New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003. First edition. Softcover. Uncorrected proof. 164 pages. A non-fiction work from the author of "Presumed Innocent." While perhaps best known as an author Turow was also an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Chicago. A fine seemingly unread copy in glossy wrappers. Somewhat uncommon in this format. Item #190792 More
Price: $30.00
West Virginia: West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company, 1959. First edition thus. Hardcover. An attractive reprint edition of Twain’s first book. Printed by the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company (later renamed Westvaco) as Christmas gifts for its employees and friends. A clean near fine copy in paper covered boards with a leather spine in a near fine slipcase. No dust jacket as issued. One of the earliest of the Westvaco titles. Item #186656 More
Price: $75.00
np: BOMC, 1988. First edition. Softcover. The first appearance of this pamphlet. An introduction to the classic John O'Hara novel. A near fine copy in illustrated stapled wrappers with some minor darkening to the front panel. Item #130342 More
Price: $20.00
np: BOMC, 1986. First edition. Softcover. The first appearance of this new introduction to the classic Isak Dinesen novel. A fine copy in stapled wrappers. Item #172706 More
Price: $45.00
Washington, D.C. Library of Congress, 1969. First edition. Softcover. Includes a bibliography of the Sandburg materials in the collections of the Librar of Congress. A clean and tight near fine copy in stapled wrappers. Item #115525 More
Price: $10.00
Valencia, Spain: Institut d'Estudis Catalans - Universitat de Valencia, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Over 700 pages with a number of illustrations. A fine and tight copy in a fine dust jacket. Item #109967 More
Price: $60.00
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1992. First edition. Softcover. Uncorrected proof. 97 pages. A non-fiction of book from the prolific author of "Myra Breckinridge," "Lincoln" and numerous other books. A close to to near fine coy in blue printed wrappers with some slight sunning to the spine and some light soiling as well. Internally a clean copy. Item #184021 More
Price: $30.00
New York: J.J. Augustin, 1944. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Features in introduction by Dard Hunter. A scholarly examination of the types of papermaking that existed in early central American cultures. Includes a tipped in frontispiece as well as 39 plates. A near fine copy with a former owner signature to the front free endpaper in a lightly soiled very near fine dust jacket. Item #177555 More
Price: $55.00
Washington, D.C. Merkle Press Inc., 1972. First edition. Softcover. 9 pages. Transcript of a discussion held between Patricia Elliott, Robert Ardrey, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Leslie Fiedler, and Diane Wakoski. A near fine copy in stapled wrappers. Signed by Wakoski on the front cover. Item #139831 More
Price: $25.00
New York: Random House, 1997. First edition. Softcover. Uncorrected proof. A collection of short works about Walker's activism. A very good copy in blue wrappers with some light wear. Item #189227 More
Price: $12.50
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1993. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Walker's third book of non-fiction, this one about female genital mutilation. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket and with laid in errata slip. Signed by both Walker and Parmar on the title page. A lesser known book from the author of the acclaimed novel "The Color Purple." Item #182847 More
Price: $75.00
Koln: Förderverein Kulturzentrum Sinsteden e.V, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Text in German. Includes numerous color illustrations. A fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. Item #119458 More
Price: $15.00
Chicago, IL: Henry Regnery Company, 1969. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 250 pages. A book about mental illness. A tight near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with some very minor wear. Signed and inscribed by Mary Jane Ward on the front free endpaper to a longtime bookseller at Marshall Fields. Uncommon and especially signed. Item #189991 More
Price: $85.00
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1957. First British edition. Small hardcover. 88 pages. A non-fiction work from the only author to win Pulitzer Prizes for both fiction and poetry. A clean near fine copy in a very good plus dust jacket with some light wear. Item #190897 More
Price: $30.00
New York: Random House, 1956. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 66 pages. A non-fiction work from the only author to win Pulitzer Prizes for both fiction and poetry. A clean near fine copy in a very good dust jacket that has some light wear. Item #190898 More
Price: $30.00
San Francisco, CA: Sierra Club, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. Introduction by Paul Brooks with text by Wayburn and color photographs by Stock. A near fine copy in a very good plus price clipped dust jacket with a few small tears and minor wear and slight moisture stain to the top edge of the spine. Still, a good copy. Item #113750 More
Price: $15.00
Utrecht: Uitgegeven Door Erven J. Buleveld, 1933. Second edition. Hardcover. Text in Dutch. A very good plus copy in cloth boards. No dust jacket. Uncommon. Item #164609 More
Price: $25.00
Los Angeles, CA: Ward Ritchie Press, 1973. Third printing. Hardcover. Interesting book with numerous black and white photographs. A fine copy in a very near fine slipcase. Item #105345 More
Price: $15.00
Toledo, OH: Weyer International Book Division, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. 144 pages. Number 2813 of 5000 copies. Preface by Jim Weyer. Foreword by Bud Lang. Introduction by Bernard Levine. Includes numerous color photographs. A very good plus copy in cloth boards with sunning to the rear panel. No dust jacket as issued. Signed and inscribed by Jim Weyer on the limitation page. Item #157591 More
Price: $60.00
Toledo, OH: Weyer International Book Division, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. 227 pages. Number 2813 of 5000 copies. Introduction by Shelley Berman. Includes numerous color photographs. A fine copy in boards. No dust jacket as issued. Signed and inscribed by Jim Weyer on the limitation page. Item #157590 More
Price: $50.00
Ipswich, United Kingdom: Limited Editions Club, 1972. First edition thus. Hardcover. 275 pages. Number 1338 from an edition of 1500 copies. Features an introduction by The Earl of Cranbrook. Includes illustrations after drawings by John Nash R.A. A clean very near fine copy in paper covered boards with a calfskin spine that has some very minute wear and in very near fine slipcase. Signed by Nash on the limitation page. An attractive book. Item #189144 More
Price: $85.00
Chicago, IL: The Chicago Literary Club, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. 143 pages. One of 300 copies printed by R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. The Lakeside Press. Includes 13 black and white photographs of past leaders of this organization. A clean near fine copy in paper covered boards with cloth spine and printed paper spine label that is slightly darkened and with top edge gilt. No dust jacket as issued. Item #174147 More
Price: $15.00
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. 471 pages. A book from conservative icon George F. Will. A very near fine copy in decorated full leather binding with all page edges gilt and bound in silk book marker with a few tiny scratches to the page edges. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by Will. Item #184838 More
Price: $45.00
Chicago, IL: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, IncHenry Regnery Company, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. Wille's personal copy of her book that has been specially bound in a full leather binding with all page edges gilt. A near fine copy with some slight sunning to the spine. No dust jacket. Loise Wille, was a two time Pulitzer Prize winning Chicago journalist. Item #167013 More
Price: $75.00
New York: Farrar, Straus and Company, 1950. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 534 pages. A near fine copy in blue cloth boards and in an about fair dust jacket with some tears, chips, wear, and tape repairs to the verso. Item #189818 More
Price: $25.00