Signed Books

Apifera Press, 2013. Stated First Printing Private Press; 2013 8vo size pictorial hardcover with black and white photo illustrated endpapers; unpaginated - more than 50 pages with many full page illustrations and photographs Signed on half title page and inscribed "Love from the Misfits." From back: "(The author moved to a farm and) began adopting old and needy animals into her barnyard. These are the misfits... As I massaged their old joints and communed amongst them without words, a remarkable thing happened - that silence created an internal, safe space for me to float with memories, helping me work through my own grief and understand and accept life as it is." Bumped bottom corner and some light scratches on back cover. . Signed by Author. First. Pictorial Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Private Press.

Evanston, IL: TriQuarterly, Fall 1979. Includes: T. Coraghessan Boyle, "Stones in my passway, hellhound on my trail." Signed by Boyle. William Kittredge, "We are not in this Together." Signed by Kittredge. Francine Prose, "Rosewater Pudding." Signed by Prose. John Edgar Wideman, "Bobby." Signed by Wideman. First edition / First printing. Illustrated wrappers. Fine..

London, Victor Gollancz, 1979, hardcover, 192 pp, First Edition, First Printing, New, Signed and dated by the Author without inscription on the title page. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in new unclipped dustjacket bearing original price, in new Brodart sleeve. In a totalitarian state that alternately praises and persecutes artists, Elena, the flute-player, keeps alive the creative spirit of the artists who are her friends, offering herself sexually and emotionally to all. Winner of the 1978 Gollancz and Pan/Picador Fantasy Competition run in collaboration with the Guardian. ISBN 9780575026421

vii+306+[2]+[31 ad] pages. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's brown cloth lettered in black on spine and cover in a later state dust jacket. Signed and dated (1922) by the author on the front-free endpaper. First English edition.The third Fu-Manchu title. Commissioner Nayland Smith, along with friend and colleague, Doctor Petrie, once again face the schemes of the dreaded master criminal Dr. Fu-Manchu... Mysteries begin to spread across London, and at their heart is a newly opened exclusive hotel... It is soon clear that the cause of these baffling mysteries is the evil Dr. Fu-Manchu... and this time the Devil Doctor has not come alone... with him are the dreaded Si-Fan... Originally published in the United States with the title The Hand of Dr. Fu-Manchu.Condition: Signed and dated (1922) by the author on the front-free endpaper. Moderate edge wear to boards; front board warped; contents with moderate to heavy scattered foxing, slightly cocked. Jacket edges chipped, corners… Read More

Inscribed and SIGNED by author on fly page.
Stated First Printing.
Book cover like new, slight shelf wear - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new.
No dust jacket issued with this book.
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Robert Irvine is not a typical chef, so it stands to reason that his upcoming fourth cookbook is anything but typical. The man who became famous for cooking his way out of impossible challenges and turning around failing restaurants has taken aim at redefining family dinner. Family Table brings together more than 50 of his all-time favorite family-style recipes. With these delicious and easy-to-make meals come his reflections on how to create strong family bonds by coming together in the kitchen and at the dinner table. We live in an age where distractions are all around us. This book is my urgent call to refocus everyone on what is right in front of us, what is really… Read More

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2014. Signed by the author on the title page. First edition / First Printing. Olive paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy. Winner of the 2014 National Book Critics Circle Award.

Spine slightly stained; a good copy in worn, soiled, and slightly chipped turquoise boards. Edges rough cut, some foxing internally.

NY: Harry N. Abrams, 2002. Signed First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Harry N. Abrams, 2002, first printing. Folio, 9 3/4" x 13", 336pp., 776 illustrations, 100 plates in full color. Boldly inscirbed by author to cartoonist Mary Anne Case: "To Mary Anne, A true cartoonist and comics fan - Brian Walker." Pictorial laminated boards, color pictorial endpapers. Fine in near fine dust jacket with slight wear at the spine ends. . Signed by Author. 1st. Hard. Fine/Near Fine. Folio.

Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press, 2020. Signed first edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press, 2020, first printing. 4to., 10 1/4" x 11 1/4", 191pp., illustrated throughout with full color plates. Signed by Chambers on title page. Pictorial laminated boards, blue endpapers. Slight open wavines to upper portion of page block from bookmarks left in book, small stain on front edge, else fine in fine dust jacket. . Signed by Author. 1st. Hard. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. 4to.

New York: Crown, 2019 Signed by Michelle Obama. Limited First Edition / First Printing. Blue cloth in gray cloth box. Very fine in very fine box still in original shrink wrap. Includes two prints and a photograph of the former First Lady. [This copy is still sealed. Interior photos are from another copy, which has been opened].

SIGNED AND DOODLED BY ACE FREHLEY DIRECTLY TO THE HALF-TITLE PAGE, and NOT inscribed to anyone. Includes ironclad Certificate of Authenticity from Premiere Collectibles. A lovely 4th printing in as near-fine unread condition: lower spine is bumped, otherwise as new. Price-intact dust jacket looks terrific with a new mylar cover. Expedited and international shipping are welcome; signed by author.

SIGNED BY JAMES D. WATSON without inscription and PROFESSIONALLY AUTHENTICATED by James Spence (JSA). Only certified copy available anywhere in the world right now. First printing in gorgeous unread condition; looks terrific with a new mylar cover added to dust jacket. International buyers please request a shipping quote prior to purchase; expedited shipping is welcome. Signed by author.

Philadelphia: A. J. Holman Company / J. B. Lippencott Company, 1973. Signed by the Lunar explorer on the half-title, with Best Wishes, Jim Irwin. First edition / First printing. Black cloth. Fine, with offset from a small piece of tape on the front free end-paper, in a near fine dust jacket with wear to the edges and slight spine fade. Insert brochure "God of Earth and Outer Space a hymn for the space age." laid into the book. One of only 12 men to walk on the moon. He was the 8th person to walk on the Moon on Apollo 15 in July 1971; and the first and youngest to die on August 8, 1991 (age 61). Irwin and Scott's mission collected more Lunar samples than any previous mission, including the Genesis Rock.

SIGNED IN PERSON BY WILLIE MAYS directly to the front endpaper! Willie added "Best Wishes" and date 1988, but did not personalize. There is a gift inscription on that same page as shown in my photos. Book looks and feels unread, color is faded on the spine of the dust jacket. Still looks terrific with a new mylar cover. Expedited and international shipping are welcome; signed by author.

Simon & Schuster, 2015. 1st Ed. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9x6x1. Signed. SIGNED IN PERSON BY FORMER PRESIDENT CARTER WITH HIS FULL NAME! Obtained in person in Plains GA and extremely scarce thus. True 1st printing in unread condition but lower corners are bumped; otherwise as new. Looks terrific with a new mylar jacket added to your dust jacket. Expedited and international shipping are welcome. Bk 8, signed by author.