New York: Gold Medal Books / Fawcett Publications, 1951. First edition. Softcover. 180 pages. A paperback original. An about very good copy in wrappers with a crease to the bottom front corner, a small tear to the bottom of the front panel near the spine, another small tear to the top of the rear panel and with the usual toning to the pages. Despite the litany of flaws a solid copy of a somewhat uncommon look at Henry Ford. Item #188115 More
Price: $35.00
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. 831 pages. A very near fine copy in decorated full leather binding with all page edges gilt and bound in silk book marker and with a couple of small faint scratched to the page edges. Signed by Bennett. Item #184807 More
Price: $100.00
New York: The Penguin Press, 2005. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 414 pages. Another interesting book from the author of "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil." Author and Tennessee Williams scholar W. Kenneth Holditch's copy with his ownership signature to the front free endpaper in a very near fine dust jacket. Signed and very warmly inscribed by Berendt to Holditch on the front free endpaper. A nice association copy. Item #177653 More
Price: $50.00
New York: Random House, 1995. Limited edition. Hardcover. Massively popular book which has went into at least 65 printings. One of 2500 specially bound and numbered copies. The basis for a Clint Eastwood directed movie with John Cusack, Jude Law, and Alison Eastwood. A fine copy in a very fine illustrated slipcase. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by Berendt on the limitation page. Seemingly more uncommon than one would think based on the size of the print run. Item #187217 More
Price: $100.00
Troy, NY: Whitston Publishing Company, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. A thorough look at the study of handwriting. Includes numerous illustrations. A very near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with a little wear and soiling. A very nice copy. Item #110166 More
Price: $30.00
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Part of the Smithsoinan Illustrated Library of Antiques prepared by the Cooper-Hewitt Museum. A near fine copy in an about near fine dust jacket with a small one inch closed tear to the top of the front panel, a little discoloration along the top edge of the jacket, and slight edge wear. Item #127511 More
Price: $12.00
Chicago, IL: A.C. McClurg & Co., Publishers, 1913. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. A very good plus copy with the white spine lettering having mostly flaked off as usual and with some very minor damage to the spine otherwise a very clean copy in a very good plus dust jacket with some chipping to the spine ends and edges as well as some small edge tears and soiling. Very scarce in the dust jacket. Item #119136 More
Price: $125.00
Newton Abbot, Devon, United Kingdom: David & Charles Direct, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. 160 pages. Includes numerous color photographs. A fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. A very good reference about the camera lens from Leica. Item #125632 More
Price: $50.00
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2004. Third printing. Large softcover. 198 pages. Catalog for a show that ran May 1 through July 29, 2001. Text by Hamish Bowles, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. and Rachel Lambert Mellon. Includes numerous color and black and white images. A very near fine copy in wrappers. Item #124657 More
Price: $12.50
New York: Viking, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. A very near fine unread copy in a fine dust jacket. Item #105068 More
Price: $12.50
Evanston, IL: The Branding Iron Press, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. 141 pages. Number 9 from an edition of 750 copies. Edited by Brayer. Decoration by David T. Vernon. A fine copy in a very good plus dust jacket that is lightly soiled and tanned at the edges. Scarce in any jacket. Item #126587 More
Price: $50.00
New York: Payson & Clarke Ltd., 1929. First edition. Hardcover. 359 pages. Illustrated throughout including a frontipiece by Edward Weston. A very good copy with some slight splitting to the front and rear internal hinges, some fraying to the spine ends and some other light wear. No dust jacket. Still a solid copy. Item #185774 More
Price: $100.00
New York: Viking Press, 1975. Fourth printing. Hardcover. 192 pages. A clean and tight near fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. Signed and warmly inscribed by Breslin on the front free endpaper to a longtime bookseller for Marshall Field on the front free endpaper in the year of publication. Item #183044 More
Price: $25.00
Chicago, IL: Chicago's Books Press, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Foreword by Joel Daly. Illustrated throughout with numerous black and white and color photographs of the rebirth of Chicago. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by both Bronsky and Samors on the front free endpaper in white ink. Item #110023 More
Price: $25.00
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. 524 pages. Number 716 of 1500 copies. A book from conservative icon Buckley. A very near fine copy in decorated full leather binding with all page edges gilt and bound in silk book marker with a few small scratches to the page edges. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by Buckley. Item #184837 More
Price: $125.00
New York: Random House, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. A collection of some of the transcripts from his television show. An about near fine copy with some minor bumping to the top corner of the rear panel in a very near fine dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by Buckley on a bookplate affixed to the front free endpaper. Item #111120 More
Price: $30.00
London: Jonathan Cape, 1928. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 287 pages. Written by the Duke's valet. Features a footnote to history, arranged, expurgated and edited by Laurence Housman. A very good copy with some slight foxing in an about fair dust jacket with chipping to the spine ends, some other edge tears and wear and tape repairs to the verso. Uncommon in any dust jacket. Item #178254 More
Price: $65.00
New York: P.M. Haverty, Publishers, 1873. Presumed later printing. Hardcover. 238 pages. An about good copy in green cloth binding with gilt lettering but with some rubbing and wear to the board edges, a vintage sticker to the front pastedown, a vintage bookstore embossed stamp to the front free endpaper and lacking the rear free endpaper. Still, a solid copy. Item #124726 More
Price: $25.00
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1918. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 232 pages. Introduction by Cornelius F. Burns. An about fair ex-library copy with extensive markings, loss to the spine, some bumping to the boards, splitting to the rear hinge, small edge tears to the fore edge of some of the pages and some other wear. No dust jacket. An acceptable reading copy of an uncommon book. Item #172546 More
Price: $20.00
Bedford, England & Chester Springs, PA: Gordon Fraser & Dufour Editions Inc., 1959. First edition. Hardcover. A variant edition with a sticker affixed to the front pastedown from Dufour Editions. A fine and tight copy in a price clipped very near fine dust jacket that has a U.S. dollars price stamped on the front flap. Item #108096 More
Price: $35.00
New York: Viking, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 190 pages. A clean near fine copy in a close to near fine dust jacket with some sunning to the spine and a small tear and crimp to the bottom of the rear panel. Signed and very warmly inscribed by Chapman on the title page in the year of publication. A nice association copy as the recipient was Lois Wille who was a two time Pulitzer Prize winning Chicago journalist. Item #166894 More
Price: $15.00
Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Chatwin's third and perhaps best book. Features a special introduction by Chatwin not included in the trade edition. A fine copy in full leather binding that attempts to match the aboriginal motif in the book with all edges gilt and a silk book marker. Signed by Chatwin. One of the more attractive volumes in Franklin series. An as new copy and still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. Item #188560 More
Price: $35.00
Paris: Les Editions France Amerique, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. Text in French. A clean near fine copy in paper covered boards with cloth spine. No dust jacket. Item #176917 More
Price: $25.00
San Francisco, CA: Pomegranate Artbooks, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Published in conjunction with a traveling show that rand April 14 through July 10, 1994 in Washington, D.C. and then went on to New Orleans, Chicago, IL, and New York for additional dates. Essays by Mosette Broderick, Francis R. Kowsky, Thomas W. Brunk, Jan Cigliano, Mary Allic Molloy, S. Frederick Starr, Sue Kohler, Stephen Fox, Charles Savage, Richard Guy Wilson, William S. Worley, and Thomas S. Hines. Includes numerous black and white illustrations. A tight very near fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. Item #124249 More
Price: $65.00
New York: G.P. Putnam's & Sons, 1997. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 551 pages. A non-fiction work from Tom Clancy written with General Fred Franks, Jr. (Ret.) A tight near fine copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine with some very minor wear and a former owner signature to the front free endpaper and in a near fine dust jacket with some very minor wear. Signed by Clancy on the half title page. Item #188170 More
Price: $20.00