Annapurna by Herzog, Maurice - 1953: Heroic Conquest of the Highest Mountain - 26,493 Ft - Ever Climbed By Man

London: Faber and Faber, 1980. First editions, first prnts. Each volume is signed by Golding on the title page. CLOSE published in 1987 (ISBN:0571147798) and FIRE in 1989 (ISBN:0571152031). A digital photo of Golding with a UK bookseller at a 1992 booksigning event is laid-in RITES. RITES has two small indentations on the front pastedown upper corner with two corresponding impressions on the dustjacket flap and a small rubbed spot on the topedge which has caused a tiny nick on the topedge of a few text pages; the book is in Near Fine condition in a Near Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. CLOSE AND FIRE are both in Fine condition in a Fine dustajcket with an archival cover. RITES was the Booker winner in 1980. The three volumes comprise Golding's Sea Trilogy in its original publications.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

The Macmillan Company. Hardback. Fine/Fine. 1. 1967. Hardback. Fine. First Edition. First Print. Signature only by author on the title page. This is the authors first published book. Dust jacket is protected with a Mylar cover. Books are packed and shipped in boxes.

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

New York: Reynal & Company. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1960. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. This copy has been signed on the front endpaper by the subject, Felix Frankfurter. The dust jacket has several small edge nicks and beginning chips, along with some lightish spots of rubbing to the spine ends and front cover. "Felix Frankfurter (November 15, 1882 – February 22, 1965) was a jurist, who served as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Frankfurter was born in Vienna and immigrated to New York at the age of 12. He graduated from Harvard Law School and was active politically, helping to found the American Civil Liberties Union. He was a friend and adviser of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who appointed him to the Supreme Court in 1939. Frankfurter served on the… Read More

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1991. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 84x9x127. Signed by author. First edition. Signed and dated by author on half-title page (March, 1994), inscription ('For Dr. Ron Rigli') appears to have been added in a separate hand. Certificate of authenticity from an auction company laid in. 1991 Hard Cover. 119 pp. 8vo.. Translated from the original Russian by Alexis Klimoff. A collection of essays on various topics by the author of Gulag Archipelago and One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1947. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1947 E.P. Dutton Stated TRUE FIRST EDITION of Spillane's 1st mystery with a **SIGNED** CARD of Mickey Spillane tipped in. A VeryGood+ Hardback and VeryGood+ Dustjacket: The HB is very clean and tight with the only real wear being some small chips at the spine ends and tiny bumps at the corners. It is wrapped in a Facsimile DJ also in VG+ condition with almost no wear or marks as well. A VERY RARE COLLECTIBLE! **BONUS** Also receive a Signet paperback of another early book, The Long Wait in Good condition. ***Brenbooks specializes in first edition mysteries, many signed***

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

Garry Sparke & Associates, Australia, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed by person(s) connected with book. Hardcover. 96 pages. Signed by person(s) connected with book. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Garry Sparke & Associates, Australia, 1983. First Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in near fine condition and comes in near fine dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear, rubbing or soiling. Spine has minor lean. Edges of dust jacket have superficial wear. . Dust jacket is protected in clear, plastic sleeve. Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Signed by Peter Brock on title page. Also included is a Peter Brock Holden Dealer Team business card in immaculate condition. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Sports & Pastimes. ISBN: 090808157X. ISBN/EAN: 9780908081578. Inventory No: 13110343.. 9780908081578

New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1908. First Edition. 8vo – 23.5cm., [xxi], 321 pp., Appendices A,B,C & D., 46 black-and-white illustrations including black-and-white photographs, drawings and 6 maps – full-page and in text, full-page color frontis of Mount McKinley with tissue guard. No prior ownership markings, hinges un-cracked, no foxing. Publisher's dark green cloth covered boards with cover scene of Mt. McKinley; gilt titles on spine. A Near Fine and complete copy. Neate 184; Arctic Bibliography 3390.
The famous account of Cook's alleged fraudulent claim of his ascent of Mount McKinley. With detailed description of the approaches, and the routes up Mt. McKinley, in a narrative of two expeditions, 1903 and 1906.

NY: W. W. Norton & Company, 1993. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Octavo (9.25 x 6 in.); 869pp., indexed; burgundy cloth boards, in dust jacket. Signed at their contributions by 22 of the 67 collected authors, in order: Frederik Pohl, Samuel R. Delany, Robert Silverberg, Gene Wolfe, Joe Haldeman, John Varley, Edward Bryant, Gregory Benford, William Gibson, Greg Bear, Octavia E. Butler, Kim Stanley Robinson, Karen Joy Fowler (who has also signed the title page beneath her "consultant" credit), John Crowley, Pat Cadigan, Nancy Kress, James Patrick Kelly, Orson Scott Card, Connie Willis, Eileen Gunn, Lisa Goldstein, and John Kessel. Light shelfwear, a tiny bit of fraying to cloth at bottom tips, a few minor spots of soiling to textblock edges. Unclipped ("$27.50") jacket lightly crumpled at spine ends and along top of rear panel, with a 1/2" closed tear at the top of the rear flap hinge. A very good (+) copy in like jacket of this ambitious… Read More