Signed Books

SIGNED, FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING (stated, full number line) Ecco, 2008. Dust Jacket Bright in Brodart protective cover, Clean, no wear, not price clipped ($25.95). This is the True First Edition, ISBN 978-0061374227, not the later Oprah edition. First State dust jacket without the "New York Times Bestseller" logo on the dj. Text Clean, no marks, deckled edge. No remainder mark. Textured Cream boards with Tan spine, red lettering. Spine has Crease and is slightly concave. Not ex-library. Not book club. Fast Shipping from Dry, Smoke-Free home. Email Confirmation with Tracking Number. International ships Global Priority (air).

Orion, 1997. hardcover. New. Author Signed UK Hardcover Book. 1997 LON: Orion First UK edition, first printing, mint/new unread in a flawless dust jacket, signed by author.

Magnum, 1972. Softcover. Very Good. Signed; �aka Dean R. Koontz�

Signed dedication (all in caps) by the author on title page: "To Ralph and Jane Two of the most delightful and charming persons that I have had the good fortune to meet. And with sincere admiration for Jane as an artist! Her paintings are artistic gems -" Book dimensions: 8 x 8.5". Black and white reproductions of Cooper's paintings and drawings throughout the book. Chapters on the character of the city land materials and techniques. Dj is slightly worn with some spotting and minor tears along edges. Dj clipped at lower front inset.

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1975. Signed by the author on the title page. First edition / First printing. Orange boards. Very fine in near fine dust jacket.

New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2003. Signed on the half-title page and dated by Constantin Boym in the year of publication and scarce thus. Included as a bonus is a Curious Boym coaster made from the circular piece that was punched from the die cut cover at publication. First edition / First printing. Pictorial laminated boards with a die cut cover. Very fine without dust jacket, as issued.

FIRST EDITION in dust jacket; INSCRIBED & SIGNED by the author on the second interior page. The book is almost fine, with some foxing to the pages. The unclipped dust jacket is darkened at the spine - otherewise fine. A collection of stories, including some featuring a Hollywood agent named Benny Greenspan. The stories were originally published in THE NEW YORKER. Kober was also a screenwriter for film and then moved over to writing TV series in the '50s and '60s. He was also the first husband of Lillian Hellman.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2010. Signed on the title page by Jonathan Franzen. First edition / First printing. The first issue dust jacket with no Oprah logo. Black paper spine, black paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.

First, Limited Edition No.294. Signed, inscribed, and dated by Author ("To Salina, TLC + [heart] u / Bill E Burk / 007 / 16 August 1992 / Memphis") Clean, uncreased pages with no signs of damage from sun exposure. Some light creasing to corners where spine meets front cover.

* SIGNED by author on half-title page with "Happy hiking!". * Book cover like new, slight shelf wear - pages clean, bright and unmarked spine solid with single light crease. * Proceeds benefit Friends of the Pleasant Hill Library. * "Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care."

* Inscribed and SIGNED by both Desmond Llewelyn and the author on title page. * Book cover like new, very slight edge wear - pages clean, bright and unmarked spine like new. * Proceeds benefit Friends of the Pleasant Hill Library; books sold are NOT ex-library. * "Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care." This book is the fascinating, officially authorized biography of actor Desmond Llewelyn, better known by movie fans around the world as "Q", James Bond's ill-tempered gadget master. Between 1963 and 1999, Desmond appeared in eighteen James Bond films and became an indispensable part of the series' success. He was the only regular cast member to work with all five James Bond actors: Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton and Pierce Brosnan. However, there was much more to Desmond as a man and an actor than his role as "Q". In this authorized biography, as told to author Sandy Hernu, Desmond describes his hellish WWII experiences, having been interned in a… Read More

* Inscribed and SIGNED by author on title page.
* Stated First Printing, number line contains "1".
* Book cover like new, slight shelf wear - pages clean, bright and unmarked spine like new.
* Proceeds benefit Friends of the Pleasant Hill Library.
* "Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care."

Hidden Meanings in Chinese Art is richly illustrated with photographs of art objects and original hand-painted drawings by the author and by Mulan Bartholomew, organized in numbered sectors for ease of reference, and enhanced with extensive bilingual indexes and other supporting materials, making it an indispensable reference book for anyone interested in Chinese art and culture.

New York: Doubleday, 2021. Signed by Colson Whitehead. First edition / First printing. Black paper-covered boards. Very fine in a very fine dust jacket. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year 2021. Winner of: the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Nickel Boys. 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Underground Railroad. 2016 National Book Award for Underground Railroad. The 2017 Arthur C. Clarke Award for Underground Railroad. 2013 Guggenheim Fellowship. 2002 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for John Henry Days. 2002 MacArthur Fellowship.

Inscribed and SIGNED by author on fly page.
Stated First Edition - first printing (number line contains "1").
Book cover near new, light edge wear/rubbing - pages clean and unmarked, light tanning at edges – spine solid and undamaged.
Jacket like new, light shelf wear; protected in fresh mylar cover.
Proceeds benefit Friends of the Library; books sold are NOT ex-library.
"Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care."

When an ordinary househusband and his ambitious wife decide to start a family, they discover there's more to making a baby then meets the eye. Help arrives in the form of a grieving gay neighbor, a visiting monarch, and the dashing young lieutenant who defects from her yacht. Bittersweet and profoundly affecting, Babycakes was the first work of fiction to acknowledge the arrival of AIDS.

SIGNED by poet Qiu Xiaolong on title page, no inscription.
Stated First Edition - first printing (number line contains "1").
Book cover like new - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new.
Jacket like new.
Proceeds benefit Friends of the Library; books sold are NOT ex-library.
"Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care."
This book is a photographic exploration of life in the old and rapidly disappearing quarters of Shanghai, with accompanying poems and essays by the author of fiction and poetry, Qiu Xiaolong.
The photographs, all taken in a documentary style over a period of five years, represent an intimate and invaluable visual natural history of a way of life in the workers quarters and other central districts of the city that held sway throughout the 20th century and into the early years of the 21st century, before yielding to the ambitious ongoing efforts at urban reconstruction.
Mr. Qiu, whose best-known books are largely set in this old city, where his… Read More