New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1949. Stated Second Printing. Signed on half title with brief inscription by Claire Ruth, Babe Ruth's second wife, dated June 16th, 1949 to media producer and and public relations executive Leonard Safir, brother of journalist William Safire. This volume most recently from William Safire's..... More
Hardcover. [Rahway, NJ]: Privately Printed, 1924. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on front free endpaper with brief inscription dated May 1927, "To Eustace [?] S. Regan, from Becky and Charles D. Lanier." Octavo (7.75" x 5.25"); x, 204p. Blue paper-covered boards with blue paper title card on white cloth..... More
First Edition. New York: Coward, McCann, and Geoghegan, 1976. First Edition, signed by Donald Hall and Dock Ellis with brief inscriptions on front free endpaper. Octavo; 254pp. Printed dustjacket over black paper-covered boards with purple cloth spine and gilt lettering. Ex-library copy but remarkably free of library markings..... More
New York: David Turet Publisher, 1941. First Edition. Inscribed by author on front free endpaper: "To Doctor H.C. Byrd, Frank M. Heath." Octavo; x + 462pp. Front endpaper map of Gypsy Queen's route. Terracotta cloth with gold stamping on front panel and spine. Top edge of textblock stained in same..... More
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1898. First Edition. Large Octavo. 272 pages. Black and white illustrations throughout. Brown boards decorative chess board to front and spine and front in gilt. Top edge gilt. The second in Young's 'Chess Strategetics' series and includes chapters on major tactics, geometric and sub-geometric..... More
Garden City: Garden City Publishing Company, 1926. Reprint of the G.P. Putnam's Sons edition. Photographic dustjacket over red cloth-covered boards with black lettering. Jacket chipped at corners and spine ends, with a few small tears and a couple scuffs to face. Spine ends nudged with a small tear at head..... More
Jack Murray. First Edition. Hardcover. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1954. Stated First Edition. Octavo (8.75" x 5.75"); xxxi, 254p. Illustrated throughout with full-color frontis. Orange cloth-covered boards with black lettering and illustration. Missing dustjacket. Boards lightly bumped at corners and spine ends, with light shelfwear and some sunning to..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1952. First Edition. Octavo; [xii], 257pp. Photo spread and diagrams throughout. Photo-illustrated dust jacket with original $4.00 price intact; book in gray cloth-covered boards with green and brown lettering to spine. Jacket chipped at spine ends with a few small tears along edges and down..... More
First Edition. Hardcover. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2008. Stated First Edition with full numberline. SIGNED by the author without inscription on full title. Photo-illustrated dustjacket with original $23.00 price; book in blindstamped blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Hints of shelfwear to dustjacket, but no chips, tears, or..... More
Fifth Printing. Hardcover. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010. Fifth Printing. SIGNED by the author on full title. Yellow photographic dustjacket with $27.95 price; book in black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. [xiv], 461p. Illustrated throughout. Jacket is clean and crisp with very faint shelfwear and a thin, .25"..... More
New York: Vantage Press, 1990. Stated First Edition. Inscribed by author on front right endpaper: "January 5 ,1991, Jack--Thanks for your note and Christmas greetings. Hope you enjoy these ramblings. Bill Hall." Octavo; viii + 120pp. Illustrated two-color dust jacket. Ten B&W photographs. Burgundy cloth, minimally worn at spine edges..... More