The Midnight Club
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. 283 pages; SIGNED AND INSCRIBED thus on title page: "Arthur / James Patterson." Price of $17.95 on front flap of dust jacket. More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. 283 pages; SIGNED AND INSCRIBED thus on title page: "Arthur / James Patterson." Price of $17.95 on front flap of dust jacket. More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1962. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. SIGNED, INSCRIBED AND DATED IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION BY KATHERINE ANNE PORTER. Bound in yellow cloth lettered and decorated in red; a fine bright copy in unclipped near fine dust jacket. An outstanding fresh, bright..... More
New York: New Directions, 1961. First Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY JAMES PURDY ON DEDICATION PAGE. 183 pp. A fine copy in a very good+ dust jacket with minimal edge wear and soiling. More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1952. First Edition. Octavo, 248 pages; publisher's red cloth, spine printed in black. INSCRIBED by the author on FEP - Vincent Starrett copy, signed on the half title and dated 18 Dec. 1951. (First edition stated). A lovely copy, in a near fine dust jacket..... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2001. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. 399 pages; pictorial dust jacket with price of $24,95 on front flap. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED on title page to mystery collector Arthur H. Parson: "To Arthur - / Cheers! / Ian Rankin" followed by his drawing..... More
Boston: Charles E. Goodspeed, 1902. First Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY EDWIN REED and with a letter from the author to a close friend laid in telling the friend two of the author's books have been shipped. Recipients bookplate mounted to front pastedown, 441pp., unopened. Bound in..... More
Boston: Charles E. Goodspeed, 1902. First Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY EDWIN REED TO A CLOSE FRIEND WHO HE HAD SENT TWO OF HIS BOOKS. Photo-illustrated portrait of the author and two of his residence, mounted to front free endpapers; recipient's bookplate to front paste-down, 242pp. Bound..... More
New York: Scribner, 1999. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED TO MYSTERY COLLECTOR ARTHUR PARSON BY KATHY REICHS ON TITLE PAGE. Fine in a fine dust jacket. 379 pp. More
Phoenix AZ: The Berryhill Co., 1919. First Edition. Hard Cover. SIGNED, INSCRIBED AND DATED BY WILL H. ROBINSON TO HIS BROTHER ON FFEP. 12mo, 71 pp. Bound green cloth spine over green printed boards. Minor edge wear; faint pencil marks rear endpapers; a very good copy. More
Rodale, 2004. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. SIGNED, INSCRIBED AND WITH #4256 UNDER SIGNATURE BY PETE ROSE. Pete Rose had 4256 career hits. This item is inscribed to bookseller Charles Parkhurst. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. xiv, 322 pp. More
New York: Random House, 1934. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Tall Octavo. Author's first book. SIGNED BY WILLIAM SAROYAN AND WARMLY INSCRIBED TO HIS EDITOR AS FOLLOWS: "To Kenneth Houston/a fine editor, with/sincere good wishes/for the continued/success of Literary/America, the magazine,/and the state of/the country itself-/William Saroyan./Manhattan/May 22/1935..... More
PGA Tour, 2002. Hard Cover. Octavo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY TOM WEISKOPF ON FFEP. Tom Weiskopf's copy with his name in gilt on front cover. Inscribed to bookseller Charles Parkhurst with his armorial bookplate laid in. A near fine copy with top corners bumped. More
New York: Villard/Random House, 1997. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo, 481; pictorial dust jacket, with price of $25.00 on front flap. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED on title page to mystery collector Arthur H. Parson. First printing, of author's first book, with full number line. More
New York: Abbeville Press, 1985. SPECIAL DELUXE EDITION. Full-Leather. Octavo. SPECIAL DELUXE EDITION, 415 pages, bound in full beige BUFFALO HIDE, and SIGNED on an official bookplate on the front pastedown AND a slice of Mt. Rushmore granite mounted within a recessed compartment built into the front pastedown; ADDITIONALLY INSCRIBED..... More
London: Trubner and Co., 1866. First Edition. Hard Cover. 12mo. Inscribed on FEP, "Compliments of the Author." 12mo. Original green cloth, stamped in blind, spine lettered in gilt; yellow coated end papers; 142 pages. Internally clean; unopened. Cloth shows lighter areas, but very little wear; very good+. More
New York: Kensington Books, 1994. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. 12mo, 252 pages; SIGNED AND INSCRIBED on title page thus: "To Arthur / Hope you enjoy it! / Best Wishes, / Troy Soos / Oct. 8, 1994" - First printing stated. Pictorial dust jacket with $14.95 on front..... More
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1905. First Edition. Hard Cover. SIGNED, INSCRIBED AND DATED BY JOHN PHILIP SOUSA ON TITLE PAGE. Inscribed on the title page: "To / Mrs. M. A. Christensen / from / John Philip Sousa / 1908." Mrs. Christensen's name and address on the FEP. September, 1905 on..... More
New York: E.P. DUTTON, INC., 1989. First Trade Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY MICKEY SPILLANE TO FELLOW AVIATOR P. J. O'DONNELL. The author includes his military ID number beneath his signature. 228pp., bound in 1/4 red cloth over red paper covered boards, spine lettering..... More
New York: The Vanguard Press, 1929. First Edition. Octavo, 313 pages; publisher's purple cloth fading at edges; light wear at spine ends. Pictorial dust jacket, with $2.50 price on front flap. INSCRIBED on ffep thus: "December 19 - 1929 / To Elsie - with more love / probably than she..... More
New York: William Morrow, 1972. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. octavo, 246 pages; SIGNED AND INSCRIBED on the title page thus: "To Arthur with / all good wishes / Ross Thomas" - Pictorial dust jacket, with price of $6.95 on front flap. A lovely, unread copy. More
New York: Alfred A . Knopf, 1969. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Small Octavo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY JOHN UPDIKE TO WILLIAM TARG. Inscribed by the author to bookseller, author and publisher William Targ, who also published The Godfather, among others. William Targ was editor and publisher at..... More
New York: Donald I. Fine, Inc., 1985. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. Octavo, 341 pages; pictorial dust jacket with price of $17.95 on front flap. 1 of 1500 copies printed for advance review. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED on title page to mystery collector Arthur Parson. Arthor's first book;..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1926. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. SIGNED AND AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED BY HUGH WALPOLE ON FFEP AND DATED CHRISTMAS, 1926. A fine copy in edgeworn dust jacket, with 1/8" loss at spine ends, small chip at center spine; jacket spine a bit darkened. More
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1969. First Edition. HardCover with Dust Jacket. octavo, 312 pages; pictorial dust jacket, with $5.95 on front flap. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED on FFEP thus: "To / Arthur Parson, / with best wishes, / Hillary Waugh / Aug. 30, 1978." Owner name and date on half..... More
New York: Harvey House, Inc., 1966. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. SIGNED AND NUMBERED "COPY #102" ON TITLE PAGE BY CARL J. WEBER. ALSO SIGNED AND INSCRIBED ON HALF TITLE PAGE BY CARL J. WEBER. Quite a handsome copy, in a near fine dust jacket. More