New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. 6-3/8 x 9-5/8, 1/2 black cloth, lavender paper over boards, 524pp, lavender endpapers, chronology, epilogue, index, illustrated with photographs. Signed by the author on two-page title-page. A recounting of the lives of three generations of women in 20th-century China -.....
Warner Home Video, 2003. DVD, 4 movies, 4 boxsets, 8 discs. The Chaplin Collection – 4 classic Charlie Chaplin films each with a disc of special features including: Chaplin’s biographer David Robinson providing historical and cinematic context for the films, deleted scenes, photos and poster galleries, trailers and scenes from.....
Ottawa: Service Publications, (2011). First Thus. Hardcover. Quarto, red pictorial cloth, 277pp, apps., over 400 illustrations of British uniforms, flags & equipment used in the War of 1812 with the US, 4 color plates. Companion volume "A Most Warlike Appearance Uniforms, Flags and Equipment of the United States in the.....
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1962. First. Hardcover. 7-1/4 x 10/14", red cloth, xxv, 449pp, 156 illlus., notes, app., index. An examination of the relationship between literature and pictorial art from 1485 to 1642 based on the author's collection and analysis of iconological evidence from the Renaissance dealing with the.....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1978. Photographs by James Scherer. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, x, decorated white cloth over boards, 243, index, fully illus. Abrasion to head of spine with 1/8x1/2" chip to glossy paper over boards, a little bumping to top edge of front board, else very good in.....
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo, 5 x 7-1/8", green cloth, 313pp, 2pp ads. First Edition, Author's first book. Short stories depicting life in the Bayou of Louisiana. Faint ink owner's name first page, front endpapers brittle at fold, tight, a bit of modest edge-wear to.....
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. 11-3/4 x 14-1/4", pictorial paper over thick boards, 16 color panels (9 on each side) extend to 7 feet, 8 text pages. Photography by Wolfgang Volz; Foreword and Interview by Masahiko Yanagi. Exploration of the joint exhibition of Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s temporary.....
Lyon, Mississippi: Derrydale Press, 1993. Limited Edition. Leather. Octavo, white and gilt decorated navy blue full leather, ii, 124pp, 13 drypoint illustrations, xxiv, 71pp, 15 illus., all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Limited Edition of 2500 copies, unnumbered. With original drypoints by the author. Two volumes bound together: Stray Shots by.....
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6-1/8 x 9-3/8", black paper over boards, xi, 562pp, author's note, key, index, illus. Signed by Hillary Clinton, former president Bill Clinton, and Chelsea Clinton on first free endpaper beneath round "Hillary for President" sticker. This book was signed by.....
ANTIBOOKCLUB, 2012. Limited Edition. Paperbound. 6-3/4 x 9", stiff pictorial wrappers with folding flaps over thin black endpapers, 147pp. #74 of pre-publication slipcase edition limited to 176 copies with inscription "For Jeremy", signed by the author. First Edition, First Printing. Award-winning author Andrei Codrescu surveys the evolutionary relationship between language.....
Clarkston, Michigan & Mission Viejo, California: A. S. A. P., 2005. Front Cover and Interior Illustrations by Phil Parks. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, brick-colored cloth with illustration pasted-on front board, black endpapers, 19pp, tipped-in frontispiece photograph of the author, 2 tipped-in color plates in text. #28 of a Limited Edition.....
Clarkston, Michigan & Mission Viejo, California: A. S. A. P., 2001. Front Cover and Interior Illustrations by Phil Parks. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, orange cloth with illustration pasted-on front board, black endpapers, 18pp, tipped-in frontispiece photograph of the author, 2 tipped-in color plates in text. #141 of a Limited Edition.....
Clarkston, Michigan & Mission Viejo, California: A. S. A. P., 2002. Front Cover and Interior Illustrations by Phil Parks. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, brown cloth with illustration pasted-on front board, black endpapers, 22pp, tipped-in frontispiece photograph of the author, 2 tipped-in color plates in text. #112 of a Limited Edition.....
London: Ulysses Press, 1931. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 7-1/8 x 10-18", 1/2 white cloth, blue paper over boards, 33pp, deckled edges. #103 of a limited edition of 185 copies, signed by the author on limitation page facing title page. Printed by H. D. C. P. and C. C. Members of the.....
New York: Scott Hanson Gallery, 1990. Softcover. Octavo, 6x9", stiff grey wrappers, in printed paper slip-case, illustrated in monochrome throughout, with forewords by Tricia Collins & Richard Milazzo. Seven volume slip-cased edition published in a limited edition of 1000 sets. Exhibition catalogue of shows which took place January through March.....
Portland, Oregon: Salmon Trout Steelheader, 1976. Illustrations by Jeff Dayne. First Edition. Hardcover. 8-1/2 x 11-1/8", green cloth, silver titles, 118pp, Signed by the author on the title page. Cover photo by Bill McMillan. Also signed by two notable flyfishermen photographed in the book: Bill Nelson (p. 26) & Bill.....
London: T. Fisher Unwin LTD, 1925. First Edition. Octavo, green cloth, 288pp, 21pp introduction. With a preface by R. B. Cunninghame.The four stories in this collection include Conrad's first (The Blake Mate, 1884) and his last (The Tale & The Warrior's Soul, both written in 1917). From Cunninghame's preface: "In.....
New York: Covici Friede Publishers, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, brick cloth, 310pp. First Edition of the author's first book. Presentation inscription signed by the author: "Best wishes, To my friend Joseph Singer, Jack Conroy - Moberly, Missouri, Nov. 9, 1933." Joseph Singer was a write and social activist from.....
Universal Studios, 2005. DVD 2-Volume Set. 2 discs, 5 films, over 8 hours of classic film entertainment. Disc One: Design for Living (1933) – Gary Cooper and Fredric March co-star as two freewheeling Americans sharing an apartment in Paris who both fall in love with the same beautiful woman. When.....
New York: Quercus, 2008. First U.K. Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, maroon cloth, 258pp. Fourth volume in the mystery series featuring Laos national coroner Dr. Siri Paiboun.When a blind former dentist is run over by a truck, Dr. Siri Paiboun, the reluctant national coroner of Laos, suspects that this was no traffic.....
New York: Soho, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, white backstrip, light grey paper over boards, 257pp. Signed by the author on the title page. First volume in the mystery series featuring Laos national coroner Dr. Siri Paiboun.Laos, 1978: Dr. Siri Paiboun, a 72-year-old medical doctor, has unwillingly been appointed the.....
New York: Soho, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, purple backstrip, white paper over boards, 240pp. Bookplate signed by the author laid in. Fifth volume in the mystery series featuring Laos national coroner Dr. Siri Paiboun.Seven female Hmong villagers kidnap Dr. Siri on orders from the village elder who hopes that.....
New York: Soho, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, beige backstrip, white paper over boards, 247pp. Signed and dated (14/9/06) by the author on the title page. Third volume in the mystery series featuring Laos national coroner Dr. Siri Paiboun.Dr Siri Paiboun, reluctant national coroner of the People's Democratic Republic of.....
New York: Soho, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, black backstrip, blue paper over boards, 326pp. Bookplate signed by the author laid in. Seventh volume in the mystery series featuring Laos national coroner Dr. Siri Paiboun.When a Lao female security officer is discovered stabbed through the heart with a fencing sword.....
New York: Soho, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, brown backstrip, khaki paper over boards, 274pp. Bookplate signed by the author laid in. Sixth volume in the mystery series featuring Laos national coroner Dr. Siri Paiboun.When the corpse of a rural beauty turns up in Dr. Siri's morgue, his curiosity is.....
