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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 262 pages with map. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's quarter black cloth with gilt red lettering to spine over black boards in original pictorial jacket. First edition. Dead Run is a 1988 nautical thriller novel written by Tony Gibbs. First published on May 12, 1988, by Random House, this action-packed fiction story follows a classic hidden-treasure hunt taking place on the open sea. A spunky protagonist named Gillian inherits an old sailboat named Glory from her uncle. She quickly finds herself targeted by two unscrupulous rival groups who are aggressively searching for mysterious contraband hidden aboard the vessel. Condition: Near fine in a fine jacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Hardcover Edition. INVENTORY = B >> NAILS (Canadian Crime-Thriller set largely in Vancouver and British Columbia) Lester and Orpen Pub; 1974; 1st Edition Hardcover with Dust Jacket; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; 301-Pages; 620-Grams; ** R. Lance Hill's first novel: NAILS, a Canadian Crime-Thriller set largely in Vancouver and British Columbia. ** Synopsis: Joe Black, a tough, intelligent drifter with a violent streak, becomes involved in a drug-smuggling operation in British Columbia and survives a dangerous rip-off that leaves others dead. Trying to build a more stable life, he takes a job managing a Vancouver nightclub owned by a wealthy friend. As he navigates the city's nightlife, he becomes romantically involved with two very different women while clashing with members of a local crime family. Torn between the lure of easy money, his restless desire for freedom, and the possibility of a settled future, Joe is ultimately forced into a violent confrontation. ** (HILL, R. LANCE aka David Lee Henry is a Canadian novelist and screenwriter; creator of The Evil That Men Do and writer of Roadhouse) >> Dust Jacket is Overall VG, but with 2-1/2" x 3" Stain to upper Right Corner on BACK of DJ, with Magic Tape Repairs inside, edge wear; 1" paper tear to backcover; thus GOOD. BOOK has 25-Lines of Notes in PENCIL on Title Page, PENCIL Marking and Notes on Multiple pages inside. BOOK has 1-1/2" x 2" Stain to upper Right Corner on BACK cover of Book, additional Staining inside to upper Right Corners, thus GOOD Still OK as a Reading Copy Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Third Edition. . Published by the Pittsburgh Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Nice folding map of city streets & Pittsgurgh in 1795, & Histories behind the two American forts Duquesne and Pitt from about 1753. One built by the French, the other by the British, attacks by Indians, the forts destroyed and re-built etc. The last chapter is on Pittsburgh city streets and how they came by their names. 47pp with some notation marks and footnotes in pencil.…

First Edition. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, first impression. Large octavo (25 x 18cm), pp.[48]. Illustrated in colour throughout by Scheffler. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper-covered boards with cyan endpapers, untitled. Publisher's illustrated dust-jacket, priced at £12.99. Promotional sticker to jacket. A fine, as-new copy. First published in German in 2016, and here translated into English with illustrations by the illustrator of 'The Gruffalo' (1999).…

[Children's Illustrated] TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY EDITION, first impression thus. Quarto (28 x 26cm), pp.[32]. Illustrated in colour throughout by Jeram. Light blue endpapers. Publisher's light blue paper-covered boards, with the illustrated dust-jacket, priced at £12.99. A fine, as-new copy.

First Edition. [Modern literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.320. Signed by the author to the title page. Publisher's dark blue cloth, titles in silver to spine, dark blue endpapers. Pictorial dust-wrapper designed by Henry Steadman with printed price of £18.99. Toned to edges, binding and wrapper lightly handled, 'signed by the author' sticker to front panel. Very good. Signed. …

First Edition. [Espionage Thriller] FIRST UK EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.261 [3]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the yellow typographic dust-jacket, priced at £10.95. A lovely crisp, clean copy, showing some sunning to jacket spine and front panel. Near fine. A KGB sleeper agent develops a secret weapon while under cover in America, but when his cover is blown, he must evade capture by both sides.…

Condition: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

First Edition. [Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.222; [2]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to the title page. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket priced at £7.95 to front flap. Interior bright and clean, minor toning to top edge. Light sunning to dust-jacket spine, few signs of handling to jacket extremities. Near fine. A thriller following the story of a traumatised fighter pilot who runs one last ferry flight from Malawi to Israel, but soon discovers he's in for more than he bargained for. Signed.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. In Spanish; preliminary note by Ismael Moya About Very Good in edgeworn paper wrappers; front wrap starting (to disadhere to spine); foxed throughout, some transfer of inks from illustrations to facing pages Number 33 out of a limited editon of 130. Illustrations (woodblock) by Victor Rebuffo who was born in Turin, Italy in 1903 and migrated to Buenos Aires, Argentina with his family at the age of three. He studied at the National Academy and taught drawing there after graduation. In 1943, he became (illustrator).…

First Edition. [Political history / Rhodesia] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.200. Illustrated with a map. Publisher's black cloth blocked in gilt, photographic dust-wrapper. With ink ownership signature of Valentine Fleming. Slightly dusty, near fine. Provenance; Valentine Patrick Fleming (1935-2015), Grenadier Guards officer, nephew of 'James Bond' novelist Ian Fleming. From the comprehensive bibliographical archive assembled by Jon Gilbert, with his pencilled note within. His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography.…

First Edition. [Comedic Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 279 [1]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title-page bookplate. Publisher's navy cloth lettered in gilt to spine, grey endpapers, illustrated dust-jacket by Mick Brownfield. Minor staining to lower edge of textblock, signs of gentle wear. A fine, bright copy. 'Hemingway's Chair' the the first novel of Palin's, following an Assistant Postmaster obssessed with Ernest Hemingway. Signed.…

First Edition. [Modern Literature] UNCORRECTED SCARCE PROOF. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6]; 249; [1]. Illustrated soft covers with publication date of May 1996 and UK price of £15.99 printed on back cover. Loosely inserted is a publisher's promotional letter. Light toning to cover, bumping to crown of spine. Near fine. 'Next of Kin' is set in the heart of the English farmland and follows the story of Gina's marital breakdown. When speaking about her writing process Trollope says she wants her novels to focus 'on what making a choice really means', and when Gina decides to confide in her friend Laurence, the repercussions of her decisions ricochet through both homes.…

Condition: Good. In-4° broché. Bel envoi de l'artiste à Madeleine et Jacques Matarasso.Marie-Elisabeth Collet a fait ses études artistiques à l'Ecole Nationale des Arts Décoratifs à Nice, pendant que les protagonistes de Supports-Surfaces commençaient à se révéler. Puis, elle « monte » à Paris à l'Institut des Carrières Artistiques (1965-1967). Un stage à la Fondation Maeght à Saint Paul de Vence - très important à l'époque- lui permait d'appréhender le monde de l'art du XXème siècle dans ses différentes dimensions (1966). Elle prend alors un premier atelier à Nice.Une approche personnelle de portraits expressionnistes sera sa production de jeunesse ; en émerge des regards de personnes angoissées. Elle part pour Lyon, où elle devient dessinatrice et styliste dans des cabinets de dessins en "soieries", activité qu'elle maintiendra à différents postes pendant dix ans. Elle s'installe à Avignon (1979) où sur le plan artistique elle commence son travail sur les écorces.1981 marque pour elle « une rupture », avec la perte d'un être cher. Dans le même temps, l'arrière-pays du Comtat avec ses terres, le vent, la nature proche introduisent un nouveau climat dans son être.Provenance. Estate of Jacques and Madeleine Matarasso, Nice, France.The story of the Matarasso family, booksellers, gallery owners and publishers of illustrated books and prints, spans three generations of enthusiasts. The Matarassos played a leading role in the intellectual and cultural life of Paris and then Nice. "They devoted their lives to promoting the works on paper of artists and writers," recalls Laure Matarasso, who took up the torch, first with her father in 1993, then alone after his death in 2015.1911 - Henri Matarasso leaves Salonika (now Thessalonika) for France;1916 - Birth of Jacques Matarasso, Henri's son, in Barcelona;1933- Opening of Matarasso bookshop, 72, rue de Seine, Paris;1941- Jacques moves to Nice; After initially setting up shop on rue Alberti in 1941, followed by a second on rue de Russie after the Liberation, Jacques Matarasso settled permanently at 2 rue Longchamp on July 1, 1950;1993- Laure Matarasso, Jacques and Madeleine's daughter, continues the adventure by taking over the gallery in Nice;2016- The bookstore-gallery moved from Rue Longchamp and, after a year of searching, opened at 46 Boulevard Risso, near Mamac and the Nucéra library, between Place Garibaldi and Acropolis in Nice.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first printing. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[16]; 622; [2]. Publisher's grey quarter cloth over grey papers covered boards, titles in silver to spine, grey endpapers. Dust-jacket designed by Jackie Seow, with printed price of $35 to front flap. Illustrated with a photographic suite. Signed by the author to the title page. Lightly handled. Fine. Signed by Author.…

[Modern Literature] PROOF COPY. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10]; 303; [3], blank. Publisher's pictorial softcovers lettered in black to front cover and spine, with proposed publication date of 'September 1992' and price of '£14.99' printed to back cover. With corrective annotations in black ink throughout, including page numbers to preliminaries and errors highlighted such as 'she kept shook her head' to p.31. Light creasing to spine and minor marking to covers. Near fine. 'The English Patient' won the Book Prize in 1992, and it went on to inspire the highly acclaimed film - by the same title - in 1996, which won nine Oscars including Best Picture.…

First Edition. [Modern Literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 328. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Huntley/Muir, priced at £15.99. Very light handling only. A fine copy. A novel exploring crime, the occult, and desire, set in early Victorian London. Signed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. HBDJ, (1894). Early Edition, Small Beautiful Beige, Blue Green & Black Illustrated Hard Cover Duplicates DJ Illustration, Book Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition FAIR, AS-IS,: DJ Well Worn, Slightly Darkened with 2 Larger Chips to Edges extremities & Spine Ends small Chips YET FRONT DJ Title, Picture & Author INTACT,Back DJ Fox & small Chips Extremities, Interior Nice tight clean light FOX, Wear, 96 pgs, .She and her sister won the Pulitzer Prize in 1917 for the Biography of their mother Julia Ward Howe, the social reformer and lyricist of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic.…

First Edition. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.208. Blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, in Richard Chopping-esque pictorial dust-jacket designed by Broom Lynne priced 25s. Crisp and fresh throughout. An excellent copy. A risqué James Bond-style spoof, being the second adventure featuring Adam Diment's highly-sexed, pot-smoking British agent Philip McAlpine (an obvious predecessor of Austin Powers).…

Condition: Fine. First edition in publisher's original black card wrap covers [softback]. Square 10½'' x 10½''. Contains 52 pages of text with full-page colour and monochrome photographs throughout. Small price sticker removed from the bottom corner of the front cover, otherwise in Fine condition, no dust wrapper as published. Shadow Work: In 1984 Mac Adams began working with shadows. Figurative shadows were projected from structures that were highly abstract, only revealing themselves under certain light conditions. Large outdoor shadow sculptures worked by sunlight responding to the earth's tilt and shift, e.g.: 'The Serpent Bearer' Montclair University 1987. 'The Fountainhead' La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, CA 1988, 'Meditation' Louis Pasture University Strasbourg, France. 1996. 'Wings and Wheels' New Jersey Department of Transportation, Cherry Hill N. J. interior sculptures worked with spotlights projected onto abstract sculptures casting figurative shadows on to walls and floors. Models and sculptures where exhibited at Farideh Cadot Gallery New York City 1887 and John Gibson Gallery NYC. 1992. This work influenced another generation of artists such as Tim Nobel and Sue Webster. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0952780224 ART [British]. …

Condition: Good. Original serigraph.Signed, numbered and titled in pencil. One of 26.Dated, 198125 x 38 inches.Marjorie Muns studied at UC Santa Barbara and graduated with a BFA from UC Irvine.Her early work was in serigraphy. Her current realistic watercolor still lifes investigate the effects of light on form, such as transparency, luminosity, and reflection. Her serigraphs and fine art watercolors are in the corporate collections of TRW, Price Waterhouse, Home Savings, Kaiser Permanente, Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Pacific Bell, Bellevue Hotel SF, Sheraton Hotels, and numerous private collections.In addition, illustration commissions for advertising and publishing clients include: Ojai Valley Inn & Spa, Volvo, Dole Fruit, Van Den Burgh Foods, Quaker Oats, Publix Supermarkets, Folger's Coffee, Chemical Bank, ScotiaBank, Coldwell Banker, MacMillan/McGraw Hill, Hearst Business Publishing, Diversion Magazine, Hachette Filipacci New Media, Penguin-Putnam, Random House, Gulfshore Life, and others.She has taught watercolor at California State University Long Beach and the Long Beach Museum of Art.Provenance: Suzy R. Locke & Associates, Oakland.…

First Edition. [Comedy Spy Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.205 [3]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to black backing square. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Bill Botten, priced at 25s. Crisp and fresh throughout. An excellent copy. A risqué James Bond-style spoof, being the third adventure featuring Adam Diment's highly-sexed, pot-smoking British agent Philip McAlpine (an obvious predecessor of Austin Powers). Rather scarce.…

First Edition. [Spy novel] UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY of the first edition. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.208. Publisher's printed buff wraps. Pencil ownership of bibliographer Jon Gilbert, contents clean, covers lightly handled, spine wrinkled as expected. Near fine. A risqué James Bond-style spoof, being the second adventure featuring Adam Diment's highly-sexed, pot-smoking British agent Philip McAlpine (an obvious predecessor of Austin Powers). A rare proof; no other copies currently listed online.…

Condition: Good. Original serigraph.Signed, numbered and titled in pencil. One of 32. 35 x 25 inches.Marjorie Muns studied at UC Santa Barbara and graduated with a BFA from UC Irvine.Her early work was in serigraphy. Her current realistic watercolor still lifes investigate the effects of light on form, such as transparency, luminosity, and reflection. Her serigraphs and fine art watercolors are in the corporate collections of TRW, Price Waterhouse, Home Savings, Kaiser Permanente, Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Pacific Bell, Bellevue Hotel SF, Sheraton Hotels, and numerous private collections.In addition, illustration commissions for advertising and publishing clients include: Ojai Valley Inn & Spa, Volvo, Dole Fruit, Van Den Burgh Foods, Quaker Oats, Publix Supermarkets, Folger's Coffee, Chemical Bank, ScotiaBank, Coldwell Banker, MacMillan/McGraw Hill, Hearst Business Publishing, Diversion Magazine, Hachette Filipacci New Media, Penguin-Putnam, Random House, Gulfshore Life, and others.She has taught watercolor at California State University Long Beach and the Long Beach Museum of Art.Provenance: Suzy R. Locke & Associates, Oakland.…

Condition: Good. Original serigraph.Signed, numbered and titled in pencil. One of 28.Dated, 198225 x 38 inches.Marjorie Muns studied at UC Santa Barbara and graduated with a BFA from UC Irvine.Her early work was in serigraphy. Her current realistic watercolor still lifes investigate the effects of light on form, such as transparency, luminosity, and reflection. Her serigraphs and fine art watercolors are in the corporate collections of TRW, Price Waterhouse, Home Savings, Kaiser Permanente, Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Pacific Bell, Bellevue Hotel SF, Sheraton Hotels, and numerous private collections.In addition, illustration commissions for advertising and publishing clients include: Ojai Valley Inn & Spa, Volvo, Dole Fruit, Van Den Burgh Foods, Quaker Oats, Publix Supermarkets, Folger's Coffee, Chemical Bank, ScotiaBank, Coldwell Banker, MacMillan/McGraw Hill, Hearst Business Publishing, Diversion Magazine, Hachette Filipacci New Media, Penguin-Putnam, Random House, Gulfshore Life, and others.She has taught watercolor at California State University Long Beach and the Long Beach Museum of Art.Provenance: Suzy R. Locke & Associates, Oakland.…

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in half dark brown leather covers, five raised bands to the spine with gilt title lettering, top edge gilt, marble end papers. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains [xviii] 382 printed pages of text, fold-out map to the rear. Sun fading to the spine, light foxing to the end leaves and in Very Good tight and sound condition. Smith played first-class cricket for Oxford University and Surrey, was educated, from 1886 to 1892, at Charterhouse School, one of the principal nurseries of the Association Football game, and learned many of the skills that subsequently brought him fame while boarding at the school. Smith captained the England team on at least 13, and possibly as many as 16, occasions (early records are inexact) between 1896 and 1901, winning at least eight games, possibly as many as ten, and drawing two. Smith retired from football shortly after his final international appearance and became joint headmaster at Ludgrove School, a preparatory school in Barnet recognised as one of the principal feeder institutions for Eton College. His fellow headmaster, Arthur Dunn - who had founded Ludgrove in 1892 - was another noted amateur footballer and had also played as centre-forward for England. Dunn died, aged only 41, a few months after Smith joined the school, and thereafter G. O. shared his duties with his fellow Corinthian, England captain, and great friend, William Oakley. He also taught, from 1918 at Sunningdale Preparatory School and died, aged 71, in retirement at his home in Hampshire. Ludgrove Prize Plate inside dated December 18th, 1906, SIGNED 'G. O. Smith.' Apart from the rare G. O. Smith signature, a poignant aside to the book is that the recipient student, Harry Keppel Chester, lost his life in World War 1. He was killed in action in the first GAZA Battle in 1917 and was posthumously promoted from Lieutenant to Captain H. K. Chester. His parish church, St. Mary the Virgin, in Birchanger, Essex has a marble memorial of his with the following inscription 'To the Glory of God and in loving memory of Harry Keppel Chester of this Parish, and of Kings College, Cambridge, Captain, 5th Battalion Essex Regiment, Born 18 July 1894, died 27 March 1917 of wounds received in action the previous day near Gaza, Buried at Khan Yunus, in Palestine. 'Go thy way, thy son liveth'. The Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Street, London has on view in their collection a gathering of his 1914-1917 letters, privately published in book form by his family in 1921. It is titled 'Letters from Harry Keppel Chester 1914-1917'. 218 pages. A poignant tragedy that 12 year old Harry received as his school prize 'A Boy in the Peninsular War', - killed in action - still a boy. Member of the P.B.F.A. SPORT [Football].…

First Edition. [Spy novel series] FIRST EDITION, all first impressions. Octavos (21 x 15 x 10cm). Bound in publisher's hardcover cloth in illustrated dust-jackets, the first two being Richard Chopping-esque in style, the third is drawn by Bill Botten who designed James Bond jackets in the 80s. Contents clean, no ink names, jackets are bright with no chips or tears, none are clipped. Becoming scarce. An excellent set of these risqué James Bond-style spoofs featuring Adam Diment's highly-sexed, pot-smoking British agent Philip McAlpine (an obvious predecessor of Austin Powers). Diment disappeared from public view after his last novel, adding to his cult figure status among fans of 1960s spy novels. From the comprehensive archive of Bond material assembled by Ian Fleming bibliographer Jon Gilbert, with his pencilled ownership. …

[Music memorabila] Original concert programme. Octavo (27 x 20cm), pp.[16]. Illustrated with photographs throughout. Photographic covers printed in two colours. Fine condition. Programme sold at venues hosting the spring 1964 UK tour, headlined by Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas and Gene Pitney, with support including Cillla Black, The Swinging Blues Jeans, and on some dates The Kinks and The Hollies.…

Condition: Good. Poster. 81 x 49cm.Receiving his MFA from UC Santa Barbara in 1966, Jerry Kearns was born in Petersburg, Virginia in 1943 and creates large-scale whimsical and dark graphic paintings. Since the 1980's Kearns has created "psychological pop" paintings, which have been exhibited in the United States and internationally, focusing on the impact of consumerism and mass media on people's conceptions of themselves and reality. His artistry draws on his own experiences growing up in the United States and witnessing the blending of politics, entertainment, and truth in the media. He personally saw this transformation occur first-hand beginning with the Reagan administration. The subject matter is also based in personal tragedy, as his wife passed away in 2016 due to pancreatic cancer caused by the toxic air in New York City, an environmental crisis denied and covered up by the Bush administration. His sought-after pop art pieces juxtapose famous images and figures from Western iconography in violent scenes of conflict but without a clear victor. Sometimes humorous, sometimes morbid and often both, these acrylic on canvas artworks reflect the hypocrisies and absurdities that lie within the confusing landscape of American cultural politics and ideologies.erry Kearns' "psychological pop" paintings represent a multidimensional quantum universe. Juxtaposing varied modes of representation, Kearns presents a visual mash-up that highlights how certain iconography expresses American belief structures. In compositions rife with conflict, questioning, contradictions and intrigue, Kearns depicts iconic figures sourced from Western popular culture engaged in perpetual power struggles, though it's never clear who is winning. His characters fluctuate between protagonist and antagonist in a narrative that reflects our own constructions of reality - a matrix of thought where time and space are condensed and presented in a single, tense moment.Jerry Kearns has exhibited internationally across the Americas, Europe, and Asia since the 1980s. He has been featured many times in The New York Times, Art and Auction, ARTnews, and Artforum, among others. His paintings are included in many public and private collections, including the Museum of Modern Art (New York), National Galerie (Berlin), Brooklyn Museum (New York), the Art Institute of Chicago, Whitney Museum of American Art (New York), The Norton Family Collection (Los Angeles), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and Queensland Art Gallery (Queensland, Australia.…