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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.
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
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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FEAR & LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS. A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream SIGNED BY HUNTER S. Thompson (with his "HST"), & Promo card for Movie Gonzo,
FEAR & LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS. A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream SIGNED BY HUNTER S. Thompson (with his "HST"), & Promo card for Movie Gonzo,
Hunter S. Thompson, SIGNED INITIALS ON BOOKPLATE ON HALF TITLE, Inner DJ Flap $5.95 Lite crease edge, Illustrations by Ralph Steadman, 2-page B/W Frontispiece. DJ Illustration by Susan Schwaab
- Publisher: Random House, New York
- Date published: 1971
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.
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ULYSSES BY JAMES JOYCE ~ Authentically SIGNED BY AUTHOR , on Inserted Piece of Paper on Title Page, There is Joyce's Signature on a Small Piece of Paper That Was Cut and Pasted Onto the Title Page. Book is Complete & Unexpurgated, 1961, New Edition Text
ULYSSES BY JAMES JOYCE ~ Authentically SIGNED BY AUTHOR , on Inserted Piece of Paper on Title Page, There is Joyce's Signature on a Small Piece of Paper That Was Cut and Pasted Onto the Title Page. Book is Complete & Unexpurgated, 1961, New Edition Text
ULYSSES BY JAmEs JOYCE ~ Authentically SIGNED BY AUTHOR , on Inserted Piece of Paper on Title Page, GuARANTEED AUTHENTIC, Blank EndpapErs FOXED, Foreword By Morris L. Ernst Dec. 1933, & the Decision of United States District Court Rendered By Judge Jo
- Publisher: Modern Library Giant, NY
- Date published: 1961
Modern Library Giant, NY, 1961 . HBDJ, 1961, New Edition Corrected & Reset, The book is in Very Good+ Condition and comes from a smoke-free home. Some staining , small circle on two pages, Measures 5-1/2" x 8-1/2", Red Decorated Cloth Titled on Spine, Interior Nice tight Clean LIGHT FOXing, Wear, DJ Near Fine Condition Light Wear & Tiny Chips Extremities Light FoX, 783 pgs, Publisher Blue Dye at Top Edges pages. & the Decision of United States District Court rendered by Judge John M. Woolsey . New Edition Text Serupulously Corrected & Type Completely Reset & New Plates Made, One of Greatest Novels Ever Written. No consideration of contemporary CulTure can be Complete or even meaningful without it. Foreword by Morris L. Ernst & the Decision of United States District Court rendered by Judge John M. Woolsey. Signed by Author. Hard Cover.
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THE ENCHANTED PLACES IN DUSTJACKET ,SIGNED BY CHRISTOPHER MILNE. LIFE OF REAL CHRISTOPHER ROBIN, Stated 1st Published 1974, 1st edition. , an account of his LIFE & childhood and of the problems that he had encountered because of the Pooh books.
THE ENCHANTED PLACES IN DUSTJACKET ,SIGNED BY CHRISTOPHER MILNE. LIFE OF REAL CHRISTOPHER ROBIN, Stated 1st Published 1974, 1st edition. , an account of his LIFE & childhood and of the problems that he had encountered because of the Pooh books.
SIGNED & Written BY CHRISTOPHER MILNE, on title page and dated 1992. HE is Son of A.A. MILNE,
- Publisher: Eyre Methuen LONDON
- Date published: 1974
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
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Rosamund, Countess Of Clarenstein (Vol. I And Ii Only, Of 3, Inscribed By The Author)
Rosamund, Countess Of Clarenstein (Vol. I And Ii Only, Of 3, Inscribed By The Author)
Listed In Brit. Mus. Cat. As Anonymous; Ms. Note (In 19Th Cent. Hand?) On Title Page Of V. 1 Attributes To Dorothy Watson
- Publisher: A. J. Valpy
- Date published: 1812
London Uk: A. J. Valpy, 1812. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine. 317, 344 Pp (Lacking Volume Iii). Full Maroon Morocco, Gilt, Blue Endpapers, Fine Gilt Rules To Covers And Turns, All Edges Gilt, Fine Binding. First And Apparently Only 19Th Century Printing. Presentation Inscription In Volume I "Mrs. Bolton From The Author". Rare Early Gothic Novel, Of Which Only A Few Institutional Copies Are Reported; Not In Sadleir. Near Fine, Bindings Bright And Clean, Just Slight Rubbing At Edges.
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FIFI , A rare Bemelmans title, Boldly SIGNED with Full Signature by Author Illustrator on title pg in Black Ink,, this is the adventure of Lord Fimple Fample's poodle that is kidnapped in Africa by natives but is eventually reunited with it's family
FIFI , A rare Bemelmans title, Boldly SIGNED with Full Signature by Author Illustrator on title pg in Black Ink,, this is the adventure of Lord Fimple Fample's poodle that is kidnapped in Africa by natives but is eventually reunited with it's family
LUDWIG BEMELMANS, SIGNED with Full Signature by Author on Title pg in Black Ink, has colorful illustrated endpapers OF REPEATED BLACK CAT WITH 4 EYES & White outline poodle has Former Owner Pencil Name, With Internals in B/W & COLOR
- Publisher: NY: Simon & Schuster , Reehl Litho Co,
- Date published: 1940
NY: Simon & Schuster , Reehl Litho Co,, 1940 HARDBACK NODustjacket, 1940 on copyright page and no additional printings listed, 1st Edition, 1st Printing , VG-/GOOD-, AS-IS, NOJACKET, 4to, (9 1/4 x 12 1/4") pictorial Color boards with Red Cloth spine, Much rub of edges bookcvr and tip wear rub & Light scuff rub edges & Back Cover show some wear scratch marks & Light Stain, Interior Nice tight, Clean Light Wear, FOX, UNPAGINATED ,Simply told in verse and marvelously illustrated in bright color on every page., Color illustration on front board of Fifi sitting in a High Back Blue Chair with Large Red Bow in Her Hair, with her beau, a Dog, sitting on the floor beside the chair. Illustration of Fifi alone on back board.. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.
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Hawaiian Surfriders 1935 ( When this was originally publ it was called Hawaiian Surfboard ) first published as" Hawaiian Surfboard" Rare Signed Hawaiian Surfriders Book by Tom Blake
Hawaiian Surfriders 1935 ( When this was originally publ it was called Hawaiian Surfboard ) first published as" Hawaiian Surfboard" Rare Signed Hawaiian Surfriders Book by Tom Blake
TOM BLAKE, SIGNED ALOHA TOM BLAKE 1989 on Title pg in Black Ink, Blake left us in 1994 at the age of 92. the father of surf photography
- Publisher: Mountain & Sea Publishing
- Date published: 1983
Mountain & Sea Publishing, 1983 HB NODJ Issued, Photographic Cover with Label & Gold Gilt Decorated,1983, LATER Edition, FINE/F-, NOJACKET , SIGNED ALOHA TOM BLAKE 1989 on Title pg in Black Ink, . Signed by Author(s). Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Tom Blake PHOTOGRAPHY.
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WHEN WE WERE VERY Young BY by A.A. MILNE, ILLUSTRATED & SIGNED by Ernest Shepard, 1964, In BLUE COLOR Dustjacket CHRISTOPHER ROBIN SITTING ON STEPS, METHUEN LONDON PUBL. It is a Book that All children will Adore, POEMS,
WHEN WE WERE VERY Young BY by A.A. MILNE, ILLUSTRATED & SIGNED by Ernest Shepard, 1964, In BLUE COLOR Dustjacket CHRISTOPHER ROBIN SITTING ON STEPS, METHUEN LONDON PUBL. It is a Book that All children will Adore, POEMS,
BY A.A. MILNE, B/W ILLUSTRATED & SIGNED by Ernest H. Shepard June 1965 on Title PG, 905TH Thousand on Inner DJ Flap with 10S. 6D. NET INTACT IN U.K. Only ,Illustrated Endpapers in Dark Red on Blue ,B/W Frontispiece,
- Publisher: METHUEN & CO. LONDON Printed in GB by Jarrold & Sons Ltd
- Date published: 1964
HBDJ, 1964, 905TH Thousand on Inner DJ Flap ,EARLY EDITION REPRINT, VG/VG, DJ HAS TINY EXTREMITIES CHIPS WEAR & small tear on Back DJ, ON Copyright pg 53.12 with Bear holding Sign Catalogue No. 2/3928/4 , SMALL BLUE CLOTH WITH GILT FIGURES , 100 PGS, Illustrated Endpapers in Dark Red on Blue ,B/W Frontispiece, A. A. Milne died on January 31, 1956, aged 74. this first Pooh book would quickly become a phenomenon, This book of illustrated poetry was the first book to mention Winnie-the-Pooh (in the poem "Teddy Bear" and includes the first recognizable portrait of Winnie & the mentyion of Cbhristopbher Robin , There are also other famous Milne poems (such as "Buckingham Palace" and "Disobedience
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VALLEY OF SHADOWS RECOLLECTIONS of Lincoln Country 1858-1863 by Author, FRANCIS GRIERSON, SPIRITUALIST Genius,AKA JESSE SHEPARD. , SIGNED By Author , who Lived at Villa Montezuma BUILT IN 1887 in San Diego, CA ,HAUNTED HOUSE ?
VALLEY OF SHADOWS RECOLLECTIONS of Lincoln Country 1858-1863 by Author, FRANCIS GRIERSON, SPIRITUALIST Genius,AKA JESSE SHEPARD. , SIGNED By Author , who Lived at Villa Montezuma BUILT IN 1887 in San Diego, CA ,HAUNTED HOUSE ?
Francis Grierson AKA JESSE SHEPARD, WHO WROTE METAPHYSICAL ESSAYS etc & Great Classical composer Pianist SINGER, SIGNED ON TITLE PAGE in Ink, NOT INSCRIBED, BLANK ENDPAPERS FOX BOOKPLATE,PREFACE,
- Publisher: LONDON Archibald Constable and Company
- Date published: 1909
HARDBACK NODUSTJACKET, 1909 ON TITLE PG, 1st Edition, Very Good/GOOD, NO JACKET,. BLUE CLOTH Hardcover with wear rub to Spine Label & Edges cvr. Red Cvr Spine has rubbed & Worn TITLE Label ,Signed by Author, Very good condition; no tears, creases Bound in 1/4 maroon cloth atspine with dark blue boards; TTILE LABEL ON SPINE, gold lettering and leather title label to spine. - no jacket. - some wear, rubbing to edges of covers; bookplate on inside front cover. mild foxing to end papers. Otherwise, clean and unmarked. A good+ copy. 278 pgs ,He was invited to live in San Diego by a pair of real-estate developers, the High brothers, who enticed him by promising to build a mansion to his specifications. The result was the Villa Montezuma AKA SPOOK HOUSE (named after "The Montezuma", a migrant ship that first brought Shepard to America, COMPLETE WITH DEVILFISH WEATHER VANE ATOP THE MANSION ,HAUNTED HOUSE ? Broods on a Hill Overlooking Downtown San Diego,, BOYHOOD GROWING UP IN ILLINOIS PRAIRIE & Missouri, , CIVIL WAR Related. ,was invited to live in San Diego by a pair of real-estate developers, the High brothers, who Enticed him by promising to build a Mansion to His specifications. The result was the Villa Montezuma BUILT IN 1887, where he Lived with his Secretary LOVER , LAWRENCE TONNER, (named after "The Montezuma", a migrant ship that
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HOUSE AT POOH CORNER, SIGNED BY A.A. MILNE, 1928, DUTTON PUBL. NY IN COLOR DUSTJACKET, Winnie the Pooh series. second book of short stories about Christopher Robin's forest friends, including the Hundred Acre Wood's newest resident, Tigger.
HOUSE AT POOH CORNER, SIGNED BY A.A. MILNE, 1928, DUTTON PUBL. NY IN COLOR DUSTJACKET, Winnie the Pooh series. second book of short stories about Christopher Robin's forest friends, including the Hundred Acre Wood's newest resident, Tigger.
SIGNED By A. A. MILNE On Title PG, B/W FRONTISPIECE, Turquoise Blue & white Illustrated endpapers FORMER OWNER NAME & Date & name topblank Endpaper, Illustrated ernest shepard
- Publisher: DUTTON E. P. NY
- Date published: 1928
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"
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THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER, WRITTEN & SIGNED by A.A. MILNE ,TRUE 1ST UK EDITION STATED, 1928, ,LONDON METHUEN PUBLISHER, 1ST APPEARANCE OF TIGGER, first British edition
THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER, WRITTEN & SIGNED by A.A. MILNE ,TRUE 1ST UK EDITION STATED, 1928, ,LONDON METHUEN PUBLISHER, 1ST APPEARANCE OF TIGGER, first British edition
WRITTEN & SIGNED by A.A. MILNE ON HALF TITLE PG, ILUSTRATED BY ERNEST H. SHEPARD, B/W FRONTISPIECE, PENCIL FORMER OWNER NAME & FOXSTAIN ON front pastedown., BACK FLAP ADVERTISES WHEN WE WERE YOUNG, WINNIE POOH & NOW WE R 6
- Publisher: METHUEN & CO. LTD LONDON PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN
- Date published: 1928
HBDJ ,TRUE 1ST UK EDITION, STATED 1ST PUBLISHED IN 1928, VG-/VG- , Lite Staining at Fold DJ & Back & Front TINY CHIPS AT DJ SPINE ENDS ALL TITLES PRESENT, , PINKCLOTH HARDBACK WITH GOLD GILT FIGURES ON FRONT LITE FADE ,HAS STAIN SPOT FADE ON FRONT & BACK CVR CORNERS , BEIGE ILLUSTRATED DJ HAS LITE STAIN ON FRONT & BACK CORNER BTM, DJ IS SALMON ILLUSTRATED WITH ON DJ SPINE 7/6 NET WITH METHEUMN AT BTM SPINE DJ & BACK DJ WINNIE HOLDING CANDLE & TIGGER, Main issue is fading to bottom corners of the front and rear boards fr. Otherwise, a very tight, clean copy.Dustjacket in VG- condition with edgewear and staining to the bottom corners of front and rear panels. BACK 10 PGS OR SO HAVE BLANK MARGIN EDGE STAIN , BACK FLAP ADVERTISES WHEN WE WERE YOUNG, WINNIE POOH & NOW WE R 6 , , first British edition and precedes all others, being the earliest and most desirable printing of this book. This British edition precedes the American Edition,once more we meet Christopher robin & his friends in the forest
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Tailor of Gloucester, The . SIGNED BY Author, Beatrix Potter, Rare Early Edition
Tailor of Gloucester, The . SIGNED BY Author, Beatrix Potter, Rare Early Edition
Potter, Beatrix. SIGNED By Author on Half-Title Page, Illustrated in Color, ,Inscribed on the Half-Title "With Kind Regards from " Beatrix Potter " Aug 27th 1924". Beautiful Color Pictorial Endpapers Various Potter Characters in Clothe
- Publisher: London Frederick Ware & Co, Ltd. Printed in Great Britain, 1903
- Date published: 1903
London Frederick Ware & Co, Ltd. Printed in Great Britain, 1903, 1903 Hard Cover. No Jacket. Signed by Author. Hardback NODJ, 1903, PRESENTATION COPY, EARLY Edition, 1 Volume, F-/VG, AS-IS, NODJ, Bound in the publisher's pictorial boards, inner and outer hinges fine, head of spine lightly rubbed, generally a VG copy, Salmon Cover Sunning Extremites & Spine with Paper inset onlay Label on front in Triangle Shape of color illustration of Mouse Reading Paper sitting on Spool thread, Slight Lean to Book, Tiny Chips Extremites Spine, Interior Nice tight Clean light Wear light Wrinkling,85 pgs, with Title, author & Publishers Name on Front in White, White lettering of Title on Spine. Signed by Author. F. Hard Cover.
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