NY: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc., [1971]. Signed By Four Jazz Greats! Illustrated. First Edition. Signed or inscribed by four famous jazz musicians on the front endpaper & half-title page: Dizzy Gillespie, Bobby Hackett, Cozy Cole and Jonah Jones. A book about 52nd Street in New York from its speakeasy..... More
NY: The Viking Press, 1957. Signed By Six Jazz Greats. First Edition. Signed on the front endpapers by famous jazz musicians Dizzy Gillespie, Jo Jones, Murray McEachern, Mercer Ellington, Earl Hines and Charlie Ventura on the front endpaper. A unique copy!! 8vo., cloth & boards in dust jacket; 248 pages..... More
NY: Abingdon-Cokesbury Press, [1952]. Illustrated By Pers Crowell. First Edition, second printing with "B" on the copyright page. Signed presentation from Bailey on the front endpaper: "June 25, 1954. Autographed for Pat and Mike who will find friends in this book-- Jean Bailey." With an additional presentation (not by Bailey)..... More
Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons, [1977]. Illustrated. First Edition. Privately Printed. Signed by Ward-Jackson on the front endpaper. British Cellophane Ltd (BCL) was a joint venture company formed in 1935 between La Cellophane SA and Courtaulds, when they began building a major factory for producing Cellophane in Bridgewater, Somerset, England..... More
Paris: Librairie Ch. Delagrave, [1909]. Illustrated With Photographs. An Extract from the annual "Revue de Geographie." A study of volcanoes in California in 1906; in Messine in 1908, and in Provence in 1909. A very scarce title! First Edition. Signed presentation from Velain on the upper corner of the title..... More
NY: The Free Press, [1995]. With Full-Page Photographs. First Edition, first printing. Signed presentation from Roberts on the half-title page, to Irving "Irv" Kupcinet: "For Kup, You have given me reading pleasure since I could read. Thanks, Randy Roberts." Kupcinet was an American newspaper columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times, television..... More
NY: Horizon Press, [1970]. Illustrated With 250 Action Photographs. First Edition. Signed presentation from Haggan on the front endpaper: "For Andre, Elaine and Lisa de Ribere. Andre Ribere, Bill Haggan." Haggan was an avid supporter of the arts and is the Founding President of the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet in..... More
Keyes responds to a letter sent from an admirer: "Notes such as yours are a source of great encouragement and inspiration to an author..." One 8.5- by 11-inch sheet, dated Alexandria, Virginia, August 8, 1941. Very Good (usual mailing folds). More
1985. Dated July 17, 1985, McCarthy agrees to autograph some books. Single 8.5 by 11-inch sheet. Very Good (usual folds). More
Hazzard responds to a request to autograph books but she postpones the signing because she was leaving for Italy. Few ink corrections by Hazzard. Single 8.5- by 11- sheet. Very Good (normal folds). More
1985. Dated July 10, 1985, Hawkes responds to a effort to get some of his books signed through the mail. Single 8.5 by 11-inch sheet. Very Good (normal folds for mailing). More
Dorset: Toucan Press, [1964]. Introduction by Richard Curle. First Edition. Part of a series of monographs on the life of Thomas Hardy that was issued by this publisher. With a separate four-page pamphlet giving a list and information on the other titles in the monograph series. 12mo., pictorial wraps; 18..... More
Dorset, Toucan Press:, 1963. First Edition. With a separate four-page pamphlet giving a list and information on the other titles in the monograph series. 12mo., printed wraps; 8 pages. Very Good (covers nice; contents clean & tight). More
1982. Winters responds to a writer, who requests permission to send Winters his movie script ("with you in mind for one of the leading roles") to her for consider. Winter responds in hard-written script: "5/2/82. Dear Mr. Mitchell: Thank you for the letter, but I am commited (sic) to a...... More
Malta: Lux Press, 1944. Illustrated. First Edition. Signed presentation from Tonna-Barthet on the title page. The Malta Cultural Institute was established in 1949 by a group of University professors under the leadership of Gaston Tonna Barthet. Believed to be inscribed to the wife of British journalist and writer John Sleigh..... More
NY: Alfred A.Knopf, 1922. With Four Illustrations. First Edition. Signed presentation from Larsen on the front endpaper: "For Mrs. Fisk, greetings from the other Little House. Hanna Astrup Larsen. Knollwood Park [NY], March 4, '23." A biography of the Norwegian writer. Larsen was given the opportunity in January 1897, at..... More
London: John Russell Smith, 1888. Translated by George Chapman. With Introduction & Notes By Rev. Richard Hooper. Frontispiece. Second Edition. Personal bookplate of author Emma Marshall Denkinger on the front pastedown. Denkinger wrote "Immortal Sidney" for Brentano's in 1931, a study of 16th-century English poet Philip Sidney. 12mo., embossed brown..... More
Baltimore, Maryland: The John Hopkins Press:, 1931. The John Hopkins Studies In Romance Literatures And Languages. Extra Volume IV. First Edition. Signed presentation from Crooks on a front blank page: "To Jennie, Lovingly yours, Esther." Small quarto: dark-red quarter-morocco leather & marbled boards, spine stamped in gilt with five raised..... More
London: Bradbury, Agnew & Co., 1886/1887. With John Leech's Humorous Ink Drawings With Captions. Three-Volume (complete) set with a collection of Leech's "Punch" caricatures. Three quarto volumes, pictorial red cloth, stamped in black & gilt; all edges gilt; 284, 276, and 268 pages respectively. Very Good (some wear or little..... More
Seattle, Washington: Documentary Book Publishers, [1997]. Illustrated. First edition. Signed presentation from Johnson on title page: "For Barbara, From one fan to another, Wayne Johnson." Also with signed presentations from Ballet Directors Kent Stowell and Francia Russell. Fine in very nice d/j. More
Branson, MO: Shepherd Of the Hills Historical Society, [1987]. Illustrated. Reprint Edition. Signed by cast members of the 1993 production of The Shepherd of the Hills Outdoor Theatre in Branson Missouri. 8vo., pictorial boards; 261 pages. Very Good (little soil rear cover; contents clean & tight). More
NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1918. Illustrated. First Edition. Signed presentation from Morgenthau on the front endpaper: "To my friend George Creet with the compliments of the author, Henry Morganthau, Nov.1/18." Small 8vo., dark-red cloth, stamped in yellow; 407 pages. Very Good (little light spotting covers, very tiny snag lower..... More
Boston: Richard Badger/The Gorham Press:, 1911. First Edition. Signed presentation from Brennan on the front endpaper: "To L. G. Smith, a friend of the opposite political faith, though not so (cussedly?) opposite in political views, Ignatius Brennan. Wheeling, WV. July 21, 1911." An uncommon book! 12mo., decorative green cloth, stamped..... More
Chicago: The Horse Review Company, 1900. Pictures By Robert L. Dickey. First Edition. Signed presentation from Howe on the front endpaper; "To J.M. Christy, with compliments of the Author, Murray Howe." Howe was an American harness racing journalist who wrote for The Horse Review for several years, along with his..... More
NY: Duffield And Company, 1917. Illustrated. First Edition. Signed presentation from Kellerhouse on a front blank page: "Fluffy: Let's you and I, as of yore, wander today thru leafy ways- Lucy. Christmas, 1917." 8vo., green cloth, stamped in black; 164 pages. Very Good (some edgewear covers with little browning endpapers;..... More
