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
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
NY: Chester Wolverton, 1889. An original 30-inch by 22-inch original, color map published in 1889. Map depicts Atlantic Highlands Association and other residential properties, most privately owned. The Wolverton maps are about the best maps of Monmouth County that one can obtain and they are uncommon! See my other NJ..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, [1926]. With Two Autographed Letters Signed. First Edition, fifteenth printing. With two autographed letters signed by Ellis. The two letters are folded (as mailed) and both in a single envelope addressed to David McCord at Brown & Shipley in London. The envelope is tipped to the..... More
[Portsmouth, NH]: Peter E. Randall, [1987]. Illustrations by Jan Norton. First Edition, with a signed presentation to former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney: "To Secretary Richard Cheney in appreciation of your services of our country. Robert M. Bartlett. May 1, 1989." Richard Bruce “Dick” Cheney was the 46th vice president..... More
Philadelphia: Board Of Publication Of The United Lutheran Church In America, [1938]. Illustrated. First Edition. Signed presentation by Seebach on the front endpaper: "In appreciation of the companionship my friend and pupil at Silver Bay. I gladly inscribe this volume. Julius F. Seebach." An historic novel about the Reformation and..... More
NY: Richard R. Smith Publisher, 1951. Illustrated. First Edition. Signed by Vietor on the front endpaper. During the winter of 1945, the Y.M.C.A. sent several hundred log books to the Allied Officers of Stalag Luft I. The prisoners used them to pass the tedious hours, painting and sketching in them..... More
New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, [1969]. First Edition. Signed presentation from Pack to American poet Maxine Kumin on a front blank page: "August 1969, For Maxine, with affection and in the hope to see more of you, Bob Pack." Maxine Kumin, a former U.S. poet laureate, was the..... More
[Toronto]: Anansi, [2007]. Illustrated. First Edition, first printing. Signe by Tippett at the bottom of the title page. Also with a gift presentation on the same page. Uncommon to find a signed copy! Small quarto: black cloth in dust jacket; 426 pages. Fine in fine d/j. More
