The Yiddish Policemen's Union - First UK Printing, Signed by Chabon, Michael - 2007

PORTLAND, MAINE: FALMOUTH PUBLISHING HOUSE, 1949 BEAUTIFUL BOOK WITH A WHITE TEXTURED FRONT AND BACK WITH GREEN SPINE. GOLD PRINT ALONG SPINE. BLACK SLIP COVER WITH NICE TEXTURE ON OUTSIDE. BOOK IS IN NEAR FINE CONDITION. CLEAN AND TIGHT. LIMITED EDITION 59 OF 500. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR IN THE FRONT. GOOD ARTWORK THROUGHOUT BY STANLEY GREENE. SIX STORIES WRITTEN BY MACDOUGALL RELATING TO HIS CHILDHOOD. STORIES WERE FIRST PUBLISHED IN FIELD AND STREAM, SPORTS AFIELD AND OUTDOORS. GREAT BOOK FOR THE FISHERMAN, LOVER OF THE OUTDOORS AND LIFE. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

Herald Publishing House, Lamoni, Iowa, 1916. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Grandson of Latter Day Saints founder Joseph Smith, Jr. Elbert A. Smith's Mormon-themed novel, Joe Pine. First edition signed by Elbert A. Smith on frontis recto thus: "Sincerely yours | Elbert A. Smith." Signature unconditionally guaranteed to pass any COA examination. Smith was a leader in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS), also a member of the church's First Presidency from 1909 to 1938 and the Presiding Patriarch of the church from 1938 to 1958. Bound in olive cloth with black lettering and decorations to front and spine panels, ruled in red. Collation: [blank, 2] [half title page] [blank] [frontis recto] [frontis] [title page] [copyright page] [dedication page] [table of contents] [9] 10-351 [352]. Eight illustrated plates, all present. Complete as issued. Scarce. 352 pp. 8" x 5 1/2". Tight, unmarked copy with light shelf wear, slightly bumped corners and light… Read More

(Ships from the US) 1ST PRINTING SIGNED BY TONY IOMMI. Also very briefly inscribed as shown. Imported by me from bookshop in UK; British price is intact on the dust jacket. As new and unread in gorgeous gift-worthy condition. Looks terrific with a new mylar cover added to dust jacket. Expedited and international shipping are welcome; signed by author.

London: William Heinemann, 1912. Very Good. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Substantial 8vo, pp. [viii], 640. Original green cloth, spine ruled and lettered in gilt, upper board decorated and lettered in black. Bottom edge untrimmed. Slight lean to spine, gentle pushing to spine ends, bottom corners bruised, rubbed. Signed and dated by Grand in faded sepia ink to front pastedown in the year of publication: "Sarah Grand/ 1912.", below 'Dunecht' book-label. Offsetting and foxing to feps, else, clean and tight. Very good. A pleasing copy of Grand's penultimate novel, unusual signed and tantalising in its connection with the Pearsons of Dunecht. Sarah Grand, the pen name of Frances Elizabeth Bellenden McFall (née Clarke, 1854-1943), was an Irish author and suffragist, who laid claim to coining the term 'the new woman'. Alongside her weighty 'problem' novels, in the early decades of the twentieth century, Grand lectured throughout England and the United States, promoting women's suffrage, rational dress,… Read More

Inscribed on first blank page: To Dan with best wishes Robert S. McNamaraClean text. Price unclipped ($4.95). Protected by Brodart dust jacket cover. Book in very good plus condition and dust jacket in very good condition, some fading along spine. Robert Strange McNamara (June 9, 1916 – July 6, 2009) was an American business executive and the eighth Secretary of Defense, serving from 1961 to 1968 under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, during which time he played a large role in escalating the United States involvement in the Vietnam War. Following that, he served as President of the World Bank from 1968 to 1981. McNamara was responsible for the institution of systems analysis in public policy, which developed into the discipline known today as policy analysis. McNamara consolidated intelligence and logistics functions of the Pentagon into two centralized agencies: the Defense Intelligence Agency and the Defense Supply Agency.Prior to public service, McNamara was one of the… Read More

Blue and white boards with silver writing on spine; box with author's signature embossed in silver on front board. Top and bottom of book spine very slightly discolored and rumpled; top of front dust jacket slightly wrinkled. Rubbing on back dust jacket; slight shelf wear on top and bottom of dust jacket spine. Tight binding and pages still look in excellent condition; ISBN, cover price of $12.95 and 8010 on front dust jacket fold.Coward, McCann & Geoghegan First Edition; First Printing as indicated by no other printings being indicated on copyright page. Author's signature on title page.One of Straub's sought-after novels that is in excellent condition for its age. Hardcover and original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Mylar cover.

Black boards with gold writing on spine; book itself is in excellent and Fine condition. Very slight shelf wear on bottom of dust jacket spine, but that is only defect in dust jacket. Tight binding and pages still look in excellent condition. ISBN and cover price of £8.95 on front dust jacket fold.Severn House First Edition; First Printing as indicated by no other printings being listed on copyright page. Not only is this book a very rare UK printed edition by Severn House that is hard to find online, it is also inscribed to "Saul" with Parker's initials on title page.Parker's seventh novel featuring private detective Spenser, his friend Hawk, his paramour Susan and introducing the character of Paul Giacomin who becomes like a son to Spenser in future novels. Hardcover and original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Mylar cover.

~~FLAT SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON FFEP~~ Bristow, OK: The Coronado Press (1st Edition, Coronado Chapbooks, undated). Chapbook in very good condition, with textured wraps and red titles/illustration, unpaginated. Dust jacket in poor condition: age discoloration, some spotting on front, chipping and closed tears along the edges, open tear at base of spine. Front and back covers of dust jacket have been reattached with clear archival document tape. (See our photos for condition.) Text is clean and unmarked; pages toned. Three-hole saddle sewn binding is intact. YOUNG MAN'S COUNTRY was the first chapbook of a proposed series of Oklahoma (or southwestern) poets to be issued by the Coronado Press. Excepting three lines, the book is machine set, entirely from one magazine and on one measure. The impressions were made on a platen press on soft paper, with no make-ready. The first aim of the Coronado Press was to acquaint localities with their own artists by means of small books that were made… Read More

This listing is for an 8x10 color photo of Val Kilmer as the iconic Iceman in the blockbuster Top Gun. It is signed by Kilmer in luminous silver marker and professionally authenticated by Beckett. The photo will include their ironclad Certificate of Authenticity.

Trilogy of the Nevernight Chronicle books; all books are in Near Fine condition with all dust jackets in Fine condition with emblem of "Signed 1st Edition" on front dust jacket. Books have overall tight binding and pages still look in excellent condition. St. Martin's Press First Editions, First Printings as indicated by "First Edition" (and month and year of publication) and number line ending in "1" on copyright pages. Author's signature on tipped-in pages by publisher or second interior page for Nevernight.Jay Kristoff's successful trilogy where "heroine Mia Corvere trains as an assassin as part of her mission for personal revenge." Hardcover and original unclipped dust jackets protected by archival Mylar covers.