The Fur Traders of Kettle Harbor by Wallace, Dillon - 1931

William Morrow And Co. , N. Y.. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1999. First Edition. hardcover with dustjacket. 0688174418 . Signed First Edition. Boldly signed on the half title page, by the then Governor of Texas, George W. Bush, soon after to become the Nation's 43rd President. It is his signature only - not signed to anyone - signed by him directly on the page with a bold black felt tip pen, not on a book plate. 253 pages, index. Original publisher's price of $23.00 is on the dust jacket. No wear or tears on the jacket and no writing (other than President's signature) , marks, or any other names or writing in book. Has the complete number line of "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10" below First Edition statement on publisher's page. Dust jacket and book are in Fine condition, without defects. ; 6 1/4 in. x 9 1/2 in.; 253 pages; Signed by Author .

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: The Armchair Detective, 1991. Signed by Richard Condon on the colophon. Limited Edition / First Printing. Number 87 0f 100 copies. Maroon cloth in a Maroon cloth slipcase Very fine in a very fine slipcase. With a new introduction by Richard Condon. Basis for the 1962 John Frankenheimer film, starring Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, and Angela Lansbury.

Doubleday & Co., Inc, 1957. Hardcover. Very Good. Collectible first edition, first printing of Carmen Aboy Valldejuli's The Art of Caribbean Cookery. Per Doubleday's practice of designating first editions, "First Edition" so stated on copyright page. Signed in blue ink by Valldejuli on front free endpaper. Signature unconditionally guaranteed to pass any COA examination. Includes priced dust jacket in archival Brodart sleeve. At the time of publication, notably, Valldejuli was the dominant authority on Caribbean cuisine, often referred to as the Puerto Rican Julia Child - and this the only book that featured recipes from across the Caribbean. She and her husband traveled extensively from island to island, sampling recipes and recording them faithfully. Cultural authenticity was their focus. The first edition was printed in relatively small numbers, thus its present scarcity, and the dust jacket even more scarce. 254 pp. 8 1/2" x 6". Tight, unmarked copy with minimal… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Grosset & Dunlap, 1971. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine. Dolwick, Bill. Breathtakingly beautiful condition on this FIRST EDITION, first printing (listing to self ion back cover, self-summary in front matter) from 1971 of Book #33 in the second Tom Swift YA series, the very last in this series of 33 volumes written under the pseudonym Victor Appleton II. With colorfully decorated matte paper over boards & golden yellow spines/back covers, in 180 pages with a plain frontispiece, internals, & endpapers by illustrator Bill Dolwick. From a single owner collection, condition is Fine: cleanest & brightest copy we have EVER seen! Looks like it came from the store yesterday! Covers bright, NO fading pages white, with no tanning or foxing. Binding straight & strong, hinges intact. NO writing/underlining/highlighting. Virtually flawless save for very slight rubbing/bumping to corners. NO DJ, as issued. Our photos depict he EXACT book you will… Read More

NY: Random House, 1994. Signed first edition. Inscribed presentation copy to Stepp and Cook Neilson. Motorcycle legend Cook Neilson was a preeminent motorcycle journalist and editor of Cycle Magazine. He won the Daytona Superbike race in 1977 on a Ducati. He was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame and the Ducati North America Hall of Fame in 2006. Published NY: Random House, 1994. 8vo. Slight creasing to spine, else near fine in near fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Viking, 1992. Signed in gold ink and dated 1992 by Ken Kesey. First edition / First printing. White cloth spine, beige paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.

New York: Dutton, (1977). First edition. SIGNED BY ABBEY on front endpaper. "In a voice edged with inner chagrin, [Abbey] offers a portrait of the American West that we'll not soon forget, offering us the observations of a man who left the urban world behind to think about the natural world and the myths buried therein."--from the jacket flap. Crisp and near fine in bright, fine dust jacket.

Signed on first page: Sherman Adams Clean text. Unclipped price ($5.95). Protected by Brodart dust jacket cover.Book in good condition with discoloration on some pages. Dust jacket in very good condition with some chips in top and bottom of jacket on and around spine. Sherman Adams was an American businessman and politician, best known as White House Chief of Staff for President Dwight D. Eisenhower, the culmination of an 18-year political career that also included a stint as the 67th governor of New Hampshire. He lost his White House position in a scandal.
Eisenhower adopted the military model, which emphasizes the importance of the Chief of Staff in handling all of the paperwork and preliminary decisions. With rare exceptions, anyone who spoke with Eisenhower had to have Adams' prior approval. Adams took his role as Chief of Staff very seriously; with the exception of Cabinet members and certain NSC advisors, all requests for access to Eisenhower had to go through his office. This alienated… Read More

New York: Little Brown, 2021. Signed on the title page and dated 23 Aug 2022 by Rebecca Donner. First edition / First printing. Black paper spine, tan paper-covered boards. Very fine in a very fine dust jacket. Mildred Fish Harnack was an American citizen who was part of the resistance underground in Germany during WWII. She was executed on the personal orders of Adolf Hitler in early 1943. Winner of the 2022 National Book Critic's Circle Award for Biography. Winner of the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year 2021. Rebecca Donner is the Winner of a 2022 Guggenheim Fellowship. The publisher seriously underestimated the demand for this book and it was out of print within days of publication. With the supply chain issues during the pandemic, it took weeks to get a second printing to stores and warehouses. Also due to the pandemic, all author publicity for hardcover publication was Virtual, meaning that few signed copies of the first exist. This is… Read More