New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. First American Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, 436pp, 1/2 blue paper, beige paper over boards, Translated from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel. Kafka Tamura runs away from home to escape his father's oedipal prophecy and to find his long-lost mother and sister. As Kafka flees, so.....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. First American Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, black paper over boards, 213pp. Translated from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel. An intricate examination of an age-old romance: boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy meets girl again--under very different circumstances. As new in dust wrapper.
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1985. Drawings by David L. Wood. Hardcover. Quarto, blue cloth, xv, 240pp, apps., sources, biblio, index, illus. with historic photos and drawings. Illustrated with rare photographs and specially commissioned drawings by David L. Wood, this book presents a comprehensive design history of the 12 armored.....
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, black cloth, 456pp, biblio., illus. with 3504 illustrations, including 2107 plates in full color and 2 gatefolds. The work of designers Charles & Ray Eames from 1941-1978, encompassing more than 200 projects and featuring drawings, plans, models, period photographs.....
Santa Fe: Stagecoach Press, 1967. First Edition. 5-1/8 x 7", blue cloth, 75pp, illus with map, two sketches, and 4 of Nims' photographs of the expedition, notes. First Edition limited to 600 copies. The diary of Franklin A. Nims, who was the staff photographer on two Brown-Stanton railroad survey expeditions.....
Philadelphia: E. H. Butler & Co., 1864. First Edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo, original dark green embossed cloth with elaborate gilt fishing motif decorations front board and spine, 604pp, frontis. engraving, 80 engraved plates, tissue guards. First Edition. With the bookplate of David B. Ledlie, noted fly-fishing writer and contributor and.....
New York: Center for Art & Visual Culture, UMBC, 2003. First Edition. Softcover. 8vo, stiff pictorial wrappers with folding flaps, 391pp, 166pp color plates illustrating the artist's work and vision. Issues in Cultural Theory 6, Center for Art & Visual Culture, University of Maryland Baltimore County. An investigation of Rand's.....
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, (1986). First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo, 1/2 blue cloth, blue paper over boards, 532pp. Omnibus edition of the Country Girls trilogy with a new epilogue. First Thus. The painful and comedic saga of two friends, one a romantic, the other a pragmatist, over the course.....
Spring Valley, NY: Mercury Press, 1994. Second Printing with revisions. Softcover. Octavo, 268pp, notes, biblio, index, folding chart laid in. Second Printing. Compiled, edited, with a concluding chapter by Florin Lowndes. George and Gisela O'Neil led work at the New York branch of the Anthroposophical Society in America for 14.....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, black paper over boards, 290pp. First Edition. Signed by the author on first blank. A young man looks back at the year 1945 in war-torn London when he and his sister were left with a crew of eccentric colleagues by.....
Woodinville: Mindcastle Books, 2000. Illustrated by the author. First Edition. Hardcover. Oblong quarto, 11-3/8 x 9-3/8", blue cloth with gilt decoration front board, beautifully illustrated in full color. Presentation copy, signed by the author/illustrator verso first free endpaper. Grandma teaches a young girl how to call sleep ponies to ride.....
Chicago: W. B. Conkey Company, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, white titled red cloth, 334pp, 62 illustrations including frontis. portrait of the author. Opie served in the 6th Virginia Confederate Cavalry in the Army of Northern Virginia. Opie relates his experiences at Harper's Ferry, Manassas, M'Dowell, Antietam, Rowlesburg, Faimont, and.....
Manchester, Vermont: C. F. Orvis, 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original black and gilt illustrated and titled embossed green cloth, 299pp, floral endpapers, 15 chromolithographic plates of flies (all present). Presentation inscription signed by author A. Nelson Cheney in year of publication. Charles F. Orvis started the Orvis sporting good.....
Shout! Factory, 2003. DVD, 3 disc Boxset. 3 discs, 384 minutes of classic television entertainment, Introduction Paar Excellence by Tom Shales Disc 1 - Jack Paar: Smart Television Acclaimed 2003 PBS documentary profiling one of the most controversial and provocative personalities in the history of television: Jack Paar, the.....
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, (1996). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 1/2 burgundy cloth, black paper over boards, 208pp. A first edition, first printing of Chuck Palahniuk debut apocalyptic novel - a notable tour de force, both literally and figuratively. A very fine copy in dust wrapper and protective.....
Rykodisc, 2005. 4 DVDs. Four full-length feature films made for television (following the cancellation of the hit series Spenser: For Hire in 1988). ABC produced four full-length movies reprising Robert Urich in the title role of the smooth and self-confident Boston private eye. Avery Brooks continues in his role as.....
Warner Brothers, 2014-2015. DVD, 3 boxsets, 16 discs. 3 seasons complete, 16 discs, 65 episodes which aired on ABC 1985-1988, set and filmed in Boston, nearly 53 hours of entertainment. Robert Urich stars as Robert B. Parker’s legendary Beantown gumshoe-with-a-difference, Spenser. Spenser is cut from a very different cloth than.....
New York: Morrow Junior Books, 1997. Illustrated by Roberta Wilson. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, 8-7/8 x 11-1/4", glossy pictorial paper over boards, charmingly illlus. in full color. First Edition this illustrator. Signed by the author in year of publication on first free endpaper. After traveling from the jungle to America.....
New York: Minotaur Books, 2009. First U. S. Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, black cloth, 322pp. Signed by the author on the first free endpaper. It is the height of summer, and Armand and Reine-Marie Gamache are celebrating their wedding anniversary at Manoir Bellechasse, an isolated, luxurious inn not far from the.....
Seattle: Wild Steelhead & Atlantic Salmon Magazine, 1994. Spring 1994. Softcover. Folio, colorful pictorial wrappers, 64pp, fully illus. in color. Premier issue of the quarterly with contributions by Dan Callaghan, Trey Combs, Herb Curtis, Hugh Falkus, Al Hassall, Jack Hemingway, Alec Jackson, Thomas McGuane, Bill McMillan, Craig Orr, Tom Pero.....
New York: Armchair Detective Library, 1990. First Armchair Detective Library Edition, Limited Edition of 26 Copies. Hardcover. Octavo, gilt decorated burgundy cloth with etching of Peters pasted-on front board, iv, 262pp. "N" of an limited edition of 26 lettered copies. Signed by the author on half-title. Victorian amateur sleuth Amelia Peabody.....
New York: Armchair Detective Library, 1990. First Armchair Detective Library Edition, Limited Edition of 26 Copies. Hardcover. Octavo, gilt decorated burgundy cloth with etching of Peters pasted-on front board, iii, 285pp. "T" of an limited edition of 26 lettered copies. Signed by the author on half-title. It's 1892, and Amelia and.....
London: Macmillan, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, pumpkin cloth, 190pp. Signed by the author on the title page. In his tenth chronicle Brother Cadfael believes that amongst the motley group of pilgrims in Shrewsbury is a murderer fleeing justice. A bit of innevitable toning to leaves, but a clean, crisp, immaculate.....
New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1984. Limited Edition. Leatherbound. 1/2 dark grey leather, grey cloth over boards, 412pp, slipcase. Limited to 1000 copies, signed by the author on first free endpaper. Special 10th anniversary edition with a new introduction by the author. A summer motorcycle odyssey for a......
New York: Golden Press, 1957. Illustrations by Adrienne Segur. First Edition. Hardcover. 10x12", glossy pictorial paper over boards, 156pp, 12 full color single-page plates, 2 full color double-page spreads, 16 full page illustrations in black on pink background, 12 half-page illustrations in black on pink background, decorative initials, black and.....
