Mythos and Heroes Set by Stephen Fry - 2017: Matching Numbers Limited Signed Editions

Like New/tight binding. No wear to dj. but scratched. Inscribed on Front End page "To Jim, God Bless!! (with a smiley underneath) Deanna Favre.

Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, 1993. Signed by the author on the title page. First edition / First printing. Tan cloth. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.

First UK edition, first printing. Boards and binding are as new. A very nice copy, with original dust jacket that is not price clipped and shows £9.95 net price. The UK edition apparently was printed in a limited run, in less numbers than the US version.

Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1995. First edition. Octavo. Original cloth and dust jacket (not price-clipped). Signed by Russell Kirk's wife, Annette Kirk, on front free endpaper: "With best wishes! / Annette Y. Kirk / August 1997." Fine in fine dust jacket.. A fine copy of Russell Kirk's (1918-1994) memoirs, signed by his wife, Annette Kirk, to whom he dedicated the book. Widely celebrated as a founding father of modern intellectual conservatism, Russell Kirk-the Sage of Mecosta-set out in The Sword of Imagination to describe his participation in the intellectual, social, philosophical, and political contests of the twentieth century. Kirk wrote the book in the third person in order to tell the story of a young boy coming of age in the railroad yards outside of Detroit and maturing into one of the most influential political minds of his generation. Perhaps best remembered for his movement-defining book The Conservative Mind (1953), throughout his life Kirk wielded… Read More

Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican Publishing Company, 1978. First edition. Octavo. Publisher's brown cloth in original dust jacket (not price-clipped). Sunning to spine and front panel; edgewear and rubbing. Boldly inscribed by Toledano to Karl and Therese Hess on front flyleaf: "For Karl & Therese / As always / In Friendship / Ralph de Toledano." Fine in very good dust jacket. Single-page letter addressed to Karl Hess dated "11 February 1978," signed by Toledano, with mild toning and spotting and neat fold creases, else fine.. Signed first edition of the only book of poems published by influential conservative journalist, poet, critic, commentator, and jazz enthusiast Ralph de Toledano (1916-2007). Toledano was born in Tangier, Morocco but moved to New York with his family as a child. He later attended Columbia University to study literature and philosophy, graduating in 1938. In 1940 he became editor of the Socialist Party of America's magazine, The New Leader, and was later drafted into military service… Read More

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1974. First Edition. 8vo. xviii + 432 pp. Very Good/Good. FFP inscription: "To Pamela Sherek Very best wishes Meryle Secrest." Signed by Author. First Edition. Pamela Sherek, née Boscawen, was the wife of Henry Sherek, famed theatrical impressario.

NY: Random House, 2001. SIGNED First Edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. LARGE PRINT EDITION. Published NY: Random House, 2001. First printing of the First Large Print edition. Signed by Author on the half title. Minor bumping to bottom rear corner, bookplate removal abrasion on front free end paper, otherwise near fine, clean, tight copy in dust jacket. Rare to find signed late Irving works - especially Large Print copies.. Signed by Author. 1st. Hard. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo..

New York: Exposition Press, 1978. Signed and inscribed by author 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 39 pages to this slim, red cloth covered volume with black and white drawings by Larry Sherman. Sherman's drawings were adapted from sketches by Charlotte Durante, Art Teacher, Cleveland Board of Education. Inscribed to the author's grandchildren and signed on fep. From jacket: "It tells the story of a young man who is the son of a former slave. It tells about life in the rural South. It tells about a young boy going out to seek his fortune, alone in the world." Penciled notation and price on fep. Wrinkle on inside on back cover. Small spot on rear endpage with resulting light transfer to inside back cover and preceding page. Jacket has wear, edgewear and rubbing with some minor chipping to head of spine. There is a small stain on inside of back jacket flap and a stain on back cover of jacket and there is a piece of brown paper partly obscuring the author's photo. Quotes… Read More

NY: St Martin's Press, 1991. FINE condition in FINE dust jacket. HARDCOVER. 1991. FIRST EDITION. AS NEW, bound in beige and green with silver titles. Dust jacket art and design by Honi Werner. Square and tight, UNREAD, original price intact. Fingernail size faint mark on front board, see scan, else FINE. INSCRIBED ~ SIGNED by author ~ Love to Rivka, with appreciation. Jonathan Gash. 13 October, 1991 ~ Lovejoy in America.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

United States of America: Bobbs-Merrill Company Publishers, 1935. Signed by author on title page. (The words have been run together but appear to read: "yoursmostsincerely"). Red boards, stated first edition, 877 pages. Spine faded, front and rear mottled as from uneven fading, smudged on bottom edge, two tears (1/2 inch and 1/16 inch) at head of spine, backstrip pulled away at head of spine, previous owner's name and address in pencil on ffep, price in pencil and two 1/8 inch holes (as though something once attached) on ffep, pages darkened, thumbing on reverse of fly title page and following 3 pages, else pages clean. Overall, very good minus. Rare signed copy. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Minus/No DJ. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.