To Bedlam and Part Way Back by Anne Sexton - 1960

Hyattsville: Rebecca Press, 1989. First edition, limited to 250 numbered copies, the first fifty of which were signed by Mamet. Copy #168. This copy specially signed by Mamet on the title page and by publisher Bingham on the limitation page. Wood engravings by Sarah Chamberlain. Printed by Cheryl Parker at the Hummingbird Press. Miniature book with leather spine and wood boards. Front board with small brass doorknob. Bookmark with tiny key. With decorated paper case as issued. Case paper with tiny rubs and discoloration. Book in Fine condition. Unusual as such.. Signed by Author & Publisher. Hardcovers. Illus. by Sarah Chamberlain. 64mo - up to 3" tall. Limited Edition.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1963. Signed on the title page by Umberto Eco. First U.S. edition / First printing. Off white cloth. Near fine with owner name emboss stamp to front free endpaper and also the title page in very good to near fine dust jacket, with several edge tears. The author's first book.

Helsinki: Schildts, 1974. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First Printing, the true first edition of Tove Jansson's first full-length novel for adults. Publshed in Helsinki by Schildts, the author's Swedish-language publisher in her native Finland. Set in a Florida retirement centre, Solstaden is, in the author's own words, "a book about what it's like to get old and I have described the love of two very young and beautiful people in the city of the elderly.". Hardcover in dustjacket, pp.171. The dustjacket illustration by the author. Printed in the Swedish language. A Fine, tight, square copy, appears unread. The dustjacket has minor rubbing/wear to the extremities otherwise VG. SIGNED in black ink at the title page by the author, extremely rare thus.

New York: Ecco Press, 1980. Signed by Louise Gluck on the title page. First edition / First printing. Purple cloth. Very fine in very fine, price-clipped dust jacket. A beautiful copy and rare signed. The author's third collection of poetry. Volume 20 in The American Poetry Series. Louise Gluck is the 2020 Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

First edition, First printing, Association Copy Inscribed: To Jake Seidenberg With every good wish for the years ahead from Dick Nixon Book is in very good condition with a very good dust jacket with a number of tears and small pieces missing at top and bottom of spine. Small pieces missing on front at top near authors name (see pictures). Clean text. Unclipped ($5.95). Protected by Brodart book jacket cover.(Note: Seidenberg served in the Truman, Eisenhower, Nixon and Ford Administrations. He served as the Executive Director of the President's Committee on Government Contracts, appointed by Eisenhower. Vice President Nixon was the Chairman of the Committee. Seidenberg later served as Chairman of he Federal Services Impasses Panel, which settled deadlocks in federal labor negotiations.)Nixon's first book was the result of encouragement from President Kennedy-- who Nixon visited in The White House only months after Nixon was defeated by Kennedy in the 1960 election--and said that a book would… Read More

New York : New Directions, 1941 First printing of the first edition, first state, approx. 100 of the total 2000 copies printed [Wallace A22, iii].

Signed by Williams on the front free end-paper: post stroke signature.

Eleven poems, including the 15-part "For the Poem Patterson," issued as the first volume of the Poet of the Month series.

Plain wrappers with sewn binding, (32pp.), unpaginated, in first issue, yellow dust jacket, printed in black on the front panel. Light age-toning to page margins, else plain stitched wrappers in fine condition; dust jacket with mild rubbing to spine ends and corners, soiling, spine fold separating, age-toning to spine, folds, and cover margins, else in fine condition.

New York: Doubleday, 1987 First printing of the stated first edition. Signed and dated by Isaac Asimov, directly on the title page, along with an inscription turned into an original rhimed poem by Asimov: "There's a certain young doctor named Art / whom people have thought of as smart, / And handsome and sporty. / He's now turning forty--- / As an oldster he'll make a new start / Isaac Asimov / 1988." Book in fine condition; dust jacket with light creasing/rubbing and wear to corners/spine ends, else fine.

Oxford University Press, 1985. 1st Edition. Hardcover. NF/NF. 1st edition, 1st Impression. 14.3 x 22cm red cloth with silver titles to the spine, 200pp with original unclipped dust jacket with �6.96 net price. The book has been signed on the title page by Philip Pullman. A near fine book with clean bright boards and sharp corners. Internally, there is the usual uniform toning to the pages resulting from the quality of the paper stock used. The author has signed the title page in blue biro. The dust jacket is near fine with only a little light creasing to the spine and only very slight fading of the red sections at the spine ends. All in all an excellent, collectable, signed first edition of this the first in Pullman's extremely popular Sally Lockhart quartet. If you would like any further information or images, please do not hesitate to ask. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are… Read More

Helsinki: Schildts, 1974. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First Printing, the true first edition of Tove Jansson's first full-length novel for adults. Publshed in Helsinki by Schildts, the author's Swedish-language publisher in her native Finland. Set in a Florida retirement centre, Solstaden is, in the author's own words, "a book about what it's like to get old and I have described the love of two very young and beautiful people in the city of the elderly.". Hardcover in dustjacket, pp.171. The dustjacket illustration by the author. Printed in the Swedish language. A Fine, tight, square copy, appears unread. The dustjacket has minor rubbing/wear to the extremities otherwise VG. SIGNED in black ink at the title page by the author, extremely rare thus.

London: Harrap & Co, 1985. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Printing. A splendid and unique copy of the Ralph Steadman illustrated version of Treasure Island - inscribed by the artist at the front endpapers to fellow artist and writer Posy Simmonds. Inscription reads, "For Posy Simmonds from me, Ralph Steadman". In addition to the huge inscription in gold ink the artist has drawn a skeleton beneath the existing skull illustration. Bumped at the crown and lower corners, otherwise Near Fine. Dustjacket - unclipped, tiny chip to the surface of the rear panel, Near Fine. Provenance: From the library of Posy Simmonds