Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey
New York: Penguin, 2020. Paperback. 8vo. Wraps. 324 pp. Signed by Rooney on title page (along with her personal stamp). "Autographed copy" sticker on front cover. This is a signed novel by Kathleen Rooney. More
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That Old Cape Magic
New York: Knopf, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Orange quarter cloth over cream boards. Pictorial dust jacket. 261 pp. Minor edge wear to jacket. Inscribed by author on half title. Owner's inscription on verso of rear free endpaper. This is a signed first edition of the 2009 bestseller by the..... More
Good People
New York: Dutton, 2008. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter cloth. Dust jacket. 323 pp. Signed on title page. "Autographed copy" sticker on front jacket cover. Minor wear to jacket edges. This is a signed first edition thriller by crime writer and Travel Channel host Sakey. More
Hostiles and Friendlies; Selected short writings
Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1959. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher’s illustrated cloth. Illustrated dust jacket. Several illustrated plates and a map. 250 pp. Signed by Sandoz on front free endpaper. A fine copy in very good jacket. Jacket has some mild scuffing and a 1/2" closed tear at..... More
The Cattlemen; From the Rio Grande across the Far Marias
New York: Hastings House, 1958. Hardcover. 8vo. Publisher's quarter cloth over green boards. No jacket as issued. Gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Green stained top edge. Folding colored frontispiece, 8 pages of photographic illustrations, map printed on back paste-down. 527 pp. Signed and numbered by the author on colophon..... More
Lincoln in the Bardo
New York: Random House, 2017. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter cloth. Dust jacket. 341 pp. Inscribed on title page. Some shelf wear to jacket edges. This is a stated first edition of Saunders' first novel, inscribed by the author. More
Skipping Towards Gomorrah; The seven deadly sins and the pursuit of happiness in America
New York: Dutton, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. 302 pp. Inscribed on title page. Minor shelf wear. This is a signed first printing of Dan Savage's memoir. More
To the Birdhouse
New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Black quarter cloth over grey boards. Pictorial dust jacket. 273 pp. Signed by author on title page. This is a signed first printing of Schine's second novel. More
The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo
New York: Gallery Books, 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. 323 pp. Minor jacket wear. Signed on publisher's tipped-in page. Autograph sticker on front jacket cover. This is a signed first edition memoir by the comedian Schumer. More
Baby Monkey, Private Eye
Scholastic, 2018. Selznick, Brian. Advance Reading Copy. Paperback. A delightful rarity signed by award-winning author and illustrator Selznick directly on the title page. More
Not So Wild a Dream; A Personal Story of Youth and War and the American Faith
New York: Atheneum, 1976. Reprint. Cloth. 8vo. Taupe cloth. Dust jacket. 522 pp. Wear and some chipping to jacket edges. 1" closed tear top right front jacket cover, 1/2" closed tear top left front jacket cover, and 1" closed tear at center of jacket spine header. Price clipped. Front hinge..... More
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Klapperschlangenfrau [Passes for Human]
Berlin: Stadlichter Presse, 2004. Wraps. In English and German. 8vo. Wraps. 92 pp. Inscribed by Staple on front free endpaper. This is an uncommon signed German/English dual-language translation of Staple's 1977 poetry collection. More
The Red Coal
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1981. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter cloth. Dust jacket. 87 pp. Inscribed by author on title page. Endpapers are pasted to jacket flaps. Scuffing to jacket. This is a signed first printing poetry collection by Stern. More
The Squidder; Kraken Edition
44Flood, 2014. Hardcover. 4to. Slipcase. Boards. Full color. Unpaginated. This is the "Kraken Edition" limited edition of the cosmic horror graphic novel by the artist and author of 30 Days of Night. This edition was originally a Kickstarter reward which includes a signed bookplate, 3 signed prints, and a bookmark..... More
And They All Sang; Adventures of an Eclectic Disc Jockey
New York: New Press, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. 301 pp. Association copy. Inscribed by Terkel on half-title to influential peace activist Kathy Kelly: "To Cathy [sic] -- There's music in you -- the music of peace, grace, and beauty. With love, Studs Terkel." Minor shelf wear..... More
The Great Divide; Second thoughts on the American dream
New York: Pantheon, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. 439 pp. Signed on front free endpaper. Very minor shelf wear. This is a signed stated first edition of Studs' 1988 collection of oral histories. More
Touch and Go
New Press, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. In flawless condition. Inscribed by the legendary Chicago journalist: "To Craig: Here's to a world of peace, grace and beauty. Studs Terkel." This is Terkel's second memoir and his final book before passing away in 2008. Terkel won the Pulitzer Prize in 1985 and..... More
Will the Circle Be Unbroken?; Reflections on Death, Rebirth, and Hunger for a Faith
New York: New Press, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Boards. 301 pp. Association copy. Inscribed by Terkel on front free endpaper to influential peace activist Kathy Kelly: "For Kathy: Our hope, our hero -- in you is all that should be in us all -- your everything -- courage, gallantry..... More
Being There Together: Essays in Honor of Michael C.J. Putnam
Afton Historical Society Press, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Inscribed by Putnam on half title. This is a festschrift of critical essays about classical texts, compiled in honor of literary scholar Putnam on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Featuring a range of contributions from luminaries in the field..... More
Lieut. Henry Timberlake’s Memoirs 1756-1765; With annotation, introduction and index by Samuel Cole Williams
Johnson City, TN: Watauga Press, 1927. First Thus. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Gilt top edge. Deckle edge.Hand-pressed rag paper. Frontispiece plus large folding map and bibliography. 197 pp. Very minor wear to corners. Signed twice by Williams, once on front free endpaper and again on..... More
Nora Webster
New York: Scribner's, 2014. Hardcover. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. 373 pp. Minor shelf wear. Signed on title page. Autograph sticker on front jacket cover. This is a signed novel by the author of Brooklyn. More
The Significance of the Frontier in American History
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1956. First Thus. Cloth. 4to. Publisher's cloth. Publisher's sheet on the works of Abbe tipped in. Abbe's woodcuts throughout. Finely printed on Arches paper. 37 pp. Small scuff at footer of spine. Signed by Abbe on colophon. Excellent condition. This is a limited edition (numbered..... More
Diane: A Signature Life
Simon and Schuster, 1998. Hardcover. This is a second edition of Von Furstenberg's memoir, inscribed by the legendary fashion designer on the flyleaf. More