WITH POWDER ON MY NOSE
New York: Coward-McCann, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed and dated by Burke on the half-title. Further memoirs and musings of the American actress best known as Glinda the Good Witch of the North in the... More
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Roger Moore's JAMES BOND DIARY
Greenwich, Connecticut: Fawcett Publications, 1973. First Edition. Mass market paperback. Inscribed by Moore to studio publicist Art Ronnie on the front endpaper, with Ronnie's bookplate to the front flyleaf. "Here is Roger's intimate, frank, and... More
GULLIVER JOINS THE ARMY
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. "When Gulliver's master enlisted, Gulliver was unhappy until a solution was worked out by which he, too, could be in the army." Illustrated by Ellen Segner... More
REMINISCENCES OF A RANGER or Early Times in Southern California
Santa Barbara, California: Wallace Hebberd, 1927. Second Edition. Hardcover. Bell (1830-1918) was an incendiary attorney who was fond of the seamier side of life. This true account of the lawless days of Los Angeles during... More
GUIDE-BOOK TO THE SOVIET UNION
New York: International Publishers Co., 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. An early and comparatively uncommon travel guide, issued by the Society for Cultural Relations of the Soviet Union with Foreign Countries. 856 p. with eight folding... More
SELECTED LETTERS, 1911-1924: Edited by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1965. Hardcover. Second printing (3,000 copies). "This first volume of the Lovecraft letters begins in 1911, when Lovecraft was 21, and ends in 1924, at the time of the dissolution... More
THE UP-GRADE
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Gibbs on the front flyleaf. An anti-feminist novel which supports the suggestion that a woman cannot keep her husband and her job too... More
GENTLE BEN
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. This heartwarming story about the bond that forms between a lonely boy and an Alaskan brown bear served as the basis for the film Gentle Giant (1967)... More
NAZI SPIES IN AMERICA
New York: Random House, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. This popular book is based on Turrou's experiences as the FBI Special Agent tasked with leading an investigation that located and interrogated Nazi German spies within the... More
UNDER THE VIERKLEUR: A Romance of a Lost Cause
Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Special Souvenir Edition for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Inscribed by General Viljoen on the front flyleaf. "A splendid novel of life and stirring adventure in South... More
LEND-LEASE: Weapon for Victory
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Stettinius on the half-title. As a member of the National Defense Advisory Commission, former businessman Edward Reilly Stettinius, Jr. (1900-49) administered the Lend-Lease Program... More
FRONTIER STREET
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by the author on the front flyleaf. One of several Western novels Peeples (1917-97) wrote as Brad Ward, before moving into series television after being... More
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NETSUKE: Wissenswertes fur Liebhaber, Sammler und Handler [or] Study & Advice for Connoisseurs, Collectors and Dealers
Vienna, Austria: Verlag B.M. Leitner, 1960-61. Wraps. Vol. 1, No 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12. Included here are 14 issues, including duplicate copies of the second, fifth, and... More
THE RISE AND FALL OF THE JEWISH GANGSTER IN AMERICA
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. 345 p. with textual photographs. Octavo. Original gray paper-covered boards, with gilt titles. A fine, unread copy in a nearly fine dust jacket. More
REVISED MEDIEVAL LATIN WORD-LIST FROM BRITISH AND IRISH SOURCES
London: Published for the British Academy by the Oxford University Press, 1973. Hardcover. Reprint. "...a comprehensive dictionary of the language that served for 1,000 years as the principal medium of writing in the British Isles... More
A COMMENTARY ON CATULLUS
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. Trade paperback. Cambridge Library Collection. Octavo. Original paper wrappers. A very good copy. More
CATULLI VERONENSIS LIBER
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. Trade paperback. Cambridge Library Collection. Octavo. Original paper wrappers. Some light spotting along the edges; otherwise very good. More
A NEW GUIDE TO BANGKOK
Bangkok, Siam: Hatha Dhip Company, circa 1954. Third Edition. Hardcover. 281 p. with 32 p. of advertisements. Numerous textual photographs, with three color plates and an endpaper map. Small octavo. Original green buckram binding, with... More
LIGHTNING IN HIS HAND: The Life Story of Nikola Tesla
Denver: Sage Books, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Inez Hunt on the title page. In-depth biography of the internationally-renowned scientist and inventor, drawing on correspondence and interviews with many who knew him. 32 illustrations... More
BRIDGE TO THE SUN
Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Gwen Terasaki on the front flyleaf, with a holographic note by her laid in. Touching memoir about the relationship between a.... More
THE WILDERNESS OF ICE: Part Two of The Adventures of Captain Hatteras
Westport, Connecticut: Associated Booksellers, 1961. Hardcover. The Fitzroy Edition of Jules Verne, edited by I.O. Evans. Octavo. Original brown cloth binding, with gilt titles. Some very light browning along the spine of the dust jacket... More
THE DEMON OF CAWNPORE
Westport, Connecticut: Associated Booksellers, 1959. Hardcover. The Fitzroy Edition of Jules Verne. The first part of Verne's novel The Steam House (1880), which recounts the travels of a group of British colonists in the Raj... More
HATHOO OF THE ELEPHANTS
New York: The Viking Press, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Wheeler on the half-title. A thrilling tale in the vein of Kipling's The Jungle Books. Dust jacket and endpaper art by C.B. Falls. Octavo... More
THE BARON OF BOOT HILL
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed and dated by Ward on the front flyleaf. Octavo. Original red cloth binding, with black stamping. The dust jacket is clean and bright, with some unnecessary... More
DEVIL AT MY HEELS: The Story of Louis Zamperini
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition (stated) in a later printing dust jacket. Stirring memoir of the Olympic distance runner and World War II prisoner of war and his battles with... More