First Edition. A classic biography of the founder of modern Saudi Arabia. The book is still in print and the current publisher describes the book in the following terms: "Lord of Arabia is the famous biography of Ibn Saud, King of Saudi Arabia, who continues to cast a shadow over.....

First Thus. A posthumous reissue of Brackett's first novel, published in 1944. This edition includes an introduction by Ray Bradbury and an afterword by Michael Connelly. According to the colophon of the limited edition (200 copies), this trade edition was 1000 copies. xi, 564 pages. First printing of this reissue.....

First Edition. A collection of fourteen short essays read at the PEN/Faulkner awards gala in 1995 and published as a signed and numbered edition by the antiquarian booksellers Allen and Patricia Ahearn. The contributors, who have all signed on the first page of their entry, are Octavia E. Butler, James.....

An uncommon Wall Street telegraph code book, which made it possible for trade orders to be transmitted by telegram without revealing the details of the order. For example, "If a client wishes to telegraph an order to buy 1,000 shares of Goldfield Consolidated at $8.00 per share, his telegram would.....

First hardcover edition. One of the scarcest Clive Cussler books, the first hardcover edition of this Dirk Pitt novel which was published in the US as a massmarket paperback. This was the sixth Pitt novel to be published, but it is first in chronological order. 247 pages. First edition (first.....

First Edition. A collection of short pieces about a young detective, written and illustrated by Du Bois, a winner of the Newbery Award. 80 pages. 7-1/2 by 9-1/4 inches. First edition (no statement of later printings; date code 0867 and $3.95 price on front jacket flap). A very good copy.....

First Edition. A guide for women beginning at puberty, passing through marriage, to childbirth, and child rearing. Widely cited in the academic literature. 320 pages. First edition (no date on title page—the later editions seem to be dated). Spine lean, else a very good copy in the original reddish cloth.....

First Edition. Fishing essays. 415 pages. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Gierach.

First Edition. The complete Seasons Cycle, an acclaimed series of nature writing on fly fishing. The books were published over a fourteen-year period. First editions (with matching dates on the title page and copyright page, with no later printings noted). The books are very good, with foxing on the page.....

Uncorrected Proof. An advance copy, preceding the first edition, of this collection of essays on food, one of Harrison's great passions. 283 pages. An uncorrected proof, with at least minor differences from the first edition, including an Atlantic Monthly imprint on the title page, a different title of the introduction.....

First Edition. "At the very bottom of the Great Depression in the United States, a group of young men and women in and around the book business formed a cooperative corporation dedicated to publishing works of literary significance that commercially-minded publishers were neglecting and to publishing such works in ways.....