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Jones, W. Reg THE SASKATCHEWAN STORY.
Westview, British Columbia Powell River News 1949, First (presumed) edition Paperback Very good condition 31 page pamphlet relating the political info-seeking excursion Reg Jones took for one month in April 1949 of Swift Current, Moose Jaw, Regina, Grenfell, Saskatoon and the central areas, Prince Albert and the Battlefords. He investigated what the general public in "experienced" Socialist-governed Saskatchewan thought of the approaching political crossroads between what is called free enterprise and socialism, which was on the agenda for voters in British Columbia. Staple-bound pamphlet, with crease in center.
Price: USD 30.00 other currencies   order no. 001092   details     inquire
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Waite, Don KWANT'STAN. Volume I
Maple Ridge, British Columbia published by author 1972, First Edition Paperback Good condition 75 pages. Three stories: Lost mine of Pitt Lake, B.C.'s oldest church, and Canada's first train robbery. Some shelfwear and staining. Illustrated with photos.
Price: USD 14.50 other currencies   order no. 001093   details     inquire
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Siegel, Danny SOULSTONED. Signed by the author.
New York United Synagogue of America 1972, Reprint edition Paperback Signed Very good condition Paperback binding slightly shelfworn and lightly sunned at spine and top-edge. Included is signed paper, laid-in, which reads "for Alyssa, [signed] Danny Siegel." Illustrated with collages by S. Allen Sugarman
Price: USD 40.00 other currencies   order no. 001106   details     inquire
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Mitchell, James NEW POEMS. Signed by the author.
San Francisco, CA Hoddypoll Press 1974, First Edition Paperback Signed Very good condition 12 poems, bound in a red-string long-stitched Chinese style binding (paperback). Printed on stiff white paper, with two illustrations. Slight crease to top outer corners. Signed in red ink on title page.
Price: USD 40.00 other currencies   order no. 001109   details     inquire
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Hamilton, Wallace DAVID AT OLIVET. Signed by the author.
New York St Martin's Press 1979, First paperback edition Paperback Signed Very good+ condition 202 pages. Minor shelfwear to paperback binding. The front cover was opened wide, but remains tight. On the half-title is a typed letter signed, which explains the light crease at front hinge. It reads "...Thanks for your good note. An old story-teller like Willie sure would have spotted David and Saul, but with all deference to a writer I greatly admire, I don't think Maugham would have been up to that particular story. [P] Thomas Mann, on the otherhand, might have saved me a lot of agony. [P] But can you imagine what Christopher Marlowe might have done with such material on stage? Wow! We shall ever be the poorer for that stupid brawl in Deptford. [P] With all good wishes, [signed] Wallace Hamilton. April 11, 1979 New York, NY, 10003." Also included is Hamilton's handwritten return address, clipped from the original shipping mailer for the book.
Price: USD 100.00 other currencies   order no. 001113   details     inquire
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Schreiber, Ron LIVING SPACE. Signed by the author.
Brooklyn, New York Hanging Loose First Edition Paperback Signed Very good+ condition 64 pages; poetry. A Red Dot Book. No date, circa 1974. Minor soiling and shelfwear to paperback binding. Inscribed on rear of front cover "...With warm good wishes [signed] Ron Schreiber." Included is Schreiber's handwritten return address, clipped from the original mailing envelope which is postmarked 1975. Also included is the recipient's cancelled check for the purchase of the book, endorsed with a stamp "Hanging Loose, 231 Wyckoff Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11217" and signed Ron Schreiber. Cover illustration by Michaeleen Hershon.
Price: USD 75.00 other currencies   order no. 001114   details     inquire
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Raleigh, Richard ABRAHAM'S PUB.
Brigantine Press 1984, First (presumed) edition Paperback Very good+ condition 47 pages, poetry, travel. Minor soiling to wraps; staple bound paperback binding. No place of publication or edition stated. Illustrated front wrapper.
Price: USD 35.00 other currencies   order no. 001115   details     inquire
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Kleinberg, Seymour THE OTHER PERSUASION. Short Fiction About Gay Men and Women. Signed by the author.
New York Vintage Books 1977, First paperback edition Paperback Signed Very good+ condition 349 pages. Minor shelfwear to paperback binding, and minor wear to front inner hinge. Inscribed on half-title "...Best wishes, [signed] Seymour Kleinberg Oct. 1977." Included is a related 1981 newspaper article, and an autograph letter signed, dated "Oct. 7th [1977] Dear...Thank you for your kind note. The Book is doing well, but responses like yours are just as rewarding. If you are ever in New York, please call me (765-0791), and we'll have a drink. The cover story of "Christopher Street" in November features an article of mine you might like. Sincerely, [signed] Seymour Kleinberg." Penned in another hand in the margin is "310 W. 55th 8th 5p."
Price: USD 95.00 other currencies   order no. 001117   details     inquire
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Gibson, E. Lawrence GET OFF MY SHIP. Ensign Berg vs. the U.S. Navy. Signed by the author.
New York Avon Books 1978, First Edition Paperback Signed Very good+ condition 385 pages. Illustrated with facsimiles of official documents. Minor shelfwear to paperback binding, and slight creasing to spine. Signed by Illustrator and author on title page "...With sincere appreciation [signed] Vernon E Berg III 'Copy' [signed] E. Lawrence Gibson." Included is a contemporary newspaper article, a 4.5" x 6.5" black and white photo of Ensign Berg, a 19-page pamphlet entitled "The Sodom Syndrome" authored/illustrated by the same, published by Gaysweek in 1978, and a one page autograph letter signed by Gibson dated January 29, 1979 which reads "...I thank you for your kind note about "Get Off My Ship." Such support and encouragement enable and strengthen our efforts to write and speak about the prejudicial attitudes and practices against individuals who are perceived as being 'different.' [P] The speaking engagement last Thursday as Westside Discussion was well attended and enthusiastically received. Mr. Berg and I were sincerely moved by the intensity of interest and the outspoken admiration for our efforts. [P] Regarding your request for autographs, we have gladly signed the title page. Enclosed, too, is a copy of 'The Sodom Syndrome' and a photo of Ensign Berg a month before his discharge in 1976. [P] We appreciate your interest and support. Sincerely, [signed] E. Lawrence Gibson."
Price: USD 60.00 other currencies   order no. 001120   details     inquire
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Duberman, Martin MALE ARMOR. Selected Plays, 1968-1974. Signed by author.
New York E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc 1975, First Edition Paperback Signed Very good+ condition 352 pages. Minor shelfwear to paperback binding; light spotting to page-edges. Inscribed by author on title page "...with best wishes, [signed] Martin Duberman. Nov. 30, 1975."
Price: USD 50.00 other currencies   order no. 001121   details     inquire
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Freedman, Mark HOMOSEXUALITY AND PSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTIONING. Signed by the author.
Belmont, California Brooks/Cole Publishing Company 1974, First edition, 2nd printing Paperback Signed Very good condition 124 pages with index. Minor shelfwear to paperback binding, including a light bump to bottom of spine. Inscribed on title page "Cecil: Different strokes for different folks [male symbol intersecting male symbol] [signed] Mark Freedman." Included is a contemporary newspaper article, and an autograph note "Cecil: I'd very much like speaking at your school. All I'd require would be plane fare, food + lodging. [signed] Mark [home and work phone numbers]." Freedman (now deceased) is the author of the first article to be published by an openly gay psychologist in "Psychology Today" magazine (March 1975).
Price: USD 110.00 other currencies   order no. 001122   details     inquire
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Altman, Dennis COMING OUT IN THE SEVENTIES. Signed by the author.
Sydney, Australia Wild & Woolley 1979, First Australian edition Near fine condition (DJ) Hardcover Signed Near fine condition 312 pages with index. Signed by author on title page. Hardcover binding with minor shelfwear. Unclipped dustjacket with minor rubbing to extremities; protected in archival mylar.
Price: USD 70.00 other currencies   order no. 001124   details     inquire
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Parr, Larry SPRINGWOOD. Signed by the author.
Blackshear, Georgia Plantagenet House 1981, First Edition Very good+ condition (DJ) Hardcover Signed Near fine condition 170 pages. Hardcover binding with minor shelfwear. Unclipped dustjacket has minor soiling and wear to extremities; protected in archival mylar. Inscribed by author on first free endpaper "...Best wishes, [signed] Larry Parr." Included is a check, endorsed in handwriting "Plantagenet House Inc. ???? Broome. " Broome is the surname of the author's agents, to whom the book is dedicated. Set in 1854, a novel of forbidden love in a climate of racial and sexual bigotry.
Price: USD 75.00 other currencies   order no. 001126   details     inquire
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Boyd, Malcolm TAKE OFF THE MASKS. Inscribed and signed by the author.
Garden City, New York Doubleday & Company, Inc 1978, First Edition Very good condition (DJ) Hardcover Signed Very good condition 178 pages. Hardcover binding with minor shelfwear. Unclipped dustjacket with minimal shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. Inscribed on title page "...out of the dank closets, off with the iron masks -- With love, [signed] Malcolm Boyd. San Francisco July 17, 1978."
Price: USD 50.00 other currencies   order no. 001127   details     inquire
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Kantrowitz, Arnie UNDER THE RAINBOW. Growing Up Gay. Signed by the author.
New York William Morrow and Company 1977, First Edition Very good condition (DJ) Hardcover Signed Very good condition 255 pages. Hardcover binding. Inscribed on title page "...Best wishes Arnie Kantrowitz." Small adhesive stain to lower margin of title page, where Kantrowitz placed a return address label (removed, intact, and included). First free endpaper was glued slightly to gutter of half-title page (binder's glueing error), with a bit of skinning to endpaper. Unclipped dustjacket with moderate shelfwear; protected in archival mylar.
Price: USD 50.00 other currencies   order no. 001128   details     inquire
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Tavel, Ronald STREET OF STAIRS. Signed by the author.
New York, NY The Olympia Press, Inc. 1968, First Edition Good+ condition (DJ) Hardcover Signed Good+ condition 264 pages. Hardcover binding is slightly sunned and shelfworn. Dustjacket is shelfworn, lightly sunned, with large tear descending from half spine to bottom edge, with minor loss; protected in archival mylar. Binder's glue is separating at publisher's introductory page. Title page is starting to detach. Inscribed opposite title page "...with much appreciation for his appreciation. [signed] Ronald Tavel." Tavel invented the phrase "Theatre of the Ridiculous" to describe what he and his associates were doing in Off Off Broadway theatre of the mid-sixties. Theatre & Performing Arts, Autograph.
Price: USD 125.00 other currencies   order no. 001130   details     inquire
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Andrews, George; Simon Vinkenoog THE BOOK OF GRASS. An Anthology On Indian Hemp.
London Peter Owen Limited 1967, First U.K. edition Very good condition (DJ) Hardcover Very good condition 242 pages of text. Hardcover binding with minor shelfwear; corners lightly bumped, and spine head bumped; spine is slightly cocked. Unclipped dustjacket is lightly rubbed at extremities, with a few small chips and tears; protected in archival mylar. With six in-text illustrations and five plates.
Price: USD 70.00 other currencies   order no. 001136   details     inquire
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Hudson, John Paul; Warren Wexler SUPERSTAR MURDER. A Prose Flick. Signed by the author.
New York Insider Press 1976, First signed and limited edition Very good condition (DJ) Hardcover Signed Very good condition 347 pages. Hardcover binding with minor shelfwear. Unclipped dustjacket with minor shelfwear. Presentation copy, Typed label affixed which reads "Book #311/ 2500 To Cecil, In brotherhood, Sincerely [signed] John Paul Hudson." Includes the originally issued prospectus/errata slip laid-in the book, and a check dated September 03, 1976, endorsed in handwriting "Insider Press. John Paul Hudson." The first 33 pages are affected by slight creasing.
Price: USD 30.00 other currencies   order no. 001137   details     inquire
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Hamm, Agnes POEMS FROM THE HEART
Prince George, British Columbia Jeffe Publications 1999, First Edition Paperback Near fine condition 118 pages. Illustrated with line sketches by Rita Richet. Cover photograph by Ruby Siemens. Poetry of former Saskatchewan resident, now residing in B.C.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 001147   details     inquire
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Schmidt, F. COMPENDIUM DER PRAKTISCHEN PHOTOGRAPHIE.
Wiesbaden, Germany Otto Nemnich 1902, First Edition Hardcover Very good condition 430 pages of textplus 34 pages of advertisements, as well as illustrated pastedowns. Hardcover binding with minor rubbing and wear to extremities. Front endpaper is affixed to inside front cover. Numerous in-text illustrations, as well as several plates (1 with color section tipped-in). Owner's stamp neatly on several leaves "Photos A.G. 23 Dez 1901 Wadensweil." Text is in German.
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Stith, Townsend D. PHOTOGRAPHIC INSTRUCTION BOOK. A Systematic Course and Illustrated Hand-Book on the Modern Practices of Photography In All Its Various Branches for Amateur and Professional.
Chicago, IL Sears, Roebuck & Co. 1903, First Edition Hardcover Good condition 281 pages of text. Numerous in-text illustrations. Hardcover binding slightly shelfworn, with chipping to spine extremities and a few small stains. Endpapers and page edges are somewhat brittle. Gift presentation inscription in pencil on endpapers. Inner hinges are showing signs of wear.
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Apjohn, Lewis RICHARD COBDEN AND THE FREE TRADERS. Memorable Men of the Nineteenth Century.
London Tyne Publishing Company, Limited 1890, First Edition Hardcover Very good+ condition 296 pages of text, followed by 18 pages of advertisement. Decorative hardcover binding. Real photo frontispiece of Cobden, by the London Stereoscope and Photogragh Co. with tissue guard. Brown hardcover cloth binding with gilt lettering and gilt and black Victorian decoration. Minor rubbing to spine extremities. Endpapers are somewhat browned. Association stamp neatly on title page "Presented by The Cobden Club. [with motto] Free Trade, Peace, Goodwill Among Nations." No date of publication; circa 1890.
Price: USD 48.95 other currencies   order no. 001161   details     inquire
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Purviance, Elder Levi THE BIOGRAPHY OF ELDER DAVID PURVIANCE, With His Memoirs: Containing His Views on Baptism, the Divinity of Christ, and the Atonement. With an Appendix; Giving Biographical Sketches...
Dayton, Ohio B. F. & G. W. Ells 1848, First edition Hardcover Poor condition 304 pages of text. Illustrated with a frontisportrait of the author. Previous owner's bookplate "Thomas D. Clark - Cotton Queen" on front pastedown. Numerous pencil doodles and names on all endpapers, including author Constance M. Rourke (it is not verified if it is in his hand). Text is water stained and somewhat foxed. Hardcover leather binding; spine is lacking; boards are worn, slightly warped and stained. A good candidate for a rebind. Howes P654 "Travelled in Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana and Tennessee from 1790 onward.
Price: USD 175.00 other currencies   order no. 001165   details     inquire
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Church, Rodney Smith A DIGESTED INDEX OF THE REPORTS OF THE SUPREME COURT, AND THE COURT FOR THE CORRECTION OF ERRORS, In the State of New York: Including...
New York, NY Gould & Banks, Law Booksellers 1822, First Edition Hardcover Very good condition Two volumes, bound in original full calf (hardcover) with maroon spine labels.. Bindings are shelfworn and slightly stained. Text is heavily foxed, and several pages are dog-eared. Title continues "...Coleman's Cases, Caines's Cases - 2 vols., Caines's Reports - 3 vols., Johnson's Cases - 3 vols., Johnson's Reports - 18 vols. and the 1st part of the 19th vol., and Anthon's 'Nisi Prius.'"
Price: USD 275.00 other currencies   order no. 001170   details     inquire
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Anthon, John AMERICAN PRECEDENTS OF DECLARATIONS, Collected Chiefly from Manuscripts of Chief Justice Parsons and other Accomplished Pleaders in the State of Massachusetts, Digested and Arranged under Distinct Titles and Divisions, Adapted to the Most Modern Practice
New York, NY Steven Gould 1810, Second edition Hardcover Very good condition 570 pages of text, with "a Prefixed Digest of Rules and Cases Concerning Declarations..." Original hardcover calf binding with maroon spine label with gilt lettering. Shelfworn, lightly soiled and stained, with rubbing to extremities. Slight chipping to spine head and foot. Hinges are worn, but solid. Text is lightly foxed, with a few leaves dog-eared or with small tears to margin. Previous owner's name in ink on front board and half-title "H. Butler" as well as "Josiah Butler" on front endpaper. Minor marginalia, as well as leaf of notes tipped in at rear of text. Butler was active in law in Northern Illinois, as is evidenced by a reference to Scammon (Abraham Lincoln's law partner) in marginalia, and a laid-in envelope dated August 31, 1846 which refers to Libertyville and Lake County, both of Illinois.
Price: USD 250.00 other currencies   order no. 001171   details     inquire
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Grecourt, Jean Baptiste-Joseph Willart de (1683-1743) OEUVRES CHOISIES DE GRECOURT
Geneva Unknown publisher 1777, Unknown edition Hardcover Good- condition 2 volumes in french. Volume one has 212 pages including a table at rear, volume one has 188 pages with the same. Full leather binding (hardcover) with gilt-ruling on boards and decoration on spine; heavily worn at hinges and spine, with 1.5" loss to head of spine of volume two. Rubbed at corners. Marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Measures 2.75" wide x 4.75" tall. Illustrated with a frontispiece in each volume, with numerous in-text illustrations in the form of head and tail-pieces. Slight damp-staining to frontispiece (not affecting image) and endpapers of volume two. Contemporary handwritten notes in ink (neatly) on endpapers. A temporarily usable binding, in need or repair. French poetry, Foreign Language.
Price: USD 225.00 other currencies   order no. 001176   details     inquire
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Anacreon, Bion and Moschus ANACREON, BION ET MOSCHUS, Suivus de la Veillee des Fetes de Venus, D'un choix de Pieces de differens Auteurs
Paphos Unknown publisher 1785, Reprint edition Hardcover Good condition Two volumes. Volume one has176 pages, volume two 180. Full leather binding (hardcover) with gilt ruling on boards; deteriorated spine with gilt decorations.Corners are worn. Marbled endpapers; all edges gilt. Volume one is illustrated with a frontispiece, and both volumes are decorated with head and tail-pieces. Endpapers are cluttered with neatly handwritten contemporary ink notes; a few notes in margins of text. A temporarily usable binding, in need of rebacking or rebinding. French poetry, Foreign Language. The first edition was published in 1780.
Price: USD 175.00 other currencies   order no. 001177   details     inquire
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The Van Noy Inter-State Company ROCKY MOUNTAIN VIEWS On the Rio Grande, "Scenic Line of the World"
Denver, CO The Smith-Brooks Printing Company 1917, First Edition Paperback Very good+ condition 24 tipped-in photographic plates in color, affixed to heavy grey paper and bound in dark green stiff paper wrappers. Stiff paperback binding is decorated with gold lettering, and an additional photographic scene of The Royal Gorge. Includes two pages of text, explaining the illustrated subjects. A map of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad and the Western Pacific Railway and connections at rear. The center illustration is a large folding plate (often misfolded) of the "Summit of Pike's Peak," showing the steam powered tram. Staple bound, with the attractive original red string tie. Minor shelfwear to front cover, and browning to edges of cover illustration, per usual due to the publisher's glue. The views include Denver, Castle Rock, Palmer Lake, Elephant Rock, Colorado Springs, Manitou, A Park In Pueblo, Sky Line Drive and Canon City, The Royal Gorge, Salida and Mount Ouray, Marshall Pass and Mount Ouray, Summit of Pike's Peak, Mount Princeton of the Collegiate Range, Leadvill and Mount Massive, Eagle River Canyon, Mount of the Holy Cross, Walls of the Canon at Grand River, Shoshone, Glenwood Springs, Curecanti Needle in the Black Canon of the Gunnison, Toltec Gorge, and Animas Canon. Travel, Voyages and Exploration.
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Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1890-1969) Signed Autograph Note.
Chicago, IL No publisher 1960, No edition stated Unbound Signed Near fine condition A note, writtenon "Office of Dwight D. Eisenhower" stationary. It reads "To Todd Wexman with best wishes [signed]." Included is an envelope on the President's stationery, addressed and typed "Mr. Todd Wexman Apartment 1962 Conrad Hilton." In lower left corner, it is typed "By Messenger." Written in Chicago by request to Wexman and delivered to him in the hotel where both parties were lodging. Envelope has minor soiling. Note is tri-folded and is in mint condition. Undated, circa 1960. US President. An attractive and frameable signature.
Price: USD 400.00 other currencies   order no. 001179   details     inquire
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Goodrich, Charles THE FIRST BOOK OF HISTORY. For Children and Youth. By the Author of Peter Parley's Tales. With Sixty Illustrations and Sixteen Maps
Boston Charles J. Hendee 1836, Reprint edition Hardcover Good condition 180 pages with chronological table and index. Illustrated with a celestial frontispiece and sixteen full page maps, measuring 5.5" wide x 7.25" tall. Hardcover binding; blue paper covered boards, with leather spine; rubbed and soiled, and both boards are detached. Previous owners' inscription on endpapers. Sixty small woodcuts illustrations in-text, of historical scenes; each measures about 1.75" x 2.25". Moderate foxing to text. Minor staining to maps. A few cases of pencil marginalia. Maps titles include Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New England, New York, N. Jersey - Pennsylvania - Delaware & Maryland, Middle States, Southern States, Western States, United States, Mexico - Guatemala & West Indies, North America, and, South America. The map of S. America has a small tear, not affecting image.
Price: USD 200.00 other currencies   order no. 001180   details     inquire
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Fuller, Alfred C. A FOOT IN THE DOOR. The Life Appraisal of the Original Fuller Brush Man As Told to Hartzell Spence.
New York McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. 1960, First Edition Very good+ condition (DJ) Hardcover Near fine condition 250 pages with index. Hardcover with minimal shelfwear. Unclipped dustjacket is slightly shelfworn, with a few tiny tears to edges; protected in archival mylar. Includes printed bookplate on front free endpaper stating "It is with pleasure that I present to each of my associates in The Fuller Brush Company this prepublication, gift edition of my life reminiscences..." Includes a facsimile of Fuller's signature, and is dated Autumn 1960 in Hartford Connecticut.
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Du Val, Pierre LES BEAUTEZ DE L'ITALIE, ou le Recueil de toutes les choses les plus curieuses que l'on y void aujourd'huy dans toutes les Provinces & Villes, tant anciennes que modernes, avec leur distance; Le denombrement des Places & Champs de Batailles qui s'y sone
Paris, France Gervais Clouzier 1673, First Edition Hardcover Good+ condition Two volumes in one. 398 pages of text, plus 28 page work to follow. Hardcoverbinding; original full leather binding, very worn, with pieces of spine leather and label chipped and lacking, and heavy wear to extremities. Minor worming to margins, not affecting text. Slight staining to several pages, mostly confined to endpapers. Several pages starting to loosen, but text remains intact and functional. Text is quite clean [about very good condition], and is deserving of a rebinding. Title continues "...donnees, & les noms des Princes qui les ont gouvernees jusques a present. Et La Relation du Voyage fait a Rome par Monsieur le duc de Bouillon. Ouvrage agreable aux Curieux, & utile aux Voyageurs Francois & Estrangers." Author identified only as "P.D. V. G." [Pierre Du Val, geographe].
Price: USD 750.00 other currencies   order no. 001194   details     inquire
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de Villefore, Bourgoin LA VERITABLE VIE D'ANNE GENEVIEVE DE BOURBON, DUCHESSE DE LONGUEVILLE. Par l'Auteur des Anecdotes de la Constituation Unigenitus.
Amsterdam Jean Francois Jolly 1739, First Edition Hardcover Very good- condition 2 volumes, bound together. Volume I: 243 pages of text. Volume II: 182 pages. Stamp of "Bibliotecae DD LeSage. PLS" discreetly on several pages. Hardcover; full leather binding, with gilt decoration on spine. Binding is heavily rubbed, and hinges are worn. Lacks spine label. Marbled endpapers. A few ink notations neatly on endpapers.
Price: USD 200.00 other currencies   order no. 001195   details     inquire
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Cepola, Bartolommeo (Cipolla, Bartolomeo died ca. 1477) COMMENTARIA in tit[ulum] ss. De aedilitio edicto. nunc primum in lucem aedita. Summaria cuique legi & ? praefixa sunt. Index praeterea locupletissimus rerum quae toto opere continentur, in fine libri adiectus est
Lugduni [Lyon, France] Haeredes Jacobi Giuntae 1550, First (presumed) edition Hardcover Very good condition 186 pages of text followed by an index A3-8 through D1-7 (24 leaves). In the original long-stitched binding, in simple thick paper boards. Ink inscription on title page "Ex libris Anhny Marie Gnachi de Cherio." Minor staining to margins, and worming to top-edge, with minor invasion into page head titles. Enclosed in protective clamshell box. An early edition of the 15th Century Italian lawyer whose treatise gave rise to the phrase "Devices of Cepola [Cépola]." Quips of law are so called from Bartholomew Cepola [Cépola] whose law-quirks for prolonging lawsuits have been frequently reprinted. (from The Dictionary of Phrase and Fable by E. Cobham Brewer, 1894). Roman Law. Early Printed Books. Lawyer. An attractive and intact copy of this uncommon publication.
Price: USD 1,950.00 other currencies   order no. 001196   details     inquire
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Borhect, Georg Heinrich LEHRBUCH DER LANDHAUKUNST FUR BAUMEISTER UND LANDWIRTHE
Rottingen Bandenhoect und Ruprecht 1822, Hardcover Very good condition Two volumes bound together.Volume one, 285 pages plus 9 folding copperplate engravings. Volume two, 227 pages plus 15 folding copperplate engravings. Hardcover, bound in leather, with maroon spine label and decorations; decorative paper-covered boards. Hinges are worn, with moderate rubbing to extremities of binding. Minor foxing to pages; text is very clean. Text is in German.
Price: USD 375.00 other currencies   order no. 001197   details     inquire
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Sanford, Louis Childs THE PROVINCE OF THE PACIFIC.
Philadelphia, PA The Church Historical Society 1949, First Edition Very good condition (DJ) Hardcover Very good condition 187 pages with index. Hardcover cloth binding with gilt lettering on front cover and spine; minor blemishes on spine. Unclipped dustjacket is lightly rubbed at extremities, with a few spots of soiling and lightl sunning to spine; protected in archival mylar. Illustrated with a frontispiece map. Covers the area comprised of Alaska, Hawaii, The Philippine Islands, Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah, Oregon, Idaho and Washington state.
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Amor, Norman BEYOND THE ARCTIC CIRCLE. Materials on Arctic Explorations and Travels Since 1750 in the Special Collections and University Archives Division of the University of British Columbia Library.
Vancouver, BC The University of British Columbia Library 1992, First edition Paperback Near fine condition 36 page pamphlet, illustrated with facsimile reproductions of illustrations, maps, dustjackets, letters, journal leaves and ship plans. Five hundred were printed.
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Brogan, James M. AN HISTORICAL LANDMARK. Old Mission Church of the Coeur d'Alene Indians (Church of the Sacred Heart) Built Without Nails...1846 at Skoot-loty, near Cataldo, Idaho. A Pilgrimage to Skoto-Tomish.
Gonzaga Quarterly 1926, Reprint edition Paperback Near fine condition 15 page pamphlet in paperbackbinding. Illustrated with a portrait of Rev. Joseph M. Cataldo, the church exterior on front cover, and another of the interior. Minor browing to corners. Light crease to bottom outside corner. Gives history of the founding and building of the church. Architecture.
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Corser, H. P. SEVENTY-SIX PAGE HISTORY OF ALASKA. By the Author of "Totem Lore." Signed by the author.
published by author 1927, First (presumed) edition Paperback Signed Very good+ condition Grey paperback binding with green decorative lettering. Minor shelfwear. Signed by author on frontispiece. First free endpaper has upper fore-edge corner clipped. Illustrated with photographs. Author spent 30 years in Alaska as a Protestant Episcopal Missionary.
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Hrdlicka, Dr. Ales ANTHROPOLOGICAL WORK IN PERU IN 1913, WITH NOTES ON THE PATHOLOGY OF THE ANCIENT PERUVIANS. Volume 61, Number 18 Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections
Washington D.C. Smithsonian Institution 1914, First Edition Paperback Good condition vi pages of introduction plus 69 pages of text. Illustrated with two double page maps (after Raimondi), forty-two black & white photographs (on 26 sheets), and several sketches and small maps. Printed paperback binding is chipped at extremities, with small tape repairs on the spine. Previous owner's stamp neatly on front wrapper. Many pages uncut and unopened. South America.
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Burgh, James THE ART OF SPEAKING. Containing I. An Essay; In Which Are Given Rules for Expressing Properly the Principal Passions and Humours, Which Occur in Reading, Or Public Speaking; and II. Lessons Taken from the Ancients and Moderns...and A Table of the Lessons
Boston, MA Thomas Hall 1795, Reprint edition Hardcover Very good condition 323 pages of text, plus a 2 page Table of Lessons, and a 10 page Index. Hardcover; full leather binding, rubbed at extremities with slight chipping to spine head. Overall somewhat shelfworn, with minor loss to leather on boards. Original maroon leather spine label. Previous owner's name neatly on endpaper. Bookplate tipped in of Edward W. Tewksbury, of West Randolph, Vermont. Early American Imprint, 18th Century American Imprint, Public Speakers, Elocution.
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Haskell, Barbara CLAES OLDENBURG. OBJECT INTO MONUMENT
Pasadena, CA Pasadena Art Museum 1971, First Edition Paperback Near fine condition 136 pages, including a chronology and bibliography. Numerous color and black & white illustrations. The front cover is a color illustration of the artist by an installation in Holland, titled "Sculpture in the Form of a Trowel Stuck in the Ground." Minor shelfwear to paperback binding. Modern Art.
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Read, Sir Herbert BARBARA HEPWORTH
New York Galerie Chalette 1959, First Edition Paperback Near fine condition 14 page catalogue, illustrated with numerous black & white photographs.
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The Art Institute of Chicago THE UNITED STATES COLLECTS PAN AMERICAN ART
Chicago, IL The Art Institute of Chicago 1959, First Edition Paperback Near fine condition 52 pages, illustrated with a color cover and frontispiece, and numerous black & white plates. With an introduction by Joseph Randall Shapiro. For the exhibit from July 22 through September 7, 1959. Moderate shelfwear.
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Lewis, David CONSTANTIN BRANCUSI.
New York, NY George Wittenborn Inc. 1957, First American edition Very good+ condition (DJ) Hardcover Very good+ condition 50 pages of text including a bibliography, followed by 62 pages containing 64 black & white illustrations. Hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear. Unclipped dustjacket has minor wear to extremities; protected in archival mylar. Modern sculpture.
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Alazard, Jean LE CORBUSIER
New York, NY Universe Books 1960, First American edition Paperback Very good+ condition 8 leaves oftext containing a brief biography by Alazard and a bibliography, followed by 96 illustrations (8 in color) containing photographs of buildings and drawings. Followed by 3 fold-out indexes containing concise texts and historical data pertinent to the illustrations. Minor staining to one index leaf. Yellow pictorial stiff paper wrappers with minimal shelfwear. Design.
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Wright, Stephen; Otto A. Jager; Leroy, Stephen Jules ETHIOPIA. Illuminated Manuscripts
New York The New York Graphic Society 1961, First edition Very good+ condition (DJ) Hardcover Near fine condition 32 pages of text, illustrated with several black & white plates. Followed by 32 full-page colour plates showing portions from tht Addis Ababa, Dabra Maryam, Kebran, Misile Fasiladas, Jahjah Giyorgis manuscripts, as well as from St. Arisma, Dek. Measures 19" x 13.25" (Elephant folio). Hardcover; white paper covered boards, with a grey cloth spine. Pictorial dustjacket has minor rubbing to extremities, and one tiny tear at head of spine. Publisher's original box included, with printed spine and cover label. Box shows minor shelfwear and browning with age, with a small amount of adhesive residue on rear cover, but in overall very good condition. Published by arrangement with UNESCO for their World Art Series, of which this volume is number 15.
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Wiltsee, Ernest A. THE PIONEER MINER AND THE PACK MULE EXPRESS.
San Francisco California Historical Society 1931, First Edition Good condition (DJ) Hardcover Very good+ condition 112 pages, with numerous illustrations of franked envelopes, most of which are extremely rare. Hardcover cloth binding with minimal shelfwear. Moderate rubbing to dustjacket extremities; protected in archival mylar. Large folding map with expert repair to a small tear at fold. With several detailed appendices, including a list of California Postal Stations reprinted from the "Daily Alta California" from July 30, 1851, an alphabetical list of 446 Western Express Companies, and a list of these companies divided by region with dates of operation when known. Numerous first hand accounts of mining life published herein for the first time. These are combined with excerpts from period newspaper articles and other previously published accounts, together with maps, illustrations and well written and researched descriptions. The product is an imporant book on California History, Pioneer Miners, and the One-Man, Early Limited, Regional and National Express Companies. A fascinating read, packed with information invaluable to the collector or historian.
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Owens, Jesse (1913-1980) Jesse Owens Signed Program
Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation 1978, First (presumed) edition Paperback Signed Near fine condition The cover (only) of the ARCO JESSE OWENS GAMES NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP program, Coordinated by the County of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation, signed "Cary, Best Wishes Jesse Owens 78." Stiff paperback binding with minimal shelfwear. The cover is otherwise decorated with patriotic and sporting images, with a black and white photograph of Owens on the rear cover. The interior/text portion of the program is lacking. Measures 8-1/2" x 5-3/8." Athlete, Sports, Sporting, Olympic Gold Medalist, Track & Field, African American, Celebrities, Celebrity.
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Ellington, Duke Duke Ellington Signed Program
Highland Park, IL Ravinia Festival 1957, Unique Paperback Signed Very good+ condition A program from the Ravinia Festival (North of Chicago) of July 1st and 3rd, 1957. Signed on the reverse of the 4-page program, under an advertisement for Ellington recordings on the Columbia label. A large example of his autograph, measuring over 2 inches high. The program is in very good condition, folded in half, and has other insignificant creases to edges, and one tiny (1/4") tear to an edge. However, the area around the autograph is clean and unaffected by any imperfection. Signed, Duke Ellington, Jazz Musician, American Composer, African American Celebrity.
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Baur, John I. H. (Foreword by) CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN SCULPTURE. Selection I
New York Whitney Museum of American Art First Edition Paperback Near fine condition 63 pages, circa1964. Illustrated with black & white photographs. A exhibition assembled by the Howard and Jean Lipman Foundation and the Whitney.
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Sweet, Frederick A. James McNeill Whistler: Paintings, Pastels, Watercolors, Drawings, Etchings, Lithographs.
Chicago, IL The Art Institute of Chicago 1968, First Edition Paperback Very good+ condition 131 pages. For the exhibit in Chicago from January 13 through February 25, and at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute in Utica NY from March 17 through April 28, 1968. Numerous illustration in black & white and colour. Minor shelfwear.
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Steinberg, William (1899-1978) Signed Program.
Highland Park, IL Ravinia 1956, First Edition Paperback Signed Near fine condition 78 page program,signed by conductor William Steinberg. From the Ravinia Festival of June 26 to August 11, 1956 and likely signed while Steinberg was the visiting conductor there from August 2-5. Signed boldly in blue ink on front cover. Near fine condition, with only the slightest of edgewear. It measures 8.5" x 11.5." Steinberg was the Conductor of the Buffalo Symphony, and later the Pittsburg Symphony. Music, American, 20th Century.
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Bernstein, Leonard; Tossy Spivakovsky Signed Program.
Highland Park, IL Ravinia 1956, First Edition Paperback Signed Near fine condition Program from theRavinia Festival, June 26 to August 11, 1956. Signed boldly in pencil by both Tossy Spivakovsky and Leonard Bernstein. The 78 page pamphlet is in near fine condition, with minor wear to edges. Bernstein (1918-1990) was an American Composer, Conductor of the New York Philharmonic, pianist, author, and more. Widely know for his scores to the broadway musicals On the Town (1944), Wonderful Town (1953), Candide (1956), and West Side Story (1957). Spivakovsky was a Russian violin soloist. From the performance on July 26, 1956. American Conductors, Symphony, Music, 20th Century, Spivakovsky, Violin Soloist, Russia.
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Galerie Chalette MARC CHAGALL. March 12 - April 14, 1956
New York Perls Galleries 1956, First Edition Paperback Very good+ condition 4 leaves with seven photo illustrations of the artist's work. Staple bound in navy wrappers, which are slightly sun-darkened at edges. Otherwise, a fine copy.
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Galerie Chalette DILLER. Paintings, Constructions, Drawings, Watercolors
New York Galerie Chalette 1961, First Edition Paperback Near fine condition 12 leaves, illustrated in black & white and color. Bound in a red and black decorative wrapper. Photos by Otto Nelson and Walter Rosenblum.
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Sidney Janis Gallery GORKY: 33 Paintings
New York Sidney Janis Gallery 1957, First Edition Paperback Near fine condition 9 leaves, illustrated with one color plate, a photograph of the artist by Gjon Mili, and numerous photos of his works in the exhibition of December 2 through 28, 1957. A miniscule amount of shelfwear.
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Bardi, P. M.; James J. Rorimer PAINTINGS FROM THE SAO PAULO MUSEUM.
New York The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1957, First Edition Paperback Very good+ condition 12 pagesof text, followed by 72 illustrations in black & white and color. Paperback binding with miniam shelfwear and soiling. For the exhibit March 21 through May 5, 1957. Exhibition Catalogue.
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Dryden, John ELEONORA: A Panegyrical Poem, Dedicated to the Memory of the Late Countess of Abingdon
London H. Hills, in Black-Fryars, near the Water-side 1709, Reprint edition Hardcover Good+ condition 16 pages. Hardcover; bound in 3/4 leather and blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, circa 1900. Binding is somewhat worn and stained, and somewhat affected by exposure to damp. The text has been trimmed, with loss of page numbers at the top of several leaves. Rear leaf is browned. Minor staining to top-edge of leaves. A complete early edition of this work by Dryden.
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Lippe, Aschwin THE FREER INDIAN SCULPTURES
Washington, D.C The Smithsonian Institution 1970, First Edition Very good+ condition (DJ) HardcoverNear fine condition 54 pages of text, including index, plus 55 plates in black & white and color. Green hardcover cloth binding with gilt lettering.and decoration. Dustjacket has a color photo illustration on front cover; minor shelfwear. Tipped-in color frontispiece. Number 8 in the Smithsonian Oriental Studies Series. Sculpture, Religious Art, India, Oriental.
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James, Henry THE LETTERS OF WILLIAM JAMES. In Two Volumes
Boston The Atlantic Monthly Press 1920, First Edition Hardcover Very good- condition Two volume set. Hardcover cloth bindings, with a brown printed paper label on the spines. Minor darkening to labels, and spine heads as well as other extremities show minor wear. Volume 1; 348 pages. Volume 2; 384 pages including index. Both volumes are illustrated with an engraved frontisportrait, as well as numerous photographic and other illustrations.
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Montague, C. E. FIERY PARTICLES.
London Chatto & Windus 1928, Reprint edition Hardcover Very good condition 233 pages of text. Hardcover; bound in 3/4 red leather, with marbled endpapers, gilt spine lettering and decoration, and with the title and author spine labels in light blue leather. Minor shelfwear to corners and extremities. Hinges are tight, but are starting to show signs of wear. An issue of The Phoenix Library. An attractive binding.
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Dickens, Charles CHRISTMAS STORIES from "Household Words" and "All The Year Round."
London Chapman & Hall, Limited 1890, Reprint edition Hardcover Good+ condition 392 pages of text. No date, but one of the "Charles Dickens" editions. Hardcover; bound in 3/4 green morocco (leather) and marbled boards and endpapers by "Mudie." Some wear to extremities, and the hinges are starting to chip. An attractive binding, with gilt spine lettering and decoration. Contains eight illustrations. Minor foxing throughout text. Previous owner's name in ink on front endpaper. No date listed; circa 1890.
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Martin, B. E. IN LONDON WITH DICKENS.
New York Scribner's Monthly Illustrated Magazine 1881, First American edition Hardcover Very good+ condition 16 pages of text, preceded by 7 leaves of advertisements, and followed by 3 leaves of the same. J. G. Holland, editor. Paginated 649-664, of Volume XXI, of which this is Number 5 from March of 1881. Hardcover; bound with about 50 blank leaves at rear, in three-quarter brown morocco (leather) binding. Marbled paper covered boards, in green, tan and black. Raised bands and gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Hinges are tight, and binding shows minor wear to extremities. An attractive Dickens item.
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Thomson, James THE WORKS OF JAMES THOMSON. With His Last Corrections and Improvements In Four Volumes
Edinburgh J. Robertson 1778, Later edition Hardcover Very good condition Four volume set, bound in the original full leather (hardcover) with red and green leather spine labels with gilt lettering; spine stamped with elaborate decorations. The hinges and corners are showing signs of wear, with some small chips out of the spine extremities. The rear board of volume one is nearing separation. Regardless, an attractive and intact period (eighteenth century) binding. Illustrated with 15 engravings, including the frontisportrait of the author. Each volume has a unique title page, in that they list the contents therein. "Volume the First, Containing the Seasons," "...Second Containing Liberty, The Castle of Indolence, and Poems On Several Occasions," "...Third Containing Sophonisba, Agamemnon, and Alfred," and "...Fourth Containing Edward and Eleonora, Tancred and Sigismunda, and Coriolanus." Volume 3 bound with the half-title page. Previous owner's name neatly in contemporary ink on the front pastedowns, as well as a few tiny ink stains. The edges of the first and last few leaves of each volume are affected by offsetting (browned) from the leather binding. Very minor foxing scattered throughout the set. A beautifully illustrated edition of this work. Thomson (1700-1748) published his blank-verse poems "Winter" (1726), "Summer" (1727), "Spring" (1728), and "Autumn" (1730). brought together as "The Seasons," which for the first time giving description of nature the leading place, and paving the way for the emotional treatment of nature by the Romantic poets.
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Schmidt, Jeremy HIMALAYAN PASSAGE. Seven Months In the High Country of Tibet, Nepal, China, India & Pakistan
Seattle The Mountaineers 1991, First Edition Near fine condition (DJ) Hardcover Near fine condition302 pages. Illustrated with numerous color photographs by Patrick Morrow. Hardcover; blue cloth spine, with blue paper covered boards. Pictorial dustjacket is price-clipped. Endpapers are map illustrated.
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Engstrand, Stuart David THE INVADERS. Signed by the author.
New York Alfred A. Knopf 1937, First limited edition Very good condition (DJ) Hardcover Signed Verygood+ condition 266 pages. One of 800 copies signed by Engstrand on the special limitation page. Hardcover; top corner of the front cover has a tiny bruise. One endpaper has an inconspicuous tiny closed tear to the top edge. The dustjacket is slightly rubbed at the extremities, with a 3/4" closed tear on a fold, and a few tiny chips to the spine head; protected in archival mylar. A few spots of foxing on the rear flap. A Chicago native, Engstrand wrote this novel in Arizona.
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Hurt III, Harry TEXAS RICH. The Hunt Dynasty from the Early Oil Days through the Silver Crash. Signed by the author.
New York W. W. Norton and Company 1981, Second printing Good+ condition (DJ) Hardcover Signed Very good condition 446 pages, including index. Inscribed on the first free endpaper "'Shut it down!' Happy Whatever Harry March 31 - 80 Silver Thursday." Taped to this page is a 1923 Liberty silver dollar coin, in very good condition. Minor shelfwear to hardcover binding. Price-clipped dustjacket is somewhat rubbed at extremities.
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Dallas, Sandra NO MORE THAN FIVE IN A BED. Colorado Hotels in the Old Days
Norman, OK University of Oklahoma Press 1967, First Edition Very good- condition (DJ) Hardcover Very good+ condition 208 pages including index. Illustrated with numerous historic photographs. Bound in red hardcover cloth, with slight shelfwear. Dustjacket is lightly rubbed at extremities, with a few small chips and tears.
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Steele, Philip THE LAST CHEROKEE WARRIORS. Zeke Proctor. Ned Christie. Signed by author.
Gretna, Louisiana Pelican Publishing Company 1974, First Edition Paperback Signed Very good condition 111 pages. Inscribed "To my friend Hugh Benson who brought the great film 'The Blue and the Gray' to our wonderful Northwest Arkansas [signed] Philip Steele 11/12/82." Minor shelfwear to covers. Illustrated with numerous rare photographs and historical items. A nice association inscription.
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Rabelais, Francois GARGANTUA & PANTAGRUEL. Prefaced by "Life of Rabelais" by Henri Clouzot
New York, NY Dodd, Mead & Company First Edition Very good condition (DJ) Hardcover Very good+ condition 808 pages of text. Black hardcover cloth binding with gilt lettering and elaborate decoration on spine and front cover; minimal shelfwear. Top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Dustjacket is black with red lettering and decoration with extremities are rubbed, spine is somewhat sunned, and a small closed tear to bottom edge near spine; protected in archival mylar. Illustrated with 525 vignettes by Joseph Hemard. Front pastedown has minor residue from a bookplate (inconspicuous). First free endpaper is slightly browned at edge due to offsetting from dustjacket. Small imperfection on page 342.
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