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KNIGHT'S GAMBIT, SIGNED, RANDOM HOUSE, 1949 WITH ORIGINAL DJ.
FIRST EDITION, WITHOUT STATEMENT OF PRINTING ON COPYRIGHT PAGE. (This Faulkner title, as well as "Requiem for a Nun' dors not state 'First Edition' - a rarity for Random House.
The red boards and titles are fresh and bright on the cover and spine. Spine, corners, and board edges are clean with almost no wear or bumping. Internally book is clean, square, and tight, as is the binding. Top edge black-stained.
The dustjacket, in Brodart, is fresh and bright, with thinning and weakness at the front spine and fold-over, chips and wear at spine, and small tears and folds along front top edge. DJ edges show almost no wear. Price of $2.75 on top front DJ foldover (and also discrete Marshall Field pricetag on inside rear dj cover).
This is a remarkeably clean and sharp SIGNED copy of this classic.

In 1918 "Art In Australia" published this special issue devoted to Lindsay's Pen Drawings. The original edition was 2,000 (unsigned) drawings in soft covers.Also, there was this limited edition of 200 SIGNED AND NUMBERED copies of Lindsay's Pen Drawings, with 55 tipped in prints, plus a tipped-in DRY-POINT OF LINDSAY by his brother Lionel, and a photographic portrait as FRONTISPIECE.. Only 150 were offered for sale, probably his first signed/limited publication. These are quite rare: since publication, numerous groups and individuals have been destroying many of these more controversial works..Volume is in Very Good-Near Fine condition. No visible foxing, text pages bright and clear, tipped-in plates are unblemished. Quatre-bound in 2 colours of cloth boards; TEG and other edges are untrimmed.Binding excellent except for the usual corner bumps. The DustJacket (in protective cover) is remarkable especially considering its age (104 years). There are minor edge nicks and closed tiny tears but no… Leer más

An atypically bright and clean near-fine copy of this book. Inscribed, 'For Will - Good Wishes Truman Capote'. Some foxing on boards and endpapers. Dust Jacket near-fine, with some browning of spine and chipping on spines. Not price-clipped. Green top-stain.

SIGNED BY BOTH A.A.MILNE AND KENNETH GRAHAME.DELUXE LIMITED EDITION - #128/200, ON HANDMADE PAPER. ORIGINAL PUBLISHER'S LIGHT BLUE HALF-CLOTH OVER CREME COLOURED BOARDS. THIS VOLUME IS IN FINE CONDITION WITH THE PAGES, EXCEPT FOR THE TITLE PAGE, LARGELY UNCUT. SLIGHT RUBBING TO CORNERS OF SOME BOARDS. EXTRA BINDING SLIP TIPPED-IN.

FINE VOLUME WITH FINE DJ. CLEAN AND BRIGHT; BINDING TIGHT. SOME PAGES ROUGH-CUT. VERY RARE INTACT DJ THAT MATCHES 6-PANEL BOARD DESIGN OF BOARDS; DJ IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. FIRST EDITION WITH NO OTHER PUBLICATION DATES. PROBABLY UNREAD.

SIGNED AT TOP OF TITLE PAGE.CLEAN, TIGHT, SQUARE, SOLID VOLUME, CLEAN THROUGHOUT, WITH NO FAULTS THAT I SEE. CORNERS UNBUMPED, SPIN ENDS EXCELLENT. DUST JACKET (UNCLIPPED) HAS WEAR ON CORNERS AND FRONT FLAP EDGE, WITH SMALL LOSSES ON SPINE ENDS. IN BRODART COVER.A BEAUTIFUL SIGNED FIRST EDITION.

FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, WITH 'BITE' NOT 'BIGHT' ON P. 281, WITH STEINBECK'S SIGNATURE LAID IN ON TITLE PAGE. LIGHT GREEN BOARDS WITH SHARP BLACK TITLE. SLIGHT SUNNING OF SPINE AND BOARD TOP EDGES. BINDING IS STRAIGHT AND TIGHT; PAGES ARE CLEAN AND CRISP WITH NO TEARS, FOLDS, OR MARKS.THE DUSTJACKET IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, AND HAS STEINBECK'S PICTURE ON BACK WITHOUT LATER REVIEWS.

BOOK IS TIGHT, SQUARE, AND COMPLETE. BRIGHT AND CLEAN INSIDE EXCEPT FOR DISCRETE OWNER'S PENCIL SIGNATURE ADJACENT TO COPYRIGHT PAGE; NO FOXING. P.441 TAILPIECE DEPICTS AN URN, FLAMES, AND TWAIN'S HEAD; P.443 DEPICTS 'THE ST CHARLES HOTEL'. BOTH FRONT AND REAR PAPER HINGES ARE SPLIT BUT THE TEXT BLOCK IS TIGHT. THE TOP HALF OF THE FRONTISPIECE PAGE IS SEPARATED FROM THE TEXT AND HAS A 2" HORIZONTAL TEAR, AS IN THE VIDEO. IN ORIGINAL PUBLISHER'S HALF-LEATHER BINDING.

FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, SCRIBNERS' SONS, NEW YORK, 1937. PUBLISHER'S COLOPHON AND 'A' ON COPYRIGHT PAGE. BRIGHT GILT HEMINGWAY SIGNATURE EMBOSSED ON FRONT BOARD, AND BRIGHT GILT LETTERING OVER GREEN ON SPINE. ORIGINAL BOARDS.
BOOK IS TIGHT, STRAIGHT, AND CLEAN. VG DUST JACKET SHOWS $2.50 PRICE, chips on spine ends and small 1" tear without loss on rear spine fold. A bookplate has been removed leaving some disturbance on inside front cover (see photo).

First Issue, First Printing. BOOK IS NEAR-FINE. FACS. DJ.

A Near-Fine First Printing, First Edition by Random House, 1951. It is clearly signed by the author, "FOR DAN - TRUMAN CAPOTE" on the front second leaf.
Boards, spine, and edges are pristine; corners are unbumped. Book is clean and straight with a solid binding. The title on the spine is clean and bright.
DJ is clean with slight wear on the upper corners, and a 2" tear on the rear DJ spine with a small loss to upper reear spine are and smsll loss to bottom spine edge.
An excellent inscribed copy of this classic book.

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY TENNESSEE WILLIAMS. PUBLISHED BY THE NEW DIRECTIONS PRESS IN 1951.INCLUDES PICTURE OF STAGE FROM ORIGINAL PLAY. BOOK IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, BINDING STRAIGHT AND TIGHT, PAGES CLEAN, UNBLEMISHED, AND WITHOUT CREASES, FOLDS, TEARS, OR CURLS. WITH ONLY SLIGHT SCUFFING OF SPINE ENDS. PRICE OF $3.00 ON INSIDE OF JACKET. THE DUST JACKET, IN A PROTECTIVE SLEEVE, IS BRIGHT, BUT IN ONLY FAIR CONDITION. IT IS TORN WITH SOME LOSS ALONG REAR SPINE, AND SLIGHT SPLIT ALONG FRONT OVERLEAF FOLD. THERE IS A TEAR ON THE BACK AND CHIPPING AT EDGES AND SPINE.NEVERTHELESS THIS DESIRABLE AND RARE VOLUME PRESENTS ITSELF VERY WELL AS SEEN FROM THE IMAGES.

NEAR-FINE COPY WITH LIKE DUSTJACKET. SIGNATURE LAID-IN. 1ST/1ST PRINTING. THE BOOK IS STRAIGHT, BRIGHT, CLEAN, UNMARKED, AND UNDAMAGED INSIDE AND OUT EXCEPT FOR A MINOR (ALMOST IMPERCEPTIBLE) THIN AT THE TOP OF THE SECOND FRONT END-PAPER WHERE THERE WAS PROBABLY A LABEL. THERE IS MINOR RUBBING ON ONE CORNER OF THE UPPER SPINE.THE DJ IS CLEAN, UNWRINKLED, AND LOOKS NEW - NO FOLDS, RIPS, OR STAINS; NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. THIS VOLUME IS REMARKEABLY PRISTINE, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING KTS AGE AND MOST IMPORTANTLY ITS SIZE - AND WITH JONES' SIGNATURE WOULD BE A PRIZE FOR ANYONE'S LIBRARY.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY RARE VOLUME FROM 1894: IT IS VOLUME 2 OF A LIMITED EDITION OF 1500. THE SHEER VOLUME OF ILLUSTRATIONS IS STAGGERING: 5 DOUBLE-PAGE AND 2 SINGLE-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS, INTENSELY ILLUSTRATED CHAPTER HEADINGS AND TOO MANY MULTIPLE ORNAMENTAL INITIALS, HEADPIECES, AND IN-TEXT DECORATIONS TO COUNT. BEARDSLEY'S SENSUOUS AND DECADENT STYLE WAS INSPIRATIONAL AND INFLUENCED MANY ILLUSTRATORS THEN AND NOW.THIS COPY IS IN USED BUT SOUND CONDITION. POSSIBLY RE-CASED IN THE ORIGINAL BINDING, THERE ARE NO DAMAGED PAGES, INSCRIPTIONS, OR OTHER MARKS. THE COVERS HAVE MODERATE TO HEAVY OVERALL SOIL. END PAGES ARE FOXED BUT MOST OTHER PAGES ARE UNAFFECTED AND ONLY SLIGHTLY AGED. THERE IS EDGEWEAR AND A LITTLE LOSS TO HEAD AND HEEL OF SPINE. THE REPAIRED FRONT HINGE SHOWS A LITTLE WEBBING ALONG THE GUTTER WHERE THERE HAS BEEN A SMALL LOSS OF COVER CLOTH, BUT IS FIRM. THE INNER FRONT HINGE HAS A CLOTH TAPE REPAIR BUT IS SOUND. THE REAR ENDPAPERS ARE INTACT; THE TEXT BLOCK IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION.THIS… Leer más

FIRST EDITION, WITH SCRIBNER ''A" AND COLOPHON. IMPRESSIVELY CLEAN, STRAIGHT, TIGHT. BOARDS AND SPINE SHOW NO BUMPING, WEAR OF SPINE OR CORNERS. RED TOPSTAIN AND FOR-EDGES UNTRIMMED AS ISSUED. SLIGHT GHOSTING OF INSIDE BOARDS DUE TO AGE. WITH FACSIMILE DJ IN PROTECTIVE SLEEVE. PRESENTS AS AN AMAZING VOLUME!

2-VOLUME SET FROM 1841. THE BOOK IS STRAIGHT AND TIGHT; THE PAGES AND ILLUSTRATIONS ARE VERY CLEAN AND CRISP EXCEPT FOR THE FOXING NOT UNUSUAL IN A 180-YEAR-OLD BOOK... PAGE EDGES ARE ALSO SMOOTH AND STRAIGHT. IT APPEARS THAT THE BOOK HAS BEEN UNOPENED SINCE BINDING. THE BOOK HAS BEEN REBOUND WITH BROWN CLOTH BOARDS; THE COVERS ARE CLEAN AND ALLL EDGES, HINGES, AND CORNERS ARE LIKE NEW - THE ONLY DEFECT I FIND IS A SLIGHT FOLDING OF THE UPPER SPINE EDGE (PHOTO).

AUTHOR A. G. SPALDING, of Spalding Sporting Goods, was one of the organizers of the NATIONAL LEAGUE and the first publisher of the OFFICIAL RULES GUIDE.
This is a hardbound book; front and fear boards are bright royal blue. Title and Uncle Sam's image are embossed on the front with startlingly bright gilt work. Pages are clean, without foxing.
Book is square; Spine is sunned with slight scuffing at top and bottom. Hinges are torn at flyleaf but binding is sound and tight.
THERE ARE OVER 100 PHOTOS AND ILLUSTRATIONS in this 1911 book. Photo- graphic foldout is complete but last leaf is ripped but not separated at fold.
A very good copy of a valuable piece of Americana.

FINE-VERY FINE.BEARDSLEY WAS COMMISSIONED TO ILLUSTRATE THIS WORK; HE DIED BEFORE HE FINISHED ALL REQUESTED PLATES. BEARDSLEY WAS PASSIONATE ABPOUT THIS PROJECT; HE SAID' "I CARRY VOLPONE WITH ME FROM DAWN TO DAWN AND DREAM OF NOTHING ELSE". HE CONSIDERED THE FRONTISPIECE "ONE OF THE STRONGEST THINGS I HAVE EVER DONE".THE BOOK,WRITTEN IN GERMAN, IS PRISTINELY CLEAN; BINDING IS TIGHT; BOOK IS STRAIGHT AND SOLID. PAGES ARE BRIGHT AND GILT COVER ABSOLUTELY GLEAMS.TOP EDGE GILT.A SPECTACULAR VOLUME FOR THE COLLECTOR BUT ESPECIALLY FOR BEARDSLEY AFFICIONADOS.

"POEMS" BY OSCAR WILDE LIMITED EDITION # 162/250TOGETHER WITH HIS LECTURE ON THE ENGLISH RENAISSANCEPARIS,1903LIME-COLORED CLOTH BOARDS. SPINE SOMEWHAT FADED. BINDING IS TIGHT.A LIMITED EDITION OF A VERY UNCOMMON VOLUME OF WILDE'S PEOMS

EWING'S EDITION OF GRAY'S POEMS, PUBLISHED AND INSCRIBED TO SILVER OLIVER, Esq., IN 1777.IT INCLUDES 11 (OF 13) POEMS KNOWN, INCLUDING HIS 'ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCH-YARD'.The volume is in near-fine condition, tight, straight, and clean, with minimal rubbing on the spine ends. The gilt title on the spine is bright and clean. One quarter of the title page has been professionally restored (probably many years ago). in addition, there is very faint foxing on the inside covers. Also included are 5 pages of "Notes by the Author, Now Fir(f)t publi(f)hed at the de(f)ire of Readers, who thought the Progress of Poesy, and the Welch Bards needed illu(f)tration."