Signed World First Edition (22 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A fairly scarce hardback first edition made doubly desirable by the author's signature on the title page. Signed at Charleston Festival. This looks read, but there are few signs of usage. The protected jacket is not clipped. The corners of the boards are square and undamaged. The text block is without marks except for the signature. No dedication, just the author's name. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Signed by Author.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Great SIGNED copy of the third book in the series. This is the world first printing, on green suede, with silver blocking. Utterly charming books, much sought after in the special binding. Issued without a jacket. Signed on the title page in green and embellished by the author with a green star. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Signed by Author.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. SIGNED UNREAD FIRST PRINTING. Perfect first edition in a perfect jacket. An as new copy. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. SIGNED ON THE TITLE PAGE, and with a DEDICATION. First printing of the world first edition hardback, and with no marks except for the author's. A masterpiece by a still underrated writer and rare to have a copy in this FINE condition. Unclipped perfect jacket, protected. A great novel that convinces the lucky reader that they are in another time and place. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize, which it should have won, this is as good as the modern novel can expect to get. Imagination backed up with historical research. A fine book in a fine jacket. (A wonderfully great book is more accurate.) Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Signed by Author.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xx, 236pp. Yellow hardcover, title in black on spine. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page, with a full number line. In the publisher's dust jacket, price clipped, faint shelf wear, a near fine example. Signed on the title page by Mike Krzyzewski and co-author, Jamie Spatola. First edition of The Gold Standard: Building a World-Class Team, signed by Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski. (illustrator). Signed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. First English Edition. Octavo, x, 212pp, [1]. Black hardcover, title stamped in gilt on spine. First edition statement on copyright page. Bumped lower edge, not affecting text or dust jacket. In the publisher's near fine dust jacket, retail price on front flap, light shelf wear. Signed on the front free endpaper by President Jimmy Carter, with a full signature. An exceptionally rare book to find signed by President Carter. This work was first published by Simon and Schuster in 2005, under the same title. First English edition of Faith and Freedom: The Christian Challenge for the World, signed by President Jimmy Carter. (illustrator). Signed. …

Leather bound. Condition: Near fine. First Edition. Twelvemo, [8]. 37pp. Red morocco, title in gilt on front cover. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Light wear to spine, scattered foxing. Signed on the title page: "With best wishes from Wingate / 17 Feb 48." Lt. Colonel Wingate Charlton (1913-2007) received the Distinguished Service Cross during World War II, the highest honor for gallantry from the United States. On April 19, 1945, his tank unit took out numerous German positions near Hamburg, earning him the American honors. Throughout life, he was an accomplished poet and a Fellow at the Royal Society of Arts. Signed first edition of More Verses by British Lt. Colonel Wingate Charlton, recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross during World War II. (illustrator). Signed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xviii, 194pp, [4]. Gray hardcover, title stamped in gilt on black spine. Stated "first edition" with a full number line on the copyright page. Solid text block, free of any marks or notations. In the publisher's dust jacket, $26.00 on front flap, "signed copy" sticker on front panel, light shelf wear, a very good example. This copy is signed on the front flyleaf by the author. Includes a foreword by Hillary Clinton. Signed first edition of Off The Sidelines: Raise Your Voice, Change the World by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. (illustrator). Signed. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, viii, 341pp. Brown hardcover. Stated "First Edition: November 2015" on the copyright page, with a full number line. Appears unread. In the publisher's near fine dust jacket, $26.99 on front flap. Signed on the front free endpaper by Bill Nye. First edition, first printing of Unstoppable: Harnessing Science To Change The World, signed by Bill Nye. (illustrator). Signed.…

Cloth. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 286pp, [1]. Purple boards, purple cloth spine, title stamped in gilt. Stated "First Printing" on the copyright page. Illustrated throughout with drawings by Paul Davis. In the publisher's dust jacket, price clipped, light sunning to the spine. Signed by Ethel Hulbert Renwick on the front free endpaper. A collection of international recipes adapted for preparation in an American kitchen. The signed first edition, first printing of A World of Good Cooking by Ethel Hulbert Renwick. (illustrator). Signed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First Edition, First Printing. Small octavo, 213pp, [5]. Tan paper boards, black cloth spine with title in gilt. Stated "First Edition" with a full number line on the copyright page. Illustrated endpapers. In the publisher's fine dust jacket, $22.99 retail price on the front flap. Signed by Paulette Jiles on the title page. A finalist for the 2016 National Book Award for Fiction, this novel was adapted into the 2020 film starring Tom Hanks. The signed first edition, first printing of News of the World by Paulette Jiles. (illustrator). Signed. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, [10], 403pp, [3]. Black hardcover, title in silver on gray spine. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page. Solid text block, fine condition. In the publisher's dust jacket, $32.50 retail price on front flap, a fine example. Signed on the front free endpaper: "Enjoy, Henry Threadgill." Henry Threadgill (b. 1944) is a composer and saxophonist with over fifty years of experience performing free jazz. His album In for a Penny, In for a Pound was awarded the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Music. Signed first edition of Easily Slip Into Another World: A Life in Music by Henry Threadgill. (illustrator). Signed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 47pp. Illustrated boards. Stated "first edition" with a full number line on copyright page. Appears unread. In the publisher's fine dust jacket. Signed on the front free endpaper by George Takei, with paperwork from Premier Collectibles. Signed by George Takei, the first edition of My Lost Freedom: A Japanese American World War II Story, illustrated by Michelle Lee. (illustrator). Signed.…

Leather bound. Condition: Very good. First Edition, First Printing. Twelvemo, 88, [2]. Blue leatherette, title stamped in gold on cover. Stated "first printing" on title page. Includes frontispiece and numerous black and white illustrations throughout. Wear to covers, slight bow to cover. Signed on the front free endpaper by Brig. General Brougher and his wife, Frances. William E. Brougher (1889-1965) was commander of the 11th Division of the Philippine army, who unsuccessfully fought off a Japanese invasion in December, 1941. Brougher survived the Bataan Death March in 1942 and remained one of the highest ranking officers in Japanese captivity during World War II. In retirement he wrote his memoirs, titled South to Bataan, North to Mukden. Signed first edition of The Long Dark Road by Brig. General William E. Brougher, a high ranking prisoner of War during World War II. (illustrator). Signed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, [10], 242pp. Black spine, green boards, title in gilt on spine. Solid text block, appears unread, a fine example. In the publisher's dust jacket, $23.95 retail price on front flap, a stunning, fine example. Signed by all nine authors on the half title. The aforementioned nine authors each wrote one chapter to create this piece of fiction. Signed first edition of The Putt at the End of the World by Lee K. Abbott, Dave Barry, Richard Bausch, James Crumley, James W. Hall, Tami Hoag, Tim O'Brien, Ridley Pearson, and Les Standiford. (illustrator). Signed.…

Leather bound. Condition: Very good. First Edition, First Printing. Twelvemo, 88, [2]. Blue leatherette, title stamped in gold on cover. Stated "first printing" on title page. Includes frontispiece and numerous black and white illustrations throughout. Light wear to covers, bright gilt on front cover. Signed on the front free endpaper by Brig. General Brougher. William E. Brougher (1889-1965) was commander of the 11th Division of the Philippine army, who unsuccessfully fought off a Japanese invasion in December, 1941. Brougher survived the Bataan Death March in 1942 and remained one of the highest ranking officers in Japanese captivity during World War II. In retirement he wrote his memoirs, titled South to Bataan, North to Mukden. Signed first edition of The Long Dark Road by Brig. General William E. Brougher, a high ranking prisoner of War during World War II. (illustrator). Signed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Signed in black ink on the half title, this is a first printing of the American hardback, as stated on the copyright page. Simple signature, obtained - according to a pencil note on the front end paper - '1972 signed by RL at Essex University'. First Edition, 1951. Bound in black cloth, green and lime yellow dustwrapper. Lowell's third book, following Lord Weary's Castle and Land Of Unlikeness. This copy is not price clipped but the jacket, which is now protected, is well used. The black binding is firm, and the text block is tanned, like most copies I'm afraid, because of the poor quality paper. Rare signature. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Signed by Author.…

Cloth. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. First Edition, First Printing. Quarto, [12], 628pp. Black cloth, title stamped in gilt on the spine. Stated first printing, with a full number line on copyright page. In the publisher's illustrated dust jacket, $50.00 retail price on front flap, light shelf wear, a near fine example. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "For Bill - Best Wishes - S.E. Ambrose / Bismarck 4/28/98." Published by Viking in New York in 1997, this revised and updated edition is based on Sulzberger's earlier American Heritage Picture History of World War II, first published in 1966. The signed first edition, first printing of The New History of World War II by Stephen E. Ambrose, with original text by C.L. Sulzberger. (illustrator). Signed.…

Full Morocco. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. Signed Limited Edition. Octavo, xvi, 269pp, [4]. Full green morocco, title stamped in gilt. All edges gilt. Includes the publisher's plain paper dust wrapper and green presentation box. Paperwork from London bookseller dated 1968 included with this copy. Illustrated with photographs, drawings, charts, and maps. One of 500 numbered copies signed by Chichester, this being number 334. A beautiful copy. Gipsy Moth Circles The World is Chichester's account of his 1966-1967 solo circumnavigation in Gipsy Moth IV, sailing from Plymouth to Sydney and returning by way of Cape Horn, with only one stop. For this voyage, Chichester received his knighthood from Queen Elizabeth in 1967. The signed limited edition of Gipsy Moth Circles the World by Sir Francis Chichester, the first person to solo-circumnavigate the world by sailboat. (illustrator). Signed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition, First Printing. Quarto, 144pp, 160pp, [3]. Illustrated hardcover. No additional printings noted. Free of marks or notations, appears unread. Heavily illustrated with hundreds of color photographs from the filming and actual trial of the "Chicago 7." Not issued with dust jacket. This copy is signed by Aaron Sorkin on the front free endpaper. The Chicago 7 were a group of activists charged with conspiracy, inciting a riot, and other offenses related to protests against the Vietnam War during the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The defendants were Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Tom Hayden, Rennie Davis, David Dellinger, John Froines, and Lee Weiner. Initially, Bobby Seale, co-founder of the Black Panther Party, was also included but was later tried separately. The trial, lasting from September 1969 to February 1970, became a landmark case highlighting political dissent and judicial conduct. Five were convicted of inciting a riot but later had their convictions overturned on appeal due to judicial bias and procedural errors. Signed first edition of The Trial Of The Chicago 7: The Whole World Is Watching, the screenplay by Aaron Sorkin. (illustrator). Signed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xiv, 590pp. Blue hardcover, title stamped in gilt on spine. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page. In the publisher's near fine dust jacket, $30.00 on front flap, touch of shelf wear, bright illustrations. Inscribed by President George W. Bush (43) on the front free endpaper. Additional signatures by George Bush (41) and Brent Scowcroft on bookplate affixed to the half title. Signed by President George W. Bush (43), the first edition of A World Transformed by President George H.W. Bush and Brent Scowcroft. (illustrator). Signed.…

Cloth. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. First American Edition. Octavo, [two volumes], xxxii, 370pp; x, 346pp. Publisher's green cloth, title in gilt on spines, front covers stamped in blind. Complete with hundreds of illustrations, charts, and folding maps. Both volumes appear unread, solid text blocks. Small loss to page [34] in Volume I, light wear from handling along spines. In the publisher's near fine dust jackets, scarce in any condition, light shelf wear, shallow chipping at head of Volume II, bright illustrations. Signed by Admiral Sir Reginald Bacon on the front free endpaper of Volume I: "With the author's best wishes. R.H. Bacon 10/4/29." Admiral Reginald Bacon (1863-1947) commanded the Dover Patrol from 1915 to 1917, overseeing the naval force responsible for defending the English Channel during the First World War. These volumes offer a detailed contemporary account of British naval operations in the Channel, including patrol work, minesweeping, coastal bombardment, and preparations for the Zeebrugge and Ostend operations. After his naval service, Bacon wrote extensively on naval history, including The Dover Patrol 1915-1917, The Life of Lord Fisher of Kilverstone, and The Jutland Scandal. The first American edition of The Dover Patrol 1915-1917, signed by Admiral Sir Reginald Bacon, commander of the Dover Patrol during World War I. (illustrator). Signed.…