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First edition. Original black cloth, very good with slight rubbings on cover and spine. Contains printed labels still intact with decorated front and rear pastedowns. Nice copy overall.

Fine with no wear or markings in a very good price-clipped on flap dj with slight wear - looks nice Signed in ink by the author with just his name on the blank end paper: " William F. Robinson."

HBDJ, 1st Edition, 1968, NF-/VG-, AS-IS, white Boards with Black Cloth Spine Title in Red light Wear, DJ light rub, wear Scuff tiny chips edges, 184 pgs, interior nice tight clean light FOX, Wear, Small mended Tear Back DJ, .It says everything that people don't want to know about themselves or their mates or their marriages.

Paul S. Eriksson, New York, 1968. HBDJ, 1st Edition, 1968, NF-/VG-, AS-IS, white Boards with Black Cloth Spine Title in Red light Wear, DJ light rub, wear Scuff tiny chips edges, 184 pgs, interior nice tight clean light FOX, Wear, Small mended Tear Back DJ, .It says everything that people don't want to know about themselves or their mates or their marriages.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover.

FLYER OF SIGNING EVENT INCLUDED. Synopsis: Named one of the most anticipated novels of the year by New York Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Entertainment Weekly, Cosmopolitan, Harper s Bazaar, Publishers Weekly, The Huffington Post, and more. From New York Times and internationally bestselling author Isabel Allende, an exquisitely crafted love story and multigenerational epic that sweeps from San Francisco in the present-day to Poland and the United States during the Second World War. In 1939,

Interesting cut-out double page front cover.Pages age tanned at edges. "A superb insight into life 1,000 years ago".230 pp including index, notes, bibliography.Bright, tight, clean copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

First edition, stated. Inscribed and signed by the author on the front endpaper: "For T-- and C-- J-- / with affection from all the Robinsons / William F. Robinson / August 1980." The book is unmarked; slight spine slant; one corner and tail of spine bumped; a faint acid-paper stain on the front endpaper where a newspaper clipping was kept. The dust jacket is not price-clipped (original price $19.95); some edgewear; a one-inch closed tear and creasing to the top of the back panel; Brodart protected.

Ace Science Fiction Books, NY, 1985. HBDJ, 1985, 1st edition THUS, PC, Bookclub edition of the paperback original. Precedes the British hardcover , First Hardcover Edition. F-/NF, Light rub, wear Scuff DJ, Yellow cloth lettered Black spine, Small edge tear Back DJ . Gregorio Rivas has retired from the Redemptionist trade - at 31 he's no longer willing to risk his life rescuing new recruits from the savage religion of Messiah Norton Jaybush. until Rivas sets out to save his long-lost love, in a violent piulgrimage that will take him through the landscape of the damned which is 22nd century California . Signed by Author. First Thus. Hard Cover.

SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL, 20 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE. SIGNED. Pictoiral DJ clipped; neat previous owner sticker mostly under front flap. Book has laminated pictorial cover identical to DJ; top spine corner very tiny bump. Cat is a most unusual city cat. For one thing his best friend is a canary named Canary. And for another Cat wishes, more than anything, that he could fly.

Paperback ,stated 1st printing, MAY 1982, INTERIOR light rub, wear , NF-/NF, SOFTCOVER, light scuff Extremities Cover, INDEX , 288 pgs

- FIRST EDITION- Spiralbound SOFTCOVER, GOOD; light wear, light soiling to covers, but generally solid, bright and complete. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED with B&W PHOTOGRAPHS. 117pp. AUTO RACING, AUTOMOBILE, SPEEDWAY, TRACK, RACE, MOTORSPORTS, NEW ENGLAND, MAINE MOTOR SPORTS. History of the OXFORD PLAINS SPEEDWAY, along with BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILES of some of the men and women who drove, built cars, provided services or otherwise contributed to the OXFORD PLAINS SPEEDWAY in its first days. CARS, FOUNDERS, ASSOCIATION MEMBERS, OWNERS, DRIVERS, RACERS, STATISTICS. Author Zeke Trask was one of the FOUNDING MEMBERS of the PINE STATE STOCK CAR RACING ASSOCIATION.

Signed with a flourish on title page (see scan).

HBDJ, Oversized Red Boards with Gold Gilt titles, Stated 1st edition, November 1979, , over 300 Vintage Fotos, NF+/FINE-, Light Rub wear, DJ protected clear Mylar, 288 pgs, INDEX, 12 x 9.25. ,extraordinary collection of photographs tracing a century of history in the little town the Indians once called "Cahuengna" that later became famous the world over as the seductive capital of the film industry. Hollywood's absorbing story included "The beginnings of the city," "The beginnings of the movies," and "The beginnings of the myth."

HBDJ,Single illustration as Frontispiece by Frances Creedon. Preface by John Steven McGroaty Very Good/VG-, AS-IS. ,Feb 1924, 1st Edition, STATED 1ST ISSUE, BEIGE Tweed Cloth Lettered & ILLUSTRATED FRONT CVR IN BLUE OF WOMAN, Cover VERY light rub, wear Interior nice tight Clean light Wear FoX, , 166 pgs, 12mo. BEIGE Cloth HARDBACK WITH BLUE TITLES & OVAL ILLUSTRATION IN BLUE. Hardcover. Clean crisp copy with no markings. Very good in VG- dust jacket with SPINE & edge chips & Tiny STAINS TINY CHIPS TEARS BACK OF DJ, . Clean crisp copy. SMALL CHIP TOP OF DJ SPINE , 120-page slightly undersized hardcover published by the author. Stated "First Issue, February, 1924." Signed by the author on first endpage. Single illustration as frontispiece. Good. Fully clean and tight. Tear to bottom margin of one page. Chip to front hinge at upper spine. Moderate soling to page tops. Obvious wear to dust jacket with spine discoloration, Good/Fully Clean and Tight/ SLITE Obvious Wear to Dust Jacket/Signed On First Page, Historical fiction centered around a Spanish romance in Pasadena, then part of the Spanish estate San Pasqual in 1847, just before California's statehood. Love Story of Early Days in Pasadena IN WHICH FAMOUS OLD SPANISH Families are woven into the Plot, Includes Founding of Tournament of Roses

HBDJ, 1972. Stated 1ST EDITION , 1st PRINTING .SIGNED BY AUTHOR, NF+/VG-, AS-IS, .Yellow COLOR ILLUSTRATED Boards surrounding Color Illustration of Cable Car with 2 B/W Eyes in Front Chugging Uphill in Front of Houses Hardcover. TITLED IN BLACK ON FRONT CVR, Book Condition: A very NEAR Fine+ copy . DJ LIGHT RUB, WEAR SMALL EDGECREASEs & tiny Tears DJ & few Scuff Marks is VG- CONDITION Oblong large octavo in color illus yellow boards; [32] pgs. col. illus. 20 x 24 cm. In a super-sturdy sewn library binding. Signed by Caen on HALF title page which also HAS FORMER OWNER INSCRIPTION. , DJ protected Clear Mylar, Unpaginated, DJ Spine Tiny Chips, This is the only children's book ever done by Mr. Caen. Light Soil Back DJ ,Ages 4-8, rollicking tale of the adventures of Charlie, the youngest cable car. Only sixty years old, he is tired of the same old rut. story of an unusual friendship between a cable car and a chance encounter with a dragon during Chinese New Year. dragon and old San Francisco, wonderful adventures by one of San Francisco's favorite natives, takes you on wonderful adventures in the City by the Bay, Nob Hill, China Town, Russian Hill, and the possibility of a disasterous plunge in the San Francisco Bay unless a miracle occurs, A zany tale set in San Francisco during the Chinese New Year's celebration about a young cable car that is tired of his job so he turns left instead of right on Jackson St, ending up in the middle of a parade where he meets a Chinese dragon who is also bored with his work. The famous columnist's foray into juvenile fiction, set of course, in San Francisco. The late Herb Caen was a humorous and active voice for the city by the bay. This charming children's book was written for his son Christopher. , Numerous full color illustrations from water color.

HBDJ, Very Good/VG-, AS-IS. ,Feb 1924, 1st Edition, STATED 1ST ISSUE, , Single illustration as Frontispiece by Frances Creedon. Preface by John Steven McGroatyBEIGE Tweed Cloth Lettered & ILLUSTRATED FRONT CVR IN BLUE OF WOMAN, Cover VERY light rub, wear Interior nice tight Clean light Wear FoX, , 166 pgs, 12mo. BEIGE Cloth HARDBACK WITH BLUE TITLES & OVAL ILLUSTRATION IN BLUE. Hardcover. Clean crisp copy with no markings. Very good in VG- dust jacket with SPINE & edge chips & Tiny STAINS TINY CHIPS TEARS BACK OF DJ, . Clean crisp copy. SMALL CHIP TOP OF DJ SPINE , 120-page slightly undersized hardcover published by the author. Stated "First Issue, February, 1924." Signed by the author on first endpage. Single illustration as frontispiece. Good. Fully clean and tight. Tear to bottom margin of one page. Chip to front hinge at upper spine. Moderate soling to page tops. Obvious wear to dust jacket with spine discoloration, Good/Fully Clean and Tight/ SLITE Obvious Wear to Dust Jacket/Signed On First Page, centered around a Spanish romance in Pasadena, then part of the Spanish estate San Pasqual in 1847, just before California's statehood. Love Story of Early Days in Pasadena IN WHICH FAMOUS OLD SPANISH Families are woven into the Plot, Includes Founding of Tournament of Roses

HBDJ,Oversized , Stated 1st edition,November 1979, , over 300 Vintage Fotos, VG+/VG+, Light Rub wear

Roger Mifflin moves through the New England countryside of 1915, making bookselling seem one of the world's highest callings. This is a great classic on books and book collecting Probably the most famous bookselling novel to be written, classic tale of a traveling bookstore, horse-drawn, and the protagonist's dealings with his sister

HBDJ, 1917 ON COPYRIGHT PG, 1ST Edition THUS , EARLY ISSUE, SIGNED by Morley on HALF TITLE PG ! NO INSCRIPTION ,Very Good+ copy. VERY GOOD CONDITION CLEAN BRIGHT AND TIGHT ,NO MARKS OR TEARS , BACK OF DJ ADVERTISES THIS TITLE, SMALL BLUE ILLUST CLOTH CVR WITH PURPLE ILUSTRATION OF HORSE PULLING BKSHOP ON WHEELS AT TOP , BLUE CLOTH SPINE, COVER SHOWS MINOR SHELF WEAR Binding is tight and sturdy. Minor fading to spine CVR Gilt, minimal shelf wear. RED Embossed Cloth with Rub to Gold Gilt TiTles on SPine CVR, 190 PGS, LITE INTERIOR FOX, Morley's first novel,The protagonist, traveling bookseller Roger Mifflin,With his traveling book wagon, Roger Mifflin moves through the New England countryside of 1915, making bookselling seem one of the world's highest callings. This is a great classic on books and book collecting Probably the most famous bookselling novel to be written, classic tale of a traveling bookstore, horse-drawn, and the protagonist's dealings with his sister.

Hollywood Chamber of Commerce Fiske Enterprises, 1979 HBDJ, Oversized Red Boards with Gold Gilt titles, Stated 1st edition, November 1979, , over 300 Vintage Fotos, NF+/FINE-, Light Rub wear, DJ protected clear Mylar, 288 pgs, INDEX, 12 x 9.25. ,extraordinary collection of photographs tracing a century of history in the little town the Indians once called "Cahuengna" that later became famous the world over as the seductive capital of the film industry. Hollywood's absorbing story included ""The beginnings of the city," "The beginnings of the movies," and "The beginnings of the myth.". Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, 1979 HBDJ,Oversized , Stated 1st edition,November 1979, , over 300 Vintage Fotos, VG+/VG+, Light Rub wear. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

RARE, DIFFICULT TO FIND, SIGNED FIRST PRINTING. Synopsis: When the little girl in the red cap puts her basket over her arm and sets off through the woods to grandmother's house, one of the best-loved fairy tales of all time unfolds. Long out of print, this classic version of the tale will be enjoyed by all who love beautiful books.

SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL, 20 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE. RARE SIGNED, EARLY ZWERGER, FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Synopsis: After hearing how her toy nutcracker got his ugly face, a little girl helps break the spell he is under and watches him change into a handsome prince.

HBDJ, 2004, Stated First Edition, 1st Printing, Dates Match on Title & Copyright page, BRAND NEW, UNREAD! CONDITION: Near Mint, The dust jacket is in very fine/new condition, showing no shelf wear, not price-clipped. blue embossed Cloth with Gold Gilt Titles on Spine, The book is in very fine/new condition, very tightly bound. No writing or markings inside the book other than the autograph. No remainder. No pages are missing or bent. Not ex-library, 959 pgs, + Index. the 42nd president of the United States reveals, for the first time and in his own words, how he sees his life and career. MY LIFE is a 900+-page work that is ambitious in scope, yet very conversational in tone. Clinton speaks fondly of his early years in Hope, Arkansas,

BLANK PG IN FRONT HAS Ink word BEATS, Priceclipped,HBDJ, 1981. First edition, PC, Former owner's Embossment to title page, couple of tiny tears and short creases to top edge of page 181, top edge slightly dusty, otherwise a VG+/NF copy in like, price-clipped dustjacket which shows some light edgewear. Interior Nice tight Clean, 316 pages, Tiny Chips DJ Extremities

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 , 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

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