Wine, Women and Words by Rose, Billy - 1948

New York: Knopf, 2004. 957pp. First edition/First printing. My Life is boldly SIGNED on the title page by Bill Clinton. Just his signature, not to someone. True First State copy with typo "failure of my life" in last sentence of Acknowledgement section. Clean. Signed by Author. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Christchurch, New Zealand: Pegasus, 1962. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/very good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dustjacket protected in Brodart clear archival cover. Small triangle missing on front free endpaper. Penned name on same page. 223 pages no foxing. Tight and square binding.

1914. JAQUES, E. T. CHARLES DICKENS IN CHANCERY. Being an Account of His Proceedings in Respect of The "Christmas Carol" with some Gossip in Relation to the Old Law Courts at Westminster. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1914. 95 pp. 8vo., tan paer wrappers printed in black and with vignette of Dickens on front cover. Good, front cover has tiny chip at bottom right corner and crease. Light soil. Small closed tears to rear cover. Interior fine. (Marke: A Catalogue of the Law Collection of New York University, 1142.) Rare.

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1905. First, limited. Very Good. Kate Greenaway. A very good copy of this limited edition (No 35 of 500) of a biography of most famous Victorian era children's illustrator Cream cloth binding with gilt titles on spine and front cover and top edge gilt Front cover blind stamped with arts and crafts geometric design Endpapers reproduce appealing wall paper created by the artist Spine ends fraying a bit from shelf wear, edges also have minor shelf wear and corners are bumped But binding is still sound and hinges intact, unusual for such a large and heavy book of this age Text all in very good condition Bookplate of previous owner, Helen C Waterhouse, herself a noted artist, affixed on the ffep, together with a second label from her son, T Waterhouse on the next blank page Most importantly, this copy is one of a few that incorporates an actual pencil sketch by Greenaway of a young boy framed on a special page before the half title The sketch page is signed by her… Read More

Boston: David H. Ela, Printer, 1845. Good -. viii, 96 p., frontispiece portrait; 23 cm. Lacking binding. This version ends at page 96; it did not include pages 97-104, found in some copies, which contain poetry, or pages 105-108, found in other copies, which contain "From the South." Howes only includes the 108-page version. This is the least common version of the life of Lewis Garrard Clarke (1812-1897), born into slavery in Kentucky. After escaping to Canada in 1841, Clarke was active in speaking against slavery and dictated his experience, presumably to J. C. Lovejoy (1805-1871), author of the Preface and abolitionist. In Good- Condition: lacking binding; loss and closed 2-cm. tear along fore-edge of frontispiece, without loss of image; upper corner of frontispiece creased and lightly soiled; minor loss at fore-edge of title page; foxing and small stains throughout; solid.

New York: Knopf, 2004. 957pp. First edition/First printing. My Life is boldly SIGNED on the title page by Bill Clinton. Just his signature, not to someone. True First State copy with typo "failure of my life" in last sentence of Acknowledgement section. Clean. Signed by Author. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Christchurch, New Zealand: Pegasus, 1962. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/very good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dustjacket protected in Brodart clear archival cover. Small triangle missing on front free endpaper. Penned name on same page. 223 pages no foxing. Tight and square binding.

1914. JAQUES, E. T. CHARLES DICKENS IN CHANCERY. Being an Account of His Proceedings in Respect of The "Christmas Carol" with some Gossip in Relation to the Old Law Courts at Westminster. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1914. 95 pp. 8vo., tan paer wrappers printed in black and with vignette of Dickens on front cover. Good, front cover has tiny chip at bottom right corner and crease. Light soil. Small closed tears to rear cover. Interior fine. (Marke: A Catalogue of the Law Collection of New York University, 1142.) Rare.

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1905. First, limited. Very Good. Kate Greenaway. A very good copy of this limited edition (No 35 of 500) of a biography of most famous Victorian era children's illustrator Cream cloth binding with gilt titles on spine and front cover and top edge gilt Front cover blind stamped with arts and crafts geometric design Endpapers reproduce appealing wall paper created by the artist Spine ends fraying a bit from shelf wear, edges also have minor shelf wear and corners are bumped But binding is still sound and hinges intact, unusual for such a large and heavy book of this age Text all in very good condition Bookplate of previous owner, Helen C Waterhouse, herself a noted artist, affixed on the ffep, together with a second label from her son, T Waterhouse on the next blank page Most importantly, this copy is one of a few that incorporates an actual pencil sketch by Greenaway of a young boy framed on a special page before the half title The sketch page is signed by her… Read More

Boston: David H. Ela, Printer, 1845. Good -. viii, 96 p., frontispiece portrait; 23 cm. Lacking binding. This version ends at page 96; it did not include pages 97-104, found in some copies, which contain poetry, or pages 105-108, found in other copies, which contain "From the South." Howes only includes the 108-page version. This is the least common version of the life of Lewis Garrard Clarke (1812-1897), born into slavery in Kentucky. After escaping to Canada in 1841, Clarke was active in speaking against slavery and dictated his experience, presumably to J. C. Lovejoy (1805-1871), author of the Preface and abolitionist. In Good- Condition: lacking binding; loss and closed 2-cm. tear along fore-edge of frontispiece, without loss of image; upper corner of frontispiece creased and lightly soiled; minor loss at fore-edge of title page; foxing and small stains throughout; solid.