Hovering Over Baja; Signed by Gardner, Erle Stanley - 1961

William Morrow & Company, 1961. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket missing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Former owner's name in ink across title page and table of contents, otherwise clean and unmarked copy. Scuffing and smudging across boards and spine strip. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1961. The book has a light stain on the front cover. Inside, colour plate is in fine condition. Slight bumping on the corners and spine has very slight fading.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Good - VG/No Jacket.

William Morrow, 1961. First edition, 240p, color frontis., b/w photos. Hardbound, green cloth, in very-good condition with small tape stains on half-title page (and the date December 1961) from a small Christmas gift tag (still laid-in), interior otherwise clean and unmarked, with a good+ price-clipped dj with some soiling to back panel and moderate edge and corner wear.

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1961. Hardcover. Octavo; G+/G; Hardcover with DJ; Spine, green, illustrated, with white and yellow print; DJ in mylar, edgewear, tears to spine ends, slight shelfwear, price-clipped; Boards in green cloth with gold print on a black ground and red print, mild wear to corners and spine caps, creasing to front, slight vertical stain to front and rear; Text block clean and tight; Signed in ink by the author on the half-title page; 240 pages, frontispiece (color), illustrated (b&w). NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #2. 1312830. FP New Rockville Stock.

New York: William Morrow & Co, 1961. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Very Good. Quarto. SIGNED AND WARMLY INSCRIBED BY ERLE STANLEY GARDNER TO DR. ROBERT P. BRITTAIN, life-long friend of Mr. Gardner and Professor of Forensic Medicine at Leeds University and frequent lecturer at the Homicide Investigation Seminar at the Harvard Medical School, where Gardner was often a pupil. Dr. Brittain was also the dedicatee of Gardner's book "The Case of the One-eyed Witness" and, it was said, a remarkable lecturer; he was a lawyer as well as a medical doctor. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket. 240 pp.

New York: William Morrow and Co, 1961. very good, fair to good. 240, illus., color frontis illus., some foxing to rear DJ, DJ edges worn & a few tears: small pieces missing, DJ in plastic sleeve. Inscribed by the author. Erle Stanley Gardner was a lawyer and the author of detective stories, most notably the Perry Mason series. He also was an adventurer and explorer; in this book, he writes about his exploration by helicopter and Pak-Jak (a cross between a motorcycle, a scooter, and an army tank) into the remote canyons of Lower California.

New York: Wm. Morrow, 1962. First Edition. Very good in dust jacket. Presentation copy; inscribed by the author.

Harpercollins, 1991. First edition, as stated, first printing . Hardcover. Fine/near fine. r. 446 pp. This is a rare first edition copy signed by both Oliver North and William Novak. North's inscription, "Margo and Sam, all the best," appears in blue ink on the half title page with North's signature and the date "3 Nov 91" and Novak's signature in black ink. Dust jacket slightly wrinkled at top of spine. Free USPS tracking with every US order. Ships from MA.

New York: Continuum, 2006. 8vo size trade paperback with black and white photo illustrated cover; 414 pages From back: "Cinema, which first arrived in Japan in 1896 with the Kinetoscope prototype, came at the very time that Japan was transforming its economic base and society into that of a major international power. The first cinema, the Asakusa Denikikan, was opened in Tokyo in 1903 and within 13 years 300 cinemas had sprung up throughout the country... (The author) focuses on the historical development of Japanese film, illustrated by a series of typical Japanese film posters. She details an industry and an art form shaped by the competing and merging forces of traditional culture and of economic and technological innovation." Edgewear, creases to bottom and bottom and top corners of front cover, soil on bottom and light soil to outside pages. We note pencilled underlining on at least 29 pages and pencilled marginalia on at least three pages and four creased page corners. Quotes… Read More

New York, NY, U. S. A.: Mysterious Press, 1987. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. New York, NY, U. S. A.: Mysterious Press, 1987. Fine in Near Fine jacket Signed by Author A Gideon Oliver Mystery, SIGNED on title pg. Edgar Award winner best mystery npc 197pp. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. First Edition

New York: Private Printing. Fine with no dust jacket. 1976. Limited Signed Edition. Softcover. The artist's abstract and quite varied series of 43 drawings of flags, all printed monochrome on the recto of pages. Kingsley Parker has been exhibiting and represented by galleries since the mid-1970s and has a work in the collection of the Museum Of Modern Art in New York, NY. The artist is quite active with new works. Signed in ink "K. Parker/1976 ©" in the front matter where Parker explains his motivation for drawing the series of abstract flags. Copy 158 of a limited edition of 600, numbered in the colophon. Approximately 44 pages, unpaginated. Printed on fine, machine-made paper in brown wraps. The title and a flag drawing are framed on the front cover. In absolutely clean, Fine condition. ; Drawings; Square 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 44 pages; Signed by Artist .

New York: Science Fiction Book Club, 2003. Z2 - A Science Fiction Book Club Omnibus Edition hardcover book SIGNED by the Charlaine Harris in as new condition in as new dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dead Until Dark, Living Dead in Dallas, Club Dead. 8.5"x5.75", 612 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed by Author. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book Club (BCE/BOMC).

RARE. Collectible: 1916. Signed by the author. Cambridge MA: University Press. Very Good. Hardcover. Light soil to green cloth covered boards with gilt stamped title, author's name, and design. A bright solid, book - 27 pages; Inside covers are sunned. Pages clean and bright. Frontspiece. "View from Mrs. Thaxter's Garden Gate. 29 illustrations. Small book: 7" x 5"

SIGNED FIRST EDITION One of the most successful coaches in the history of professional basketball offers his own take on his turbulent 2003-2004 season with the Los Angeles Lakers, chronicling the difficulties faced by the team--difficult relationships, public feuds, the Kobe Bryant rape trial, contract disputes, and injuries--and their successful journey to the NBA finals.

Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1972. Hardcover. First Edition (stated). Flat signed and dated by author on FFEP and Inscribed by author to a friend on half-title page. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine except for author's inscription and signature. Spine straight and tight. Jacket shows light rubbing, light chipping at spine head, and light reading wear to edges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xi + 150 pages. illus. A reflection of the relationships of two artists -- Grant Wood (1891-1942) and Marvin Cone (1891-1965) -- with the community of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A loving biography by a woman who knew them both. Laid-in are two letters to the editor of the Cedar Rapids Gazette; one from Woods' sister, and another from a friend of Woods and the author.

True FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING (stated). "Flap Jacket Press trade paperback edition / First Printing July 2007" on copyright page. This small run printing precedes the hardback edition. NEW. Cover Clean, no wear, no tears, no spine creases, protected in Brodart cover. Text Clean, no marks. No remainder mark. Not ex-library. Books are Carefully Packed in a Box and Shipped Daily with Delivery Confirmation from Dry, Smoke-Free shop. Complete Satisfaction Guaranteed. B103

SIGNED, FIRST UK LIMITED EDITION, FIRST PRINTING (stated, complete number line to 1) Harvill Secker, London, 2010. NEW, Unread. Author's Signature, no inscription, on a bookplate attached to the first chapter page. Note on bookplate reads "This edition of I Curse the River of Time, signed by the author, is limited to 1,000 copies". Dust Jacket Bright in Brodart protective cover, Clean, no wear, no tears, not price clipped (£12.99). Text Clean, no marks. No remainder mark. Not ex-library. Not book club. Fast shipping from Dry, Smoke-Free home. Email Confirmation with Tracking Number. International ships Air Mail.