New York: William Morrow & Co, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Fine. First Edition, First Printing, FLAT-SIGNED by the author, review copy with publisher's review slip + printed review laid in. In gorgeous unworn dust jacket. A perfect copy. Clean toasted orange paper-covered boards with orange-brown cloth spine, silver lettering on spine. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean orange endpapers. No previous owner markings. Signed "Lawrence Block" on title page in blue pen. 309 pages. Clean crisp dust jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price ... View More...
Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1945. Stated First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good+. Clean unfaded gray cloth boards with gold lettering against red title box on cover and spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean photo-illustrated endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 238 pgs. Clean color illustrated dustjacket (jacket portrait by Cecil Beaton) is not price clipped, has a few very tiny edge chips and short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. - 8vo. Biography. View More...
New York: Morrow, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Fine . First Edition (stated) with full number line on copyright page, in clean unclipped jacket. Clean dark brown boards with brown cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean red endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 302 pp. Clean jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped ( 18.95 on front inside flap); enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. View More...
New York: William Morrow, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Fine. First Edition, First Printing, in clean unclipped jacket. As new, no remainder marks, no previous owner markings. Clean beige boards with red spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping, no wear. 288 pages. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. View More...
Clean hardcover book in original glassine jacket, SIGNED by the author. Purple leather-like boards with white lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. All pages are clean. Inscribed and signed by author on front free endpaper: "To James Spencer with all best wishes - Alexis L. Romonoff - 26/5/77." "Anthology of Ideas" bookmark advertising this book is also laid in. 203 pages with Index of Titles with First Lines. Clean glassine wrapper is chipped at head of spine, with some short closed edge tears. Author's shared thoughts of wi... View More...
Stated First Printing, August, 1988, in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean blue boards with ivory cloth spine, metallic lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean with clean brown endpapers; no names, writing or bookplates. 321 pages with Index + "About the Author." Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Sara Larence Lightfoot, the MacArthur Prize-winning sociologist, tells her mother's amazing story with both candor and passion. From girlhood in r... View More...
University Of Chicago Press, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Fine. Fine First Edition, first printing in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean unfaded black cloth boards with silver lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers - no previous owner markings. Preface by the author. 199 pages with index. Clean bright dust jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Three narratives about basically decent expatriates (the first an Iraqi, the sec... View More...
Clean first paperback journal with no chipping, curling or creasing. Light age-toning. Very small closed tear at top spine edge (1/4"). Pages are clean and bright - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 112 pages. Stories/poetry/essays by the likes of Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsburg, Richard McBride, et al. View More...
New York: Richard Marek, 1981. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/fine. Collectible quality book and dust jacket. First printing. Clean black cloth boards with bright silver lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with small inital "P" on bottom text block page edges, clean unmarked endpapers. 441 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Suspenseful espionage tale set in World War II. Protaganist is caught in the middle of a precarious a... View More...
Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1856. First Edition . Very Good+/no dust jacket. Clean dark brown cloth boards with blind-stamped decoration on front and rear boards, gold lettering and blind-stamped decoration on spine. A little bit of fraying at top spine edge. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Blank endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. Nice frontispiece portrait of Amos Lawrence (an engraving) with tissue guard. 369 pages with index + publisher's advertising at rear of book. View More...
New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1953. Very Good+/Very Good. Very clean burgundy cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Small previous owner name & address on front free endpaper. Clean dustjacket is unchipped, with several very short (under 1/4") edge tears, slight fading to spine. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Agriculture. View More...
New York: MacMillan, 1931. Very Good+/Very Good+. Clean green cloth boards with stamped black lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Clean endpapers, with tasteful previous owner bookplate on front fixed endpaper. Color frontis illustration, black & white photographs and diagrams throughout. Soiling to one page margin at binding edge (yellowing from tape). 108 pgs. with index. Unfaded color illustrated dustjacket is not price clipped, shallow chipping at top spine edge, very small corner chips at base of spine. Enclosed in new archival qual... View More...
First Edition in scarce dust jacket. Clean dark blue cloth boards with gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping, no wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. 204 pages. Dust jacket with photo portrait on front panel of Henry Cabot Lodge is clean, price clipped, has some shallow chipping and edge wear; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The biography of an American Republican politician, historian, and statesman from Massachusetts who served in the United States Senate from 189... View More...
Fine Stated First Edition, First Printing in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean red paper-covered boards with silver lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with black & white photographs throughout. 243 pages with index. Clean bright jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Story of the men and women who paved the way for modern aviation, written for young adults but of interest to anyone who is curious ab... View More...
First Edition in unclipped dust jacket. Clean black boards with blue cloth spine, gold and black lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Very narrow line of slight fading at top board edge. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 305 pages. Clean dust jacket is not price clipped, unchipped, one short closed edge tear; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. View More...
New York: Cupples & Leon, 1926. Very Good/Very Good. Clara Burd, Illustrator. Very clean dark blue cloth boards with black lettering, illustration on cover, black lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square. Small previous owner name on back of frontis illustration, tiny green pen mark on front free endpaper. All pages are clean and bright, with exception of slight foxing along gutter edge on back of frontis illustration. 311 pgs. Illustrations by Clara Burd. No additional printings indicated. Clean color illustrated dustjacket has some loss at top of spine (1/4" to 1/... View More...
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1924. First Edition. Good+/No Dustjacket. Orange cloth boards (lightly soiled) with black title box on cover and spine. No fraying, very little wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages are clean and bright. Faint previous owner name on front free endpaper. 317 pgs. 8vo. Fiction. View More...
Green ribbed cloth boards with illustration of a house on a hill on cover; unchipped gold lettering on cover and spine. No fraying or wear. Very light soiling. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages are clean and bright. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Frontispiece illustration with clean tissue guard. Illustrated by Thelma Gooch. 312 pages. View More...
"First Published for General Circulation, 1935" on copyright page, with MCMXXXV (1935) on title page. Beige buckram cloth boards with gold crossed swords and lettering on cover, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound; pages and edges are clean (slight yellowing), with blank endpapers - no names, writing or marks; publisher's top-stained upper page edges. Many beautiful full page illustrations. 672 pages with index. View More...
New York: Morrow, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Edition, First Printing, SIGNED by author on title page. Very clean blue boards with dark blue spine, bright silver lettering on spine. Hint of light bumping to spine ends, corner tips are sharp and unworn; binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. 464 pp. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped, one small light surface scratch (1") on rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A thriller set on the streets of New York City. View More...
