Search Results: Limited Editions from Nooks Of Books

CA: James Cahill Publishing, 2002. As New in an As New Slipcase. Decorative marbled boards quarterbound in brown leatherette. The spine, the front board, and the ffep are lushly stamped in gilt. Large octavo. Tan endpapers. 446pps., plus 16 pages of photos. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Yet to be read. The slipcase is equally fine. This is copy #329 of 600 SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on a special limitation page. ".For twenty-three years, Clive Cussler's NUMA® -- the National Underwater & Marine Agency -- has scoured the rivers and seas in search of lost ships of historic significance. His teams have been inundated by tidal waves, and beset by the vagaries of man and nature, but the results -- and the stories behind them -- have often been dramatic: The 2000 raising of the Confederate submarine Hunley made national headlines. Here, then, are more true tales of sea-and land-going adventures,… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Summit Books, 1988. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Fully bound in sage-green cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. Beige endpaper. 413pps. No dustjacket, as issued. There is a touch of sunning to the spine and a few small specks of soiling near the top of the fore-edge, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The text is immaculate; no previous ownership markings. The slipcase, of the same sage-colored cloth over boards, is mildly rubbed. One of 250 copies SIGNED by Virgil Thomson -- without further inscription -- on a special limitation page. ".As composer, critic, and memorialist, Virgil Thomson has been a crucial figure in American cultural life for more than half a century -- an elegant and improbable synthesis of boulevardier sophistication, churchy consonance, and Midwestern plain speaking. The roster of artists with whom he collaborated includes Gertrude Stein, Marianne Moore, Truman Capote, Frederick Ashton, John Houseman, Lincoln… Read More

North Carolina: Palaemon Press, 1981. Near Fine in a Fine acetate dustjacket. Colorful marbled boards quarterbound in brown morocco. The spine is gilt-stamped. 26pps. This edition limited to 75 SIGNED and numbered copies, of which this is #10. Printed on hand-made Arches paper. There is very faint dustspotting to the fore-edge, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. No reading wear or previous ownership markings. The acetate wrapper is very lightly rubbed; no chips, soiling, or tears. Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist with your decision, photos can be emailed upon request.. SIGNED by the Author. Limited First Edition. Half-Leather.

London: Grayson & Grayson, 1935. Near Fine in a Very Good+ dustjacket. This first edition limited to 250 copies numbered and SIGNED by the author, of which this is #117. Bound in full green cloth. All sides stamped in gilt, still brilliant. Decorative endpapers. Unpaginated, nicely printed on watermarked Basingwerk Parchment. There is very mild rubbing to the cloth at the spine-ends and a small label from an Oxford bookseller at the bottom of the front pastedown. Otherwise clean, tight, and bright. All tips are sharp. No apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has a sunned spine and touches of soiling. The original price is intact. Overall, a very nice copy of the scarce SIGNED issue. Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist with… Read More

As New in an As New dust jacket. Bound in full black cloth. Both the spine and the front panel are stamped in silver. Pictorial endpapers. 129 pages. A flawless, collector's-quality copy: clean,tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The textblock is immaculate; absolutely no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dust jacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is also as new; the original priced ($30) is intact on the front flap. This is a publisher's copy of 750 SIGNED by the author on a limitation page. Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks of Books. 51-A.

Paris: Deux-Rives, 1947. Number 514 of an edition limited to 750 copies. Unbound signatures in a pictorial red and black-stamped portfolio in a beige chemise (gilt-stamped) and slipcase: all as issued. Quarto. 396pps., with 24 full-color lithographs and numerous smaller illustrations printed in brown. Also a thirteen page Preface, 'Le Lyrisme de Henry Miller,' by Henri Fluchere. First Edition with this artwork. All signatures and the portfolio are in Fine condtion, clean and bright. The chemise is Near Fine with a couple of small scratches. The slipcase, having taken whatever wear there is, is in Very Good condition with moderate rubbing, light soiling, and light edge-chipping; it does appear, however, that the top of the slipcase had at one point been separated and re-glued. In all, a very nice copy of an uncommon item. Text printed on heavy Marais stock. Typography by Marcel Schiffer of Paris, using a Baskerville font. Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Summit Books, 1988. Fine in a Fine slipcase. Bound in full navy-blue cloth. Both the spine and the front board are stamped in silver. Octavo. Marbled sky-blue endpapers. 217pps. No dustjacket, as issued. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The text is immaculate; no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The slipcase, of the same blue cloth over boards -- is mildly rubbed. One of 250 copies SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on a special limitation page. ".Raphael Lipkin is a man obsessed. He hears voices. He talks to ghosts. He is spending the summer at the Mountain Clinic, a psychiatric hospital in upstate New York -- not as a patient, but as a visiting professional with a secret, personal quest.A professor of literature and a Holocaust survivor, Raphael, having rebuilt his life since the war, sees it on the verge of coming apart once more. He longs to talk to Pedro, the man who… Read More

West Virginia: West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company, 1962. Fine in a Very Good+ slipcase. Quarterbound in black, gilt-stamped calfskin over decorative gray boards. Pictorial endpapers. Gray topstain. 324pps., with a sepia "whaling" frontispiece and a few illustrations. There is a touch of fading to the topstain, otherwise flawless: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The textblock is immaculate; absolutely no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The slipcase is a bit sunned along the edges but is otherwise Fine. A quite nice and uncommon edition of this Melville classic. 'A Peep at Polynesian Life during a Four Months' Residence in a Valley of the Marquesas.'<br><br> Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. 41-T.. Limited… Read More

Aliso Viejo, CA, U.S.A.: James Cahill Publishing, 2001. Fine in a Fine slipcase. Marbled paper-covered boards quarterbound in blue cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Large octavo. Gold endpapers. 531pps. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Yet to be read. The slipcase, of the same blue cloth stamped in gilt, is very mildly rubbed at the edges. This is #258 of 600 copies SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on a limitation page. "...It is July 2003. In the middle of its maiden voyage, the luxury cruise ship Emerald Dolphin suddenly catches fire and sinks. What caused it? Why didn't the fire control systems work? What was its connection to the revolutionary new engines powering the ship? NUMA special projects director Dirk Pitt races to rescue the passengers and investigate the disaster, but he has no idea of the bizarre events that are about to engulf him. Before the next few weeks are over, Pitt will find himself… Read More

Huntington Beach, CA: James Cahill Publishing, 1995. As New in an As New slipcase. Bound in full burgundy cloth. Both the spine and the front panel are stamped in gilt. Small octavo. Tan endpapers. [xi] + 95pps. A flawless, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Yet to be read. The slipcase, of the same burgundy cloth over boards, is equally fine. This is a Proof copy of 26 deluxe lettered copies, SIGNED by the author and including his personal library stamp, on a limitation page. Nicely produced by Cahill and printed on a linen stock. Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist with your decision, photos can be emailed upon request.. SIGNED by the Author. Limited First Edition. Cloth. Galley/Proof.

Aliso Viejo, CA, U.S.A.: James Cahill Publishing, 2003. As New in an As New slipcase. Decorative red marbled paper over boards quarterbound in black leatherette. Both the spine and the front panel are lushly stamped in gilt. Large octavo. Red endpapers. 419pps. No dustjacket, as issued. A flawless, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Yet to be read. The slipcase, of black, gilt-stamped leatherette is equally fine. SIGNED -- without further inscription -- by both authors: Cussler on a limitation page (this is #91 of 200 copies of this limited edition) and Kemprecos on the half-title page. Another very nicely produced item by this specialty publisher. "...Hailed as a hero for the new millennium, Austin is the leader of NUMA Special Assignments Team -- and the threat before him now is definitely special. A confrontation between a radical environmentalist group and a Danish cruiser has forced Austin and colleague Joe Zavala to come to the rescue of… Read More

Kentucky: Larkspur Press, 1994. One of a 50-copy special edition (the regular edition being of 500) printed on dampened Johannot and hand-bound by Carolyn Whitsel. SIGNED by both the author and the illustrator, LaNelle Mason. In As New condition, without dustjacket -- as issued. Beautiful decorative boards quarterbound in a spine of silky gray cloth. On the spine the paper title-label is stamped in black. Accompanying this slim 30pps. handcrafted book is a pamphlet from The Larkspur Press publicizing this, as well as other titles.<br><br> Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist with your decision, photos can be emailed upon request. 41-A.. SIGNED. Limited First Edition. Hard Cover. Illus. by Mason, LaNelle.

San Francisco: Night Shade Books, 2006. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Bound in full black cloth. Both the spine and the decorative front panel are stamped in metallic blue. Quarto. 295pps. A flawless, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The textblock is immaculate; no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is also as new; the original price (26.95) is intact. This is one of 150 copies SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on a special, illustrated limitation page. This is Reynolds' first short story collection and includes a story not included in the trade issue.<br><br><b><font color=#003366> "...<big>S</big>ince 2000, Reynolds has been publishing large novels at a rate of one a year, all but two of them are set against a consistent background known as the Revelation Space universe. The stories in 'Zima Blue,' however, while… Read More

Baltimore, Maryland: Cemetery Dance Publications, 2014. As New in an As New dust jacket. Bound in full gray cloth. Both the spine and the front panel are stamped in silver. Green endpapers. 286pps., with numerous line drawings. Limited Edition and first hard cover edition (published originally as a paperback in 2003 by Broadway Books). This is a flawless, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The textblock is immaculate; no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is equally Fine. SIGNED by the author on a special preliminary page (limited to 948 copies).<br><br><b><font color=#003366> "The Zombie Survival Guide is your key to surviving against the hordes of undead who may be stalking you right now.<br> Fully illustrated and exhaustively comprehensive, this book covers everything you need to know, including how to understand zombie physiology and behavior, the… Read More