Imperium: A Novel of Ancient Rome.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 305 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with very light staining at head of text block. Dust jacket in mylar cover. Very Good / Fine. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 305 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with very light staining at head of text block. Dust jacket in mylar cover. Very Good / Fine. More
Stamford, CT: Longmeadow Press, 1991. Hardcover. First Edition. Fourth Printing. 292 pp. 8vo. Sunning to spine of dust jacket has lightened it, now in mylar cover. Clean and crisp within.
Signed on dedication page in year of publication by co-editor, Don Henley, one of the founders of the mega-band, The Eagles, and a longtime proponent for the preservation of Walden Pond. Fine / Very Good. More
Dennis, Wesley. New York: Rand McNally & Company, 1950. Hardcover. First Edition. Third Printing. 224 pp. 4to. Dust jacket has numerous chips, tears, and losses, now in mylar cover. Brown cloth binding with light wear at edges, clean within.
Inscribed by the author on the half-title page. Very Good / Good. More
Cambridge, MA: TidePool Press, 2011. Hard Cover. First Edition. x, 210 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.
Inscribed to a previous owner by the author on the title page. Fine / Fine. More
Ionesco, Eugene. New York: Lancer, 1987. Hardcover. Limited Edition. xiv, 127 pp. Folio. 4 Lithographs. Flexible white baords with very light scuffing, Interior very clean. Housed in a white paper covered slipcase with minor scuffing and in Very Good condition.
Printed in an edition of 1,000 copies, this is # 485 and signed in pencil by Eugène Ionesco (1909-1994) on the colophon. Very Good. More
London: Macmillan, 1983. Wraps. First Edition. First paperback edition. 224 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with very minimal scuffing to covers.
Inscribed at length to the previous owner by the photographer and artist, Jonathan Scott. Very Good. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975. Hardcover. First Edition. First American Edition. First Printing. 271 pp. 8vo. Dust jacket has light scuffing from shelf wear, closed tear at base of spine was repaired with cellophane tape at verso and is almost invisible from the front, now in mylar cover. Black cloth boards with gold titling. Very light strip of darkening along gutter from the glue used in production.
Signed by P. D. James (1920-2014) on the title page. James' sixth novel. Very Good / Very Good. More
London: Faber and Faber, 1992. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 239 pp. 8vo. Light wear and scuffing to dust jacket, now in mylar cover. Clean within, pages have darkened slightly at ages due to quality of paper.
Signed by P. D. James (1920-2014) on the title page. Very Good / Very Good. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1966. Hardcover. First Edition. First American Edition. First Printing. 254 pp. 8vo. Dust jacket is clean and sharp, with two closed tears at head of rear panel, now in mylar cover. Terra cotta cloth boards with black titling to spine. Previous owner's name and address written in blue ink on first free endpaper, clean within.
Signed by P. D. James (1920-2014) on the title page. James' first novel. Very Good / Very Good. More
London: Faber and Faber, 1977. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 265 pp. 8vo. Dust jacket quite sharp, price clipped, and in mylar cover. Very clean within.
Signed by P. D. James (1920-2014) on a bookplate that is laid in. Very Good / Fine. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1967. Hardcover. First Edition. First American Edition. First Printing. 224 pp. 8vo. Dust jacket has light scuffing from shelf wear, closed tear at head of spine repaired with cellophane tape at verso, hardly visible from the front, now in mylar cover. Green cloth boards with blue titling. Small blue ink mark at lower left corner of front pastedown, clean within.
Signed by P. D. James (1920-2014) on the title page. James' second novel. Very Good / Very Good. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1971. Hardcover. First Edition. First American Edition. First Printing. 296 pp. 8vo. Dust jacket is clean and sharp, very light scuffing, now in mylar cover. Interior pages have darkened slightly at edges due to paper quality. Clean within.
P. D. James (1920-2014) fourth novel. Very Good / Very Good. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1967. Hardcover. First Edition. First American Edition. First Printing. 236 pp. 8vo. Dust jacket is clean and sharp, now in mylar cover. Blue cloth boards with white titling. Previous owner's address label on upper left corner of front pastedown, splash stain on rear first free endpaper, clean within.
Signed by P. D. James (1920-2014) on the title page. James' third novel. Very Good / Fine. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1972. Hardcover. First Edition. First American Edition. First Printing. 216 pp. 8vo. Dust jacket is clean and sharp, very light scuffing, now in mylar cover. Red cloth boards with black titling to spine. Clean within.
Signed by P. D. James (1920-2014) on the title page. James' fifth novel. Very Good / Very Good. More
New York: The Mysterious Press, 1986. Hardcover. First Edition. First Mysterious Press Edition. First Printing. Dust jacket quite sharp and in mylar cover. Clean within, red remainder mark at base of text block.
Signed by P. D. James (1920-2014) on the title page. Very Good / Fine. More
Boston, MA: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, 1993. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 454 pp. Folio. Dust jacket clean, crisp, and in mylar cover. Brown cloth boards with blue embossed titling. Light spotting to head and foredge of text block, clean within.
Signed by the editor on the title page. Very Good / Fine. More
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2009. Hardcover. Limited Edition. xi, 252 pp. Folio. Red cloth boards with title blind embossed on front board, gold embossed to spine. Housed in matching red cloth slipcase.
Second installment in an exceptional work that both explains the rise in film noir but also features the books that inspired the films. An important refernce work for any bibliophile with an interest in film and mid-century America. Printed in a Deluxe Limited Edition of 110 copies, this is copy #23 and is signed by Kevin Johnson and Guy Maddin on the colophon. Fine. More
Ossineke, MI: Silver Fox Enterprises, 2006. Hardcover. First Edition. 242 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.
Inscribed by the author on the half-title page. Fine / Fine. More
Klett, Mark. Santa Fe, NM: Radius Books, 2011. Hardcover. First Edition. Unpag. Folio. Clean, crisp copy. No dust jacket, as issued.
Mark Klett's moving black and white photographs of Wendover Air Force Base, now decommissioned, where the Enola Gay was readied for it's deadly mission of dropping the first atomic bomb on Japan. Signed by Klett on the half-title page. Fine. More
Klett, Mark. Santa Fe, NM: Radius Books, 2007. Hardcover. First Edition. Unpag. Folio. Clean, crisp copy. No dust jacket, as issued.
A beautiful production of stunning photos of the Sonora region's most iconic image, the saguaro cactus. Full page, stark portraits focus on the beauty, hardiness, and decay of these mythic inhabitants of the Sonoran Desert. Printed in initial run of 1500 copies, this copy is signed by Mark Klett on the title page. Fine. More
Klett, Mark. Santa Fe, NM: Radius Books, 2016. Hardcover. First Edition. Unpag. Folio. Clean, crisp copy in origial clear plastic shipping sleeve. No dust jacket, as issued.
Another fascinating publication by Mark Klett and Radius Books. Starting with the text of 1870 edition of Raphael Pumpelly's "Across America and the Asia, Notes of a Five Years' Journey Around the World and of Residence in Arizona, Japan and China" in which the Arizona section of that original book is reproduced via photographs for the reader to read. Although the exact route Pumpelly took across the Sonoran Desert in 1861, Klett provides an approximation of the journey, much of which now lays in the Barry M. Goldwater Bombing Range. Klett's photoraphs document the present day with large..... More
Klett, Mark. Santa Fe, NM: Radius Books, 2018. Hardcover. First Edition. viii, 163 pp. Folio. Clean, crisp copy. No dust jacket, as issued.
Starting with Eliot Porter's engaging images of Glen Canyon taken before the Glen Canyon Dam was completed and later as it filled, this photographic reassessment visits many of these same locations and documents the fall of the impounded water as we move into record years of drought. Signed on a tipped in sheet by Klett, Solnit, and Wolfe. Fine. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 239 pp. 8vo. Light wear and scuffing to dust jacket, minor soiling, now in mylar cover. Gray cloth boards with author's name repeated in a blind embossed pattern that fills the front board. Clean within.
Signed by John Lahr on the first free endpaper. Very Good / Good. More
Laman, Tim. Washington DC: National Geographic/The Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 2012. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 227 pp. Oblong 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Brand new.
A lush and stunning book of color photographs of the New Guinea's elusive birds-of-paradise. Signed by author & photographer Tim Laman on the title in year of publication. Scarce! Fine / fine. More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2001. Hardcover. First Edition. 232 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.
Signed by Landman and Mikkelsen on the title page. Fine / Fine. More