Bloemen Op Tegels in De Gouden Eeuw / Dutch Floral Tiles in the Golden Age and their Botanical Print by Schaap, Ella B - [1994]

Boston, Massachusetts: Little, Brown & Company, 1983. CI3 - A 2nd printing hardcover book SIGNED by author on the title page in very good condition in good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has price clipped, some wrinkling, chipping, crease, and some tears on the edges, corners, and some sides, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book lightly cocked, some bumped corners, some light stains on the page edges, light discoloration and shelf wear. A Richard Jury Mystery. The Anodyne Necklace is the third distinguished mystery by Martha Grimes, hailed as the new master of the classic British novel of deception. Once again her story features the affable, perceptive Richard Jury, whose brilliant solutions in The Man with a Load of Mischief and The Old Fox Deceiv'd have earned him a promotion from Inspector to Superintendent, Scotland Yard. 8.5"x5.75", 250 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Martha Grimes is an American writer of detective fiction. She is best known for a series… Read More

Seattle: William Traver Gallery, 1998. Signed on the title page by Lino Tagliapietra. First edition / First printing. White perfect bound wrappers. Fine without dust jacket. Beautifully produced exhibition catalogue. Archival clear mylar jacket is supplied.

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1962. Later printing. Cloth-backed cloth on boards. Near Fine/Very Good. 512 pages. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by author in ink on a front free endpaper, to a good friend, "Dear dear Jimmy---I am so happy to have a chance to sign a book to one of the brilliant and coming writers---as well as my old friend---Adela Rogers St. Johns". Illustrated dust jacket. Large octavo. Cloth-backed cloth boards. St. Johns was a celebrated Hollywood writer for Hearst and on her own account. She was also the precocious daughter of celebrated Los Angeles trial lawyer Earl Rogers, whose story is told in this book. Many said Rogers was the greatest criminal defense lawyer of his day. Clarence Darrow chose Rogers to defend him when he was accused of jury tampering. San Francisco history buffs will be interested in Rogers' defense in the post 1906 earthquake corruption trials.From the jacket blurb: "FINAL VERDICT is Americana of a high order, for it gives the reader a vivid picture of Los… Read More

From a total edition of 300 copies, this number 26 / 100 signed by the artist. 4to. c.10.3/4 x 8.1/4 inches. c.27 x 21 cm. Frontis + full page b/w plates reproduced by lithography. Fine copy in v.g. dust wrapper.

London Faber and Faber, 1993, First Edition. paperback. First edition thus in U.K. as paperback original (previously published same year in U.S. as hardcover). -- SIGNED by the author "To [name] 93." -- Softcover. Condition: near fine (page margins faintly tanned). ISBN 0371168566

Like New/tight binding. No wear to dj. but scratched. Inscribed on Front End page "To Jim, God Bless!! (with a smiley underneath) Deanna Favre.

Bolinas: Grey Fox Press, 1973. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing of the First Edition. Very good, with rubbing and wear to extremities, and sunned spine. Front endpaper bears the signature ( with his phone number ),of Donald M. Allen, the founder of Grey Fox Press, literary executor of the estate of Lew Welch, and editor of many significant beat poets. There is another signature, that of Lew Ellington, poet, and co-author of the Jack Spicer biography, Poet Be Like God..

First Edition. As new, never read copy in fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on title page.

First UK edition, first printing. Boards and binding are as new. A very nice copy, with original dust jacket that is not price clipped and shows £9.95 net price. The UK edition apparently was printed in a limited run, in less numbers than the US version.

NY: William Helburn. Good; Library stamp on lower right corner of each leaf, leaves tattered at edges, library pocket and stamps, de-accession correspondence enclosed.. 1895. Hardcover. Measured drawings by the architect author of colonial American furniture, including high-boys, clocks, tables, looking glasses, beds, and various chair styles. A collection of 55 plates of measured drawings and three other printed leaves measuring 17x12 inches housed in a folding red cloth-covered portfolio titled in gilt and with black cloth ties. ; Ex-Library; Folio 13" - 23" tall .