Search Results: Authors starting with I from Burnside Rare Books, ABAA

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1974. First Edition. Near Fine/Fine. First edition. 381, [3] pp. Publisher's black cloth with red spine lettering. Near Fine with light wear, former owner's bookplate on paste down, in Fine unclipped dust jacket, a little toned. A mid-'70s look at the African American and Puerto Rican criminal networks the author maintained were supplanting Italian organized crime families.

Cairo, Egypt: [No Publisher], 1964. First edition. First edition. Signed by Yusuf Idris on the front free endpaper, inscribed to former owner. Bound in publisher's illustrated wraps. In Arabic. Very Good, light wear, front wrap corner creased, a few creased and dog-eared pages.A signed copy of a play that is the most popular and critically-acclaimed work by an Egyptian author (1927-1991) whose short stories have been translated into English in a number of collections. Encyclopedia Britannica writes of the play, "[It] combined elements of traditional comic forms of dramatic presentation with such Brechtian effects as the presence of an 'author' as a stage character and the use of theatre-in-the-round staging.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1991. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by the then Prince Charles, now King, on the title page dated 1994; slightly smudged. Bound in publisher's dark gray cloth stamped in silver with royal emblem to upper board. Near Fine with Near Fine price-clipped jacket with light wear at extremities. Rare monograph of Prince Charles' art work that includes 70 color reproductions of his watercolor paintings from a five year period. Current royal family signatures are quite scarce.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. Stated first edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original Fleur-de-lis patterned cloth. Near Fine or better, with a very vivid red topstain, boards slightly bowed. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light wear, a short closed tear to the top edge of the front panel and slight uneven toning. A beautiful copy.

[Paris]: [Photo Keystone], 1963. Gelatin silver photograph. Signed by Kim Il-Sung and Liu Shaoqi, the two subjects, in ink at their feet. With copyright stamp on the back of Photo Keystone, Paris. 18x13 cm (7" x 5"). Very Good: Kim Il-sung's signature is a little faint but legible, Liu Shaoqi's signature is quite strong. A little toning and curling to photo. Included book is Very Good as well. A signed photo of two major figures in Asian 20th century politics. Kim Il-sung was the founder of North Korea and grandfather of the present leader of that nation, Kim Jong-un. He was declared the "eternal President of the Republic" in 1998. Liu Shaoqi was a Chinese revolutionary and politician, Chairman of the NPC Standing Committee from 1954 to 1959, First Vice Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party from 1956 to 1966, and Chairman of the People's Republic of China, the de jure head of state, from 1959 to 1968. Cursory research shows that the two met September 5, 1963 Korean Workers' Party Central… Read More

Portland, OR: The Oregonian, 1941. Very Good. Original silver gelatin press image, 9.25" x 7. A very early image of Japanese Americans responding to the attack on Pearl Harbor and the rising anti-Japanese sentiment in the Untied States, with the date of "Dec 15 1941" rubber-stamped to verso. In the days immediately after Japan's December 7, 1941 attack, local defense councils on the West Coast implemented new identification paper requirements for Japanese Americans. Clipping glues to verso of image reads" Anxious to establish their status as United States citizens and escape the laws restricting Japanese nationals, many American-born Japanese Sunday flocked to the Multnomah County courthouse, there they received special identification papers. A portion of the crowd which applied for recognition is shown above answering questions and being fingerprinted by the city and county officers. County officials estimated that 1000 were eligible for papers in Portland." Very Good.

Acme Newspictures, 1942. Very Good. Original silver gelatin press photograph. 7"x9". Captioned on back on mounted label, "Parkville, Mo., American-born Japanese students at Park College, Parkville, Mo., take part in flag-raising ceremony and calmly continue studies there despite protests of citizens of Platte County, Mo., who believe they should be interned. [...]" The college president is shown raising the flag as six students named on the back look on. Very Good with a small amount of label adhesion to the bottom the image.

Los Angeles: Acme Newspictures, 1942. Very Good. Original silver gelatin press photograph. 8.5" x 6.75". Among the most chilling images of propaganda, casting the forced detention and relocation of Japanese Americans as a fun trip to summer camp. Press caption on reverse reading "These young Japanese are ready to leave homes in Los Angeles for new homes and new adventure in Manzanar Alien Reception Center, Owens Valley, California. Here the government is providing farm land and living quarters for those having to evacuate strategic defense areas in and near Los Angeles. These young folks will help make way for the thousands that will follow in the next few months." Very Good with some waviness to the image from the caption label glued to the rear, light general wear.

[no place]: Charlatan Press, 1976. First Edition. Very Good. First edition. Signed by Harley Flanagan and inscribed to a former owner in a contemporary hand, accompanied by a holograph illustration of a ship. Bound in original illustrated paper-covered boards over yellow cloth spine. Very Good with rubbing to covers, light edge wear. At age 12, Flanagan was the drummer for New York punk band the Stimulators, and would later go on to found the New York hard-core band Cro-Mags.

New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1978. Advance Reading Copy. Advance Reading Copy. Signed by John Irving on title page. x, 437 pp. with erratum slip laid in at p. 392. Very Good, sunned and slightly creased spine, light toning, back wrap a little stained. An uncommon review copy, preceding the first edition, of one Irving's earlier works and the one that catapulted him into prominence. The novel was well-received by critics and a finalist for the National Book Award.

New York: Random House, 1972. Uncorrected Proof. Softcover. Very Good. Advance uncorrected proof of the first edition. In Very Good condition, in blue printed wraps. Creasing, light sunning and soiling to wraps. Half-title page shows spotting and a black mark. Rare.

New York: Random House, 1972. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. [viii], 365, [3] pp. Bound in publisher's cloth and paper-covered boards, front stamped in orange, spine lettered in metallic blue. Fine in Near Fine price-clipped dust jacket. A very clean, bright copy of the author's second novel.

New York: Random House, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. 335 pp. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. Clean text and sturdy binding. Gift inscription on ffep. Rubbing and soiling to head and tail cloth; jacket chipped l. Small faint stain to top edge. Some nicks and at head, scrapes along spine panel edges. Old Doubleday bookstore sticker on back panel (can be removed easily). Front panel creased. Price intact ($5.95). The author's rare first book.

New York: Random House, 1968. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. First edition, stated first printing. Signed by John Irving on the title page and inscribed to a former owner. Very Good or better, with light sunning along top and bottom edges, bumped corner, light edge wear, and a faint pink remainder mark to the bottom edge of the page block; front hinge slightly pulled. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket, with some chipping and edge wear. The author's first book, signed.

New York: Random House, 1972. Hardcover. Good. First edition, first printing. In Good condition, in a Good price clipped dust jacket. Label removal ghost to front free end paper. Light edge wear, remainder dot to bottom side of page block. The dust jacket is price clipped and shows sunning, rubbing edge wear, short tears, and a slit to the surface of the front panel.

London: The Hogarth Press, 1937. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by Christopher Isherwood and inscribed to a former owner on the title page. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth boards with spine lettered in dark blue; lacking the dust jacket. Near Fine with wear to spine ends and slight loss to corners at the top end. Spine cloth darkened.

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1935. First American edition. First American edition. [vi], 279 pp. Bound in publisher's tan cloth with red and black stamping to spine. Very Good+ with foxing to gutters and a little to edges, offsetting to endpapers, in a Near Fine pictorial dust jacket, bright and attractive, lightly rubbed and soiled with a tiny tear near the head. A very attractive copy of the novel published in the UK as Mr Norris Changes Trains.

London: The Hogarth Press, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine, lacking the dust jacket. Spine slightly darkened, with rubbing to cloth at extremities. Previous owner name stamped to front free end paper. A lovely First Edition.

London: The Hogarth Press, 1937. First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth with spine lettered in darker black. Fine, in a Near Fine dust jacket with light toning to spine and light soiling. A very sharp and bright copy of a book and jacket not normally seen in such nice condition.

New York: Random House, 1939. First American Edition. About Fine/About Fine. First American edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's black cloth stamped in silver. Light rubbing to bottom edge of rear board and pages tanned, else Fine. In an unclipped dust jacket with trivial wear and trivial soiling, a gentle vertical crease down the spine panel, else Fine. A very bright and sharp copy.