Tales of the South Pacific by James A Michener - 1949

New York: Sparrow Press, 1955.. Small octavo. Pictorial wrapper and frontis after a drawing by Michael Lekakis. White portions of wrapper slightly darkened, but very good. First edition of the poet's third book, presumably the ordinary unnumbered issue. One of 225 copies from a total edition of two hundred and fifty copies printed at the Divers Press, Mallorca. Rather than being numbered and signed (as were the first twenty- five copies), this copy bears the author's signed, early inscription on the colophon: "for Seamus over & below all numbers."

Dallas, Texas; (1977): The Texas Arts Journal, Cameron Northouse. Limited Edition. Quarto. Limited to only 22 copies, 109pp., illustrated, folder contains a typed manuscript from page 34 of Updike's play and is signed. The Texas Arts Journal is published only four times a year with contributor's such as William Saroyan, John Updike, Morse Peckham, George Garrett, James Purdy and Glyn Jones. Fine and housed in a custom slipcase.

Ultramarine Press, 1992. First. Hardbound. fine as issued. here offered is copy letter "C". of an edition of 50, this is one of 12 signed lettered copies finely bound in full leather by Denis Gouey. a handsome item.

London: Nicholas Vane, 1965. First Edition 1st Printing. Original Wraps. Very Good/Very Good. 1965 FIRST PRINTING of FIrst UK Edition. INSCRIBED & SIGNED by Rebuffat on the short title page. The book has clean covers, rubbed lower outside corner tips, some browning to page edges, no foxing, solid binding, no owner marks or writing on pages (other than author's signed inscription). The original dust jacket has loss upper front edge, 3cm tear upper rear, flecked spine ends. The book measures 237mm tall x 182mm, and has 183 pages, 104 b/w plates (1 double fold-out), 7 color plates. PHOTOS ARE OF ACTUAL ITEM BEING OFFERED.

Farrar, Straus And Giroux, 1996. First edition, first printing. Fine / Fine. Signed by the author on the title page, no inscriptions. A beautiful and collectible copy in a crisp, bright dustjacket with original $27.50 price intact. Protected in mylar cover. McPhee selects from his eleven books published since 1977 to sample from his Alaska book, the geology quartet, and his other fine books on shipping, Switzerland, agriculture and art. Carefully packaged and shipped in a box.

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

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1994. Signed on the title page by Umberto Eco. First edition / First printing. Green paper spine, blue paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.

Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, 1986. Signed by the author on the title page. First edition / First printing. Navy cloth. As New. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. The second book in the New York Trilogy.

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: Simon & Schuster, 2015. Signed by Jimmy Carter on the title page. First edition / First printing. Blue paper spine, blue paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.