Search Results: Titles starting with I from Grinning Cat Books

First Edition, First Printing. New York (1978). Just about fine in publisher's original pictorial paper-covered boards with illustrated endpapers. No dust jacket, as issued. Profusely illustrated throughout by Seuss. Internally fine. Slight bump on top cover edge, else fine. A lovely copy of this collector's item. Rare first printing with full number line, no letter line, and "B-64" present on spine tail.

The book is dedicated to Seuss's ophthalmologist, David Worthen (the "Eye Guy"). Dr. Seuss wrote the book after his vision began to fade and he began to wear glasses. (Younger & Hirsch, 39). Octavo.

First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine in a near fine dust jacket with minor rubbing and chipping on the edge. Rare first state dustjacket (5.95 price intact and the 1/66 on the bottom front flap). Publishers rust color cloth, gilt title and initials, with matching rust endpapers. Top edge blue. Capote's ground-breaking nonfiction work on the murder of the Clutter family in 1959. Dated 1965 to title page, but actually published in January 1966. 8vo, 343pp.An excellent copy, very scarce thus.

First American Edition. Two Volume Set. The most famous explorer of his day, Stanley's fame was made by James Gordon Bennett's commission sending him to search for Livingstone. In 1886 Stanley led the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition to rescue Emin Pasha, the governor of Equatoria in southern Sudan. After immense hardship and great loss of life, Stanley met Emin in 1886, discovered the Ruwenzori Range and Lake Edward, then emerged from the interior at the end of 1889. Stanley's famous account of his expedition to relieve Emin Pasha (Eduard Schnitzer), the beleaguered governor of equatorial Sudan, contains some of his most celebrated writing, especially his account of the tortuous 450-mile passage through the dense Ituri rain forest. Stanley's dealings with Emin Pasha, who proved singularly resistant to being 'rescued', his abandonment of his own rear column and his wider motives for his mission have all come under suspicion then and since, but the book remains a classic of African exploration. Very good… Read More

First Edition, First Printing. Limited Edition, number 60 of only 100 copies, signed by Lord Alfred Douglas on colophon page. Near fine in original pale yellow cloth and near fine dust jacket with the slightest sunning at spine. Copies of Sonnets composed while the author was cooling off in prison, serving six months for libeling Winston Churchill. Douglas memorized the sonnets before the prison authorities confiscated the manuscript. Octavo. 6 x 8.5 in. 45 pp. A beautiful copy!

First Edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak. A lovely copy this first edition after the death of Maurice Sendak's father. A charming children's story that Philip Sendak's father told him when he was a child that weaves a tale that teaches all the fine qualities a fine young man should possess with giant birds, and fish, and monsters. The illustrations by Maurice Sendak are special.

First Edition, First Printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. In publisher's original blue cloth. In this oversized volume, Nancy Ellison captures stunning opera performances in hundreds of photographs by such legends as Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo, and Renée Fleming. Beginning with Pavarotti's emotional farewell performance in Tosca, In Grand Style is filled with amazing images from the Met's greatest operas. Ellison's photographs exemplify why The Met is considered the penultimate for not just opera singers but for fans as well. Award-winning photographer Nancy Ellison is the author of ten books, including The American Ballet Theatre's The Ballet Book. For more than thirty years, she has photographed distinguished personalities. Joseph Volpe is the long time general manager of the Metropolitan Opera. Joseph Clark is the technical director of The Metropolitan Opera. Large folio. Unpaginated. A stunning book.

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Used/Near Fine.

First Edition thus, First Printing (Limited Edition Club, 1987). Fine in a fine, sand cloth clamshell box. Presents as new. Limited to 800 copies, this being number 783.Includes four full-page lithographic plates by artist Michael Hafftka; printed on hand-made Japanese paper and protected by fine tissue guards. Signed Hafftka on the colophon. Octavo (7" x 10-1/4"). 53 pp. A stunning work and edition.

In the Penal Colony is one of the best-known short stories by Franz Kafka. Indeed, it's widely regarded as Kafka's most acclaimed and widely discussed shorter work after The Metamorphosis. Kafka wrote In the Penal Colony over a period of two weeks in 1914, while he was at work on his novel, The Trial. He revised the story in 1918, as he was dissatisfied with the story's original ending, and it was published in 1919. Equal parts autobiographical, political, and theological in nature, it's a gripping tale that is as compelling and relevant today as when it was written.

Michael Hafftka (b. 1953) was born… Read More

The Inaugural Album: Jimmy Carter. First Special Edition. Near fine. Specially signed by Jimmy Carter as "J Carter." Laid in is a copy of the program also signed by Carter. A near fine copy of this uncommon presidential publication. Text and two 33 1/3 RPM records bound in cream cloth with the circular Presidential seal and many illustrations. Profusely illustrated in black and white and color, including colorful, pictorial endpapers. Corners ever so slightly bumped. Carter's inauguration was celebrated with performances and speeches including: Paul Newman, Jack Nicholson, Betty Davis, Hank Aaron, Redd Foxx, Leonard Bernstein, Warren Beatty, John Wayne, Shirley MacLaine, Aretha Franklin, Paul Simon, Beverly Sills, Chevy Chase, Dan Ackroyd, etc. Square quarto. 36 pp. A fantastic copy.

First Edition, Early Printing. In two volumes, complete. Quite rare, especially in this condition. Overall, very good in original publisher's cloth, gilt-decorated front covers and spine. Bindings square and tight with no cocking. Head and foot of spines worn, with chipping on the head of each volume. Boards and interior foxed (although not in a way that detracts from the text, and not nearly as bad as many copies). 4to. Vol. 1, 459 pp.; vol. 2, 478 pp. A great copy of this scarce and seminal work of exploration.
Famous accounting of the travels and explorations of John Stephens and William Catherwood to Central America starting in 1839. This popular work provided the first glimpses of Mayan culture to the public. Based upon the detailed descriptions of Mayan archaeology and the superb illustrations based upon Dagerreotype views and drawings by Catherwood, all future works on the Mayan people were based upon these accounts. Profusely illustrated with 120 engravings, many full-page, plus 2 large… Read More

First Edition, First Printing (Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, 1995). Winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award in 1996 (the only book to win both awards). Signed by Ford on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket; presents as new. Octavo. 447 pp. A wonderful copy for the Ford fan and collector.

In this sequel to Ford's classic, The Sportswriter, Frank Bascombe is no longer a sportswriter, yet he's still living in Haddam, New Jersey, where he now sells real estate. He's still divorced, though his ex-wife, to his dismay, has remarried and moved along with their children to Connecticut. But Frank is happy enough in his work and pursuing various civic and entrepreneurial sidelines. He has high hopes for this 4th of July weekend: a search for a house for deeply hapless clients relocating to Vermont; a rendezvous on the Jersey shore with his girlfriend; then up to Connecticut to pick up his larcenous and emotionally troubled teenage son and visit as many sports halls of fame as… Read More

First Edition, First Printing. Fine in a near fine dustjacket. First Edition of this landmark title from the late Ann Rice in its equally near fine, fragile dust jacket. The gold, simulated metallic jacket, notoriously difficult to find in excellent condition, is here a bright and fresh, with a small nick to one corner and crease on inner flap. In protective mylar. a lovely copy. Basis for the 1994 cult classic Neil Jordan-directed film starring Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt and Antonio Banderas and Kirsten Dunst. Octavo. A fantastic copy.

First Edition, First Printing. Limited to 2,000 copies. Photographs by Ken Schles in his now famous photographer's breakthrough debut collection. Schles' gritty photographs of urban life are juxtaposed with key texts on life in modern cities. With full-bleed black-and-white gravure plates throughout beautifully printed on heavy matte paper. Edited by Jack Woody. Cloth boards with titles on cover and spine, as issued. Text-quotations by Jean Baudrillard, Jorge Luis Borges, Franz Kafka, Lewis Mumford, and George Orwell. Fine in original dark navy cloth, lettered in blind on upper cover and spine, and fine pictorial dust jacket. Octavo. 6.875 x 9.125 in. Unpaginated. 80pp. A fantastic copy of this acclaimed work.

First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in a Very good plus dust jacket. Endpapers depicting maps in as new condition. Pages clean and bright. Green text block intact. Dust jacket is bright with some wear to spine top and to bottom lower right. Tight binding. Light soiling to cream colored boards. A very nice copy.
A highly detailed Utopian fantasy that Wright labored over for years, only to have it posthumously published. The introduction is by Leonard Bacon, the afterward by Sylvia Wright, the author's editor & daughter. Generally considered a "utopian" novel, Islandia describes the journey and adventures of John Lang, a once very proper American college student. Austin Tappan Wright did not just write a novel of adventures in a strange land and civilization; Islandia is a country with a history, towns, cities and streets, its own geography, language, people (and demographics), politics, law and customs, even its virtues and faults.

First Edition, First Printing (Steam Press, London, 1981). Limited Edition of only 98 copies, this being number 31. Fine in a fine slipcase. Presents almost as new. Signed by both Sillitoe and Steadman and a beautiful limitation page in Volume 2. An absolutely beautiful work and copy. Quite rare; currently one of only three on the market, worldwide.

Volume 1 showcases beautiful poems by Sillitoe on Jewish and Israeli life, culture, history, and the country. Volume 2 showcases 18 full-page black & white lithographic illustrations by Ralph Steadman of Israeli and Arab peoples, landscapes, street scenes, and more. Both volumes bound into an outer black cloth-covered cover that folds open with volume one opening from right to left and volume two left to right. Gilt spine lettering. In publisher's richly colored, solid blue slipcase. Each volume a Quarto, and a Quarto when closed as bound. Unpaginated.

Alan Sillitoe (b. 1928 - d. 2010 ) was one of Britain's best-known novelists and poets of the post… Read More

First Edition, First Printing. Signed by Chappell on the title page. North Carolina poet and novelist's first novel about a writer who quits his publishing job and tries to deal with the events of his past while turning to the bottle and alienating his family. Fine in cloth-backed boards and a very good plus pictorial dust jacket (price-clipped) with light wear to the head of the spine and one corner. Small octavo. 183 pages. A wonderful copy.