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Edna O'Brien: A FANATIC HEART. Signed by Author. Limited First Edition, Published by Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1984. Fine, Pristine. Accented in 22kt gold, printed on archival paper with gilded edges, smyth sewing & concealed muslin joints. Bound In full leather with hubbed spines. 8vo 8"-9";

Gail Godwin's The Finishing School (Signed First Edition Society) 1st Limited Edition. Franklin Library, A special Limited First edition/First printing preceding the trade edition, SIGNED by author Gail Godwin in unread fine condition. This book is bound in genuine leather with raised bands and features gilded sewn-in pages with a satin marker. Superb quality; 8.9 x 6.1 x 1.6 inches. [xviii], 322, [2] pages.

French National Convention Decree 856/734. May 11, 1793, the 2nd of the French Revolutionary Republic. Ordering the release of the soldiers detained only for violation of discipline. During the French Revolution, the National Convention governed France from 9.21.1792 to 10.26.1795. Two pages (Folded Sheet) printed on both sides as a booklet. Last page blank. A Epinal, National Printing Haener, 1793. Document signed on the third page.

From Van Eyck to Bruegel: Early Netherlandish Painting in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1st edition. SEALED AS NEW. Ainsworth, Maryan W., and Keith Christiansen, eds., with contributions by Maryan W. Ainsworth, Julien Chapuis, Keith Christiansen, Everett Fahy, Nadine M. Orenstein, Véronique Sintobin, Della C. Sperling, and Mary Sprinson de Jesús. NY, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Distributed by H.N. Abrams, ©1998.Published on the exhibition From Van Eyck to Bruegel the book is an overview of one of the great epochs of Western art as seen through the extensive collection of the Metropolitan Museum. The period sometimes referred as the northern Renaissance.

Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1977. Ltd. Edition. Bart Forbes (illustrator). PA Scott N. Momaday HOUSE MADE OF DAWN,Pulitzer Prize 1969. The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1977. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Ideal, Fine. Bart Forbes (illustrator). 8vo - over 7¾"" - 9¾"" tall. 250 pp. Original red leather covers, gilt decor. Gilt title and four raised bands on spine. Binding very bright and clean. All edges gilt, red moiré endpapers.

George Bernard Shaw: Heartbreak House, Great Catherine, and Playlets of the War.Inscribed and Signed by the author, G. Bernard Shaw: Inscribed to Arthur Brentano by Bernard Shaw. 11th Feb. 1920.First Edition, Published by Brentanos, New York, 1919, a week earlier than simultaneous edition in London.Inscribed to Arthur Brentano (1858–1944), President of the Brentanos, at the time, the largest bookselling firm in the world.Inserted, the handwritten by G. Bernard Shaw shipping address of Arthur Brentano, on the part of the package wrapping.

Memoirs 1959 Inscribed 1st Edition
Titled 'Here Lies Leonard Sillman Straightened Out At Last'.
Inscribed by the author, Leonard Sillman, on the front end page.
First edition, 1959, The Citadel Press, NY.
Detroit native Sillman was a Broadway producer who introduced many major stars such as Eartha Kitt, Madeline Kahn, Paul Lynde.
Leonard Sillman (American, 1908 - 1982)
Book VG+, DJ VG. Please refer to photos or request additional info.

Hope by Len Deighton. Signed First Edition Signed by the author: Leonard Cyril Deighton First Edition preceding the trade edition, 1996Published by Franklin Press exclusively for the members of the Signed First Edition Society. Leonard Deighton (British, b.1929) 100 150 100 Book: Fine, No DJ as published. Please refer to photos or request additional info.

Paul Goble: Iktomi and the Ducks: A Plains Indian Story. Published by Orchard Books, NY, 1990. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Illustrated by the author. First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Estate of anthropologist Marjorie Weinberg, author of "The Real Rosebud: The Triumph of a Lakota Woman", University of Nebraska Press (2004).

Japanese map of 1942: Chinese Manchuria, Mongolia and East Russia. Published during World War II in July 1942 (Showa 17). Depicts the East China, Siberia, Mongolia, North Japan with Sakhalin in considerable detail noting both physical and political elements. Includes air and sea routes around the peninsula and to China and Japan. Issued by the Economy Research Bureau of Manchuria Railway Corporation in 1942. All text in Japanese. Shown: Manchuria, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Kwangtung Territory, as well as parts of Korea and the USSR from Baikal to Sakhalin, at this time still Japanese. Dimensions: 43 x 31 in (109 x 78 cm). Very Good+ Colors. Publishers fold. Clear Print, Minor wear, lower left blank corner 1-inch tipped, Few Tape traces on edges and verso, minor folds wear.

Meiji Period Japanese Book of Selected Stories. Hand-binding is slightly loose but holding pages in place. Place, date, and authors of this publication unknown.

Paul Theroux Signed 10/250 Kingdom by the Sea 1983 Paul E. Theroux (American, b.1941): The Kingdom by the Sea: A Journey Around the Coast of Great Britain Signed by Author Ltd Ed. # 10 of 250 numbered copies. First edition by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1983 Hardcover Fine in Fine slipcase. Please refer to photos or request additional info.

: 1947 Edition 527/1000Pierre Dudan: La peur gigantesque de Monsieur Mediocre, Editions Du Livre Monte-Carlo, First edition numbered 527/1000 of first 1000, (French). Inscribed and Signed by author on half-title page.Decorated with 47 original illustrations by Albert Dubout. Pierre Dudan (Swiss-French-Russian, 1916 - 1984): Russian-born Swiss actor and singer, one of France most prolific songwriters. He wrote about 1,500 tunes - for Maurice Chevalier, Jean Sablon, Henri Salvador, Stephane Grappelli, Johnny Mathis and Lionel Hampton in France and the USA. Appeared in over 24 films, including The Lyons in Paris, A Touch of the Sun, and Roots of Heaven. The book inscribed to Jean Sablon (1906-1994) a French singer, songwriter, composer and actor, he was the first to use a microphone on a French stage in 1936. Albert Dubout (1905 –1976) was a French illustrator, painter, and sculptor considered one of the most famous cartoonists along with Sal Steinberg.Stiff cover in its original cover, illustrated… Read More

Léon Arnoult: La Variabilité du Gout dans les Arts. Les phases ornamentales de la mode (The variability of taste in the arts. The ornamental phases of fashion). Printed and published by Devambez "À l'enseigne du masque d'Or". Paris, 1921. ARNOULT Léon - William ABLETT (1877-1937 illustrator). Preowned, Signed. A l'Enseigne du Masque d'Or, chez Devambez, 1921, in-4°, 87 pp + 7 plate illustrations, printed in 303 numbered copies. Sewn, original printed stiff wrapper over blind wrapper. Printed wrapper, interior fine, uncut and unopened copy. Two of the illustrations are mixed technique plates by William Ablett, one is signed in pencil by the artist: a circular engraving with a lithographic image printed on it and heightened with gold. Editorial paperback, Jacket with title to the framed flat, beautiful allegorical friezes, endpapers, eyelet, cover page with the same frieze (antique collection stamp). The quantity of circulation - 303 copies justified, and numbering - â„–120, a preface paper,… Read More

First edition. Publisher's review slip laid-in. New York University Press, Washington Square, NY, 1955. Hardcover. Near fine condition. Dust Jacket in very good condition. 222 pages of text. Hardcover cloth binding with a hint of fading on edges. Unclipped dust jacket slightly faded at spine, tiny tears and slight toning, minor toning to endpapers. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Plays: Hedda Gabler & Master Builder.

Buzz Aldrin, Signed: Magnificent Desolation 2009 1st Edition Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home From The MoonSigned by Buzz Aldrin in blue pen, signature only. Harmony, New York, 2009First Edition stated with a complete number line.Buzz Aldrin (American, b.1930), an American astronaut, who was a Lunar Module Eagle pilot on the 1969 Apollo 11 mission. Aldrin and Commander Neil Armstrong were the first people to land on the Moon.Copy VG+, DJ fine, with the lower corner of the first pages moisture stained. Please refer to the photos or request additional info.

Manfred Schwartz: Medrano Clown with Flower II. 1965 Hand-Pulled Stone Lithograph.Signed in pencil on Lower Right.Dimensions: Plate 13.5" x 10", Sheet 25.5"x 19.5", Frame 27" x 21" (Copper/Wood) .Created in 1955 in Mourlot Studios, Paris.The Cirque Medrano on Blvd de Rochechouart in Paris, named for clown Geronimo Medrano (Boum-Boum). Manfred Schwartz (1909 Lodz – 1970 NY): a Polish-born American abstract painter, lithographer and an art dealer. Educated at the Sorbonne, the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere, the Art Students League of New York, and the National Academy of Design in New York, where he studied with Charles Hawthorne, John Sloan, and George Bridgman. His gallery was first to exhibit Milton Avery and Elshemius, the works of Chaim Gross, Ben Benn and Waldo Peirce. Schwartz was first vice president of the Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors. Works are in the permanent collections of the Guggenheim, the MOMA, the Metropolitan, the Brooklyn Museum, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the… Read More

Old Dutchess Forever! The Story of an American County by MacCracken, Henry NobleHastings House; (1956), NY, 1956. Hard Cover. First Edition. First Printing. Near fine. Dark blue cloth. No names or markings in the book. Includes map endpapers, bibliographical notes, and an index. 503 pages.

Manfred Schwartz: Oriental Kites II. 1965. Hand Pulled Stone Lithograph. Dimensions: Plate 26" x 13", Sight 28"x16", Frame 35" x 23".Signed, Numbered in pencil on Lower Margin.Created in 1965 in Mourlot Studios, ParisManfred Schwartz (1909 Lodz – 1970 NY): a Polish-born American abstract painter, lithographer and an art dealer. Educated at the Sorbonne, the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere, the Art Students League of New York, and the National Academy of Design in New York, where he studied with Charles Hawthorne, John Sloan, and George Bridgman. His gallery was first to exhibit Milton Avery and Elshemius, the works of Chaim Gross, Ben Benn and Waldo Peirce. Schwartz was first vice president of the Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors. Works are in the permanent collections of the Guggenheim, the MOMA, the Metropolitan, the Brooklyn Museum, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Newark and Rochester Museums.

John Le Carre, Our Game: A Novel Publisher: Knopf Date published: 1995 ISBN: 9780679441816 New York: Knopf, 1995 First Edition, Beautiful Copy in Fine/Mint condition. Slight wear to edges of DJ, Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very Good unclipped jacket, Stated First Trade Edition, 302 clean tight unmarked deckled pages, maps on the end pages, boards with a blind embossed building on the front cover, spine is black with gilt stamped lettering on the spine, jacket is black with gold lettering and an illustration on the front, photo of the author.