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New York: Delacorte Press, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed and dated in the year of publication by Diana Gabaldon on the title page. The fourth in a series of eight historical multi-genre novels centering on Second World War-era nurse Claire Randall, who travels through time to 18th century Scotland and finds adventure and romance with the dashing Jamie Fraser. Octavo. A fine, unread copy in a fine dust jacket.

New York: Delacorte Press, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by Diana Gabaldon on the title page. The second in a series of eight historical multi-genre novels centering on Second World War-era nurse Claire Randall, who travels through time to 18th century Scotland and finds adventure and romance with the dashing Jamie Fraser. Octavo. A crisp, unread copy. Typical light lifting of the laminate around the raised lettering on the front panel of the dust jacket, which is otherwise fine.

New York: Delacorte Press, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by Diana Gabaldon on the title page. The third in a series of eight historical multi-genre novels centering on Second World War-era nurse Claire Randall, who travels through time to 18th century Scotland and finds adventure and romance with the dashing Jamie Fraser. Octavo. A crisp, unread copy. Typical light lifting of the laminate around the raised lettering on the front panel of the dust jacket, which is otherwise fine. Accompanied by the publisher's promotional preview chapbook, which is also signed by Diana Gabaldon.

Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania: Dorrance & Company, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Translated by Alice Odabashian. Gaboudigian was one of the most famous poets in the Soviet Union, honored and loved by Armenians in her homeland and all over the world. Inscribed and dated by the translator on the dedication page. Original black cloth binding, with gilt titles. A near fine copy in a very lightly worn dust jacket. Inscribed By Translator.

Iola, Wisconsin: Krause Publications, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Billed as "the most in-depth look at the 410 shotgun ever compiled." In addition to extensive 410 cartridge and ballistic information, all major 410 manufacturers from both the United States and Britain are discussed in great detail. American companies like Browning, Ithaca, Parker, L.C. Smith, and Winchester along with British manufacturers such as Boss, Churchill, Holland & Holland, Purdey, W.W. Greener, Westley Richards and many others are featured. Includes more than 200 color photographs. Signed by Gabriel on the front flyleaf. Quarto. Original blue cloth binding, with silver titles. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

New York: The Citadel Press, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illustrated by Virgil Partch. An irreverent collection of anecdotes on the private, public and other lives of the American business executive. Inscribed, with an playful original drawing, by Partch on the front endpaper. An American cartoonist, Partch (1916-84), who is better known as "VIP," spent four years working at the Walt Disney Studios before becoming a regular contributor to The Saturday Evening Post, Collier's, True, and other postwar magazines. His cartoons are noted for their sexually charged absurdity, and by the fact that in many of his drawings people are depicted with more than five fingers on each hand, which Partch claimed was compensation for his years at Disney where hands usually had just three or four fingers. Orignal red paper-covered boards, with white titles. The dust jacket is a bit edgeworn, with some mild sun fading along the spine; otherwise very good. Inscribed by Illustrator.

New York: HarperCollins, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean on the title page. Graphic novella based on the film MirrorMask (2005). Illustrated in full color. Square octavo. Original black paper-covered boards, with silver stamping. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

Burton, Michigan: Subterranean Press, 2007. Hardcover. Fine. Limited to 500 copies signed by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean. This is copy 114. The story of young Helena, daughter of the circus, comes vividly alive as we accompany her on her remarkable mission to a place far beyond wonder; a phantasmagorical quest to rescue a realm from the devouring forces of chaos and shadow in order to win back her stolen "real" life from a runaway interloper from the other side. This volume contains the full screenplay and more than 1,700 illustrated storyboards of the 2005 motion picture, as well as movie stills, comments, appreciations, and memories from the authors and filmmakers. Quarto. Original decorative cloth-covered boards over a blue leatherette spine, with gilt titles. A fine copy.

New York: HarperCollins, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by Neil Gaiman and illustrator Gris Grimly on the title page. "...a tale of adventure, piracy, danger, and heroism told in twenty-six alphabetical lines." Colorfully illustrated throughout. Oblong quarto. Original pictorial boards. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2015. Hardcover. Fine. Collector's Edition, signed by Neil Gaiman. Novelization of the BBC television serial Neverwhere (1996), which was devised by Neil Gaiman and Lenny Henry. The story concerns a Scottish man living in London whose act of kindness propels him into a magical realm that coexists with the world above. Octavo. Full green leather binding, with elaborate gilt stamping, four raised bands, moire silk endpapers, and a ribbon marker. A fine copy - as new, still sealed in the original shrink wrap.

New York: William Morrow, 2011. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The Tenth Anniversary Edition, second printing thus. Signed by Neil Gaiman on the title page. Epic blend of Americana, fantasy, and various strands of ancient and modern mythology, all centering on the mysterious and taciturn Shadow. Among Gaiman's most popular works, this novel served as the basis of an ongoing television adaptation starring Ricky Whittle, Ian McShane, and Gillian Anderson. Octavo. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

Burton, Michigan: Subterranean Press, 2014. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. This is copy 73 of 500 signed by Neil Gaiman, Michael Reaves, and Mallory Reaves. A return to the freewheeling danger-packed universe introduced in the novel InterWorld (2007). For this sequel, Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves collaborated on the story, which was written by Michael Reaves and Mallory Reaves. Octavo. Original purple cloth binding, with silver titles. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1998. Hardcover. Fine. Collector's Edition, signed by Ernest J. Gaines. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity and printed note from The Easton Press. Winner of the 1993 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, this novel is loosely based on the true story of Willie Francis (1929-47), a young black man sentenced to death by the electric chair in Louisiana. Octavo. Full green leather binding, with elaborate gilt stamping, four raised bands, moire silk endpapers, and a ribbon marker. A fine copy - as new, still sealed in the original shrink wrap.

Florence: Leo S. Olschki Editore, 1995. Trade Paperback. Fine. Pocket Library of Studies in Art, Volume XXIX. 55 illustrations. [Florence, Italy]: Leo S. Olschki Editore, 1995. Original printed brown paper wrappers, with a color G.F. Watts print inset on the front. A fine copy.

Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, 2002. Trade paperback. Fine. Octavo. Original paper wrappers. A fine, unread copy.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1969. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Second Edition, Revised; first printing thus. Signed and dated by Galbraith on the front flyleaf. Galbraith's most popular work, in which he faulted the conventional wisdom of U.S. economic policies and called for less production and more attention to public services. Includes a new introduction by the author. An American economist and public servant, Galbraith (1908-2006) was a key advisor to President John F. Kennedy and an ambassador to India (1961-63), whose work focused on a critical analysis of the interactions between economics and power in American society. Octavo. Original brown cloth binding, with black and silver titles. Light foxing along the edges. The dust jacket is sun faded along the spine; otherwise very good.

Santa Fe, New Mexico: The Press of The Territorian, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Textual illustrations. First edition, limited to 1,500 copies. From the James S. Copley Library, with the San Diego newspaper publisher and philanthropist's bookplate to the front pastedown. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt titles. A near fine copy.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 58 p. Original brown cloth binding, with yellow binding. Internally crisp and clean. Some general minor wear to the dust jacket; otherwise a very good copy.

London: William Heinemann, 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. The first issue with the broken musical note on page 200. First published in 1906, this was the first installment in The Forsyte Saga, a sequence of three novels that chronicles the lives of three generations of a monied, middle-class English family at the turn of the last century. Octavo. In a full green morocco binding by Morrell of London, with handsome gilt stamping, five raised bands, and ornamental dentelles. Some general browning along the spine; otherwise very good.

New York: The Press of the Pioneers, Inc, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Frontispiece portrait, with 23 textual illustrations. New York: The Press of the Pioneers, Inc., 1934. First edition. Attentive biography of Horace Austin Warner Tabor (1830-1899), the Colorado silver king whose vast fortune was built by the Matchless Mine in the Leadville Mining District. The mine is perhaps best known, however, as the home of Horace Tabor's rags-to-riches second wife, Elizabeth McCourt "Baby Doe" Tabor (1854-1935), who lived there on and off for more than three decades after Horace's death, hoping for a return of the mine's boom days. Signed by Gandy on the title page, with a lengthy typed letter signed from his wife laid in. Octavo. Original blue cloth binding, with silver titles. Very light rubbing to the corners and tips. The dust jacket is particularly fresh, with a small scuff and a piece of tape to the front flap; else near fine.