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New York, Ticknor and Fields, 1988, large format hardcover (9" x 12"), 282 pp, First Edition, First Printing by numberline, Very Good in Very Good dustjacket, Association Copy, Signed by the author and inscribed to the American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and historian of science Stephen Jay Gould on the title page. Inscription reads "For Stephen Jay Gould with all good wishes - Larry Ritter". Straight, tight and clean with no markings, spine-end and corner bumps. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, light spine-end and corner nicks and bumps. The premier sports historian and author of The Glory of Their Times, often called 'the greatest book about baseball ever written presents what has been described as "easily the best pictorial biography of the Sultan of Swat...from boyhood days in his father's saloon in Baltimore, his formative years at St. Mary's, his early playing days in Baltimore and Providence, his rise to stardom as a member of the Boston Red Sox, the legendary years… Leer más

Number 9 Books, 1989, trade paperback with audio cassette tape in folding plastic case, 208 unnumbered pp, First Edition stated, Signed and inscribed, on a laid-in note, by the Author 'To Sue Best Wishes Alf Bicknell', The book and cassette tape are in Near Fine condition, straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright pictorial card covers. There is some damage to the plastic inside the case where the cassette tape is stored, a crack to the upper edge where a bit of the plastic is missing, the interior plastic is also a bit crushed but still houses the cassette tape effectively. The 'Chauffeur to the Beatles' recalls, in diary form, his experiences as the Fab Four's driver during the height of Beatlemania on both the 1965 and 1966 world tours. On the included cassette tape Bicknell recalls a few highlights including encounters with Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan and Allen Ginsberg as well as a wonderful story about a backstage sing-along featuring George Harrison, Johnny Cash and Joan Baez.… Leer más

Detroit, Wayne State University Press, 1978, hardcover, 232 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Fine in Very Near Fine dustjacket. Straight, tight, and clean with no wear or markings, appears unread. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, slight bump to top rear corner, 1/4" closed edge tear to top of rear panel, in new Brodart sleeve. A study of the rise of the neo-Kantian movement from its origins in the 1850s to its academic preeminence in the years before World War I. Appended: Author's Notes by Chapter, Bibliography, Index. ISBN 9780814315903

Detroit, Wayne State University Press, 1978, hardcover, 232 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Very Good in Good+ dustjacket. Straight, tight, and clean with no markings. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, light edge nicks, light wear to front flap fold, spine quite scuffed and somewhat faded as is common with this book, in new Brodart sleeve. A study of the rise of the neo-Kantian movement from its origins in the 1850s to its academic preeminence in the years before World War I. Appended: Author's Notes by Chapter, Bibliography, Index. ISBN 9780814315903

Detroit, Wayne State University Press, 1978, hardcover, 232 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Very Good condition, lacking dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean former library copy with stamps and stickers to endpapers, title page, and textblock edges. An excellent reading, research, or reference copy. A study of the rise of the neo-Kantian movement from its origins in the 1850s to its academic preeminence in the years before World War I. Appended: Author's Notes by Chapter, Bibliography, Index. ISBN 9780814315903

London, Secker & Warburg, 1973, hardcover, 66 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Very Good+ in Very Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean, gift inscription (non-authorial) to front endpaper, light spine end bumps. Dustjacket price-clipped, light edge nicks, small scuff to rear panel, in new Brodart sleeve. The fourth work, a new collection of poetry, from the author of My Left Foot, Down All the Days, and Come Softly to My Wake. ISBN 9780436070938

New York, E.P. Dutton and Co, 1938, hardcover, xiv-269 pp, First U.S. Edition stated, Very Good condition, lacking dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, small spots to topstain, a bit of fade to head and heel of spine and top board edges, endpapers age-toned. Illustrated with 57 reproductions of photographs by the author, 10 drawings by E.N. Prescott. and an illustrated map by H.W. Hawes. The author's first book, a collection of personal observations of life in the city written when she was employed at The Baghdad Times newspaper, and originally published by them. This American edition is expanded to include further essays on local life and customs and a large selection of illustrations.

Baghdad, The Times Press Ltd., 1932, hardcover, First Edition, issued without dustjacket, Good condition in original red cloth-covered boards. Laid-in is a bookplate Signed by the Author and dated 1982 in her hand from the collection of autograph enthusiast Derek Birch with his initials in one corner. Also laid-in is a one page (both sides) handwritten signed letter (ALS) dated 12/2/70, where the author discusses the state of her health, the research she is doing on the Mongols for her book Turkey: A Sketch of Turkish History published by Thames and Hudson (1971) in which she provided the text to accompany the photographs of her nephew Fulvio Roiter, and sends her love to Christopher Pirie-Gordon who served as British Charge D'Affaires in Transjordan and later in Yemen on two separate occasions. Boards lightly soiled and spotted, with bumped and fraying corners and spine-ends, spine title label chipped barely affecting text, front label complete, discoloration to endpapers from substandard glue, light… Leer más

New York, Grove Press, 2022, trade paperback, 272 pp, Advance Uncorrected Proof (ARC), New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers, no dustjacket as issued. The pieces in this collection, written between 1956 and 1961 and including short fiction, a radio play, and a stunning early novel, offer startling insights into Cohens imagination and creative process. Cohen explores themes that would permeate his later work, from shame and unworthiness to sexual desire in all its sacred and profane dimensions to longing, whether for love, family, freedom, or transcendence. ISBN 9780802160478

New York, Tom Doherty Associates, 2107, hardcover, 243 pp, New. Straight, tight and clean with no markings in new, unclipped dustjacket bearing original price. The critically acclaimed author of Samurai Shortstop, Prisoner B-3087, The Brooklyn Nine, and the League of Seven trilogy returns with the story of a fourth-grader who leads a battle against censorship in a unique way when she discovers that her favorite book has been removed from the school library's shelves.

New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, trade paperback, 268 pp, Advance Reader\'s Edition (ARC), New. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight bump to heel of spine. A fast-paced military history of the Revolutionary War focusing on the officers whose passion and perseverance helped America win its independence. Illustrated thoughout with maps. Appended notes and bibliography. *Please note* page numbers for chapters are not included in the table of contents in this early edition making chapter searching tricky.

Toronto, Doubleday, 1987, hardcover, 227 pp, First Edition stated, Near Fine in Very Good+ dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean, non-authorial gift inscription to half-title page. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, very slight edge nicks, in new Brodart sleeve. Sixteen tales of classic Canadian outlaws from the high seas of the Atlantic to the Cariboo Gold Rush trails of B.C. ISBN 9780385251105

Garden City NY, Doubleday, 1948, hardcover, viii-276 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing, Very Good in Fair dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean, no markings, spine end, edge, and corner bumps. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, large and small chips, in new Brodart sleeve. An entirely fanciful tale of events that might have taken place at the Metropolitan Opera and in the concert and radio field, from the author of The Hungry House and The Crimson Thread.

New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1952, hardcover, 274 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Very Good in Fair dustjacket, Signed and inscribed by the Author on the front endpaper "July 3rd '56 For Theodor Schafer with all best wishes Sincerely Guido D'agostino". Straight, tight and clean with no markings, tiny scuffs to front board. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, edge nicks, tears and chips to flap and spine folds, displays nicely in new Brodart sleeve. The fourth book from the author of Olives on the Apple Tree, Hills Beyond Manhattan, and My Enemy The World. Much of the background for The Barking of a Lonely Fox comes from the author's own experience as a part-time Pennsylvania farmer.

Washington DC, Feeding Minds Press, 2021, hardcover children's picture book (9" x 11"), 32 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing by numberline, New. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, bump to heel of spine, in new unclipped dustjacket bearing original price. Michelle Houts' lyrical poetry and Jen Betton's glowing watercolors illustrated beautifully a cold winter evening's trip to the barn for the father and daughter of a farm family. Illustrated endpapers. ISBN 9781948898058

Vancouver BC, Pulp Press, 1981, trade paperback, 234 pp, third printing, Signed by the Author without inscription on the title page, Good condition in black card covers. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light corner, edge, and spine-end wear, light scuff across front cover, rubs. The story of real life behind bars in Canada from one of the leading Canadian activists and prisoner's rights advocates of the mid-twentieth century. Illustrated with 6 pages of black-&-white photographs. ISBN 9780889780781

Los Angeles, Bellrock Press, 2017, trade paperback, 325 pp, First Edition stated, New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers. The well-known film director of Graduation Day, Tomboy, Haunts, and CHILD2MAN presents his first novel, based appropriately in the world of filmmaking, and centered on a young couple destined to be together who encounter their greatest personal challenge in the midst of the ruins of the Mayan civilization in Mexico.

New York, Walden Pond Press, 2019, hardcover, 180 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing by numberline, Signed by the Author on a bookplate affixed to the front endpaper, Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, bumps and tiny splits to top corners. Bright, pictorial dustjacket, slight corner and spine-end bumps, in new Brodart sleeve. The National Book Award finalist returns with the third story about a boy on the autism spectrum who faces big changes as the last day of third grade approaches. Illustrated with pictures by Charles Santoso. ISBN ‎ 9780062798442

New York, Walden Pond Press, 2019, trade paperback, 173 pp, First paperback Edition stated, second printing, Signed by the Author without inscription on a bookplate affixed to the half-title page, New. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, tiny spine-end and corner nicks, in bright, pictorial card covers. A young boy on the autism spectrum must deal with some changes in the afternoon care of his pet baby skunk, and his sister's sleepovers with her new friends. All he has to do is make it till the night of her performance in the school play. Illustrated with pictures by Charles Santoso. ISBN 9780062445865

Garden City NY, Doubleday & Company, 1970, hardcover, xvi-256 pp, Edition not stated, No previous printings noted, Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, slight edge bumps, in new Brodart sleeve. An overview of military wear and decorations through the ages including: the ancient world, the Romans, chain mail, armour plate, and helmets, oriental armour, British and German uniforms, badges, buttons, belts, buckles, and accoutrements, battle colours, and campaign insignia. Profusely illustrated throughout with photographs and drawings. Appended: Bibliography, Index