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We Don't Want Nobody Nobody Sent; An Oral History of the Daley Years
Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1979. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Red cloth. Pictorial dust jacket. 404 pp. Minor edge wear. Signed by author on front free endpaper. This is a signed first printing history of the Daley machine politics in Chicago by the late, great political historian Rakove. More
Frederic Remington’s Own West
New York: Dial, 1960. Leather bound. 4to. Original slipcase. Soft calf with gilt lettering on spine and cover, blind-tooled design on cover. Gilt top edge. Illustrated plates throughout. 254 pp. Slipcase has some minor sunning and a few chips to edges. Book is fine. Signed on colophon by McCracken. Rice paper..... More
Having a Baby Can Be a Scream
T.P. Tarcher Inc., 1974. Page, Frank. Hardcover. Inscribed by Joan Rivers on flyleaf: "To Tony & Danny - good luck. XXX. Joan Rivers, 1976." Ms. Rivers drew a smiley face as well. Pages are bright and crisp, but dust jacket is missing and cover has noticeable wear and tear. Book..... More
Robert the Bruce: King of Scots
Birlinn, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. This is a first edition children's history book about the Scottish hero, signed by the illustrator. More
Joseph Anton
Random House, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. This is a stated first edition of Rushdie's harrowing memoir flat signed by the author on title page. Missing dust jacket. Shelf wear to edges. More
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 author of..... 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. Touch..... 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
Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk; A modest bestiary
Back Bay Books, 2011. Falconer, Ian. Paperback. A paperback reprint of Sedaris' hilarious 2011 story collection. Signed to Holly on title page, along with a bloody knife Mr. Sedaris drew in magic marker. A unique, cheeky copy for the fan of the Sedaris family wit. 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 overopened..... More
Flights
New York: Knopf, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. 253 pp. Minor shelf wear to jacket with a few small, closed tears around edges and a scuff on rear cover. Stamp on front free endpaper. Inscribed by Shepard on half title. This is a signed first edition of Jim Shepard's..... More
The Hundred Secret Senses
Putnam, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. This is a signed first printing of Amy Tan's 1995 bestselling novel of family and identity in China and America. By the author of The Joy Luck Club. More
The Kitchen God's Wife
Putnam, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition signed by Tan on flyleaf. Jacket has some mild edge wear, otherwise near fine. 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
Being There Together: Essays in Honor of Michael C.J. Putnam
Afton Historical Society Press, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Inscribed by Putnam himself 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..... More
Abraham Lincoln; A biography
Modern Library, 1968. Hardcover. Presentation copy. This copy of Lincoln's biography was inscribed by renowned journalist, economist, and conservative commentator Jude Wanniski to Wendell Larsen, then vice president of Chrysler, on August 1, 1979. Jacket is price clipped and has some small tears along bottom edge, otherwise fine. A truly..... 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 colophon..... 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 159 of..... More
Toward the End of Time
New York: Knopf, 1997. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Black cloth. Red stained top edge. Pictorial dust jacket. 334 pp. Signed by author on front free endpaper. This is a signed first edition of Updike's 1997 novel in fine condition. 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
The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B & Back Again) [Full signature with Campbell's soup can drawing]
New York: Harcourt, 1975. First Edition, 2nd printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Orange quarter cloth over yellow boards. Dust jacket. 241 pp. Inscribed with a full signature on half-title: "To Charley and Family [?] / With Love / Andy Warhol." Around the title, Warhol has drawn his iconic Campbell's soup can. On the..... More
The Tower and Other Verse
Rochester: self-published, 1934. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo. 8"x5.5". Brown cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on cover. 67 pp. Inscribed by author on front free endpaper. Slight lean to spine. This is a signed self-published book of poetry by Wearing, then Dean of the Colgate-Rochester Divinity School in Rochester, NY..... More