Search Results: Authors starting with I from David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. First Edition. Very Good. original 1599 edition][8.5x7in]; xxiv 293 pp. [1], eight tipped in pen and ink illustrations on tan paper, many in text black/white illustrations and designs throughout; Black cloth covers with mustard yellow backstrip, black lettering and ship illustration on spine paper label, illustrated black and tan endpapers; Some shelf wear to bottom edges and to bumped corners, slight wear to top and bottom of darken spine, small chips to paper label with no loss of text, rear hinge cracked and loose, prior owner ink name on half title, bookplate of Russel Van Arsdale Lee on front endpaper [Dr. Lee (1895-1982) was a noted Palo Alto doctor that started the Medical Clinic in 1930 and was on the faculty of the Stanford School of Medicine for 42 years], bookseller stamp on recto of rear free endpaper.

Chicago: The John C. Winston Company, 1935. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. Inscribed by David Irwin, [8.75x6.25in]; x, 254 pp., frontispiece image of David Irwin, 14 plates of 16 black and white images; Green cloth covers with black ink lettering and illustration of dog sled team on front, gilt lettering on spine; Arctic maps and routes on end papers, all edges trimmed; Dark blue dust jacket with white and black lettering on front and spine, illustration of dog sled team and aurora on a globe, image and Irwin biography on back; Minimal shelf wear, back hinge loose; Some shelf wear to dust jacket with chips and closed tears along edges and corners, top and bottom of spine chipped with minor loss of text, long repaired split along front and back spine, some soiling and rubbing to covers and spine, spine slightly darken, inscription on frontispiece by Irwin "To Barney McEntire - The best of pilots & men - Sincerely Your Arctic Friend - David Irwin", tipped in folded plain paper with pencil note to… Read More

San Francisco: A. M. Robertson, 1916. First Edition. Irwin, Inez Haynes The Californiacs What is a Californiac? San Francisco, CA: A. M. Robertson, 1916. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- to Near Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The rear endpaper has several spots of ground-in dirt and spotting. The dust jacket has several small edge chips , especially to the spine ends. "Inez Haynes Irwin (March 2, 1873 - September 30, 1970) was an American feminist author, journalist, member of the National Women's Party, and president of the Authors Guild. [1] Many of her works were published under her former name Inez Haynes Gillmore. She wrote over 40 books and was active in the suffragist movement in the early 1900s. Irwin was a "rebellious and daring woman", but referred… Read More