Signed Books

Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1979 Deluxe limited edition, 1 of 350 signed and numbered copies; this being the number 102. Signed by John Updike directly on the colophon page. Book and dust jacket in fine condition, in a very good slipcase, with shelf rubbing.

Albano Terme: PIovan Editore, 1988. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Signed By Subject and 4 Contributors. First Printing of the First Edition. Layton's own copy, with his annotations in red ink throughout. Minor wear to extremities. Text in English. Signed by 4 of the 10 contributors, and with Layton's ownership signature dated " May 19, 1989. Rome Fiano ". A unique copy of a scarce title..

Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1951. Book. Illus. by Macdonald, Thoreau. Near Fine. Stapled Wraps. Signed by Artist. First Printing of the First Edition. About fine, with slightest wear to extremities, and a little toning near spine. Internally fine. Signed on the title page..

London: jacqui small, 2014. Signed on the half-title page by Nicky Haslam. First edition / First printing. Brown cloth. Very fine in a very fine dust jacket.

New York: Ecco / HarperCollins, 2014. Signed by Richard Ford on the title page and dated December 4, 2014. Also Signed by Richard Ford on a specially printed tipped-in page. F irst edition / First printing. Special signed edition: One of an unknown number of copies signed by the author on a specially printed bound-in page. White paper spine, blue paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. A coda to the Bascombe Trilogy.

New York: Atheneum, 1988. Signed by the author on the title page. First edition / First printing. Navy cloth, aqua paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. Signed by Robert Stone on the half-title page. First edition / First printing. Black cloth spine, black paper-covered boards. About fine in price-clipped, about fine dust jacket, with a tiny tear at the bottom middle of the rear panel. Pen/Faulkner Award winner.

London, Cassell & Co., 1960, hardcover, 185 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Signed and inscribed by the Author on a small label pasted to front endpaper, Fine in Very Good+ dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings, text block lightly age-toned. Dustjacket price clipped, slightest edge nicks, light rubs and tiny, closed top-edge tear to rear panel in new Brodart sleeve. The New Zealand-born author and rugby writer who was responsible for a number of well-known urban legends, including the widespread belief that the flush toilet was invented by Thomas Crapper and that the brassiere was invented by Otto Titzling presents a work of detective fiction stories featuring Detective-Superintendent Keeton and centered on the murder of a young man and his connection to three, very different, society women.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2015. Signed and dated 9.9.2015 on the title page by Jonathan Franzen. First edition / First printing. Gray paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.

This listing is for a beautiful 8x10 color photo signed by NASA Flight Director Gene Kranz & professionally authenticated by Beckett Authentication Services. Gene signed this photo in luminous gold marker with his full name as shown.

New York, Henry Holt and Co, 2007, hardcover children's picture book (10" x 10"), 32 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing by numberline, Signed by the Author without inscription on the title page, Near Fine in Fine dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light bumps to bottom corners. Dustjacket, as new and unclipped bearing original price, in protective glassine cover. The award-winning children's non-fiction and science author of Home at Last, Hush Little Puppy and Army Ant Parade presents a surprisingly sympathetic view of an unconventionally majestic bird, the Turkey Vulture. Beautifully illustrated throughout in full color by Steve Jenkins. ISBN ?9780805075571

* Inscribed and SIGNED by Isabel and Ruben Toledo on title page, with doodle of model. * Book cover shows moderate wear at end caps, one bumped corner - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new. * Jacket shows modest edge/ shelf wear, one small taped tear. * Proceeds benefit Friends of the Pleasant Hill Library. * "Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care." One of the most exciting fashion designers in the United States, Cuban-born Isabel Toledo has been honored with a National Design Award from the Cooper- Hewitt Museum and a Couture Council Award for Artistry of Fashion, given by The Museum at FIT. Yet her name and work are recognized only by fashion insiders. This ravishing book brings Toledos creations to a wider audience, places them within the context of contemporary fashion, and examines her creative process. Interviewing Toledo, her husband (fashion illustrator Ruben Toledo), and other colleagues, clients, and critics, Valerie Steele gives an account of… Read More

SIGNED BY PHILIPPE PETIT. Also briefly inscribed as shown. First edition per Random House protocol in good to very good overall condition: interior is clean, no writing or other major flaws noted. Cover has mild wear on the front and light age-toneing. Please examine photos carefully. Expedited and international shipping are welcome. Signed by author.

El documento y la reconstruccion historica por jose maria chacon y calvo primera edicion signed habana cuba 1929.primera edicion,muy rara ensayo publicado por las ediciones de la revista de avance en la habana cuba el libro esta dedicado por su autor.encuadernacion de la epoca.su autor.José María Chacón y Calvo, (>Santa María del Rosario, Cuba, 28 de octubre de 1892 - El Vedado, La Habana, Cuba, 7 de noviembre de 1969) fue VI conde de Casa Bayona. Falleció sin sucesión.Laboró como Abogado consultor de la Secretaría de Justicia, entre 1915 y 1918, en que viajó a España como Secretario de la Legación de Cuba en Madrid –Embajada de Cuba–. Investigador Oficial de la República en los Archivos de España. Delegado de Cuba al II Congreso Hispano-Americano de Historia y Geografía, en mayo de 1921, también representó a Cuba en el XXVI Congreso Internacional de Americanistas, en 1935, ambos efectuados en Sevilla, España. Fue elegido en dicha ciudad Vicepresidente de la Sección… Read More

New York: Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, 1994. Signed by the author. 25th Anniversary edition / First printing with a new introduction by the author. Black cloth spine, black paper-covered boards, Very fine in fine dust jacket. The author's breakthrough masterpiece. After twenty years of struggling for critical and popular success, this book gave him the audience and recognition he had sought. The horrific firebombing of Dresden, which he witnessed as a POW, shocked Vonnegut into a lifelong distrust of the senseless and amoral violence of all war. Number 18 on Modern Library's Best 100 Novels. A classic of counter-culture literature.