Seabiscuit (Dark Horse: The Legend of Seabiscuit) by Hillenbrand, Laura - 2001

First edition 1st printing, Near Fine book with mild pushing at sine ends, light shelf wear and touch of soiling bottom edges; in a Fine minus jacket with mild rubbing back panel and slight curling and age yellowing along edges of white portions. A very nice copy of his second book that has been signed by Gardner on the first front end page (flyleaf).

New York: The Macmillan Co, 1931. First Edition. Octavo. Author's first book. 277(1)pp., A short story split into four sections, each section taking a different tone. Set during the Rebellion, two soldiers from the enemy's camp, held as hostages and entertained in the friendliest way, are led out to be reluctantly shot by their host; a wife betrays her brutal husband to the enemy; and more. A very nice copy bound in blue gray cloth lettered and decorated in gilt, spine lettering gilt, a couple of corners lightly bumped, a near fine copy in very good in unclipped pictorial dust jacket with light chipping and soiling to spine and edge of rear panel, an abrasion to upper right corner of front panel . A scare work of this author's first book especially in dust jacket.

New York: Harper & Row, 1979. Signed on the title page by James Welch. First edition / First printing. Blue cloth spine, blue paper-covered boards. Very fine in a dust jacket with minor wear, else fine. The jacket is much more attractive than usual for this book. The scarcest of Welch's novels, especially in nice condition.

313+[7 ad] pages. Small octavo (7 3/4' x 5") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with black lettering in gilt rectangular box to spine and black lines running through from spine to cover in original pictorial jacket. First edition. Young Fane, attached to the American Embassy in London, gets into trouble in Germany through the machinations of the beautiful Liselotte, who is an agent of Dr Grundt, called Clubfoot. Objects which Fane has lost are later offered for sale to the United States Government and the young attaché is being hunted down by G-men, but Fane has disappeared somewhere in Central Europe. His twin sister, Patricia, organizes an expedition to find him before the Secret Service men can lay hands upon him. For this endeavor she enlists four soldiers of fortune. The story of the operations of Patricia's friends, the G-men, and Clubfoot's gang moves with speed and mounting tension. Condition: Some intermittent foxing, previous owner's name on front pastedown, slight stains to covers,… Read More

Hodder & Stoughton, 2001. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. The first 4 volumes in the series - first editions, first printings. All volumes have some toning to text block as per usual, else fine in fine jackets. Each volume is signed by Fforde on the title page. Promotional postcards accompany The Well of Lost Plots and Something Rotten.

Berkeley:: Burton Weiss & James Musser,, 1999.. Limited Edition. A Fine, unread copy. This copy is number 31 of only 65 copies quarter-bound by John DeMerritt in cloth and marbled paper boards. In 1955 at the age of 21, the unknown writer Richard Brautigan had been living in Eugene, Oregon with the family of Edna Webster that was not his own; He was also preparing to leave Oregon for San Francisco to make his mark as a writer. In gratitude for Edna's generosity, he signed over to her the ownership rights to all of his heretofore unpublished fiction and poetry manuscripts. From 1955 until 1992, Edna Webster retained all of the Brautigan material that he gave her in a safe deposit box until she sold the archive to a rare bookseller in the Bay area. After placing the collection in the Bancroft Library, the bookseller arranged for the publication of the prose and poems that appears in this volume. The material is classic Brautigan and considered some of his best .

John Murray, 1928. First [Stated]. Hardcover. top dusty and minor foxing to edges else a nearly fine copy with a handsome bright d.j. [NB: crown of the spine of the d.j;. has two tiny tears which have been repaired inside]. Publlisher's compliments slip laid in.

John Murray, 1941. First [Stated]. Hardcover. top dusty and first few and last few pp a little browned as ususal else a nearly fine copy with a wonderful bright d.j.. Publlisher's compliments slip laid in.

London: Simpkin and Marshall, 1912. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Spurrier. 8vo, blue cloth binding with tipped on picture on front cover and black titles on front and spine. 240pp illustrated with frontispiece by Spurrier. Attractive presentation bookplate on front pastedown. ‘Presented by the author’. Presented to a library, but it doesn’t look like this ever made it on to the library shelves. Some age related foxing at front. Inside lovely and clean. Early and scarce twentieth century science fiction novel. This was later published in a cheap edition as The World's Double.

First Edition, First Printing. Signed. Near Fine in a Good+ dustjacket. Light green cloth with red-banded gilt lettering on spine. Solid binding, square with sharp corners. A previous owner stamp on FFEP dated 1954, otherwise clean and free of any markings. The unclipped dustjacket shows original price of $3.95, with edgewear and a 1/4 inch chip at head of spine, and with a date stamp "1954" on back inside panel. Protected in a Brodart archival cover. Historical fiction that provides valuable insight into a misunderstood woman, both in her own time and in history. Signed by Irving Stone on the front free endpaper. Carefully packaged and shipped in a box.