New York: Random House, 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Printing 1 Copyright date 2000, first edition, first printing. Signed by Chabon on the title page with the inscription "To Alfred". The author's thrilling Pulitzer Prize winning novel. First issue jacket without reviews on rear and "Seize fool" in gray bubble on front flap. Original cloth-backed white boards with colored threads, spine lettered in gilt, pictorial jacket. First Edition.
USA: Simon & Schuster, 1980. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Printing 1 Copyright date 1980, first edition, first printing. Inscribed by the author on the inside title page. Black cover over boards with gilt lettering and design on the spine. Cream inside covers front and back. No tears, bent pages, nor any writing. Shelf wear to the edges and to the head and toe of the spine are minor, and near fine copy inscribed. Dust Jacket, no tears, bent flaps, nor is it price clipped. Jacket shows bright and clean with minor browning to the spine. Text and illustrations remain bright and clean the binding is secure a solid inscribed book.
him him him him him: Random House, 1934. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall. Signed by Author(s). 1st Printing 1 Copyright date 1934, first edition, first printing. White cloth, black colored spine, black-lettered wrap-around gold foil band, dust jacket. First Edition. Signed by the author on the front flyleaf. Saroyan's first book. Written at the age of 26, his stories reflect his own nimble curiosity and his insatiable demand for new affirmations of life. Light wear and toning to jacket, chip to jacket at top edge near spine; light wear to cloth, top board lightly bowed some browning at joint and top edge; very good.
Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1979. Limited Edition. Full-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall. Ann Grifalconi. Signed by Author(s). 1st Printing 1 Copyright date is 1979, Limited Edition. Illustrated by Ann Grifalconi. Full red leather decoratively tooled in gilt, raised spine bands, red moir� cloth endleaves, all edges gilt. Limited Edition. Signed by Styron on tipped in front leaf.
USA: The Viking Press, 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall. Signed by Author(s). 1st Printing 1 Copyright date 1987, first edition, first printing. Signed on the half title by Burroughs. black paper boards with teal cloth spine, lettering in black and copper gilt, pictorial dust jacket. First Edition. Jacket has some adhesive residue from previous sticker; fine in near fine jacket.
New York: Hyperion, 2001. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). 1st Printing 9 Copyright dates 2001,2002,2003,2005,2006,2008,2010,2012 and THE ARTEMIS FOWL FILES 2004. All volumes are SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR EXCEPT FOR THE LAST GUARDIAN. All Volumes are Hyperion Published, except for The Last Guardian which is U. K edition. All volumes are first editions, first printings in near fine conditions. Very difficult to find all these books signed and first editions. THE MOVIE TO COME OUT IN FEBUARAY OF 2020. No tears bent pages nor any writing.
London: Harper Collins, 1992. 1st Editions.. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). 1st Printing 3 Copyright date is 1992, Red Mars. HarperCollins, London, 1992. Signed by Robinson on title page 1st edition, first printing. 8vo. Red binding with title silvered on spine. In pictorial dust jacket. dated 1992. Nebula Award. Copyright date is 1993 Green Mars INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR first edition, first printing. Second volume in Robinson's a-ward winning series. Black cover over boards with silver lettering and design on the spine. In a pictorial dust jacket. Hugo Award Copyright date is 1996, Blue Mars. Harper Collins London, SIGNED BY AUTHOR first editiion, first printing. Third volume of Kim Stanley a-ward winning series. Robinson's trilogy BLUE MARS, Blue cover over boards with silver lettering and design on the spine. Hugo award winner.
New York: Random House, 1984. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). 1st Printing 1 Copyright date 1984, first edition, first printing. Signed by the Author on the Pre-title Page. Maroon cloth over boards with guilt lettering and design on the front and on the spine. Moron inside covers front and back. No tears, bent pages, nor any writing. Dust Jacket, no tears, no bent flaps, nor is it price clipped. Shelf wear to the edges and to the head and toe of the spine are very minor with the front inside flap slight curl to the top edge.
New York: Meredith press, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). 1st Printing 1 Copyright date 1967, first edition, first printing. Signed by the author on the inside front flyleaf. Gifts Presentation note on the inside title page. What cloth over boards with silver and blue lettering and design on the front and on the spine. No tears, bent pages, nor any writing. Shelf wear to the edges and to the head and toe of the spine are minor, with one small indentation on the front panel lower left corner near the groove area. Dust Jacket, no tears, bent flaps, nor is it price clipped. Inside front flap top edge is curled in. Front panel and spine remains very bright and clean very light soiling to the back panel. Dust jacket now in a clear cover.
New York: McClure Phillips company, 1901. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Printing 1 Copyright date 1901, first edition, first printing. Inscribed by the author on the inside front flyleaf. Brown cloth over boards with black green and red lettering and design on the front and on the spine. Tinted top page edges, for edge and bottom page edges are deckled. No Dust Jacket. Shelf wear to the edges and to the head and toe of the spine are moderate with bumps to the head and toe of the spine the tips are bent.
Washington, D. C.: Henry Polkinhorn, 1879. 1st Edition. Full-Leather. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Signed by Author(s). 1st Printing 1 Copyright date is 1879, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY CORCORAN, founder of the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D. C., on the dedication page. In his introduction to his grandchildren, he notes: "The most valuable bequest I can make you is a good name, and I feel assured you will cherish it, for its price is above rubies."
New York: Random House, 1985. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paul Bacon. Signed by Author(s). 1st Printing 1 Copyright date 1985, first edition, first printing. Signed by the author on the inside post flyleaf. Blue inside covers front and back. Blue cloth over boards with guilt lettering and design on the front and on the spine near fine signed copy. Dust jacket no bent flaps, nor is it price clipped. Top of the front panel shows small wrinkling as does the top of the back panel. Text remains bright and clean, binding is secure, a near fine signed copy.
London: Longman's and Company, 1894. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Arthur Layard Binding . Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Printing 1 Copyright date 1894, Presentation copy, first edition, first state, original blue-green cloth with beveled boards and titled in gilt. Inscription on half-title: "From the 'Author' in remembrance of a short meeting.?.Harmsworth" and followed by a quote from Tennyson. All first state points present (page vi mis-numbered ii and "auctioneers" mis-spelled "auctoineers" on page 1, line 21). 8vo. Frontispiece. Illustrated. Spine slight cocked, ex libris, some foxing; mostly at ends. No dust jacket
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1935. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. the author. Signed by Author(s). 1st Printing 1 Copyright date is 1935, first edition, first printing. Signed by the author on the inside front flyleaf. Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York. 336 pp. Pages evenly browned. Covers scuffed and bumped. Measures 8.75 in. x 6.25 in. x 1.25 in. requested via email. Condition report is Very Good
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1982. Limited Edition. Full-Leather. Near Fine/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). 1st Printing 1 Copyright date is 1982, Limited Edition, Illustrations by Henry Pearson; introduction by Thomas Flanagan; and a special preface by Seamus Heaney. (4to) original full brown calf, stamped in blind and lettered in gilt, slipcase. No. 1034 of 2000 copies. Signed at the colophon by Heaney, Flanagan, and Pearson, as issued. Light wear to slipcase; spine slightly sunned, small abrasion to leather on rear cover, light scuffs; near fine.
New York: Simon & Schuster, Inc., 1982. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Printing 1 Copyright date is 1982, Signed by the author on the title page with the inscription "Shalom / Tom Keneally 1999". Winner of the Booker Prize in 1982 and the Los Angeles Times Book Award for Fiction. Cloth-backed boards, jacket. First American Edition. Near Fine,
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). 1st Printing 1 Copyright date 2006, first American edition first printing. Signed by the author on the inside title page. Cream cover over boards with silver lettering on the spine. Winner of the Nobel Prize in literature. No tears, bent pages, nor any writing. Dust jacket no bent flaps, nor is it price clipped. Near fine copy with near fine jacket that is housed in a clear cover.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1911. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hugh Thompson. Signed by Author(s). 1st Printing 1 Copyright date 1911, limited edition,Illustrated by Hugh Thomson including 25 tipped-in color plates. (4to) 30.4x25 cm (12x10"), original vellum elaborately gilt, front cover ruled in pink, top edge gilt, other edges uncut silk ties. No.115 of an edition limited to 350 copies signed by the author. Signed by Thomson at the limitation statement. Slightly leaning spine with slightly fading lettering, front tie detached but laid in; endpapers foxed, leaves a bit toned; very good.
New York: Harper's Magazine Press, 1972. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). 1st Printing 1 Copyright date 1972, first edition, first printing. STRANGE PEACHES. New York: Harper's, 1972. 8vo hardcover in jacket. Book Very Good, boards and top page ends with light stains, first few leaves with very small and light stain at lower edge, else quite clean. Jacket Very Good or better, with light stain to front flap near price. A nice copy. ********************** FIRST EDITION (STATED), INSCRIBED AND SIGNED: "For C. Bowen Davis If you could live in Temple you must eat strange peaches Bud Shrake."
USA: Doubleday and Encino press, 1964. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). 1st Printing 2 Copyright date 1964, 1973 both volumes first editions first printing's. Both volume signed by the author and illustrated. Pair of signed first editions, both by Edwin Shrake: ** PETER ARBITER. Austin, 1973. 8vo in jacket. NF/NF. Inscribed over two pages, and with drawing. ** BUT NOT FOR LOVE. Garden City, 1964. 8vo in jacket. Inscribed and signed. Tape shadows to endpapers and boards. Refer to photos.
