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Balgowlah, N.S.W., [Australia]: Williams & Wilkins / Syntex. First Edition. Cloth. Very Fine/Very Fine. Color and sepia plates. Tall 8vo, black cloth with silver gilt spine lettering, profusely illustrated with full color plates and sepia-colored half-tones, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) of a full-color Elizabethan or Medieval man and woman standing beside and touching one another, yellow ribbon page marker, unused Syntex presentation as preliminary half title, 320 pages. A very informative and well illustrated study of Shakespeare's knowledge and use of medicine. This work is the culmination of years of study of Shakespeare's works from a medical point of view. Chapters include "Shakespeare's Physicians," "Mental Illness," "The Madness of Lear, Hamlet, & Timon," "Venereal Disease--'The Pox'," Shakespeare's Epileptics," "Pregnancy & Childbirth," "Drugs, Herbs and Poisons,"… Read More

Washington DC: The Brookings Institution Press, 2013. First Edition, First Printing. Boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. INSCRIBED by the Author on the title page, 8vo, blue textured boards with silver lettering on spine, Mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) of U.S. a file of soldiers in silhouette at dusk, x + 287 pages. Marvin Kalb (born 1930) is a distinguished American journalist with 30 years of service on CBS and NBC News. Kalb was the founding director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy and Edward R. Murrow Professor of Press and Public Policy at Harvard University from 1987 to 1999. Currently a Fellow at George Washington University, he is also a guest scholar in Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution.--Wiki SIGNED on the title page & in EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION: tight, bright, clean. No remainder marks.

New York: Crown Publishers Inc, 1981. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Fine/Very Good. SIGNED by the Author on the front free endpaper, tall 8vo (9 1/4" x 6 1/4"), black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over tan boards, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped: $12.95) depicting a basketball & bag of money, 311 pages. Krochs & Brentanos' "1st Edition Circle" bookmark. Robert Kalich is an American novelist, journalist, and producer. He is the author of non-fiction books--his first being The Baseball Rating Handbook--and novels, best known for his national best-seller, "The Handicapper" (1988) a novel about an obsessive gambler and basketball betting.<br /> <br /> VERY SCARCE SIGNED & in such FINE/VG Condition! Tight, bright, clean copy in comparable dust jacket (unclipped) with some edgewear. No previous owner or remainder marks.

London: Thames & Hudson, 2003. First British Edition. Glossy pictorial boards. Fine/Fine. Egon Schiele. Tall 8vo, glossy pictorial cloth with semi-nude woman by Egon Schiele, image repeated on dust jacket (unclipped) now protected by archival polyester sleeve, profusely illustrated with >300 color reproductions of Schiele's artwork (as well as some by his peers), pictorial endpapers with Schiele' landscape, 493 pages + [1] Colophon. Weight: 2 lbs. 15 oz. Egon Schiele (1890 - 1918) was an Austrian painter. A protégé of Gustav Klimt, Schiele was a major figurative and Expressionist painter of the early 20th century. His work is noted for its intensity, grotesque qualities, nudes and its frequent raw sexuality. <br/><br/>SUPERIOR CONDITION: Tight, bright, clean copy without annotations. Barely detectible edgewear to dj (unclipped). Previous ownership stamp on blank page facing the title page. No remainder marks.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Publishers, 1975. Decorative cloth. Fine/Very Good +. Bela Kalman photographer. INSCRIBED the the Photographer to her "favorite cousin" on the half title; folio (13 1/2" x 10 1/2" x 1 3/8"), maroon cloth with gold lettering on spine and twin buds & title blind-stamped on front cover; illustrated with 157 images including 136 in full color [including a double-foldout title page]: with diagrams, maps, plan of Angkor, chronology of ancient Cambodia, glossary, list of illustrations, bibliography, Index, (some foldouts); photographic dust jacket (unclipped) with top & bottom folded by publisher for extra protection; light beige endpapers, 239, [240] pages. Weight: 4 lbs. 9 1/2 oz. Apart from the Presentation by the Photographer, no markings to text or photos, which are brilliant and impecable. <br /> <br /> Extremely well produced and comprehensive volume.

New York London Tokyo: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo (9 1/2" x 6 3/8"), black quarter cloth boards with silver lettering on spine over red boards, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a large man walking away through snow by David Shannon, red endpapers, [x] + 261 pages. Portly Moscow Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov's wife is in hospital with a brain tumor when a heavyset man bursts into her room with a frightening report about a devil in a factory. infcancerand his associatesd fight against a conspiracy to assassinate a Politboro member, a bomb scare at Lenin's tomb, and massive corruption. <br /> <br /> Stuart M. Kaminsky (1934 - 2009) was an American mystery writer and film professor. He is well known for three long-running series of mystery novels featuring the protagonists Toby Peters, a private detective in 1940s Hollywood (1977-1996)--as here in Buried Caesars;… Read More

New York London Tokyo: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4"), light blue quarter cloth boards with gold lettering on spine over blue boards, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a snowy Siberian settlement by Dana Verkouteren, [x] + 210 pages. At a naval weather station in wintry Siberia, the daughter of an exiled dissident dies suspiciously. The high-ranking Commissar sent to investigate the mystery is murdered by an icicle thrust into his eye.<br /> <br /> Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov is sent to solve the Commissar's murder but mysteriously not that of the daughter. Someone with links to the KGB doesn't want this mystery solved.<br /> <br /> Stuart M. Kaminsky (1934 - 2009) was an American mystery writer and film professor. He is well known for three long-running series of mystery novels featuring the protagonists Toby Peters, a private… Read More

New York: The Mysterious Press, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, tall 8vo (9 1/4" x 6 1/4"), black boards with gold lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected dark photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting St. Basil's cathedral on Red Square, 277 pages. The Mysterious Press' SIGNED FIRST EDITION of another excellent Kaminsky mystery featuring Profiry Rostnikov. Stuart M. Kaminsky (1934 - 2009) was an American mystery writer and film professor. He is well known for three long-running series of mystery novels featuring the protagonists Toby Peters, a private detective in 1940s Hollywood (1977-1996); Inspector Porfiry Petrovich Rostnikov, a Moscow police inspector (1981-2010); and veteran Chicago police officer Abe Lieberman (1990-2007). SIGNED and in EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION internally & externally! A sharp clean dust jacket.

New York London Tokyo: The Mysterious Press, 1989. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Fine. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, 8vo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4"), black quarter cloth boards with silver lettering on spine over light gray boards, archival mylar-protected dark photographic dust jacket (price-clipped) depicting a collage of handgun, dead person, photo of Gen. MacArthur, and copy of The Thin-Man, light gray endpapers, 179 pages. The Mysterious Press' SIGNED FIRST EDITION of an excellent Kaminsky mystery featuring Dashiell Hammett as a character. <br/> <br/> Stuart M. Kaminsky (1934 - 2009) was an American mystery writer and film professor. He is well known for three long-running series of mystery novels featuring the protagonists Toby Peters, a private detective in 1940s Hollywood (1977-1996)--as here in Buried Caesars; Inspector Porfiry Petrovich Rostnikov, a Moscow police inspector (1981-2010); and veteran Chicago police officer Abe Lieberman… Read More

New York London Toronto Sydney Singapore: Scribner, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, 8vo, purple quarter cloth with silver lettering on spine over mauve boards, archival mylar protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) of a blindfolded half-nude woman by Miriam Rubin, 283 pages + [2] About the Author. Stephanie Kane is a defense attorney and award-winning author of four crime novels. After a missing woman is found, brutalized and wearing a pair of handcuffs, the owner of the handcuffs is charged with her murder. Afterwards, the defendant's attorney investigates the victim's past for clues to her death. SIGNED & in EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION in all respects. No remainder marks.

Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1987. First Edition. Cloth. Very Fine/Near Fine. Larry Kanfer. SIGNED by the Photographer, Oblong 4to, gray cloth, glossy photographic dust jacket by Larry Kanfer (unclipped), 101 glossy Color and Black & White photographs, [xii} + 101 + [5] Index & About the Photographer. Exceptional Photos in Superior Condition overall! Kanfer is well known for his superb photography. His work is often compared to Eliot Porter and Ansel Adams. Kanfer resides in and also teaches at the University of Illinois, Champaigne-Urbana. Slight edge wear to rear panel of dust jacket. Possibly extra postage depending on location.

New York: Henry Holt & Company, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, tall 8vo (6 1/2" x 9 1/2"), brown quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over tan boards, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jackd (unclipped) depicting photo of Brandenburg Gate's top sculpture, map endpapers, 482 pages & About the Author. Joseph Kanon (born 1946) is an American author, best known for thriller and spy novels set in the period immediately after World War II. He has won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel--The Good German--by an American Author (1998), and Alibi won the Hammett Prize (2005). Novel deals with solving a murder in the wreckage of Nazi Berlin. SIGNED & in EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION internally & externally. No remainder marks.

New York: Random House, 1952. First Landmark Books Edition Series No. 23. Decorative cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Donald MacKay. 8vo, light green striated cloth with black lettering and red & green floral framing stamped on spine and front cover, archival polyester-protected pictorial colored dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a Union rider - caisson and soldiers fighting, illustrated by Donald MacKay with several full-page two-tone black & yellow tinted sketches & more in-text; publisher's red topstain, pictorial endpapers depicting fighting soldiers, 189 pages. MacKinlay Kantor (1904 - 1977), was a former war correspondent during WW-II & Korea, journalist, novelist and screenwriter. He wrote more than 30 novels, several set during the American Civil War. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1956 for his novel, Andersonville. He also wrote the novel Gettysburg about the bloody battle and turning point of the Civil War.<br/><br/>SUPERIOR COPY for a book published… Read More

New York: Crown Publishers, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. As New/As New. 8vo, light red cloth with gold lettering on spine over beige boards, archival polyester-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) with view of open book and phrases flying from it, xx + 251 pp. + [1] About the Editors. For book lovers, this is an EXCELLENT compendium of wit and lively anecdotes. <br/><br/>AS NEW condition with a sharp, clean dj (unclipped) and no signs of previous ownership or remaindering.

New York: A Studio Book / The Viking Press, 1976. Cloth. Very Fine/Fine. Kate Greenaway. Small 4to, orange cloth with gold lettering on spine,profusely illustrated by Kate Greenaway with B&W frontispiece, in-text B&W and full color pictures, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with little girl standing beside a pine tree by Greenaway, pale blue endpapers, 141, [142-144] pages. Catherine "Kate" Greenaway (1846 - 1901) was an esteemed English Victorian artist and writer, known for her charming and much loved children's book illustrations. Her depictions of lovey children in imaginary 18th-century costumes in a Queen Anne style were extremely popular in England and internationally, sparking the Kate Greenaway style. EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION overall for this EXCELLENT ILLUSTRATED STUDY: beautiful and a very useful reference.

New York Toronto London Auckland Sydney Mexico City New Delhi Hong Kong Buenos Aires: Scholastic Inc, 2002. First Scholastic Printing. Wrappers. Very Fine/None. David Cantrow. SIGNED with a SKETCH by the Illustrator, 4to, pictorial colorful wrappers by David Cantrow, [36] pages. The first cloth (?) edition is copyrighted 2001; this appears to be the first paperback edition. Several things distinguish this Fun book: it has a unique cartoonish SKETCH by the talented illustrator; plus it is filled with imaginative colorful illustrations; and it also has lots of cute ditties and jingles for bedtime and other pleasant occasions!!! Excellent Condition internally with the slightest rubbing to the wraps!

Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 1980. First Easton Press Collectors Edition. Decorated & gilt-stamped leather. Very Fine/None. David Gentleman. Quarto (10 1/2" x 6 1/2"), genuine full brown leather with four raised hubs and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine and covers; Selected, Edited, and Introduced by Aileen Ward; Illustrated with B&W frontispiece of John Keats by David Gentleman, plus 7 colored plates & B&W in-text delineations by David Gentleman; a.e.g. with .22k gold; tan silk page-marker & tan silk moiré endpapers, xxii, [xxiii-xxiv] + 337 pages. Weight: 2 lb. 5.6 oz. John Keats (1795 - 1821) was an English Romantic poet who became one of the main figures of the second generation of Romantics, along with Lord Byron and Shelley, Keats' sonnets are famous and he is considered one of the most beloved of all English poets. <br/><br/>VERY GIFTABLE: lovely leather binding with attractive illustrations and attractively printed… Read More

New York: Viking, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Fine/Near Fine. INSCRIBED by Author on the half title, 8vo, black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over light blue boards, archival polyester-protected pictorial-cartoon dust jacket (unclipped) with caricature of Garrison painted by C. F. Payne, 305 pages. Gary "Garrison" Keillor (born 1942) is an American author, storyteller, humorist, voice actor, and radio personality. He is best known as the creator of the Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) show A Prairie Home Companion, which he hosted from 1974 to 2016. Keillor created the fictional Minnesota town Lake Wobegon, the setting of his books Lake Wobegon Days and LEAVING HOME, which is a collection of Lake Wobegon Stories. <br /> <br /> INSCRIBED & SUPERIOR CONDITOIN: Tight, bright, clean with NF bright, clean, unclipped dust jacket that has slight edgewear and some folding to its rear flap. No previous owner or remainder marks.

New York: Viking, 1987. Limited Signed First Edition: #241 of 1500 copies. Cloth. As New/Slipcase: Very Fine. Tall 8vo, green cloth with gold stenciled title lettering & border rule on spine & "GK" stamped on front cover, matching green cloth-over-boards slipcase, B&W photographic double-spread title page, light golden endpapers, 244 pages. Issued without dust jacket. Gary "Garrison" Keillor (born 1942) is an American author, storyteller, humorist, voice actor, and radio personality. He is best known as the creator of the Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) show A Prairie Home Companion, which he hosted from 1974 to 2016. Keillor created the fictional Minnesota town Lake Wobegon, the setting of his books Lake Wobegon Days and LEAVING HOME, which is a collection of Lake Wobegon Stories. <br /> <br /> SIGNED & in EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION!

London: Williams and Norgate, 1883. First English Edition. Blind-stamped cloth. Very Good/None. 6 vols., 8vos, publisher's brown original embossed cloth with gilt spine lettering and blind-stamped rules and embellishments on front covers, Vol. I: 4 [prospectus], [i-v]-xii, [1]-404, [xii ads] pp. + Vol. II: 4 [prospectus], [i-v]-viii, [1]-403, [blank detached] + Vol. III: [i-v]-xi, [1]-408 pp. + Vol. IV: [i]-viii, [1]-346 pp., [viii ads] + Vol. V.: [viii], [1]-343 pp. + Vol. VI: [i-v]-xvii, [1]-449, [1 corrections], [viii ads]. Weight: 8 lbs. 13 oz. A remarkably insightful and important study--too often neglected--of the life of Jesus by one of the great German New Testament scholars. In Very Good overall condition. Pages are clean, unannotated though moderately age-toned, tight--excepting rear blank loose in vol. II. The principal defects are to the spine of volume I. It had its cloth split away from the sewing and some losses of spine outer cloth. The loose spine covering has been… Read More