Rare books from GRATEFUL DEAD BOOKS

Random House, 1959 Very nice copy. Clean and crisp. First printing stated. Unclipped. Signed on FFEP. A forgotten classic by a maverick and overlooked Beatnik era writer. Founder of The Paris Review with Peter Mathiessen. Unmarked. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good.

Coward-McCann, 1967 Ex Library copy. Good overall. Has library label and old pocket card in rear inside. Spine lettering faint with call letter sticker at bottom. Minor cloth fray at spine. Good account of his last moments surrounding the JFK assassination. Rare. Written by LHO brother.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair.

WM. H. Moore, 1851 Very good. No tears or missing pages. First edition 1851 by the famous later Confederate ship captain. Semmes was a talented man he wrote long before the Civil War. Has beautiful, engraved All Illustrations and folding map present in VG condition. Great 1840s US Military history. Elegantly rebound in a buckram binding in 1995.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.

NY : E.J. Hale & Son, 1878 Alexander Means was an inventor, physicist, poet and a past Emory College president at the original campus in Oxford GA. Many say he was the father of modern electricity. His famous light bulb experiment preceded Tesla and Edison by decades. This is a very rare first edition (1878). The book is in sound condition. Blue cloth cover intact as well as binding. Minor cloth fray on spine and damp stain on rear cover. What is most remarkable about this book is that it is inscribed by one of his former slaves after his freedom. The inscription reads " Susie , Accept this cluster of Poems by one of my old masters from your affecionate husband A.F.P Decatur Ga, Apr 1878. A most precious inscription to a valuable 19th C book.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good.

Phoenix Publishing House, 1993 This is a manuscript. The author claims his book was hijacked and plagiarized by Hollywood and made into the same movie without his input. This is his manuscript with the same title as the movie. His story has true to life nefarious characters: CIA links etc. This is not out of the realm of possibility. I met a guy who was an author and said his book was stolen at a writers workshop and it was made into the Forrest Gump movie. This script is approx 300 pp .. Inscribed by Author(s). Limited Edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

D.H Bacon and Company Printers : Birmingham CT, 1893 Extremely rare catalogue to the Chicago 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. 100 pp approx. This is a remarkable catalogue. Unmarked in near fine condition. Has small spine paper wear otherwise fine.An amazing collectible piece of Philatelic history. Illustrated. One of the earliest examples of its kind in American stamp collecting.. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good.

Macmillan, 1978 Stated first edition 1978. Inscribed/SIGNED and dated by author. David Atlee Phillips is widely considered to be one of the main players in the JFK assassination. He is also thought to be the elusive "Maurice Bishop" cover agent that was Lee Harvey Oswald's handler seen conferring with Oswald in Dallas in early November 1963. He was also heavily involved in the 1973 Allende coup and the Bay of Pigs leading the pre-invasion training in Guatemala. Phillips was recruited to the CIA in the early 1950s while running an English language newspaper in Chile. Phillips had a 25-year career with the CIA ultimately becoming the Western Hemisphere Chief in 1973. Fluent in several languages he retired and founded the retired CIA agent association. Inscribed and signed by Phillips to some Texas friends. (Phillips was a native of Fort Worth, Texas. A big spook town.) In my 35 years of book selling, I have never seen another signed copy of any of his books and his signature is quite distinctive. It… Read More