Abner McCall: One Man'a Journey by Castello, Sherry - 1981

Galsworthy. John, ; Soames and the Flag. London, Heinemann, 1930, Limited edition 1002 of 1025. Signed by Author. 8vo. pp51, Windmill Press imprint. Full vellum binding with gold titles to front and spine. Top edge gilt. Galsworthy's wartime experiences in France during World War 1, working for the Red Cross helping Belgium refugees are reflected through Soames in this work. Galsworthy died 3 years after signing the book. An attractive time piece of this author.

University of Washington Chapbooks, Seattle, 1930. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First edition, this copy inscribed by the author to fellow distinguished art critic W.B.Honey. Small 8vo. 33pp. Card wrappers with an integral dust wrapper. In very crisp state. [A light item, UK postage will be reduced]..

Blishen, Edward. Mind How You Go. London, Constable,. 1997. 1st Edition. 8vo. Blue Hardcover, silver titles to spine, with unclipped dustwrapper. Pp249. The printed dedication in this book is to Sim and Arnold Rattenbury and for Nick Taylor. Printed posthumously, there is a handwritten inscription on the front free endpaper by his widow Nancy. For Sim and Arnold, dear/ friends to whom this book/ is dedicated in love and friendship. From Nance. Also included, loose, is a letter from Nancy Blishen to Arnold and Sim Rattenbury and some contemporaneous reviews of the book including one written by Nicholas Tucker, which, from the letter written by Nancy was not accepted by a newspaper. She writes of the comments she has received from people about the book and of the Newspapers . Oh, I did love Mind How you Go. There is no admonishment of Edwards astonishing powers of selection and description. The wit is, if anything, even greater. Our battles with age and deterioration of our tiresome bodies are… Read More

Blishen, Edward. A Cackhanded War. London, Thames and Hudson. 1972. 1st Edition. 8vo. Green hardback, gilt T and H motif to front, gilt titles to spine. With unclipped dustwrapper. Pp230. Dustwrapper a little bumped at top edges, otherwise in near fine condition.Inscribed by author on front free endpaper. For Sim and Arnold./ I cant think of XX any/ readers Id rather have./ Edward/ may 1992/ on the occasion of their passing/ by on their visit to the/ Abbey! The dedication is to Arnold and Sim Rattenbury to whom he was later to dedicate his last book Mind How You Go, published posthumously in 1997. I also have available Mind How you Go with an inscription to the Rattenburys from Blishens widow Nancy.

New York: East/West Network (for United Airlines), 1989. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 160pp, printed wrappers. SIGNED on the cover by Ken Kesey. United Airlines magazine from March 1989, includes "My Oregon Trail" by Ken Kesey, and a cover photo of the author. Near Fine, minor wear to extremities.

Galsworthy. John, ; Soames and the Flag. London, Heinemann, 1930, Limited edition 1002 of 1025. Signed by Author. 8vo. pp51, Windmill Press imprint. Full vellum binding with gold titles to front and spine. Top edge gilt. Galsworthy's wartime experiences in France during World War 1, working for the Red Cross helping Belgium refugees are reflected through Soames in this work. Galsworthy died 3 years after signing the book. An attractive time piece of this author.

Blishen, Edward. Mind How You Go. London, Constable,. 1997. 1st Edition. 8vo. Blue Hardcover, silver titles to spine, with unclipped dustwrapper. Pp249. The printed dedication in this book is to Sim and Arnold Rattenbury and for Nick Taylor. Printed posthumously, there is a handwritten inscription on the front free endpaper by his widow Nancy. For Sim and Arnold, dear/ friends to whom this book/ is dedicated in love and friendship. From Nance. Also included, loose, is a letter from Nancy Blishen to Arnold and Sim Rattenbury and some contemporaneous reviews of the book including one written by Nicholas Tucker, which, from the letter written by Nancy was not accepted by a newspaper. She writes of the comments she has received from people about the book and of the Newspapers . Oh, I did love Mind How you Go. There is no admonishment of Edwards astonishing powers of selection and description. The wit is, if anything, even greater. Our battles with age and deterioration of our tiresome bodies are… Read More

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1961. Very Good. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. 8vo, pp. 226, [2 adverts] + b/w plates. Blue cloth, spine lettered in silver. Spine sunned, gentle bruising to extremities. A little soiling to endpapers and, occasionally, to margins, POI to first blank, inscribed by Williams on second blank: "Very best wishes/ Cicely Williams/ June 1985". Else, clean and tight. A very good copy of Williams' first memoir, inscribed in the year of her death. Unusual signed. Cicely Williams (1907-1985) was a long-standing member of the Ladies' Alpine Club and a mountaineering writer, who did much to document and promote the history of women climbers. She contributed to the Ladies Alpine Club Journal, as well as serving as its last Hon. Editor (before it was folded into the Alpine Journal, when the two clubs merged), and wrote the classic account of women mountaineers, Women on the Rope (1973): "the first consecutive story of 'the feminine share in mountain adventure'". From… Read More

* Inscribed and SIGNED by both editors on the title page plus 9 of the authors on their story pages. * First printing (number line contains "1"). * Book cover like new, very slight shelf 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." The Hidden Lamp is a collection of one hundred koans and stories of Buddhist women from the time of the Buddha to the present day. This revolutionary book brings together many teaching stories that were hidden for centuries, unknown until this volume. These stories are extraordinary expressions of freedom and fearlessness, relevant for men and women of any time or place. In these pages we meet nuns, laywomen practicing with their families, famous teachers honored by emperors, and old women selling tea on the side of the road. Each story is accompanied by a reflection by a contemporary woman teacher--personal… Read More

Dark-blue boards with silver writing on spine; images of quill pen, women wearing headdress, and woman with ponytail embossed on front board. Bottom of book spine very slightly rumpled; very slight shelf wear on top and bottom of dust jacket spine. Price of $28.95 on front dust jacket flap; book has overall tight binding and pages still look in excellent condition.
Doubleday First Edition, First Printing as indicated by "First Edition" and complete number line ending in "1" on copyright page. Author's signature on publisher's tipped-in page.Margaret Atwood's sequel to the best-selling and ground-breaking novel, The Handmaid's Tale. Hardcover and original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Mylar cover.