Rabbit Redux – SIGNED by the Author
UPDIKE, John First edition, first impression. Octavo. Bound in red cloth covered hard boards and in the original un-clipped dust jacket ($7.95). SIGNED and inscribed by the author in blue pen to the front endpaper: "for _______ Cheers, John Updike 8/5/99". The second part of Updike's four volume defining work. Fine condition book, in a Fine jacket.- $325
- $325
A Handbook on Pyrography
MAUDE, Mrs. Maud No edition. Octavo, pp87 + 15 pages of advertisements for suppliers of tools, materials and lessons for pyrography or pokerwork. With plate illustrations. Bound in red cloth covered hard boards, blind stamped decoration and gilt lettering to the upper board. A fascinating book about pyrography, which is the free handed art of decorating wood or other materials with burn marks resulting from the controlled application of a heated object such as a poker. It is also known as pokerwork or wood burning. In Very Good condition with a previous owner's name to the front end-paper.- $65
- $65
Pocket Leica Book
KISSELBACH, Theo Third edition, of book originally published in 1952. Small oblong volume, 15.5cm x 11cm. Bound in grey cloth covered hard boards, silver lettering to the upper board, and in the publisher's original dust jacket. A small but packed guide to Leica cameras, history, their parts, functions, lenses, Leica film and its characteristics, techniques for developing film and tips on different styles of photography. This edition issued following launch of the Leica M3 and provides a new chapter on this camera. Fine condition book in Very Good jacket which has some edge wear. The jacket is an uncommon find.- $65
- $65
Tarantula
DYLAN, Bob First edition, first impression. Octavo, pp 137. Bound in black cloth covered hard boards, gilt to spine, and in the original dust jacket, un-clipped ($3.95). Bob Dylan's first book, written in 1966 but not published until 1971. Fine condition book in a Near Fine jacket.- $163
- $163
Rabbit, Run – SIGNED by the Author
UPDIKE, John First edition, first impression. Octavo. Bound in blue cloth covered hard boards over turquoise cloth covered spine. In the original first state dust jacket, with sixteen line blurb to the front flap. The jacket is un-clipped and correctly priced $4.00. SIGNED by the author in blue pen to the front endpaper. The first part of Updike's defining work, the rich and extraordinary portrait of the life an ordinary American man, Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom - a former high-school basketball star - from his twenties to his sixties, against the backdrop of major world events and covering most of the second half of the twentieth century. Near Fine condition book, clean and unmarked inside (except by the author), edges of boards faded as usually found; in a Near Fine jacket which has only a hint of fading to the spine and a little edge wear. Lovely copy of a highlight of 20th century American writing.- $2,278
- $2,278
Parkinson’s Law, or the Pursuit of Progress – SIGNED & Inscribed to Monica Searle
PARKINSON, Cyril Northcote with illustrations by John Lancaster Fourth impression (published in the same month as the first impression). Octavo, pp 122. Bound in green cloth covered hard boards and in the original dust jacket, un-clipped (12 s 6d net). Illustrated by John Lancaster. Parkinson's Law is "the observation that the duration of public administration, bureaucracy and officialdom expands to fill its allotted time span, regardless of the amount of work to be done. This is attributed mainly to two factors: that officials want subordinates, not rivals, and that officials make work for each other". He first published this in the Economist in 1955, and expanded it with other essays into this book. SIGNED and inscribed to the front endpaper by the author to Monica Koenig, later to be the second wife of Ronald Searle: "Mon with love from the author C. Northcote Parkinson June 1958" and below the book's illustrator John Lancaster has inscribed "To Monica" and drawn a half page illustration of a car driving towards the Eiffel Tower (Koenig was resident in Paris). A lovely copy of this book with excellent attributes. Fine condition book in Near Fine jacket.- $260
- $260
Bertie Wooster Sees it Through
WODEHOUSE, P.G. U.S. First Edition, first impression (previously published in the U.K. as "Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit"). Octavo. Bound in teal paper covered boards over cream cloth spine, and in the original publisher's jacket, un-clipped ($3.50). Publishers brown top edge stain. Very Good book in Very Good jacket.- $78
- $78
Rabbit is Rich – SIGNED by the Author
UPDIKE, John First edition, first impression. Octavo. Bound in tan cloth covered hard boards and in the original un-clipped dust jacket ($13.95). SIGNED by the author in black pen to the title page. The third part of Updike's four volume defining work. Fine condition book, in a Fine jacket. Some copies of this book were signed to a publisher's tipped in page, this is not one of those.- $195
- $195