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By: Watson, Forbes
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Theodore Ember: 1940
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by author
Seller ID: 2276404
First edition. Inscribed, signed, and dated by author on front endpaper ('To Pete Street Jr., A noble cooperator, From Forbes Watson, Washington, D.C. July 8, 1943'). Also signed and dated by Aaron Sopher on front flyleaf ('Aaron Sopher, Washington D.C., 1942'). This volume was acquired from the personal collection of Julian Street, Jr., who went by 'Pete' to differentiate himself from his father, a prominent author. Jacket included but with significant repairs (Japanese... View more info
Price: $95.00
Publisher: John Bale, Sons & Danielsson Ltd.: 1930
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by author
Seller ID: 2034903
First edition. This copy signed by Edgar Allen, founder of the International Society for Crippled Children, and inscribed to Henry Edward Abt., author of The Care and Education of the Crippled Child. Corners a bit rubbed, ink '#61' on front endpaper. 1930 Hard Cover. xi, 120 pp. 8vo. Black & white photographs throughout, including an image of Red Cross nurses at an orthopaedic clinic. Includes a chapter on 'The Influence of the War on the Cripple'. Brief bibliography of ... View more info
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Syracuse University Press: 2004
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by author
Seller ID: 2206743
First edition. Signed by author without inscription. A very nice copy. Fine. 2004 Hard Cover. xii, 132 pp. Over 100 color photographs vividly portray the people and places of the southeastern Adirondacks as seen by a Glens Falls family physician who has spent over twenty years practicing rural medicine in such places as Bolton Landing, Warrensburg, North Creek, Indian Lake, Long Lake, Wells, and Speculator. The book is a breathtaking collection of Adirondack landscapes t... View more info
By: Wearing, Thomas
Price: $15.00
Publisher: .: 1934
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by author
Seller ID: 2274590
First edition. Signed and inscribed by author: To Theodore L. Frost, Bibliophiladelphia, from another, Thomas Wearing. No jacket, light smudge on rear board. 1934 Hard Cover. 67 pp. Gilt title and decorations on front board. Poetry by the Dean of the Colgate-Rochester Divinity School in Rochester, New York. View more info
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Lulu: 2005
Edition: Review Copy
Inscription: Signed by author
Seller ID: 2267147
TLS laid in, in which the author mentions Eastman Theater and the iconic Powers Building, signed in black ink. Ink mayor's office stamp on corner of letter. 2005 Trade Paperback. 239, [1] pp. A self-published detective novel set in Rochester, New York, written by a man born and raised in the city. Rochester's last detective doubts that a city can commit homicide. That is until an investigative coordinator set to replace him bungles a case involving the death of a local a... View more info
Price: $40.00
Publisher: Truman Talley Books / E.P. Dutton: 1985
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by author
Seller ID: 2201726
First edition. Laid in are two letters from the author, both signed, responding to the previous owner's assistance in providing research material for the book. Also laid in is a copy of a letter to the author describing materials being sent, stapled to a related magazine page. 1985 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. xi, 467 pp. 8vo. Black & white photographs. Stanley Weintraub recreates the days leading up to the armistice and documents the reactio... View more info
By: Wells, Beverly
Price: $5.00
Publisher: Wild Rose Press/Cactus Rose: 2012
Inscription: Signed by author
Seller ID: 2201225
Signed by author with inscription: Pat, So great to meet you and thanks for such a warm welcome. Glad you enjoyed your journey with Morgan. Bev Faint crease to front wrapper corner and rear wrapper corner. 2012 Trade Paperback. 332 pp. Searching for true happiness, as well as escape from a controlling family, Morgan Prescott answers a Brides Wanted ad and leaves New York City's high society life for the wilds of Washington Territory. Her spirit and intelligence carry her... View more info
By: West, Robert D.
Price: $40.00
Publisher: Estuary: 1973
Edition: Limited Edition
Inscription: Signed by author
Seller ID: 1539540
Limited edition, 413 of 500. Signed by author. Includes original jacket.Very Good. 1973 Hard Cover. 54 pp. Collection from American poet Robert D. West. Robert D. West was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1926 and has primarily been in the field of radio broadcasting, first as a news reporter, later as a program director and station manager. His first poem was written at the age of 11 and he has been writing poetry ever since, although he is not prolific. In fact, most of his... View more info
By: West, Yvonne
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Fithian Press: 1997
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by author
Seller ID: 1514665
First edition. Inscribed and signed by author on title page ('For my dear friend, Elizabeth Pettet, warmest wishes, Yvonne West'). 1997 Hard Cover. 190 pp. Yvonne West is a lifelong lover of the arts. Her father was an American artist, and did much painting in Corsica; her mother was a French concert pianist. Yvonne was educated in France, England, and the United States. She is a graduate of Vassar College, and has worked as a translator, interpreter, and language tutor.... View more info
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By: White, Benjamin; Robinson, Elliott Stirling; Barnes, Laverne Almon
Price: $125.00
Publisher: The Commonwealth Fund: 1938
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by author
Seller ID: 2272715
First edition. Affixed to the endpapers are four envelopes containing correspondence (two ALSs and two TLSs) from the author to a Mrs. Helen H. Boynton of Rochester, New York, three written before the book's publication, and the final letter presenting this copy of the book to her for the admirable way in which you carried out your task of abstracting the literature, without which the book could not have been written. Mrs. Boynton appears to have provided the author with... View more info
By: White, Gloria
Price: $5.00
Publisher: Dell: 1991
Edition: 1st Printing
Inscription: Signed by author
Seller ID: 2142326
Signed by author. 1st printing. 1991 Mass Market Paperback. Meet Veronica Ronnie Ventana, daughter of the infamous Ventana's, the couple who made cat burglary classy. But Ronnie, with her special expertise in burglar alarm systems -- getting past them, that is -- and her best friend, Blackie Coogan, shamus emeritus of San Francisico, operate on the legit side of the law. View more info
By: White, W.L.
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace and Company: 1945
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by author
Seller ID: 2276361
First edition. Inscribed and signed by author on front endpaper ('For Margot and Julian Street - the master at whose feet I have sat for these many years, with best wishes, W.L. White'), with two TLSs (one from the author to Street, the other from Street to the author) tipped in on front blanks. This volume was acquired as part of the personal collection of Julian Street, Jr. Jacket edges rubbed, jacket reverse foxed, minor pencil marginalia, pencil notes and related art... View more info
By: Whitfield, Henry; Caryl, Joseph; Mayhow [Mayhew], Thomas; Eliot, John
Price: $175.00
Publisher: New York: Reprinted for Joseph Sabin / [Joel] Munsell: 1865
Edition: Limited Edition
Inscription: Signed by author
Seller ID: 2129775
Limited edition, hand numbered 44 and initialed by Joseph Sabin. One of 50 copies. Binding weakening, several gatherings loose. 1865 Large Hardcover. [viii], 46 pp. 4to. 1865 reissue of 1651 original. Sabin 103688: 'Contains a letter from Thomas Mayhew, dated 'From Great Harbor in Martins [sic] Vineyard Sept. 7. 1650'; also five letters from John Eliot written from Roxbury in 1649 and 1650.' View more info
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Steffen Publishing Company: 1970
Edition: Signed Copy
Inscription: Signed by author
Seller ID: 2263105
Signed by author with inscription, Pleasant Memories. Harold E. Whittemore, '84. Wrappers very faintly toned, no publisher date (circa 1970's). We have more books available by this author!. Unpaginated. CONTENTS: Twenty selected observer-dispatch Christmas columns; Christmas is a Wonderful Season (an Introduction); A time for laughter with area clergymen at Christmas; A few minutes with Ilion's Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus; A painting, a picture, sketches by area artists. View more info
Price: $5.00
Publisher: Sunday Observer-Dispatch: 1981
Edition: Signed Copy
Inscription: Signed by author
Seller ID: 2263106
Signed by author with date (1981). Wrappers lightly soiled, no publisher date (circa 1970's-1980's). We have more books available by this author!. 144 pp. Fifty selected columns from the Sunday Observer-Dispatch. CONTENTS: Life in the Adirondacks; Long Live the Family; Seasons and Holidays; A Trace of Nostalgia; The Wonderful World of People; Mothers and Other Elderly; Backyards and Gardening; Memoirs of Commencement; A Bit of Potpourri; For the First Time. View more info
By: Whitton, Blair
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Hobby House Press, Inc.: 1986
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by author
Seller ID: 2194884
First edition. Inscribed to a toy collector and signed by author on front endpaper ('Dear Cy: Your contribution of the illustration of the construction plane is a fine example of that type of paper toy + I thank you of the use of it. Blair Whitton').Light crease down front jacket flap. 1986 Large Hardcover. 236, [4] pp. Oblong. A collector's reference to paper toys, which also includes a history of paper making and printing, and background information introducing chapter... View more info
Price: $50.00
Publisher: Bard / Avon Books: 1983
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by author
Seller ID: 2269285
First edition - a paperback original. Signed by author without inscription on first page. A bit smoky, lightly toned. 1983 Mass Market Paperback. We have more books available by this author!. 208 pp. A novel by the first author to win the International PEN / Faulkner Award twice. Tells the story of Brother Tate, a Black albino who, after the death of his son, refuses to speak for twenty years. View more info
By: Wilder, Alec
Price: $400.00
Publisher: S.N.: 1973
Inscription: Signed by author
Seller ID: 1924521
Signed 'To Ginny McConnell, the best Mrs Fitzgerald there ever was or ever shall be. Alec Wilder' on inner margin of first page. McConnell's Pittsford NY address in blue ink on card taped to inside of front board. Boards a bit rubbed, minor notes on a few pages, ostensibly stage notes by McConnell herself. 1973 Spiral-Bound Softcover. 98 pp. Plastic comb binding, plain black cardstock boards. The Truth About Windmills was an opera Alec Wilder arranged in 1973, based on a... View more info
By: Wiley, Richard
Price: $50.00
Publisher: The Atlantic Monthly Press: 1986
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by author
Seller ID: 2274251
First edition. Signed by author on half-title page without inscription. Jacket very faintly toned. Light smudge on top page ridge, very faint odor of smoke. 1986 Hard Cover. 199 pp. Author's first novel. Thirty years after World War II, Japanese-American jazz musician Teddy Maki is still haunted by his friend Jimmy Yamamoto's wartime death and his own failure to disobey a commanding officer's order to shoot an American prisoner. View more info
By: Wilkes, Stephen; Bradley, Senator Bill
Price: $75.00
Publisher: W.W. Norton and Company: 2006
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by author
Seller ID: 2201508
First edition. Signed by author with inscription: 3-05-09 To Robert, Life is a journey... All my best, Stephen Wilkes. Fine.Jacket price-clipped, sticker to jacket rear. 2006 Large Hardcover. 141 pp. With an Introduction by Senator Bill Bradley. For five years (1998-2003) New York photographer Stephen Wilkes explored the hospital complex that comprised the south side of Ellis Island. Neglected for almost fifty years, the buildings were in a state of extreme disrepair: le... View more info
By: Willard, Nancy
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Harcourt Brace & Co.: 1997
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by author
Seller ID: 2198702
First edition. Signed by Nancy Willard (Author). Very good, general light wear to cover. 1997 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. Unpaginated. Illustrations by Jane Dyer. This almanac for children has everything they need to know about all twelve months of the year-when to plant, what to celebrate, who to remember. It contains fascinating information about the kitchen and the garden, the weather and the world, and, from the past, the true voices of ... View more info
By: Willard, Nancy
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich: 1987
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by author
Seller ID: 2198703
First edition. Signed by Nancy Willard (Author). Near Fine.Jacket very lightly toned. 1987 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. Unpaginated. Pictures by Tomie dePaola. While a grandmother is busy making quilts, four bungling magicians are busy making spells. Along comes a runaway magic carpet and a playful magpie, and everything is turned topsy-turvy!Keywords: NANCY WILLARD TOMIE DEPAOLA MOUNTAINS OF QUILT CHILDREN FICTION PICTURE BOOKS FIRST EDITION... View more info
By: Willard, Nancy
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Harcourt: 2001
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by author
Seller ID: 2198704
First edition. Signed by Nancy Willard (Author). Pages very lightly toned.Fine. 2001 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. Unpaginated. Illustrated by Chris Butler. Strange and wonderful things happen at the Moon & Riddles Diner and the Sunnyside Café. That's why Shoofly Sally and her Everything Dog set out for the diner's silver door. It's a place where a spoon and a teapot read menus at the counter. A place where a frog and a bear and a buffalo coo... View more info
By: Willard, Nancy
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Blue Sky Press: 1994
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by author
Seller ID: 2198705
First edition. Signed by Nancy Willard (Author). Pages lightly toned.Jacket lightly toned. 1994 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. Unpaginated. An A-to-Z gift collection of angels presents a celestial character for every occasion, such as a wish-delivering angel of Knapsacks and a dew-faced angel of MorningKeywords: NANCY WILLARD ALPHABET ANGELS CHILDREN FIRST EDITION SIGNED View more info
By: Willard, Nancy
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf: 1989
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by author
Seller ID: 2198706
First edition. Signed by Nancy Willard (Author). Near Fine.Fine. 1989 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. Unpaginated. Illustrated by Barry Moser. A collection of poems about Biddy Early, the Wise Woman of Clare, and her animal, human, and supernatural associates. View more info
By: Willard, Nancy
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich: 1986
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by author
Seller ID: 2198709
First edition. Signed by Nancy Willard (Author). Fine.Fine. 1986 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. Unpaginated. Illustrated by Ilse Plume. In this bedtime fantasy for young children, a young boy takes a dreamy trip on a night train in which he encounters all sorts of magical animals.Keywords: NANCY WILLARD ILSE PLUME NIGHT STORY CHILDREN PICTURE BOOKS FICTION SIGNED FIRST EDITION View more info
By: Willard, Nancy
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Harcourt Brace: 1998
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by author
Seller ID: 2198711
First edition. Signed by Nancy Willard (Author). Near Fine.Fine. 1998 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 48 pp. Illustrated by Jeanette Winter. When each of Doctor Romero’s five children becomes ill, one after the other, with the same fever that took his dear wife, the doctor is not able to help them. Yet each child is quickly cured when a little cat comes in the night, offering a tortilla on a tray and singing. Is the cat a feverish dream-or is ... View more info
By: Wilson, Arthur
Price: $7.00
Publisher: The Pilgrim Press: 1947
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by author
Seller ID: 1981917
First edition. Signed by author without inscription on title page. Lacks jacket. 1947 Hard Cover. xi, 275 pp. 8vo. A history of Protestantism in colonial America, particularly within Providence Plantations, a religious refuge founded by Roger Williams to protect religious minorities. View more info
Price: $7.00
Publisher: Enigma Press: 1994
Inscription: Signed by author
Seller ID: 2201153
Inscribed and signed by author on title page ('To Doris + Bob - Best wishes, Donald Moyer Wilson'). 1994 Trade Paperback. 223 pp. Map illustrated endpapers, photographs & illustrations throughout. Accounts by Pacific Island witnesses of the Crash, Rescue and Imprisonment of America's Most Famous Female Aviator and Her Navigator. View more info
By: Wolf, Burt
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Doubleday: 1996
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by author
Seller ID: 2193524
First edition. Signed by author with inscription and ink drawing. Spine cocked. 1996 Large Hardcover. We have more books available by this author!. x, 353 pp. TV tie-in to Burt Wolf's Public Television Series Burt Wolf's Table. One of America's most respected food journalists, travels the world to seek out the history and traditions surrounding those occasions that bring people together to eat and drink. This companion volume brings all the festivities to life in more th... View more info
