THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST. A trivial comedy for serious people

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

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: 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 .

Published by W. W. Norton, 1977. First Edition. Very good condition hardback with very good dust jacket - unclipped with original price of $7.95. Bottom of front dj flap has edge neatly trimmed off. 186 pages. SIGNED By Author with inscription. Excellent condition.

SIGNED, FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING (stated, complete number line to 1) Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2010, ISBN 978-0-374-15846-0, NOT later Oprah edition with different ISBN. NEW, Unread. Author's Signature, no inscription, directly on the Title Page. Dust Jacket Bright in Brodart protective cover, Clean, no wear, no tears, not price clipped ($28.00), no Oprah sticker. Text Clean, no marks. No remainder mark. Binding Tight and Square. Not ex-library. Not book club. Fast Shipping from Dry, Smoke-Free shop. Email Confirmation with Tracking Number.

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 2002.. 1st edition. The second book in the Thomas Paine Kydd series, in which Kydd is an able seaman aboard the frigate Artemis. Fine condition in a fine unclipped dustwrapper. unclipped dustwrapper.

London, Ariel Productions, c 1955.. Foreword by Sir John D. Cockcroft. Includes "High-speed flight" by Neville Duke, and "Rockets and Space flight" by Wernher von Braun. Large hardback in very good condition in a very good unclipped dustwrapper.

London, Longman, 1981.. 1st edition. Concentrates on the military aspects of the war, including the soldiers, arms and armour, the battles, and siege warfare. Longman Travellers Series. There is a small stamp on the front endpaper, otherwise in very good condition in a very good unclipped dustwrapper.

London, Quercus, 2015.. A series of operations that defied all the rules of war, led by Gus March-Phillipps and including the bloodthirsty Danish Viking Anders Lassen who won 3 Military Crosses and the Victoria Cross. Includes many photographs and a bibliography. A 402-page paperback in very good condition.

NY: Vintage, 1986. FINE condition in FINE illustrated wraps. SOFTCOVER. 1986. FIRST Vintage Books Edition, January 1986. SIGNED ~ INSCRIBED ~Ruth & Al / Hope to be in the / neighborhood soon / Thanks / Jim Crumley ~ AS NEW, square and tight, UNREAD. Page edges starting to tan, miniscule crease to upper front corner, else FINE. Featuring Milodragovich. SIGNED by James Crumley.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/Original Wraps.