Authors starting with Z from Town's End Books

First Edition by Swallow Press, Athens: 1988. Fine in light orange cloth covered boards with black text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the first free end paper. The author presents the story of Jack Armstrong Longstreet who was believed born in 1834 and lived in the desert southwest with the Paiute Indians defending them against incroaching miners. ... more information

Collector's Edition by The Easton Press, Norwalk, Conn.: 1990. Fine in full light brown leather covered boards with three raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and with gilt tool work on both the front and rear boards. The end papers are silk with a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All three edges of the text block are in gilt. An octavo measuring 9" by 6" deep containing 279 pages of text. Signed by the author... more information

First Edition by Coward, McCann & Geo, New York: 1975. Near fine in light blue cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine and fornt board. In a very good+ dust jacket with very light wear to the spine ends and lightly faded on the spine area. An advance review copy with photographs of the author and materials from the publisher laid-in. With a forward by S. Dillon Ripley. ... more information

First Edition by Basic Books, New York: 2005. Fine in brown and tan paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine with a small stamped foot print on the rear paste down. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. John Ledyard (1751-1789) was an adventurer, explorer, an iconoclast and a bit of an oddity. A man of incredible intelligence and great influence. Ledyard had the support and trust of such luminaries as Lafayette, Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert Morris, James Cook and Joseph Banks. 286 pa... more information