inscribed letters (5 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Inscribed by J.H. Stroschin only. Inscribed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condición: Near fine. First edition of Letters of Capt. George Hamilton Perkins, U.S.N., inscribed by the author in 1897. Ilustrador. First Edition. Octavo, 254pp, [4]. Maroon cloth, title stamped in gilt on spine. Yellow endpapers. Solid text block, free of notable wear. This work is complete with a frontispiece portrait, two maps and four illustrated plates. Includes a tipped in addendum, signed by Rear Admiral James Henry Gillis. (Nevins I, 231) This copy is signed on the front free endpaper: "Jany 18th, 1897 / W.A. Tomer Esq. / Compliments of Commodore George Hamilton Perkins / U.S. Navy." Commodore George Hamilton Perkins (1836-1899) was a U.S. Navy officer during the American Civil War. Born in New Hampshire, he joined the Navy in 1851 and was promoted through the ranks. As a lieutenant, he gained recognition for his actions during the Battle of New Orleans in April 1862, serving aboard the USS Cayuga. He also captured the Mary Sorley and the Tennessee, found at the Battle of Mobile Bay, and led blockades of Confederate naval shipments during the war. At retirement in 1896, he was commissioned a Commodore. Perkins died in Boston in 1899. Signed.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: fine. First edition of Lazy B, a memoir by Sandra Day O'Connor, inscribed to her longtime friend, Apollo Astronaut Buzz Aldrin. Includes two additional handwritten letters from O'Connor to Aldrin on Supreme Court stationery. Ilustrador. First Edition, Second Printing. Octavo, xiv, 318pp. White hardcover, black spine, title stamped in gilt. The second printing, with a number line through "2" on copyright page. Appears unread. Publisher's fine dust jacket, retail price on front flap. Inscribed on the half title: "For Lois and Buzz Aldrin, with admiration and affection - Sandra." Includes two additional handwritten notes to Buzz Aldrin. The first note is on Supreme Court Stationery, with envelope: "To Buzz - On top of the world and still going! Happy Birthday - Sandra and John." The second handwritten note is dated Jan. 20, 2004 and reads: "Dear Buzz: I heard on the radio this morning that it is your 74th birthday today. I hope it is a good one. I will soon join you in the 74 club. All the best to you and Lois. Sandra.". Signed.

Hardcover. Bound in brick red cloth stamped brightly in black, the book is in very good minus condition. The front and rear boards are clean, the corners are bumped. With light wear and a touch of fraying to the top and bottom of the spine ends. The spine bulges a little because of the additional leaflets and letters glued in; and the hinges are tender and separating; the rear hinge is mostly sprung. This extra-illustrated copy is unique. First it is inscribed: "To W. Thornton Parker. M.D. With kind personal regards of the Author. Homer W. Wheeler Col. H.O. Cavalry. Retired. Los Angeles, Calif. May 13th 1924." The front paste-down bears the armorial bookplate of William Thornton Parker, M.D. The volume is then extra-illustrated with photographs, leaflets, and letters from Homer Wheeler to Thornton Parker. On the verso of the title page Dr. Parker has pasted a photograph of himself attired in buckskins, holding his rifle across his knees and cradling his dog's head with his right hand. Inscribed beneath the photo: "William Thornton Parker, M.D. Surgeon N.L. Indian Service-- White Earth Indian Reservation Minnesota 1879-80." On the next page is the photo of a Chippewa tomahawk and written in ink: "Presented to Dr. W. T. Parker by Chippewa War Chief Meeshee Kee Gee Shig." There are two sepia photos of "Fort Leavenworth Kansas, 1880" glued in between pages 196 and 197. Another striking sepia photograph is of "Fort Cummings New Mexico" tipped in after p. 124. There is an 8 page pamphlet titled: "Personal Experiences among our North American Indians from 1867 to 1885 by W. Thornton Parker, M.D. published in Northampton, MASS in 1913" tipped in opposite p. 309; and an article entitled: "The Evolution of the Colored Soldier by W. Thornton Parker, dated in ink 1899. In addition to several other pieces of ephemera glued in there are three letters (one 2 pages) written in black ink in Homer Wheeler's hand and signed by him. The letters are tipped-in at the front and rear of the book and dated 1922 and 1924. There are also a few newspaper articles glued in along with Military Testimonials from 1915.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition with matching dates of 1972 on the title and copyright pages. With "Printed in Great Britain by Bristol Typesetting Co., Ltd. Barton Manor, St. Philips, Bristol." at the bottom of the copyright page. Personally Inscribed in bright black ink on the title page: "To Jeffrey with my best wishes. Richard Adams England 19th September 2007." Handsomely bound in finely woven brown cloth, stamped brightly in gilt on the spine and the front boards. Very clean and crisp throughout. With a faint convex crease down the center of the spine. In a very good plus original dust jacket printed in black ink on honey-brown-colored paper. With two tiny spots near the top of the spine adjacent to and just below the black print "ADAMS". Light edge-rubbing to the jacket, wear to the corners, and slight tears to the top and bottom edges with short separations at the top and bottom of the folds. With the original price of "£3.50 net" at the bottom of the inside front flap of the jacket. First Edition with matching dates of 1972 on the title and copyright pages. With "Printed in Great Britain by Bristol Typesetting Co., Ltd. Barton Manor, St. Philips, Bristol." at the bottom of the copyright page. 1st Edition. With matching dates of 1972 and Rex Collings Ltd. copyright page.