Let It Bleed by Rankin, Ian - 1996

Chicago & New York: Contemporary Books, 1989. BOLDLY SIGNED (see photos) on the front endpaper by Terry Bradshaw, 4 time Super Bowl-winning quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers (signature only, NOT personalized to anyone). A BEAUTIFUL COPY. PHOTOS UPON REQUEST. Very FINE condition in a bright, shiny Very FINE dust jacket. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO fading. NOT price clipped ($17.95). The jacket is protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. The book itself is fresh, crisp, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owners' name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh, crisp, and unmarked. Illustrated with 16 pages of photos. Includes appendix giving Bradshaw's statistics for his 14-year pro football career with the Pittsburgh Steelers, 1970-1983. Bound in the original black boards, with a yellow cloth spine lettered in black. From the dust jacket: "Terry Bradshaw grew up chasing the American Dream, knowing at an early age exactly what he… Read More

Fine. London: Travellers' Bookshop, 2001. Edition limited to 500 copies, 4to., [x], 197pp., approx. 160 colour illustrations, publisherÕs black cloth with gilt spine titles, dust-wrapper. A Fine copy in Fine dustjacket - As New and signed by Julian Mackenzie on the main title page.A pictorial bibliography of one of the finest collections of Antarctica in private hands. The collection is limited to first-hand accounts, and was assembled with a view to condition. It contains many outstanding copies, some with rare dust-wrappers. The Taurus Collection was formed with two objectives in mind: First was to obtain the finest possible copies of books on the Antarctic; second was to focus on the people and expeditions who went to the Continent when heroism was most important, ie: before the age of mechanization. - from the introduction.The Taurus Collection publication should prove to be a valuable resource for both written and visual documentation for key books important to documentation of exploration of… Read More

California Historical Society Los Angeles printed by Anderson, Ritchie & Simon [The Ward Ritchie , 1971. HBNO DJ Issued, 1st Ltd edition 500 copies STATED on Last page, VG+, NOJACKET, 1971, 1st edition, Special Publication Number 48, 43 pages, Light wear Cvr Cover , Interior Nice, tight Clean, Original papered Orange Boards Titled in Red & Black,,Faint spotting to cover, otherwise very good. Pages are clean and unmarked. ,She was granddaughter of John and Susan Bixby, founders of Rancho Los Alamitos in Long Beach, California, now part of the city of Long Beach. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by George Bartell,.

"Geisha Of Pontocho", by P. D. Perkins 1954 - First EditionHand Signed by the AuthorVintage Hardcover Book with Dust Jacket10 1/4" x 7 1/2" - 195 Pages The dust jacket is in good minus condition with an edge chip, edge bends and tanning on the inside. The jacket is now protected with a Mylar cover. The hardcover book is in good condition. The pink beautifully
decorated boards are in great condition with minimal wear and some light fading. The book has been hand signed by the author on the title page in black ink. The book is in good condition, free from rips, tears, bends, stains, and writing. The end pages have some tanning. The pull down map is in good minus condition with edge bends. There are fabulous black and white photos throughout the book . The binding is square and tight. Pontocho is one of the oldest and most famous Geisha districts in Japan. Please See All Photos

Text and instructions in Japanese and English. Dramatic color and black and white photo illustrations and diagrams, followed by pattern pages that can be copied or used as is. 79 pages. Published in Tokyo in 1987. First edition, signed by author.

New York: Seaview, 1978. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 8.5 x 6 inches. 402 pp. Near Fine / Fine. Association copy. Embossed stamp of gifting owner at lower leading corner of front free endpaper: "Library of Harlan Ellison." Inscription with signature on title page from Ellison to recipient, long-time friend and fellow author Joe Hensley: "A Gift to Joe from his pal, Harlan Ellison 19 Feb 87." Red textured paper on board. Gold lettering on spine. White endpapers. Minor shelf wear to lower edges of boards and heel of spine. Small bumps to leading lower tips of both boards. Curved crease across spine 1 inch below crown. Text block square and tight. Interior pristine. Dust jacket now in archival protective cover. Author's second book.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2007. Signed by Michael Ondaatje on the half-title, where he has added a quote from page 140 of the novel: "it set fire to the rest of my life." First edition / First printing. Black paper-covered boards. Fine in fine dust jacket.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1970. Hardcover. 1st edition, 1st printing. 248 pp. Near Fine book (no markings to text, binding square and tight; light water stain to bottom 1-1/2" at heel of cloth spine) / Near Fine dust jacket (price-clipped; light wear to top edge of dust jacket spine and back panel, light water stain to bottom 1-1/2" at heel of dust jacket spine). A clean, solid copy. Looks nicer than it sounds. Signed by Robertson in felt marker on the front free endpaper.

Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1997. Signed by Lawrence on the title page. Newly designed edition containing the full complement of Lawrence's illustrations, 18 of which were published in the Windmill Books in 1970. Black cloth. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.

No Place Stated: The Golden Bough Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1930. Limited/Numbered Edition. Hardcover. The free endpapers have a slight curl, likely from the marbling process. Spine and joints slightly darker than the rest of the leather. Minor rubbing to the joints, cover paper abraded where it wraps under the tail edge of the rear board, corners bumped with wear through to the boards.; Daudet's novel of the personal failings and stumbling, lurching relationship of a young Southern French student Jean Gaussin and his older Parisian lover Fanny Legrand. Jean is troubled by Fanny's life of luxury from many profitable, personal relationships: an engineer, a poet, an engraver, and a sculptor who had her pose for his statue of Sappho. After their living in the country and his dalliance with a young woman, it all falls apart. In the end, Fanny leaves him with little but a letter and he's right to lament his "...broken, wasted life, all wrecked and tearful... From… Read More