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Aesop's Fables [Signed & Numbered]
First Edition Thus
London: William Heinemann, 1912. xxix, 224 pages. 9-1/4 by 11-1/2 inches. This edition with 13 color and more than 50 black-and-white illustrations by Rackham. The color illustrations are mounted on brown paper and inserted into the text. A lovely edition, published in an edition of 1450 signed and numbered copies. ISBN: 281AIB1043903.
First Rackham edition and first edition of this translation. Spine browned, else near fine in white muslin cloth. With the small broadside for the Leicester Galleries exhibition of the original paintings made for this book laid in, as seen in some copies. Bookplate designed by Arthur Nelson Macdonald for Benedict Erstein on front pastedown. Signed by the illustrator. [JSP01; JSP04]
Book ID: 222418More details Price: $1,250.00 -
Billy Ray's Farm [Lettered Edition]
First Edition
Decatur, GA: Wisteria Press, 1997. One of 26 lettered and signed copies, bound in calfskin and signed by the author; issued in a clever box signed by artist Kannex Fung featuring handmade paper textured with natural materials and a window on the front flap that reveals a wooden picket fence. ISBN: 281AIB1028020.
First edition (first printing). A very fine copy in a very fine handmade box (please note, we use the term very fine very sparingly). Box measures 9-1/4 by 7 by 1-1/4 inches. Book sealed in publisher's original paper. Signed by the author. Two lithographs signed by Moser laid in. [JSP01]
Book ID: 128345More details Price: $500.00 -
Billy Ray's Farm [Letterpress proof, 1of 3]
First Edition
Decatur, GA: Wisteria Press, 1997. 40 pages. Loose sheets, 12-1/2 by 8-1/2 inches. One of three copies. This essay about a heifer's struggle to birth a calf was later included in a collection titled Billy Ray's Farm: Essays From a Place Called Tula. with a signed, numbered engraving by Barry Moser. ISBN: 281AIB1050648.
First edition (first printing). Light 1-1/2 indentation to first few pages else fine. Signed by the publisher. Signed by the publisher. Moser engraving signed and numbered 4/40.
Book ID: 267307More details Price: $500.00 -
Norman Mailer's Provincetown: The Wild West of the East [Lettered edition]
Provincetown Arts Press, 2005. 11 pages. 5-1/2 by 8-1/4 inches. One of 26 lettered copies bound in cloth; there were an additional 100 softbound copies. "Five evocations of Provincetown from teh writings of Norman Mailer" -- from the title page.
First edition (first printing). Blue cloth with sliver lettering on cover. A fine hardcover copy; no dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. Lettered copy M.
Book ID: 268099More details Price: $400.00 -
The Bookman: A Story About Larry McMurtry's Other Day Job
First Edition
First edition (first printing). Box opened and bellyband peeled up from box edges (the only way to open the package). The Bookman pamphlet signed by McMurty and Bonner.
In addition to the regular contents of this collection, this copy includes a hand-corrected proof of "The Bookman" (the changes are in an unknown hand, but almost certainly not McMurtry's); a trade copy of The Bookman inscribed by Bonner; an extra bumpersticker; and a white-on-white Booked Up logo sticker, perhaps a trial item. A unique assemblage.
Book ID: 230113More details Price: $300.00 -
Self-Portrait: Ceaselessly into the Past [Signed and Numbered]
First Edition
Santa Barbara: Capra Pres, 1981. 129 pages. An autobiography by the author of the Lew Archer series of hardboiled detective novels. 1 of 250 signed and numbered copies, there were also 26 slipcased lettered copies; a total edition of 276 copies signed by the author and Eudora Welty (who wrote the foreword) on the limitation page. There was also a trade edition. ISBN: 281AIB1043375.
First edition (first printing). A fine hardcover copy; no dust jacket, as issued. This being copy number 240.
Book ID: 218963More details Price: $250.00 -
Self-Portrait: Ceaselessly into the Past [Signed and Numbered]
First Edition
Santa Barbara: Capra Pres, 1981. 129 pages. An autobiography by the author of the Lew Archer series of hardboiled detective novels. 1 of 250 signed and numbered copies, there were also 26 slipcased lettered copies; a total edition of 276 copies signed by the author and Eudora Welty (who wrote the foreword) on the limitation page. There was also a trade edition. ISBN: 281AIB1043375.
First edition (first printing). A fine hardcover copy; no dust jacket, as issued. This being copy number 33.
Book ID: 218965More details Price: $250.00 -
The State of the Novel: Dying Art or New Science
First Edition
New Orleans: Faust Publishing, 1987. 20 pages. Published in an edition of 250 numbered copies bound with cloth spines, and 75 deluxe copies with leather spines. ISBN: 09179050599.
First edition (first printing). A fine hardcover copy with leather spine; no dust jacket, as issued. Signed by the author on the title page. Copy number 15 of 75.
Book ID: 209425More details Price: $250.00 -
Billy Ray's Farm [Limited edition] [Publisher's copy]
First Edition
Decatur, GA: Wisteria Press, 1997. 40 pages. 6-1/2 by 8-1/2 inches. Limited to an edition of 256 copies printed on Nideggen mourldmade paper, 250 of which were numbered for sale. Illustrated from engravings by Barry Moser. This essay about a heifer's struggle to birth a calf was later included in a collection titled Billy Ray's Farm: Essays From a Place Called Tula. ISBN: 281AIB1046277.
First edition (first printing). A fine copy in the original clear, acetate dust jacket with a small chip at the spine head. Signed by both Brown and Moser. Numbered "Publisher's Copy 4 of 10."
Book ID: 246332More details Price: $250.00 -
The Bookman: A Story About Larry McMurtry's Other Day Job
First edition (first printing). Box and contents fine and UNOPENED. Photos are for reference only. Decorative bellyband with paper label and limitation number. Bookman signed by Bonner and McMurtry.
Book ID: 208095More details Price: $250.00 -
The Bookman: A Story About Larry McMurtry's Other Day Job
First edition (first printing). Box and contents fine and UNOPENED. Photos are for reference only. Decorative bellyband with paper label and limitation number. Bookman signed by Bonner and McMurtry.
Book ID: 208096More details Price: $250.00 -
The Bookman: A Story About Larry McMurtry's Other Day Job
First edition (first printing). Box and contents fine and UNOPENED. Photos are for reference only. Decorative bellyband with paper label and limitation number. Bookman signed by Bonner and McMurtry.
Book ID: 208097More details Price: $250.00 -
The Bookman: A Story About Larry McMurtry's Other Day Job
First Edition
First edition (first printing). Box and contents fine and UNOPENED. Photos are for reference only. Decorative bellyband with paper label and limitation number. Bookman signed by Bonner and McMurtry. [JSP02]
Book ID: 208098More details Price: $250.00 -
Two Stories
Northridge, CA: Santa Susana Press, 1978. 5-1/by 8 inches. Two previously published stores, "Uncle T" and "Preliminary Pages for a Work of Revenge." Published in an edition of 300 numbered and 26 lettered copies signed by the author. ISBN: 281AIB1041636.
Fine in full brown leather with spine stamped in gold. An out-of-series copy. This is publisher Herb Yellin's copy, inscribed to him by Moore ("For Herb / Brian Moore") on the limitation page. To the best of our knowledge it is the only copy in the edition that is bound in full brown leather.
Book ID: 209409More details Price: $250.00 -
Phantom Silver
First Edition
[n.-pl. but Missoula, MT]: The Kutenai Press, 1987. [17] pages. Chapbook. A story of the Lone Ranger. Illustrated with color wood engraving by Dirk Lee. Limited edition of 150 copies signed by the author and illustrator. ISBN: 9780937459027.
First edition (first printing). A touch of edge wear, thus a near fine copy in wrappers (paperback). Signed by the author and illustrator on the limitation page. Prospectus laid in. Unnumbered printer's "proof" copy. [JSP02]
Book ID: 182186More details Price: $200.00 -
The Sacrilege of Alan Kent
Portland, ME: Falmouth Book House, 1936. 56 pages. One of 300 copies. ISBN: 281AIB1049731.
Revised edition. Light toning to spine. In the original slipcase with a few bumps to the corners. Signed by the author on the limitation page. Copy number 16.
Book ID: 265678More details Price: $200.00 -
The Naked and the Dead [Collector's Book Club issue]
First edition
London: Allan Wingate, 1948. 721 pages. One of 240 numbered copies. Bound with the sheets of the first English edition and issued simultaneously with it. In full leather with gilt on spine and cover and gold top edge. The debut novel by the author who would go on to win two Pulitzer Prizes.
First British edition (first printing). A near fine copy. Wear to the bottom edge and spotting to the page block. With a few scratches to the top edge gilt. Copy number 82.
Book ID: 267398More details Price: $200.00 -
Body [Signed, limited edition]
First Edition
New York: Poseidon Press / Ultramarine Publishing Co. Inc, 1990. 240 pages. A novel. Sheets from the first printing by Poseidon bound by Denis Gouey. One of a limited edition of 50 signed copies of the first edition; 40 numbered copies were quarter-bound in gold-stamped leather with gilt-decorated paper over boards, and 10 lettered copies were bound in full leather. ISBN: 281AIB1037461.
First edition (first printing). Faint spotting to top of page block, else a fine copy; in an acetate jacket that appears to go with the book but may have been made by a professional. Signed by the author. Copy number 10 of 50.
Book ID: 184822More details Price: $187.50 -
Denver, the Man: The Life, Letters and Public Papers of the Lawyer, Soldier and Statesman [Autograph edition]
First Edition
First edition (first printing). A near fine copy, no dust jacket. A bit of wear to the spine ends and small scuffs to the rear cover. Signed letter by Denver in printed envelope affixed to front free endpaper. The letter in this copy was written in 1870 regarding a land patent in Santa Cruz, California. At the time the letter was written, Denver was an attorney in private practice in Washington, DC.
Book ID: 16874More details Price: $175.00 -
The State of the Novel: Dying Art or New Science
First Edition
New Orleans: Faust Publishing, 1987. 20 pages. Published in an edition of 250 numbered copies bound with cloth spines, and 75 deluxe copies with leather spines. ISBN: 09179050599.
First edition (first printing). A fine hardcover copy; no dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. This copy is unnumbered and with the printed designation of "Presentation copy." One of a small number of copies with the imprint "Lord John Press" on the spine.
Book ID: 266788More details Price: $150.00