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New York: The Century Co, 1929. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. The 1929 stated 1st American edition, translated from its original French by Thomas Reed. Clean, tight and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with one closed tear --and very light chipping-- along the panel edges. Thick octavo, 366 pgs., fold-out map.

Berkeley, CA: 10 Speed Press, 2001. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. SIGNED BY CHARLIE TROTTER on the front free endpaper. A very sharp copy to boot of the 2001 3rd printing. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 233 pgs.

New York: Groset & Dunlap, 1931. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. An impressive copy of this attractive 1931 Grosset & Dunlap reprint. Solid and VG+ (light spotting at the rear panel) in a crisp, VG+ example of the pictorial dustjacket, with just a touch of mild creasing and chipping along the spine crown and the top-edges. Octavo, a number of black-and-white photos complementing the text.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1913. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine. A very solid copy of the 1913 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its olive-green cloth, with bright gilt-lettering at the front panel and spine. Thick octavo, 322 pgs.

Paris: Editions Du Chene, 1975. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. The 1975 1st French edition of Roland Penrose's important biography of Man Ray. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 208 pgs., translated from its original English by Dominique Le Bourg.

London: Macmillan and Co, 1892. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. A solid copy of the 1892 3rd printing, complete in 2 volumes. Both vols. clean and VG in their dark-green cloth, with bright gilt-lettering on the spines. Octavos, 511 pgs. all told.

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Co, 1906. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. 1906 1st edition of this tribute to the 19th century educator (and headmaster of the elite St. Paul's School of Concord, New Hampshire), Dr. Henry A. Coit. Written by a proud alumnus of St. Paul's and reminiscent of John McPhee's "The Headmaster", his tribute to the legendary Frank Boyden of Deerfield Academy. VG in its maroon cloth, with bright gilt-lettering at the front panel and spine. Front free endpaper neatly excised, otherwise internally clean as could be. 12mo, 270 pgs.

Fair Lawn, NJ: Essential Books, Inc, 1956. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. A crisp, clean copy of the 1956 1st American edition. A Review Copy to boot, with the review slip laid-in. Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with very light soiling (and one tiny, inconspicuous chip) at the rear panel. Octavo, 322 pgs.

New York: Hawthorn Books, 1975. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. INSCRIBED BY COLLEEN HOWE on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1975 1st edition. Cleran and VG+ in a bright, price-clipped, VG dustjacket, with light creasing at the spine crown and several small closed tears along the apnel edges. Small, neat former owner signature as well at the front pastedown. Octavo, 192 pgs. Signed by Author.

Doylesford, PA: Oak Knoll, 1928. Original wraps. Near Fine. Wonderful 1928 privately-printed keepsake about Lord Nelson by the great A. Edward Newton. SIGNED BY A. EDWARD NEWTON along the title page. 12mo, crisp and Near Fine in its blue ribbon-tied wrappers. Tasteful, very small bookplate (Louis Grabosky) at the front pastedown, otherwise very clean internally.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Co, 1973. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY ROBIN MCKOWN TO MAXWELL GEISMAR, pre-eminent literary criticand biographer (1909-1979). A sharp copy to boot of the 1973 stated 1st edition. Solid and VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with very light chipping at the spine ends. Octavo, 181 pgs. Signed by Author.

New York: Walker and Company, 1987. Cloth. Fine. WONDERFULLY INSCRIBED BY GREGORY D'ALESSIO IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION on the front free endpaper. A pristine copy to boot of the 1987 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a bright, price-intact, Fine dustjacket. Octavo, nicely illustrated thruout as well by the author.

Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, Inc, 1975. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. Inscribed by Marie Osmond ("Love and kisses because I know you love us too") on the front free endpaper. The 1975 2nd printing. VG (with light soiling to the panels) in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with very light chipping and one small closed tear to the panels. Octavo, 246 pgs.

Owasso, Oklahoma: Blockhead City Press, 2006. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. A near-pristine copy of the 2006 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with one small closed tear at the foot of the front flap-fold. Octavo, 432 pgs. "Inside the Bandidos Motorcycle Club--The Making of a Worldwide Dynasty"

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1960. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY MARY MARGARET MCBRIDE on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1960 stated 1st edition. Tight and VG+ (light spotting to the endpapers and pastedowns) in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with light wear to the front flap-fold and mild creasing along the panel edges.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1939. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. A very solid copy of the 1939 1st American edition of Gertrude Stein's slender --but timeless-- portrait of Picasso. Tight and VG+ (light foxing along a number of top-edges --and, less so, at the margins-- and along the fore-edge) in a crisp, price-intact ($3.00), VG+ dustjacket, with light chipping --and just a bit of creasing-- to the spine crown. Octavo, a generous sampling of the artist's work complements Stein's text.

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, 1925. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. The 1925 1st edition, IN THE UNCOMMON DUSTJACKET. Solid and VG in its red cloth. And in a bright, VG- dustjacket, with light chipping to the panel edges, light soiling along the spine and light chipping at its crown. Still though, a very presentable copy. Octavo, 170 pgs. Small, neat 1925 inscription on the front free endpaper.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1937. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good +. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY FORD MADOX FORD on the half-title. A solid copy to boot of the 1937 1st edition. Tight and VG, with light abrading along the rear panel's top-edge and minor bumping to the tips. And in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with very light rubbing and creasing along the spine and fore-edges. Quarto, "Memories and Criticisms of Henry James, Joseph Conrad, Thomas Hardy, H.G. Wells, Stephen Crane, D.H. Lawrence, John Galsworthy, Ivan Turgenev, W.H. Hudson, Theodore Dreiser, Algernon Charles Swinburne"

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1957. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A very sharp copy of the 1957 stated 1st American edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine pictorial dustjacket. Octavo, 224 pgs.

New York University Press, 1971. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR SIMON TREFMAN in pencil on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1971 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, VG dustjacket, with minor scuffing and rubbing to the panels and several very small closed tears along their edges. A number of full-page illustrations (mostly capturing Foote in performance) complementing the scholarly text.