New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, (1966). First edition. hardcover. Author's fifth novel that concerns two women, one a young American wife of the present day, the other a Portuguese nun of the seventeenth century. This copy inscribed on the front endpaper, "For ________ / The Birth of Love..... More
New York: Crown, (1959). First edition. Hardcover. 4to. Rebound in three panels of yellow, red and black leather, with a large leather onlay making up a portrait of a truly amazing likeness of Alfred E. Neuman, the fictitious mascot and cover boy of this iconic magazine still published today. His..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922. First edition. Hardcover. Lacking the dust jacket, but a first edition of the author's first book. Frontispiece by A. I. Keller. Bookplate and blindstamp of writer/producer and voice actor, Carey Wilson, whose screenplays include Ben-Hur (1925), Mutiny on The Bounty (1935), and The Great..... More
San Francisco & New York: Straight Arrow & Simon Schuster, 1973, 1975, 1977. paperback. 3 volumes, all in wrappers, each volume signed by Bill Owens and dated 1978. All housed in a black cloth slipcase. Each volume measures 10 x 10 inches. Bill Owens is an American photographer, photojournalist, brewer..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1976). First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Parrish on the half-title page. Robert Parrish directed his first film in 1950, Cry Danger. His credits include 'The Purple Plain', 'Fire Down Below', 'The Wonderful Country', and 'Casino Royale'. Earlier, as film editor, he worked with such directors..... More
New York: Museum of Modern Art, (1968). First edition. Hardcover. As Lawrence Durrell puts it in his perceptive introduction, "one senses two strong flavors which complement each other. Firstly, that of his sharply selective yet tender treatment of light and dark; secondly, the flavor of the capital city which he..... More
New York: Scribner, (2016). First edition. Hardcover. An "Indiespensable "edition put together by Powell's Books in Portland, Oregon. This edition in shrinkwrapped and consists of a signed first edition of the book in the custom slipcase with a separate booklet in stapled wrappers marked "60" along with a hardcover edition..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Robbins in green ink on the half-title page. His second, and most famous book. Basis for the big screen film (1993). Tells the tale of Sissy Hankshaw, a woman born with a mutation (she would not call it a defect) giving..... More
Aspen: Thomas W Benton, 1970. Thomas W Benton. First edition. Single sheet. A vintage poster from 1970 when Thompson ran for sheriff of Aspen, Colorado. Measures 22 x 15 inches, framed under glass. Overall measurement: 18 1/4 x 25 1/2 inches. Black frame. (shipped at cost). The Dr. of Gonzo..... More
Philadelphia: Macrae Smith Company, 1948. Later printing. Hardcover. This copy is inscribed on the front free endpaper by the author dated in the year of publication. "To Thomas Thompson / with congratulations / on the sale of his / own "Saddle Tramp," / and best wishes / for its being..... More
New York: Knopf, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. In this, the author's parody on early Hollywood, the exploits of one Ambrose Deacon, a New York playwright with one hit travels to Hollywood and meets movie people. What a hilarious ride he takes the reader on. One of the first parodies of..... More
New York: Morrow, (1992). First edition. hardcover. Signed by the author on the half-title, "May 16, 1992 / Best Wishes / Cynthia J Wilbur." An affectionate, moving, and amusing tribute to the baseball greats of the 1940s and 1950s. Told in the players' own voices, this is the story of..... More
Miami Beach: McMillan Publications, 1987. Signed limited edition. Hardcover. #178 of 350 copies signed by Willeford. The author's master's thesis while he was at the University of Miami. "The Immobilized Hero in Modern Fiction." A survey of the literature of angst, covering writers from Fyodor Dostoevsky, through Franz Kafka and..... More
n.p. n.p., Undated. Garth Williams. No binding. Paint on heavy brown stock, measuring approx 9 x 14 1/2 inches (opens like a greeting card). With large cover illustration of two birds with clouds, seated on branches, signed in full by Garth Williams underneath the image. On the rear panel of..... More
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (1989). First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication. 'Compliments of the Author' card laid in. Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award. More
