Search Results: Signed from Bee Creek Books

Chester Springs, PA, U.S.A.: Dufour Editions, Incorporated, 1979. 95 pp. DJ with small chips on bottom inside flap, light wear to edges and corners. Book is tight, clean. Signed by author on title page. Book in NF condition.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good+. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 3/4". Poetry.

New York: Winchester Press, 1976. A comprehensive guide to the full range of American sporting art and accessories, and to their ever-increasing values. SIGNED by Allan J. Liu on half title page. 21 experts, each writing on a subject for which he is an authority regarding sporting collectibles: original art, prints, duck decoys, guns, knives, fish decoys, rods, reels, flies, lures, catalogues and angling and hunting books. Maroon cloth book is Fine, both internally and externally. DJ is Very Good.. Signed by Artist. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good+ to Near Fine. Illus. by Photgraphs, Drawings, Tables. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Outdoors.

Seattle, WA: Department of Commerce, 1977. Marine Fish, FIshing Grounds & Facilities. Signed on title page by both authors, plus gift inscription signed by "Susan " on free endpaper. Lower edge by spine's joint and 1/2 way up occasionally rubbing of paper covers so as color removed. Otherwise exterior is Very Good. Laid in sheet from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on ordering Angler's Guide. Interior is tight, clean and Near Fine.. Signed by Both Authors. Softcover. Good to Good-+. Illus. by Charts, Maps, Figures. Size: Approx. 9 1/4" x 11 1/2". Marine Life.

Costa Mesa, CA: NACE/CEE, 1995. Citizens for Excellence in Education. 202 pp. Gift inscription from the author on title page. Softback. Book is Very Good+. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. . Signed by Author. Softcover. Very Good+. Size: Approx. 5 1/4" x 8 1/4". Education.

San Mateo, California: B & B Press, 1978. Gift inscription on title half page SIGNED by author. This easy-to follow method shows you the essential techniques you need to develop an idea into the nine basic articles that all magazines buy. 272 pp. Front covers edges possibly damp residue?(as if lightly foxed) doesn't go through. Otherwise book is Very Good+. Interior is clean, tight, and VG+. . Signed by Author. Trade Paper. Very Good-. Size: Approx. 5 1/4" x 8 1/2". Writing.

Pasadena, CA: Ward Ritchie Press, 1976. "This is a book about Los Angeles for everyone who already knows about Los Angeles, and also for those who don't know a thing about it, and for those who think they do. It is also for those who think it doesn't exist." Stated first printing. Signed by author on front free endpaper. 252 pp. Wear to DJ on corners, edges, some scuffing to front/back. Small bookstore sticker on top corner of front free endpaper. Marks to page edges. Interior clean. Book is VG+.. Signed by Author. First Printing. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good -. Size: Approx. 6 1/4" x 9 1/4". California.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1951. Introduction by J. Frank Dobie. Gift inscription by author on half title page "Sincere Good Wishes To Dorothy Taylor Hughes From J. R. Williams". Printed 1951 with 'A' on copyright page. 103 pp. Brown cloth resembling wood covers. Missing DJ, but book protected by homemade plastic cover. Cover corners are bumped and rubbed to boards, edges and joints rubbed and faded, wear to cover faces. Spine is faded, tears to top spine near joints exposing board, spine ends are bent. Stains to page edges. Residue and reminants from original newspaper cartoons having been taped/glued to endpapers, both front and back. Some of the cartoons are still attached, while others have been completely removed or just pieces have been left. Pages are discolored where cartoons had been placed. Date "Feb 1953" written on half title page above author gift inscription. Newspaper cartoon adhered on back of half title page, and stain on adjoining page.… Read More

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1925. 329 pp. Stated first edition. Gift inscription by author on front free endpaper to fellow author and friend Katherine Newlin Burt (Western novelist), which reads "To Mrs. Struthers Burt, in good faith, not with the expectation of rereading, but to commemorate a really good time on shipbound. Steward Edward White". Black cloth covers with faded gilt title lettering on front cover, black lettering on spine. Cover corners are bumped and rubbed, edges rubbed, scuffing and soiling to cover faces, white marks on back cover, wear to joints, spine is faded from sun exposure, spine ends are bent and fraying. Yellow top page edge. Front hinge is broken, back hinge loose. Endpapers browning. Stains from gift inscription on back of front free endpaper. Title page and acknowledgements are separated and removed from book. Foxing spots and some small chips to page edges, rest of interior is clean. Book in Good condition.. Gift Inscription By… Read More

Death Valley, Ca, 1958. Death Valley Scotty Tells His Own Stories In His Own Inimitable Style. Tales told by Death Valley Scotty, Winter of 1952-1953 at Scotty's Castle. SIGNED by author on front free endpaper:"Best Wishes from Earl C. Driskill, Death Valley, 1961." 59 pp. Photographs. Glossy covers. Mildly rubbed at spine tips. Overall covers are Very Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. Author was manager of the Castle during that period and Scotty's companion in tales of the past and present.. Signed by Author. Fourth Printing. Paper Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Photographs, Map, Facsimile. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Death Valley.

1854. SIGNED: "Providence Athenaeum. from the Author" on the cover. From Annuls of the Lyceum of Natural History in New York, Vol. VI., p.80. April 1854. Providence Athenaeum Stamp on first page of text. "In June, 1853, the writer entered upon a pedestrian tour through the States of Kentucky, Tennessee, and part of Georgia, with the double purpose of renovating health, and of collecting the numerous and varied species of fluviatile shells with which our Western streams and rivers abound. The Journey was extended as far as Macon, in Georgia..." unpaginated. Gives 50 descriptions of shells. On the front endpaper, strip of paper glued with the explanation: "The plates are delayed, but will be furnished hereafter.". Some soiling to covers. Back cover detached. Exterior is Good to Good-. Vertical crease down the middle-shows more in the text than on covers. One reddish spot? on first page in side margin, some markings/corrections on second and third page (done by author?),… Read More

St. Louis, 1931. Gift inscription on front free endpaper SIGNED by author. Preface: " This volume has been printed...solely to gratify the vanity of the author, who egotistically believes that here and there will be found an original idea admirably expressed....The selections herein contained were written over a period of many years,...dates given in footnotes, so that the interested reader, if so inclined may observe the changes in the author's views as they have occurred." 306 pp. Front cover with gilt lettering. Discolored and stained from dampness? Slight "bleeding" on free endpaper side edge and title page, otherwise interior is tight, clean and VG. Spine 's back joint open. 4" strip missing. Covers are Good-. Edward E. Wall was a Member of the American Society Civil Engineers, American Waterworks Association, St. Louis Institute of Consulting Engineers, St. Louis Academy of Science, Engineers' Club of St. Louis, Etc.. Signed by Author. Cloth. Good-. Size:… Read More

New York: Published By Author, 1944. With a Preface by His Grace, The Most Reverend John J. Glennon, D. D., Archbishop of Saint Louis. Inscription by author "Inscribed by the author with best wishes Maurice Leahy" on front free endpaper. 294 pp. Missing DJ. Light green cloth covers with gilt title lettering on spine. Cover corners are bumped, corners and edges are rubbed, minor soiling and scuffing to cover faces, spine is faded from sun exposure, spine ends are bent and starting to fray. Spine slightly cocked. Browning to endpapers near spine. Interior pages tight and clean. Book in VG- condition.. Inscribed By Author. Hard Cover. Very Good-/No Jacket. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/4". Biography.

Victoria, BC: Trafford Publishing, 2006. Signed by author on title page. 379 pp. Trade paperback. Moderate rubbing to cover corners and edges. Bumped spine ends. Small stain to page edge. Interior is tight and clean. Book in VG condition.. Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Very Good. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". Fiction.

San Diego, CA: San Diego County Law Library, 1960. SIGNED by author: Gift inscription, on front free endpaper. 163 pp. plus Index. Moisture stains on inside section of photographs only. Some waviness to text. Otherwise book is VG+, clean and tight. Covers are VG+. DJ's spine faded and moisture stain at top 1 1/2". back cover with 2" blue (crayon?) mark. Overall DJ is Good. . Signed by Author. Cloth. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Pen Sketches and Portraits By Marion Hill Bressette. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". California.

Georgetown, CA: Dragon's Teeth Press, 1970. Limited and SIGNED edition of 500 copies. Living Poets Series. 48 poems. 48 pp. Each poem on a page. "In general, the lyrics are presented in the chronological order of their composition." Slight soiling to covers otherwise covers are Very Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. . Signed by Author. Paper Cover. Very Good-. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/4". Poetry.

Boston: Little Brown & Co. Boston, 1968. SIGNED by author.who was a direct descendant of Izaak Walton, and former editor of The Atlantic Monthly. Weeks illustrates his skill as an essayist, and permits us to share his joys with tenderness and elegance. 233 pps. Bruns-57. Bright blue cloth, gilt lettering and decor. Dust jacket has been cut and glued into book. Front cover is glued to front endpaper with numbers "61FWW3" written above it. On front free endpaper SIGNED:"For Allan Eckert in admiration, Edward Weeks." On front blank sheet, before title page, the DJ's front flap and on verso the DJ's back cover. On front free endpaper and bottom page edge stamped: "From the library of Allan W. Eckert 1990". Otherwise interior is tight, clean and Near Fine. Small sticker? residue? on spine, otherwise exterior is Very Good+. (Allan W. Eckert is an historian, naturalist, novelist, poet, screenwriter and playwright. Most noted for his historical and natural history… Read More

San Diego, CA: San Diego Independent, 1968. Gift inscription on front free endpaper: "Happy New Year. To John Simon, America's answer to Beethoven, From Woody Lockwood, San Diego's answer to Ella Wheeler Wilcox". 143 pp. Filled with photographs and illustrations. Softcover. Mildly soiled covers. Back cover with damp mark?, doesn't go through. Overall covers are Good. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. . Signed by Author. Second Edition. Paper Cover. Good to Good+. Illus. by Photographs, Drawings. Size: Approx. 8 " x 10". California.

Ithaca, N.Y., 1893. Reprinted from The Wilder Quarter-Century Book. pp.403-418. Signed by author on front cover "Compliments of W.R. Dudley". "Phyllospadix belongs to a group of plants-the Sea Grasses, remarkable in their morphological characters, their habitat, and the probable antiquity of the types constituting them. The genera are few in number, variously reckoned from seven to ten, embracing less than thirty known species, and including all the flowering plants whose habitat is wholly marine." 2 plates with explanation. Author was Professor of Botany at Leland Stanford Junior University. ex-mus. stamp and numbers on cover. Faded around edges otherwise Very Good+. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. . Signed by Author. Wraps. Very Good. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9 1/4". Botany.

Stockholm: Royal Academy of Literature, History and Antiquities, 1912. SIGNED on front cover: "Mr. Edward Kirby Putnam with the author's kind regards. name of city? and 1919/813". "... This Museum is one of the oldest of its kind...a collection which give us, year by year, a really true representation of the history of Swedish civilization, from the remotest periods to the beginning of modern times." 43 pp. and 16 plates with 70 illustrations. ex.-mus paper label on upper left corner of front cover. Back cover with map of Sweden. Corner top "tip" missing. front bottom corner tip, 1/4"x3/4" missing, small tear on bottom back cover and top spine, otherwise exterior is Very Good. Interior is tight, clean. Some creases on pages. Pamphlet is Very Good+.. Signed by Author. Wraps. Very Good-. Illus. by Plates, Figures (illustrations). Size: Approx. 6 " x 9". Sweden.

New York: Perennial Library, 1997. 215 pp. Signed by author in ink on title page. Trade paperback with rubbing and wear to edges and corners, spine ends worn. Spine is tight, interior pages are tight and clean. Book in VG+ condition.. Signed by Author. Trade Paperback. Very Good+. Size: Approx. 5 1/4" x 8 ". Fiction.