Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Chatwin's third and perhaps best book. Includes a special introduction by Chatwin not included in the trade edition. A very near 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 and with a few faint scratches to the page edges. Signed by Chatwin. One of the more attractive volumes in Franklin series. Item #184818 More

Price: $35.00

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

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1997. First edition. Softcover. 408 pages. A clean very near fine copy in wrappers. Signed and inscribed by Clifford to author and publisher Clayton Eshleman and his wife Caryl. A nice association copy of an uncommon book to find signed. Item #172316 More

Price: $35.00

Philadelphia: Chilton Book Company, 1968. First U.S. edition. Hardcover. First printing. 185 pages. Edited and with an introduction by Margaret Crosland. A collection of reminiscences about his friends which included: Picasso, Proust, Colette, Modigliani, Chaplin and many others. A near fine copy in a near fine jacket. Item #170685 More

Price: $25.00

Boston, MA: Hill & Company, Publishers, 1988. First edition. Simultaneous softcover issue. Text by Coman and numerous black and white photographs by Judy Dater. A near fine copy in wrappers with a crease to the rear flap. Signed and inscribed by Dater on the dedication page to fellow photographer Deborah Luster. Uncommon signed. Item #178384 More

Price: $30.00

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 272 pages. A tight near fine copy in a very good dust jacket with sunning to the spine and edges and with some other minor wear. Signed and warmly inscribed by Cooke on the front free endpaper 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 #166895 More

Price: $20.00

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. Third printing. Hardcover. 205 pages. Features Cooke's look at: Charles Chaplin, H.L. Mencken, Humphrey Bogart, Adlai Stevenson, Bertrand russell, and Edward VIII. A tight near fine copy in a very good dust jacket with sunning to the spine and edges and with some other minor wear. Signed and warmly inscribed by Cooke on the front free endpaper 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 #166898 More

Price: $20.00

New York: Bloomsbury, 2003. First edition. Softcover. Advanced Reading Copy. A later novel from the author of "Generation X" and "Shampoo Planet." A fine copy in wrappers with publisher sheet laid in. Item #128627 More

Price: $20.00

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2003. First edition. A non-fiction account of a cover operation in Afghanistan. Made into a terrific movie with Tom Hanks, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Julia Roberts. A very near fine copy in a very near fine first issue dust jacket. Item #103705 More

Price: $55.00

Chicago, IL: Chicago Historical Society, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. A comprehensive look at the history of objects made of metal from Chicago between 1844 to 1970. Includes numerous black and white illustrations by Walter W. Krutz. An about very good plus copy with some minor soiling to the boards and some slight bumping to the top corners. A very good reference work. Item #115544 More

Price: $45.00

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1904. Later printing. Hardcover. 228 pages. Includes numerous black and white images. A tight very good plus copy with a former owner signature to the front pastedown and some soiling to the cloth boards but otherwise a very nice copy. Item #126387 More

Price: $15.00

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1965. First U.S. edition. Hardcover. 658 pages. Part of De Beauvoir's autobiographical works. Translated from the French by Richard Howard. An about good copy in cloth boards with fraying to the top of the spine in a near fine dust jacket with some minor wear to the top of the spine. Item #184704 More

Price: $25.00