts, and was assembled with a view to condition. It contains many outstanding copies, some with rare dust-wrappers. The Taurus Collection was formed with two objectives in mind: First was to obtain the finest possible copies of books on the Antarctic; second was to focus on the people and expeditions who went to the Continent when heroism was most important, ie: before the age of mechanization. - from the introduction.The Taurus Collection publication should prove to be a valuable resource for both written and visual documentation for key books important to documentation of exploration of… Read More

Harper & Bros. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1927. Limited Edition. Hardcover. #41/225 in the signed and numbered Charleston Edition. Presentation inscription to the author's aunt and uncle on the ffep, where it is autographed a second time by the author. Blue quarter-cloth, paper title blocks. Top edge bump, p/o gift inscriptions to front endpapers, contents clean and sound. ; 7 5/8" tall; 86 pages .

Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, 1986. Signed by the author on the title page. First edition / First printing. Navy cloth. As New. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. The second book in the New York Trilogy.