Mutiny Memoirs being Personal Reminiscences of the Great Sepoy Revolt of 1857 by Mackenzie, Colonel A.R.D - 1892

Storrs: Univ. of Connecticut, 25 April 1972.. Folded quarto leaflet on stiff stock (25.5 x 18 cm). Top edge a shade darkened, a few small dust spots, else near fine. First edition. One of an edition of five hundred copies (of which the first twelve were to be signed by Duncan). This copy bears his signed presentation inscription to his chief trade publisher at the time, James Laughlin, and is also initialed and dated at the end of the text. BERTHOLF A42a.

New Haven, CT: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Press, 1896. First edition. Leather Bound. Very Good +. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches. [6] + 173 numbered pages, which are bright and clean. Top edge gilt. Other edges uncut. Bound in striking full blue leather which is lightly rubbed and sunned. Gilt borders to covers and gilt title to front cover and spine. "Church Club of Connecticut" to front cover. The personal copy of Samuel Hart, one of the authors/lecturers, with contemporary pencil gift inscription on endpaper "Samuel Hart from the Church Club. From the library of Samuel Hart, which experienced a fire that damaged a number of books. As a result, items from Hart's library are extremely rare. Samuel Hart (1845-1917) was dean of the Berkeley Divinity School, the (un)official "middle way" seminary of the Episcopal Church at Middletown, Connecticut. In 1886, he became the third custodian of the Standard Book of Common Prayer. In 1892, he became secretary of the House of… Read More

NY: Random House, 1994. Signed first edition. Inscribed presentation copy to Stepp and Cook Neilson. Motorcycle legend Cook Neilson was a preeminent motorcycle journalist and editor of Cycle Magazine. He won the Daytona Superbike race in 1977 on a Ducati. He was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame and the Ducati North America Hall of Fame in 2006. Published NY: Random House, 1994. 8vo. Slight creasing to spine, else near fine in near fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Baltimore, MD: Borderlands Press, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Signed. Hardcover. Small quarto. 9.25 x 6.25 inches. 239 pp. Fine / Fine in Fine slipcase. Association copy. Number 424 of 1000 signed by author on fly leaf. Post-It laid onto front free endpaper with inscription to long-time friend and fellow author Joe Hensley and wife: "Joe, Char - You might want to check the dedication page on this new 1st H.C. edition. - he." Dedication page reads: "For years of friendship, For forcing open doors and, Busting out windows, This one, with love, for Joe L. and Charlotte Hensley." Blue cloth, silver stamped on front board and spine. Light blue endpapers. Text block square and tight. Interior pristine. Dust jacket unclipped. Includes 16 tales.

London: Martin Secker, 1911. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Publisher. First Printing of the First Edition. About fine but for darkened spine, lightly worn extremities, and some marks to covers. Internally fine. From the library of Frederick Niven, and inscribed to him by Martin Secker. One of the more elusive Ransome titles..

Medford OR, Webb Research Group, 1990, Hardcover, One of a Limited, Presentation Edition of 20 hardcover copies, this copy is designated by the bookplate as a gift from the Author to her husband, Roscoe Albert Baker. Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket, Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight corner and spine end bumps. Dustjacket lightly bumped at corner and spine ends, in Brodart sleeve. An in-depth study of the places and people involved in the World War II relocations of Japanese, German, and Italian-Americans throughout the United States, filled with documentary and photographic evidence regarding this period of U.S. domestic history. Nominated in 1990 for the Pulitzer Prize "for a distinguished book upon the history of the United States". ISBN 9780093673831

Garden City: Doubleday Doran and Co., 1930. First edition, first prnt. Inscribed by Kunitz on the front free endpage. "For the Leith-Rosses, with warmest neighborly greetings - Stanley Kunitz Christmas 1940." Gray cloth-covered boards with printed label on spine. Lacks dustjacket. Offsetting on inscribed page, text pages with foxing, beginning toning on spine. Clean, tight copy in Very Good condition. At the time of his inscription, Kunitz lived in Bucks County, PA close-by Artist Harry Leith-Ross (1886-1978) who lived and worked in New Hope, PA Kunitz's first book. His second appeared fourteen later and his third, Selected Poems 1928-1958, won the Pulitzer Prize.. Inscribed and Dated By Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy.

New York, Alfred A Knopf, 1933, hardcover, 256 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing, Association copy Signed and Inscribed by the Author on the front endpaper "To Kay Francis - all admiration - Max Ewing" and dated "New York, December 1932" Very Good condition, lacking dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slightly rolled and faded spine, nicks to top edge of front board and head of spine, two small holes and edge nicks to front endpaper, small split to paper at front hinge. The many accomplishments of this multi-talented pianist, composer, novelist, poet, sculptor, and photographer were overshadowed by his homosexuality and his unlikely friendship with the prize fighter Jack Pollock. Max's suicide in 1934, at the age of 31, adds drama and sadness to this remarkable man's mostly happy but short life during which Max mingled with dozens of artists, authors, composers, musicians, politicians, stage and movie stars, and wealthy families in Europe, New York, and Hollywood. An… Read More

NY: Knopf, 1973. First edition, first prnt. Inscribed by Gardner to a family member. "To Aunt Lucy with love John May 7, 1974." Cloth spine ends lightly pushed; dustjacket with beginning toning on the edges and spine, slight wear at spine topedge. Tight copy in Near Fine condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. Uncommon as such.. Inscribed and Dated By Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy.

[Waldo, Francis] Willis, Wm. Journals of the Rev. Thomas Smith and the Rev. Samuel Deane, Pastors of the First Church in Portland: with Notes and Biographical Notices: as a Summary History of Portland. By Wm. Willis. Portland: Joseph S. Bailey, 1849. [vi; 483 pages] 8vo; 22.5 cm. Second edition. Frontispiece of Thomas Smith, illustrated with 8 engravings: Interlined portraits and text illustrations. One engraving is of Harvard Hall, Cambridge, built in 1682, destroyed in 1764. Also a map of Portland at the time of the fire of 1775. Embossed black publisher's cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, this copy is signed by Francis W. Waldo: "Francis W. Waldo from his uncle Francis Waldo." Francis W. Waldo was a descendent of Samuel Waldo, the founder of Waldoboro, Maine. This copy is also signed by Elizabeth G.C. Menzies, and dated by her August 1974, the noted Princeton photographer and author. Book tag of Charles E. Tuttle & Company, Old and Rare Books, Rutland, Vermont. Some spotting of introductory… Read More