Lost In A Good Book by Fforde, Jasper - 2002

William Morrow NY, 1939. HBDJ, 1939, 1st edition, date on title page & copyright page are same, DJ GLUED to book & has some wear , rub, tiny chips & light soil, Black cloth cover slight Lean, Interior light wear nice & Tight relatively Clean minor Fox, AS-IS, 315 pages, Priceclipped but original price Intact of $2. First Edition. Hard Cover.

Reno, Nevada: Mountain Media. Fine. 2002. First Edition. Paperback. 0967025923 . Book is Fine. SIGNED inscription in ink to previous owner first page. Clean and unmarked text. Tight and sturdy binding. Very faint wear to cover edges. ; Trade PB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 696 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Bantam Books,, 1992. HBDJ, Oversized lite blue Boards with BrownRust cloth Spine cvr, October 1992, 1st edition, 1st printing, with #1 Intact Number Line, FINE-/NF+, AS-IS, 9 X 11 1/2 in. Titled in Gold Gilt on spine cvr. Interior nice tight, Clean light wear, unpaginated, Light DJ wear with tiny creases on edge, Set in modern New Jersey and New York, an African-American Alice seeks riches by entering sweepstakes. After much adventure, she learns she is already rich. in friends ; A cautionary tale for the 1990's and a great introduction to the strange and exciting sights of New York. Large format. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by John Rocco .

FIRST EDITION in dust jacket; SIGNED & BRIEFLY INSCRIBED by the author on the FFEP. AS NEW.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1920. Limited Edition. Large Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Pennell, Joseph. Signed by author. Limited edition, #190 of 250 copies hand numbered and signed by the author. Lacks slipcase. Edges a bit rubbed with minor loss from bottom corner. 1920 Large Hardcover. xxxvii, 432 pp. Includes 407 illustrations from various artists, including Albert Durer, William Morris, Howard Pyle, Walter Crane, Will Bradley, etc. Brown leather spine over paper-covered boards, gilt titles. An analysis of the artistic method of pen drawings designed as a reference for students and art enthusiasts, by the American draftsman, etcher, lithographer and illustrator for books and magazines.

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,.

Kaye and Ward, 1982. 1st Edition. Hardcover. NF. 1st Impression. 22.2 x 14.2cm white pictorial boards with £4.95 price to the rear 103pp, no jacket as issued. Signed by the author to the title page. The boards are near fine with a hint of toning to the spine and slight bump to the bottom corner of the lower board. Internally there is an ownership name to the front free endpaper and the author's signature to the title page otherwise the book is very clean. A near fine copy of this early Michael Morpurgo scarce as a first edition made even rarer because of the author's signature. If you would like any additional images or information, please do not hesitate to ask. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

Dennis Dobson , 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. F/NF. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. 12.5 x 19cm. Publisher's original dusky rose coloured boards with gilt titles to the spine, 191pp, together with original dust jacket priced at 9s 6d. Noting a light dust mark near the top of the upper joint, the boards are in fine condition with no shelf-wear. The spine titles are beautifully bright and fresh. All fore edge corners are firm, sharp and square. The binding is very tight and square, such that the book appears unread. There is a little tab of paper, 2 x 5mm, at the bottom fore edge of p125/126 that extends out from the text block, where it has not been cut properly in production. Internally, there is age related acid migration toning to the endpapers and a light vertical band of it on the pastedowns. There is no name, inscription or bookplate and the pages are beautifully clean with no spots, marks or blemishes. The dust jacket which is now protected in a removable plastic cover (not shown in… Read More