Miller, SueABAA
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1995réf. 17506New York: HarperCollinsPublishers. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1995. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0060176733 . A handsome first edition/first printing in Very Fine condition in Very Fine dust-jacket. Signed by author Sue Miller directly on the title page; The Distinguished Guest is a historical novel about the life of Henry James set in the years leading up to and including the publication of The Ambassadors. It tells the story of James's interactions with a series of extraordinary people from the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough to the poet Emily Dickinson.Sue Miller has written a novel that is both fascinating and enjoyable. The Distinguished Guest is a compelling read and provides a unique look into the life of Henry James.; 8vo; Signed by Author . HarperCollinsPublishers hardcover books
2010réf. 45242London: Frances Lincoln Limited Publishers. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2010. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0711231125 . An elegant first edition/first Impression in Fine condition in alike dust-jacket. Boldly signed by the author and illustrators directly on the front free end paper; The Garden At Charleston: A Bloomsbury Garden Through the Seasons explores Charleston the home in the heart in of Sussex Downs. It was not the house but the potential of its gardens that excited the painters Vanessa Bell the sister of Virginia Woolf and Duncan Grant when they took up residence at Charleston in 1916; 8vo; 6 7-112 pages; Signed by Author & Illustrator . Frances Lincoln Limited Publishers hardcover books
1988réf. 001184New York: Henry Holt 1988. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing with complete # row. Prior owner name neatly written in ink on the front endpage else Fine/Fine. Henry Holt Hardcover books
réf. 605003Signed "Smoke and Sue" in black ink on Sue Rhodes Calhoun letterhead May 13 1989. 6" x 9"; 1 page; very good old mailing folds; minor signs of handling. Together with a vintage original candid photograph of Rory Calhoun and Sue Rhodes Calhoun with their three daughters. Photograph is on heavy weight stock; matte finish; 4" x 5"; very good minor signs of handling. To actress Virginia Grey" In part: "What a special friend you are to go to all that trouble of making a cake. . .As well as your lovely basket of flowers. . .Most of all we just loved having you here with us. We love you. . ." Rory Calhoun and Sue Rhodes Calhoun were married 1971 until his death in 1999. Signed by Authors. No Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. unknown books
2009réf. 157846New York: William Morrow 2009. Original printer's proof for the cover of the first edition published by William Morrow in 2009 SIGNED by editor Michael Connelly. Card stock 8.25 x 10.75 inches mechanically folded at the rear spinefold. 14.25 x 10.75 inches unfolded. Fine. William Morrow unknown books
1988réf. 016624New York: Henry Holt 1988. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine/Fine. 8vo 225pp. Beautiful First Edition First Printing with full number sequence. Bound in quarter black cloth over gray paper-covered boars. Square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. A couple of tiny spots of toning to the cloth at the heel. Sticker ghost on front end-paper. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket $15.95 is fresh and bright with no chipping creases toning or tears. A quite pretty collectable copy. Henry Holt hardcover books
2005réf. 83984New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons / Penguin Group 2005. Uncorrected Proof "Manuscript for Limited Edition" copy softcover. Octavo 23cm; printed wrappers with French flaps; 368pp. Upper rear corner bumped else Near Fine. The nineteenth volume of Grafton's best-selling Kinsey Millhone series with this one including sex and mystery in Serena Station California. 83984. G.P. Putnam's Sons / Penguin Group unknown books
2005réf. 1235Number 17 of a limited edition of 50. Title and colophon printed letterpress at the Weekend Print Shop. Hand bound and SIGNED by the artist. Hardcover with a red ribbon tie. Concertina style. Inkjet printed on Kaji paper from linoleum cuts by Sue Huggins Leopard. Fine. A series of six block prints with smaller decorative motifs in red from this renowned book artist. Leopard Studio Editions hardcover books
1981réf. 196286London England: Thames & Hudson 1981. Hardcover. VG-/VG- boards scuffed & smudge; scoring to back. spine ends bumped w/ indentation slight tear to tail. corners bumped & rubbed. upper textblock has speckled foxing. diagonal abrasion to textblock edge w/ fine rubbs to pg edges. dustjacket scuffed & scratched; curled edge-wear; tear to spine top; scoring to back; corners creased; price sticker to back. cream boards w/ gilt emblem gilt spine printing. 364 pgs w/ bw illustrations. glossy cream illustrated dustjacket w/ black printing. Contain 544 Illustrations. Thames & Hudson hardcover books
2021réf. RBARGAR00jtmMackinac Memories 2021. Fine. Barnwell Jack. The Gardens of Mackinac Island. Allen Sue; Wohletz Jennifer. Lake Huron Michigan: Mackinac Memories 2021. 344pp. Illustrated. 4to. Red cloth. Book condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine in clear dust jacket protector. Mackinac Memories hardcover books
1976réf. 1397868Oakland California: Diana Press 1976. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo 236 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Spine is tan with dark brown lettering. Wraps have mild general soiling shelving wear along extremities and bending wear along front tail fore corner. Textblock has mild scuffing and soiling dark brown staining along fore edge from front cover-p.21. Signed flat on half-title and title page by Rita Mae Brown. Shelved in Room Z. 1397868. Special Collections - Upstairs. Diana Press unknown books
1983réf. 51154New York: Raw Books & Graphics 1983. First edition. Softcover. Very good condition. Folio. 44pp. Original color-illustrated wraps with red black and yellow lettering. Four chapters of dramatically illustrated critical documentation of the South African struggle in the 20th century. Wraps with light wear along edges and lightly rubbed. Raw Books & Graphics unknown books
1985réf. 49251New York: Henry Holt and Company 1985. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket. Signed later printing of the second of the Kinsey Millhone series in which the hard-boiled Santa Teresa private detective investigates a missing person case. Grafton hit her stride in this second book crystallizing the traits that made A IS FOR ALIBI so good: crisply drawn characters a steady raising of stakes and a sense of increasing momentum towards the inevitable conclusion - all overseen by the no-nonsense Kinsey Millhone in the fictional version of Santa Barbara California. Grafton's detective was far from the first woman to drive a popular mystery but Kinsey Millhone's particular personality has spurred literary descendants across genres from thrillers to urban fantasy. 8'' x 5.25''. Original grey boards. Original unclipped $21.95 grey and red pictorial dust jacket. 230 pages. Signed by Grafton to title page. Jacket with a hint of edgewear and rubbing. Binding with a touch of shelfwear. Clean. Henry Holt and Company unknown books
1986réf. 49238New York: Henry Holt and Company 1986. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Signed third printing of the third Kinsey Millhone mystery in which the hard-boiled private detective continues an investigation on behalf of a murdered client. Millhone's vigil after the death of her client stirs up memories from her own past and she pursues the loose threads that no one wants her to follow. THE GUARDIAN reported on the influence of Millhone on other noir and crime writers such as Meg Gardiner who said: "With every page I wished: Kinsey Millhone be my friend. Beyond that she showed me how a female series heroine could work." 8'' x 5.25''. Original grey boards. Original unclipped $19.95 color pictorial dust jacket. 244 pages. Signed by Grafton to title page. Jacket with a hint of edgewear one tiny closed tear. Sharp. Henry Holt and Company unknown books
1990réf. 49242New York: Henry Holt and Company 1990. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Inscribed first printing of this gritty installment in the Kinsey Millhone series filled with "guilt and guile" - "G is for good: very very good indeed" rear flap copy. The success of the Kinsey Millhone books inspired a generation of writers to create their own casually badass heroines to the delight of millions of readers. 9'' x 6''. Original boards. Original unclipped $16.95 color pictorial dust jacket. 262 pages. Inscribed by Grafton to title page "For / Dudley. / warmly" dated 1990 at ALA likely the American Library Association conference. Jacket with a hint of edgewear a touch of foxing to verso. Textblock with scattered faint foxing. Tight. Henry Holt and Company unknown books
1991réf. 49252New York: Henry Holt and Company 1991. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket. Signed first printing of this next installment of Sue Grafton's Alphabet Mysteries which finds our hard-boiled heroine Kinsey Millhone embroiled in a combination case of insurance fraud gone wrong and a gangster looking to reclaim a lost love at any cost. The success of the Kinsey Millhone books inspired a generation of writers to create their own casually badass heroines to the delight of millions of readers. 9'' x 6''. Original cloth-backed boards. Original unclipped $17.95 color pictorial dust jacket. 256 pages. Signed by Grafton to title page. Publisher's promotional flier loosely laid in. Jacket with a hint of rubbing and edgewear a bit of sunning to spine. Binding wpine ends a touch bumped. Tight. Henry Holt and Company unknown books
2001réf. 25460New York: A Marian Wood Book / G. P. Putnam's Sons. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2001. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0399147195 . An attractive first edition/first printing in Fine condition in About Fine dust-jacket with light edgewear. SIGNED by author Sue Grafton directly on the title page; Dr. Purcell has been missing for nine weeks. Kinsey Millhone had followed the disappearance in the newspapers and then his former wife sought her services. He was the director of a care facility. Millhones latest venture into the darker side of the human soul; A Kinsey Millhone Mystery; 8vo; xii 1-352 4 pages; Signed by Author . A Marian Wood Book / G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
2005réf. 53362New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2005. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0399152970 . A Fine first edition/first printing in an alike dust-jacket that Is lightly scratched; When Sue Grafton's husband is killed she is left to care for her five children by herself. She must find a way to keep them safe and out of trouble all while working to rebuild her life.; 8vo; 374 pages . G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
2007réf. 25464New York: A Marian Wood Book / G. P. Putnam's Sons. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2007. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0399154485 . A handsome first edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dust-jacket. SIGNED by author Sue Grafton directly on the title page; Grafton tackles identity theft and elder abuse in her 20th Kinsey Millhone mystery. Gus Vronsky Kinsey's elderly next-door neighbor suffers a fall and needs in-home care. A health-care nurse named Solana Rojas is hired and Kinsey does a background check finding nothing out of order. Solana turns out to be an identity thief and true sociopath. This is vintage Grafton set in the 1980s but scarily current; A Kinsey Millhone Mystery; 8vo; xii 3-387 388 pages; Signed by Author . A Marian Wood Book / G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
2010réf. 25465New York: A Marian Wood Book / G. P. Putnam's Sons. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2010. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 039915597X . A handsome first edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dust-jacket. SIGNED by author Sue Grafton directly on the title page; In 1988 the year of the thirty-eighth birthday of Sue Grafton's hero Kinsey Millhone Kinsey is approached by Michael Sutton who is soliciting her help with a 1960s disappearance of a four-year-old girl. Sutton's uneasy relationship with the truth is not always helping; A Kinsey Millhone Mystery; 8vo; xii 1-403 404 pages; Signed by Author . A Marian Wood Book / G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
2005réf. 08372New York: G. P. Putnam 2005. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. Octavo. SIGNED INSCRIBED AND DATED IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION BY SUE GRAFTON ON TITLE PAGE. First printing. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. 374 pp. G. P. Putnam hardcover books
1971réf. 89333Cardiff: John Jones Cardiff 1971. First Edition. Number 24 of 100 signed specially-bound copies from a total edition of 500. Octavo; tan buckram; 74pp. Free of markings or notable wear; Near Fine; issued without dustwrapper. The final published collection from this fine Welsh poet who died young in 1974. A scarce book especially in the limited issue. Nicely illustrated by the Cardiff-based artist Sue Shields. John Jones Cardiff unknown books
1983réf. 529585New York: Farrar Straus Giroux 1983. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. 456pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. Slightly bowed boards else near fine in a near fine dust jacket with edgewear. Inscribed by the author biographer Donald Gallup. Material from an exhibition pertaining to the work laid in. Farrar Straus Giroux hardcover books
2007réf. 11631New Haven CT: Timber Press Incorporated 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dustjacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed to Oliver Sacks: "Happy Ferning and best wishes.with thanks for your interesting contributions to science including pterodology and for the joy your books." by author. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks the renowned neurologist author and educator. He was in his life celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. In doing so he highlighted the profound impact of neurological disorders on human identity and experience. His library is a reflection of this remarkable polymath's questing mind. Minimal shelfwear to dj else tight bright and unmarred. Black cloth. Large 4to. 191pp. Illus. color. Timber Press, Incorporated hardcover books
1939réf. 22104Springfield Mass: Milton Bradley and Co 1939. Cloth. Very Good /Near Fine. George Gray. A crisp very sharp copy of the 1939 1st edition. Tight and VG light offsetting along the inner hinges in a bright price-intact $2.00 Near Fine dustjacket with just a touch of light wear at the spine crown. Nicely illustrated in full-page line-drawings by George Gray. Milton Bradley and Co unknown books
