New York: Harper & Row, (1982). First edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author on the front endpaper. The fifth crime fiction novel in the Joe Leaphorn / Jim Chee Navajo Tribal Police series. It is the second of the novels to feature Officer Jim Chee. Now working from Tuba City..... More
London: Gollancz, 1984. First UK edition. Hardcover. Herbert's fifth entry in his "Dune" series (of 6). More
New York: Harper & Row, (1968). First edition. Hardcover. Subtitled "A Fictional Memoir" and categorized as fiction, the book is semi-autobiographical. In a brief "Note to the Reader" in the opening pages, Exley writes: "Though the events in this book bear similarity to those of that long malaise, my life...I...... More
New York: Penguin, (2004). First edition. Hardcover. A landmark biography of Alexander Hamilton, the Founding Father who galvanized, inspired, scandalized, and shaped the newborn nation and the inspiration for the hit Broadway musical Hamilton! More
New York: Norton, (2014). First edition. Hardcover. This novel tells the tale of a man journeying into his past as he desperately flees the present. More
New York: William Morrow, (1985). First edition. Hardcover. The author's first novel. "On May 1, 1914, the renowned photographer August Sander (one of the first to train his camera on the face of ordinary humanity) took a photograph of three young men on their way to a country dance, opening..... More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, (1992). First edition. Hardcover. The "Gift Edition" includes a signed copy of the book and a 60-minute VHS video tape housed in a clamshell box. Wilson, internationally regarded as the dean of biodiversity studies, conducts us on a tour through time, traces the processes that create..... More
Cambridge: The Belknap Press, (1992). First edition. Hardcover. This copy signed and inscribed by the author on the title page: "For Rick Turner / with warmest regards and respect / Edward O. Wilson". Turner is a good friend and colleague of the author. Wilson, internationally regarded as the dean of..... More
Washington DC and Covelo, CA: Island Press, (1994). First edition. hardcover. This copy is inscribed by Wilson to Ken Boss, a close friend and colleague of the author; "For Ken Boss / with warm regards and respect / E. O. Wilson". Here, Wilson describes for the first time both his..... More
Cambridge and London: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1975. Stated second printing. Hardcover. 4to. This copy is inscribed by Wilson to Richard I. Johnson, (1925-2020), a long time Research Associate in malacology at Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology, and his wife Marrian: “For Dick and Marrian / with warm regards..... More
New York: Knopf, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. This copy is inscribed by the author to his friend and fellow associate at Harvard Richard Johnson, “For Richard Johnson / with warm regards / (signed) Edward O. Wilson”. Here Wilson argues for the fundamental unity of all knowledge and the need to..... More
Toyo, New York & San Francisco: Kodansha International Ltd., (1983). 11th edition (1983). Hardcover. 4to. This copy signed by the translator Tsutomu Ohshima on the title page. Nineteen kata ("forms") of karate, the art of self-defense without weapons, are presented here in complete detail. They are the ones selected by..... More
New York: Pocket Books, (1986). First edition thus. Paperback. Laid into this copy is a xerox of a promotioal letter from Pocket Books dated March 17, 1986 from Irwyn Applebaum (Vice President Publisher) that reads: "Dear Bookseller: It is the personal pleasure of all of us at Pocket Books to..... More
Austin: Encino Press, (1968). 4th printing with "C" on the copyright page. Hardcover. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper: "For ____________/ with my best / wishes / Larry McMurtry." An early readable, normal full signature. This book distills the classic statement of what it means to come from..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, (1972). First Edition. Hardcover. A novel in the author's 'Houston" series. 286 pages. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, (1982). First edition. Hardcover. The hero of Cadillac Jack, the rodeo cowboy turned antique dealer whose vaguely gypsy life (the center of his life is his collector's classic Cadillac) links the worlds of Texas, the backroads of flea markets and small-time collectors and Washington social-politican..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, (2000). First edition. Hardcover. "I wanted to drive the American roads at the century's end, to look at the country again, from border to border and beach to beach." 206 pages. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, (2009). First edition. Hardcover. The author's second book of his three-volume memoir. From his earliest inkling of his future career while at Rice Univiersity, to his tenure as a Wallace Stegner fellow at Stanford with Ken Kesey in 1960, to his incredible triumphs as a...... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, (2009). First edition. Hardcover. Limited to 100 numbered copies signed by McMurtry. This small edition was done through Three Dog Books of Archer City Texas. Signed and numbered on a stamped limitation page, this being copy #100 of 100. The author's second book of his..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, (2008). First edition. Hardcover. In this work of extraordinary charm, grace, and good humor, McMurtry recounts his life as both a reader and a writer, how the countless books he has read worked to form his literary tastes, while giving us a lively look at..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, (1999). First edition. Hardcover. Using an essay by the German literary critic Walter Benjamin that he first read in Archer City's Dairy Queen, McMurtry examines the small-town way of life that big oil and big ranching have nearly destroyed. He praises the virtues of everything..... More
New York: Dutton/Seymour Lawrence, (1988). First edition. Hardcover. Harrison has produced a masterpiece in this magnificent full-scale novel portraying five generations of a pioneer American family. More
New York: Viking Press, (1976). First edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author on the half-title page. Harrison's third novel. More
New York: Viking Press, (2013). First edition. Hardcover. This copy is signed by the author and dated "6/14/13" and is also signed by the daughter of Joe Rantz, who rowed on the underdog U.S. crew that won Olympic gold in 1936, beating the favored Italian and German teams under the..... More
London: Canongate Books Ltd, 2021. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Ian Rankin on a tipped-in sheet, this exclusive edition includes the transcript of Rankin and McIlvanney in conversation at the 2013 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival. William McIlvanney's Laidlaw books changed the face of crime fiction. When he passed..... More
