DARIO FO & FRANCA RAME. Harlequins of the Revolution. First Printing, SIGNED TWICE by Dario Fo - and also SIGNED by Franca Rame & Joseph Farrell by Farrell, Joseph (& Fo, Dario) - 2001

Nottingham: Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation, 1982. First edition. Printed stapled wraps. Foreword by Ken Coats. Signed & dated "March 25, 1997" by Vonnegut on the front wrap. 16pp pamphlet containing an address originally delivered at St. John the Devine Cathedral in NYC in '82 and donated by Vonnegut to the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation even though he didn't hold the copyright. Reproduces Vonnegut's letter to Coats explaining that the Cathedral owns the rights but "they wouldn't have the balls to sue." Fine copy. Vonnegut's signature slightly smeared. Vonnegut's fourth book of previously unpublished material.

Orion. Limited Signed edition. Hardcover. New/No Dj cover. Signed by the Author. Mint condition. Orion, 2006. First UK edition-first printing. Limited Signed edition of 250 copies, this is number 73. Brown hardback(gilt lettering to the spine) in brown slipcase(gilt lettering on the front of the slipcase), both in mint condition.408pp. Exclusive Numbered and Slipcase Limited Edition.More photos available on request. This is another paragraph Product Discription: Vida Winter, a bestselling yet reclusive novelist, has created many outlandish life histories for herself, all of them invention. Now old and ailing, at last she wants to tell the truth about her extraordinary life. Her letter to biographer Margaret Lea - a woman with secrets of her own - is a summons. Vida's tale is one of gothic strangeness featuring the Angelfield family: the beautiful and wilful Isabelle and the feral twins Adeline and Emmeline. Margaret succumbs to the power of Vida's storytelling, but as a biographer she deals in fact… Read More

New York: The Baker and Taylor Company, 1909. Very Good. Signed by Swami Paramananda and inscribed to a former owner on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's orange cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on upper board and spine; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good, cloth lightly rubbed at tips, spine toned and stained at rear cover. A lovely copy, signed by the author.

Boston: Beacon Press, 2006. SIGNED by Oliver on the title page in the presence of this bookseller after a reading. Pictorial cover of Van Gogh's Blue Iris, courtesy of Metropolitan Museum of Art. First softcover printing. In Blue Iris, Mary Oliver collects ten new poems, two dozen of her poems written over the last two decades, and two previously unpublished essays on the beauty and wonder of plants. The poet considers roses, of course, as well as poppies and peonies; lilies and morning glories; the thick-bodied black oak and the fragrant white pine; the tall sunflower and the slender bean. 8½ x 6¼". 75 pp. 0807068837. Tiny dent to bottom edge, else Fine in softwrappers.

New York: New York University Press, 1948. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Signed by Author(s). Inscribed by Augie Pabst Jr. to Thomas N. McGowen on the ffep. Blue cloth stamped in gilt. Dust jacket has a few light scuff marks and a coffee drop in the upper left corner of the front panel; in a clear archival sleeve. 451 pages. 9 x 6 inches. A sharp copy. The inscription reads ''To Tom McGowen - / former President and C.E.O. / present Chairman of the Board / part time fly fisherman / would be hunter / and very good friend / August Uilhlein Pabst / 11/10/81''. August Uihlein ''Augie'' Pabst, Jr, is the great-grandson of Pabst Brewing founder Frederick Pabst. He joined the family business in 1966, following a highly successful motor racing career, and served the company in a variety of capacities, including as vice-president, before his retirement in 1983. Thomas N. McGowen had been on Pabst's board of directors since 1973 and was chairman from 1981 to… Read More

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1984. Signed by Robert Benton at the chapter on Kramer vs. Kramer. Benton won Oscars for Best Film Director and Screenwriter for the film. He also won an Oscar for the screenplay of Places in the Heart, which Nestor Almendros also lensed. Nestor Almendros won the Academy Award for Cinematography for Days of Heaven. He was nominated for Academy Awards for Kramer vs Kramer, The Blue Lagoon and Sophie's Choice. He did cinematography for Claire's Knee, Chloe in the Afternoon, Cockfighter, The Last Metro, and many others. He was known for using natural light in his films. First U.S. edition / First printing. Black cloth spine, red paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.

Bordeaux, ACTAR arc en reve / centre d'architecture, 2000. Signed by Rem Koolhaas. First edition / First printing. Includes CD in back pocket. Black wrappers in yellow printed vinyl jacket. Very fine in fine jacket. Rem Koolhaas is the Pritzker Prize Winner for 2000.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1970. Signed on the title page by the author. First edition / First printing. Red cloth. Very fine in very fine, price-clipped dust jacket. A remarkably bright and fresh copy.

Oxford University Press, 1985. 1st Edition. Hardcover. NF/NF. 1st edition, 1st Impression. 14.3 x 22cm red cloth with silver titles to the spine, 200pp with original unclipped dust jacket with £6.96 net price. The book has been signed on the title page by Philip Pullman. A near fine book with clean bright boards and sharp corners. Internally, there is the usual uniform toning to the pages resulting from the quality of the paper stock used. The author has signed the title page in blue biro. The dust jacket is near fine with only a little light creasing to the spine and only very slight fading of the red sections at the spine ends. All in all an excellent, collectable, signed first edition of this the first in Pullman's extremely popular Sally Lockhart quartet. If you would like any further information or images, 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… Read More

Washington, D. C.: The Rappahannock Press, 1993. Signed on the half title page by Jacob Lawrence. First edition / First printing. Beige cloth. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.