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Fire on the Mountain
New York: Dial Press, 1962. First edition, first printing. Signed by Edward Abbey on the front free endpaper and inscribed to former owners. Bound in publisher's yellow cloth-affect boards over red spine cloth lettered in black. Near Fine with light soiling and light wear, in a Very Good+ unclipped dust..... More
Jonathan Troy
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1954. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author on the front free end paper, inscribed to former owner in "Glen Canyon 1981". Very Good with light rubbing at tips, small indent to spine near bottom, light lean to spine, previous owner book plate..... More
In Praise of Mountain Lions
Albuquerque: Alburquerque Sierra Club, 1984. First edition. Signed by both Edward Abbey and John Nichols on the front wrap. [46] pp. Bound in publisher's stapled wraps. Very Good+, faint curl to upper corner of front wrap, faint smudging to Nichols' signature, small stain to rear wrap. Two short pieces by..... More
Memory of Departure
New York: Grove Press, 1988. First American edition, first printing. Signed by Abdulrazak Gurnah on the title page. Bound in publisher's blue paper boards over black spine cloth lettered in silver. Very Good with toning to edges, bumping to corners, several pages creased and soiling to copyright page. In a...... More
Arrow of God
New York: The John Day Company, 1967. First American edition, first printing. Signed by Chinua Achebe on the front free endpaper and inscribed to a former owner. Bound in publisher's original magenta cloth with gilt spine lettering. Near Fine with light dust-soiling and light fading to cloth at edges, pages..... More
No Longer at Ease
London: Heinemann / Contemporary Fiction, 1962. Reprint. Signed by Chinua Achebe on the front free endpaper and inscribed to a former owner. Bound in publisher's original cloth boards. Near Fine with light bumping to corners and tanning to pages. In a Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket with soiling, tanning and..... More
The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral
New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1976. First edition, first printing. Signed by Diane Ackerman in the year of publication and warmly inscribed to former owners. Additionally, laid in are cards from Ackerman written to former owners. Bound in publisher's original paper-covered boards over purple cloth spine lettered in..... More
Taos Pueblo
Boston: New York Graphics Society, 1977. Folio. Signed limited edition; Number 219 of 950 copies signed by Ansel Adams on the limitation page. Quarter bound tan leather over orange linen cloth, in publisher's orange linen slipcase. Near Fine, with several faint scratches to cloth and leather spine, else Fine. A...... More
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
New York: Harmony Books, 1980. First American edition, first printing. Signed by Douglas Adams and inscribed to a former owner on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's original dark blue paper-covered boards over magenta spine cloth lettered in metallic blue. Near Fine with light wear and toning to pages..... More
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
New York: Harmony Books, 1989. Tenth anniversary edition (seventh printing). Signed by Douglas Adams on the half-title page. Bound in publisher's original blue paper-covered boards over magenta spine cloth stamped in metallic green. Fine in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light traces of shelf wear, light toning and..... More
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
New York: Harmony Books, 1980. Fifth printing of the American edition. Signed by Douglas Adams and inscribed to a former owner on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's original black cloth-affect boards stamped in gilt. Faint wear to corners and spine ends, else Fine in a Fine unclipped dust..... More
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
New York: Harmony Books, 1980. First American edition, first printing. Signed by Douglas Adams on the half-title page, directly below a red rubber stamp that reads "Always know where your towel is..." Bound in publisher's black paper-covered boards over turquoise cloth spine, with titles stamped in metallic pink. Fine, in..... More
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
New York: Harmony Books, 1980. First American edition, first printing. Signed by Douglas Adams and inscribed to a former owner on the half-title page. Bound in publisher's black paper-covered boards over turquoise cloth spine, with titles stamped in metallic pink. Near Fine in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with..... More
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
New York: Harmony Books, 1985. First American edition, first printing. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's original black cloth-affect boards stamped in metallic green. Near Fine, in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with a shallow chip at the crown, light rubbing, a small..... More
Watership Down
New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1972 [1974]. First American edition, first printing. Signed by Richard Adams on the title page. Bound in publisher's tan paper-covered over tan spine cloth lettered in gilt. Very Good with light general wear, significant lean to binding, former owner name to front free endpaper. In..... More
Watership Down
New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1972 [1974]. First American edition, first printing. Signed by Richard Adams on the title page. Bound in publisher's tan paper-covered over tan spine cloth lettered in gilt. Very Good with textblock sunken, boards lightly soiled and nicked along the top and bottom edges. In a...... More
Watership Down
New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1972 [1974]. First American edition, first printing. Signed by Richard Adams on the title page and inscribed to former owners. Bound in publisher's tan paper-covered over tan spine cloth lettered in gilt. Good with lean to binding, soiling to covers and textblock edge, textblock sunken..... More
Twenty Years at Hull-House
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1910. First edition, first printing. Signed by Jane Addams and inscribed to a former owner on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's original brick red cloth stamped in gilt with illustrated onlay to upper board. Near Fine with light soiling and light wear to..... More
Aesop's Fables
London: William Heinemann, 1912. Deluxe limited edition; copy #540 of 1,450 signed by Arthur Rackham on the limitation page. Publisher's buckram cloth, stamped in gilt. Very Good. Cloth lightly soiled, darkened at spine, lightly toned and with light staining to edge of rear cover. Dark stain to gutter at top..... More
How to Commit a Murder
New York: Ives Washburn Inc., 1930. First edition. Signed by Danny Ahearn, inscribed on the bottom half of the title page to Hollywood columnist Jimmy Starr, "Best of Good-Luck in[?] anything you ever [?] take to. May our friendship go on for decades to come, from one Human guy to..... More
Journal d'un substitut de campagne
Cairo, Egypt: Editions de La Revue Caire, 1939. First French edition. Signed by Tawfiq al-Hakim on the limitation page, copy #264 of 450 thus. [viii], 154 pp. Bound in contemporary half vellum with gouache decorated boards, leather spine label lettered in gilt, top edge gilt; original wraps bound in. In..... More
The Brightfount Diaries
London: Faber & Faber, Inc., 1955. First edition. Signed by Brain Aldiss on the title page. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. Fine in Fine dust jacket, unfaded and unclipped (12s 6d net). The British scifi author's first book, just plain old literature, but semi-autobiographical, about toiling..... More
A Walk On The Wild Side
New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1956. First edition. Signed by Algren, inscribed to former owners on front endpaper in the year of publication. Very Good+ with toning to top of cloth, "X" stamp on half-title (review copy?), hinge at page 24 a little free. Near Fine dust jacket is..... More
A Coffin for Dimitrios
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. First Black Widow edition. Signed by Eric Ambler on title page, inscribed to former owner. 281 pp. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Very Good+ with light rubbing to cloth and gilt, in a Fair dust jacket, well-worn, large chip missing from rear panel and..... More