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NY: Random House, 1994. Signed first edition. Inscribed presentation copy to Stepp and Cook Neilson. Motorcycle legend Cook Neilson was a preeminent motorcycle journalist and editor of Cycle Magazine. He won the Daytona Superbike race in 1977 on a Ducati. He was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame and the Ducati North America Hall of Fame in 2006. Published NY: Random House, 1994. 8vo. Slight creasing to spine, else near fine in near fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.
Life's Picture History Of World War II by Tourtellot, Arthur B.; Sherrod, Robert Lee; Brennan, Francis - 1950
by Tourtellot, Arthur B.; Sherrod, Robert Lee; Brennan, Francis
Life's Picture History Of World War II
by Tourtellot, Arthur B.; Sherrod, Robert Lee; Brennan, Francis
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New York: Time Inc., 1950. First Thus Edition. Hardcover, Cloth. Very Good/No dust jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Book: Maroon leatherette, gilt-lettered spine, front board label, both crisp. Very clean covers, text block. Spine ends rubbed. Slipcase: Good condition- maroon, textured, pasted paper on heavy cardboard; edge wear, chips, & a 1.25" spine end tear. Signed, Association copy. Inscribed by Bob Sherrod on free front end paper: "To my friend Brice (sic) Harlow with best wishes Bob Sherrod". Robert Sherrod was a journalist and war correspondent for Time and Life magazines during World War II and the Vietnam War. He authored 5 books on World War II. He was editor of Time during World War II, an editor of the Saturday Evening Post, and finally, Vice President of Curtis Publishing Co. Bryce Harlow was a key aide to US Presidents Eisenhower, Nixon, and Reagan. He was also said to have advised President Johnson. He was a corporate lobbyist who is listed in Drug Industry & HMO Lobbyists with Revolving Door Connections, 2003. Both of these men are mentioned in presidential transition documents (during the Eisenhower administration) and in the Robert Charles Hill (US Ambassador/politician) papers. Additional editors and contributors: Harrison, Richard Edes; Johnston, Richard W.; Dos Passos, John; Van Bokkelen, D'Arcy; Dibble, Allen. 368 pages.
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- Date Published 1950
- Keywords Bryce Harlow, Bob Sherrod, signed copy, collectible, World War II, history, US government, Politicians, journalists, pictures, life magazine
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A Son of the Circus [SIGNED] [Cook Neilson Assoc.]
by Irving, John
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A Letter from the Bastille Written to His Wife; Heretofore Unpublished , Now in the Collection of Mr. Graham Nash
by Marquis De Sade; Translated and Introduced by Gregory A. Pearson, Together with a Facsimile of the Original
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Los Angeles: Privately Printed (Press of the Pegacycle Lady), 1975. #119 of 150 copies. Presentation Association Copy, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED at the colophon -" for Gary Steigerwald William & Victoris Dailey" and also SIGNED AND INSCRIBED below by rock star Graham Nash -"To Gary Graham Nash, 4 March 76" with Nash's hand drawn in ink self-portrait. A Fine copy, quarter buckram with paste-paper boards hand-made at the press, label printed in blue and black. Printed in Centaur & Arrighi types on Arches Laid paper. 150 copies printed of which 75 were for sale. 9 unnumbered pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : facsimile. Gary Steigerwald was at the time an employee of Zeitlin & Ver Brugge Books, where Graham Nash purchased the de Sade letter from Victoria Dailey. One of the most elegant productions of the Press of the Pegacycle Lady, and SCARCE in current commerce. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED. Limited and Numbered First Edition. Quarter Buckram. Fine/No Jacket. Tall 8vo.…
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(Presentation Copy) Autobiography
by Powys, John Cowper
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London: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd., 1934. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end page - "Cordially inscribed for a fellow craftsman in the Hard Art of Letters - Arch. J. Wightman - by John Cowper Powys Feb. 1935". Association Copy, Archibald John Wightman (1884-1971) was a legendary British lepidopterist. Frontispiece from a drawing of the author by Ivan Opffer. Very Good, no jacket, 1/8" tear to cloth at head of spine, slight corner bumps, light soiling to cloth. Powys' "Autobiography", covering his first 60 years, is considered one of his most important works. In the Introduction to the London, Macdonald, 1967 edition of the book, J. B. Priestley said that even if Powys had not written a single novel "this one book alone would have proved him to be a writer of genius." [ p. xi). "Although Thomas, Langridge and the New CBEL all assign priority to this American edition published by Simon and Schuster, Thomas himself giver the publication for the…
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(Eli Lilly Association Copy) Comic Arithmetic
by ( Crownquill, Alfred - Pseud. of Alfred Henry Forrester) Attributed to
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London: Richard Bentley, 1844. Presentation Inscription front end page -"Sally Reahard from Ruth Lilly - 1938". A wonderful book collecting Association Copy. "An elderly Indianapolis recluse, a fortune in Eli Lilly & Co. stock and a penchant for phenomenal donations to non-profits -- it could describe Ruth Lilly, the $100 million benefactor of the Chicago-based Poetry Foundation. Or perhaps a kindred spirit named Sally Reahard." (Chicago Tribune, Feb. 16, 2004). Sally Reahard bequeathed $70 million to the Nature Conservancy in 2003, the largest gift the Conservancy had ever received. Sally was a noted book collector as well, and Ruth was the daughter of J.K. Lilly, Jr. whose fabulous book collection was the foundational collection for Lilly Library at Indiana University. The Tribune article continues -" Both were longtime investors in Eli Lilly who just saw their holdings go up and up." One can almost imagine that the title of this particular book was an inside joke…
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(ASSOCIATION COPY) Intrigue on the Upper Level : A Story of Crime, Love, Adventure and Revolt in 2050 A.D.
by Hoyne, Thomas Temple
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Chicago: Reilly & Lee, 1934. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end page -"To Henry W. Marshall, Sr. from Thomas Temple Hoyne April 20, 1934", with typed slip above signature tipped in -"Publication Date April 20". Hoyne's science fiction novel "in which a primitive, hierarchical, gangster-run capitalist society is riven by discontent among the lower orders, and is eventually overthrown."(SFE THe Encyclopedia of Science Fiction). ASSOCIATION COPY, Henry W. Marshall, Sr.is known for being the founder of the Lafayette (Indiana) Journal & Courier, Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives, and acting president of Purdue University. Lacking the dust jacket, Near Fine, light wear at spine ends. No other SIGNED copies of Hoyne's books found in commerce as of 01/2024. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 3-26; (1981) 2-42; and (1987) 2-45. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 118.. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Review Copy.
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A Son of the Circus [SIGNED] [Cook Neilson Assoc.]
by Irving, John
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- ISBN 13
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NY: Random House, 1994. Signed first edition. Inscribed presentation copy to Stepp and Cook Neilson. Motorcycle legend Cook Neilson was a preeminent motorcycle journalist and editor of Cycle Magazine. He won the Daytona Superbike race in 1977 on a Ducati. He was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame and the Ducati North America Hall of Fame in 2006. Published NY: Random House, 1994. 8vo. Slight creasing to spine, else near fine in near fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.
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A Letter from the Bastille Written to His Wife; Heretofore Unpublished , Now in the Collection of Mr. Graham Nash
by Marquis De Sade; Translated and Introduced by Gregory A. Pearson, Together with a Facsimile of the Original
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Los Angeles: Privately Printed (Press of the Pegacycle Lady), 1975. #119 of 150 copies. Presentation Association Copy, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED at the colophon -" for Gary Steigerwald William & Victoris Dailey" and also SIGNED AND INSCRIBED below by rock star Graham Nash -"To Gary Graham Nash, 4 March 76" with Nash's hand drawn in ink self-portrait. A Fine copy, quarter buckram with paste-paper boards hand-made at the press, label printed in blue and black. Printed in Centaur & Arrighi types on Arches Laid paper. 150 copies printed of which 75 were for sale. 9 unnumbered pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : facsimile. Gary Steigerwald was at the time an employee of Zeitlin & Ver Brugge Books, where Graham Nash purchased the de Sade letter from Victoria Dailey. One of the most elegant productions of the Press of the Pegacycle Lady, and SCARCE in current commerce. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED. Limited and Numbered First Edition. Quarter Buckram. Fine/No Jacket. Tall 8vo.…
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(Presentation Copy) Autobiography
by Powys, John Cowper
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London: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd., 1934. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end page - "Cordially inscribed for a fellow craftsman in the Hard Art of Letters - Arch. J. Wightman - by John Cowper Powys Feb. 1935". Association Copy, Archibald John Wightman (1884-1971) was a legendary British lepidopterist. Frontispiece from a drawing of the author by Ivan Opffer. Very Good, no jacket, 1/8" tear to cloth at head of spine, slight corner bumps, light soiling to cloth. Powys' "Autobiography", covering his first 60 years, is considered one of his most important works. In the Introduction to the London, Macdonald, 1967 edition of the book, J. B. Priestley said that even if Powys had not written a single novel "this one book alone would have proved him to be a writer of genius." [ p. xi). "Although Thomas, Langridge and the New CBEL all assign priority to this American edition published by Simon and Schuster, Thomas himself giver the publication for the…
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(Eli Lilly Association Copy) Comic Arithmetic
by ( Crownquill, Alfred - Pseud. of Alfred Henry Forrester) Attributed to
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London: Richard Bentley, 1844. Presentation Inscription front end page -"Sally Reahard from Ruth Lilly - 1938". A wonderful book collecting Association Copy. "An elderly Indianapolis recluse, a fortune in Eli Lilly & Co. stock and a penchant for phenomenal donations to non-profits -- it could describe Ruth Lilly, the $100 million benefactor of the Chicago-based Poetry Foundation. Or perhaps a kindred spirit named Sally Reahard." (Chicago Tribune, Feb. 16, 2004). Sally Reahard bequeathed $70 million to the Nature Conservancy in 2003, the largest gift the Conservancy had ever received. Sally was a noted book collector as well, and Ruth was the daughter of J.K. Lilly, Jr. whose fabulous book collection was the foundational collection for Lilly Library at Indiana University. The Tribune article continues -" Both were longtime investors in Eli Lilly who just saw their holdings go up and up." One can almost imagine that the title of this particular book was an inside joke…
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(ASSOCIATION COPY) Intrigue on the Upper Level : A Story of Crime, Love, Adventure and Revolt in 2050 A.D.
by Hoyne, Thomas Temple
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Chicago: Reilly & Lee, 1934. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end page -"To Henry W. Marshall, Sr. from Thomas Temple Hoyne April 20, 1934", with typed slip above signature tipped in -"Publication Date April 20". Hoyne's science fiction novel "in which a primitive, hierarchical, gangster-run capitalist society is riven by discontent among the lower orders, and is eventually overthrown."(SFE THe Encyclopedia of Science Fiction). ASSOCIATION COPY, Henry W. Marshall, Sr.is known for being the founder of the Lafayette (Indiana) Journal & Courier, Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives, and acting president of Purdue University. Lacking the dust jacket, Near Fine, light wear at spine ends. No other SIGNED copies of Hoyne's books found in commerce as of 01/2024. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 3-26; (1981) 2-42; and (1987) 2-45. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 118.. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Review Copy.
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The Guardians of the House: Inscribed Copy
by Lucy Boston with Diana Boston
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- Good+
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- ISBN 13
- 9780905899091
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- 0905899091
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Inscribed "The Simpson family You saw most of these faces at Green Know on 26 April 2001 Diana Boston" Book in Near Fine condition, Dust Jacket Good/VG. Has very little wear but crinkly with a crease down the back, some dents and a purple stain on back by bar code. See photos.A souvenir from visiting the manor at Hemingford Grey which stands near the river Ouse. SHIPS FROM CHICAGO, IL.
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Tours of the Black Clock.
by ERICKSON, Steve. Inscribed to Katherine Dunn (Author of Geek Love)
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- 9780671649210
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New York: Poseidon Press, 1989. Signed by the author on the half-title page, and inscribed: To Katherine Dunn, best, Steve Erickson. First edition / First printing. Black cloth spine, black paper-covered boards. Fine in near fine dust jacket with toning to the white parts of the jacket. Katherine Dunn was the author of Geek Love.
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Allen Lucas; the Self-Made Man
by Chubbuck, Emily
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New York: Sheldon & Company, 1867. Later edition. Very good with some foxing and prior owner signature to front pastedown.. A scarce printing, which appears to be unrecorded on Worldcat. Part of Sheldon's "Good Boy's Library" as indicated on the spine and which were apparently previously part of Sheldon's "Sunday School Books" library. In publisher's green cloth with gilt stamp decorated spine.
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The Western Maryland Railway Story: A Chronicle of the First Century, 1852-1952
by Williams, Harold A
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Baltimore, Western Maryland Railway Company, 1952, hardcover, xvi-134 pp, Edition not stated, No previous printings noted, Very Good condition, no dustjacket as issued, Association Copy, Signed and inscribed on the half-title page to Robert B. Murray, Undersecretary of the Department of Commerce for Transportation from 1953-1955 "in appreciation of his outstanding public service" and dated Dec. 17, 1954. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight spine-end and corner wear, spine titles worn, a few tiny spots to rear cover. A complete history of the first century of this important transportation system servicing the Eastern seaboard and points further west. Illustrated throughout with black-&-white photographs of historic scenes and vintage locomotives including the Alliance, the Monocacy, and the Conewago.
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The Life of Mansie Wauch, Tailor in Dalkeith; Written by Himself [Hiester H. Muhlenberg]
by Moir, David Macbeth
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New York: J. & J. Harper, 1828. Hard Cover. Good +. xii, [13]-223 p.; 19 cm. Contemporary calf spine with six spine compartments between double gilt rules; red morocco label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: Mansie Wauch. Marbled paper over boards. All page edges speckled. Remains of old paper label at head of spine and call number in white at tail. In ink on the title page in an old hand, following the title "By Mr Moir." At head of title page in another hand: "To the UPS from Hiester H. Muhlenberg of Reading Pa." Hiester H. Muhlenberg (1812-1886) graduated from Dickinson College in 1829 and practiced medicine in Reading; later he became a banker. A bookplate and inscriptions on the front fixed endpaper indicate that Muhlenberg gave the book to the Union Philosophical Society of Dickinson College in 1837. Title page also bears the embossed stamp of the Dickinson College Library. The half title page has been altered in ink to read: The Life of John W.…
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ROBERT STONE. A BIBLIOGRAPHY 1962 - 1992
by Lopez, Ken and Bev Chaney
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- 9780963289803
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Hadley: Numinous Press, 1992. First edition, first prnt. Introduction by Mark Levene. Essays by Stone and Charles Michaud. Black and white illustrations. Inscribed by Stone to Chaney on the half-title page. "For Bev in grateful appreciation and with best wishes Bob Stone." Also signed by Stone's wife, Janice, on the page. Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover.. Signed. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy.
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MAN-FATE. THE SWAN SONG OF BROTHER ANTONINUS
by Everson, William (Brother Antoninus)
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- 9780811205207
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NY: New Directions, 1974. First edition, first prnt. Inscribed by Everson on the half-title page to his publisher/bibliographer, the Barlett's of Cayucos Books. "To Peter & Henrietta/once again here at Kingfisher Flat in gratitude for our long friendship Bill Everson Dec 30, 1984 Swanton, CA." Cayucos Books published Everson's Tendril in the Mesh, The Alpine Christ & Other Poems, et al. Very faint beginning toning on the dustjacket topedge (not immediately apparent); otherwise, in Fine condition in a Naer Fine dustjacket with an archival cover.. Inscribed & Dated by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy.
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IN THE LOYAL MOUNTAINS
by Bass, Rick
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. First edition, first prnt. Signed by Tom McGuane, to whom the book along with John Graves and Jim Harrison is dedicated, on the dedication page. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Unusual as such.. Inscribed By Dedicatee. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy.
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Winged Arrows
by Heflebower, Clara Keck
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New York: Harold Vinal Ltd., 1928. Copy #25 of a Limited and Numbered, Signed 1st Edition of 700 copies, 600 of which were offered for sale. This copy INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on the limitation page - "To Mr. Will H. Hays:- with admiration & understanding of your keen insight into the difficulties of the Motion Picture situations, & your sound principles of conscientious construction for the progress & success of Better Films. I cordially inscribe this copy - trusting you will find therein a few 'gloom chasers' in a leisure hour 'Dee Dee' April 18, 1928". Hays managed Warren G. Hardings successful campaign for the Presidency of the U.S. and was subsequently appointed Postmaster General. After a year in that position, he resigned to become most famously known as the first President of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA), which under his guidance published a blacklist of actors and workers studios should not hire, inserted moral clauses into…
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The Master Puzzle of History (Association Copy)
by Hinman, Eleanor
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New York: Brentano's, 1947. Association Copy SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front paste down to publisher Arthur Brentano, Jr. -" For Arthur Brentano, Jr. With grateful thanks for the perfect details of this book. Appreciatively, Eleanor Hinman 1948". Fine, as issued, no jacket. 15 unnumbered pages with 7 sepia toned photographs. A short history of the author's trip to Spain to visit sites associated with Christopher Columbus. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy.
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