Brother Odd by Koontz, Dean - 2006

Inside Near Fine, pages have discolored from age. No dust jacket. Cover VG, bottom of spine has wear. A couple of dirt spots on the cover, very minor edge wear. States this volume is issued for sale in paper covers only. (This is a hardcover). Also state fortieth thousand in regards to printing. Sixe 5 X 7 3/8".

New York: Ecco Press, 2008. Signed by Mario Batali on the half-title page. Also inscribed: to Anne - grill hot and long!! First edition / First printing. Yellow laminated boards. Fine in fine dust jacket.

Bethlehem steel company, South Bethlehem, Pa.. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Signed/Inscribed. Medium brown quarter cloth boards with tan paper. Black titling on front with a black border and a flag drawing in color. Binding is tight. Text is unmarked. 8vo. BOOK INFO: Related names: Vary, George W. [from old catalog]. Signed and inscribed as a presentation copy by Vary on inside front cover with date Dec. 3, 1926. In 1943, Vary was the manager of industrial relations at Bethlehem Steel. 'The object of this book is to acquaint the prospective citizen in the Bethlehem District with an outline of the entire fabric of our Government including that of the township, borough, city, county and state as well as that of the Federal Government.... The book is issued to all members of the Bethlehem Steel Company Naturalization School when they register for study preparatory to the filing of their petitions for full citizenship.' (from the Preface).

Sparks, NV: Western Printing & Publishing. Ltd First Edition (2,000 copies). Paperback. Very Good/None. Signed. SIGNED by the author and inscribed by his son on the title page. Sepia toned pictorial paperback. Binding sound. Interior unmarked. Quarto. BOOK INFO: '...an illustrated account of one of Nevada's oldest and most famous businesses. It was an enterprise that got its start in territorial days and weathered depression, bank closures and the unhappy experiment of prohibition until it closed its doors on March 31, 1948.' (-from the foreword by Robert Laxalt)

Bangor, PA: Slate Belt Heritage Center, 2009. Paperback. Very Good+/None. Signed. Glossy pictorial softcover with black titling on front. SIGNED by the author on title page; Interior is otherwise unmarked and clean. Binding is sound; Spine is uncreased. Bottom front corner of cover is lightly creased, a bit softened. Limited printing, #256 of 500. Quarto. BOOK INFO: See photos for Table of Contents. Illustrated in color and B&W. 'The Pennsylvania German experience was one of the earliest examples of this process [of establishing an identity as an immigrant population]. In 2008, we celebrated the 325th anniversary of their landing in America. Along with the Scots-Irish, they were among the first and largest groups of Europeans to settle in the blue valley that we call the Slate Belt. As we follow their journey, we'll try to dispel popular misunderstandings and find out who they were, from where, when, and why they came, how others saw them and how they saw themselves, and what beliefs,… Read More

New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1993. First edition / First printing. Black cloth spine, tan paper-covered boards. Very fine in very dust jacket. Operation Wandering Soul was a finalist for the National Book Award. Richard Powers was the Recipient of a 1989 MacArthur Genius Grant. He is a Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 1999 Recipient of a Lannan Literary Award. The Goldbug Variations was Times Magazine's Book of the Year in 1991. The Echo Maker won the 2006 National Book Award for Fiction, and was a Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Orfeo was Nominated for the National Book Award and the Booker Prize.

Bethlehem steel company, South Bethlehem, Pa.. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Signed/Inscribed. Medium brown quarter cloth boards with tan paper. Black titling on front with a black border and a flag drawing in color. Binding is tight. Text is unmarked. 8vo. BOOK INFO: Related names: Vary, George W. [from old catalog]. Signed and inscribed as a presentation copy by Vary on inside front cover with date Dec. 3, 1926. In 1943, Vary was the manager of industrial relations at Bethlehem Steel. 'The object of this book is to acquaint the prospective citizen in the Bethlehem District with an outline of the entire fabric of our Government including that of the township, borough, city, county and state as well as that of the Federal Government.... The book is issued to all members of the Bethlehem Steel Company Naturalization School when they register for study preparatory to the filing of their petitions for full citizenship.' (from the Preface).

Knopf First Edition , First Printing, 2012. Knopf First Edition , First Printing, 08/2012. Blue paper over boards, silver lettering. Very Good , clean, tight, slight water discoloration to front bottom and lower back cover. Blue paper over boards, silver lettering./DJ clean and vibrant, back inside dj sone moisture discoloratin ran blue did not penetrate back panel, but left a slight wrinkle. (see photo). It is rare for someone to emerge in America who can change our attitudes, our beliefs, and our very culture. It is even rarer when that someone is a middle-aged, six-foot three-inch woman whose first exposure to an unsuspecting public is cooking an omelet on a hot plate on a local TV station. And yet, that is exactly what Julia Child did. The warble voiced doyenne of television cookery became an iconic cult figure and joyous rule breaker as she touched off the food revolution that has gripped America for more than fifty years. Julia Child was a directionless, gawky young woman who ran off halfway.… Read More

Sparks, NV: Western Printing & Publishing. Ltd First Edition (2,000 copies). Paperback. Very Good/None. Signed. SIGNED by the author and inscribed by his son on the title page. Sepia toned pictorial paperback. Binding sound. Interior unmarked. Quarto. BOOK INFO: '...an illustrated account of one of Nevada's oldest and most famous businesses. It was an enterprise that got its start in territorial days and weathered depression, bank closures and the unhappy experiment of prohibition until it closed its doors on March 31, 1948.' (-from the foreword by Robert Laxalt)

Bangor, PA: Slate Belt Heritage Center, 2009. Paperback. Very Good+/None. Signed. Glossy pictorial softcover with black titling on front. SIGNED by the author on title page; Interior is otherwise unmarked and clean. Binding is sound; Spine is uncreased. Bottom front corner of cover is lightly creased, a bit softened. Limited printing, #256 of 500. Quarto. BOOK INFO: See photos for Table of Contents. Illustrated in color and B&W. 'The Pennsylvania German experience was one of the earliest examples of this process [of establishing an identity as an immigrant population]. In 2008, we celebrated the 325th anniversary of their landing in America. Along with the Scots-Irish, they were among the first and largest groups of Europeans to settle in the blue valley that we call the Slate Belt. As we follow their journey, we'll try to dispel popular misunderstandings and find out who they were, from where, when, and why they came, how others saw them and how they saw themselves, and what beliefs,… Read More