New York: Pegasus Books, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($28.00). Quarter black paper with brown paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A biography of Kipling's younger years in British-ruled India through his early literary success in 1900. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in an about Fine jacket, unclipped ($22.95), toned at the flaps. Quarter pink cloth with beige paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The first volume in Ambrose's definitive biography of the famous American general and president..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Review Copy stamped on the front endpaper. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($3.75), generally toned, some spots of rubbing. Black buckram with yellow ink lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, clean internally..... More
New York: Random House, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. First Issue. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, a couple small closed tears, faded at the spine. Black cloth with gold and red gilt lettering and rules on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound with a red top..... More
Springfield: The Abraham Lincoln Association, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in an about Very Good jacket, roughly clipped, generally toned, some shallow chips at the edges. Black buckram with gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound with a black top stain, foxed at the..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good, lacking the jacket. Green buckram, bumped at the corners, with gilt lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Bound with a touch of reading wear and a slight forward lean, frontispiece, former owner's name on the front endpaper..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1932. Hardcover. Early Printing. Very Good in a Good jacket, unclipped ($4.00), chipped at the edges and corners, a few closed tears at the front flap. Brown buckram with green ink lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound with a black top stain, a few..... More
Boston: Beacon Press, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($24.00), faded at the spine, lightly rubbed at the edges. Quarter red buckram with black paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Ayers's memoir tracing his privileged upbringing to his work in..... More
New York: Mulholland Books, 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($29.00). Red paper on the boards with silver gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The story of the murder of Stanford White and the trial of Harry Thaw. More
New York: The Dial Press, 1968. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, faded at the spine, rubbed at the edges. Green buckram with blue ink lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Baez's collection of fragments about..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Baldrige on the front endpaper. Near fine in a very good jacket, clipped, lightly worn at the edges and corners, foxed on the verso. Red buckram with patterned paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound with a yellow top stain..... More
Macon: J.W. Burke Co., 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Pictorial paper on the boards, heavily rubbed, split through at the spine. Square, front hinge cracked at the title page, gift inscription on the front endpaper. An account of the "tomboyish and tumultuous childhood" of Lady Astor, the first woman to..... More
Torrance: Red Bilodeau, 1983. First Edition. Paperback. Inscribed by Bilodeau inside the front cover. Good. Wraps rubbed and bumped, with a crease down the front. Square and firmly bound, some ink bleeding through the covers, clean otherwise. An account of Bilodeau's Creative Lunatics, described on the back cover as "hoaxes..... More
New York: William Morrow Company, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($17.95), rubbed at the edges, faded at the spine. Quarter red cloth with cream paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Blumenson's intimate biography of "the severe affliction that shaped Patton's..... More
New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($27.95). Black paper on the boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A comprehensive biography in which Booth "carefully balances his exposition of the Great Detective and his insightful..... More
New York: Walker and Company, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Translated by Irene Born. Near Fine in a Fine jacket, clipped, with the original obi. Navy blue buckram, rubbed at the edges, with gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of the..... More
New York: Little, Brown & Co., 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Bradlee on the title page. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($35.00), bumped at the corners. Orange paper on the boards, bumped at the corners, with silver gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound..... More
New York: Random House, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($25.00), bumped at the edges. Quarter red buckram with orange paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Brandon's work that explains Houdini's famous escapes but also explains his various obsessions. More
New York: Macmillan Company, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Brown on the half-title page. Very Good in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($5.95), generally soiled, faded at the spine. Red buckram, faded at the top and bottom edges, with gilt and black ink lettering on the spine. Square and..... More
New York: Macmillan Company, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($5.95), generally toned but with a remarkably bright red spine edge. Red buckram with gilt and black ink lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound with a red top stain, toned at the endpapers..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($2.00), generally toned, a few stains, closed tears, and chips. Green buckram with gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of Burroughs's posthumously published essays, with..... More
New York: Vantage Press, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($10.95) but crossed out in pen and with a sticker marked down to $5.99, faded at the spine. Green buckram with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Caratelli's memoir about..... More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by John Dickson Carr on the front endpaper. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, priced at $3.50, clipped at the bottom corner, rubbed at the edges, small chips to the head and foot of the spine. Brown buckram, rubbed..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($30.00). Yellow paper on the boards with black ink lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The first book to provide an "intimate look behind the scenes of Nichols's life, as..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Kahn on one of the front free endpapers. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($7.95), toned, bumped at the edges. Blue buckram with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A work in which..... More
