Signed Books

Home Hill, Australia: Otoliths, 2016. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 56pp, printed wrappers. Affectionately INSCRIBED by Dalachinsky to fellow poet Gerd Stern on the section title page in the year of publication. A scarce Australian poetry publication from this central New York City presence. Light wear, nice overall.

* Inscribed and SIGNED by author on title page. * Book cover near new, light edge/shelf wear, corner fold on rear - pages clean, bright and unmarked, small bend on bottom corner of some pages spine like new. * Proceeds benefit Friends of the Pleasant Hill Library. * "Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care." New for 2003! The updated and expanded edition of Aircraft Wrecks in the Mountains and Deserts of California: 1909-2002 (3rd Edition) Authors: G. Pat Macha and Don Jordan Features: · Newly-discovered historical wreck sites since last edition (updated through 2002) · Recent updates on known crash site data and locations · More than 1,300, expanded crash site listings · Expanded format: 528 pages · More than 355 photos · Detailed, personal crash histories researched by Don Jordan · Destined to be a collectors item! Featuring details on more than 1,300 aircraft wreck sites in Northern and Southern California, Aircraft Wrecks in the Mountains and Deserts of California,… Read More

Edited by S.D. Myres, this book comprises entries from the journal of O.W. Williams, a pioneer in the Texas and New Mexico region in the late 1800's.This book is autographed by S.D. Myers, the editor; also by C.L. Sonnichsen, the author of the introduction; and also by Carl Hertzog, who designed the book.

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1993. Signed on the half-title page by Allen Ginsberg, dated 6/12/94 with the initials AH in a circle. First edition / First printing. Illustrated wrappers with french flaps. Very fine.

Signed and inscribed by Henry Beetle Hough, an icon on the Vineyard. There are some small chips on the unclipped dust jacket and some light foxing, but no other issues. This is a special copy. Price includes shipping within the U.S.

London: Macmillan and Co. 1st printing (1959). 245pp. Flat SIGNED by the author on title page in blue ink. VG book, binding tight but has slight forward lean, some light fading to cloth covers with faint hand-shape toning on front panel, internally excellent, in Good edge worn jacket with a few small closed tears, some minor chipped losses to corners and spine ends, gently rubbed with a hint of fading, price-clipped, now preserved in archival jacket protector. Decorative bookplate to front pastedown of Mary Anna Marten (1929-2010), the English aristocrat and landowner who made legal history in the Crichel Down affair . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1959.

SIGNED! FIRST EDITION, LEATHER-BOUND EASTON PRESS! Book is brand new and unread. Still wrapped in Publisher's original shrink-wrap! Personally hand signed by the author, Mr. Golden, directly to the specially bound signature page. Includes witnessed COA (also signed by Mr. Golden) authenticating signature.
Features include:Personally signed by Arthur Golden.Fully bound in genuine leather.22kt gold deeply inlaid on the "hubbed" spine.Superbly printed on acid-neutral paper that lasts for generations.Sewn pages — not just glued like ordinary books.Handsome moiré endpages and a satin-ribbon page marker.Gilded page ends.Printed and bound in the USA. Imported materials.Rigorous inspection at every stage ensures adherence to our exacting standards.Superb craftsmanship and commitment to quality.
An alluring tour de force: a brilliant debut novel told with seamless authenticity and exquisite lyricism as the true confessions of one of Japan's most celebrated geisha.
Speaking to us with the wisdom of age and… Read More

#83 of 200 copies, signed and hand-numbered by the author. Cloth binding with paper labels, with a clear acetate wrapper. Some minor foxing on first few and last few pages, and on edges, as shown in pics.

New Haven, Yale University Press, 2007, hardcover, 229 pp, First Edition, First Printing by numberline, Fine in Fine dustjacket, Signed by the Author without inscription on the title page. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in Fine unclipped dustjacket bearing original price. "Janet Malcolm deftly captures Alice B. Toklas's legendary 40-year partnership with the brilliant modernist Gertrude Stein in Two Lives, clearing up a few mysteries along the way including how two Jewish women were able to survive World War II in their provincial French chateau with the help of a Vichy collaborator" (Vogue). Illustrated throughout with ten black-&-white photographs featuring the principals at work and relaxing with friends. Author's notes appended. Illustrated endpapers. ISBN 9780300125511

Crown Archetype, 2009. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x1x9. Signed. SIGNED BY BUZZ ALDRIN and professionally authenticated by PSA/DNA. Not personalized to anyone. A lovely 5th printing in near fine condition inside and out. Looks terrific with a new mylar cover. Expedited and international shipping are welcome. Signed by author.

Lexington, KY: University of Kentucky Press, 1990. Signed on the title page by Barry Lopez. First edition / First printing. Beige cloth. Very fine in a very fine dust jacket.

Inscribed and SIGNED by author on fly page.
Stated First Edition - first printing (number line contains "1").
Book cover near new, light edge wear/rubbing - pages clean and unmarked, light tanning at edges – spine solid and undamaged.
Jacket like new, light shelf wear; protected in fresh mylar cover.
Proceeds benefit Friends of the Library; books sold are NOT ex-library.
"Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care."

When an ordinary househusband and his ambitious wife decide to start a family, they discover there's more to making a baby then meets the eye. Help arrives in the form of a grieving gay neighbor, a visiting monarch, and the dashing young lieutenant who defects from her yacht. Bittersweet and profoundly affecting, Babycakes was the first work of fiction to acknowledge the arrival of AIDS.

New York: Bantam, 2004. Signed by Tom Robbins on the title page and dated 16 May '03. First edition / First printing. Black paper spine, black paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.

New York, Harper & Row, 1985, hardcover children's picture book (8.25" x 10.25"), 32 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing by numberline, As New condition in like dustjacket, Signed by the Author on the half-title page "Buy this book and save a book. In return I will dance the Tango Argentine for you forever. Sincerely Maria Theresa and just as sincerely Petra Mathers". Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, as new dustjacket, in protective Brodart sleeve. The well-known author/illustrator's first work in both capacities, also recipient of the 1985 Ezra Jack Keats award. In all, Petra Mathers illustrated over 40 books, including 9 award winners, 12 of which she also wrote. ISBN 9780060241094

Softcover graphic novel of Gaiman's Sandman series, collection Sandman comic books #1-20; no dust jacket issued. Front and back cover corners slightly bent; page corners very slightly turned. Hinge on title page loose; illustrations still sharp and vivid. Netflix emblem on front cover in bottom right corner; cover price of $29.99 in small print on back cover.
DC Black Label Comics First Edition; First Printing as indicated by no other editions or printings listed on copyright page. Signed by author in silver Sharpie on title page.
In conjunction with season one of Netflix's Sandman, DC Black Label comics have put together six softcover collections of the comic book; Volume One compiles Sandman #1-20. Softcover graphic novel so not able to be protected by archival Mylar cover.