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Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library. Fine. 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author . SIGNED by Author, Limited Signed First Edition collection; signed by the author. Brown leather with raised bands; gilt spine decoration and title; both front and back boards stamped in gilt; all edges gilt; marbled endpages; sewn-in ribbon marker. With a special message from the author. Frontispiece portrait of Roth by Burt Silverman. "Roth is one of the most awarded U.S. writers of his generation: his books have twice received the National Book Award, twice the National Book Critics Circle award, and three times the PEN/Faulkner Award. He received a Pulitzer Prize for his 1997 novel, American Pastoral, which featured one of his best-known characters, Nathan Zuckerman, the subject of many other of Roth's novels. The Human Stain (2000), another Zuckerman novel, was awarded the United Kingdom's WH Smith Literary Award for the best book of the year. In 2001 Roth received the inaugural… Read More

Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library. Fine. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author . SIGNED by Author, A handsome copy bound in burgundy leather with raised bands and dark green accent panels. Decorated and lettered in 22K gold with all edges gilt; marbled endpages and a silk ribbon marker. Foreword written by Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. ; 8vo .

PA: The Franklin Library. Fine. 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author . SIGNED by Author, Dark brown leather; raised bands; stamped in gold; all edges gilt; marbled endpages; silk ribbon marker. With a special message by the author for this edition. 322, [1] pp. Illustrated by Christopher Wormell. ; 8vo .

PA: The Franklin Library. Fine. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author . SIGNED by Author, Limited, signed first edition; preface written by the author for this edition. Full leather stamped in gold, all edges gilt, marbled endpages & silk ribbon marker. Empire is the fourth historical novel in the Narratives of Empire. he Narratives of Empire series is a heptalogy of historical novels by Gore Vidal, published between 1967 and 2000, which chronicle the dawn-to-decadence history of the "American Empire"; the narratives interweave the personal stories of two families with the personages and events of U.S. history. Despite the publisher's preference for the politically neutral series-title "American Chronicles", Vidal preferred the series title "Narratives of Empire". The seven novels can be read in either historical or publication order without losing narrative intelligibility.; 8vo .

PA: The Franklin Library. Fine. 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author . SIGNED by Author, Limited. Signed First Edition Society; preface written by the author for this edition. Full leather stamped in gold, all edges gilt, marbled endpages & silk ribbon marker. Frontispiece by Mark Summers. Handsome copy. ; 8vo .

PA: The Franklin Library. Fine. 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author . SIGNED by Author, Limited, signed first edition; preface written by the author for this edition. Publisher's letter laid in. Full leather stamped in gold, all edges gilt, marbled endpages & silk ribbon marker. Illustrated by Anthony Russo. A collection of stories with southern women as the central character; Grau is a Pulitzer Prize winning author. "Infrequent in appearance, Grau's books are always an occasion for celebration. The nine stories in this new collection all with a woman as their central character confirm her as a writer of keen psychological insight and luminously resonating prose." Publisher Weekly Review ; 8vo .

PA: The Franklin Library. Fine. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author . SIGNED by Author, Remains in the original publisher's shrinkwrap. Limited, signed first edition; preface written by the author for this edition. Full leather stamped in gold, all edges gilt, marbled endpages & silk ribbon marker. Oates (1938) has won many awards for her writing, including the National Book Award, two O. Henry Awards, and the National Humanities Medal. ; 8vo .

PA: Franklin Library. Fine. 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author . SIGNED by Author, Limited, signed first edition; preface written by the author for this edition. Original publisher's letter laid in (one light smudge.) Full leather stamped in gold, all edges gilt, marbled endpages & silk ribbon marker. Illustrated by Herbert Tauss. Hersey, (1914-1993) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American writer and journalist considered one of the earliest practitioners of the so-called New Journalism. The Call is a work of historical fiction drawn from the the journals and correspondence of his parents, missionaries to China. "...his best fiction... allows readers to live history through characters caught up in actual events." (Publisher's letter). Beautiful copy. ; 8vo .

PA: The Franklin Library. Fine. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author . SIGNED by Author, Limited, signed first edition; preface written by the author for this edition. Full leather stamped in gold, all edges gilt, marbled endpages & silk ribbon marker. Gail Godwin is primary literary accomplishments are her novels, which have included five best-sellers and three finalists for the National Book Award. Most of her books are realistic fiction novels that follow a character's psychological and intellectual development, often based on themes taken from Godwin's own life. The Finishing School is about Justin Stokes, the summer of her fourteenth year and the wondrous woman who transformed her bleak life into one of brilliant color. Frontispiece by Milt Kobayashi. A handsome copy. ; 8vo .

PA: The Franklin Library. Fine. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author . Signed by Author Limited, signed first edition; preface written by the author for this edition. Full leather stamped in gold, all edges gilt, marbled endpages & silk ribbon marker. Illustrations are by Istvsan Ventilla. Louis Auchincloss (1917-2010) was an American lawyer, novelist, historian, and essayist. With his customary wit, humor, and irony, along with a fine sense of the period, Louis Auchincloss artfully brings to life an exciting and dramatic facet of eighteenth-century England. Exit Lady Masham is a historical novel set in England during the early 1700's, Queen Anne is the reigning monarch and Britain is at war with France. "The drama of court life and high politics, the growing antagonism between Sarah and Abigail, and an engaging cast of characters make for a lively narrative. And the portrait of Queen Anne is a tour de force that lends further depth to this vivid and engaging… Read More

PA: The Franklin Library. Fine. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author . SIGNED by Author, Limited, signed first edition; preface written by the author for this edition. Full leather stamped in gold, all edges gilt, marbled endpages & silk ribbon marker. The fifth of 11 novels in the Blackford Oakes series. In the summer of 1961 just as the Berlin Wall is about to slam shut the last escape route out of Eastern Europe, President Kennedy needs to know what the Soviets are up to, and Blackford Oakes is sent to Germany to get the answers. When Oakes's contact, Henri Tod, turns up missing, Blackford locks horns with East Germany's unscrupulous communist boss. A handsome copy. ; 8vo .

Koror, Palau Islands: Koror Intermediate School Print Shop. Near Fine. 1954. First Edition. Softcover. Original printed wrappers bound with fastener; typed text. 55 [1] pages. Woodcut illustrations by Adachi and Tatsuo. Covers designed by the author. Printed wrappers with a tiny tear on the back cover along with creased corner tip and light edge dust soil. An uncommon, regional cookbook with 3 other copies found in the trade. Hera Ware Owen was the Palau Museum Director and contributed to the Micronesian Reporter newsletter. Recipes from the South Seas is source of regional recipes which includes the history, how-to-gathering and use of native ingredients such as Fruit Bat, Crocodile, Giant Clam, Incubator Bird, and Sea Urchin among others. ; 8vo ; fair .

New York: The Derrydale Press. Near Fine. 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Limited numbered 794 of 1250. Complete in 2 Volumes. Vol. 1: 308 pp. Vol. 2: 330 pp. Some color loss on the ends of each volume and corners f the slipcase. Owner's name penned neatly with Christmas, 1938 in each volume. A handsome set of this scarce collectible set. OCLC shows 1 copy held of this first edition. ; 8vo ; fair .

Women's Auxiliary Stroudsburg, PA. Very Good. 1942. First Edition. Softcover. Publishers illustrated stiff paper covers in spiral binding. 450 pp. With local ads. Frontispiece of Stroudsburg Presbyterian Church. The Forward is a Henry Van Dyke quote. Illustrated profusely. There are 11 illustrations of historical buildings or areas each with unique captions such as "Cherry Valley Church built in 1828 on historic property known as Shaws Meadows, originally owned by John McDowell who married Nicholas DePuys' grand daughter [sic]." Of interest are short penciled notes (some in red) of the original owner, long time resident Una Kestler Stemple. She adds her personal knowledge to 3 locations and occasional contributor. Recipes are reproductions of signed, handwritten originals. Advertisements of local business, many with hand drawn lettering and illustration. Condition: one of the wire end is short thus the bottom punch hole to be broken through to page 11; the cover… Read More

Casper, Wyoming: D. Appleton & Co. Fine. 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author . Signed by author. Exceptional copy. Bright blue cloth with bright gilt title on the cover and spine. Signed "Florence Ryerson and" (first signature) "Colin Clements" (second signature) on the ffep. No inscription. Minimal wear on the corner tips; light shadow tone inside the cover and along the edges. Ryerson and Clements wrote two of the earliest novels featuring teenage girlhood, This Awful Age and Mild Oats. Both adapted to first plays and then film. Ryerson is perhaps best known for co-scripting "The Wizard of Oz" . An exceptionally nice copy. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall .