London: Orion, 2005. First edition. hardcover. 4to. Signed and inscribed by Rankin on the title page along with a drawing of a checker board (with 3 moves made). Rankin uncovers the Scotland that the tourist never sees, highlighting the places that inspired the settings for the Inspector Rebus novels. Rankin..... More
New York: Viking Press, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. Signed and briefly inscribed by the author to Glenn Goldman, owner of Book Soup (Los Angeles). The life story of Paul Rusesabagina, the man whose heroism inspired the film Hotel Rwanda. As his country was torn apart by violence during the Rwandan..... More
New York: Hyperion, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author on the title page. An intimate look at Engine 40, Ladder 35, a Manhattan firehouse, focusing on the 13 firefighters who responded to the World Trade Center on 9/11, 12 of whom perished. The book explores the culture of..... More
Danbury: Addison House, 1978. First edition. paperback. 4to. A very good copy in the original perfect bound decorated wrappers. Illustrated from photographs. 63pp with references. More
Washington D. C. Counterpoint, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. A collection of essays by Geoffrey O'Brien that explores the intersection of film, popular culture, and public spectacle, analyzing topics from classic Hollywood (Hitchcock, Marx Brothers) to modern phenomena like Seinfeld and the Beatles, examining how media shapes private dreams and public..... More
New York: Little Brown & Co, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author on the title page. A novel concerning Bernadette Fox, an agoraphobic, eccentric former architect in Seattle who mysteriously disappears before a planned family trip to Antarctica, prompting her teenage daughter, Bee, to piece together her mother's..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1998. First edition. hardcover. This special signed limited book, being 1/100, was not sold, but was given away by the author to help celebrate the publication of his first book. The book won the Grand Prix, the highest honor for a mystery novel in France..... More
Livingston: Clark City Press, 1993. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Paperback. Spanning the years 1978-1991, Finney ( Winterchill ) considers the thorny question of what role the past should play in the present. The book's 14 chapters, which read like a series of third-person short stories, probe the distinct points of view..... More
New York: Knopf, 2004. First edition. hardcover. A signed copy of the author's debut novel about Brunella Cartolano, an architect who returns to her family's drought-stricken vineyard in the Pacific Northwest, where she uncovers a conspiracy involving water theft, corporate greed, and a tragic fire that killed her brother. The..... More
London: Haymarket, 2000. First edition. hardcover. This copy is signed by both Rebecca Solnit (text) and Susan Schwartzenberg (photographer). This book critically examines how the tech boom transformed San Francisco, leading to rapid gentrification, skyrocketing rents, and the displacement of artists, activists, and long-term residents. Illustrated with photographs by Susan..... More
New York: Knopf, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Bang the Drum Slowly is a novel by Mark Harris, first published in 1956. It is the second in a series of four novels written by Harris that chronicles the career of baseball player Henry W. Wiggen. Wiggen, hero of The Southpaw and..... More
Milwaukee: Amedeus Press, 2017. First edition. Hardcover. Signed and warmly inscribed by the author on the half title page. To speak of Gerard Schwarz – musician, conductor, festival organizer, gig hopper, educator, television personality, patron and proselytizer of the arts – is to tell an exemplary American story.You could convey..... More
Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1912. First Edition thus. Hardcover. The tenth Lakeside Classic title issued during the Christmas season of 1912. This book contains narratives from visitors to Chicago as early as 1834 when it was a village. 174 pages and illustrated with a frontispiece. Front cover features gilt borders..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Arthur Benjamin Reeve (October 15, 1880 - August 9, 1936) was an American mystery writer best known for creating the series character Professor Craig Kennedy, sometimes called "The American Sherlock Holmes", and Kennedy's Dr. Watson-like sidekick Walter Jameson, a newspaper reporter..... More
New York: Spiegel & Grau, 2015. First edition. Hardcover. This copy signed by the author on the second blank on what looks to be a bookplate. However the publisher added a page to the book with a printed illustration of a woman in the form of a bookplate. The author..... More
Chicago: R. R. Donnelley & Sons, 1911. First edition thus. Hardcover. Following the 1888 true first edition of the Chicago pioneer and fur trader (1802-1886). #9 in the Lakeside Classic series. 182 pp. Top edge gilt. Tissue guard to frontispiece. More
New York: Viking Press, 2013. First edition. Hardcover. Basis the the big screen film directed by George Clooney (2023). The astounding true story of the 1936 American men's eight rowing team on their quest for Olympic gold. It is considered one of the most difficult sports in the world. For..... More
New York: Crown, 2014. First edition. Hardcover. Flynn’s Edgar Award-winning homage to the classic ghost story, published for the first time as a standalone. A canny young woman is struggling to survive by perpetrating various levels of mostly harmless fraud. On a rainy April morning, she is reading auras at..... More
New York: Henry Holt, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. Winner of the Michael Shaara Award for Excellence in Civil War Fiction. In this epic novel of violence and redemption by the author of The Black Flower , a Civil War veteran travels back over old battlefields toward a reckoning with the..... More
New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. This copy is signed and inscribed on the front endpaper,"To our Delightful / Talking Lotus! / Lots of Love / Nai Nai + Grandpa Lee / April 20, 2002". Although unable to speak or hear, lovely Lotus learns to..... More
New York: Knopf, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. This copy is signed and inscribed on the title page. Vachss, 1942-2021, wrote 33 novels and three collections of short stories as well as plays, poetry, graphic novels, and song lyrics. As a novelist he was best known as the creator of the..... More
Kansas City: Andrews McMeel Publishing. First edition. Hardcover. This small yet powerful book celebrates all those wonderful things mothers do for their children. Here animals are used to portray the same motherly instincts. Hardbound measuring 6 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches in pink illustrated boards. Photographs by Getty Images. More
New York: Harcourt, 2001. First U. S. Edition. Hardcover. This copy is signed by the author on the title page. Booker Prize winner (2002) and basis for the Academy Award winning big screen film (2012) directed by Ang Lee. More
New York: Spiegel & Grau, 2010. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. Decoded is the autobiography and memoir of rapper Jay-Z. The book combines lyrics, their explanations, anecdotes, reflections, and autobiographical information. American rapper and businessman Shawn Corey Carter, known professionally as Jay-Z, is an American rapper, businessman, and record executive. Rooted..... More
New York: Abrams, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. Among the significant projects of the last year of his life, Richard Avedon (1923-2004) completed a book of his photographs of women. Always transcending categorization--he was both a fashion photographer and known as a "poet of portraiture"--Avedon was interested in seeing how..... More
