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Shillington, PA: Shillington High School, 1950. This is John Updike's girlfriends copy of the 1950 Hi-Life yearbook. Inscribed to her (at John's picture) apologizing for leaving her (?). Included with the book is an inscribed (to the same girlfriend) first edition of Self-Consciousness with an inscribed page tipped in that is inscribed to her and… Read more about this item

NY: Random House, 1968. Bound in blue cloth and yellow boards in illustrated dust jacket. This copy is inscribed to the playwright, Terrence Rattigan, with a nice inscription re: how much he had helped him with his writing. Two closed tears to top edge of jacket. The author's first book. 179 pp. . Inscribed and… Read more about this item

New York: Everest House, 1982. Bound in black and red boards, stamped in gold. It is inscribed and signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Also, tipped in is a Christmas card to Mr and Mrs Davis with a long authorial inscription. 286 pp. Some minor chipping to the edges of the dust… Read more about this item

New York: The Hyperion Press, 1938. Addie Herder's copy w/her signature on the ffep.; bound in discolored white cloth, sans DW; color tipped in plates; black & white reproductions; translated by Eveline Byam Shaw; slight water staining to some edges; previous owners inscription to reverse ffep.; 168pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG+/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.… Read more about this item

Paris: Andre Roussard, 1987. This is an association copy inscribed and signed by the author to the Paris publisher, Eugene Clarence Braun-Munk. Bound in thick black cloth, stamped in gold with an illustration by Renoux on the front panel. The text is in French. A great collection of Paris street scenes by Renoux [1939-2002].. Inscribed and Signed… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape, 1930. Bound in light green cloth, stamped in gold. This was Alfred A. Knopf's copy with his bookplate affixed to the front pastedown. The book also has a small stamp "Mason Infirmary" stamped on the ffep. and the top edge of the book. Overall, a most acceptable copy of this the second issue (with… Read more about this item

NY: Self-produced, 1911. Bound in grey boards with labels on front panel and spine (wear to both). The first limited (to 100 copies) edition of the author's first book. In the author's hand . . . "Of this edition on vellum paper, 100 copies have been made of which this is number 57 for Arthur B. Davies" and then… Read more about this item

New York: Harcourt Brace & World, Inc., 1962. Cellophane DW; excerpt from "Montenegro", which was published the following year; limited edition published as a New Year's greeting to friends of the author & publisher, with card laid-in; 23pp.. Limited. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Topeka: Crane & Company, 1914. Bound in green, pictoral cloth, sans DW; co-author Buffalo Bill Cody; frontis after a photographic portrait of the two authors. Seven black & white plates; pull-out map; chapter headings & tail-piece decorations by Thompson Willing; Ref.: Howes I55; 529pp.. Reprint. Hard Cover. VG++/No Jacket. Illus. by WILLING, Thompson.

Evanston, Illinois: Row, Peterson & Co., 1951. Bound in illustrated, original wraps; signed on title page by author, also a signed , typed letter addressed to Oscar Hammerstein II taped to inside front cover; black & white stills from the play produced at the College of the Pacific in 1950; production notes by Herbert V. Hake; 110pp.. Signed by Author.… Read more about this item

Cleveland: Korner & Wood Company, 1931. Personal record, funeral service, editorial article, poems, and appreciations; bound in white quarter cloth and gray boards; frontispiece portrait and simulated signature; "Mr. Charles Franklin Thwing" (assumed husband or son) calling card laid-in; 61pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG+/No Jacket.

New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1961. Black & white photo-biography of Charles De Gaulle; inscribed & signed by Ralph Martin on ffep.; laid-in is a privately printed Christmas card w/photo of the Martin family from 1966.. Inscribed and Signed By the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG+/VG+. Illus. by Photo-Illustrated. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Valentine's Manual, Inc., 1926. Bound in blue, decorated buckram, sans DW; signature of famous needlework artist Georgiana Brown Harbeson on front paste down, along with her address label; color frontispiece, title page, and two 2 page spreads; profusely illustrated in black & white; light mildewing to front panel; 388pp.. Third Printing. Hard Cover. VG+/No Jacket.

Garden City, N. Y.: Doubleday, 1970. Great-granddaughter of Charles Dickens; Inscribed & signed by the author on the title page, also with signed note and related material laid-in; previous owners label on ffep; 278pp.. Inscribed and Signed By Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/VG++.

Chicago: Pascal Covici, 1926. Printer William Ransom's copy with library plate on rear paste down; bound in black buckram, sans DW; 171pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG+/No Jacket.

New York: William Sloane Assoc., 1949. American Men of Letters Series; Critic Lawrance Thompson's copy with his notes laid-in; review copy w/slip also laid-in; some underlining and marks penciled by Thompson; 286pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG+/VG+.

Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1967. Inscribed & signed by author to bandleader Paul Whiteman in year of publication-1967, on ffep.; 288pp. Warm inscription to Paul and his wife. . Inscribed and Signed By Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Middlebury, Vermont: Middlebury College Press, 1939. Bound in white quarter cloth and green boards shows a bit of edgewear, sans DW; Ref. Crane: D10; preface by Robert Frost; intro by W. Storrs Lee; illustrations by Edward Sanborn; 174pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by SANBORN, Edward.

Los Angeles: Sotheby, Parke-Bernet, 1971. Sale catalog of public auction, Feb. 1971; black & white photos, including stills from shows and movies; 275pp. In glossy wraps (no hardbound edition). . First Edition. Glossy Wraps. Near Fine/No Jacket.

New York: McClure-Phillips, 1902. John Wanamaker's copy with his card tipped in; previous owners book plate on rear paste down; rear hinge starting to separate; translated by Mary Louise Hendee; intro. by Grace King; t.e.g.; 193pp.. Fifth Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Association Copy.