New York: Spiegel & Grau, 2015. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.25cm); black paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [xii],[5],6-152,[12]pp. Signed by the author in black Sharpie on the title page. Fine in a Fine, unclipped dustjacket (priced $24.00). Sharp copy of Coates's breakout book, written..... More
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2006. Limited Edition. "Franklin's Autobiography presents with vividness the key episodes in a young man's rise, from poor apprentice to prominent citizen. Its unifying theme is the lessons in behavior and morality he learns along the way. It has been accurately described as a conduct..... More
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2001. First Edition. The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist's classic account of how America became involved in Vietnam. Limited Issue, one of 1,250 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author, this being copy no.16. Octavo (24.25cm); full burgundy leather, with titling and decorations stamped in..... More
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2006. Limited Edition. One of 400 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author and illustrator, this being copy no.200. Quarto (29cm); full blue-gray cloth-covered boards, with titles stamped in black on spine and pictorial label inset on front cover; [ii],[4],5-169,[5]pp; illustrated with 14..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1983. Limited Edition. A masterful production by The Limited Editions Club of Hersey's 1946 book, chronicling the stories of six survivors of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Hersey's work comprised the entirety of the August 31, 1946 issue of The New Yorker, and..... More
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2004. First Edition. Attractive copy of Hutchinson's book exploring the lives of pioneering females throughout the history of the United States. Limited Issue, one of 1,540 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author, this being copy no.1,450. Octavo (23.5cm); full blue leather, with..... More
New York: Random House, 1969. First Edition. First Printing, first state, without the legal disclaimer which was added later. Near Fine in an unclipped, Very Good+ jacket. Two tiny tears at the crown of the spine, along with a long diagonal crease to each jacket flap, else a sharp, attractive..... More
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1966. First Edition. First Printing, with "First Edition" and publisher's "M-P" code on copyright page. Octavo (22cm); russet cloth, titled in black and gilt on spine; dustjacket; xii,259,[1]pp; illus. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page to his friend and fellow urbanologist Melvin..... More
Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1939. First Edition. The fifth and rarest of FDR's Christmas books, bar none. Unlike all of the other books in the series, this one has neither a printed nor an autographed colophon. A June 26, 1939 letter from Pete Jarman, Vice-Chairman of the Joint..... More
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2007. First Edition. Limited Issue, one of 1,275 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author, this being copy no.212. Octavo (23.5cm); full tan leather, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and covers; silk endpapers; all edges gilt; xviii,382,[2]pp. Faint, tiny..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1935. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19cm); grey cloth, with printed title label mounted to spine; dustjacket; [viii],78,[2]pp. From the library of American science fiction author and publisher Donald A. Wollheim (1914-1990), with his name neatly rubber-stamped on rear endpaper. Some trivial dustiness to upper..... More
London: Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1917. First Edition. A sharp copy of Wells's reluctant work of war propaganda, written after a tour of the fronts during World War I. "For my own part I did not want to go. I evaded a suggestion that I should go in 1915. I...... More
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2010. First Edition. Limited Issue, one of 950 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author, this being copy no.918. Octavo (23.75cm); full navy blue leather, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and covers; silk endpapers; all edges gilt; [xii],278pp. Fine..... More