New York: Harper and Brothers, 1948. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Printing 1 Copyright date 1948, Inscribed First Edition, Thornton Wilder "The Ides of March", dust jacket in very good condition, inscribed on title page "For Adeline from Thornton-- with his friendship-- Hamden Conn. March 1948" dark blue cloth over boards with silver lettering and design on the spine. Blind stamped publishers logo front board. Light Browning to the inside front and back covers. Dust jacket no tears nor is it price clipped. Light Browning to the back panel, head and toe shows some wear. Dust jacket now in a clear cover.
Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). 1st Printing 1 Copyright date is 1953, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Quarter blue buckram with maroon boards, in dust jacket. First Edition. Signed by the author on front free endpaper. The first book to win the Hugo Award for best science fiction/fantasy novel. DUST jACKET, No bent flaps nor is it price clipped. Jacket shows very well, with minor wear and a small chip to the toe of the spine'
Great Britain: Century, 2013. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Signed by Author(s). 1st Printing 1 Copyright date is 2013, first edition, first printing. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Pictorial covers over boards with illustrated covers. Printed in England. No tears or bent pages, nor any writing. NO DUST JACKET as issued.
New York: The Viking Press, 1941. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The Author. Signed by Author(s). 2nd Printing 1 Copyright date is 1941, first edition, second printing. The Donkey Inside by Ludwig Bemelmans. Inscribed with an original drawing "for Doug Smith" and signed "Ludwig Bemelmens" next to title page (verso of half title page). Second printing January 1941. The Viking Press. 224 pp. Illustrated inside covers and end sheets with four double page color illustrations. Measures 8 5/8" x 6" x 1.25". Formerly collection of Douglas Hoxsey Smith. NO DUST JACKET.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1962. first American Edition.. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). 1st Printing 1 Copyright date is 1962, First edition, first printing. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Original cloth, dust jacket. First American Edition. Signed by James on decorative bookplate mounted to front free endpaper. A nice example of the author's first book, introducing Chief Detective Inspector Adam Dalgliesh. Jacket with some light creasing and a few faint stains to rear panel; a bit of mild edgewear to cloth with faint sunning to top edge of boards; near fine.
New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). 1st Printing 1 Copyright date is 1963, First Edition, First printing. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Olive green boards, illustrated dust jacket. First American Edition. Signed by James on decorative plate mounted to the front free endpaper. A nice example of the author's second book. Jacket with a bit of edgewear, short closed tear at top edge of rear panel; a bit of minor edgewear to cloth; near fine.
chicago: Ralph Fletcher Seymour, 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). 1st Printing 1 Copyright date is 1949, first edition, first printing. Portrait of the author on page [11]. (8vo), brown cloth stamped in dark brown. "Way of life" book by landscape architect Jens Jensen. Signed by Jensen on front free endpaper. Ownership signature of Martha Fulkerson, who took over management of The Clearing after Jensen's death in 1951. Dust jacket slightly chipped; overall near fine.
London: R. Hastings,, 1841. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). 1st Printing 2 Copyright date 1841, Kennedy, William. TEXAS: THE RISE, PROGRESS, AND PROSPECTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. IN TWO VOLUMES. London: R. Hastings, 1841. 2 vol, 8vo (one volume slightly shorter). lii, 378; vi, 548 pp., + 2 full-page maps/charts, *lacking the 2 folding maps. Bound in modern cloth. Contents with some edge-toning and marginal tearing/chipping (paper is brittle), first and last few leaves with tissue repairs, one map with closed tear, 11 text leaves with old mercantile library stamps. ***************************** FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY WITH "THE AUTHOR'S COMPLIMENTS" IN INK TO TITLE. This book, on its first publication, was pronounced to be the best history of Texas extant. The Texan Congress passed a resolution of thanks to the author. Mr. Kennedy visited Texas in 1839 for historic material. His favourable report, on his return to England, doubtless prepared the way for English recognition of the Republic. The physical description of Texas in volume 1 is the best published up to that time, and the history proper is in a calm and dignified style, and is not without literary merit. No historian of Texas has more eloquent paragraphs. Out of print and scarce. (Raines). [Raines Texas Bibliography, pp. 132-3; Howes K92; Sabin 37440].
Helsinki: Eurographica, 1985. Limited Edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). 1st Printing 2 Copyright dates 1985 & 1987 Two signed limited editions from Eurographica. 2 volumes. (8vo), original wrappers, dust jackets. Includes: Paton, Alan. Debbie Go Home and Other Stories. No. 47 of 350 copies. 1985. Fowles, John. The Enigma. No. 205 of 350 copies. 1987. Both copies signed by the author on the title page. Two volumes from Eurographica's Signed Limited Editions Series.
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1944. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). 1st Printing 1 Copyright date is 1944, first edition, first printing. black cloth, illustrated dust jacket. First Edition. Signed by Hughes on slip of paper mounted to front free endpaper. Some wear and soiling to jacket with tears to front panel with small area of loss, chips to corners and edges; volume leaning just a bit with rubbing to extremities; light toning to interior as is common; very good volume in about very good jacket.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1990. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). 1st Printing 1 Copyright date 1990, first edition, first printing. Signed by the author on title page. O'Brien's collection of linked short stories about a platoon of American soldiers fighting on the ground in the Vietnam War. Considered one of the preeminent pieces of Vietnam War literature. A fine copy. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket.Now in a clear cover. First Edition.
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1925. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). 1st Printing 1 Copyright date 1925, Limited edition, original vellum-backed and tipped boards, spine lettered in black, front cover lettered in red, page edges untrimmed. Copy 350 of 350 numbered copies. First Edition. Signed by the author on the limitation page, as issued.
New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc, 1973. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). 1st Printing 1 Copyright date is 1973, first edition, first printing. Quarter green cloth over black boards, in dust jacket. The first of Leader's two novels, and the inspiration for the Fleetwood Mac song "Rhiannon." Signed by Leader on the front free endpaper. Some light wear and tape repairs to dust jacket; overall near fine.
New York: Del Rey, 2014. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Russ Charpentier. Signed by Author(s). 1st Printings 3 copyright dates are 2014, 2014 and 2016 All Volumes ar SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.All volumes are first editions and first printings. Volume 1-The High Druid Blade, green and grey cover over boards with gilt lettering and design on the spine, signed on title page. Both book and jacket in near fine condition. Volume 2-The Darkling Child, green and black cover over boards with gilt lettering and design on the spine. Signed by the author on the post flyleaf page. A remainder dot on the bottom page edges. Volume 3-The Sorcerer's Daughter, Blue and grey cover over boards with white lettering on the spine. Signed on the title page. Book and jacket in near fine condition. All three volumes text are bright and clean, bindings are secure, a solid collectible set of books.
New York: Boni and liveright, 1926. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). 1st Printing 1 Copyright date 1926, limited edition limited to 550 numbered copies Signed by the Author Of Which 535 are for sale This Copy Is Number 205. Black half cloth, decorated boards, leather label with gilt lettering. The Top Page Edges are lightly tinted, for edge and bottom page edges are deckled. No Dust Jacket. Text remains bright and clean, binding is secure, this edition precedes the trade edition by two years. Fragile declaration, a little rubbed, a fine copy
USA: Scholastic Press, 2014. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Elizabeth B. Parisi & Carol Ly. Signed by Author(s). 1st Printing 4 Copyright dates are 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2019 ALL VOLUMES ARE SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. ALL VOLUMES ARE FIRST EDITIONS FIRST PRINTINGS. Book-1 The finisher, Blue and black cover over boards with silver lettering and design on the front and spine. Dust Jacket no tears or bent flaps nor is it price clipped. Now in clear cover. Book-2 The Keeper, Blue and green cover over boards with gilt lettering and design on the front and spine. Dust Jacket no tears or bent flaps nor is price clipped. Now in a clear cover. Book- 3 The Width of the World, Red and green cover over boards with gilt lettering and design on the front and the spine. Dust jacket, No tears, bent pages nor is it price clipped. Now in a clear cover. Book-4 The Stars Below, Blue and Black cover over boards with gilt lettering and design on the front and on the spine. Dust Jacket no tears or bent pages nor is it price clipped.
New York: Brewer & Warren, 1930. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. the author. Signed by Author(s). 1st Printing 1 Copyright date is 1930, tan cloth stamped in dark blue, in dust jacket. Signed by Kent on front free endpaper. Printed at the Lakeside Press, Chicago, under the supervision of William A. Kittredge. First Trade Edition. The story of Kent's expedition to Greenland. Tears and tape in dust jacket, some staining and foxing to cloth; offsetting and foxing to endpapers; overall very good.
Garden City: Doubleday and Company, 1956. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Signed by Author(s). 1st Printing 1 Copyright date is 1956, Signed by the author. The Opening of the Far West, 1840-1900 by Irving Stone. Doubleday & Company, Garden City, 1956. First Edition. One of the limited Far West Edition signed by the author, limitation unstated.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1970. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Printing 1 Copyright date is 1970, 1st edition, Red cloth over boards with gold lettering and design on the spine. Binding is tight and straight. Book has no tears or bent pages nor any writing. A woren spot inside cover bottom right small. D/j has some small tears along the edges and the head and tail of the spine , a woren spot on the front bottom left Spine is faded from the sunlight. Light tint to the top edge of the pages. A very good + book. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
New York: William Morrow & Co, 1980. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). 1st Printing 1 William Morrow & Co., Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., 1980. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Paul Bacon (illustrator). First Edition. Copyright date is 1980, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, 1st edition, 1st printing. Book has no tears or bent pages nor any writing. Some soiling to the boards and D/j . A bright clean text with a tight binding. A very good solid book. . Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Authors.
