Uncle Tom's Cabin [two vols.] Or, Life Among the Lowly by Stowe, Harriet Beecher - 1852

True First Edition with 1934 on the Main Title Page and the copyright page with no other printings listed. And directly signed on the 1st leaf by the AUTHOR "Josephine W. Johnson September 1934" in black ink HER FULL Signature(as full as I've ever seen her signature) just 2 months after the publishing date...And there is a later issue Dustjacket too, with the fold-out flap. BOOK details first: Brown cloth covers with paper labels, the spine label is 95-97% gone but I have an answer for it at the end of the description, one on the front nice, light rubbing, light shelf wear, all corners touch of wear or rounding, the spine ends are worn to the point of fraying(but not bumped) and a very slight lean. But inside is beautiful, no markings other than the Signature, inside the covers are beginning to age tone but that's it, unread tightness...The Dustjacket has a few problems too, there is soiling, rubbing, and chips, the worst chip is the top of the spine taking out the Now and 1/2 of in of the… Read More

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1975. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First Printing. Signed/Limited Edition. Number 60 of 75 copies signed by Bukowski on the limitation page with an original watercolor painting by Charles Bukowski bound in with a tissue guard. A scarce edition of Bukowski's second novel. Book is protected in the original acetate jacket. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box..

New York: Oxford University Press, 1978. Boldly Signed by Rem Koolhaas on a large sheet (6" x 8") of archival Arches paper, laid into the book First edition / First printing. Pink paper-covered boards. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with light wear to the edges, an outstanding copy of a scarce title. Rem Koolhaas is the Pritzker Prize Winner for 2000.

Original Edward Lear drawing in pen with black and grey ink and grey wash, numbered '43' to upper left and titled in pen with black ink to the lower sheet "And one, an English Home, - gray twilight pour'd / On dewy pastures, dewy trees / Softer than sleep:- all things in order stored / A haunt of ancient peace. (The Palace of Art.) / Hampshire, England". The house is the only English scene chosen by Lear in 'The Palace of Art' series was Lord Northbrook's Stratton House. Undated (1871). Overall size 13" x 11" (Mount aperture Size 8" x 5 1/2"). Very Good condition. Framed and glazed. (Not removed from the frame). Pencil note from previous owner to the reverse stating provenance was the Tennyson Trust. As featured in Ruth Pitman's "Edward Lear's Tennyson" Pg 81-86.
Provenance;
From a Private Collector
Previously from the Tennyson Trust

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Printing. Second issue book with Scribner's seal on copyright page. The book is in fine condition except for page three which is missing part of its front edge not affecting the text. The second issue dustjacket has been professionally restored. Book is protected in a custom cut mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box..

True First Edition with 1934 on the Main Title Page and the copyright page with no other printings listed. And directly signed on the 1st leaf by the AUTHOR "Josephine W. Johnson September 1934" in black ink HER FULL Signature(as full as I've ever seen her signature) just 2 months after the publishing date...And there is a later issue Dustjacket too, with the fold-out flap. BOOK details first: Brown cloth covers with paper labels, the spine label is 95-97% gone but I have an answer for it at the end of the description, one on the front nice, light rubbing, light shelf wear, all corners touch of wear or rounding, the spine ends are worn to the point of fraying(but not bumped) and a very slight lean. But inside is beautiful, no markings other than the Signature, inside the covers are beginning to age tone but that's it, unread tightness...The Dustjacket has a few problems too, there is soiling, rubbing, and chips, the worst chip is the top of the spine taking out the Now and 1/2 of in of the… Read More

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1975. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First Printing. Signed/Limited Edition. Number 60 of 75 copies signed by Bukowski on the limitation page with an original watercolor painting by Charles Bukowski bound in with a tissue guard. A scarce edition of Bukowski's second novel. Book is protected in the original acetate jacket. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box..

New York: Oxford University Press, 1978. Boldly Signed by Rem Koolhaas on a large sheet (6" x 8") of archival Arches paper, laid into the book First edition / First printing. Pink paper-covered boards. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with light wear to the edges, an outstanding copy of a scarce title. Rem Koolhaas is the Pritzker Prize Winner for 2000.

Original Edward Lear drawing in pen with black and grey ink and grey wash, numbered '43' to upper left and titled in pen with black ink to the lower sheet "And one, an English Home, - gray twilight pour'd / On dewy pastures, dewy trees / Softer than sleep:- all things in order stored / A haunt of ancient peace. (The Palace of Art.) / Hampshire, England". The house is the only English scene chosen by Lear in 'The Palace of Art' series was Lord Northbrook's Stratton House. Undated (1871). Overall size 13" x 11" (Mount aperture Size 8" x 5 1/2"). Very Good condition. Framed and glazed. (Not removed from the frame). Pencil note from previous owner to the reverse stating provenance was the Tennyson Trust. As featured in Ruth Pitman's "Edward Lear's Tennyson" Pg 81-86.
Provenance;
From a Private Collector
Previously from the Tennyson Trust

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Printing. Second issue book with Scribner's seal on copyright page. The book is in fine condition except for page three which is missing part of its front edge not affecting the text. The second issue dustjacket has been professionally restored. Book is protected in a custom cut mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box..