Cloud Atlas. by MITCHELL, David - 2004.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1984. Signed by Robert Benton at the chapter on Kramer vs. Kramer. Benton won Oscars for Best Film Director and Screenwriter for the film. He also won an Oscar for the screenplay of Places in the Heart, which Nestor Almendros also lensed. Nestor Almendros won the Academy Award for Cinematography for Days of Heaven. He was nominated for Academy Awards for Kramer vs Kramer, The Blue Lagoon and Sophie's Choice. He did cinematography for Claire's Knee, Chloe in the Afternoon, Cockfighter, The Last Metro, and many others. He was known for using natural light in his films. First U.S. edition / First printing. Black cloth spine, red paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1999. Signed by Kurt Vonnegut on limitation page. Certificate signed by Kurt Vonnegut, Daniela Di Stefano and Publisher Roy S. Pfeil. First Limited edition / First printing. Number 405 of 1700 copies. Teal leather. Very fine. Certificate of Authenticity and A Note About Bagombo Snuff Box laid in.

Bordeaux, ACTAR arc en reve / centre d'architecture, 2000. Signed by Rem Koolhaas. First edition / First printing. Includes CD in back pocket. Black wrappers in yellow printed vinyl jacket. Very fine in fine jacket. Rem Koolhaas is the Pritzker Prize Winner for 2000.

Rotterdam: NAi Publishers, 2004. Signed by Rem Koolhaas. Also signed by the architect Joshua Prince-Ramus. First edition / First printing. Pictorial wrappers. Very fine. Rem Koolhaas is the Pritzker Prize Winner for 2000. Joshua Prince-Ramus founded the New York office of OMA in 2000, and was a principal designer, along with Koolhaas, of projects such as the Seattle Public Library and the Guggenheim Las Vegas Museum. In May 2006 the New York office split from OMA to become the firm REX.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1970. Signed on the title page by the author. First edition / First printing. Red cloth. Very fine in very fine, price-clipped dust jacket. A remarkably bright and fresh copy.

Tokyo: A. D. A. Edita, 2003. Signed by Tadao Ando with the addition of an original drawing. First edition / First printing. Illustrated wrappers with French flaps. Very fine. Clear archival mylar jacket supplied. Tadao Ando is the Pritzker Prize Winner for 1995.

New York: Viking, 1970. Signed by the author. First edition / First printing. Blue cloth spine, blue paper-covered boards. Fine in fine dust jacket. Mr. Sammler's Planet was the Winner of the National Book Award. Saul Bellow was the Winner of the 1976 Nobel Prize for Literature.

Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1972. Decorative label signed by Robertson Davies laid in. First edition / First printing. Bright orange cloth. Fine in near fine dust jacket, with a short closed tear to the top front panel light creases, and wear primarily to the rear top corner of the spine. An exceptional copy of both the book and the fragile dust jacket. Second book in the Deptford Trilogy.

New York: Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, 1982. Signed by Kurt Vonnegut on the front free endpaper. First trade edition / First printing. Blue cloth. Near fine, slight fading to top and bottom board edges, in fine dust jacket.

New York: Random House, 1965. Signed on the front free endpaper, and inscribed by the author: To Bill and Biddle,Congratulations to you both, and best regards, Peter (Matthiessen) March 12 1984. Laid in is a Postcard addressed to Biddle dated 1982. The message reads: Dear Bill I just can't get free this winter or spring (can't put this book to death) - Please give me a rain check, or snow check, even for next winter. Best Peter M. (the word for and the M in the signature have smeared, else near fine Postcard. First edition / First printing. Black cloth spine, tan cloth boards. Near fine, with slight spot to the bottom right of the rear board near the spine. Near fine dust jacket with a couple closed tears with no loss. Overall, a much nicer copy than what one generally encounters. Bill Biddle was a naturalist and teacher. At the time the postcard was sent, Biddle ran the Outing and Visiting Author programs at Holderness School in Plymouth, NH. By the time this book was inscribed, he had relocated… Read More