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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,

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.

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.

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.

HBDJ, 1998, WITH #1 INTACT NUMBER LINE, MODERN LIBRARY EDITION ON Top COPYRIGHT PG, 283 pgs, VG+/VG+, GREY CLOTH TITLED IN GOLD GILT ON SPINE CVR, DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards are slightly cocked at the spine and are lightly worn. Originally First published in Rolling Stone magazine in 1971, includes Postcard AD FOR Movie Gonzo , & by Johnny Depp, Hollywood Actor, movie tie-in with info on the movie on the rear cover. Thompson's classic second & most lauded book, launching his unique brand of stoned & intoxicated yet , and SIGNED by Johnny Depp (intials only on the first illustrated page; pg. 6)RUNNING MAN Brown & White end-papersinspired "Gonzo journalism". the savagely comic account of what happened to the country in the 1960's -- told through the narration of a strange, drug-crazed journey to Las Vegas. based on two trips to Las Vegas, Nevada, that Hunter S. Thompson took with attorney and Chicano activist Oscar Zeta Acosta in March and April 1971. Thompson wrote that he concluded their March trip by spending some 36 hours alone in a hotel room "feverishly writing in my notebook" about his experiences. savagely comic account of what happened to this country in the 1960s. It is told through the writer's account of an assignment he undertook with his attorney to visit Las Vegas and "check it out

HBDJ, 1971, STATED 1ST EDITION ,with "97532468" number line, Dj With Correct Publication Code 6/72 On Rear Flap VG/VG , Light Wear FOX creases DJ, FADE TO EXTREMITIES BLACK EMBOSSE BOARDS WITH BLACK CLOTH AT SPINE CVR4 & TITLED IN WHITE, 206 pgs, Tiny chips tears DJ Extremities, 8.25 x 5.75 in. DJ mylar-protected, This book includes a signed bookplate by Hunter S. Thompson which was acquired during his book-signing tour for The Rum Diary. Basis for the acclaimed 1998 Terry Gilliam film starring Johnny Depp and Benicio Del Toro. Bound in dark grey cloth; woven black cloth spine; silver lettering to spine in original Steadman illustrated dust jacket has small DJ Spine tear at Base ,Thompson's classic second & most lauded book, launching his unique brand of stoned & intoxicated yet inspired "Gonzo journalism". the savagely comic account of what happened to the country in the 1960's -- told through the narration of a strange, drug-crazed journey to Las Vegas. based on two trips to Las Vegas, Nevada, that Hunter S. Thompson took with attorney and Chicano activist Oscar Zeta Acosta in March and April 1971. Thompson wrote that he concluded their March trip by spending some 36 hours alone in a hotel room "feverishly writing in my notebook" about his experiences.

HBDJ, Stated 1st Published 1974, 1st edition. Signed by Christopher Milne on title page and dated 1992. Very good book in GREEN BV/W very good- dust jacket. No other markings to text. Binding is firm. Boards are clean. Dust jacket is mildly shelfworn. If you know Winnie the Pooh, and who doesn't, this book is a little diamond, a book full of great details, a book which gives a unique view of the Christopher Robin myth. A happy book about a happy childhood in the twenties and thirties in London and in SusseX

HBDJ, 1st edition, SEPTEMBER 1928, 34th printing, Same Month As First. released in the same year as the London edition, ,Hardcover. BK VG-/GOOD+ DJ WITH TINY TEARS CHIPS EXTREMITIES, FEW PGS HAVE BLANK MARGIN EDGE CHIPS , though all printings starting with the first, were printed in the same month and year, . Covers a LITELY worn WH GILT READABLE ON FRONT CVR . Name written inside front cover and behind front endpaper. Front hinge starting to crack. In SLIGHTLYworn and chipped dust jacket. 7 3/4 X 5 3/4 IN. Approx , SMALL RED PINKISH CVR with Christopher Robin and Tigger in gilt, rrible, for what it's worth. 2 former owner names and an address crossed out on front endpapers. 178 pgs , In this collection, we learn that the "house" of the title is Eeyore's, which is (re)built by Piglet and Pooh; that Tigger does not like honey; and that while young Christopher Robin must go off to boarding school, the enchanted place of Pooh and his friends will always be waiting for him. The last of the four books in the Pooh series. Milne had bought his son a stuffed tiger, "Tigger"