Biography from Appledore Books, ABAA

Doylesford, PA: Oak Knoll, 1928. Original wraps. Near Fine. Wonderful 1928 privately-printed keepsake about Lord Nelson by the great A. Edward Newton. SIGNED BY A. EDWARD NEWTON along the title page. 12mo, crisp and Near Fine in its blue ribbon-tied wrappers. Tasteful, very small bookplate (Louis Grabosky) at the front pastedown, otherwise very clean internally.

New York: Groset & Dunlap, 1931. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. An impressive copy of this attractive 1931 Grosset & Dunlap reprint. Solid and VG+ (light spotting at the rear panel) in a crisp, VG+ example of the pictorial dustjacket, with just a touch of mild creasing and chipping along the spine crown and the top-edges. Octavo,… Read more about this item

Drake Publishers, New York. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. An impressive copy of the 1972 1swt edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, a number of crisp black-and-white plates complementing Peter Underwood's text. A Review Copy to boot, with the Drake Publishers Review Slip laid-in. Also, an uncommon bound catalogue of Karloff memorabilia… Read more about this item

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1920. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. A handsome copy of the 1920 1st edition of Vol. I, IN ITS UNCOMMON ORIGINAL DUSTJACKET. Tight and VG+ (inconspicuous staining along the top-edge) in a crisp, VG+ example of the elusive printed dustjacket, with just a touch of light creasing and chipping along the spine… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1939. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. A very solid copy of the 1939 1st American edition of Gertrude Stein's slender --but timeless-- portrait of Picasso. Tight and VG+ (light foxing along a number of top-edges --and, less so, at the margins-- and along the fore-edge) in a crisp, price-intact ($3.00), VG+ dustjacket,… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1937. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good +. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY FORD MADOX FORD on the half-title. A solid copy to boot of the 1937 1st edition. Tight and VG, with light abrading along the rear panel's top-edge and minor bumping to the tips. And in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with very light rubbing and creasing… Read more about this item

London: Odhams Press Limited, 1958. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. The 1st British edition of this early, uncommon 1958 memoir of Walt Disney by his daughter, Diane Disney Miller. A very solid copy to boot: Tight and Near Fine in its red cloth, with bright, unrubbed gilt-titling along the spine. And in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with… Read more about this item

New York University Press, 1971. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR SIMON TREFMAN in pencil on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1971 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, VG dustjacket, with minor scuffing and rubbing to the panels and several very small closed tears along their edges.… Read more about this item

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1960. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY MARY MARGARET MCBRIDE on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1960 stated 1st edition. Tight and VG+ (light spotting to the endpapers and pastedowns) in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with light wear to the front flap-fold and mild creasing along the panel edges.… Read more about this item

Jullundur, India: Asian Publishers, 1967. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. A true Kennedy rarity -- the 1st Punjabi edition of Theodore Sorensen's 1965 "Kennedy" AND the author's personal copy to boot. Stapled onto the dustjacket's front flap is the "Transmittal slip", which states December 1967 as date of publication, 5,000 as number of copies published and Punjabi as the… Read more about this item

ArtsEdition, 2006. Cloth. Fine/Fine. A beautiful copy of the 2006 1st edition of this exhaustive biography of the Swiss clown Grock (1880-1959). Tight and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. Quarto, hundreds of wonderful black-and-white photos thruout. Also includes the publisher's CD (at the rear pastedown) and laid-in ephemera (a promotional booklet as well as a "Grock" postcard).… Read more about this item

London: A.M. Philpot Ltd, 1925. Cloth. Fine/Fine. A gorgeous, near-pristine copy of the 1925 1st edition. Clean and Fine in its navy-blue cloth. And in a crisp, Near Fine to Fine dustjacket, with no flaws to speak of. Octavo, 148 uncut pgs. Remarkably well-preserved given its age.

New York: Walker and Company, 1987. Cloth. Fine. WONDERFULLY INSCRIBED BY GREGORY D'ALESSIO IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION on the front free endpaper. A pristine copy to boot of the 1987 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a bright, price-intact, Fine dustjacket. Octavo, nicely illustrated thruout as well by the author.

Ontario: The Porcupine's Quill, 1977. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR DAVID BEASLEY on the half-title. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1977 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Oblong octavo, 219 pgs.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1970. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A crisp, fresh copy of the 1970 1st edition. Solid and Near Fine (small, tasteful bookplate at the front apstedown) in a bright, price-clipped, Near Fine dustjacket. Thick octavo, 500 pgs.

Hartford, CT: Bidwell Publishing Co, 1897. Cloth. Very Good -. The 1897 1st edition. Solid and VG- in its chocolate-brown cloth, with bright silver-lettering at the front panel and spine. Unseemly old newspaper glued to the rear panel, a bit of spotting along the spine and light staining at the rear pastedown and endpaper. Still though, solid and… Read more about this item

Owasso, Oklahoma: Blockhead City Press, 2006. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. A near-pristine copy of the 2006 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with one small closed tear at the foot of the front flap-fold. Octavo, 432 pgs. "Inside the Bandidos Motorcycle Club--The Making of a Worldwide Dynasty"

Havana: Arocha, 1954. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY FULGENCIO BATISTA (former President of Cuba {1940-44, 1955-59}) on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1954 1st Cuban edition (following the original American publication). Tight and VG (with light staining at the rear panel's lower corner) in a bright, VG dustjacket, with… Read more about this item

New York: The Viking Press, 1971. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A handsome copy of the 1971 1st edition, SIGNED BY GARSON KANIN IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION on the front free endpaper. Solid and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 307 pgs. Signed by Author.

New York: Joe Mitchell Chapple Inc, 1940. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR JOE MITCHELL CHAPPLE on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1940 1st edition. Tight and VG+ in a bright, VG dustjacket, with mild soiling along the spine and rear panel and very light chipping… Read more about this item