[Chapbook] MIDNIGHT POSTSCRIPT
[Literature] Wright, Franz | title page illustration by Martha McCollough
[Chapbook] MIDNIGHT POSTSCRIPT
[Literature] Wright, Franz | title page illustration by Martha McCollough
- Publisher: Tray Full of Lab Mice Publications
- Date published: 1990
Durham, NH: Tray Full of Lab Mice Publications, 1990. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. 24mo. [24] pp. First edition, signed and inscribed by Wright. As issued, glued into stiff, printed wrappers. Adhesive is oxidized but the fragile textblock is holding fairly well. A remarkably uncommon chapbook from the acclaimed poet and winner of such awards as the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry. This copy is inscribed by Franz to friend and fellow poet, Stuart Dischell.
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Casebook of Solar Pons, by August Derleth, SIGNED by Author, August Derleth, in Spooky B/W & Orange DustJacket of Sherlock Holmes Standing Beside Orange Lamp & Dr. Watson Seated Holding his Eye Glasses, , Seated in Room Looking Out Window at Castle Lik
August Derleth ,SIGNED & Inscribed by Author, on Half Title Page, , DJ art by Frank Utpatel who created a lovely map for this volume, Foreword by Vincent Starrete & Monograph by Michael Harrison, Inner Flap DJ Has Original Price Intact of $5,
Casebook of Solar Pons, by August Derleth, SIGNED by Author, August Derleth, in Spooky B/W & Orange DustJacket of Sherlock Holmes Standing Beside Orange Lamp & Dr. Watson Seated Holding his Eye Glasses, , Seated in Room Looking Out Window at Castle Lik
August Derleth ,SIGNED & Inscribed by Author, on Half Title Page, , DJ art by Frank Utpatel who created a lovely map for this volume, Foreword by Vincent Starrete & Monograph by Michael Harrison, Inner Flap DJ Has Original Price Intact of $5,
- Publisher: Mycroft and Moran, Sauk City, Wisconsin, sister publishing house to Arkham House
- Date published: 1965
Mycroft and Moran, Sauk City, Wisconsin, sister publishing house to Arkham House, 1965 B/W Illustrated Endpapers Of London Map of Solar Pons Small scuff Mark, B/W Photo of Derleth Back DJ Taken by Edgar Obma, HBDJ, 1965, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, Dates Match on Title & Copyright Pg, BOOK CVR G00D- / VG- Dustjacket Condition AS-IS, Front Cover LARGE obtrusive DAMP Stain & Light Wear, BACK CVR DAMP STAIN ALONG EDGE, 1st LIMITED Edition of 3,000 Copies, , 1st Printing , Dates Match on Title & Copyright Pg, Interior Nice Tight Clean Light Wear , FOX, 282 Pgs, Fox Stains to Endpapers, Plain Black Binding Cloth Cover is Hollison Black Novelex, DJ LIGHT RUB, WEAR, Tiny Chips & Tear Extremities & Spine Ends, Crease Fold Front Right side of DJ has Thin Horizontal splice Out of in. Back DJ Lightly Foxed & Light Scuff , has Photo of Sypnosis of Author, , Spine Cvr is Titled & Designed Decorated in Black & Gold Gilt has some Rub. Wear, , 5 1/4 X 7 3/4 IN.Duodecimo [19 cm] Black cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped spine , in Spooky B/W & Orange DustJacket of Sherlock Holmes Standing Beside Orange Lamp & Dr. Watson Seated Holding his Eye Glasses, , Seated in Room Looking Out Window at Castle Like House with Full Moon Above & a Man can be Seen in its Lighted Window at Night, DJ art by Frank Utpatel, The steadily expanding devotees of the Sherlock Holmes of Praed Street will hail with delight this crowning volume in a series of collections which have now pastiched the entire quintet of the Master's adventures, When August Derleth wrote Arthur Conan Doyle in 1928 to ask if there were to be any more Sherlock Holmes stories, he was given a curt "no". Thus was born Solar Pons, the twentieth century flag carrier for Mr. Holmes and the brainchild of Derleth. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Very Good.
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RAGTIME by E L Doctorow, MODERN LIBRARY EDITION STATED, 1st ed, WITH #1 INTACT IN Number Line, SIGNED , 1994
E. L. Doctorow, SIGNED NO INSCRIPTION on Title Pg, INNER DJ FLAP $14.50, BROWN & WHITE ROCKWELL KENT RUNNING MAN ENDPAPERS,
RAGTIME by E L Doctorow, MODERN LIBRARY EDITION STATED, 1st ed, WITH #1 INTACT IN Number Line, SIGNED , 1994
E. L. Doctorow, SIGNED NO INSCRIPTION on Title Pg, INNER DJ FLAP $14.50, BROWN & WHITE ROCKWELL KENT RUNNING MAN ENDPAPERS,
- Publisher: Random House,NY MODERN LIBRARY
- Date published: 1994
HBDJ, A true 1st ed by MODERN LIBRARY, with the correct number line. YEAR 1994, MODERN LIBRARY EDITION STATED, 1st ed, WITH #1 INTACT IN Number Line, SIGNED , 1994 NEAR Excellent condition. There is nothing wrong with this copy. It feels as tight as the day it came off the presses
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The Aqueduct [A Martian Chronicles Story, Signed By Ray Bradbury)]
Bradbury, Ray; Title Page Drawing By Andrew Smith
The Aqueduct [A Martian Chronicles Story, Signed By Ray Bradbury)]
Bradbury, Ray; Title Page Drawing By Andrew Smith
- Publisher: Roy A. Squires
- Date published: 1979
(Glendale): Roy A. Squires, 1979. First Edition . Wrappers. Fine. 9 3/8" x 6 1/4. Chapbook, One Of The Last From Squires. #30 Of A Stated 230 Copies Printed From Post Roman And Hadrian Stone Cut Types, On Specially Made Paper By Twinrocler, With Covers Of Regina Katusha Made By Barcham Greene In England, The Wrappers Of French Marble, Numbered And Signed By Bradbury On The Colophon. With An Original Typed Four Line Letter Requesting A Review, Dated March 29, 1980, Signed By Roy Squires. Also With (The Enclosed) Photocopy Of The Full Page Publicity "Announcement" Including A Full Explanation Of How It Is Considered A Martian Chronicle, Describing How The Manuscript Was Stored By Bradbury In A Manila Folder Upon Which Was Written "A Martian Chronicle"; At The Bottom Of The Announcement Is A Note In Marker "Looks Fine To Me! Ray Bradbury 9/1/79", All Photocopied, No Original Signature On The Announcement.
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THE FLIGHT OF THE FALCON, a New Novel ,SIGNED on Title Page By Author, Italian Courier Becomes Circumstantially Involved in Murder of Old Peasant Woman in Rome , FICTION, Classic Murder Novel from the Popular Mystery Writer. Gothic Mystery
DAPHNE DU MAURIER, SIGNED By Famed Writer Daphne Du Maurier Autographed (with Fountain Pen in Blue Ink on Title page) INNER Flap DJ Priceclipped, Autograph GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC, Blank Endpapers,DJ By Larry Lubin
THE FLIGHT OF THE FALCON, a New Novel ,SIGNED on Title Page By Author, Italian Courier Becomes Circumstantially Involved in Murder of Old Peasant Woman in Rome , FICTION, Classic Murder Novel from the Popular Mystery Writer. Gothic Mystery
DAPHNE DU MAURIER, SIGNED By Famed Writer Daphne Du Maurier Autographed (with Fountain Pen in Blue Ink on Title page) INNER Flap DJ Priceclipped, Autograph GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC, Blank Endpapers,DJ By Larry Lubin
- Publisher: Doubleday, This is a BOOK CLUB EDITION
- Date published: 1965
Doubleday, This is a BOOK CLUB EDITION, 1965 HBDJ, 1965, Early Reprint, 253 PGs, Book VG Condition and Dust Jacket in VG- Condition with minor wear around the edges DJ & Tiny Chips , Light Soil Back DJ , Interior NiCE tight Clean. Beige Grey Cloth Lettered in Black on SPine light Wear, Publishers RedDye Stain on Top Pgs Edges . Gothic Mystery set in both Mediaeval Rome and the present day, which includes the classic elements of the Genre; murder, and haunting from a phantom.. Signed by Author. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover.
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LUCY GAYHEART Written BY WILLA CATHER SIGNED BY AUTHOR , The Story of Young Midwestern Woman Who Moves to Chicago and Deals with Heartache and Tragedy. Stated 1st Edition. This is an Outstanding and raRE Literary Collectible
BY WILLA CATHER SIGNED BY AUTHOR in Blue on Title Page, Blank Endpapers Name & Date, SIGNATURE GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC
LUCY GAYHEART Written BY WILLA CATHER SIGNED BY AUTHOR , The Story of Young Midwestern Woman Who Moves to Chicago and Deals with Heartache and Tragedy. Stated 1st Edition. This is an Outstanding and raRE Literary Collectible
BY WILLA CATHER SIGNED BY AUTHOR in Blue on Title Page, Blank Endpapers Name & Date, SIGNATURE GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC
- Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, NY
- Date published: 1935
Alfred A. Knopf, NY, 1935. HardBack NODustJacket, Stated 1st Edition, 1935, 1st Printing, NF-/GOOD +, NOJACKET, Dates Match on Title & Copyright Page, Green Cloth wiTh decorative Yellow Label lettered in Black on Front, Cover with SUNNED Spine on Cover & Extremites Sunned, Interior Nice tight Clean Light FoX & Wear, Cover light Rub, Wear Scuff & Label on Spine with Black Lettering Shows Sunning, 231 PGS + Notes Publ. 7.25" x 5.25", The cover has some discoloration from sunning. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover.
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BERNSTEIN, Henri (as "Henry" on the title)
Le Venin
BERNSTEIN, Henri (as "Henry" on the title)
- Publisher: Librairie Arthème Fayard
- Date published: 1938
Paris: Librairie Arthème Fayard, 1938. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Near fine save some light darkening to the sheets. 8vo. Later buckram, original printed wrappers bound in, untrimmed. First edition. Inscribed by Bernstein on the half-title to the dedicatee's wife, the actress Patricia Patterson: "à la meilleure partenaire de Charles à la Marmanche Pat affecteuresment Henry Bernstein." Patricia Patterson (1910-1978) made more than 20 films, including Charlie Chan Goes to Egypt. It was a case of love at first sight when she was introduced to the actor Charles Boyer by Maurice Chevalier at a wrap party for the film in 1934. Charles Boyer (1899-1978) appeared in more than 80 films between 1920 and 1976, including his celebrated performance in Gaslight (1944). The playwright Henri Bernstein (1876-1953) was associated with Boulevard Theatre. Boyer had appeared in leading roles of several film adaptations of Bernstein's plays, including Orage (1938), the film adaptation of this play (in which Boyer is listed on the cast list). The printed dedication reads: "Au grand acteur qui fut, tant de soirs, sur la scène du Gymnase, à Charles Boyer son ami H. B." WITH: Another copy: untrimmed sheets, bound uniformly in buckram, printed wrappers bound in. One of 15 copies on Van Gelder Zonen (this is No. 3).
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SELECTED WRITINGS TRUMAN CAPOTE , SIGNED, MODERN LIBRARY #353 IN DUSTJACKET, Chosen by Author with Introduction by Mark Schorer
TRUMAN CAPOTE , SIGNED on Half title Pg, NO INSCRIPTION, INNER DJ FLAP $2.45, WITH PRE ZIP CODE ORDER COUPON ON BACK FLAP, Inner Hinges Starting Slightly,
SELECTED WRITINGS TRUMAN CAPOTE , SIGNED, MODERN LIBRARY #353 IN DUSTJACKET, Chosen by Author with Introduction by Mark Schorer
TRUMAN CAPOTE , SIGNED on Half title Pg, NO INSCRIPTION, INNER DJ FLAP $2.45, WITH PRE ZIP CODE ORDER COUPON ON BACK FLAP, Inner Hinges Starting Slightly,
- Publisher: MODERN LIBRARY random house
- Date published: 1963
Inner Hinges Starting Slightly, Grey & White Rockwell Kent Endpapers, CAPOTE Native of New Orleans, HBDJ, 1963, 1ST MODERN LIBRARY EARLY ISSUE,VG+/VG, , IN Brown Dustjacket Titled in White with sScuff & Rub Extremities, RED Embossed CLOTH WITH GOLD GILT Spine TITLES, Chosen by Author with Introduction by Mark Schorer, CAPOTE Native of New Orleans, 460 pgs + LIST OF Titles Thru G79 Wisdom of Israel , spine ends DJ TINY Chips wear
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MY BROTHERâS KEEPER With RARE COLOR DUSTJACKET OF FRONTSTEPS OF LONELY Recluses BROWNSTONE MANSION In NYC , BASED on the True story of the Collyer Brothers( who became infamous for their bizarre natures and compulsive hoarding).
MARCIA DAVENPORT, 1903-1996, SIGNED ON Blank Creased Endpaper ,Born NYC American Author Music critic, INNER DJ FLAP 15S. NET , Half Title & tile pg Wrinkled corner, RETURNABLE ANY REASON WITHIN 20 DAYS FROM RECEIPT.
MY BROTHERâS KEEPER With RARE COLOR DUSTJACKET OF FRONTSTEPS OF LONELY Recluses BROWNSTONE MANSION In NYC , BASED on the True story of the Collyer Brothers( who became infamous for their bizarre natures and compulsive hoarding).
MARCIA DAVENPORT, 1903-1996, SIGNED ON Blank Creased Endpaper ,Born NYC American Author Music critic, INNER DJ FLAP 15S. NET , Half Title & tile pg Wrinkled corner, RETURNABLE ANY REASON WITHIN 20 DAYS FROM RECEIPT.
- Publisher: COLLINS LONDON UK
- Date published: 1954
HBDJ, OCTOBER 1954 , 1st English BRITISH Edition, 2ND Impression, 511 PGS , THICK GREEN TWEEDHardback. Dust jacket. Very good indeed in slightly edge-nicked, unclipped, very good dust jacket.TINY SPECK SOIL Outer pgs edge BTM, RETURNABLE ANY REASON WITHIN 20 DAYS FROM RECEIPT. Inspired by the 1947 New York Times articles detailing items taken from the Collyer's Brownstone after their deaths. An unusual mystery NOVEL centered around two elderly brothers in NY, SEYMOUR HOLT , Brilliant Ruthless Elder Brother, Younger 1 Randall Holt, Softer & More Attractive,, who appear to be living in poverty when they had scads of money in the bank, and the bank official examining the strange requests made in their wills. Classic novel. being an increasingly well respected and energetically applauded offering it is proudly presented with great FAREWELLO, Class
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The Restless Robin , 1ST EDITION IN LOVELY COLOR Illustrated DUSTJACkET, SIGNED By Marjorie Flack , 1937, PICTURE BOOK STORY BOOK All In 1 , Buffy, a plump, Noisy, Greedy little robin who lives in an Beautiful Round NEST
Written & Color LITHOS Illustrated by Marjorie Flack, 1897 - 1958, SIGNED on Title & Inscribed Copyright Pg By Flack, FRONT INNER HINGE STARTING, INNER DJ FLAP $1.50
The Restless Robin , 1ST EDITION IN LOVELY COLOR Illustrated DUSTJACkET, SIGNED By Marjorie Flack , 1937, PICTURE BOOK STORY BOOK All In 1 , Buffy, a plump, Noisy, Greedy little robin who lives in an Beautiful Round NEST
Written & Color LITHOS Illustrated by Marjorie Flack, 1897 - 1958, SIGNED on Title & Inscribed Copyright Pg By Flack, FRONT INNER HINGE STARTING, INNER DJ FLAP $1.50
- Publisher: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN NY
- Date published: 1937
HBDJ, 1937 On TITLE & Copyright Pg, 1st edition , Oblong Green Cloth Illustrated Cover has WHITE SPOT FRONT CVR, also some light smudges. Illustrated B/W & Green Endpapers, BACK FLAP AD WHAT TO DO ABOUT MOLLY, Text block and pages tanned from age and shelf-wear. Text and color illustrations clean.Hardcover, UNPAGINATED, SIGNED on Title & Inscribed Copyright Pg By Flack, INNER DJ FLAP $1.50 ,, Buffy, a plump, Noisy, Greedy little robin who lives in an Beautiful Round NEST in Apple Tree in New Hampshire leaves home for an adventure.Chronicles the journey of a robin who travels from Georgia to New Hampshire to make his home. Full of facts about the habits and lives of robins.
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3 Lives Three Lives,1933, SIGNED BY GERTRUDE STEIN, a series of three (3) short stories The Good Anna, Melanctha and The Gentle Lena, MODERN LIBRARY #211.1 IN DUSTJACKET, Her 1st published book,
Gertrude Stein, SIGNED & INSCRIBED , BY AUTHOR,Gertrude Stein wrote the book owner's name and signed her own name on the pre-title page introduction by Carl Van Vechten, Inner DJ Flap MENDED SEPARATION TINY PriceClipped but 95 Cents Intact, Great DJ desi
3 Lives Three Lives,1933, SIGNED BY GERTRUDE STEIN, a series of three (3) short stories The Good Anna, Melanctha and The Gentle Lena, MODERN LIBRARY #211.1 IN DUSTJACKET, Her 1st published book,
Gertrude Stein, SIGNED & INSCRIBED , BY AUTHOR,Gertrude Stein wrote the book owner's name and signed her own name on the pre-title page introduction by Carl Van Vechten, Inner DJ Flap MENDED SEPARATION TINY PriceClipped but 95 Cents Intact, Great DJ desi
- Publisher: Modern Library, New York,
- Date published: 1933
HBDJ, 1933, 1ST MODERN LIBRARY , EARLY ISSUE, VG+/GOOD-, AS-IS, REPAIRED MENDED TEAR SPLIT TO DJ SPINE EDGE, BACK & VERSO OF DJ LISTS 225 TITLES & PRE ZIP CODE COUPON, Inner DJ Flap MENDED SEPARATION TINY PriceClipped but 95 Cents Intact, Great DJ design by Reichl !, Orange & White Rockwell Kent Endpapers, The BURGUNDY CLOTH WITH GOLD GILT book is in very good, clean, fresh, gently read condition with an intact binding, a good cover with some bumped covers, and no rips, tears, stains, or marks other than the author's signature INSCRIPTION on the pre-title page and, the book owner's name above, also written by the author. The dust jacket is dingy, torn, tattered and fragile EXTREMITIES CHIPS WEAR; its front flap is completely separate and the jacket has ink writing on its cover. 'hardcover' binding on this 6-3/4 by 4-1/4 inch book is actually a tightly woven 'balloon' cloth over a very thin, stiff but flexible 'board'. We believe this book is bound in Modern Library's binding style #7, tanning to dj spine, SMALL INK MARK FRONT OF DJ. , It is the central story, that of Melanctha, the Negro girl, which is the most original and compelling of the three...It is perhaps the first American story in which the Negro is regarded as a human being and not as an object for condescending compassion or derision
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Out of This World in PURPLE Dustjacket Yellow & White Titles , SIGNED TWICE by Helen Worden Erskine,, Mostly NYC stories before 1950âs . - A Collection of Hermits & Recluses their ways of Life & the Stories behind their Retreats ( Hermits of Harlem Collyer Brothers,
Helen Worden Erskine, SIGNED TWICE, The author signs and dates the book December 1953, New York on the half title page and then again signs in full on the title page. INNER DJ FLAP $3.75, FORMER OWNER STAMP BACK BLANK PG, ,, photographic Endpapers, ILL
Out of This World in PURPLE Dustjacket Yellow & White Titles , SIGNED TWICE by Helen Worden Erskine,, Mostly NYC stories before 1950âs . - A Collection of Hermits & Recluses their ways of Life & the Stories behind their Retreats ( Hermits of Harlem Collyer Brothers,
Helen Worden Erskine, SIGNED TWICE, The author signs and dates the book December 1953, New York on the half title page and then again signs in full on the title page. INNER DJ FLAP $3.75, FORMER OWNER STAMP BACK BLANK PG, ,, photographic Endpapers, ILL
- Publisher: New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons,
- Date published: 1953
HBDJ, 1953, 1ST U.S. EDITION, 1st Printing, Very Scarce in any format. VG/VG, Smal tiny chips Tears DJ Extremities, Book has BURGUNDY red boards with yellow spine lettering, an unclipped DJ, no fading, has some edgewear and minor chips. Very seldom seen in this first Putnam's edition. A bit of soiling to the page edges, no other internal marks or writing. Very rare signed!. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo -, 300 pgs,Jacket shows a small bit of edge wear. In a brodart protective wrapper. ( Hermits of Harlem Collyer Brothers, Homer and Langley COLLYER, Mary E. Wood, Ella Wendel, Madison Square Mystery, Mary & William Colgate Colby, Hetty Green's Daughter, Sylvia Green Wilks, ETC ) Fascinating exploration of some of the world's most famous recluses, including the Collyer brothers, the Leary sisters, Emily Thorn, Lady Hester Lucy Stanhope and others. Eighteen in total, eccentric and mostly rich. including the wealthy Collyer brothers who lived alone together surrounded by dark legends and an age-old collection of rubbish into which they tunnelled and at last died. Fascinating exploration of some of the world's most famous recluses,
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Assignment in Eternity ,Four Long Science Fiction Stories, includes "Gulf," "Elsewhen," "Lost Legacy," and Jerry Was a Man. Color DJ has Man in yellow Space Suit on Planet with Blue Rocketship
HEINLEIN, Robert A. . Personally SIGNED by Author on Title pg, Blank endpapers light FoX , Inner flap of DJ orig price of $3.00 & light Wear, DJ design Rick Binkley,
Assignment in Eternity ,Four Long Science Fiction Stories, includes "Gulf," "Elsewhen," "Lost Legacy," and Jerry Was a Man. Color DJ has Man in yellow Space Suit on Planet with Blue Rocketship
HEINLEIN, Robert A. . Personally SIGNED by Author on Title pg, Blank endpapers light FoX , Inner flap of DJ orig price of $3.00 & light Wear, DJ design Rick Binkley,
- Publisher: Reading, PA Fantasy Press
- Date published: 1953
Reading, PA Fantasy Press, 1953 HBDJ, 1953, stated 1st edition, Original Red Cloth lettered & Decorated on Spine in Gold Gilt, Cover light Rub, Wear, Interior nice tight Clean light Wear FoX, F-/NF, DJ slight rub, wear & tiny Chips & small mended tears Extremities, 256 pages, Light soil Back DJ, Tiny Tear Base DJ Spine ,Author born in Butler , Missouri in 1907 . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
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Assignment in Eternity ,Four Long Science Fiction Stories, Includes "Gulf," "Elsewhen," "lost Legacy," and Jerry Was a Man. Color DJ Has Man in Yellow Space Suit on Planet with Blue Rocketship
HEINLEIN, Robert A. . Personally SIGNED by Author on Title pg, Blank endpapers light FoX , Inner flap of DJ orig price of $3.00 & light Wear, DJ design Rick Binkley, Author born in Butler , Missouri in 1907
Assignment in Eternity ,Four Long Science Fiction Stories, Includes "Gulf," "Elsewhen," "lost Legacy," and Jerry Was a Man. Color DJ Has Man in Yellow Space Suit on Planet with Blue Rocketship
HEINLEIN, Robert A. . Personally SIGNED by Author on Title pg, Blank endpapers light FoX , Inner flap of DJ orig price of $3.00 & light Wear, DJ design Rick Binkley, Author born in Butler , Missouri in 1907
- Publisher: Reading, PA Fantasy Press
- Date published: 1953
Reading, PA Fantasy Press, 1953. HBDJ, 1953, stated 1st edition, Original Red Cloth lettered & Decorated on Spine in Gold Gilt, Cover light Rub, Wear, Interior nice tight Clean light Wear FoX, F-/NF, DJ slight rub, wear & tiny Chips & small mended tears Extremities, 256 pages, Light soil Back DJ, Tiny Tear Base DJ Spine. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover.
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Sam Patch the High & Wide Handsome Jumper, SIGNED By Arna Bontemps, in Color Dustjacket Harlem Renaissance novelist and poet. COLOR Illustrated by Paul Brown , Here he reimagines for children the life of the early 19th-century performer and legendary champion leaper (Niagara Falls, etc.)
By Arna Bontemps, and Jack Conroy, ,COLOR Illustrated by Paul Brown, SIGNED By Bontemps, Inscribed on the title page "For Katherine Anne - Arna Bontemps/ 2-19-51". ,INNER DJ Flap $2,,, Brown & RED White Illustrated Endpapers, Harlem Renaissance novel
Sam Patch the High & Wide Handsome Jumper, SIGNED By Arna Bontemps, in Color Dustjacket Harlem Renaissance novelist and poet. COLOR Illustrated by Paul Brown , Here he reimagines for children the life of the early 19th-century performer and legendary champion leaper (Niagara Falls, etc.)
By Arna Bontemps, and Jack Conroy, ,COLOR Illustrated by Paul Brown, SIGNED By Bontemps, Inscribed on the title page "For Katherine Anne - Arna Bontemps/ 2-19-51". ,INNER DJ Flap $2,,, Brown & RED White Illustrated Endpapers, Harlem Renaissance novel
- Publisher: Boston: Houghton Mifflin,
- Date published: 1951
HBDJ, CHIP TO FRONT TOP & BTM EDGE DJ & Small residue, 1951 On Copyright pg,, 1st Edition, SIGNED, VG- , AS-IS, MENDED CHIP REPLACEMENTS TO EXTREMITIES OF DJ , OBLONG binding with YELLOW cloth ILLUSTRATED Boards SOME SMUDGING & Pencil mark WEAR. 4to, 39 pgs, BACK OF DJ CHIPS TO EXTREMITIES, 39 PGS, Here he reimagines for children the life of the early 19th-century performer and legendary champion leaper (Niagara Falls, etc.) Brown & RED White Illustrated Endpapers, Harlem Renaissance novelist and poet.
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STARFALL Personally SIGNED EDITION By Author, Betty . The Widow of Astronaut Virgil ( Gus ) Grissom . She Tells the Tragic & Heroic Story of Her Husband & Family Caught Up in Americas Race for The MOON
Grissom, Betty and Henry Still, SIGNED & Dated BY Betty GRISSOM on Blank Endpapers, Former Owner Name on Half Title, DJ Design Walter Harper
STARFALL Personally SIGNED EDITION By Author, Betty . The Widow of Astronaut Virgil ( Gus ) Grissom . She Tells the Tragic & Heroic Story of Her Husband & Family Caught Up in Americas Race for The MOON
Grissom, Betty and Henry Still, SIGNED & Dated BY Betty GRISSOM on Blank Endpapers, Former Owner Name on Half Title, DJ Design Walter Harper
- Publisher: New York Thomas Y. Crowell
- Date published: 1974
New York Thomas Y. Crowell, 1974. HBDJ,1974. 1st Edition; 1st Printing.with #1 Intact Number Line, FINE- in NF DUST jacket; Text pages generally clean & bright, DJ minor , rub, wear light Scuff tiny Chips tears Extremities, Blue cloth cover light Wear lettered in White & Orange with Yellow on Spine, 276 Pages , Index. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover.
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The Fast Sooner Hound , SIGNED By Arna Bontemps, COLOR Illustrated by Virginia Burton, IN COLOR DUSTJACKET INNER DJ FLAP $3.23, Sooner outruns the trains. A tall tail from the West.
By Arna Bontemps, and Jack Conroy, ,COLOR Illustrated by Virginia Burton, SIGNED By Bontemps, Inscribed on the title page "For Mary- Arna Bontemps/ 2-19-51". INNER DJ FLAP $3.23 BTM , BACK DJ Flap AD Don Coyote,Green, Brown & White Illustrated Endp
The Fast Sooner Hound , SIGNED By Arna Bontemps, COLOR Illustrated by Virginia Burton, IN COLOR DUSTJACKET INNER DJ FLAP $3.23, Sooner outruns the trains. A tall tail from the West.
By Arna Bontemps, and Jack Conroy, ,COLOR Illustrated by Virginia Burton, SIGNED By Bontemps, Inscribed on the title page "For Mary- Arna Bontemps/ 2-19-51". INNER DJ FLAP $3.23 BTM , BACK DJ Flap AD Don Coyote,Green, Brown & White Illustrated Endp
- Publisher: Boston: Houghton Mifflin,
- Date published: 1942
HBDJ, 1942 On Copyright pg,, 1st Edition, EARLY ISSUE, , NO Date on Title Page, .Early ISSUE Dustjacket $3.23 ON FLAP, VG/VG+, NOT X-LIB. Trade OBLONG binding with Brown Rust cloth ILLUSTRATED Boards. Same illus as DJ which has SMALL Blue & Silver Dolphin Sticker, . Book is very good- with some spotting on top & bottom edges of green cloth (scans available). DJ is very good+ to near fine- . Outstanding full color art by VIRGINIA LEE BURTON (CALDECOTT MEDALIST). 28 PGS,
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EDGAR ALLAN CROW, SIGNED BY TASHA TUDOR ,A charming story of a crow wanting to Be usful to his adopted human family. Based on the true tale of the author's Family
TASHA TUDOR, INNER DJ FLAP $1.75, Illustrated in Lovely Water Color by author, The book is SIGNED "Tasha Tudor 1994" on the front endpaper. A rare title. Pictorial CROW Endpapers Foxed
EDGAR ALLAN CROW, SIGNED BY TASHA TUDOR ,A charming story of a crow wanting to Be usful to his adopted human family. Based on the true tale of the author's Family
TASHA TUDOR, INNER DJ FLAP $1.75, Illustrated in Lovely Water Color by author, The book is SIGNED "Tasha Tudor 1994" on the front endpaper. A rare title. Pictorial CROW Endpapers Foxed
- Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Date published: 1953
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS , 1953 HBDJ, 1953, 1ST EDITION, NF-/VG-, Copyright and title page are dated 1953; it meets all the 1st edition points as listed in Baumgarten Bibliography of Children's & Illustrated Books.Light foxing inside covers; white of DJ Foxed tiny stzins ; light DJ soiling; otherwise solid and clean with DJ in a protective cover, 1st edition measuring 6 3/4" x 6 1/4", Dark blue textured cloth boards with Illustrated color Label & black Titles on front, UNPAGINATED , Each text page faced w illustrated page Square 8vo, ,But sometimes this got him into a great Deal of Trouble, Oxford Books for Boys and Girls, one the most elusive Tudor books, . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.
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The Fast Sooner Hound , By Arna Bontemps, IN COLOR DUSTJACKET, SIGNED BY & COLOR Illustrated by Virginia Burton, 1ST EDITION, 1st printing, Sooner outruns the trains. A tall tail from the West.
By Arna Bontemps, and Jack Conroy, ,COLOR Illustrated by Virginia Burton, SIGNED By BURTON ON TITLE PG with Foxing,, INNER DJ FLAP PRICECLIPPED WITH RED $2.80 Handwritten, Back Flap AD Don Coyote
The Fast Sooner Hound , By Arna Bontemps, IN COLOR DUSTJACKET, SIGNED BY & COLOR Illustrated by Virginia Burton, 1ST EDITION, 1st printing, Sooner outruns the trains. A tall tail from the West.
By Arna Bontemps, and Jack Conroy, ,COLOR Illustrated by Virginia Burton, SIGNED By BURTON ON TITLE PG with Foxing,, INNER DJ FLAP PRICECLIPPED WITH RED $2.80 Handwritten, Back Flap AD Don Coyote
- Publisher: Boston: Houghton Mifflin, riverside Press
- Date published: 1942
Inner Hinges Starting Cracked, ,Green, Brown & White Illustrated Endpapers, HBDJ, 1942 On Copyright pg,, 1st Edition, 1ST PRINTING, BK GOOD with Interior pg Slight soil Foxing / DJ VG with tiny Extremities chips tears LITE Crease on back, AS-IS, SCRUFFY & SOILED OBLONG CLOTH cvr binding with GREY OATMEAL ILLUSTRATED Boards with chip btm Spine .INTERIOR PGS LITELY FOXED ,First Printing dust jacket as all titles listed on flaps are pre 1942 "Sad-faced Boy, Choo Choo, Mike Mulligan" and on the rear flap "Don Coyote" by Leigh Peck. Everyone knows that Houghton Mifflin denoted its First Printings by having the date appear on the title page. This book is the only exception and doesn't have the date on the title page. To identify it as a first it must not list subsequent printings, which this does NOT. ,Oblong Quarto, 28 PGS , Grey boards in rough condition with multiples staining/foxing marks. Dust Jacket in VG Condition like it was stored for years, dust jacket price clipped and has small "F Bon" to front top right of dust jacket in pencil. A wonderful example of a rare Burton title.
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CELTIC TEMPERAMENT & OTHER ESSAYS , SIGNED by Francis Grierson, NOTED MUSICIAN & WRITER , 1914, HARDBACK NODUSTJACKET, Includes Newspaper Clipping PHOTO HIM PLAYING PIANO , SPIRITUALIST Genius, AKA JESSE SHEPARD, who Lived at Villa Montezuma
FRANCIS GRIERSON, SIGNED ON HALF TITLE PG WITH LITE FOX, NOTED MUSICIAN & WRITER, , incl. 18-page introduction by author. ,was the pen name of Benjamin Henry Jesse Francis Shepherd, 1848-1927]. Includes Newspaper Clipping PHOTO HIM PLAYING PIANO
CELTIC TEMPERAMENT & OTHER ESSAYS , SIGNED by Francis Grierson, NOTED MUSICIAN & WRITER , 1914, HARDBACK NODUSTJACKET, Includes Newspaper Clipping PHOTO HIM PLAYING PIANO , SPIRITUALIST Genius, AKA JESSE SHEPARD, who Lived at Villa Montezuma
FRANCIS GRIERSON, SIGNED ON HALF TITLE PG WITH LITE FOX, NOTED MUSICIAN & WRITER, , incl. 18-page introduction by author. ,was the pen name of Benjamin Henry Jesse Francis Shepherd, 1848-1927]. Includes Newspaper Clipping PHOTO HIM PLAYING PIANO
- Publisher: THE BODLEY HEAD BTM OF SPINE CVR, John Lane, London
- Date published: 1914
HARDBACK NODUSTJACKET, 1914, FIFTH edition , MCMXIV, VG/GOOD, AS -IS, TITLE & opposite PG HAve LARGE FOX STAIN FROM NEWSPAPER ARTICLE LEFT IN,NOJACKET, OUTER TOP PGS R GOLD GILT. OPPOSITE TITLE PG IS LIST HIS 6 BOOKS STARTS WITH INVINCIBLE ALLIANCE. ORIGINAL GREEN CLOTH WITH GOLD GILT DESIGN ON FRONT LITE WEAR, , NO JACKET , 189 pp incl. 18-page introduction by author. Top edge gilt. Original green cloth with gilt lettering. VG. Includes newspaper clipping advertising the event where it was signed. Clipping was left in book, stained the pages where it was. Foxing on some Interior PGS, , Includes Newspaper Clipping PHOTO HIM PLAYING PIANO advertising the event where it was signed. Clipping was left in book, Stained the TITLE & BK LISTING PG pages where it was. who Lived at Villa Montezuma BROODS ON A HILL OVERLOOKING Downtown San Diego, BUILT IN 1887 in San Diego, CA, HAUNTED HOUSE ?, With Your Gifts U Will Find all Doors Open before U.
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