Great Britain: Kestrel Books, 1978. Hooper, Max. First Edition. Hardcover. Medium octavo, 9-7/16" x 5-11/16" [24.0 cm x 14.5 cm], glossy pictorial covers, full colour illustrations throughout, illustrated endpapers, Index, pp.108. DJ matches pictorial covers of book, "First published in Great Britain 1978" stated on copyright page, original price at... More about Nature Day and Night
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1934. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Green cloth over boards, title, publication year and series # stamped in black onto spine, 8vo (9-1/4 inches tall), pp. 59, (i) Publisher's Note. Volume with toning to text and slight fade to upper edge of cloth. Price-intact DJ... More about Permit Me Voyage (First Edition of Author's First Book, Pulitzer Prize Poet Richard Eberhart's Copy
Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Co., 1949. First Edition, Second Printing. Hardcover. Beige cloth over boards, title stamped in red and green onto spine, green endpapers, 8vo (8-5/16 x 5-5/8 inches), pp. 343. The first edition DJ measures 21.9 cm tall x 50.6 cm long, whereas this second edition... More about The Man With the Golden Arm
New York: Woodford Press, (1952). First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Beige cloth, 12mo, pp. 247; text and DJ toned with a few tears and a tiny hole to spine panel. More about Hell-Bent
London: Hutchinson & Company, (1980). First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Red cloth over boards with title stamped in silver onto spine, 8vo (8-1/2 inches tall), pp. 367, (368), "First published 1980" on the copyright page. DJ with minor edge wear and rubbing, one 1/4" closed tear to head of spine... More about The Defector (First Edition
London: Hutchinson, (1979). First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Black paper over boards with title stamped in gilt onto spine, 8vo (8-3/8 inches tall), pp. 224, stated first edition. Volume with spine ends softened and slight bumps to corners. Price-intact DJ with minor edge wear and start of age toning... More about The Grave of Truth (First UK Edition
New York: George H. Doran, (1927). First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Black cloth over boards, title and decorations stamped in gilt onto upper board and spine, 12mo (7-5/8 inches tall), pp. 317. The first edition, with "Copyright, 1927", publisher's device and "A" on copyright page. Volume with light rubbing to... More about Young Men in Love (First Edition
New York, NY: Coward McCann, (1968). First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. "... harrowing story of an innocent young woman who falls victim to the savage consequences of her husband's 'bad trip' on LSD." from the front flap. Purple cloth over boards, title and decorations stamped in black and gilt onto... More about The Balloon Man (Review Copy
New York: J.H. Sears & Company, Inc., [c. 1934]. Photoplay Issue. Hardcover. Red cloth over boards, title and decorations stamped in black onto upper board and spine, decorative endpapers, 12mo (6-7/8 inches tall), pp. [i-ii], iv, 244. No date stated. Photo illustrated DJ with Katharine Hepburn's name misspelled as "Katherine"... More about The Little Minister (Photoplay, Katharine Hepburn, RKO films
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1946. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Maroon cloth over boards, title and illustration in gilt onto spine, top edge stained maroon, 8vo (7-3/4 inches tall), pp. 277, stated first edition. Volume with slight slant, vintage book seller's tag front pastedown, light wear to spine ends... More about Mortgage On Life (Books Into Film
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1946. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Maroon cloth over boards, title and illustration in gilt onto spine, top edge stained maroon, 8vo (7-3/4 inches tall), pp. 277, stated first edition with publisher's review slip loosely laid in. Volume with heel of spine softened and two... More about Mortgage On Life (Review Copy
Philadelphia & New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, (1938). First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Bright yellow cloth over boards, title stamped in black onto upper board and spine, 8vo (8-13/16 inches tall), top edge stained purple, pp. viii, 1-261, index. illustrated with 117 B&W photographs and two additional photographic collages... More about Cecil Beaton's New York
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Limited, 1938. Lois Lenski. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Red cloth hardcover with title stamped in gold onto top board and spine, 8vo (7-5/8 x 5-1/2), pp. xiii, 274 (pagination is the same as the more common U.S. Dodd, Mead & Co. edition), colored illustrated endpapers... More about Golden Tales of Canada (Lois Lenski Illustrations
London: William Heinemann, (1953). Ley Kenyon. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Black cloth over boards, title stamped in gilt onto spine, 12mo (7-3/16 inches [19.3 cm] tall), pp. 217, stated "First Published 1953" on copyright page. Volume with heel of spine slightly softened, else fine. Price-intact DJ with some edge... More about Poison in the Shade (First Edition
New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1952. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Black paper over boards, quarter cloth spine, decorations and title stamped onto upper board and spine, 12mo (7-3/8 inches tall), pp. 223, stated first edition, colored endpapers, line drawings by Alec Yuill-Thornton. Volume with a small ding to... More about Trader Vic's Kitchen Kibitzer (First Edition, Cookbook
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Ltd., (1973). First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Mustard cloth over boards, title stamped in blind onto upper board, title stamped in gilt onto spine, medium duodecimo, 7-3/4" x 5-3/4", all edges trimmed, headbands, map illustrated endpapers, pp.174 and 24 pages of photos. Faint erasure on front... More about Drifting Home (Signed First Edition
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Ltd., (1973). First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Mustard cloth over boards, title stamped in blind onto top board, title stamped in gilt onto spine, medium duodecimo, 7-3/4" x 5-3/4", all edges trimmed, headbands, map illustrated endpapers, pp.174 plus 24 pages of photos. Light spotting to text... More about Drifting Home (Signed First Edition
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1959. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Gray paper over boards, quarter bound red cloth spine, title stamped in blue onto spine, publishers device stamped in white at foot of upper board, 8vo (8 inches tall), pp. 169, "FIRST EDITION" stated on copyright page, "1st ed... More about A Penknife in My Heart (Harper Sealed Mystery with Publisher's Seal Intact, First Edition
Norfolk, VA: Crippen & Landru, 1999. DJ painting by Deborah Miller. Signed Limited Edition. Hardcover. Numbered and signed by Block on the Limitation page. Yellow cloth over boards, title stamped in red onto spine, 8vo (9 inches tall), pp. 206, (207 - colophon), stated first edition, supplemental pamphlet "Make a.... More about One Night Stands (Signed Limited Edition with "Make a Prison" Pamphlet
New York: Crown Publishers, 1941. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Green cloth over boards, title and decorations stamped in dark green onto upper board and spine, 12mo (7-1/4 inches tall), pp. 247, ads. Spine ends softened, light tone to pages, foxing to text block fore-edge. DJ with edge wear, light... More about Dave Dawson On Convoy Patrol
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1956). N.C. Wyeth. First Edition, Later Printing. Hardcover. Orange cloth over boards, title stamped in silver onto spine, pictorial paste-down onto upper board, small 4to, illustrated endpapers, pp. xii, 409, ads. With Scribners date code of "N-11-56[H]" indicating a Nov. 1956 printing (shows "1925, 1928"... More about Drums
Boston: Atlantic-Little, Brown, 1979. Gerry Hoover (Jacket Illustration). First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Black boards with title in gilt to spine, 8vo (8-1/4 inches tall), pp. 219, stated "First Edition". Jacket illustration and early author photograph on back panel by Alan Arkaway are both bright and glossy with minor rubbing... More about Descent of Man (Author's First Book
Erin, Ontario: Boston Mills Press, 1995/99. Ron Lowry. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Vol 1: 1995. ISBN 1550461486. Light blue cloth over boards with title stamped in gilt onto spine, 4to 12" tall, pp. 160, headbands, illustrated throughout in B&W and color. Corners and bottom edge of back board with... More about Spitfire : The Canadians (Vol 1 & 2
Erin, Ontario: Boston Mills Press, 1995. Ron Lowry. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Light blue cloth over boards with title stamped in gilt onto spine, 4to 12" tall, pp. 160, headbands, illustrated throughout in B&W and color. Corners and bottom edge of back board with light bumps. DJ slighty rubbed... More about Spitfire : The Canadians (Vol 1
Erin, Ontario: Boston Mills Press, 1995. Ron Lowry. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Light blue cloth over boards with title stamped in gilt onto spine, 4to 12" tall, pp. 160, headbands, illustrated throughout in B&W and color. Light bump to upper corners, else fine. "The result of nine years of... More about Spitfire : The Canadians (Vol 1