THEODORE ROOSEVELT'S LETTERS TO HIS CHILDREN by EDITED BY JOSEPH BUCKLIN BISHOP - 1925

London, England: Chas. J. Sawyer, Grafton House. Fine with No Dust Jacket as issued. 1927. First Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 70 pages: 7 x 8.75 in.: 1: KB#010252: No Jacket As Issued. Boards now protected by a new Brodart Archival Mylar Cover. This edition was limited to 350 numbered copies, of which this copy is no. 337. Published in "MCMXXVII" (1927). Contains a Portrait of Hardy by Alvin Coburn as the tissue-protected frontispiece. Binding is dark red spine and boards with gilt lettering. Boards and pages are clean, unmarked, bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. .

Houghton Mifflin Co., New York, 1962; First Edition, first printing; 8vo, 513 pages; orange cloth, silver titles; blue topstain. Houghton Mifflin Fellowship Award winning novel by journalist, novelist, and self-professed communist Clancy Sigal (1926-2017), who after moving West and graduating U.C.L.A. in 1950 went to work for Columbia Pictures, only to be fired by Harry Cohn for using the office mimeo to print radical handbills. After an unsuccessful attempt to organize a film technicians’ labor union, Sigal went to work at a Hollywood talent agency, his experiences there providing the material for his novel "Black Sunset." In 1957, fearing the HUAC investigations, Sigal fled Hollywood, driving cross-country to New York in order to, in his words, "look at America to find out why she wasn’t my country anymore." His observations on the trip were the basis for "Going Away." Soon afterward, he slinked away to London, where he remained for nearly thirty years before… Read More

LONDON: PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, REES, ORME, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMAN, 1833 Book. Very Good (+) Book. Leather Bound. Not Stated/assumed First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Full calf leather binding with elaborate gilt to spine & gilt borders to front & rear cover. Marbled endpapers with gilt dentil and outer marbled edge. Nice overall condition with some mild rubbing & tiny tears to leather. Solid binding & nice clean pages (foxing at frontis & endpapers only)..

London: Hutchinson, 1994-2001. First edition. Original Cloth. Very Good/very good. Years of Hope 1940-1962, Out of the Wilderness 1963-67, Office Without Power 1968-72, Against the Tide 1973-76, Conflicts of Interest 1977-80, The End of an Era 1980-90, Free at Last! 1991-2001. Lacks the More Time for Politics 2001-2007, issued in 2007, after his retirement from parliament in 2001. All first editions, first printings. All jackets in protective transparent removable sleeves, so very well kept, all unclipped. Pages to Free at Last somewhat toned; some faint discolouration to page edges of a few copies, traces of finger soil to lower page tips on most copies, light edgewear to some jackets, chiefly head of spine. Free of any inscriptions or marks, a very bright, sound set.

Caxton Printers, Ltd.. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 2009. Hardcover. Assumed first edition but it is not stated. Very good hardcover with tight binding and clean pages. No dust jacket. Very minimal wear to edges and corners of covers and spine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 450 pages .

This used paperback book is in very good condition. The pages are clean and neat. The binding is tight. The boards are clean inside and out.

Chicago: Jensen, McClurg & Co., 1882. Hardcover. Very Good. 253 pages. Signed at the top of title page by Edward Coles; 'Mrs. Ogden with complements of Edward Coles August, 1884'. With 6 fold-out facsimile letters. Brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Tissue-protected frontispiece engraved portrait of Coles. Condition of book is VERY GOOD; Wear to top & bottom of spine, corners bumped, front hinge starting to crack, text & facsimile letters are very clean, no foxing etc. anywhere in the book.

LONDON: PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, REES, ORME, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMAN, 1833 Book. Very Good (+) Book. Leather Bound. Not Stated/assumed First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Full calf leather binding with elaborate gilt to spine & gilt borders to front & rear cover. Marbled endpapers with gilt dentil and outer marbled edge. Nice overall condition with some mild rubbing & tiny tears to leather. Solid binding & nice clean pages (foxing at frontis & endpapers only)..

Storyville Publications, 1992. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First UK Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Black cloth hardcover with gilt and black to spine and front; no jacket; 551 pages; b&w illustrations. Very good plus condition: ownership inscription inside front, otherwise like-new. Laid in is a printed letter by the author thanking Bill (previous owner of the book) for his contributions of photos to the book, and a billing for the book; she signed the letter "Laurie." Biography of Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller (May 21, 1904 - December 15, 1943) was an American jazz pianist, organist, composer, violinist, singer, and comedic entertainer. New plastic protective jacket..

RARE SIGNED STATED FIRST EDITION: Gaddis, Thomas E.: Birdman Of Alcatraz, The Story of Robert Stroud .1955 Random House 1st. Ed. w/ exlib replacement 1st Ed. DJ is an original HARVEY GABOR White/black jail bars/ bird inset dust jacket protected by a mylar wrap. Unclipped Front flap states 9/55. Used. Good-/Good condition original dust jacket. Front cover states: "The fantastic true story of the prisoner with the longest record of solitary confinement in the United States – who became a leading authority on birds." The original source material for the gripping American film starring Burt Lancaster. YOUR OFFERS ARE WELCOME HERE!