London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1896. First Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. 204 pages, 4 pages of ads at rear. From the library of avid book collector and philanthropist Estelle Doheny (1875 - 1958) with her bookplate. Bound in original blue cloth with beveled edges, gilt lettering spine; frontispiece of the..... More
London (1880): Chatto & Windus. Hard Cover. Octavo. TWO VOLUMES. SIGNED BY BENNETT CERF ON FFEP ON EACH VOLUME without personalization. From the library of Bennett Cerf (May 25, 1898-August 27, 1971). Cerf was one of the founders of Random House publishing and the author and publisher of a number..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1939. First Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUGUST DERLETH to author Faith Baldwin: "For Faith Baldwin/Contemporary/from August Derleth/Contemporary/with the hope that the story will not seem too depressing/10/9/39" written on the half-title. Faith Baldwin (Oct. 1, 1893 - March 18, 1978) was..... More
New York: William Morrow & Co., 1959. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. Gardner's 100th book! SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY ERLE STANLEY GARDNER TO HIS NIECE NORDIE "WITH ALL THE BEST FROM UNCLE ERLE" ON THE FEP. Fine in a fine pictorial dust jacket, by H. Lawrence Hoffman..... More
New York: William Morrow & Co., 1961. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Quarto. SIGNED AND WARMLY INSCRIBED BY ERLE STANLEY GARDNER TO DR. ROBERT P. BRITTAIN, life-long friend of Mr. Gardner and Professor of Forensic Medicine at Leeds University and frequent lecturer at the Homicide Investigation Seminar at..... More
New York: Willima Morrow & Company, 1960. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Quarto. SIGNED AND WARMY INSCRIBED TO DR. ROBERT P. BRITTAIN, life-long friend of Mr. Gardner and professor of Forensic Medicine at Leeds University, and frequent lecturer at the Homicide Investigation Seminar at the Harvard Medical School..... More
London (1955): Cassell & Co. First Edition. octavo, SIGNED by Graham Green, with his ink signature on ffep. ANNOTATED by Graham Green, with 4 page numbers on the rear pastedown, as was his habit and which we have seen in other titles we have owned from his library. Further annotated..... More
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1847. First Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. From the library of avid book collector and philanthropist Estelle Doheny (1875 - 1958) with her bookplate. TWO VOLUMES. 324, 358(1)pp.32pp. publisher's catalog at rear dated April, 1847, frontispiece portrait of Hunt in volume one; bound in publisher's lavender..... More
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1925. First Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. Author John Bowles copy, with his name and date on front free endpaper. 63pp Bound in decorative paper covered boards, paper spine label, couple of chips to spine; light foxing on some leaves. In all, a very good copy. More
New York: Harper & Row, 1970. First American Edition. Hard Cover. SIGNED AND FROM THE LIBRARY OF FRANCIS CRICK. A Fine hardback First American Edition First Printing in a Near Fine Dust Jacket with minimal edge wear. An autobiography of Julian Huxley (older brother of Aldous), who considered himself a...... More
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New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1949. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. SIGNED, WARMLY INSCRIBED TO FELLOW AUTHOR ERLE STANLEY GARDNER AND DATED BY HENRY JOSEPH JACKSON ON FEP. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. xx, 346 pp. More
London: Elkin Matthews & John Lane, 1894. First Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. First Edition of the author's first book. From the library of avid book collector and philanthropist Estelle Doheny (1875 - 1958) with her bookplate. Also from the library of prolific artist and bookplate designer Pickford Waller (1896 -..... More
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1891. W. G. Burn-Murdoch. First Edition. Hard Cover. 12mo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY INDUSTRY GIANT WILLIAM E. DODGE (1832-1903), to fellow industry giant, John Stewart Kennedy (1830-1909), on the FEP, and dated Jan. 1892. Bound in original green cloth, with man fishing on front panel..... More
Boston: Ticknor and Felds, 1859. Hard Cover. 12mo. From the library of Owen Wister with his bookplate (Butler, Place) front paste-down. Owen Wister (July 14, 1860 - July 21, 1938) was author of "The Virginian," considered to be the first cowboy novel. Wister was fascinated with the culture and lore..... More
![Item #0679 THE AMAZING DR. CLITTERHOUSE [Inscribed Association Copy]. Barre Lyndon, SIGNED](https://parkhurstrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/0679.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1480532807)
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1936. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED TO W. H. LEVERTON BY BARRE LYNDON ON FFEP. W. H. Leverton was a fellow author and a key figure in the Haymarket Theatre in London. Lyndon's first play. MOVIE SOURCE; the 1938 film version..... More
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Boston: Small, Maynard & Co., 1921. First Edition. Hard Cover. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY WILL D. (BILLY) PARKER. Legendary pioneer aviator Will D. (Billy) Parker's copy, with his bookplate and ownership inscription of front blank: "Capt. Billy Parker/H.M.R.F.C./Dewey Okla/1921" in pencil. Parker had just served Her Majesties Royal Flying Corps..... More
N.p. IMG Publishing, 1998. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Tom Weiskopf's copy, SIGNED by him on the FEP, with ALS by the author, on the publisher's letterhead, presenting the book to Mr. Weiskopf. A beautiful copy, fine in a fine dust jacket. More
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. Association copy SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY H. L. MENCKEN TO R.E. WESTMAN. With Westman's bookplate front pastedown and from the noted Fortunoff collection. 331pp., xix, (1)pp. Bound in dark blue cloth with author's initials stamped in..... More
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1919. Hard Cover. 12mo. SIGNED, INSCRIBED TO RAYMOND E. RUBICAM AND DATED BY CHRISTOPHER MORLEY ON FFEP. Raymond E. Rubicam was an American advertising pioneer who co-established the Young & Rubicam Advertising Co., 190pp., bound in 1/4 green cloth over gray paper covered boards..... More
New York: Doubleday and Company, 1947. Original Wraps. Uncorrected Proof. Bound in original brown wrappers, with publisher's slip stapled to front wrap - "Benet" written in pencil on publisher's slip. Octavo, 374 pages, printed on rectos only. Heavy paper folded chemise. A very good copy. More
London: John Bartlet, 1654. Full Leather. 12mo. SIGNED BY BENJAMIN WILLIAM CROMBIE ON TITLE PAGE without personaliation. From the library of draughtsman, engraver, and caricaturist Benjamin William Crombie (1803-1847). Bound in 19th Century full leather binding with raised bands spine, gilt lettering spine. Modern owner bookplate front paste-down. Slight age..... 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