Signed by the Authors (29 results)

PB. Condition: very good, wraps (softcover). B&W illustrations (illustrator). 48pp Volume One; first published 1976, 12th printing, 1985.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: No jacket, probably as issued. Reprint of the 1936 original. Athens & London: Ohio University Press, 1964. This copy is signed by the author's brother, Laurence J. Ryan, with his California theme bookplate. Fine condition. Bright, shiny, clean, square, tight. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 1964. Reprint of the 1936 first edition. Illustrated with 159 bookplate reproductions. Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original gilt-stamped green boards. Reprint of the 1936 original. Hardcover. Fine condition/No jacket, probably as issued. 8vo. xv, 287pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

PB. Condition: very good, wraps (softcover). B&W and color illustrations (illustrator). 111pp ISBN 0974148806 No other mountain is climbed by so many people nor so much loved and protected as Grand Monadnock located near Jaffrey, Dublin, Fitzwilliam and Troy, New Hampshire. Yet the granite bald peak with more stature than size rises only 3,165 feet above sea level. Grand Monadnock was a sacred mountain to the Native Americans, a fascination for Thoreau and Emerson, a resort for 19th century Bostonians and New Yorkers, and a wonder to cherish and preserve. Prominent in the surrounding landscape, this book details the many trails to the rocky top, the story behind the name Monadnock, the geological formation, and the era of taverns and inns. You will read of the literature and arts inspired by the form and function of this captivating mountain, its calming and healing properties, and what lovers of Grand Monadnock say about this extraordinary peak that has affected so many people. I recommend this title to prepare you for a visit to this enchanting mountain and the surrounding area in Southwestern New Hampshire near the home of Ray Boas, Bookseller.

HC. B&W illustrations (illustrator). 220pp This book, begins as a pleasant and gently persuasive reminiscence of Essex County, suddenly deepens and broadens into a remarkably clear and authoritative reconstruction of the way things were hereabouts, from the time of the first settlers, to the cataclysmic introduction of the hot top clover leaf. CONDITION NOTE -- EX-LIB WITH USUAL MARKINGS - SOILING EDGES OF BOOK BLOCK. good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover) - EX-LIB SEE NOTE.

PB. sepia toned illustrations (illustrator). 96pp ISBN 093098501X "The Story of a Time, A Place and a President." SOME LIGHT EDGEWEAR TO COVERS. good, wraps (softcover) signed by the authors.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Softcover with pictorial cover. Blue and black lettering on front cover, white lettering on spine. No date on title page, copyright page dated 2005. 432 pages. "Local Author" and "Autographed Copy" stickers on front cover. Shelf wear on front and back cover as well as along top and bottom edges of spine. Very Good condition. Pages clean and unmarked. Signed by all three authors with a short inscription on the title page. Please contact us with questions or if you'd like to see photographs. Signed by Author(s).

PB. Condition: very good, wraps (softcover). B&W illustrations (illustrator). 108pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Pp.xvi, 287.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. B specials EW: This thick hardcover, 502 pages, is signed by the six authors, first edition, promo car of cover laid 8n, fine in a fine dj. Signed by Author(s).

Hard Back / Cloth Embossed. Condition: Good / Ex Library. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Some b/w Illustrations (illustrator). Stated First Edition. Hardback, with some heavy wear on the exterior. Ex-Library book in good readable condition. Typical library marks, stamps, pocket, stickers or ffep removed.Ex-Library book in good readable condition. Typical library marks, stamps, pocket. In good condition, some wear to edges, as normal for age. Overall good copy of this scarce title. Excellent read. A good book to enjoy and keep on hand. Or would make a great gift for the fan / reader in your life. Please send us a note if you have any questions. Thank you. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Good Clean Cond. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Fully Illustrated (illustrator). White Cover Shows Minor Soil. Paperback : soft cover edition in good or better condition, some slight wear to edges, as normal for age of book. Overall good copy of this title. Excellent read. A good book to enjoy and keep on hand. Or would make a great gift for the fan / reader in your life. Blurbs: The darndest colleciton of how to's ever compiled, hang in there help is right here, straight shooting shortcuts to household survival plus a passel of very special recipes. A CATCH ALL OF GREAT IDEAS. Please send us a note if you have any questions. Thank you. Book.

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original ruby red cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, black end papers. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains 51 printed pages of text with monochrome photographic frontispiece. Lower spine turned-in, small moisture stain to the lower front cover. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with wear along the upper edges, price clipped. SIGNED by the Author's second wife, 'For Jim with love from Elisabeth and the Family.' Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0946640769 POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Like New. Malcolm S. Harris (Edited & Designed by) (illustrator). Copyright © 2002 by Parkside Publ., Inc. 383 pp. SIGNED BY ARTIST!!! With warm Inscription! A rare, hard-to-find, out-of-print, collectible, signed gem! A wonderful copy and dust jacket! Over-sized and/or over weight book; may require additional postage. Please note that large and/or heavy items may incur extra shipping charge for both domestic and/or international shipments. An excellent, spotlessly clean copy and dust jacket! Clean, fresh, sharp, tight, essentially flawless copy and dust jacket with crisp pages, clean text, and very light shelf wear. ***SIGNED BY ARTIST!!!***.

HC. B&W illustrations (illustrator). 384pp ISBN 0960748008 Copy 191 of a Special Limited Edition of 350 - signed by the authors. "140 Year History of a Company from Anthony to Ansco to GAF." NOTE - ONE SMALL ILLUSTRATION HAS BEEN CUT FROM THE TOP CORNER OF PAGE 103/104/ good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover) NOTE - ONE ILLUSTRATION CUT.

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. HBDJ, 1990, 1st edition, 1st printing, with # 1 Intact Number line, Water stain at bottom pages inside & out & thruout Some of book & Slight Wrinkling OF pages at Bottom interior, VG-/F-, SOLD AS-IS, 271 pgs, Light Wear DJ, Green & Grey Boards with Silver gilt Spine, 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". Signed by Author.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 86 pages with table, photographs and index. Oblong small octavo (7" x 9") bound in original publisher's stapled wrappers. Signed by both authors. From the library of Lothar Schmid. (Linde 0880) Copy number 9. First edition. Mar del Plata has a rich history of chess tournaments, including their international chess tournament and open tournament. There is also an annual city tournament, which had its first edition in 1946, and reached its 62nd edition in 2007. The international tournament started off in 1928, but only in the period from 1941 to 1970 was it a truly international tournament with considerable reputation. After 1970, only seven international tournaments have been played. The 1951, 1954, 1969 and 2001 editions were zonal tournaments. There was also a zonal tournament for women in Mar del Plata, in 1969, won by the Brazilian Ruth Cardoso. Silvia Kot from Argentina placed second. In 1967 the first edition of the open tournament was organized. In 1969 it became an annual event. The first edition in 1928 attracted seventeen contestants. Roberto Grau of Argentina scored clear first with 13.5 of 16. Luis Argentino Palau another Argentinian was a full point behind for second. The Brazilian, Joao De Souza Mendes, placed third with 11.5. Vicente Tulio Romano and Carlos Hugo Maderna shared fourth. Cauby Pulcherio held sixth with 10.5. Benito H Villegas captured the next spot. Lothar Maximilian Lorenz Schmid (10 May 1928 - 18 May 2013) was a German chess grandmaster. He was born in Radebeul near Dresden into a family who were the co-owners of the Karl May Press, which published the German Karl May adventure novels. He was best known as the chief arbiter at several World Chess Championship matches, in particular the 1972 encounter between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky at Reykjavic. He was also an avid collector of chess books and paraphernalia. It was reputed that he owned the largest known private chess library in the world, as well as a renowned collection of chess art, chess boards and chess pieces from around the globe. Condition: Signed by both author on title. Lothar Schmid's book plate to front wrapper verso. Edge wear with bumped corners, lightly soiled, some age toning to pages else very good. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine condition. NOT a library discard (illustrator). True First Edition. Privately Published, 2018. INSCRIBED to the AUTHOR'S MOTHER and SIGNED by him. The inscription reads, in part: "Mom. Hope you enjoy this (it) started as an outline, and just continued to grow with my progress and a TON of love and support along the way. Thanks for your love and encouragement All my love 2018 (signed) Kyle." This is the TRUE first edition published in 2018, four years before the 2022 Ballast books edition. The author is a retired US Navy Rear Admiral and current President and CEO of the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation. Bound in the original black laminated boards, lettered in bright white, and with a full color photo on the front cover of the author hugging his mother, and with a quotation from Charles Krauthammer on the back. From the publisher of the 2022 edition: "Why me? This is what most people would wonder when suddenly faced with a life-altering hardship. Rear Admiral Kyle Cozad was no different -- at first. However, only days after a freak accident that left him largely paralyzed from the waist down, he chose to view his circumstances with unfailing optimism. That positive attitude, combined with his sheer grit and resilience, helped him do what his neurosurgeon said would be impossible: walk again. In RELENTLESS POSITIVITY Cozad chronicles his career in naval aviation, reflecting on his roles as the Navy's senior leader in the White House Situation Room during the Osama Bin Laden raid and as the commander of the Joint Task Force in Guantanamo Bay. He even relates his experience as commander of the Naval Education and Training Command when the training center suffered a terrorist attack. Then, Cozad recounts how his whole life was turned upside-down when an accident seriously damaged his spinal cord. With raw vulnerability, he describes his incredible journey of recovery and rehabilitation, focusing on the key factors that helped him along the way: his family, the U.S. Navy, and the sense of purpose he developed after his injury. Whether you have experienced a life-altering injury of your own or are simply looking for the inspiration needed to overcome a seemingly insurmountable challenge, regardless of your profession or place in your life, this book is a must-read. As Rear Admiral Kyle Cozad says, 'Life throws each one of us curveballs that we never, ever expect. It's how we adjust ourselves to overcome those curveballs that really defines who we are as individuals.'". INSCRIBED to his MOTHER. True First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/No dust jacket, as issued. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 150pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Hard Back. Condition: Good Clean Cond. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Cover Illustration (illustrator). Paperback : soft cover edition in good or better condition, some slight wear to edges, as normal for age of book. Excellent read. A good book to enjoy and keep on hand. Or would make a great gift for the fan / reader in your life. SIGNED & INSCRIBED By Author. Book.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. Signed first edition of Roots of Involvement inscribed by the authors, Marvin Kalb and Elie Abel, to United States Senator J. William Fulbright. (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 336pp. Blue cloth, title in gilt on spine. Top edge pink. Stated "first edition" on copyright page with full number line below. In publishers dust jacket, $8.95 on front flap, fine condition. Illustrated end papers with maps of Asia. Inscribed to Senator J. William Fulbright. Inscription reads: "For Senator Fulbright - Who fights the good fight. Perhaps this will help in a small way. Gratefully, Elie Abel / Marvin Kalb." A. Senator J. William Fulbright was the longest serving chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, where he supported multilateralist diplomacy and the creation of the United Nations. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Hardcover with no DJ. Red boards with gold emblem of the United States Marine Corps on front cover, gold lettering on spine. Title page dated 1963. Copyright page dated 1964. Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 58-60002. 632 pages. Very slight fading to top edge of boards. Top and bottom edges of spine as well as corners bumped. Minor shelf wear to bottom edge of rear board. Boards otherwise clean with no visible damage. Two spots of brown rectangular discoloration on front free endpaper; one near the top right corner and the other near the bottom right corner. Both measure 1 1/4 inch in length and 1/2 inch in width. Similar markings on rear free endpaper at top left corner and bottom left corner. Pages otherwise clean and unmarked with tight binding. Very Good condition. Signed by both Henry I. Shaw and Douglas T. Kane on the front free endpaper with a 3 line inscription made out to "Admiral Fort". Inscription is dated March 31st, 1964. Several maps attached to the rear endpaper . Included are the map of the Rabaul Strategic Area, New Georgia Group, Western New Britain, the Seizure and Defense of the Airdrome, Rabaul and Its Airfields, and a Pilot's Strip Map from New Georgia to New Ireland. All in very good condition with no marks or discoloration. Please contact us with questions or if you'd like to see photographs. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. A first edition of The Kennedy Detail by Gerald Blaine and Lisa McCubbin, with a foreword by Clint Hill. Signed by all three authors. (illustrator). First Edition, Fourth Printing. Octavo, xvii, 427pp. Hardcover, red cloth spine, title in silver on spine. Full number line on copyright page. In the publisher's dust jacket, retail price on front flap, fine condition. Signed by authors on the half title. Signed.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Nils Hogner, (illustrator). 1st Edition. SIGNED "With sincere wishes from Dorothy & Nils Hogner 1938". FORMER OWNER STAMP BACK Blank Flyleaf ,HARDBACK, 1938, 1ST EDITION, 1st printing , Dates Match on title & Copyright pg, NODUSTJACKET, HARDBACK, NOJACKET, VG-CONDITION, Good condition. Lacking the dust jacket. The boards are bowing-out slightly at the fore-edges. Rubbing, slight dust-soiling, and some staining to the boards. A water stain on the bottom corner of the back board. Bumping to the corners, head, and tail. Slight lean to one end of the spine. Dust-soiling and age-toning to the endpapers, pastedowns, and text block edges. The pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. The binding is still firm., ,ILLUSTRATED & CHILDRENS BK Set in MEXICO where mounains are high, about a Lazy Farmer who let weeds grow in his garden & his wife Maria. He cared only for his 4 Goats who gave Milk named Nana, who was beautiful & with slender horns & Silky haired & Barba the Billy goat 7 2 small goats Concha & Pepita. Signed by Author.

Pamphlet. Condition: Near fine. Program for the National Book Festival on October 12, 2002, signed by fourteen authors and illustrators in attendance. (illustrator). First Edition. Quarto, [28pp]. Printed wrappers, bound at the spine with staples. Touch of wear from handling, otherwise fine. Two laid-in bookmarks from the festival. Cover artwork by Carol Dyer and signed on the cover. This work is signed by the following attendees: David Baldacci, Andrea Barrett, Barbara Taylor Bradford, Jules Feiffer, Diana Gabaldon, Sebastian Junger, Jim Lehrer, Pat Mora, Edmund Morris, Sylvia Jukes Morris, Ridley Pearson, Anita Shreve and Erik Weihenmayer. Signed.

Mailer, Norman The Deer Park New York, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1955. 375 pages. First edition, first state dust jacket with the author's name in orange & the title in yellow & green. Signed by Mailer on the first sheet. His third book ab (illustrator). Bound in black wove cloth stamped in green. A good plus copy with smudges to the front and rear boards. Front corner bumped. In second issue dust jacket with chipping across the top of the from panel. With the price of $4.00. Vertical crease down the middle of the spine. Inscribed: "To B.F. Phillipson Cordially Norman Mailer Nov '84".

Original cloth. Condition: Near fine. First edition of The Game by Jack London, with a laid-in birthday party invitation signed by the author's daughter, Becky London Fleming. (illustrator). First Edition, Second Isue. Octavo, 182pp, [6pp ads]. Original green cloth, illustrated front cover. Title in gilt on spine. Top edge gilt. Second isse with rubber-stamped notice on copyright page. Illustrated endpapers. Solid text block, lightly bumped edges, faint wear to joints. Front endpaper partially cracked at hinge. Complete with six color plates, including frontispiece. With two pieces of ephemera: an inscribed invitation from Becky London Fleming's 79th birthday party stating "Dear Bob - It was wonderful to have you share my party - Becky" and an advertising brochure for Jack London Ranch In The Valley Of The Moon. (Sisson & Martens 24) (BAL 11886). Jack London (1876-1916) was one of the first American authors to gain international fame and accumulate wealth from his writing. Despite his popularity, London never received any literary awards for his work. London is remembered today through retellings of his stories on film and television, most recently in a movie adaptation of The Call of the Wild starring Harrison Ford. Signed.

Cloth. Condition: Very good. The Author's Edition of Struggles And Triumphs: or, Forty Years' Recollections, signed by P.T. Barnum. (illustrator). Author's Edition. Octavo, [2].xii, [2], 17-324pp. Brown pebbled cloth, title stamped in gilt on the spine, wear at head of the spine, cloth chipped along the spine. Stated "Author's Edition" on the copyright page. Complete with frontispiece portrait of Barnum, and 32 additional engraved plates. Clean text throughout, expected toning to leaves. This copy is inscribed in another hand, with the following inscription: "Presented to Geo O. Milhouse / ___ of Providence Prep. / with the compliments of the author / May 1, 1879." Signed by P.T. Barnum in the author's hand below the inscription. The first edition of Struggles and Triumphs was published by J.B. Burr & Company of Hartford in 1869. Phineas Taylor Barnum (1810-1891) was an American entertainer, businessman, and politician best known for founding the Barnum & Bailey Circus. A master of publicity and spectacle, he popularized hoaxes, curiosities, and grand exhibitions, including the promotion of General Tom Thumb and the Swedish singer Jenny Lind. Barnum also served as mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut. He authored several books, including The Life of P.T. Barnum, Written by Himself (1855), an autobiography detailing his experiences, Struggles and Triumphs: Forty Years' Recollections of P.T. Barnum (1869), and The Art of Money Getting (1880), offering business advice. His legacy remains influential in entertainment and marketing. Signed.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. First edition of Portrait of the Assassin, signed by the authors, Gerald R. Ford and John R. Stiles. (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 508pp. Red cloth, gilt title on spine. Stated "first printing" on copyright page. Top edge blue, clean pages. Offsetting to half title from laid-in newspaper clipping. In the publisher's dust jacket, $6.95 price on front flap, small separation of glassine film from paper along front hinge, bright illustrations, a near fine example. Signed by Congressman Gerald R. Ford and co-author John Stiles on front free endpaper, dated "6/7/65." An excellent example. On June 7, 1965, Congressman Gerald R. Ford and his co-author, John R. Stiles, greeted his constituents in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan. They were signing copies of this book, three days before it's public release date of June 10, 1965. There were four separate signing events around Grand Rapids on June 7th, including a book shop, the Pantlind Ballroom, Wurzburg's Department Store and Steketee's Book Department. The Governor of Michigan, George Romney, also received a signed copy of the book at a Kent County Republican Fundraiser the same afternoon. Signed.

Cloth. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Signed by the authors, W.W. Waters and William C. White, the first edition of Bonus Expeditionary Force: The Whole Story of the Bonus Army. (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, [16pp photos], 288pp. Beige cloth, title in blue on spine. Blue topstain. No additional printings listed. Solid text block, faint foxing to edges, transference to endpapers. In the publisher's scarce dust jacket, $2.50 retail price on front flap, short closed tears to top edge, thin red stain to rear panel, dampstain to verso. Signed by W.W. Waters and William C. White on the front flyleaf, a scarce signed example. Walter W. Waters, former WWI sergeant, led a legion of 43,000 remonstrators to Washington D.C. to demand early repayment of their service certificates in 1932. This group, named the Bonus Expeditionary Force, were cleared from their campsites by Army Chief of Staff, General Douglas MacArthur, with orders from President Herbert Hoover. The veterans did not receive their early payment until 1936, when Congress overrode a veto from President Roosevelt. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Siskowitz (Siskovics) [Josef (József) von] Count. (1719-1783) Grundsatz Zu Erhaltung einer graden Linie bey denen in Front Marche vormarschirenden Officirs. Prague 1782 83. Calligraphic manuscript in brown ink on Dutch watermarked paper. Folio (320 x 204mm). [84] pages = [13 + 3 blank + 51 + 1 blank + 10 + 2 blank + 12]. Introductory 4- page letter in French in roman letters signed by the author at the end; main text in German penned in a neat gothic hand arranged in half-page columns; with tactical sketches in two of the ample blank margins. also some notes. Leaves with vertical folding marks in centre- page; contents inscription on recto of front blank leaf in a contemporary gothic hand: Grundsätze Ueber die Richtung mit mehreren Batallions von dem F[eld]z[eug]m[ei]ster Grafen von Siskowitz 1782. Contemporary sprinkled brown boards; gilt morocco title label in top of backstrip; ends of spine worn; contemporary armorial bookplate pasted inside frontcover. An unpublished Austrian 18th century treatise on linear tactics and function. The present manuscript interprets the principle of officers and non-commissioned officers having to maintain a straight line consisting of several ranks when advancing in battalion strength. (The Prussians mostly used the oblique order in most of their battles). This was based on the author s experiences during the Seven Years War (1756-63), when Prussian infantry advanced in three lines of battalions with three ranks apiece. Movement in the formation was very slow and a breakdown in cohesion likely unless the battalion was well trained. Described in detail are the various manoeuvers involved for directing marching columns, keeping proper distance, and wheeling at the right moment; two illustrations (one half-page) and 15 commentaries are contained in the ample blank margins. Siskowitz, an Hungarian staff officer from Szeged, made a rapid career in the Imperial Austrian army reaching the rank of lieutenant.general . He distinguished himself at the battle of Kolin in 1757, where he successfully carried out an order by Fieldmarshal von Daun to ambush a Prussian column with a force of 7000 men for which he was decorated and ennobled. The author died in Prague on 18th December 1783. The present manuscript was submitted to the attention of an unnamed military superior by way of an introductory letter in French on the subject. The 4-page extract , dated 12th February 1783, signed C[om]te.Siskovics , has been bound to precede the manuscript in this volume. The letter refers to an imperial order by Joseph II to align flags and marching columns of several battalions before advancing on the enemy; Siskowitz states that he considers it necessary to prescribe his method saying that he has no difficulty whatsoever to submit it to the recipient as an old friend if he wishes to make use of it. However, he stresses that his system should be carefully studied before it is put it into practice. Siskovitz insists the relevant maneuvers be carried out by officers and non-commissioned officers, never by other ranks, that they must be properly exercised before applied, and that it was not sufficient to rely on reading his instructions. He states that he demonstrated his method in 1782 with 13 batallions taking 2000 steps in 8 seconds. Both letter and manuscript are written on the same quality Dutch laid paper showing two different watermarks respectively : a larger with the legend PRO PATRIA surrounding a circular composition and a smaller one wih the the crowned initials GR of the paper maker within a round border of intertwined leaves. The Pro Patria or Maid of Dort watermark shows a seated maid, holding a hat on the point of a spear, and a rampant lion brandishing a sword and holding a bundle of arrows; both are surrounded by a palisade, a symbol of Holland maintaining liberty by force of arms. Reference: Churchill, W.A. Watermarks in Paper in Holland, England, France etc. in XVII and.