CONTRIBUTIONS towards THE HISTORY of EARLY ENGLISH PORCELAIN by J. E. Nightingale, F.S.A - 1881

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

California Historical Society Los Angeles printed by Anderson, Ritchie & Simon [The Ward Ritchie , 1971. HBNO DJ Issued, 1st Ltd edition 500 copies STATED on Last page, VG+, NOJACKET, 1971, 1st edition, Special Publication Number 48, 43 pages, Light wear Cvr Cover , Interior Nice, tight Clean, Original papered Orange Boards Titled in Red & Black,,Faint spotting to cover, otherwise very good. Pages are clean and unmarked. ,She was granddaughter of John and Susan Bixby, founders of Rancho Los Alamitos in Long Beach, California, now part of the city of Long Beach. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by George Bartell,.

Text and instructions in Japanese and English. Dramatic color and black and white photo illustrations and diagrams, followed by pattern pages that can be copied or used as is. 79 pages. Published in Tokyo in 1987. First edition, signed by author.

Rare hardcover 1st edition. Cover has some wear and water marks on the edge. Some shelf wear & corners bumped. Some light tanning. Nice, tight binding. Good for its age. Fictional story of Wannaseska, the Cherokee prophet set during the time the State of Georgia (white settlers) were about to confiscate Cherokee Lands in N. Georgia. The prophet is first hand eye witness and victim to the outrages. Story ends with the Trail, of Tears when the Cherokees agreed to move to Indian Territory in Oklahoma.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1974. First Edition. 8vo. xviii + 432 pp. Very Good/Good. FFP inscription: "To Pamela Sherek Very best wishes Meryle Secrest." Signed by Author. First Edition. Pamela Sherek, née Boscawen, was the wife of Henry Sherek, famed theatrical impressario.

London: Waterlow & Sons. Very Good+. 1887. Hardcover. Compiled by the Overseers for 1887. The Jubilee Year of the reign of Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria. Two parts bound into one volume. Part 1, a facsimile of the 1824 Edition. Part 2, 121 engraved plates. List of the Overseers of the Parishes from 1561 - 1887 & names of subscribers. Clean blue cloth decorated with gilt. Text tight, clean & intact. All edges gilt. Engraved illustrations. Spine ends & corners lightly rubbed. Front internal hinge with paper tear. ; Engravings; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

N.A. Kovach. A beautiful crisp clean hardcover first edition copy in very good condition, expected age toning and light foxing to textblock and age toning to cloth at top edge. No. 25/25 limited edition copies offered for sale. Signed by Lyle H. Wright (who wrote introduction), John B. Goodman (Illustrator) and Nicholas Kovac (Publisher). DJ in good plus condition with mild age toning and small chip at spine tail, now in protective mylar cover. . Very Good. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 1946.

Toronto: Little, Brown Canada: 1995. Signed by Richard Ford on the title page. First Canadian edition / First printing. Blue cloth spine, brown paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Winner of the 1996 Pulitzer Prize and the Pen Faulkner Award. Highly praised and much anticipated sequel to The Sportswriter. Selected by the editors of The New York Times Book Review for their 10 Best Books of 1995 List.

Beautifully signed on first page: Margaret Truman (see picture).Book in very good condition. Dust jacket in very good condition with a few chips on bottom of spine and two tears at top right of front and top left near spine both repaired (see pictures).Clean text. Price clipped. Protected by Brodart dust jacket cover. From book jacket:This unique portrait of a President by his daughter covers the full sweep of Harry S. Truman's life: from his early days and political career in Missouri through the momentous years in Washington where he served as a United States Senator, Vice President and President.