Search Results: Signed first editions by du bois

New York: Viking Press, 1946. 1st. Hardcover. Good/Fair. William Pene du Bois. Hardcover. 44 pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front end paper. Two-tone illustrations by William Pene du Bois. Writing in colored pencil on front end paper. Light soiling. Tear to rear end papers. Fade marks to covers. Discoloration to top edge of book. Dust jacket with chipping, chunks missing from top and bottom. Significant rubbing and wear. Price clipped. Record # 601042

San Francisco, CA: The Periodical Press, 1919. First Edition. Near Fine book in a Near Fine dust jacket.

El Segundo, CA: Upton & Sons, 1986. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). First Edition. 193 pages, photos, rosters, maps, and index, inscribed by the author. "A fine analysis of the development of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, and especially the portion of the field involving Custer and his five troops. This study is so perceptively written readers may suspect author Du Bois was actually there. Introduction by the late Dr. Lawrence A. Frost. The Custer Mystery will satisfy and stimulate even the most advanced Indian Was specialist, as well as general readers." .

New York: The Viking Press, 1947. 179 pages. Signed in name only on the blank title page. Ex-Library with usual markings and heavy wear. Volume remains fairly tight and contents are generally clean. . Signed by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by William Pene Du Bois.

Baltimore, MD: Chesapeake Book Company, 2009. 1st printing; 345 clean, unmarked pages/index. SIGNED & Insc By Author. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8 vo.

Signed by Joyce Carol Oates who edited the collection. The collection also includes her essay "They All Just Went Away." 2000. First edition. Hardcover, 8vo., 596 pp. Near fine in near find dust jacket.

New York: Viking Press, 1950. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/None. William Pene du Bois. Hardcover. 168 pages. SIGNED BY DU BOIS on half title-page. Black & white illustrations by du Bois. Two small hole-punches to front end paper. Previous owner's signature on front end paper. Light wear to cover edges. Record # 508670

W. E. B. Du Bios Memorial Issue. New York: Freedomways Associates, Inc., 1965 Wrpps, 8vo. 216pp. plates. A presentation copy to Professor George Shepperson. A very nice signed copy of the first edition in the publisher's wrappers. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[B]

New York: The Viking Press, 1938. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. The 1938 1st edition, SIGNED BY WILLIAM PENE DU BOIS on the half-title. VG in its light green cloth, with mild fading along the spine. Octavo, 92 pgs. Nicely illustrated thruout by Pene Du Bois. Signed by Author.

American Artists Group; Duell, Sloan and Pearce,, New York:, 1940 HARDBACK NODustjacket , 1940, First Edition. VG/GOOD+, NOJACKET, In original THICK PURPLE Cloth BOARDS WITH FEW Small SPOTS Front, 304 pgs Index, Titles on spine cvr Sunned, Interior nice tight clean light wear Fox except 4 pgs heavier Fox from Newspaper Photo article of artist NY TIMES BOOK REVIEW DEC. 1940 etc . , Color Frontispiece of rosy Red cheeked woman standing in Red Dress from painting by Jeanne Eagels called Rain & white Hat holding Green Umbrella. 2 color plates; 35 b/w ills. from paintings by the author. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by painting by Jeanne Eagels .

Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1945. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. In brown cloth with slight discoloration to edges of boards. This copy belonged to former Minnesota governor, Harold Stassen, and is signed by him in pencil on front end paper. No jacket. .

Light sunning to spine ends and board edges; ink ownership signature to front free endpaper; jacket lightly sunned, foxed, and toned. Very good. SJK-405. [SIGNED] William Pène Du Bois. Squirrel Hotel.   New York: Viking Press, 1952. First edition. Signed by William Pène Du Bois.    Quarto. [48]pp. Illustrated by the author. Publisher's red cloth, stamped in silver to spine, front cover in blind, Illustrated endleaves; original unclipped dust jacket listing a retail price of $2.00. .

American Artist Group, Inc: Duell, Sloan and Pierce, (1940). First Edition. hard cover. Fine/Fair. http://www.parnassusbooks.com/image/data/books/2018/04/0_dsc08040.jpg. Inscribed by author. American Artist Group, Inc; Duell, Sloan and Pierce. (1940). xiv+304pp. Copiously illustrated. Signed and inscribed by the Author twice; on 2nd free end-page to Betty and Lewis Kimball and then on half title to Betty. Hardcover with dust jacket.  Book in very good, clean condition.  End pages just lightly age-toned, free of previous owners marks or signatures.  The dust jacket is in fair condition, still in one piece but lightly soiled and heavily worn, with some chipping,  along edges and folds. Signed twice. 

Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.: Arizona Pioneers Historical Society,, 1949. Hardcover. Near Fine. Quarter red bonded leather with red and black patterned paper over boards. Top edge trimmed; other edges deckled, in original frayed plain white paper dust jacket Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. in near fine condition. Number 201 of 300 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. Signed by the editor. An account of the Gila campaign of 1857 against the Apache.

NY: Viking Press, 1947. FIRST EDTION. . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. William Pene Du Bois. 180 pp. many full-page and in-text black & white illustrations: grey & ivory weaving pattern over boards, red spine, black lettering. Corners, top & bottom edges rubbed, age-toned, fore-edge lightly spotted. Front free end paper soft vertical crease, tip upper right corner to page 7 tiny stain, otherwise pages clean, unmarked overall very good. Dust jacket piece missing top of spine, edges chipped good. Signed by William Pene du Bois in blue ink on front end paper. Photos on request.

New York: Harper & Row, 1967. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Octavo. Pictorial boards. Illustrated in color by the author. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket. Signed by William Pène du Bois on the front fly.

Tucson AZ: Produced for the Arizona Pioneers Historical Society By the Grabhorn Press. Near Fine in Good dust jacket. 1949. First Edition. Leather. 16 B/w and colored; Folio folio; Campaigns in the West. 1856-1861. List of plates. Folding map. Folio, morocco-backed boards, plain dust jacket (chipped & scraped at spine) , cloth jacket provided; moderate wear. ONE OF 300 COPIES SIGNED BY HAMMOND & EDWARD EBERSTADT. Howes D521; Eberstadt 127: 165. U/R corner lightly bumped. Folding map to the rear and numerous colored illustrations. No markings. Printed on bright white rag paper. .

New York: Viking Press, 1938. First Printing. Very good/good. Large 8vo, cloth in dust jacket, book very good with light toning to cloth and mild spottiness, jacket good with some chipping, stains, soil and creasing and rubbing along spine. INSCRIBED: "To Brave Nute, the Waterlot Toreador, Wille Pene du Bois, Bermuda 1945" with nicely done drawing in ink and colors of a small boy dressed as an Indian (with some swastikas, too) cavorting around a small campfire, holding a wicked bottle of green stuff in one hand, and a glass of whatever it is in the other. A rare book with such an inscription by the beloved author of "The 21 Balloons" and other great children's books. Du Bois was already an established author at the age of 20 when he published this.

New York: Harper & Row, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. A small format picture book about the popular 1960s fashion model, Peggy Moffitt. 32 pages. 6-1/4 by 8-1/4 inches. First edition (no statement of later printings; date code 0468 and $2.95 price on front jacket flap). A near fine copy in a very good toned dust jacket with a few tears and a small chip missing from the bottom of the spine. There is a snag and a tear at the spine. The jacket is clipped at the bottom, probably to remove the library price. This copy is nicely inscribed, "with love for wily witty wilkins. Billy Pene du Bois.

New York: Viking Press, 1936 SIGNED by William Pene du Bois in blue ink on page opposite the title page. Unpaginated [40pp] lIlustrated in color by the author. Tight binding, clean pages. A touch of shelf wear to boards and to very slightly soiled dustjacket, with rubbing to corners and to foot of spine. There is a tiny chip to top of slightly darkened spine. Dustjacket is not price clipped. No previous owner's name. Not ex-library. This Signed First Edition of the author's second book is Very Scarce!. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/Good to Very Good. Square 12mo..