The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell [FIRST EDITION]
New York: Dutton, 2017. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. Signed above author photo. This is a signed first printing memoir by comedian Bell. More
New York: Dutton, 2017. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. Signed above author photo. This is a signed first printing memoir by comedian Bell. More
Chicago: Lakeside Press, 1981. First Thus. Cloth. 12mo. Grey cloth with gilt lettering on spine and Lakeside Press device in gilt on front cover. Gilt top edge. Frontispiece and photographic plates. 355 pp. Spine uncracked. A fine, unread copy. This is a limited edition Lakeside Press printing of Boyd's' memoir..... More
New York: Macmillan, 1965. Book club edition. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. 415 pp. Shelf wear and sunning to jacket. Tearing to header of jacket spine. This is an early book club edition of Brown's memoir of life in Harlem. More
New York: Random House, 1965. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Maroon cloth. Dust jacket. Jacket has chips and scuffs around edges. Spot of discoloration from removed sticker on front flap. This is a first printing ($5.95 and 1/66 on front flap, no book club mark) of Capote's classic true..... More
New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 1987. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Black cloth. Pictorial dust jacket. 191 pp. Minor shelf wear. Red mark on bottom block edge. This is a first American edition critical biography of William Golding, author of Lord of the Flies and many..... More
London: Chatto and Windus, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Original half cloth and paperd boards. Dust jackets. Uncut pages. Limited issue, number 379 of 535 copies, first volume signed on the limitation page. Uncommon publisher's prospectus laid in. Provenance: From the library of noted book collector William A. Strutz. More
Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1976. Hardcover. In English with introduction and endnotes in Russian. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. Minor shelf wear. Superficial scuffing to jacket. This is an uncommon Russian printing of Dreiser's critical memoir. More
Boston: Christian Science Publishing Society, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Cloth. Slipcase. Original rice paper wraps. Shelf wear to edges of slip case. Books are fine. This is a set of two (out of four) books of biographical essays about Christian Science founder Eddy. More
San Francisco: City Lights / Harper and Row, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Cloth. Dust jacket. Many photographs throughout. 254 pp. Minor shelf wear and several small chips to jacket edges. Price clipped. Remainder stamp on bottom edge. This is a stated first edition book of San Francisco's literary history..... More
New York: B.C. Forbes Publishing Co., 1922. Leather bound. 8vo. Flexible leather boards. Pencil scribbles on endpapers. Several page corners are creased to torn, not affecting text. This is an antique leather-bound book of quotes by business magnate Forbes. More
London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row; and J. Ridgway, Piccadilly, 1815. Leather bound. Finely bound in custom leather. 6-panel hubbed spine with gilt tooled decorations. Yellow dyed edges. Marbled endpapers. With armorial bookplate in each volume from the library of Henry and Gwen Mond, 2nd Baron..... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. 267 pp. Signed on bound-in page. This is a signed memoir by Queer Eye fashion expert Tan France. More
New York: Harper and Row, 1972-75. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jackets on each volume. Scuffs, chips, and closed tears to jackets. Books are excellent. More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Black and red boards. Pictorial dust jacket. Photographs. 445 pp. Slight cock to spine. Minor shelf wear. Lengthy gift inscription by author on front free endpaper. This is a signed first edition biography of controversial Communist leader Castro by the..... More
New York: Random House, 1959. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. Good+ book in fair jacket. Jacket has many chips and tears around edges including 2" loss at header of jacket spine. Some specks of discoloration to book spine and front board, and front hinge a bit..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1976. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. Minor shelf wear. This is a first edition biography of English actor Laughton. More
London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, original green cloth, stamped in black and gilt; scarce dust jacket (unclipped). Spine slightly dulled; dust jacket spine panel toned and creased, minor rubbing and toning at edges. Provenance: From the library of noted book collector William A. Strutz. More
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, plates and illustrations, original green cloth, decorated and lettered in gilt. Extremities rubbed; some toning to endpapers, previous owner's signature on front free endpaper. Provenance: From the library of noted book collector William A. Strutz, with his bookplate inside front..... More
London: Methuen and Co., 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, color frontispiece and illustrations, original pictorial green cloth stamped in gilt. Spine with some toning and blistering to cloth, some other edgewear and blistering to covers; endpapers a little toned, paperclip stain/impression on half-title and frontispiece blank verso. Provenance: From the..... More
London: J.M. Dent and Sons, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, original gilt-lettered cloth. Provenance: From the library of noted book collector William A. Strutz. More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, illustrated, original plum buckram gilt. Association copy. Inscribed by Hudson on the front free endpaper: "Miss Hannah Poland from / W. H. Hudson / Nov. 2, 1905." Miss Poland (1873-1942) was a renowned English bird conservationist and friend of Mr. Hudson..... More
New York: Literary Guild, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. Minor shelf wear. This is a first edition biography of Andrew Jackson. More
New York: Viking Press, 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. 305 pp. Signed by author on bookplate. Minor shelf wear to jacket. This is a signed autobiography by Valerie Jarrett, former senior advisor to President Obama. More
New York: Avid Reader Press, 2022. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. Signed on title page. This is a first printing of Jones' bestselling memoir. Her signature is uncommon. More
New York: Atheneum, 1982. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter cloth. Dust jacket. 210 pp. Inscribed by Keillor on front free endpaper. Very minor shelf wear to jacket. An excellent copy. This is a signed stated first edition of Keillor's 1982 collection of stories and humor writing. More