Search Results: Signed and/or Inscribed Books from Town Books of San Anselmo

This SIGNED, FIRST EDITION is in near fine condition with only a few bumps to corners. Dust Jacket, likewise, has only bumps to a few corners. Signed on the title page. No other internal markings
The novel chronicles the lives of a family reeling from the father's extramarital affair while the children are coming of age and searching for their identity and place in the world. Includes a First Edtions Club Member letter from The Book Passage of Corte Madera, CA and a printed NY Times Book Review of Ms. Pierpont's novel.
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The exquisitely preserved, signed, First Edition of Anybody's Gold is a must for anyone interested in the Gold Rush Era of California and the mining towns that sprang up like weeds in the hills and mountains of northern California. Signed by the author on the half-title page in blue ink.Only slight soiling on boards, no stains, rips or dents. Dust jacket is protected in Mylar and is slightly soiled and yellowed with age, but with no visible rips, tears or chips. Not price-clipped but the four corners have been carefully cut not to extend out too far from the mylar. Pages are birth and clean. Hinge is tight. No other internal markings. Beautifully illustrated endpapers and 32 illustrations throughout book. Includes 3 maps, Index and Reading List.
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Herb Caen's love affair with the city of San Francisco is indelibly printed in this collection of essays that originated as columns in the daily San Francisco Chronicle newspaper. Wonderful, full two-page illustrations by Howard Brodie throughout.
Binding in in excellent condition with just a little rubbing and slight fading at edges. Caen has inscribed and signed on the FFEP to "Sis", who more than likely would be Estelle Caen, a piano prodigy and Herb's sister. Dust jacket has some small, tape repairs to spine ends. Edges are chipped and bumped.
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This is a very nice little book with lovely pen and ink drawings in and around the "City by the Bay", that reads almost as a love letter. Bumps to edges of book and some soiling. The author has signed and dated the FFLF.
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Morrow's, The Forger, is "A must-read for anyone enthralled by the value and integrity of books'...This is the true story of unlikely friends coming together to expose the literary crime of the century, and of a maverick bibliophile who forged not only books but an entire life, erasing his past along the way." ---Goodreads
Book and dust jacket are in pristine condition. Stated first edition with number line 10 - 1. Signed by the author on the title page. Includes a First Editions Club Member letter from Corte Madera's Book Passage.
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A First Edition of this title dedicated, signed and dated by the authors to Frances Douglas (De Kalb) on the FFEP. Douglas was an author and translator of early Spanish and Mexican writers. Boards are slightly soiled and edges are bumped. Dust cover is in two pieces inside the book but could be used to cover the binding with the help of a mylar cover. End papers are browned with age. This book belonged to Douglas and has her named stamped on the FEP.
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An aging astronomer, Augustine, posted in the arctic and space mission specialist, Sullivan returning from Jupiter, both face a cataclysmic event that has silenced the world they once knew and the loved ones left behind.
Small scratch on fornt cover, otherwise fine. Dust Jacket pristine. Signed by author on title page. Not price clipped. Includes a letter from Book Passage of Corte Madera's First Edition's Club Member group.
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Irish priest, Father Odran Yate, moves from beloved teacher and confessor at a boy's school to social pariah as the Catholic diocese he comes to serve is embroiled in sexual abuse scandals.
Slight bump to spine bottom of dust jacket is the only flaw. No internal markings. Signed by the author on the title page. Includes a letter to the First Edition Club Members from Corte Madera's Book Passage.
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1st Edition (October 1914). The signed, 1st edition book by the author of the best-seller, Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch, is decorated with the image of a man and a woman standing at ship's rail on the front cover and includes 14 lovely B&W illustrations throughout. The illustrator is not listed. The dedication by the author is on the half title page reading, "With the best wishes of the author - Alice Hagen Rice." There is also a gift dedication in pen on the half-title page, as well.There is also a beautiful, period owners bookplate on the FEP. See images!
The binding is in very good condition with only minor bumping to corners and spine head and tail and a little soiling. Hinge is tight and the pages are bright and clean. No foxing or stains! There is a list at the back of the book listing 7 other titles by the author, published by The Century Co.
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May Sarton's journal of her stay along the coast of Maine in 1973. Living alone, though visited by friends, Sarton's year plus by the sea is chronicled with precision, insight and introspeciton. Inscribed and dated on the half title page to a friend. Boards are clean except for small black stain on frint cover. Some bumping to edges. Dust jacket in excellent condition.
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A signed book by the author who spent many years traveling in the interior of Malaysia, hunting, photographing and learning of the culture and lives of the indigenous tribes. There are 45 black and white photographs to enhance texts.
Slight soiling to boards. No internal markings, Hinge is tight. Dust Jacket has some chips and small tears to edges and spine end have a couple of small missing pieces. Front left bottom corner is clipped, presumably for the price. Ink signature and location (Singapore) written in the lower right hand corner of the authors' photograph on FEP.
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Christie's debut novel is about young Will who has never left the house of his severely agoraphobic mother until he ventures out and meets a friend Jonah who teaches him how to be a somewhat normal kid. Another boy in the neighborhood goes missing and Will and Jonah set out to solve the mystery.
Very mild soiling and rubbing to Dust Jacket. Binding is Fine. First Edition - Stated with number line 10 - 1. Signed on the title page by the author. Includes a First Edition Club Member letter from Corte Madera's Book Passage.
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Williams reimagines the actual voyage of the French of the Laperouse expedition in 1785 that circumnavigated the globe. The story is told from the many pespectives of the crew, indigenous people contacted and those at home in France.
No flaws in the binding or Dust Jacket. Includes a Book Passage of Corte Madera letter to First Editions Club Member dated August 2015. Author has signed on the title page.
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"Galassi chronicles the decades-long rivalry between two publishing lions, and the iconic, alluring writer who has obsessed them both. Muse is a brilliant, haunting book about the beguiling interplay between life and art, and the eternal romance of literature."--- Goodreads
No flaws to binding or dust jacket. Author signed on title page. Includes a Book Passage of Corte Madera First Edition Club Member letter dated June 2015.
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This is a rare, one-of-a-kind, signed and Inscribed limited edition of paintings, artwork and photography by the renowned Hungarian painters Sass Brunner-Farkas and Elizabeth Brunner. Inspired by a mystic dream of Rabinadrath Tagore, the mother and daughter traveled to India, staying for 5 years. They met and painted Tagore, Mahatma Ghandi, along with portraits of Indian deities, landscapes, and common women and men.
Mother and daughter signed and inscribed the FFEP to friends "Mr. and Mrs. Tomanocky" and there is a separate inscription in Hungarian by, I believe, Sass Brunner. Mother and daughter also signed under their photographs opposite the title page and both signed under portrait photographs of themselves at the beginning of the two sections of the book which separate their individual paintings and drawings with a short inscription by Sass, and on a slip of paper with young Elizabeth's portrait and a Christmas and New Year's greeting. Amazingly, there is also a personal, black and white… Read More

This signed copy is in Near Fine condition with just a bit of soiling and bumping to corners. Dust jacket has small chips and bumps to edges and spine ends. Price clipped. Inscibed by the author on FFEP and signed on the title page.
"Anxiously embarking on her first teaching job, Lucy Winter arrives at a New England women's college and shortly finds herself in the thick of a crisis: she had discovered a dishonest act committed by a brilliant student who is a protégée of a powerful faculty member." ---GoodReads
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Dedicated and signed by the author on the FEP. Parchment paper wrapping protects binding. No other internal markings. A local history work with hundreds of late nineteenth and early twentieth century photographs by resident Tom Prowse whose images, documents and recollections of Knight's Ferry in Stanislaus County, California fill the book.
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This rare children's songbook by the well-known folk singer, political activist and songwriter, Malvina Reynolds, is signed by the author on the illustrated FFEP. There are 14 songs with piano arrangements by Claire Shallot. Each page is illustrated, most of which have been carefully and skillfully 'colored in' by a previous owner. The coloring does not detract from the text or music and adds a somewhat personal, whimsical quality to the book. The stapled binding is tight and very much in tact. Only mild soiling to cover and minor bumps to edges. No tears to pages or cover. Price blacked out on rear cover with black permanent marker. Malvina Reynolds signed songbooks normally sell for between $125 - $200.
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Signed, first edtion of McBride's novel. Includes a First Edition Member's Club letter from Corte Madera's Book Passage. Three separate stories across the United States intersect and challenge individuals and families to put aside fear and despair while putting their lives back together. One or two bumps to dust jacket, otherwise fine. Boards are fine. Signed on title page.
All proceeds benefit The Friends of the San Anselmo Library. No expedited shipping outside of the United States.