Hardcover. NY, GP Putman, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 374 pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. A bright copy. When a man dies on live television, everyone believes it is a tragic accident. Kathy Mallory does not. The death was simply a performance planned for pagentry and spectacle. Mallory is on the trail of a killer whose mind makes the same dark twists as her own. The suspense builds steadily throughout the story until the compelling denoeument.
Hardcover. NY, St. Martin's Press, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. SIGNED BY BROWN on the half-title page. An historical mystery based on and incorporating writings of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Oscar Wilde. Clean copy.
Hardcover. New York, W.W. Norton & Co., 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 254 pages, SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. National Book Award Finalist sticker on front. Spotless and tight copy.
Hardcover. Washington, DC, Smithsonian Freer Gallery of Art, 1st , 1947, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, folio, terra cotta cloth stamped in gilt. INSCRIBED BY GUEST on front fly leaf. 15 black & white illustrations in text. 69 pages + 50 pages of black & white plates. Guest was appointed Assistant Curator of the Freer Gallery in 1922, in 1938 the title was changed to Assistant Director; Guest authored numerous books in the area of Chinese Art.
Hardcover. New York, Dutton Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 32 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR Paul O. Zelinsky on half title page. Clean, tight copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Little, flat Sonny Shivers and his family only know it's cold and dark where they live, and whenever the earth quakes, a monstrous hand, reaching forth in a great flash of light, snatches away part of their landscape --Buttery Cliffs, towering Mt. Ketchup . . . and with the landscape goes his family, one by one, until only Sonny is left to face the monsters. Who are they? What and where is the Shivers family? Children will delight in puzzling it all out before the Shivers do. Fran Manushkin's dry but juicy humor, spiced with food puns, carries this droll saga through shivery perils to a warm reunion on the refrigerator door. As ever, Caldecott-winner Paul O. Zelinsky's wit makes theater of the most improbable situations.
Hardcover. New York , Henry Holt, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 223 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, bright copy with only minor wear to dust jacekt and covers. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page.
Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, color illustrations by C.F. Payne, SIGNED by author. This inspirational picture book is based on the true story of Shoeless Joe Jackson and his bat, two of the greatest players in baseball history. Some say Shoeless Joe Jackson was the greatest hitter ever. But Shoeless Joe had a partner: his bat, Black Betsy. And if not for the faithful Black Betsy, Joe might never even have made it to the major leagues. Clean copy
Hardcover. NY, The Burns Archive Press, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, laminated boards, measures 6 x 6 3/4", 164 pages. SIGNED BY BURNS on title page. The first published expose focusing on the war-time clinical photographs of Dr. Reed Bontecou. Photographs of wounded Civil War soldiers from New York regiments, on display for the first time since the 19th century, show the supreme sacrifices made by Americans and their families in sobering detail. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, The Burns Archive Press, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, laminated boards, measures 6 x 6 3/4", 164 pages. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY BURNS on title page. The first published expose focusing on the war-time clinical photographs of Dr. Reed Bontecou. Photographs of wounded Civil War soldiers from New York regiments, on display for the first time since the 19th century, show the supreme sacrifices made by Americans and their families in sobering detail. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Simon $ Schuster, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrated in color by C. F. Payne. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Tight copy.
Hardcover. NY, Warner Books, 4th pr., 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 258 pages, illustrations. INSCRIBED BY RILEY on the front fly leaf: "To Edward/Best Regards- Hoping your season will be as successful as ours/ 88 Pat Riley". Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, reprint, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 48 pages. Reissued edition. Red woven boards with black vignette of boy playing to lower portion. Black titles to spine. Pristine inside, as new. SIGNED by Maurice Sendak on the half title page without dedication.
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 178 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY LOWRY on title-page. Clean, tight copy with minor wear to edges.
Hardcover. NY, Atheneum, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY AVI on front fly leaf., Black & white illust. by C.B. Mordan and SIGNED BOOKPLATE BY MORDAN laid-in. In the early years of the twentieth century, a Swedish family encounters separation and other hardships upon immigrating to New York City until the son is cast in a silent movie. Bold b/w illustrations, inspired by Charlie Chaplin's soulful expressions.
Hardcover. NY, Toon Books/ Raw Junior, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR. Lilly is a spunky little girl who delights in the unexpected pleasures of each season, peering inside shells in the summer and tasting different kinds of apples in the fall. In this charming and subtle book by one of France's premier children's book authors, Lilly learns more about the outdoors, and introduces the youngest readers to the colors, words, and shapes that arise in nature. Silly Lilly's intimate monologues deftly capture a child's sense of wonder, in five whimsical episodes that cycle through the calendar from Spring back to Spring again
Hardcover. San Diego, Harcourt Children's Books, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. SIGNED WITH AN ILLUSTRATION by the author and illustrator on front fly leaf, minor dust jacket edge wear, otherwise, very clean and tight.
Hardcover. New York, Harper Collins, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Unpaginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY GENNADY SPIRIN opposite title page in gold ink, and SIGNED BY JULIE ANDREWS EDWARDS in blue felt pen ink in title page. Tight copy with minor wear to cover boards.
Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. SIGNED BY HIJUELOS on title page.
Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 254 pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE-PAGE.
Hardcover. NY, Grand Central Publishing, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. All sorts of madcap home handicraft techniques and materials are showcased in this tongue-in-cheek volume, along with lots of photos of a beaming Amy Sedaris. INSCRIBED BY SEDARIS on the dedication page. Clean copy.
Softcover. Toronto, Oasis, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 69 pages. Softcover with minr wear to paper wrappers. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON FRONT FLY LEAF. Illustrations throughout. Tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Harper Collins, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a very good dust jacket. Non-paginated. SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR WENDELL MINOR ON TITLE PAGE. Full color illustrations. Clean, bright copy.
Hardcover. New York, Doubleday, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 460 pages, gray cloth covers. Dust jacket with light edgewear, chipping. SIGNED BY NIXON on tipped-in page. Xerox of dealer's letter laid in on the authenticity of Nixon's autograph. (He suggests it's authentic).
Hardcover. New York, Mysterious Press, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 311 pages, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on title page. Minor foxing on top and fore edge, light dust jacket edge wear, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.
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