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.
Hardcover. New York, Ontario Review Press, 1st thus, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 279 pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. Light shelf-wear. Nice, tight copy.
Hardcover. Princeton, Ontario Review Press, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 279 pages, a clean, tight copy in an unclipped dust jacket. SIGNED BY POVERMAN on title page.
Hardcover. NY, Doubleday Doran and Co., 1st, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, tan cloth stamped in black, illustrated in color and b&w by De Angeli. INSCRIBED BY DE ANGELI on the dedication page, dated 1966. No dust jacket. With his German family, Eli crosses the Atlantic on The Charming Nancy. From Philadelphia, oxen pull their wagon into Penn's Woods, where they make their new home in the Skippack area. Eli loves outdoor work and play, but Mom says he must go to school. Though Eli expects the teacher to be cross, Master Christopher Dock is kind, firm, and patient.
Hardcover. New York, Greenwillow, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 181 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very good pictorial dust jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Clean, tight copy, otherwise.
Hardcover. US, Roaring Brook Press, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non paginated. SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR on title page. Extensive illustrations by Patrick McDonnell throughout. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.
Softcover. Gwinn MI, Avery Color Studios, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 201 pages, b&w illustrations. The Reverend Law was in peril on the Great Lakes and was rescued by a U.S. Life-Saving Service Station crew. As a result of that rescue, seeing their heroic efforts first hand, Reverend Law dedicated the rest of his life to the men and women stationed at Light and Life-Saving stations throughout the United States. Whether it was bringing his "Floating Library" to stations located on the Great Lakes, regular correspondence with the crews of stations far too remote for a personal visit, or his relentless pursuit of Congress to approve a bill to provide better pay and pensions, Reverend Law became a fast friend to those serving in the Lighthouse and Life-Saving services. "Sky Pilot" was sailors' slang for a chaplain. To the men and women he served, Reverend Law was lovingly known as "The Sky Pilot of the Great Lakes." A true tale of unconquerable optimism,
Hardcover. New York, Random House, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 238 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. A very clean, signed copy with only minor wear to cover edges. A tight copy. Front cover has diecut with "signed first edition" sticker on front.
Softcover. New York, Vintage, 1st paperback., 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 213 pages, softcover uncorrected proof. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Minor corner wear, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Delacorte Press, 5th pr., 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 186 pages, stated 5th printing. Dust jacket unclipped with light tanning. ($5.95 on front flap; 0369 on back flap). INSCRIBED/SIGNED BY VONNEGUT on the half-title page. Appears to inscribed by Vonnegut to a third party; "Earle F. Hiscock/ May 27, 1969 from RCH & Lynn SH/ Kurt Vonnegut Jr." Related newspaper clippings laid in at front.
Softcover. London, Faber and Faber, Uncorrected proof, 1970, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 81 pages, b&w drawings by Karen Usborne, INSCRIBED BY WILSON to Irving and Joyce (Adler) on the title page and dated August 1970. Wilson has also added 3 titles to the list of his previously published books on the opposite page. Joyce Adler wrote several books on Caribbean literature and Harris. She has marked up this book in pencil and pen with underlining and marginal notes. This edition published before the hardcover printing. Peach color wrappers faded..
Softcover. Willamette, Willamette Week, 1st wraps, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. Columns from her early column in the Willamette Week newspaper. SIGNED BY DUNN.
Hardcover. Pittsburgh PA, Bissell Block Publishing, 1st, 1905, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in tan cloth with gilt lettering. SIGNED BY AUTHOR in pencil, dated 1913 on a prelim page. 192 pages, 29 illustrations: halftone plates of river, scenery, oil, rigs, glass-making, bridges, mills, comic drawings, few signed Syd Smith.
New York , Harper Collins, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrated by Egielski and SIGNED BY EGIELSKI on title page.
Softcover. NY, Princeton Architectural Press, 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 64 pages, b&w photos throughout. A portfolio of the small buildings designed by the author with a handwritten note laid in. Tectonically beautiful and intricate, his work represents some of the finer points of simple thought in architecture. His own commentary and a conclusion by Turner Brooks allow a clear and concise understanding of the projects. Clean, bright copy.