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ENGLISH MUSIC.
Edition: Limited, signed first edition.
Franklin, PA: Franklin Library, 1992. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A title in the Signed First Edition Society series, SIGNED by Ackroyd on a preliminary page and with a special two page message to subscribers. The story of a boy with psychic powers, whose visions draw him into the creations of Charles Dickens and William Blake, Thomas Mallory and Arthur Conan Doyle. Illustrated with a black and white frontispiece and eleven other illustrations. This edition also has a special full color illustration at the front by Norman Walker. 400 pp.
Condition: Fine in brown leather with gilt lettering and decorations, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon bound in, hubbed spine.
Book ID: 75453More details Price: $35.00 -
SILVERHAIR.
Edition: Limited, signed edition.
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, (1999.). SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first book in a new trilogy, set in contemporary times, and chronicling the history of a family of highly evolved and intelligent Mammoths on an isolated Siberian Island, and threats that face them: global warming, dwindling gene pool, and most deadly of all - Man. Both an adventure story and a fable for our time. SIGNED by Baxter and numbered on a preliminary page. Full color frontispiece by Jill Bauman. 212pp
Condition: Fine in black leather with gilt decorations and lettering, all edges gilt, moire endpapers and ribbon book mark bound in. A new unread copy.
Book ID: 81049More details Price: $60.00 -
THE LYRE OF ORPHEUS.
Edition: Limited, signed first edition.
Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1988. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A title in the Signed First Edition Society series, SIGNED by Davies on a preliminary page and with a special two page message to subscribers, In addition, underneath Davies' signature is a note "A gift to the Bohemian Club" SIGNED by author Allen Drury. Title page and part opener illustrations by Sherilyn VanValkenburgh. 472 pp plus colophon.
Condition: Very near fine in dark green leather with gilt lettering and gilt and white decorations, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon bound in, hubbed spine. Bookplate of the Bohemian Club Library, San Francisco, opposite signature page. While the limitations for the Franklin Library books are fairly large, this is a rather unique copy with the Drury association.
Book ID: 58081More details Price: $40.00 -
A SEASON IN PURGATORY.
Edition: Limited, signed first edition.
Franklin, PA: Franklin Library, 1993. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A title in the Signed First Edition Society series, SIGNED by Dunne on a preliminary page and with a special two page message to subscribers. Illustrated with a color frontispiece by Karen Stolper. 377 pp plus the colophon.
Condition: Fine in red leather with gilt lettering and decorations, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon bound in, hubbed spine. Complimentary card from the publisher laid in.
Book ID: 64590More details Price: $35.00 -
EVIDENCE OF LOVE.
Edition: Limited first edition.
Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1977. Hardcover first edition - A title in the first edition series. Includes a special message by the author not included in the trade edition. Illustrated in full color by Howard Rogers. Bound in genuine blue leather. Gilt embossed and decorated covers and spine. All edges gilt, silk marker ribbon, moire endpapers. 243 pp.
Condition: Fine.
Book ID: 58029More details Price: $30.00 -
POLITICAL WRITINGS.
Edition: Limited, leatherbound edition - first thus.
Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1982. Hardcover first edition - Illustrated by Geoffrey Moss. A title in the 100 Greatest Books series. Bound in full dark blue leather, decorated in gilt. All edges gilt. Silk moire endpapers and silk ribbon marker bound-in. Included is the original 22 page pamphlet with "Notes from the Editors." 417 pp.
Condition: Fine.
Book ID: 58028More details Price: $40.00
