Austin: University Of Texas Press, [1962]. Number Two In The Elma Dill Russell Spencer Foundation Series. First Edition. Signed presentation from Lee on the half-title page: “To Catherine Morro- onetime student and friend. Rebecca Smith Lee. Fort Worth. 7 December 1962.” Lee was once head of the English Department at..... More
NY: The Macmillan Company, 1923. Illustrations From Photographs By Louise Birt Baynes, John R. Baynes, and the Author. First Edition, first printing. Signed by Baynes of the front endpaper. From the Preface: “Every incident described in this life of Polaris actually took place, and almost everyone is recounted exactly as..... More
Fort Dix, NJ: Department Of The Army, [1973]. Illustrated With Photographs. First Edition. A book depicting many aspects of training at Fort Dix in New Jersey and featuring the graduating class of Company B, Second Battalion on October 25, 1973. Quarto: imitation blue leather, stamped in black & gilt; about..... More
[No Place]: The South Shore Nature Club, 1929. Illustrated map frontispiece of central Cohasset. First Edition. Signed presentation from Howe on the front cover: "Mr. Wallace W. Morse with Compliments of Oliver H. Howe." 8vo., printed green wraps; 8 pages. Very Good (small chip top corner of rear cover with..... More
Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, [1996]. First Edition. Signed presentation from Goatley on the front endpaper: “To Rev. W.J. Toomer. God is with you! David Emmanuel Goatley. May 2000.” It looks like Rev. Toomer has also written Goatley’s name on the same page, along with his name and address in Danville..... More
Six Shooter Canyon, Globe, Arizona: Dale Stuart King, [1964]. Illustrated with Photographs. Book Design & Drawings by Harold A. Wolfinbarger Jr. First Edition. Signed on two front pages by (presumably) four bullfighters, with one presenting the book to Don Carlos. I have been unable to identify any of them. 8vo...... More
Glendale, California: Lincoln Printers & Publsihers, [1947]. Frontispiece Photograph Of The USS Mount Vernon. First Edition. Limited to 2,000 copies (so stated on front flap of dust jacket). Signed presentation from Greuzard on the front endpaper, to a fellow World War Two shipmate: “To Craig and Jean, my good friends..... More
[Chicago: Paul G. Triebel, 1925]. First Edition. Short signed presentation from Spicer at the top of the Prologue page: "Love to Virginia. Anne." Anne Higginson Spicer was a poet who lived with her husband, Vibe Spicer, in Kenilworth, Illinois. The two were active in the arts and crafts movement in..... More
Kyoto City, Tokyo National Museum, 1968. Illustrated. First Edition. An 80-page booklet published in 1968 to mark the “Rebirth of the Wall-paintings in the Main Hall of Horyu-ji.” Horyu-ji is a Japanese Buddhist temple and the Main Hall is the oldest extant wooden structure in the world, about 1,300 years..... More
NY: Hill and Wang, [1972]. Photographs by Victor Sidel. First Edition, first printing. Signed by both the author & photographer on the front endpaper. Uncommon thus! 8vo., orange cloth in dust jacket; 207 pages. Very Good (covers nice, minor wear; contents clean & tight); minor wear (few tiny tears) d/j..... More
NY: Julian Messner, Inc., [1957]. Illustrated by Rafaello Busoni. First edition, tenth printing. Signed presentation from Deutsch on the half-title page: “Hoping that Adam and Danny will find something to like in [then the title is printed] with every good wish, Babette Deutsch. January 1960.” A pencil notation (from an..... More
NY: Crown Publishing, [2007]. Illustrated. First Edition, first printing. Signed presentation, signed by both Dodd and Bloom, on the title page: “To Paul (Klemens?)- Best wishes- Chris Dodd.” Also: “For Paul, with all best wishes, Lary Bloom.” Uncommon to find copies signed by both authors. Christopher John Dodd (born in..... More
London: Harvill, [1954]. First Edition. Warm signed presentation on the front endpaper: “To Doctor Ewell. Carrying my profoundest affection, a great physician, a noble friend, a fine person. David.” Lutyens is the great-grandson of English writer and politician Edward Bulwer-Lytton and the grandson of Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens, an English..... More
New Haven: Published for Oberlin College by Yale University Press, 1956. Illustrated. First Edition. Signed presentation from Love on the front endpaper, to the President of Oberlin College in Ohio: “Inscribed for William Edwards Stevenson of Oberlin, with many regards, Donald M. Love. Stevenson [1900–1985] was an American Olympic track..... More
New Orleans: Tulane University Of Louisiana, 1933. No. 1 OF PUBLICATION No. 5 IN THE "MIDDLE AMERICAN RESEARCH SERIES"]. Illustrated. First Edition. Signed presentation from Blom on the title page: "To Stuart O. Landry, Cordially from Frans Blom." Landry was a notable New Orleans advertising executive, author, and publisher of..... More
Barnstable, Cape Cod, Mass. Colonna Crafters, [1954]. Cover Illustration By The Author. First Edition. Signed by Colonna on the title page. 8vo., pictorial white wraps; 12 pages. Very Good (minor soil covers, especially near spine; contents clean & tight). More
NY/Cincinnati: Eaton & Mains, [1905]. First Edition. Signed presentation from Lucas on the front endpaper: “To My Friend, The Rev. E.C. Dutcher, DD., A.H. Lucas. Aug. 29, 1912.” Lucas [1863-1926] was a member of the Newark Methodist Conference. Dutcher was a Jersey City-based pastor. First United Methodist Episcopal Church of..... More
Rochester, NY: The Austin Publishing Company, 1906. Frontispiece portrait of Weiss, with six plates/original drawings illustrating Martian flora. First Edition. Signed presentation from Adolph M. Weiss (her husband) on the front endpaper: “Mr. & Mrs. D.H. Rawson, With best wishes From A.M. Weiss. Jany, 1911.” With the personal bookplate of..... More
G.P. Putnam's Sons, NY:, [1959]. First Edition. Signed by Willson on the front endpaper. Robert Reiniger Meredith Willson [1902–1984] was an American flutist, composer, conductor, musical arranger, bandleader, playwright and author. He is best known for writing the book, music, and lyrics for the 1957 Broadway hit musical “The Music..... More
Boston: Loring, Publisher, [1876]. First Edition, later (hardbound) printing. There is a signature of John Habberton on the title page but I do not think it is his. With another ink presentation on a front blank page: “Fay Sawdy, Hamilton, New York. To Miss Hattie Keith, Brookfield, New York. March..... More
NY: Simon and Schuster, [1980]. Illustrated. First Edition, first printing. Signed by Kaplan on title page. Comes with a small, laid-in certificate of authenticity along with a related small id sticker at the very bottom of the title page. Tall 8vo., brown cloth & boards in dust jacket; 432 pages..... More
NY: William Edwin Rudge, 1929. Edited, And With Four Essays by Conway. First Edition. Signed inscription from Conway on half-title page: “With kindest regards and recollections, Eustace Conway, March 26, ’29.” With the personal bookplate of Geroge Hoadly on the front pastedown. The George Hoadley bookplate is believed to be..... More
[Chilocco, Oklahoma: Chilocco Agricultural School/Office Of Indian Affairs, 1943]. Illustrated. First Edition. Signed presentation from Edward A. Poynton, the director of Construction, Office of Indian Affairs on the half-title page: “To D. L. Bockius, the very able architect who prepared most of the illustrations for this booklet and in appreciation..... More
The Temple, Chicago: The Woman's Temperance Publiashing Association, [1893]. Illustrated. First Edition. A book about 19th century sex slave trade in child and human trafficking in America. The missions of Florence Crittenton offered a safe haven to runaway orphans, immigrant widows, and homeless, impoverished girls and women. Mary G. Charlton..... More
Chicago: Illinois;: 1894. Signed presentation from Edholm on a sheet of paper: "To My Good Friend Mr. Samuel B. Garrigues, whose kindness in handling the book, will do such a grand work for the rescue of `our little sisters.’ God bless and reward you in the name of the Jesus..... More
