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1994réf. 8165London: Fourth Estate 1994. First UK edition. 243 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. A collection of seventeen short stories. London: Fourth Estate unknown books
1889réf. 60848Chicago and New York: Rand McNally & Co 1889. First edition. 8vo. 339 pp. Illustrated from photographs and wood engravings plates vignettes and historiated initials; ad for two other Shields titles tipped in at the front endpaper. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper to A.W. Hooper businessman and sportsman who served as President of the Tarpon Club in Port Aransas Texas in the early 1910s. Phillips p. 343. Heller 620: "The sporting adventures transpired in the Cascade Range in Oregon Washington and British Columbia the Rocky Mountains and the Texas Plains." Riling 1256. Bruns S-142. Fine bright copy. Original gilt-stamped decorated blue-green cloth floral endpapers. #7807. Rand, McNally & Co unknown books
1889réf. 57169Chicago and New York: Rand McNally & Company 1889. First edition. 8vo. 120 4 ads pp. Frontispiece and six plates portraits. Howes S-412. Graff 3759. Smith 9420. Eberstadt 114 693: "Contains in addition accounts of the atrocities perpetrated by Chief Joseph and his followers." While Howes and other bibliographies call for eight plates frontispiece plus 7 Graff and the OCLC description call for 7 frontispiece plus 6; we have handled several copies all with a total of seven plates as here. Original gilt-stamped brown cloth. Lacking front endpaper light marginal tideline through first 11 pages otherwise very good. Rand, McNally & Company unknown books
1971réf. 25860Karchmont NY: Investors Intelligence 1971. Boards. Very Good /Very Good . The 1971 1st edition IN ITS UNCOMMON HARDBACK AND DUSTJACKET. Solid and VG light spotting at the boards in a crisp price-intact $12.50 VG dustjacket. with veryt light creasing along the panel edges. Quarto 156 pgs. including the dozens of examples of "equivolume charting Investors Intelligence unknown books
1974réf. 525300Ottawa: Borealis Press 1974. Softcover. Fine. First edition. 12mo. 59pp. Stiff pictorial wrappers with cover art by "Mance". Signed by Carol Shields on the half-title page. Author's second book she won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her novel Stone Diaries. Borealis Press unknown books
1988réf. 548779Quebec: Samisdat 1988. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 11 1pp. Stapled illustrated wrappers. Near fine. Vietnam poetry the author also wrote a volume of poetry Nam. Very scarce. OCLC locates six copies over two records. Samisdat unknown books
1988réf. 551816Quebec: Samisdat 1988. Softcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 11 1pp. Stapled illustrated wrappers. Tiny crease on front wrap else near fine. Vietnam poetry the author also wrote a volume of poetry Nam. Very scarce. OCLC locates six copies over two records. Samisdat unknown books
2004réf. 516834New York: Fourth Estate an imprint of HarperCollins 2004. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected proof. Illustrated wrappers. Introduction by Margaret Atwood. Fine. Fourth Estate, an imprint of HarperCollins unknown books
1986réf. 454021Washington D.C.: U.S. Army Center of Military History 1986. Softcover. Fine. Reprint. Octavo. 88pp. A few illustrations. Stapled printed wrappers. About fine. U.S. Army Center of Military History unknown books
2005réf. 429821Köln: Darling Publications 2005. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Oblong octavo. Poetry with text in English and German. Fine in printed cardboard box. Inscribed by the author to American poet Daniel Hoffman. Laid in is a Typed Letter Signed presenting the book as well as a typed poem. Additionally laid in is a compact disc of Shields reading his poems. OCLC locates three or four copies all in Europe. Darling Publications hardcover books
1999réf. 417787New York: Crown 1999. Softcover. Fine. First paperback edition. Glossy pictorial wrappers. Fine. Affectionately Inscribed to fellow author Nicholas Delbanco from the author. A Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Crown unknown books
2010réf. 417665New York: Alfred A. Knopf 2010. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Jacket design by Chip Kidd. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Affectionately Inscribed to fellow author Nicholas Delbanco from the author. Essays pertaining to the "reality" craze and what that means in the twenty-first century for a writer. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
2002réf. 402894Lexington South Carolina: Dare 2 Dream Publishing 2002. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Glossy pictorial wrappers. Fine. Poetry. Dare 2 Dream Publishing unknown books
1930réf. 380079New York: The Crafton Collection 1930. Hardcover. Very Good. Second edition. Quarto. Red cloth gilt. Tipped in plates. Prospectus laid in. Rubbing and wear at the extremities about very good. Nicely Inscribed by the Canadian artist Eby and additionally Signed by Dorothy Noyes Arms. The Crafton Collection hardcover books
1989réf. 379662New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1989. Softcover. Very Good. Uncorrected proof. Wrappers. Fading dampstain on top inner corner of front cover and top spine end very good or better with publisher's information taped in. Author's second novel. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
2002réf. 96741Austin TX: Liquid Paper Press 2002. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Octavo wrappers. Fine copy. Only two copies listed on OCLC. Liquid Paper Press unknown books
1999réf. 93787Pueblo CO: Scrooge's Ledger Press 1999. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Illustrated stapled wrappers. Fine. Texas poet. OCLC locates three copies. Scrooge's Ledger Press unknown books
1989réf. 566859New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1989. Softcover. Very Good. Uncorrected proof. Printed wrappers. Covers slightly soiled with creasing spine lightly sunned very good. Author's second novel a semi-autographical book about a boy growing up with a severe stutter. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1992réf. 566854New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1992. Softcover. Very Good. Uncorrected Proof. Printed wrappers. Bottom corner lightly creased front wrap with a faint label shadow very good. Publisher's material stapled inside front cover. Connected short stories of a young man growing up "fixated on his parents' political idealism and his own mortality. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1929réf. 2221871First edition. 11 3/4" x 9". 51 etchings by John Taylor Arms. Dust jacket with $4.95 price; stains. Very good. 179 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Includes descriptions of 40 churches including Notre Dame de Paris Mont St. Michel Chartres Rouen etc. Notable for reproduction of the etching 51 full-page by John Taylor Arms 1887-1953 American graphic artist. Publisher's bookmark laid in loose. Extra shipping for non US orders. The Macmillan Company hardcover books
1990réf. 350989San Francisco: SF Camerawork 1990. Magazine. 48p. 9x12 inches articles photos services and resources lightly-worn magazine in black pictorial wraps. Sex Is by Boy With Arms Akimbo a direct action response to the Corcoran cancellation of the Mapplethorpe show. SF Camerawork unknown books
1975réf. 72146Provo UT: David C. Martin 1975. First edition. Spiral Bound. Good. SIGNED. 267pp. Octavo 21.5 cm Broken plastic spiral bound wraps. The wraps are soiled and there is very occasional underlining/markings to the text. Despite the wear to the spiral binding the pages are intact. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the title page: "May 28 1975 / To Brother Russell Rich / Sincere best / wishes and / appreciation / Steven L. Shields. David C. Martin unknown books
1970réf. 234174Lear 1970 1970-01-01. paperback. Very Good. 0x0x0. Light blue paper covers have minor wear. Clean has a good binding no marks or notations. This is the 1970 reprint of the original 1938 sales manual. Lear, 1970 paperback books
2010réf. 1403360New York New York: Alfred A. Knopf 2010. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 317 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good condition dust jacket. Spine is yellow with magenta and cyan lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering price uncut: "$24.95" on front flap. Boards have mild shelving wear and denting along spine head and tail. Textblock edges have mild age-toning. Signed flat on title page by David Shields. Shelved in Room Z. 1403360. Special Collections - Upstairs. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1977réf. 49677London: Jonathan Cape 1977. Very Good /Very Good . London: Jonathan Cape 1977. First Edition. Octavo 24cm; navy boards in illustrated price-clipped dust jacket cream colored endsheets; 249pp. Dust jacket rubbed and toned. Boards bumped. Binding sound. Textblock endsheets and interior pages clean. Very Good or better copy of this short story collection aimed at older children. In 2023 the title story was adapted into a short film by Wes Anderson starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the eponymous aristocrat. . Jonathan Cape unknown books