Hardcover, Signed from PERIPLUS LINE LLC (25 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993 - First Edition, SIGNED, INSCRIBED by the author - Fine hardcover/ Very Good+ dust jacket - gilt lettered & decorated blue paper covered boards with black cloth backstrip - like new inside & out - faint rubbing, lower edge nick to dust jacket - 290pp. 0-679-42192-0. Signed by Author(s).

Seller Inventory # SX6081402

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near New. First Edition. NY: A.A. Knopf, 1997 - First Edition, SIGNED by the author - Very Good hardcover / near new dust jacket - black boards with gilt-lettered blue backstrip - one corner turned down, remainder dot on top edge, faint short remainder stripe across top of outer edge; otherwise like new - 340pp. 7th novel by the India-born National Book Critics' Circle Award winning author. Part-Indian girl seeks biological parents; tale of lost and stolen identities. 0-679-43427-5. Signed by Author(s).

Seller Inventory # FE101202

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Nashville TN and NY: Abingdon Press, 1963. SIGNED and inscribed by the author, WITH SKETCH OF CAT; Good+ hardcover, 11.25 x 7 inches; salmon covers, illustrated and lettered in black, color illustrated endpapers; covers have small bleached areas; rear has scribble imprint; interior has neat gift inscription, otherwise clean, tight text; unnumbered pages. Signed by Author(s).

Seller Inventory # WT013019

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Bossen, Bette Easton (illustrator). First Edition. South Windsor CT: Inspiration House, 1984 - 3rd printing, SIGNED by the Author - Very Good+ hardcover/Very Good+ dust jacket - 8.25" tall x 5.75" - gold/orange boards - b\w ills by Bette Easton Bossen - like new with no inscription or any other markings - unnumbered pages. Letters from a journal; nature notes; natural philosophy; New England. Signed by Author(s).

Seller Inventory # SX072002

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. AuthorHouse, 2012. AS NEW hardcover, Signed and Inscribed by the Author/in as new dust jacket. 187 pages. Powerful argument for support of small businesses and small banks. ISBN: 978-1-4685-5494-6. Signed by Author(s).

Seller Inventory # HU090517

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Extracted from The Princeton University Library Chronicle, Volume XLV, Number 2, Winter 1984 - Fine/ as new hardcover in grey library binding - SIGNED/Inscribed by the author - 9.25" tall - b\w portraits, photos - pp 122-149. Signed by Author(s).

Seller Inventory # SX-WT092416

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Evanston IL: Northminster Presbyterian Church, 1973 - 50th Anniversary edition [1923-1973] - SIGNED by the author - Very Good+ hardcover in near Very Good dust jacket - 9.5" tall - gilt-lettered brown cloth - color pictorial endpapers, b\w photos - book as new inside and out, except for one tiny edge nick - dust jacket has edge wear, light rubbing at rear - 120 pages. History of Evanston, IL Presbyterian church. Signed by Author(s).

Seller Inventory # GG-WT100315

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. First Edition. Macon GA: The J. W. Burke Company, 1948. First Edition, SIGNED by the Author. Good+ hardcover; 7.75" tall; brown suede-covered boards with gilt title on front; suede rubbed at backstrip; 44 pages. The author has signed on front endpaper and made small corrections and emendations throughout the text, especially to her talk to the Tullahoma, TN Lady Lions. Remarkable item: "That Awful Marquisette Waist" in which the poet describes her woes in fixing up a fashion bargain to wear before the fashion is gone. Signed by Author(s).

Seller Inventory # SX01003

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Cambridge MA:Riverside Press, 1912. Signed: 'Inscribed to Mr & Mrs. F.P. Royce, with the compliments of Walter Austin by the author'; near Good hardcover with water stain to covers, frontis, and inner margin of first 18 pages (all legible); binding tight and square, few pages edgetorn from rough opening; index, 196 pages. Signed by Author(s).

Seller Inventory # WT010920

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Michael Hampshire (illustrator). 1st Edition. NY: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc., 1975. Signed by the author, Dr. Michael Fox. Very Good hardcover/Very Good just jacket. 8.75? tall. Yellow cloth backstrip and dust jacket spine show light tanning or fade; otherwise covers and interior are clean, bright, unmarked; b\w illustrations; 127 pages. 12-year old Ramu rescues a wild dog cub in the Nilgiri Hills of South India. Author, Dr. Michael Fox has studied the chennai or whistling jungle dog of South India, and has written several books on wild dogs, foxes, coyotes and wolves. Signed by Author(s).

Seller Inventory # FJ060621

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. NY: Paebar Co., MCDXXXII - First Edition, SIGNED by an author, William Watts - Good+ hardcover - 8 5/8" tall - black cloth covers with gilt lettered spine - 2 b&w ills - poems, headed by short author bios - indices of poems & poets - SIGNED & INSCRIBED by William Watts whose name is not in the index but whose 6 poems are included - front cover upper corner creased, exterior edges foxed; faint margin smudge on index page; otherwise clean, unmarked interior - 68pp. Watts, according to his bio, was a farmer who emigrated from England where he was born & lived for 18 years; in 1932 he was the author of several books of plays, had published verse, & was living in Michigan. Signed by Author(s).

Seller Inventory # SX021504

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. NY: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1962 - First Edition, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR to Steb Bowles, wife of U.S. Ambassador to India & Connecticut Governor, Chester Bowles. Very Good hardcover/ near Very Good dust jacket (in mylar) - 8.5" tall - many b&w photos - sunned edges, mild upper corner bump, otherwise Very Good+ with inscription but no other markings - dust jacket is sunned at edges, rear and backstrip, otherwise color bright, attractive - 279 pages. Autobiography of a talented, vital, energetic woman who spent years as a teacher in China, with the YWCA War Work Council in World War I, married Fred Fisher, Methodist Bishop of India and China, & later established Literacy Village, a Gandhi-inspired center in India. Missionary work in China and India. Signed by Author(s).

Seller Inventory # BIO082305

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Boston: Harold Vinal, 1923 - First Edition, SIGNED by the Author - Very Good to VG+ hardcover/no dust jacket - 7 7/8" tall - handmade natural paper covered boards with beige cloth backstrip, black title label on front with faded gilt lettered title - poems - minor lower edgewear, faint glueshadow at pastedown margins; otherwise no markings (except author's signature) - 45pp. Signed by Author(s).

Seller Inventory # SX021404

Hardcover. Condition: Near New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1st EDITION - INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR to former U.S. Ambassador to India & Mrs. Chester Bowles "true lovers of India - from a fellow American, Bettina Angelo O'Brien 19/11/66" - NY: Vantage Press, 1966 - near new hardcover/ Very Good dust jacket - 8.25 " tall - b&w ills & photos - 95pp. Travel in India from Delhi to Madras, to the village of Perur in Kerala, India. Signed by Author(s).

Seller Inventory # SX305202

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Johnson, Linda Nelson (illustrator). Des Moines IA: Plain Talk Publishing Co., 1989 - First Edition, SIGNED by author Jerry Miller next to his photo on page 123 ? Very Good+ hardcover in near Very Good dust jacket (now in mylar) ? 11.25? tall x 8.5? ? gilt lettering and decoration on dark red cloth ? marbled endpapers ? decorative artwork throughout by Jesse Masciangelo and Linda Nelson Miller ? color and b\w photos ? design samples of borders and friezes employed ? appendices, glossary - index ? iv + 149 pages. History of the building of the Iowa Capitol from the 1871 cornerstone to the final report of 1886; also: Jerry Miller?s restoration of the 19th century decorative Victorian artwork on walls and ceilings. Includes copy of the Des Moines Register for November 27, 1989 with front page article and photo of Jerry Miller holding the book. Signed by Author(s).

Seller Inventory # GX-WT112917

Hardcover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. NY: Simon & Schuster, 2018. First Edition, SIGNED by the author. As new; red cover, gilt lettered, specially bound; photo credits + 319 pages. Signed by Author(s).

Seller Inventory # WT051522

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dwight Sturges (illustrator). Boston:Chinese Services Bureau, 1936 ? Signed/Inscribed to Gen. Charles H. Cole ?With deepest Salaams? on front endpaper; near Very Good hardcover, black lettered clean orange boards with light edgewear, small dj corner glued at rear/ near Good dust jacket (in mylar); b/w frontis of Dr. H.H. Kung from sketch by Dwight Sturges; very light tanning; no markings; Mencius quote + 91 pages. Includes dust jacket and related postcard with reviews by Sir Wilfred T. Grenfell, Mary E. Wooley, John Dewey, Lowell Thomas and others. Signed by Author(s).

Seller Inventory # SX080120

Hardcover. Condition: Near New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1st printing, SIGNED by the author. Near new hardcover/near Very Good dust jacket. NY: Macmillan, 1967. 8.5" tall, b\w photos, maps; index, 276pp. Author Beatrice Pitney Lamb (1904-1997) wrote 4 books on India, including India: A World in Transition, 1963; well known also for photo exhibits on Indian architecture and village life. Signed by Author(s).

Seller Inventory # BI082006

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. NY: Duell Sloane & Pearce, 1941. First Edition (stated), Signed Inscription by the Author to writer Faith Baldwin (signed in English and in Hindi lettering). Good+ hardcover/no dust jacket; 9 inches tall; green cloth with gilt decoration & lettering; illustrated endpapers. Small black tar-like marks/smudges on rear cover and rear edge of backstrip; glossary. Glossary. 647 pages. Krishnalal Shridharani (1911-1960). Signed by Author(s).

Seller Inventory # BI122212

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Edith Ross Parker (photographs) (illustrator). 1st Edition. Bermuda/Canada/England: Pompano Publications, 1988 second printing. Signed on the title page by author David F. Raine. Very Good hardcover; gift inscription on first page, otherwise no markings; full page b/w photos by Edith Ross Parker. ASIN: B07DRQJ9C8. Signed by Author(s).

Seller Inventory # WT010320

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Guangzhou China: Everbest Printing, 2015; As New hardcover; oblong 8.75" tall x 11.25"; Signed/Inscribed by the Author/Photographer (Fran West); ISBN 978-097-7667130. Signed by Author(s).

Seller Inventory # GX-WT051519

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Lillie Ess (illustrator). Limited Edition. East Aurora NY: The Roycrofters, 1899; Signed/ Limited Edition; No. 106/ 925 copies - Good hardcover with worn suede leather backstrip and corners; top edge gilt; ribbon marker; color title page and initial motifs by Lillie Ess.; Signed by Elbert Hubbard and Lillie Ess.; otherwise no markings; leather chipped off backstrip but binding tight. Elbert Hubbard bookplate. Sequence of 100 sonnets. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Seller Inventory # WT110819

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Anglund, Joan Walsh (illustrator). NY: Harcourt Brace and World, 1964 - VG+ miniature hardcover (4 1/8" tall x 3 1/8") - SIGNED/ INSCRIBED on front endpaper by Joan Walsh Anglund with delightful illustration of a little girl sitting on a grassy hill with 3 kittens - Very Good dust jacket/Very Good case - pale green cloth covers, black lettered and dec; color and b\w text ills, full color dust jacket and front label on case. Book, jacket and case lightly sunned with tiny tear to top of dust jacket; otherwise unmarked, tight, clean - unnumbered pages. Scarce signed copy by this artist. Signed by Author(s).

Seller Inventory # SX-WT101214

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. NY: Harper & Bros., 1950, [K-I]. SIGNED by the Author on the half-title page; copy owned by Hilda Crosby Standish who has signed on the front and next page. Very Good hardcover/Good+ dust jacket (in mylar). Red cloth covers with black and white lettered backstrip; green map endpapers (Wong); lightly tanned top edge, otherwise clean, bright, unmarked text; dust jacket tattered top edge. 303 pages. Author's journey with her father, modern India?s first ambassador to Japan in 1947, through U.S. occupied-Japan, China, Indo-China (later Viet Nam), Siam (Thailand) and Indonesia. Signed by previous owner Hilda Crosby Standish (1902-2005), Wellesley connection; birth control pioneer, Hartford, CT. Signed by Author(s).

Seller Inventory # BI010521

Hardcover. Condition: Near New. No Jacket. First Edition. Chennai INDIA: Ganamandir Publications, 2006 - First Edition (stated) - SIGNED by T.K. Govida Rao - Very Good+ hardcover - oblong 8.75" tall x 11" - papercovered boards - color and b/w photos - yellow silk ribbon marker - small bump to lower left front cover, otherwise as new - charts, indices - photos + xii + 444 pages. A collection of 415 South Indian classical music compositions (varnas) with classification and commentary. SUBTITLED: 415 Tana, Pada, Cauka, Ragamalika and Daruvarnas. Sanskrit devanagari script and English transliteration (with diacritics); also includes some Tamil, Telugu and other scripts. Basic text is in English (front pages, Introduction and Preface). Price includes heavy book surcharge/ media mail within the U.S. only. Signed by Editor.

Seller Inventory # SX-AM020712