[Alaska] Hunting on Kenai Peninsula and Observations on the Increase of Big Game in North America by Eddy, J.W. [John Whittemore] - 1925

Edinburgh/London.: William Blackwood & Sons., 1884.. Red cloth, dark brown coated endpapers.. Spines sunned, covers partially sunned & lightly soiled, front hinge Vol I very slightly cracked, Vol II binding cracked, but not broken at page 113; spine top of volume 2 lacks 1/2" x 5/16" piece, texts clean: Good+ to VG-.. small 8vo. 1st edition, 1st issue: 1/2 title in each vol. Gold-stamped diamond-shaped front cover ornament. Spines are lettered, in gold, "An/ Old Man's/ Love [line] Trollope" inside of a box, the volume #, and "W. Blackwood & Sons/ EdinB & London". Wolff 6788

[Paris]: Collection Hetzel, nd (1901). Pictorial polychrome red cloth, all edge gilt. /a/es on 1/2 title, weak hinges reglued, else clean tight copy: VG+/no dj. Charnieres faibles re-collees, autrement tres bonne copie.. Large 8vo. Illustrated with 25 black and white illustrations, 6 chromolithographs + 1 black and white map by George Roux. Illustre en noir et blanc avec 6 "grandes chromotypographies" et une carte par George Roux. 1st edition. TEXT IN FRENCH. 1e Edition. TEXTE EN FRANCAIS. Cover shows the steamer "J. Verne" leaving the dock marked "Collection Hetzel." Printed by Gauthier-Villars.

London: Printed for F. & C. Rivington; Otridge & Son; J. Nichols; J. Sewell etc., 1802. Full leather. Occasional foxing mostly opposite plates, pages 209-10 & 289-90 have 4" closed tears, covers rubbed, bindings sound/tight: VG+. 8vo. Frontispiece, vignette title page + 14 full page engravings. Includes: The Life of Dr. Young by Mr. Herbert Croft

New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1927 1st ed/6th printing Dec 1927, long inscription on the first title page in author's handwriting and signed by Author and Biller Houser to a Helen Lord, in the inscription gives a hint to who these people were, they were fellow teachers at an all male prep school named The Lawerenceville School in NJ, were Mr Wilder taught FRENCH, and had close ties to Princeton. BOOK: is very clean and the sections(signatures) are still very well bound,but the webbing between them is showing at some places, still very secure and held together tightly,other than that appears to be better than the Good+ I rate it.. included is a 9th printing,with its dustjacket which has chips and darken spine,maybe use it to protect the good one.

First Edition, Fifth Printing. SIGNED. The last printed page of the book is the About the Author page. At the base of the page is the number sequence which reads 71 72 73 10 9 8 7 6 5. SIGNED and inscribed by William Peter Blatty directly to the title page. Inscription reads: To Will - All the best - William Peter Blatty. Also SIGNED and inscribed by Linda Blair directly to the title page. Inscription reads: To Will - Love + Happiness Linda Blair. DJ is Fine, mylar protected. DJ has 0571 on front flap and a close-up of WPB on rear (earlier printings have a picture of WPB with a coffee mug). $6.95 price has been clipped from the front top flap. Book appears unread as pages lay tight. Burgundy colored boards quarter bound with burgundy cloth binding. Gilt titles on backstrip. Corner tips show minute rubbing. 1 corner is barely, gently pushed. Gold endpapers are clean and bright. A tiny nick on front cover shows white of board beneath. DJ shows minor rubbing along corners on flap folds. This is a very… Read More

Paris: Au sans Pareil, 1927. Small quarto, 131, [2] pages. (24x18.5cm). First trade edition. A translation, by the artist, of Toye and Adair's, Drinks: Long & Short, originally issued in London in 1925. Much more than a translation, this beautiful re-imagining of the book, by one of France's most prolific and imaginative printmakers. In a custom binding, unsigned, with an original drawing for the design of the binding used as an endpaper. The binding is quarter black morocco, gilt-titled and decorated with ornaments in the shape of bunches of grapes. Some light foxing throughout. Original pochoir Art-Deco wrappers bound-in. The owner of the book, W.P. Dudley of Chicago, was a fixture on the Palm Beach social circuit, arriving for the opening of The Breakers. His name is gilt-stamped on the front board. Throughout the book, Dudley has seen fit to comment in pencil, correcting recipes he views as errant, and criticizing or praising cocktails as he sees fit. Some of his commentary is detailed, and some… Read More

London: London: printed by M. Flesher, for Walter Kettilby, at the Bishop's Head in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1684. 1st Edition . Full leather. Near Fine. First edition, quarto; [12], 288, [52], 305-472, [12]pp., complete with imprimatur leaf preceding title-page and separate dated title-page to "An historical account of the College's proceedings against empiricks" on leaf 2P1 recto. In period style 20th century full leather by J.May of London (with only the lightest of wear), blind double fillets to board margins, five raised spine bands with gilt lettered spine label to second compartment, all page edges gilt, small single marginal wormhole to a few rear leaves not affecting text, first and last leaves marginally stained by leather turn-ins, occasional very feint spots and unobtrusive light paper browning, overall a clean copy of these important early accounts of the Royal College of Physicians undertaken, probably at the request of the College, by Charle Goodall, later to become its President. A… Read More

New York: Doubleday & Company, 1965. Stated first edition, 1965, inscribed "For Ann with my very best wishes" and signed by the author on the half-title. Very good in good to very good dustjacket. Author's first novel. Blue and yellow cloth with dustjacket illustrated by Roy Lichtenstein on the front and Andy Warhol on the back. Light edgewear, good hinges, firm text block, name and address written inside front cover beneath the dustjacket flap, embossed stamp with the same address at lower corners of front free endpaper and half-title, no other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket has edgewear and a slightly darkened but legible spine, some light shelf soil to the white background, chips to spine ends and lower corner of rear panel, none of the chips interfering with dustjacket design. . Inscribed by The Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

SMALL COLOR PRINT IS APPROX 7 1/4 X 5 3/4 , 1st edition, SIGNED MATTED ,2003, VG Condition , Listed on the "Who's Who List of the Most Collected Artists of Our Time," his works are original, bold and outspoken., He is famous for depicting recognizable characters and faces in bizarre environments. He began in the early 1980's and became recognized for his original, iconic pop culture pieces that included Monopoly, board games, pin ups, Chanel, nostalgia and pop references to living the good life. He took pop art far beyond where its roots began and made it all his own.

London: William Heinemann, 1930. Octavo (23 x 15.5 cm.), viii, 72 pages. Top edge gilt. FIRST EDITION, number 64 of 75 numbered copies, signed by both authors. Marcel Boulestin was a French chef, restaurateur and author of cookbooks that popularized French cuisine in the English-speaking world. His London restaurant, the Restaurant Français, opened in 1927, and was known at the time as the most expensive in the city. In publisher's green linen cloth, lightly soiled, gilt-titled spine. Near fine. Scarce. [OCLC locates just seven copies (none in the U.S. or Canada)].