Search Results: Titles starting with A from InkQ Rare Books LLC

A fine copy. JBS-300. About "Crack" or "Rock" Cocaine. South Deerfield, MA: Channing L. Bete Co., Inc., 1986. Octavo, 15pp. Red publisher's wrappers with white lettering to cover with two-color line illustrations throughout, saddle stapled.  .

Fine condition. JBS-141A. William Withering. An Account of the Foxglove. Birmingham, AL: The Classics of Medicine Library, 1979. Facsimile reprint of Withering's 1785 classic.  Octavo. [209]pp. Illustrated with color folding plate. Publisher's oxblood pictorial leather, stamped in gilt to spine and front cover, all edges gilt, marbled endleaves, silk ribbon page marker.  From The Ronald K. Siegel Collection of Books on Psychoactive Plants and Drugs. .

Spine gilt worn, cloth faded at spine head, corners a bit bumped; small scratches on rear board; light foxing to endpapers; jacket sunned, scratched, and torn with loss, tape repairs to verso. A very good copy in a good first issue dust jacket. LMM-210. Ernest Hemingway. Across the River and Into the Trees. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1950. First edition. Octavo. 308pp. Publisher's black cloth, gilt lettering to spine and front cover, unclipped dust jacket, listing price $3.00. From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book, with personal brand-mark bookplate. .

Spine cloth toned, ends bumped, stain to foot of spine, textblock with stains on upper edge. Dust jacket with light edge and fold wear, spine panel and flap edges toned, few spots of light soiling. Very good presentation copy. LMM-169. Christopher Koch. Across the Sea Wall. London: Heinemann, [1965]. First edition. Inscribed warmly on the front free endpaper by the author to Larry McMurtry and dated 1965.  Octavo. 234 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with silver lettering to spine. In unclipped dust jacket, designed by David Fawcett, with listing price 21s net. From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book, with personal brand-mark bookplate. .   .

Gently rubbed and worn to boards; slight darkening to board edges; jacket a bit rubbed and sunned. A Very good copy. JHN-04. Charles Addams. Wolcott Gibbs, introduction. Addams and Evil: An Album of Cartoons. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1947. Tenth printing. Quarto. Unpaginated. Fully illustrated, with cartoons by Charles Addams. Publisher's illustrated hardcover paper boards, original unclipped dust jacket, listing a retail price of $2.95. .

Minor shelfwear, else fine. CDK-55. Philip José Farmer. The Adventures of the Peerless Peer. Boulder, CO: Aspen Press, 1974. First edition. Signed by Philip José Farmer. Small octavo. 111pp. Publisher's red cloth, stamped in gilt to spine, original unclipped dust jacket listing a retail price of $5.50. .

Minor wear to boards and spine, typical light toning throughout. A Very good copy in a fine jacket. YLG-385. Stephen Chalmers. The Affair of the Gallows Tree (A Crime Club Title). Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1930. First edition. Octavo. 289pp. Publisher's black cloth, stamped in red to spine and front cover, original unclipped dust jacket, with scarce promotional belly band.  .

New York: The Viking Press, 1964. First Trade Edition. Cloth. Minor shelfwear, light toning. Very good./Jacket slightly rubbed and toned.. Arthur Miller. After the Fall: A Play in Two Acts. New York: The Viking Press, 1964. First trade edition. Octavo. 129pp. Publisher's maroon quarter cloth over hardcover paper boards, stamped in gilt to spine, front cover in bland, original unclipped dust jacket listing a retail price of $3.95. .

Gently rubbed and worn, price-clipped jacket lightly soiled and torn. very good. AYW-296. Robert Carse. Ted Trinkhaus, illustrator. The Age of Piracy: A History. New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc., 1957. First edition.  With extensive pencil annotations and notes by William Goldman, presumably used in research for Goldman's novel The Princess Bride. With additional multi-page ink notes laid-in.  Octavo. 276pp (indexed). Illustrated, with drawings by Ted Trinkhaus. Publisher's beige quarter cloth over black hardcover boards, stamped in red and black to spine, original dust jacket.  From the library of Oscar-Winning screenwriter and author William Goldman (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid / The Princess Bride / Marathon Man). His personal copy, with official ink-stamp from his estate. .

Light soiling and wear to dust jacket, else fine. YLN-9. Norton Juster. Domenico Gnoli, illustrated. Alberic the Wise and Other Journeys. New York: Pantheon Books, 1965. First edition. Quarto. [68]pp. With illustrations by Domenico Gnoli. Publisher's maroon cloth, stamped in gilt to spine, front cover in blind, original unclipped dust jacket listing a retail price of $3.50. .

Boards gently rubbed and edgeworn; light foxing and offsetting to endleaves; jackets soiled and torn. Very good copies in good jackets. LMM-387. Lawrence Durrell. "The Alexandria Quartet" comprised of four volumes, including Justine; Balthazar; Mountolive; and Clea. London: Faber and Faber, 1958 - 1960. Early impressions. Pencil signed by author Larry McMurtry to all volumes but Clea. Four octavo volumes. 253; 250; 320; 283pp.  From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book, with personal brand-mark bookplate to each volume. .

Minor wear, jacket gently rubbed, else fine. JHN-194. E. Everett  Evans. Alien Minds. Reading, PA: Fantasy Press, 1955. First edition.  Octavo. 223pp. Publisher's blue cloth, stamped in gilt to spine, original unclipped dust jacket with cover art by Hannes Bok.

Light wear to boards; small split to cloth at spine head; sunned to spine ends and board edges; jacket a bit sunned, chipped and torn. Very good. AYW-292. Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward. All the President's Men. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1974. Second printing.  This book was the basis for the 1976 Warner Brothers film, with a screenplay written by William Goldman.   Octavo. 349pp (indexed). Illustrated. Publisher's blue cloth, stamped in white to spine, front cover in blind, endleaves in red, original unclipped dust jacket. From the library of Oscar-Winning screenwriter and author William Goldman (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid / The Princess Bride / Marathon Man). His personal copy, with official ink-stamp from his estate. .

Spine slightly leaning; gently rubbed and soiled to boards; gently bumped to fore-edge of rear board; scattered thumbsoiling to endleaves. Very good. SJK-44. Howard Chandler Christy. The American Girl as Seen by and Portrayed by Howard Chandler Christy.   New York: Moffat, Yard and Company, 1906. First edition. Quarto. 157pp. Illustrated with drawings by the author. Publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt to spine and front cover, illustrated pastedown to front cover. .

Binding rubbed, boards scuffed, spine ends bumped, cloth bubbled on front board, text-block edges stained, endpapers browned, occasional foxing in page and plate margins; ownership signature of Edith de Long on front free endpaper; dust jacket with edge and fold wear, fold separations, edge tears with some paper losses, browned and stained, four inch closed tear across the foot of the spine panel, two three inch closed tears to the rear panel. Good. LMM-248. Paul Schebesta. Among Congo Pigmies.  London: Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., [1933]. First UK edition. Octavo. 287 pages, [12-paged publisher's Spring 1933 catalog]. Illustrated with 89 photographic plates and three maps. Publisher's red cloth with blind ruled frames on front board and gilt lettering to spine. In unclipped printed dust jacket, listing price 18/- net on spine. From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book, with personal brand-mark bookplate. .

Gently rubbed and worn to boards, light dampstaining to text black edges; jacket sunned and chipped, dampstained to verso. Very good. CDK-58. Lester del Rey. Sol Levin, illustrator. "...And Some Were Human." Philadelphia, PA: Prime Press, 1948. First edition. Signed by Lester del Rey. Octavo. 312pp. Publisher's blue cloth, stamped in gilt to spine, original unclipped dust jacket listing a retail price of $3.00. .

Extremities rubbed, bumped, and stained; offsetting to endleaves; offsetting to endleaves; light uniform toning throughout, bookseller's ticket to rear pastedown. Very good. LMM-246. Bertram Thomas. T. E. Lawrence, foreword. Arthur Keith, appendix. Arabia Felix: Across the Empty Quarter of Arabia.  London: Jonathan Cape, 1932. Early reprint edition. Octavo. [397]pp (indexed). Illustrated with maps, charts and diagrams. Publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt to spine, blind device to rear cover, top edge stained brown. From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book, with personal brand-mark bookplate. .

Minor shelfwear, else fine. YLN-5. John Russell Taylor. The Art Nouveau in Britain. London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1966. First edition. Quarto. [176]pp. (indexed). Illustrated. Publisher's pictorial hardcover paper boards, stamped in gilt and black to spine and front cover, yellow top-stain, endleaves in yellow, original unclipped dust jacket listing a retail price of $12.95. .

Slight edgewear to cover edges. Fine. JBS-349. Adam Gottlieb. The Art and Science of Cooking with Cannabis. Manhattan Beach, CA: 20th Century Alchemist, 1980. 6th printing. Octavo. 67pp. Red wraps with white lettering to spine and cover.  .

Extremities gently rubbed, offsetting to end papers, toned throughout, dust jacket torn with areas of loss to head of spine not affecting titles. Very good. LMM-255. Lionel Johnson. J. E. Barton, John Lane, contributors. Vernon Hill, William Strang, portraits. The Art of Thomas Hardy.  London: John Lane and the Bodley Head Ltd., 1923. First edition. 12mo. 357pp. Frontispiece and one additional portrait. Publisher's green cloth hardcover boards, stamped in gilt to spine, blind-stamped frames to front, top edge painted, original unclipped dust jacket showing retail price of eight shillings and sixpence. From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book, with personal brand-mark bookplate. .