RALPH STEADMAN'S EXTINCT BOIDS - First Printing, Double-Signed by Steadman, Ralph & Levy, Ceri - 2012

1862. 1862 Jaffray, James GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS OF WARWICKSHIRE Birmingham: Thomas Underwood, 1862 pp[viii], 119pp frontispiece engraving, 31 engraved plates, 13 vignettes 4to Contemporary green half calf/marbled paper boards, edges of textblock marbled Backstrip panelled in gilt Neatly rebacked in green leather, original backstrip laid back down, new stamped leather spine label foxing throughout text and on tissue guards 6 of the plates have moderate to heavy foxing with the remaining plates with little or no foxing at all Moderate rubbing on covers, edges of boards, internally near fine, overall a nice leatherbound hardcover copy.

New York / Boston: New York Graphic Society / Little Brown, 1983. Signed by Paul Camponigro on the front-free end-paper, placed and dated: Santa Fe 3/28/89. Also inscribed by the photographer: To Donald Fleming -- with all best wishes. First edition / First printing. Brown cloth spine, beige paper-covered boards. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Non-laminated jacket is rubbed as usual, but has no tears.

Black boards with gold writing on spine; book itself is in excellent and Fine condition. Very slight shelf wear on bottom of dust jacket spine, but that is only defect in dust jacket. Tight binding and pages still look in excellent condition. ISBN and cover price of £8.95 on front dust jacket fold.Severn House First Edition; First Printing as indicated by no other printings being listed on copyright page. Not only is this book a very rare UK printed edition by Severn House that is hard to find online, it is also inscribed to "Saul" with Parker's initials on title page.Parker's seventh novel featuring private detective Spenser, his friend Hawk, his paramour Susan and introducing the character of Paul Giacomin who becomes like a son to Spenser in future novels. Hardcover and original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Mylar cover.

Association Copy. Signed by Truman's Secretary of State Dean Acheson inscribed to Paul Nitze. To Paul Nitze with the deepest affection and admiration from Dean Acheson Washington November 1955Text clean. Unclipped ($3,00). Protected by Brodart book jacket cover. From Wikipedia...Dean Gooderham Acheson (April 11, 1893 – October 12, 1971) was an American statesman and lawyer. As the 51st U.S. Secretary of State, he set the foreign policy of the Harry S. Truman administration from 1949 to 1953. He was Truman's main foreign policy advisor from 1945 to 1947, especially regarding the Cold War. Acheson helped design the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan, as well as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. He was in private law practice from July 1947 to December 1948.[2] After 1949 Acheson came under partisan political attack from Republicans led by Senator Joseph McCarthy over Truman's policy toward the People's Republic of China.As a private citizen in 1968 he counseled President Lyndon B.… Read More

First edition, signed by the author on the half-title page. The book and the dust jacket show no significant wear, like new. Looks as if it has never been read. Signature is on a card that was then glued to the page. Seems to be a very rare item. Comes with a letter of authenticity.

San Francisco: Chronicle Press, 2000. Signed by Ruth Bernhard on the title page. First edition / First printing. Gray cloth. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.

1862. 1862 Jaffray, James GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS OF WARWICKSHIRE Birmingham: Thomas Underwood, 1862 pp[viii], 119pp frontispiece engraving, 31 engraved plates, 13 vignettes 4to Contemporary green half calf/marbled paper boards, edges of textblock marbled Backstrip panelled in gilt Neatly rebacked in green leather, original backstrip laid back down, new stamped leather spine label foxing throughout text and on tissue guards 6 of the plates have moderate to heavy foxing with the remaining plates with little or no foxing at all Moderate rubbing on covers, edges of boards, internally near fine, overall a nice leatherbound hardcover copy.

Boston: Little, Brown and Co, 1941. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Wyeth, N. C.. [2], viii, 374 p.; 22 cm. Blue cloth with silver-stamped spine title and cover illustration. Dust jacket with color illustration by N.C. Wyeth. Map on endpapers. Top page edges red. Stated First Edition. Signed by both authors. The story of Hugh Tallant, highwayman, and the infamous penal colony established in Australia in 1788. Book is in Very Good Condition: spine slightly sunned; 1/2-cm. split in cloth at head of spine; fore-edges slightly soiled; otherwise clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Good Condition: rubbed; creasing at edges; chipping at ends of spine; separated for 5 cm. from tail along front joint; old repairs at ends of spine on inside of dust jacket; spine is sunned; front section bright; not price-clipped.

New York: Harper & Row, 1979. Signed on the title page by James Welch. First edition / First printing. Blue cloth spine, blue paper-covered boards. Very fine in a dust jacket with minor wear, else fine. The jacket is much more attractive than usual for this book. The scarcest of Welch's novels, especially in nice condition.

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.