NY: Simon And Schuster, [1958]. Pictures by Frank Bolle. First Edition, first printing with the "A" printed deep inside the rear gutter. Signed inscription from "Lassie" child actor Jon Provost on the title page: "Best wishes Jon Provost, Timmy & Lassie." Jonathan Bion "Jon" Provost [born 1950] is best known..... More
Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, Inc., [1997]. Illustrated. First Edition. Signed inscription from Millvina Dean on the title page: "With best wishes from Millvina Dean. the youngest Titanic survivor. Jan. 1st, 1999." Eliza Gladys "Millvina" Dean [1912– 2009) was a British civil servant, cartographer, and was the last living survivor of..... More
NY: Simon and Schuster, 1942. First Edition, later printing. Signed presentation from Grew on the front endpaper: "To Robert Nelson Anderson, President of the Federal Bar Association, with high regard from Joseph C. Grew." Grew was the U.S. Ambassador to Japan from 1932 to 1941 and "tells why the Japanese..... More
Carmel-By-The-Sea: [Self-Published], 1934. First Edition, Signed presentation from Hairs on the front endpaper: "To our dear Saidee Van Brower with love from us both, Nan MacKintosh Hairs. # Carmel. Oct. 20-1934." Van Brower was the Carmel city clerk from 1920 to 1943. A very scarce book!! 8vo., white paper parchment..... More
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall Inc., [1978]. Illustrated With Drawings. First Edition, first printing. Signed presentation from Brown on the verso of the front endpaper: "To Conrad- Good Luck on your life wanderings. Tom Brown -Tracker-." A scarce book! 8vo., brown cloth in dust jacket; 190 pages. Very Good (covers nice..... More
Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, [1979]. First Edition. Signed presentation from Bosmajian on the half-title page: "November 17, 1987. To Dawn- Searching she will find in all the 'radical uncertainties of life.' Best wishes, Hamida Bosmajian." Near fine in similar d/j. More
NY: Thomas Yoseloff, [1959]. First Edition. Signed presentation from Dekel on the front endpaper: "To Mrs. T.[?] Baskin with compliment, E. Dekel. Tel Aviv [1964]?" Shai was the security-intelligence section of the Hagana, the underground Jewish defense force which operated in Palestine during the period of British rule. The author..... More
London: C.W. Beaumont, 1949. Illustrated With Photographs. First Edition. Signed presentation from Beaumont on the front endpaper: "For Helen Chase, Just to wish you bon voyage and au revoir on her return to New York, Cyril Beaumont. October 30, 1953." The former owner believes Helen Chase is the author of..... More
Dallas, Texas: The Southwest Press, [1930]. First Edition. Signed presentation from Holden on the title page: "To Patrick- Wm. Curry Holden. 8/25/77." Howes H581, Herd 1049. The book has chapters on the buffalo slaughter, cattle kingdoms, immigration, frontier journalism, droughts, railroads. etc. Based primarily on a thorough study of nineteenth..... More
Iowa City: University Of Iowa Press, [1979]. First Edition. Signed presentation from Bosmajian on the half-title page: "August, 1985. To the Butterworth family with fond memories and regards- Hamida." Promotional pamphlet for book laid in. 8vo., black cloth in dust jacket; 247 pages. Near fine (very tiny bump lower edge..... More
NY/Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995. First Edition, first printing. Signed presentation from Owens on the front endpaper: "To Curtis Plumb, best wishes, Tom Owens." Tall 8vo., boards in dust jacket; 323 pages. Near fine in nice d/j. More
NY: W.W. Norton & Company, 1974. Illustrated. First Edition, first printing. Signed by both Bugliosi and Gentry on the front endpaper and uncommon thus. Bugliosi was the Prosecutor fot the Tate-LaBianca Trials. Gentry is a nonfiction writer, with one book about the famous Mooney-Billings murder case in San Francisco. Small..... More
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1931. Pictorial Frontispiece Of Mantua. First Edition. Signed presentation from Rand on the front endpaper: "To Marjorie Green with many thanks for her helpfulness, Edward Kennard Rand." Marjorie Green, who edited the book's manuscript, is mentioned by Rand in the acknowledgements. With her personal bookplate..... More
[No place]: Printed For The Author By J.J. Little & Ives Company, 1917. First Edition. Signed inscription by Winter on the front endpaper: "Best wishes of the author Charles E. Winter, Riverton, Wyo. July 8, 1920." Charles Edwin Winter [1870–1948) was a U.S. Representative from Wyoming from March 4, 1923..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1913. A fold-out, color panoramic view of the Panama Canal from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos and illustrations by Ernest Hallen, the Official Photographer of the Isthmian Canal Commission. First Edition. Signed presentation from..... More
NY: P.J. Kenedy, 1916. Frontispiece Of Gaffney. First Edition. Inscribed by Gaffney on the half-title page: "Appreciation of Francis A. Gaffney, P.O." Born in Newark, NJ, in 1863, after being ordained Gaffney was assigned to many of the Dominican parishes in the Province of St. Joseph in Ohio. With the..... More
Richmond, Va. The Presbyterian Committee Of Publication, 1896. First Edition. Signed presentation from Cunningham on the title page: "Rev. Dr. Strickler with the compliments of the Author. Christmas, 1895." Rev. Strickler is believed to be Presbyterian minister G.B. Strickler. An early copy since the presentation is dated "Christmas, 1895." With..... More
Cambridge: John Wilson & Son, 1883. First Edition. Signed by Higginson, who was the class secretary, on the front endpaper. Also signed by Harvard alumnus J. Edward Wright on the same page. Tall 8vo., embossed dark-brown cloth, stamped in gilt; 164 pages. Very Good (bright but moderate wear & scuffing..... More
Rutherford/Madison/Teaneck [NJ]: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, [1980]. First Edition. Signed presentation from Battersby on the front endpaper: "To Marlene, Upon whose friendship I have never depended in vain. Accept this as a small token of a large gratitude. Jim." Marlene is believed to be Marlene Longenecker, who is mentioned in..... More
Orland, Glenn County, California: The Orland Register, 1955. First Edition. Signed by Wigmore on the front endpaper, dated 1964. A century of facts, legend and folklore of Orland, Glenn County, California, and its surrounding fertile acres known as "The Land Of Orland." An uncommon book, but scarce to find a...... More
Woodbury, NJ: American Squares, 1950. Second Edition. The real first printing appears to be scarce!. Signed presentation from the authors on the title page: "To Dougie. Square Dancing Yours, Marion & George// Double W, 1955." The entire ink presentation is in one hand, probably Marion's? A scarce book in the..... More
Chatham, Massachusetts: 1942. Typed Letter Signed. An interesting, one-page letter to Andrew Coddington, a soldier at a recruit training center at Fort Hancock, NJ (now a part of Sandy Hook National Park). On Lincoln's personal stationery, dated August 19, 1942. Lincoln writes that he has been ill which explains for..... More
Charlottesville, Virginia: The Michie Company, [1984]. Illustrated. First Edition. Signed by Senator Irvin on the front endpaper. Tall 8vo., brown imitation-leather, stamped in silver; in dust jacket; 436 pages. Near fine in very nice d/j. More
NY: Blue Ridge Press, [2014]. Illustrated. First Edition, first printing. Signed by Grant on the title page. Tall 8vo., cloth & boards in dust jacket; 463 pages. Near fine (covers nice; contents clean & tight); little wear base of spine d/j. More
[Raleigh, North Carolina: Garett & Massie/ Edwards & Broughton Company, 1938 & 1956]. Illustrated. First Editions. Volume One & Two bound in one volume. Signed on the front pastedown by "Mrs. Elizabeth Pilcher Wilson, Canaveral Light Chapter #2358." Also signed in 1967 by Mrs. T. Aubrey Morse, President of..... More
