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Burt, Clare Louise
Bowl of Petunias
Ellerbe NC: Ellerbe School Press 1936. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo. 19 pages. First edition hardcover bound in blue cloth. Binding shows light wear. The bottom half of the binding is slightly lighter than the top half; this appears to be the way the cloth was produced and not something that happened after the book was made. SIGNED by the author and dated November 20 1936 on the front flyleaf. <br/> <br/> Ellerbe School Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 034842
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Chase, Jessie Anderson
Mayken A Child's Story of the Netherlands in the Sixteenth Century
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co. 1902. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 219 pages. Hardcover bound in olive-green cloth with cover designs in white. Moderate rubbing and wear to the binding. Corners bumped. A sound copy with secure inner hinges. Inscribed by the author on the front flyleaf who has signed with initials: "To my neighbors-- Dr. and Mrs. Hovey / with regards of J.A.C. / Newburyport 21 March 1907. <br/> <br/> A. C. McClurg & Co. hardcover
Référence libraire : 033670
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Shapiro, SR. S. R.
George Macy: His Role in the Book Arts
N.p.: N.p. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo. 6 pages unpaginated. Staple bound pamphlet which has been placed in a mylar sleeve with cardboard backing. White paper with title in black on front cover. This is a REPRINT from the June 1956 issue of Productionwise. SIGNED by author on front cover: "Richard and Mary at Archer from SR Shapiro". Pamphlet has been folded in half and shows the crease down the middle. Pages are toned but text is sound. <br/> <br/> N.p. paperback
Référence libraire : 028628
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Shi, David E.
Matthew Josephson Bourgeois Bohemian
New Haven and London: Yale University Press 1981. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. 314 pages indexed. Hardcover with a black pictorial dust jacket. Spine is bumped. Jacket is rubbed. Hinges are sound. Text is clean. Inscribed by author to Max Steele. Illustrated. <br/> <br/> Yale University Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 025544 ISBN : 0300025637 9780300025637
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Kramer, Aaron.
Rumshinsky's Hat and House of Buttons. SIGNED
New York and London: Thomas Yoseloff 1964. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. 119 pages. Hardcover with a grey and white dust jacket. The jacket shows some rubbing. A sound copy and clean within. #408/500 SIGNED by author. Dust jacket has a couple of small tears. <br/> <br/> Thomas Yoseloff hardcover
Référence libraire : 028246
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Grieder, Ted
Coastlands - California Elevations American Pie 2 SIGNED
Flagler Beach FL: Strait Gate Press 1994. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo. 81 pages. SIGNED Softcover in illustrated paper wrappers. Binding is rubbed. Author has signed title page. Note near bottom of title page says 'Review Copy'. Small notation in red pencil at top right corner of half title page. Text is clean and sound. <br/> <br/> Strait Gate Press paperback
Référence libraire : 032256 ISBN : 0962184225 9780962184222
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Uschuk, Pamela
Without Birds Without Flowers Without Trees
Chico CA: Flume Press 1990. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 0961398477. 8vo. 26 pages. Cover is white and purple. Cover is rubbed and worn. SIGNED by author on title page. Text is clean and sound. <br/> <br/> Flume Press paperback
Référence libraire : 028351 ISBN : 0961398477 9780961398477
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The Ragged Ones.
Davis Burke.
New York and Toronto: Rinehart & Co. Inc. 1951. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 336 pages. Hardcover bound in burgundy cloth. Light weawr to the binding. SIGNED by Burke Davis on the front flyleaf. Lacks the dust jacket but it is complete with the frontis map. This is the true First Edition with the Rinehart logo on the copyright page. An attractive copy. <br/> <br/> Rinehart & Co., Inc. hardcover
Référence libraire : 020470
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DeCARLO, Pasquale Ricciardi (1863-1947)
Signed Program
Paperback. This Roman Catholic-turned-Presbyterian clergyman emigrated to America from Italy in 1888 and was soon named evangelical pastor of The Presbyterian Institutional Church where he became influential in converting New England Italians to Presbyterianism and was named to the high office of Superintendent of the Presbytery; in 1914 he moved to Chicago where he became pastor and director of the noted Saint John Presbyterian Church. Signed Program titled "Saint John Presbyterian Church. Program Dedication Week" small 4to 6" X 9¼" stiff pictorial wrappers Chicago Illinois 1930 May 18-25. Very good. Quit minor edgewear but overall tight and attractive. Handsome 12-page program for the dedication and opening of this new church. On the large margin beneath an oval frontispiece head-and-shoulders portrait of DeCarlo he signs in full large and bold in black fountain pen. Most of program consists of special services throughout the dedication week. Quite attractive and unusual. paperback
Référence libraire : 22369
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YELLE, Archie J. (1892-1983)
Signature
Famed catcher who debuted with the Detroit Tigers in 1917 and played there until 1919. Large bold signature heavy stock 5" X 3" card n.p. 1974 March 8. Fine. A choice example with original transmittal envelope. unknown
Référence libraire : 16489
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WRIGHT, Robert C. (1891-1993)
Signature
This pitcher debuted in 1915 with the Chicago Cubs. Large but tremulous old-age "R.C. Wright" heavy stock 5" X 3" card n.p. 1987 April 28. Fine. With original envelope. unknown
Référence libraire : 16488
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BOWMAN, Joseph E. "Joe" (1910-90)
Signature
This knuckleball pitcher debuted in 1932 with the Philadelphia Athletics playing also for the New York Giants 1934 Philadelphia Phillies 1935-37 Pittsburgh Pirates 1937-41 Boston Red Sox 1944-45 and Cincinnati Reds 1945. Bold signature in blue ballpoint on a heavy stock 5" X 3" card n.p. dated by him 1974 January 25 at upper right. Fine. With original envelope. unknown
Référence libraire : 13950
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JONES, Earl "Lefty" (1919-89)
Signature
This lefty pitched for the St. Louis Browns in 1945. Bold signature in blue ballpoint heavy stock 5" X 3" card n.p. n.y. Near fine. Nice later life example. unknown
Référence libraire : 33298
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WOEHR Andrew E. 1896 1990
Signature
This third baseman debuted in 1923 with the Philadelphia Phillies but played only two seasons. Bold full signature heavy stock 5" X 3" card n.p. 1983 March 1. Fine. With original envelope. unknown
Référence libraire : 16487
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LEE Clifford W. 1896 1980
Signature
Debuting in 1919 this outfielder played eight seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates Philadelphia Phillies and Cleveland Indians. Bold full signature heavy stock 5" X 3" card n.p. 1974 February 26. Fine. With original envelope. unknown
Référence libraire : 16491
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NESBITT, Lowell (1933-93)
Signed First Day Cover
American artist often associated with the American Realist school perhaps best known for enormous sensual paintings of various flowers. Signed First Day Cover 6½" X 3½" cancelled in Fort Valley Georgia on 23 April 1981 and with "First Day of Issue" boldly stamped. Group of four 18-cent Nesbitt-designed stamp at upper right "Rose USA" "Camelia USA" "Dahlia USA" and "Lily USA". Fine. No decorative cachet at left; no distracting recipient's name/address. Near the center at bottom Nesbitt signs large and bold in blue fineline. Small portion of original transmittal envelope also present. unknown
Référence libraire : 25841
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Pyle, Howard
Signature and Sketch of a Man :
Fine. 32mo stiff card <br/><br/> unknown
Référence libraire : 4608
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ANDREWS, ROB & RICHARDS, DEAN:
ENGLAND'S GRAND SLAM 1991.co-author SIGNED copy.
<p>UK8vo HBdw/djco-author SIGNEDillustrated1st edn.SIGNED by one of the co-authorsRob Andrewto title page. NFINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn but price-clipped dw/dj.Colour photographic wrap-around dw/dj; with minimal shelf-wear and light creasing to edges with lightly bumped and creased head foot of spine/ backstrip.Black paper-covered boards with blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and b/w photographic endpapers.Slightly dust-soiled topfore-edges; but contents brighttight and cleanapart from pp21/22 which have a silhouette residue mark from a leather bookmark now absent. UK 8vo HBdw/djco-author SIGNEDillustrated1st edn123pp 2pp b/w advert to rear includes Foreword Chief Exec. of Save & Prosper - sponsors16pp colour photographs and profuse b/w photographs. After two years of frustrationfirst at Cardiff in 1989 and then at Murrayfield in 1990Will Carling's England team finally achieved the Grand Slam against France at Twickenham on 16th March 1991.Although the French out-scored England by three tries to oneincluding one of the most memorable tries ever seen at Twickenhamthe English victory was built on the power and discipline of the forwardssupported by dogged defence in the backs - with a try from Rory Underwooda drop-goal by Rob Andrew and 14 points from the boot of Simon Hodgkinson.From the beginning of the 1991 Five Nations Championship it was obvious that England were not to be denied again.Although there were still some occasional signs of the open flowing rugby that had brought so many tries the previous seasonthere was also clearly an intention to capitalise on the strength and experience of a daunting pack to overwhelm the opposition.Wales fell to England at Cardiff for the first time since 1963.The Grand Slam defeat of 1990 at Murrayfield was avenged at Twickenham and the Calcutta Cup regained.The Irish playing with a new enthusiasm under Rob Saunders were only just overcome in the final quarter of the game to secure the Triple Crown in Dublin.Finally Serge Blanco and his rampaging French team were held at bay in the rain and gloom of a glorious March afternoonand England finally won the Five Nations Championship and the Grand Slam.This is a lavishly illustrated book by England's most-capped outside-half Rob Andrew and Dean Richards a major force in the dominance of the England pack. England's grand Slam 1991 commemorates a remarkable triumph and will be a welcome addition to the library of every rugby enthusiast. Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk for correctinsured shipping/Pp quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please notestocks' actual shipping/Pp costs are adjusted and any difference is refundedafter order's receipt and before the order's despatchespecially if the items are offered either Pp included/FREE. N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can nowin some casescost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. </p> LONDON.STANLEY PAUL,1991. hardcover
Référence libraire : rja1697 ISBN : 009175173X 9780091751739
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WILLIAMS**, NIGEL:
East of Wimbledon. Author SIGNED copy.
<p>UK8vo HBprotected dw/djauthor SIGNED1st edn. FINE/FINE. No owner inscrtnbut author'sneathandwritten black ink signature - without dedication - to title pageand no price-clip to protected dw/dj.Bright crispcleanglossy laminated colour pictorial artworkby Pierre le Tan illustrated upper panel; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top edge slightly aged/toned and minimally thumbedfore-edge also aged/ toned but clean; contents brighttight and clean.Publisher's brightcleanoriginalplain black cloth boards with bright crispwhite ink blocked letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK8vo HBprotected dw/djauthor SIGNED1st edn3-217pp paginated includes Pts 1-4 comprising 24 chapters; plus unpaginated half-titletitle pagesa dedication and author's note to rear.<br />See my book ID rja943921 for a TATLER special promotionalUKp/back 1st ednof this same title. <br />Robert Wilson is an aimlesschronically untruthful young Englishman who has passed himself off as a Muslim in order to get a job at the newly established Wimbledon Independent Islamic Boys Day School.'East of Wimbledon' tells the hilarious story of his decline and fall.Utterly baffled by his headmasterthe eccentric Mr Malikhis girlfriend Maisieand almost everything in Islamic culture from the Koranthe meaning of a fatwahor the mysterious revelation of the hidden 24th ImamRobert demonstrates the failure of a post-colonial Briton to understand another great imperial culture that has absolutely no need of him. Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk for correctinsured shipping/Pp quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!<br />N.B. UKbuyers please notestocks' actual shipping/Pp costs are adjusted and any difference is refundedafter order receipt and before the order's despatchespecially if item is offered Ppincluded or postage free. <br /> N.B. US/Canda customers please be aware: US standard AIRMAIL to these destinations can nowin some casescost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essencethen Economy rate is recommended - at approx. between 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving within a week or soand sometimes before the quoted 42 days - but not always. </p> LONDON.FABER & FABER,1993. hardcover
Référence libraire : rja1930 ISBN : 0571169503 9780571169504
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THOMPSON**, E[rnest] V[ictor]:
SOMEWHERE A BIRD IS SINGING. Author SIGNED copy.
UK8vo HBdw/djSIGNED1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptnbut author SIGNED to title page in handwrittenblue inkand no price-clip to dw/dj.Colour pictorial dw/dj with minimal shelf-wear to edges and light bumping creasing to both headfoot of spine/backstrip.Small water stain to foot of inner front flap of dw/dj.Fore-edges clean; contents brighttight and clean also.Book slightly cocked.Blue cloth boards with stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and plain white endpaperss.UK 8vo HBdw/djSIGNED1st edn2-426pp paginated includes 98 chapters and 2pp author's notes to rear.See also rja32678 for another SIGNED dedicateddated copy. Sally is an orphan living in Plymouth's Barbicana late 19thC dockside slumwhere a vile trade flourishes in young girlsduped and shipped off to the brothels of Europe.Her sisterRuthis driven to prostitution in order to support themuntil she becomes too ill to work.Now ith her sick sister to take care of in their single room homeSally finds employment delivering wares for a local shopmeeting fisherman Ethan andthrough himEvaa captain in the local Salvation Army.Eva has dedicated her life to rescuing the endangered girls and bringing their procurers to justice. When Ruth is brutally murderedSally finds the father she has never knownbut he is to bring only trouble and unhappiness into her life.When Ethanhis father and brothers are reported missing at sea on a fishing tripSally volunteers to help Eva's crusade - with near-disastrous results. The loves and tragedies of a young woman fighting to escape from her environment are vividly captured in 'Somewhere a Bird is Singing'. <br /> Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk because of the weight/ value of this itemfor correctinsured shipping Pp quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please notestocks' actual shipping/Pp costs are adjusted and any difference is refundedafter order's receipt and before the order's despatchespecially if the items are offered either Pp included/FREE. N.B. US customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to USA can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essencethen Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. LONDON.LITTLE BROWN & CO,1999. hardcover
Référence libraire : rja1652 ISBN : 0316646121 9780316646123
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HERBERT**, JAMES:
THE GHOSTS OF SLEATH. Author SIGNED copy.
<p>UK8vo HBdw/djauthor SIGNED1st edn. FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn but author's hand-writtenink signature to foot of title page and no price-clip to dw/dj.Colour illustrated dw/dj by Bill Gregorysimulating a distressedantique book with embossed borders and simulated part-oxidised giltembossed letters to upper wrap and spine/backstripwith minimal shelf-wear and negligible creases to edges - no nickstears or splits present.Topfore-edges bright and generally clean; contents brighttight and near pristine.Brown paper-covered boards with author's gilt initials to upper board's bottomright-hand corner and brightblocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip with clean immaculatebrownwhite map illustrated endpapers.Bottom rear corner minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing.UK 8voHBdw/djauthor SIGNED1st edn9-408pp includes half-titletitle pages41 chapters and 4pp blanks to rear. Sleath. Quietpeaceful.A small village hidden away in the Chiltern Hillsalmost forgotten by the modern world.Nothing much seems to happen here little disturbs the centuries-old tranquility.Until the ghosts begin to appear.And frighteningly bizarre events start to occur. Psychic investigator David Asha man burdened by the dark secret of his own pastis sent to Sleath to investigate the phenomena and his discoveries there drive him to the very edge of his own sanity.The incidents grow worse untilin the final night of horrorawesome and malign forces are unleashed in a supernatural storm that threatens to consume the village itself. For Sleath is not what it seems.And the dead have returned for a reason.Layer by layerJames Herbert skilfully unveils Sleath's deadly secrets building to a finale that is breathtakingly horrific in its intensity.'The Ghosts of Sleath' lays claim to being Herbert's finest work yet then 1994 and will thrill millions of readers who are familiar with his stories.See also rja2083 for another SIGNED copy and rja122rja386rja526rja529 rja530and rjaz1289 and rja2096 - rja2100 inclusive for other James Herbert titles. Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk because of the value of this itemfor correctinsured shipping/Pp quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! <br />N.B. ALL buyers please notestocks' actual shipping/Pp costs are adjusted and any difference is refundedafter order's receipt and before the order's despatchespecially if the items are offered either Pp included/FREE.<br /> N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can nowin some casescost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. <br /><br /><br /></p> LONDON.HARPER COLLINS,1994. hardcover
Référence libraire : rja2095 ISBN : 0002242869 9780002242868
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BAILEY**, PAUL:
Kitty & Virgil. Author SIGNED copy.
<p>UK8vo HBdw/djauthor SIGNED1st edn. FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptnand no price-clip to dw/dj.Author's handwrittenink signature to title pagejust under his printed name to same.Colourpictorial illustrated dw/dj by Charles Hunter; with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing to edges - no nickstears or splits present. Top fore-edges clean; contentsbrighttight and near pristine. Unblemishedplain blue paper-covered boards with bright crispblocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain cream endpapers.UK8vo HBdw/djauthor SIGNED 1st edn1-280pp includes titlehalf-title pagesa Contents lista Prologue5 chaptersan Epilogue and 5 poems to rear. 'Kitty and Virgil' is Paul Bailey's most ambitious novel to date. Although it is set in the 1980's it ranges back in time to 1930's Romania and to England in the 1950's. The book is rich with charactersand despite its tragic theme is often fiendishly funny.It is above all the story of two extraordinary families and the interweaving of their histories and secrets. Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk for correct shipping/Pp quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please notestocks' shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the orderespecially if the item is offered either Pp included/FREE. N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can nowin some cases cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essencethen Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. </p> LONDON.FOURTH ESTATE LTD.,1998. hardcover
Référence libraire : rja1981 ISBN : 1857024508 9781857024500
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Patrick, Mary Mills
The Greek Sceptics
<p>NY: Columbia University. Very Good in Poor dust jacket. 1929. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Slate Blue cloth gilt both bright.</p><p>Signed and inscribed ffep by the author "Miss Alice Morrow/From an admiring/friend/Mary Mills Patrick/New York City/October 12 1929."</p><p>Erratum slip bound in p215. Tattered unclipped 4.50 dj; 8vo; 339 pages; Signed by Author. bx133</p> Columbia University hardcover
Référence libraire : 4720bx123
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DREW**, SIMON:
A Book of Bestial Nonsense. Author SIGNED copy.
<p>UK 8vo HBdw/djauthor SIGNEDillustrated2nd reprint. True 1st was 19861st reprint October 19862nd reprint November 1986. FINE/FINE. Signed by authorin green ink towards foot of half-title pagejust above his printed name. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Brightcrispcleanmglossy laminated pictorial colour illustrated dw/dj by Simon Drew design repeated to glossy laminated boards with pictorial colour illustrated endpapers; with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing to edges and corners - no nickstears or splits present.Topfore-edges bright and clean; contents brighttight and near pristine.UK8vo HBdw/djauthor SIGNED2nd reprint5-47pp includes colour illustrated half-titlecolour frntis - verso of half-titletitle pageauthor's Introduction8 double-page colour illustrations20 single-page colour illustrations and 2 single-page b/w line illustrations. Simon Drew combines a collection of elegant drawings of birds and beasts with piquant rhymes.A latterday Lewis Carroll and Edward LearSimon Drew creates amusement from the absurdity of playing around with words.Gifted with a fine sense of fun and a rich imaginationhe interprets quite literallyin picturesprose and verse conventional words and phrases situations and circumstances.The result is a delightful and sensitive collectiontotally unexpected and highly amusing touched in parts with a slight melancholy - for the world is not all laughs as Lewis Carroll's Walrus and Carpenter would well appreciate. With its verbal and pictorial puns this book both amuses and stretches our imagination. Simon Drew in no way sells his anthromorphic characters short: the wily gannetthe sad dog the puffins in an onion patch the bull in his cage are seen through the eyes of a gentle and understanding observer.The 1st title in this series.See also rja1894 rja1995 rja920 and rja2724/7 for similarrelated titles by this author/illustrator. Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk because of the lighter weight of this itemfor correct shipping/Pp quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please notestocks' actual shipping/Pp costs are adjusted and any difference is refundedafter order's receipt and before the order's despatchespecially if the items are offered either Pp included/FREE. N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can nowin some casescost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. </p> UK.SUFFOLK.ANTIQUE COLLECTORS' CLUB,1986. hardcover
Référence libraire : rja1994 ISBN : 1851490418 9781851490417
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DREW**, SIMON:
A Book of Bestial Nonsense. Author SIGNED copy.
<p>UK8vo HBdw/djauthor SIGNED2nd reprint edn.1st edn was 19861st reprint Oct1986this reprint November1986. FINE/FINE. Author signedto foot of half-title pagejust above his own printed name.No owner inscrptnand no price-clip to dw/dj.Colour pictorial wrap-around artwork by Simon Drew illustrated dw/dj; with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top fore-edges bright and clean; contents near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' cornersappears unread other than my own collation.Brightcrispcleanglossy laminated boards - design repeated from dw/dj with colour pictorial illustrated endpapers.UKslimsmall 8vo HBdw/djauthor SIGNED2nd reprint5-47pp includes colour frntis8 double-page colour illustrations and 19 full or part-page colour illustrations all by Simon Drew Simon Drew combines a collection of elegant drawings of birds and beasts with piquant rhymes.A latterday Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear Simon Drew creates amusement from the absurdity of playing around with words.Gifted with a fine sense of fun and a rich imaginationhe interprets quite literallyin picturesprose and verse conventional words and phrases situations and circumstances.The result is a delightful and sensitive collectiontotally unexpected and highly amusing touched in parts with a slight melancholy - for the world is not all laughs as Lewis carroll's Walrus and Carpenter would well appreciate. With its verbal and pictorial puns this book both amuses and stretches our imagination. Simon Drew in no way sells his anthromorphic characters short:the wily gannetthe sad dog the puffins in the onion patch the bull in his cage are seen through the eyes of a gentle and understanding observer.Can a bird tie a knot Can it find Lord Lucan Can it carry heavy weights one cannot but two can;picture:a pair of toucans with rope in their beaks. Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk because of the lighter weight of this itemfor correct shipping/Pp quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please notestocks' actual shipping/Pp costs are adjusted and any difference is refundedafter order's receipt and before the order's despatchespecially if the items are offered either Pp included/FREE. N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can nowin some casescost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. </p> UK.SUFFOLK.ANTIQUE COLLECTORS CLUB,1986. hardcover
Référence libraire : rja1894 ISBN : 1851490418 9781851490417
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RAYNER, CLAIRE:
THE STRAND. Author SIGNED copy.
<p>US8vo HBdw/djauthor SIGNED1st edn. NFINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/djbut SIGNED by author to title page.Corners lightly bumped. London 1890's featuring the family saga of the Lacklands and the Lucases in the eighth volume in 'The Performers' series. Please contact sellerbecause of the lighter weight of this itemfor correct shipping/Pp quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!<br />N.B. ALL buyers please notestocks' actual shipping/Pp costs are adjusted and any difference is refundedafter order's receipt and before the order's despatchespecially if the items are offered either Pp included/FREE.<br /> N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can nowin some casescost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. </p> USA,NY.PUTNAM,1981. hardcover
Référence libraire : rja484 ISBN : 039912537X 9780399125379
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NOWELL**, ROGER & WILLS**, JEREMY:
THE SKIPPER: A FISHERMAN'S TALE. Author SIGNED copy.
<p>UK8vo HBdw/djsubject SIGNEDillustrated1st edn. FINE/FINE. Fountain-pen inkhandwrittenauthor inscrptn:' With best wishes Roger Nowell'towards foot of title page.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Author colour scenic and portrait photographic upper wrap and small colour ship's photographic rear wrap; with minimal shelf-wear and minimal creasing to top edge - no other nicks or tears present.Top fore-edges bright and clean; contents brighttight and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to page corners.Brightcleanplain black paper-covered boards with brightcrispblocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK8vo HBdw/djsubject SIGNEDillustrated1st edn7-205pp includes half-titleb/w line illustrated title page author colour portrait photographic frntisauthor Prefaceb/w line illus chapter head-piecesprofuse b/w photographs includes 7 double-pagesand profuse colour photographs includes 8 double-pages. A swimming gorillaa test-tube of mustard gas and a lost nosealong with storm force winds and shipwreckshave all played their part in Roger Nowell's thirty years at sea.As the skipper of the trawler William Sampson Stevenson from Newlyn in CornwallRoger's roguish attitudes have brought him to the edge of the law on many occasionswhile his seamanship has earned the respect of fellow skippers throughout the country.In this loghe describes the adventures accidents and emotions encountered during one year of fishingalong with anecdotes drawn from a lifetime at sea.It's the gritty truth about a tough lifean insight into how dangers boredom and humour bind together a small group of men who spend much more of their lives on board ship than they do at home and how their families ashore cope with the strains.The year Roger records saw major changes in the industrywith unresolved threats to fishermen's livelihoods from new regulationsaccidents in overcrowded waters and more and more fishermen chasing dwindling numbers of fish.But in spite of the uncertainties and dangers - and the job of a fisherman is more than twenty times as dangerous as that of a coalminer - what emerges is a portrait of a man with a great zest for lifewho loves the freedomthe excitement and the laughs.'The Skipper' is the nearest you'll get to the story of a modern-day buccaneer.After reading this book you'll treat your next plateful of fish and chips with new respect.The book accompanied the BBC TV series of the same name. Roger Nowell has been a fishing skipper in NewlynCornwallfor more than half of his forty-seven years.Like generations of his family he was messing about in boats before he could walk.He spends most of his time living on board the trawler William Sampson Stevensonthe rest ashore with his wife Nelltheir seven-year-old daughter Sophie and three cats.He has a lifelong love of the sea and an intense mistrust of cats. Jeremy Mills is a BBC television documentary producer.His most recent credits include films for the Fire in the Blood series about Spain.'The Skipper' follows his previous popular seriesand the accompanying best-selling books 'The Doctor' and 'The Vet'. Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk for correct shipping/Pp quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please notestocks' actual shipping/Pp costs are adjusted and any difference is refundedafter order's receipt and before the order's despatchespecially if the items are offered either Pp included/FREE. N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can nowin some casescost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. </p> LONDON.BBC,1993. hardcover
Référence libraire : rja2174 ISBN : 0563367555 9780563367550
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DREW**, SIMON:
The Puffin's Advice: A Book for the Single or the Married or Those Thinking of changing from One to the Other. Author SIGNED copy.
<p>UKslimsmall 8vo HBdw/djauthor SIGNEDillustrated1st edn. NMINT/NMINT. Author SIGNEDhandwritten in green inkto title page just below his own printed name.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj by Simon Drew - design repeated to glossy laminated boardswith colour pictorial illustrated endpapers; with negligible shelf-wear - no nickstears or splits present - almost as new.Top fore-edge bright and pristineas are the contents - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' cornersappears unread other than my own collation.UKslimsmall 8vo HBdw/djauthor SIGNEDillustrated1st edn1-48pp includes colour illustrated recto of ffe and title pagecolour illustrated Foreword44pp part or full-page illustrations majority full-pagePostscript and 1pp publisher advert to rear. Author's fourth book in a well established series. In 'The Puffin's Advice' Simon Drew has written an ambiguous poem in which many strange and interesting events must happen before a couple can get married.As in his previous booksthe birds and animals involved are drawn as they appear in nature rather than in romantic humanised versions; indicating that episodes in the 'story' are not quite bizarre as they first seem. Told in words and pictures in such a way that every main illustration contains an item that is somehow concealed in the accompanying text where it may span two words or be incorrectly spelt. Howeverthis is only a diversion and is in no way an essential part of the 'Advice'. See also rja1994 and rja1995. Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk because of the lighter weight of this itemfor correct shipping/Pp quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please notestocks' actual shipping/Pp costs are adjusted and any difference is refundedafter order's receipt and before the order's despatchespecially if the items are offered either Pp included/FREE. N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can nowin some casescost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. </p> UK.SUFFOLK.ANTIQUE COLLECTORS' CLUB,1989. hardcover
Référence libraire : rja920 ISBN : 1851491023 9781851491025
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Samuel Chamberlain
The Coast of Maine
New York NY: Hastings House 1941. Green Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Bump to one corner spine a bit faded 1/4" stain top right front corner. Clean and unmarked 100 pages of B&W photos of coastal Maine as it used to be. There's even a shot of the Wiscasset ships mostly upright! Signed by Mr. Chamberlain at the top of the title page. <br/> <br/> Hastings House hardcover
Référence libraire : 009321
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Seth Parker (Phil Lord)
Seth Parker's Album
New York: Century Co. 1930. 2nd Edition . Red Cloth. Good/Poor. Frederick A. Larson. Wear at spine ends 2" stain and light wear to top of back cover sound copy. Jacket in two pieces soiled taped chipped lower half of spine missing. Lengthy inscription from the author on the flyleaf signed twice - "Seth Parker" and Phil Lord. The musings of "Seth Parker of Jonesport Maine". Lots of wisdom from the old radio program. <br/> <br/> Century Co. hardcover
Référence libraire : 009287
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Estelle M. Hurll
Child Life in Art
Boston: L.C. Page 1898. Illustrated Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Slight wear at spine ends and corners binding just a bit loose. Bookplate inside front cover with an inscription and signature from the author below it. Inscription dated:" March 11 1919 at the Author's Club". Blue cloth gold decorations with flower in the middle. Nice copy. <br/> <br/> L.C. Page hardcover
Référence libraire : 008485
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Winston O. Abbott
Have You Heard the Cricket Song
S. Windsor CT: Inspiration House 1971. First Printing . Yellow Cloth. Very Good/Good. Bette Eaton Bossen. Inscription on flyleaf corner of flyleaf clipped small red stain to top edge. Jacket shows light soiling red stain top back. Signed by Abbott and Bossen on the title page. Companion volume to "Come Walk Among the Stars" and "Sing With the Wind". <br/> <br/> Inspiration House hardcover
Référence libraire : 008474
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Ree Drummond
The Pioneer Woman Cooks Dinnertime
New York: William Morrow 2015. First Edition . Decorative Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Minimal rubbing to jacket otherwise an exceptional copy. Signed bookplate afixed to the front flyleaf. Hundreds of recipes illus with color photos. Oversized extra postage outside the US. "Simple-Scrumptious-Step by Step". <br/> <br/> William Morrow hardcover
Référence libraire : 008397
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Tennesse Williams
Damn Yankees
New York: Random House 1956. Book Club BCE/BOMC . Black Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Small area of very slight wear at base of spine otherwise a nice clean copy. Jacket shows minimal wear to edges slight yellowing to spine minor soiling; states "Fireside Theatre Book Club Edition" at bottom of front flap. Numerous signatures on the front flap: Harold Prince co-producer; Robert E. Griffith co-producer; George Abbott co-author; and Nathaniel Frey actor played "Smokey. Several B&W photos from the play. Originally presented at the Forty-Sixth Street Theatre on May 5 1955. Original owner was well know to me; provenance available to those with serious interest. A great piece of Broadway/theatrical history. Original Fireside Theatre brochure is included. <br/> <br/> Random House hardcover
Référence libraire : 007945
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Tennesse Williams
A Streetcar Named Desire
New York: New Directions 1947. Fifth Printing . Illustrated Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Light shelfwear to corners; sound and unmarked; original owner's unique bookplate inside front cover. Jacket shows wear/tear at corners and edges spine somewhat darkened light soiling original price $2.75 at bottom of front flap. Inscribed by Williams on the front flyleaf. This the best known of Tennessee's plays opened at the Barrymore Theatre in NY on Dec 3 1947. Marlon Brando and Kim Hunter starred. The original owner was well known to me; provenance available to those with serious interest. <br/> <br/> New Directions hardcover
Référence libraire : 007946
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Lowell Thomas
Beyond Khyber Pass
New York: Grosset & Dunlap 1925. Reprint . Green Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Very minimal wear at corners spine lightly faded nice copy; small gift inscription inside front cover. "Into Forbidden Afghanistan". Numerous drawings and B&W photos. Signed on the half-title page "With deepest salaams! Lowell Thomas". This is one of the "Century Vagabond Books of Travel". <br/> <br/> Grosset & Dunlap hardcover
Référence libraire : 007862
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Tennesse Williams
Summer and Smoke
New York: New Directions 1948. First Edition . Blue Cloth. Near Fine/Good. Minimal wear to corners previous owner's unique bookplate inside front cover. Jacket is somewhat worn lightly soiled fading to spine; original price $2.75 at bottom of front flap. Though this is not a book club edition an original Fireside Theatre Bookclub brochure is included. This play originally opened in Texas; then in NY at the Music Box Theater on Oct. 6 1948. Inscribed by the author on the front flyleaf.Original owner was well known by me; provenance available to those with serious interest. <br/> <br/> New Directions hardcover
Référence libraire : 007944
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Albert Payson Terhune
Najib
New York: George H. Doran 1925. First Edition . Red Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Wear to corners and edges light soiling sound and unmarked. Inscribed by the author to a previous owner on the flyleaf "with a million best wishes". A somewhat uncommon title with scarce signature. <br/> <br/> George H. Doran hardcover
Référence libraire : 007807
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William Lyon Phelps
The Excitement of Teaching
New York: Horace Liveright 1931. Blue Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Light foxing to cover edges; sound clean and unmarked. "The Kappa Delta Pi Lecture Series". Author photo afixed opposite contents page. Signed and dated by the author on the flyleaf. Phelps was a Yale professor. <br/> <br/> Horace Liveright hardcover
Référence libraire : 007702
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Tallulah Bankhead
Tallulah My Autobiography
New York: Harper & Bros 1952. Blue Cloth. Very Good/Good. Light wear at spine ends original owner's unique bookplate inside front cover minor soiling to top edge. Jacket shows edgewear light foxing to spine not price clipped. Numerous B&W photos. Boldly inscribed on flyleaf: "Bless You Tallulah Bankhead". <br/> <br/> Harper & Bros hardcover
Référence libraire : 007595
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Herbert Trench
Lyrics and Narrative Poems
London: Hodder & Stoughton. Green Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Light wear to edges rubbing to covers. Inscribed and initialed by the author on the half-title page; on the reverse the author wrote out his poem "Moule Rosa" and signed it. Frontispiece B&W photo of Herb with signature beneath. Not dated; copyright page states: "This the first collected edition in one volume contains fifteen new poems". Nice unmarked and sound copy. <br/> <br/> Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
Référence libraire : 007641
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Thyra Ferre Bjorn
Once Upon a Christmas Time
New York: Holt Rinehart Winston 1964. First Edition . White Cloth. Very Good/Good. Minimal wear yellowing to spine and edges; unmarked. Price clipped jacket shows edgewear light soiling to back 1" closed tear at top of spine. "a delightfully warm account of Christmases spent in her native Swedish Lapland some fifty years ago". Neatly signed on the flyleaf. <br/> <br/> Holt Rinehart Winston hardcover
Référence libraire : 007500
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Charles D. Rice
The Little Dog Who Wore Earmuffs
Dodd Mead 1957. First Printing . Red Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Charles D. Saxon. Soiling to covers moderate edgewear phone number on flyleaf several pages show light soiling. Christmas inscription signed and dated by the author on the flyleaf. Popular children's story. <br/> <br/> Dodd Mead hardcover
Référence libraire : 007504
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Lola May & Ruth Moss
New Math for Adults Only
New York: Harcourt Brace & World 1966. First Edition . Green Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Roy Doty. Light wear/soiling to covers sound and unmarked. The illustrator has dated and inscribed the book on the flyleaf to a family member. <br/> <br/> Harcourt Brace & World hardcover
Référence libraire : 007552
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Woodrow Wilson
When a Man Comes to Himself
New York: Harper & Bros 1915. Blue Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Minor wear to corners and edges soiling rubbing to covers. The orig. owner's stamp is on the flyleaf along with his signature in pencil Arthur N. Hosking well known artist critic; 1874-1970. <br/> <br/> Harper & Bros hardcover
Référence libraire : 007571
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Marquis James
The Cherokee Strip An Oklahoma Boyhood
New York: Viking 1945. Third Printing . Decorative Cloth. Good/Poor. Wear at edges light soiling to covers. Jacket is INCOMPLETE lower 3/4 of spine missing lower left frony 1/4 missing a repair has been attempted. Mapped endpapers. Inscribed and dated by the author on the half-title page. <br/> <br/> Viking hardcover
Référence libraire : 007376
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John C. Tobin
The Fall Line A Skier's Journal
New York: Meredith Press 1969. First Edition . White Cloth. Very Good/Good. Minimal soiling to edges inscribed by author on flyleaf otherwise a nice clean and unmarked copy. Price clipped jacket shows wear at corners soiling to back. Numerous B&W photos. <br/> <br/> Meredith Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 007386
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Mameve Medwed
Mail
New York: Warner 1997. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Minimal wear clean and unmarked. Jacket shows very slight rubbing to back not price clipped. An amusing love story. Inscribed and signed by the author on the half-title page; signed again by her on the title page. This copy was evidently presented to some folks who assisted the author with some background info. <br/> <br/> Warner hardcover
Référence libraire : 007407
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John Van Druten
I am a Camera
New York: Random House 1952. Fireside Theater Book Club . Burgundy Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Slight wear at spine ends orig. owner's unique bookplate inside front cover; exceptional condition. Jacket a bit worn at top of spine light soiling. A three act play presented at the Empire Theatre in 1951 starring William Prince Julie Harris Edward Andrews among others. Several B&W photos from the stage production. Included is the original Fireside B/C brochure. Signed on the flyleaf by the author. Provenance on request. <br/> <br/> Random House hardcover
Référence libraire : 007253
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Sidney Kingsley
Detective Story
New York: Dramatists Play Service 1951. Original Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket. Acting Edition". Thin paperback 98 pgs; light soiling to edges unmarked. Boldly signed by Kingsley across the front cover. <br/> <br/> Dramatists Play Service paperback
Référence libraire : 007272
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