Double A Books, Bradenton, Florida – Richard and Donna Aalberg

 1967 2nd printing signed by Admiral Clark. Condition very good


 Pictorial History of the Harbor Defenses of Boston; Vic Stout; 1941 first edition; condition very good.

1941 first edition,drawings by Kredel, text by F. Todd; Limited edition of 500 couples. Signed by Kredel.

Yesterday's Books, Richmond, Indiana -- Bob and Becky Scott

Jules Verne, A Journey To the Centre of the Earth: NY, Scribners, First Edition Variant Binding, with b/w illustrations by Riou. Has all first edition points, including Scribner, Armstrong & Co. at bottom of title page, 6 pages of publishers ad at rear, Scirbners at bottom of spine. Very bright copy of this adventure.

Buckingham Books, Greencastle, PA – Lew Buckingham

   1.BURKE, JAMES LEE. HALF OF PARADISE. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965. First edition. Author's first book. Brief gift presentation by the author on the half title page, "To Greg, with best wishes, James Lee Burke," and signed again by the author on the title page.Fine, bright, clean copy in a fine, bright dust jacket. Housed in a full leather clamshell case that has the book's dust jacket's front cover on the front panel and the titles stamped in white on the spine. Handsome and impressive presentation and well protected.                       $2,500.00  (40575)

1. BURKE, JAMES LEE. THE CONVICT. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1985. First edition. Presentation inscription by the author on the title page, "To Brad, All the best, Your friend, Jim Burke." Issued in an edition of 500 copies. Fine, bright, clean copy in a fine, bright dust jacket. Housed in a cloth clamshell case that is imprinted with the book's dust jacket design. Attractive presentation and well protected. An exceptional copy. $2,750.00  (40576)

1. FRANCIS, DICK. DEAD CERT. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1962]. First U.S. edition. Author's first mystery. Fine, bright copy in fine, bright dust jacket. An exceptional copy of the author's first mystery novel. $2,500.00 (40937)

1. MACDONALD, JOHN D. THE DEEP BLUE GOOD-BY. London: Robert Hale Limited, [1965]. First U. K. and First hardcover edition. Published by Fawcett in 1964 as a paperback original and in 1975 as the first U. S. hardcover edition. Fine in dust jacket with light professional restoration to the spine ends and front panel corners. The first Travis McGee and a scarce title. Housed in a cloth clamshell case with the front cover of the case to identically match the art work to the front cover of the book. $1,750.00 (39576) 

First Folio, ABAA, Paris, TN -- Dennis Melhouse

Delaunay, M.  LES EVANGILES DES DIMANCHES ET FETES DE L'ANNEE SUIVIS DE PRIERES A LA SAINTE VIERGE ET AUX SAINTS. Paris: L. Curmer, 1864. Three volumes. 4to. The first two volumes are illustrated with hundred's of illuminated pages in chromolithography by Lemercier, including sumptuous pictorial and decorative borders and full-page plates. Volume III is in black and white with decorated and illustrated borders. The section on the Saints is illustrated with small mounted photos. Sumptuously bound by or for Alexandre Segouin in full red crushed morocco with textured brocade like cloth paste-downs and flyleaves in maroon and gold, a.e.g., the spines in six panels with gilt titles and ornate panel frames, the covers with ornate gilt rolled frames with cornerpieces with a similar inner frame and an inlaid green frame between the two with floral devices and trailing vines, fancy dentelles.  The volumes housed in a brown pebbled cloth padded silk lined box with brass clasps and handle on top. The box opens from the top with a drop down front panel. The volumes lie flat and are separated by padded yellow silk. The binding in very fine and bright condition but for two slight dents from the box handle, Box lightly worn. Contents fine but for some foxing around the mounted photos in the third volume.
As in Curmer's L'IMITATION DE JUSUS-CHRIST, hundred's of stones and up to fourteen successive tints were required to achieve the rich colors and gold of these beautiful images. "The text [of L'Imitation] is surrounded by the richest conceivable ornamentation, in gold as well as in color... Nine hundred stones were required, each of which was employed for three to fourteen successive tints." (Ray. French Illustrated Book #264) for Curmer's L'IMITATION.

The best of chromolithography and the best of bindings in presentation form. Exquisite! (21120)

What to look for at the book fair

Here's another installment in our series to give you a glimpse of some of the amazing books you'll find at the book fair.

The Snopes Trilogy -- The Hamlet, The Town, and The Mansion
William Faulkner
All first editions, first printings.

The series regarding the Snopes family in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi. Begun in 1940 and completed in 1959.

Lee Linn
The Ridge Books

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The Color Purple
Alice Walker
1982

Stated first edition with BCDE line on copyright page

The Color Purple is a 1982 epistolary novel by American author Alice Walker which won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award for Fiction. It was later adapted into a film and musical of the same name.

Native Son
Richard Wright
1940

First edition. First printing

Native Son is a novel by American author Richard Wright. The novel tells the story of 20-year-old Bigger Thomas, a black American youth living in utter poverty in a poor area on Chicago's South Side in the 1930s.


Lee Linn
The Ridge Books

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Relativity, The Special and the General Theory
Albert Einstein
Henry Holt, NY, 1920. 

First American Edition. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. This copy is well bound, tight and clean. It is not ex-lib.

$10,500

Jim Weyant
The Scribe's Perch

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Twelve Years a Slave
Solomon Northup


This is the scarce first edition , first printing of this book.

 It has the following points: 1. No list by thousands (Fifth Thousand, Tenth Thousand, etc. at top of title page 2. earliest catalog in front immediately after pastedown, 3. 1853  stated on both title and copyright pages 4. no mention of a "London" edition on the title and copyright pages as in later printings. This true account of a free black man who was kidnapped and sold into slavery became a bestseller in the 1850s, sellling over 30,000 copies. Probably the most influential book, after Uncle Tom's Cabin, for the anti-slavery movement. The 2013 movie based on this book won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Mark Broomberg
Boomerang Books

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Concert Poster for Muddy Waters Show
Jimmy's Club, New Orleans, Louisiana.

This framed Concert Flyer came from the collection of Walter Glenn, Atlanta businessman (Geode at Lenox Square) and music collector. Glenn had each item in his collection custom-framed for display. Muddy Waters (1913-1983) is considered the "Father of modern Chicago Blues." This flyer was produced for a show in New Orleans at Jimmy’s Club, probably late 1970s.

Mark Broomberg
Boomerang Books

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Treasures We're Bringing: Ivanhoe, first edition

 From Lighthouse Books, ABAA, St. Petersburg Florida: 
[Scott, Sir Walter] Ivanhoe, A Romance. By "The Author of Waverley," &c. Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co., 1820. 3 volumes. 1st edition, 1st issue, with pages 195-306 misnumbered 151-298. Octavo, early full tan polished calf rebacked in calf with contrasting calf labels. Bound with half-titles present, but without the 2 pages of ads found following Volume III. Grolier, English One Hundred, No. 100. $1,750.

TREASURES WE'RE BRINGING: This is a series that reveals some of the special books dealers will be bringing to the Florida Antiquarian Book Fair. Watch for more coming soon.

Treasures We're Bringing: A scholarly Devil

 From Copperfish Books, Punta Gorda, Florida:
The History of the Devil and the Idea of Evil by Paul Carus. Chicago: The Open Court Publishing Company, 1900. First edition, illustrated. A scholarly approach to the exploration of evil and the concept of the devil at the turn of the 20th century.

TREASURES WE'RE BRINGING: This is a series that reveals some of the special books dealers will be bringing to the Florida Antiquarian Book Fair. Watch for more coming soon.

Treasures We're Bringing: Caldecott winner

From Books Tell You Why, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina:
A signed Caldecott Winner AND Academy Awards winner: # 14921
Selznick, Brian - The Invention Of Hugo Cabret; USD 200 Scholastic Press, 2007; 1st Edition, 1st Printing. A First Edition in its First Printing in dust-jacket, SIGNED and dated "2007" by author Brian Selznick directly on the title page. A spectacular, seemingly unread copy, As New. Hugo Cabret lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station. He is orphan, clock keeper and thief, and his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. His undercover life and most precious secret are endangered when he meets the owner of a toy booth and an eccentric bookish girl. With the 284 pages of original drawings Selznick has created a new reading experience, combining elements of picture book, graphic novel, and film. 2008 winner of the Caldecott Medal. Basis for the Academy Awards winning 2011 Martin Scorcese movie starring Jude Law, Asa Butterfield, Chloe Moretz, Sacha Baron Cohen, Ray Winstone and Sir Ben Kingsley.

TREASURES WE'RE BRINGING: This is a series that reveals some of the special books dealers will be bringing to the Florida Antiquarian Book Fair. Watch for more coming soon.

Treasures We're Bringing: First Cat in the Hat

 From Lighthouse Books, ABAA, St. Petersburg, Florida:
First Appearance of The Cat in the Hat: Seuss, Dr. [Theodor Geisel]. The Cat in the Hat. New York. Random House, (1957). 1st edition, 1st issue, in illustrated mat boards, with "200/200" on the front panel of dust jacket, no mention of the "Beginner Books" series on the rear panel, and with the four paragraphs of educator's review instead. Bearing a former-owner signature; otherwise very clean and tight in a chipped dust jacket. $1,500.

TREASURES WE'RE BRINGING: This is a series that reveals some of the special books dealers will be bringing to the Florida Antiquarian Book Fair. Watch for more coming soon.

Treasures We're Bringing: Dickens limited edition

 From Copperfish Books, Punta Gorda, Florida:

 David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2011. A deluxe facsimile limited edition, number 175 of 400. Phiz illustrations, reproductions of the original serialized parts.

TREASURES WE'RE BRINGING: This is a series that reveals some of the special books dealers will be bringing to the Florida Antiquarian Book Fair. Watch for more coming soon.

Treasures We're Bringing: First Caldecott winner

 From Books Tell You Why, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina:
 Here's a remarkable book that fits the Children's Literature: Pages of Wonder theme of the Book Fair. It's the first edition of the first winner of the Caldecott Medal in 1938.

Fish, Helen Dean [; Dorothy P. Lathrop] - Animals Of The Bible; USD 490
Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1937; 1st Edition, 1st Printing. A charming First Edition in Nearly Fine condition in the scarce, chipped dust-jacket with few tears and tape repair to the backside of the jacket. Second state with "Lathrop" correctly spelled on the of spine of book and dust-jacket with $2.00 publication price present, illustrated end-papers with prancing dear in front and back.  Helen Fish wrote the introduction and selected passages from the King James version of the Bible which accompany the beautiful drawings of Dorothy Pulis Lathrop. Winner of the first Caldecott Medal for best illustrated children's book in 1938. An important book in children's picture book history.

 TREASURES WE'RE BRINGING: This is a series that reveals some of the special books dealers will be bringing to the Florida Antiquarian Book Fair. Watch for more coming soon.

Treasures We're Bringing: Stephen King, signed

From Blind Horse Books, Key Largo:
 Stephen King. The Eyes of the Dragon. Signed with Inscription by King on the half title, dated 7/18/92. /For Dan – Best Wishes/. New York: Viking, 1987 Illustrations by David Palladini. (8vo) cloth-backed boards, Dust jacket. First Trade Edition. 326 pages.

TREASURES WE'RE BRINGING: This is a series that reveals some of the antiquarian books, rare volumes, and special titles dealers will be bringing to the Florida Antiquarian Book Fair. Hope you enjoy it. Watch for more.