The Last Adventurer: The Life of Talbot Mundy
West Kingston: Donald M. Grant, 1984. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 4to full black cloth, covering the life and travels of the adventure writer. Fine in fine, unclipped dj.
Biography/Memoirs
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The Broken Road - From the Iron Gates to Mount Athos
New York: New York Review of Books, 2013. 1st edition US. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 8vo paper covered boards, covering the final leg of Fermor's 1933 "walk across Europe", assembled from his notes and manuscripts posthumously. Red dot to bottom of page block else fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous.....
At That Time
New York: Viking, 1947. Lawson, Robert. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg. Tall 8vo, full gray cloth printed in navy, a memoir by the artist, illustrated with charming black and white chapter opening plates. Very good in chipped and worn, unclipped dj.
The Enchanted Places
New York: Dutton, 1974. Shepard, Ernest. 1st edition US. Hardcover. 1st US ptg., 8vo, full yellow-gold cloth, "a memoir of the real Christopher Robin," illustrated with family photos side by side with some of Ernest Shepard's drawings. Toning to endpapers as if newspaper clippings had been laid in, else fine.....
Jessie Wilcox Smith - American Illustrator
Gretna: Pelican, 1989. Smith, Jessie Wilcox. Edition not noted. Hardcover. 4to full blue cloth, 144pp covering the life and work of the beloved illustrator, including chronology and index, lavishly illustrated in color. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
The Cruise of the Arctic Star (signed); A Voyage from San Diego to the Columbia RiverBoston
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973. Bryant, Samuel. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1dt ptg., 8vo full blue cloth stamped in gilt, maps by Samuel Bryant. A memoir of trip taken by the author and his wife along the California coast aboard an off-shore cruiser, enlivened by snippets of tales and history concerning Father.....
The Playboy Interviews: The Directors (Review copy)
Milwaukie: M Press, 2006. Softcover. Uncorrected Proof copy, large 8vo softcover, text only. 478pp. Slight creasing to cover, else near fine, no previous owner's marks.
Emperor of Dreams - A Clark Ashton Smith Bibliography
West Kingston, RI: Donald M. Grant, 1978. 1st. Hardcover. Stated 1st ed., 4to, full brown cloth, 303pp of reference material, including first lines, pseudonyms, library holdings and other interesting data. Near fine in near fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
Emperor of Dreams - A Clark Ashton Smith Bibliography
West Kingston, RI: Donald M. Grant, 1978. 1st. Hardcover. Stated 1st ed., 4to, full brown cloth, 303pp of reference material, including first lines, pseudonyms, library holdings and other interesting data. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks. Signed by Sidney-Fryer. Signed by the compiler.
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