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San Rafael (CA): Insight Editions, 2004.
Limited edition, 208/450 copies signed by Waterman, writer, promoter and photographer who has been influential in the development and recording of the blues since the 1960s. Accompanied by a silver gelatin print of B. B. King also signed by Waterman, all housed in the original cloth clamshell box. Folio.
A fine copy in fine dust wrapper and box.

Signed on the front free end paper by the author, Chief Officer and Navigator on the Byrd Expedition.
Original green cloth, front board blocked in blind with a ship, the spine blocked in blind with a penguin. Illustrated with photographs and a facsimile letter from Byrd.
An uncommonly fine copy.

Serendipity Books: Berkeley (CA), 1976. First edition.
Inscribed and signed by the author and dated in the year of publication.
A seemingly unread copy, fine in sharp dust wrapper save for some rubbing to top spine panel resulting in some loss of color.
At the time of its publication, Lepper's bibliography was the indispensable source of bibliographical information for the covered authors, and an informal survey of book dealers' reference books shelves from that period would have identified only Van Allen Bradley's Handbook of Values as more prevalent.

Willimantic, CT: Curbstone Press, 1985. Limited edition 500 numbered copies printed for the tenth anniversary of Curbstone Press, established to print works that promote human rights, social justice and intercultural understanding.
Though not called for in the colophon, this copy signed and dated by Jordan. We have seen only one other copy of this book, also signed and dated, and Jordan rarely signed her books, so our assumption is that the entire print run was signed. Regardless, an uncommon item.
Paperbound in blue; printed and illustrated in black and deep yellow on front cover; handsewn; 8 unnumbered pages. Fine in wrappers, pages unopened.

London: The Bodley Head, 1960-63. Volumes 1 and 2 are second printings, volumes 3-6 are firsts.
An uncommonly nice set. Near fine in brick colored boards, volumes 5 and 6 lightly spotted. Dust wrapper on all volumes are price clipped, a few small edge tears. Setting this set apart is the condition of the dust wrapper spines, which are usually tanned and here are only slightly so.
This is the only published collected works of F Scott Fitzgerald, a compilation of novels and shorter pieces, including: The Great Gatsby, The Last Tycoon, Tender is The Night, This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful The Damned, The Rich Boy, Letters and Short Stories, etc.

Hull (UK), privately published by Hull Maritime Museum, not dated (1985 on spine).
Limited edition 57/300 copies signed by the artist. Illustratedwith 12 watercolor plates, each hand-colored, signed, and labeled by the artist. The plates measure 8" by 11" and are protected with tissue guards. Additionally illustrated with 23 uncolored drawings (12 full page & 11 in text).
Oblong 4to. Unpaginated. Bound in wine-red half crushed morocco over red cloth boards with raised bands and gilt lettering. Red paper over boards slipcase with "Queen Elizabeth 2" stamped in gilt on the front. Leather slightly dulled in places, hence near fine in like slipcase, with some slight rubbing.
David Bell paints many subjects, including railways, architecture and aviation but he is primarily known as a marine artist, most notably for the Sir Walter Raleigh painting for (the then) H.R.H. Charles, Prince of Wales and Humber Heritage, later in the collection of H.M. The Queen. He manages to combine great technical skill with… Read More