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Great Britain: Pinner Private Libraries Association, 1967. Limited Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1400 copies were printed of which 500 were for sale. book and jacket would be very fine except for minor bumping at top and bottom of spine. Jacket near fine with repairs to verso of back coverThomas Frognall (1776-1847) was a bibliographer and bibliomaniac extraordinary. Internally mint.

About this Item: Houghton Mifflin, New York, 2002. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Book is very fine in fine dust jacket. Book is unmarked and unread. The author Tim O'Brien is widely acclaimed as our finest chronicler of the Vietnam War and its aftermath. In this ambitious, compassionate, and terrifically compelling novel, this American master returns to his signature themes passion, memory and yearning in a brilliant ensemble piece, July, July. Winner of the National Book Award for his classic novel Going After Cacciato, Tim O'Brien strikes at the emotional nerve center of our lives. July, July speaks directly to our unique American character and to our unique resilience. This is an important book and should be in any complete library.

New York: Random House, 1937. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book is in fine condition with former owners name stamped on top of ffp. This is a beautiful unopened copy of Odet's masterpiece. No jacket, protected in vinyl sleeve. Front and rear paste-downs and ffp and lfp, tanned.

New York: Covici.Friede, 1935. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine book of Odets"s plays, Awake and Sing, Waiting for Lefty, Till the day I die. very fine unopened review copy. Clean and bright with nice top stain. End papers and paste downs and fore edge a trifle foxed. Book is a review copy with publishers notice tipped into book. " Please do not release review prior to the above date. ( May 15 1935)" All three plays were copy righted in 1935. Awake and Sing was first performed by the Group Theater at Belasco Feb. 19th 1935. Waiting for Lefty was first performed at the Longacre Theater March 26th 1935 and Till the day I die was first staged on March 26th at the Longacre theater at the same time as waiting for Lefty. An important collectible, in very fine condition.

Mysterious Press, New York, 1986. Hardcover. Condition: New. Limited Edition. Peter O'Donnell (1920-2010) was a prolific British mystery writer for comic strips and graphic novel and best known for the Modesty Blaise novels of which this is 11th and final full length novel in the Modesty Blaise series. he continued to write the comic strip until 2002 and published a Novel of short stories (Cobra Trap) featuring Modesty Blaise in 1996. Two films were made using the Modesty Blaise character 1966 and 2004 ( O'Donnell was interviewed). This very special SIGNED LIMITED EDITION #40/250 is new as is publishers slipcase. This is a rare and very desirable collectible. Signed by Author.

Random House Trade Paperbacks, New York, 1981. Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Kelly Oechsli (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition/First printing soft cover book is in very good condition and inscribed by John Haeetzig, who I assume is the author. This is a fun how to do Christmas book. The book explores how to address the tree, wrap gifts, bake cookies and breads and after all is done, drinks. This is a fun Christmas book. Signed by Author

U.S.A.: Riverhead Books, 2003. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. O'Faolain's candor and honest, and ultimately her compassion, set her memoir well apart from the crowd. " Brilliant writing and heartbreaking insight. This book is a perfect follow up to her best selling book, Are you Somebody? First printing with full number line starting with 1

Limited Editions Club, New York, 1982. Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Leonard Baskin (illustrator). First Thus. Limited Edition #539/1500 Book is new as is publishers slipcase. 10 full page Drawings of the characters are by master wood block and lithograph artist Leonard Basking with a tipped in original Lithograph by Baskin. Irma B. Jaffe who wrote the introduction to this wonderful book wrote "bringing Eugene O'Neill and Leonard Baskin together suggests in some ways a marriage made in heaven and in other ways one surely celebrated in hell". The Iceman cometh is one of O'Neill's finest and most famous plays and this new copy is a wonderful collectible or very special gift. Limited editions club newsletter is included. Signed by Illustrator

New York: Horace Liveright, 1926. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book in VG condition, clean internally except for presentation to a husband from a wife on front paste-down (5/4/32) No jacket. The Great God Brown (1925), and the Fountain (1921-1922), are first printed here. The Moon and the Caribbees (n/d) have been printed Eight times. Book retains original green stain, fore-edge and bottom soiled. A nice copy of nine interesting plays.

About this Item: Random House, New York, 1934. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. Days Without End, by Nobel Prize (1936) winning playwright was first introduced to the world in 1933. The unmarked limited edition #305/325 is very good to near fine. The leather binding is very solid and square with wear to spine and edges . The spine label is clear and bright with fine gilt lettering. Internally the book is spotless and very fine, This limited edition is printed on all rag paper and signed by the author. The book is finely printed and the fore and bottom edges are untrimmed. The top edge is trimmed and nicely gilt. The first act of this four act play takes place in New York City on a Spring day in 1932 in the office and apartment of John Loving, a comfortable executive with Eliot and Company . The fourth act begins in the bedroom of Elsa in bed with a stunned expression and John on the verge of a mental collapse. The author was one of the first American playwrights to use… Read More

Candlewick Press, 1992. Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Maurice Sendak (illustrator). 1st Edition/first printing . With Iona Opie's introduction and detailed notes and Maurice Sendak's remarkable pictures, vignettes, sequences, and full page paintings both wickedly funny and comically sad, this book offers knowledge and entertainment to all who open it. Like a collection of Mother Goose nursery rhymes or Grimm's' fairy tales I Saw Esau deserves a place among the classic texts of childhood. Book and priced jacket ($19.95) jacket are in AS NEW condition. Solid, square, unopened and unread and totally unmarked. This is a fine collectible copy.

About this Item: Black Sparrow Press, Santa Rosa, California, 1985. Hardcover. Condition: As New. Limited Edition. Fine book is signed by the author Joel Oppenheimer (1930-1988) on the page after the title page. Book is limited to 150 signed and numbered copies. The is copy 22/150. Joel Oppenheimer spent a year at Cornell University, a semester at the University of Chicago and a year " floundering" until he entered Black Mountain College when he studied with M. C. Richards, Paul Goodman and Charles Olson. his columns appeared in the village Voice and he received a Caps grant in poetry and an NEA in 1980. Along with his poetry and prose, Oppenheimer published two non-fiction books about the New York Mets and Marilyn Monroe. The authors poetry is interesting and evocative. Book is pristine, unmarked and unread. Collectible. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 001710

About this Item: Black Sparrow Press, Santa Rosa, California, 1985. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. Very fine limited edition copy O/26. This edition was published in wrappers; there are 200 cloth trade copies, 150 hardcover copies that have been numbered and signed and 26 special copies with a tipped in holographic poem by the author. Book is pristine. Book is quarter bound in multicolored cloth over printed boards. Joel Oppenheimer (1930-1988) was an American poet associated with the Black Mountain Poets and the New School. He was a contributor to The Village Voice from 1969 thru 1984. The poet explored intimacy and domesticity. Book is very fine and very collectible. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 001725

About this Item: Jacob North Pubishing C., Lincoln Nebraska, 1989. Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Book is in fine unmarked condition, signed by the first gentleman on the dedication page.When is a cookbook more than a cookbook? When it's a colorful collection of recipes and anecdotes compiled by Bill Orr (1935-2013), The First Gentleman of the state of Nebraska (1987-1991) " Cooking is my secret passion," he said, " men need to know that recipes don't have to read like the Dead Sea Scrolls." Quite the culinary statement. Kidding aside, there are hundreds of recipes from around the world and for every palate.The book is not only loaded like a potato with meat and vegetarian dishes, it has some wonderful cake and pastry recipes. This is a nice cookbook with some of the recipes submitted by Nancy Reagan, Warren Buffett, Johnny Carson and Audrey Hepburn to name a few. Signed by Author

Lincoln Nebraska: Jacob North Printing Company, Inc., 1989. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. According to William"Bill" Orr, "This book is dedicated to men who have yet to discover how satisfying it can be to start from scratch and serve a good dish or two. This interesting and well thought out cookbook has hundreds of "go to" recipes, dozens of funny quips and descriptions and many photographs. Also in true midwestern scorn of either coast, this one directed to southern California, is a how to on calorie loss. Beating around the bush -75, Jumping to conclusions 100, Pushing your luck 250, and the list goes on." Cooking is my secret passion" " Men need to know that recipes don't have to read like the dead sea scrolls." Book is in near fine unmarked ( except for the dated signature of her honor's husband and author Bill Orr) condition. Soft cover book is tight and square and… Read More