Ainsworth, Ed (and W.Parker Lyon)

Pot Luck; Episodes in the Life of W. Parker Lyon

Hollywood, California, George Palmer Putnam, Inc. 1940. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 201pp. Orange cloth. Bottom edge rubbed, some discoloration to endpapers, text is sound. Dust jacket is soiled and has been taped along edges. Inscribed, stamped and signed by W.Parker Lyon, foreword by Irvin S. Cobb. Includes a handwritten 1942 letter by W. Lyon Parker, and a W. Parker Lyon Narrow Gauge Railway ticket from Arcadia to Santa Anita along the Haw Haw Route, plus addressed envelope. Good/Fair.

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Book number: 003731

Catalogue: Biography, Signed, Humor

Angoff, Allan

American Writing Today; Its Independence and Vigor

New York, New York University Press, 1957. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 433pp. Blue cloth, gilt lettering. Spine faded and some spotting to top edges and darkening to endpapers, but contents are otherwise clean and binding is tight. Dust jacket is edge-chipped and moderately soiled. Front free endpaper is INSCRIBED AND SIGNED by the author. Over 50 articles dealing with various American literary genres. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 001242

Catalogue: Literature and Fiction, Signed

Keywords: Poetry Drama Criticism Communications signed

Avery, Amos G.

Clocks and Watches

New York, Privately Printed. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). 24pp. Stapled wraps. Owner's name on front cover, contents are clean. A pamphlet excerpted from The Concise Encyclopedia of American Antiques. SIGNED by the author on the inside front cover. Very Good.

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Book number: 002375

Catalogue: Signed, Antiques

Keywords: Watchmakers Clockmakers Timepieces

Clive Barda (Photography), Graham Hughes (Introduction), Bob Gill (Design)

The Sculpture of David Wynne 1968/1974

London, Phaidon Press Limited, 1974. Limited Edition, 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hardcover. 9780714816531. Signed by Artist. Unpaginated. SIGNED by Wynne on front free endpaper. Number 78 of a limited edition of 350 copies bound in blue Relon cloth over boards, gilt lettering on cover and spine. Photographs of Wynne's sculptures in various settings in both black and white and in color with brief commentaries. Book is in sound condition and contents are clean, mildly toned. Included with it is a color brochure of "David Wynne in America" a First Retrospective Exhibition of Sculpture at the World Headquarters of PepsiCo Inc. Purchase, New York, a listing of the sculptures exhibited held June 5 through June 30, 1976, a separate listing of the sculptures that were for sale, and a map of the Pepsico campus. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 000748

Catalogue: Signed, Art and Architecture

Keywords: Sculpture Autographed Signed 9780714816531

Blanding, Don

Pilot Bails Out

New York, Dodd Mead & Company, 1943. First Edition, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. Don Blanding. Signed by Author(s). 85pp. Blue cloth, gilt lettering and decoration. Book is in clean, unworn condition. Boldly INSCRIBED to Suzie AND SIGNED on the front free endpaper. Laid-in is a typed letter SIGNED "Don", in pencil, to Susie [sic]. In the letter he enthusiastically discusses the promotion of his book. Unclipped dust jacket is lightly chipped and rubbed along edges and folds and slightly darkened. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 002789

Catalogue: Poetry, Signed, Humor

Keywords: "World War I" "World War II" Verse

Bowles, Chester

The Coming Political Breakthrough

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1959. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 209pp. Red cloth, black backing to spine. FIRST EDITION, inscribed and SIGNED by author on half-title page. Book is in sound condition. Dustjacket is soiled, edgeworn and has a few short tears. Bowles was a former Governor and Congressman from Connecticut and served in a number of other political and diplomatic posts. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 000730

Catalogue: Signed, Government and Politics

Keywords: Autographed Democrat "Political Science" Signed

Briloff, Abraham J.

The Truth About Corporate Accounting

New York, Harper & Row, 1981. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 0060104791. Signed by Author(s). 285pp. Black cloth, silver lettering. SIGNED. Book is clean inside and out, rear panel of dust jacket has a crease and 2 short clean tears along top, otherwise in very good condition. Author has written and signed a warm and lenghty inscription to a friend and colleague on the front free endpaper. Briloff was a ;highly respected accountant and critic of the industry. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 004033

Catalogue: Signed, Business and Industry

Keywords: Accountant Finance 0060104791

Burlingame, Roger

I Have Known Many Worlds

Garden City, Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1956. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 283pp. Grey cloth. Boards are clean and unworn, endpapers mildly foxed otherwise contents are clean. Unclipped dust jacket is chipped at head of spine and lightly spine-sunned. INSCRIBED and SIGNED "Affectionately Roger" on front free endpaper. Autobiography dealing with the author's years of experience in publishing and writing. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 002411

Catalogue: Biography, Signed, Books About Books

Keywords: Publishing

Catton, Bruce

Grant Moves South

Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1960. Third Printing, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 564pp. Black cloth, gilt lettering and decoration. Warmly inscribed and SIGNED by the author on the front free endpaper. Book is in clean condition, spine mildly faded, contents clean and binding is tight. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004038

Catalogue: American History, Signed, U.S. Civil War

Keywords: Confederacy Union "Civil War"

James Cawley; Margaret Cawley

Exploring the Little Rivers of New Jersey

New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers University Press, 1971. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 0813506840. Signed by Authors. 251pp. Green cloth. SIGNED by both AUTHORS on half-title page. Covers unworn and unblemished, text is clean, faint trace of residue on pastedowns. unclipped dust jacket has very minor wear to edges and folds. A nice copy. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 002992

Catalogue: Signed, Travel and Geography, Regional

Keywords: Sightseeing Canoeing Boating Camping 0813506840

Cohen, Morton N. ,Editor

Lewis Carroll and the Kitchins

New York, Argosy Bookstore, 1980. 1st Edition, 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover. 48pp. Floral paper over boards, linen backing. Clean, unworn condition. This book is inscribed and signed by 8 participants of the University of Denver Antiquarian Book Seminar/Workshop held in August 1982. The participants were highly respected antiquarian book scholars, dealers and researchers. Laid-in is the four page biographical profile of the faculty members, plus the daily seminar schedule. A few handwritten notations have been written on the schedule. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004686

Catalogue: Books About Books, Signed

Keywords: "Rare Books" Antiquarian Colorado

Coles, Rutgers Remsen

Rapids and Still Water

Boston, The Stratford Co. 1919. First Edition, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 46pp. Dark blue cloth, paper label to cover and spine. Spine half missing, contents age-toned and complete, and the binding is tight. This is the FIRST EDITION, published in 1919, NOT a recent reprint. The condition of thes book is only fair, however laid-in is a typed poem dedicated to Ruthy, and SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, "Rut" and dated June 5th, 1925. Fair.

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Book number: 003309

Catalogue: Poetry, Signed

Keywords: Poems Verses Sonnets

Collins, Franklin

Songs From the Hills

Montpelier, Vermont, The Driftwind Press, 1934. First Edition, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 44pp. Green cloth, gilt lettering. Spine and edges faded, text is toned, tape residue on rear endpaper. Book is inscribed and SIGNED by the author (dated 12/19/34) on front free endpaper, and laid-in is a typed letter also SIGNED by Collins, plus a handwritten, unsigned letter written to the author. Good association copy. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003871

Catalogue: Poetry, Signed

Keywords: Poems

Conlan, Jocko and Creamer, Robert

Jocko

Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott Company, 1967. Second Printing. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 240pp. Cover and contents are clean and sound. Unclipped dust jacket is chipped and age-toned. INSCRIBED and SIGNED on front free endpaper by Robert Creamer. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 001941

Catalogue: Signed, Sports

Keywords: Baseball Umpires "National League" "Jocko Conlan"

Cooper, James Fenimore

Reminiscences of Mid-Victorian Cooperstown and a Sketch of William Cooper

Cooperstown, NY, 1936. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). 56pp. Stiff wraps. Inscribed on title page by author (grandson of James Fenimore Cooper). He was president of Otsego Count Historical Society. Light creasing to cover, contents toned but clean. SIGNED by the AUTHOR. Good.

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Book number: 000910

Catalogue: Signed, History

Keywords: Genealogy Cooper New York Signed