Signed by the authors (13 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Zustand: 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).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: 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).

Zustand: 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. Zustand: 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).…

Cloth. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: fine. 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 first edition of Roots of Involvement inscribed by the authors, Marvin Kalb and Elie Abel, to United States Senator J. William Fulbright. (illustrator). Signed.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: fine. 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. 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). Signed.…

Pamphlet. Zustand: Near fine. 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. Program for the National Book Festival on October 12, 2002, signed by fourteen authors and illustrators in attendance. (illustrator). Signed. …

Illustrated Paperback. Zustand: Near fine. First Edition. Octavo, [two volumes]. Illustrated paperback. Housed in the publisher's matching slipcase. Light shelf wear to slipcase, solid hinges. Notable signatures in Volume I and II include the following authors: Hal Clement, Richard M. Powers, Joe Haldeman, Philip José Farmer, Fred Saberhagen, Harry Turtledove, Suzy McKee Charnas, Stanley Schmidt, James Gurney, Wayne D. Barlowe, Richard A. Lupoff, James Morrow, Robert "Buck" Coulson, Juanita Coulson, Mickey Zucker Reichert, P. C. Hodgell, Judith Moffett, Lawrence Watt-Evans, John Kessel, Pat Murphy, Kara Dalkey, Michael P. Kube-McDowell, John Maddox Roberts, and more. Chicon V ran August 29-September 2, 1991, with Hal Clement, Martin H. Greenberg, and artist Richard M. Powers among its professional Guests of Honor. The program for Chicon V: The 49th World Science Fiction Convention, signed by 60+ Science Fiction authors. Notable signatures include Hal Clement, Richard M. Powers, and Joe Haldeman. (illustrator). Signed.…

Original cloth. Zustand: Near fine. 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. 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). Signed. …

Cloth. Zustand: Very good. 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. The Author's Edition of Struggles And Triumphs: or, Forty Years' Recollections, signed by P.T. Barnum. (illustrator). Signed.…

Cloth. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: very good. 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 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). Signed.…

Hardcover. Zustand: 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. …