Monastery Books: Menlo Park, CA, 1997. Hardcover. 9 x 6", gilt-lettered and gilt-pict green cloth, 906pp with Bibliography, covers lightly rubbed, extremities lightly bumped else a nice copy. More about WISDOM, LET US ATTEND: Job, The Fathers, and the Old Testament
Princeton University Press: Princeton, NJ, (1981). Hardcover. 9.5 x 6", cloth, 635pp with index, spine ends bumped, spine a little cocked else a nice copy in a rubbed and edge-worn dustjacket. More about ENCYCLOPEDIA OF INDIAN PHILOSOPHIES, Advaita Vedanta up to Samkara and His Pupils
University of Illinois Press: Urbana, 1966. Hardcover. 9 x 6", green cloth, 388pp with index, very minor shelf wear else a nice, clean copy in a lightly extremity worn dustjacket. FIRST EDITION. More about THEORY OF SELF-REPRODUCING AUTOMATA
Clarendon Press: Oxford, 1991. Hardcover. 9.5 x 6.25", blue cloth, 403pp with index, minor extremity wear, eps a little soiled else a nice, clean copy in a lightly rubbed dustjacket. FIRST EDITION. More about WILLIAM WHEWELL, A Composite Portrait
Recorder-Sunset Press: np, 1945. Hardcover. 8.25 x 5.5", cloth, 108pp, minor extremity wear, eps lightly toned else a nice, clean copy of this SCARCE title. More about MY FATHER, FATHER TABB, At Home and At College
The University of Illinois Press: Urbana, 1953. Hardcover. 9 x 7", printed boards, 91pp, covers a bit soiled at lower edges, contents nice, in a rubbed and edge-worn (especially top edge) dustjacket. FIRST EDITION, SCARCE, especially in dustjacket. More about THE MARS PROJECT
The University of the South: Sewanee, TN, 1954. Paperback. Ads, 9.5 x 6", printed wraps, pp535-710, covers rubbed and darkened, yapped edges bumped and torn, contents nice; whole issue present. Also includes Howard Nemerov, James Wright, James Dickey, Stephen Spender, etc. More about "The Displaced Person", a story in THE SEWANEE REVIEW, Autumn 1954, Volume LXII Number 4
Swan Sonnenschein & Co.: London, 1895. Hardcover. 9 x 6", dark red pebbled cloth, 302pp with index, covers rubbed and spotted, extremities bumped and fraying, contents toned with some foxing to endpapers else a nice copy of the FIRST BRITISH EDITION. More about THE LAW OF CIVILIZATION AND DECAY, An Essay on History
J.W. Edwards: Ann Arbor, MI, 1947. Hardcover. Photos, 9 x 6", blue (of course) cloth backed maize (of course) pict boards, 64pp, covers a bit worn, else a nice copy of this SCARCE title on the football legacy at The University of Michigan and its legendary coach, Fielding Yost. INSCRIBED... More about "HURRY UP" YOST In Story and Song
Alfred A Knopf: NY, 1963. Hardcover. Illus. by Robert Hines, 8.5 x 5.75", cloth, 255pp + pp, extremities bumped, contents toned a bit, some scattered finger soiling, in a rubbed, extremity-worn/torn dustjacket with remnants of an old paper sticker on front cover. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Includes Alaska stories. More about RUNES OF THE NORTH
John Russell Smith: London, 1871. Hardcover. 7 x 5", front cover is original cloth-backed pict boards; rear cover is replacement red cloth with brown paper tape holding it onto spine, 162pp + publisher's ads, covers worn and soiled and toned, extremities bumped and chipping, front inner hinge cracking, rear inner... More about RUSTIC SKETCHES; Being Rhymes and "Skits" on Angling and Other Subjects
Frederick Warne: London, nd (c. 1900). Hardcover. Color illus. by Walter Crane, 7 x 7.25", rebound in library buckram, 56pp, covers rubbed with old paper labels (and glue remnants from removed paper labels), EX-LIBRARY with usual markings, pp a bit used with some finger soiling. More about THE BABY'S OWN AESOP, Being the Fables Condensed in Rhyme with Portable Morals Pictorially...
Harper & Brothers: NY, 1888. Hardcover. 7.5 x 5", olive cloth, 247pp with index, covers rubbed, extremities lightly bumped and fraying, EX-LIBRARY with minimal markings, personal library stamp inside front cover, ink writing inside rear cover, a water-logged copy: pages wavy, covers lightly stained, some stains and spotting to prelims... More about FRANCE AND THE CONFEDERATE NAVY, 1862-1868, An International Episode
Clarendon Press: Oxford, 1964. Paperback. 8.5 x 5.5", cloth backed printed wraps, 132pp + Subject Index, minor shelf wear, ink name and ink stamped name of former owners on front fly, minor wear to foredge of textblock else a nice copy in an edge-worn/torn, soiled and rubbed dustjacket with another... More about THEORIES OF NUCLEAR FISSION
L.C. Page: Boston, 1909. Hardcover. Frontis and color cover by George Gibbs, 8 x 5", green cloth with pict paper label on front cover, 367pp + publisher's ads, covers heavily worn and soiled, extremities bumped and fraying, front fly missing, ink name of former owner inside front cover, inner hinges... More about ANNE OF AVONLEA
W.W. Norton & Company: NY, (1949). Hardcover. Photos; diagrams, 9.5 x 6", blue cloth, 154pp, covers rubbed, extremities mildly bumped, eps toned else a good copy of the FIRST EDITION, BOLDLY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. More about SPORT FISHING BOATS
The Open Road Publishing Co.: Boston, MA, 1937. Hardcover. Illus., 7 x 4.5", rebound in red cloth with original wraps, front cover affixed to cloth cover (and shellacked), 320pp, spine ends bumped, ink name of former owner at top of front fly, pp browned and a bit fragile, but SIGNED... More about DEEP-RIVER JIM'S WILDERNESS TRAIL BOOK
The Typophiles: np, 1935. Hardcover. Frontis portrait of Bruce Rogers, other photos; illus., 9 x 6", gilt-lettered black cloth, unpaginated, minor shelf wear, pp somewhat toned, but still a nice item. A collection of tributes to Bruce Rogers, including nicely printed contributions, an original Bruce Rogers designed bookplate (browned from... More about BARNACLES FROM MANY BOTTOMS SCRAPED AND GATHERED FOR B R [Bruce Rogers] By the Typophiles
D. Browne and C. Hitch: London, 1747. Hardcover. Beautifully printed frontispiece ad for Ellis Webster's teaching of Writing & Arithmetic & Merchant Accounts, 7 x 4.25", recent blue cloth, 72pp, covers lightly rubbed, extremities lightly worn, contents toned from the ink else a very, very nice and usable copy of... More about ESSAY ON BOOK-KEEPING, According to the True Italian Method of Debtor and Creditor, by Double Entry
The Girl Guides Association: London, 1950. Hardcover. Photos; illus., 5.5 x 4.25", pict green cloth, 324pp, covers a little worn but still a nice, bright copy. Ships from the U.S. More about CAMPCRAFT FOR GIRL GUIDES
George H. Doran Company: NY, nd. Hardcover. 28 full page color illus. by Edmund Dulac, 9.5 x 7.5", blue cloth backed gilt-lettered boards, 192pp, a heavily worn copy, extremities bumped and chipping/fraying, front outer hinge torn, front inner hinge cracked, two color plates loose (but present), ink name of former... More about THE POETICAL WORKS OF EDGAR ALLAN POE
Spartan Books: Washington, DC, (1962). Hardcover. 8.25 x 6.25", red cloth, 416pp, covers a bit rubbed, extremities a bit worn, spine ends bumped, ink writing on front fly, pp toned; still, a good, usable copy of this SCARCE title. More about PRINCIPLES OF NEURODYNAMICS, Perceptrons and the Theory of Brain Mechanics
(Department of the Interior, National Park Service), 1985. Paperback. Map, illus., 11 x 8.5", printed stapled wraps, 103pp. Ex-library, light wear else very good condition. "Redwood National Park was established on October 2, 1968...(to) preserve examples of the primeval coastal redwood, forests and the seashores..." More about WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PLAN REDWOOD NATIONAL PARK An Amendment to the Resources Management...
(Department of the Interior, National Park Service), August 1985. Paperback. Maps, illus., 11 x 8.5", printed stapled wraps, 190pp. Ex-library, light wear else very good condition. Chapters include "Natural Prehistoric And Historical Role Of Fire", "Fire Management Strategies", "Fire Management Operations" More about FIRE MANAGEMENT PLAN REDWOOD NATIONAL PARK, An Amendment to the Resources Management Plan August...
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1915. Paperback. Illus., 9 x 6", green stapled wraps, 65pp. Ex-library, light wear and soiling else good to very good condition. Some of the monuments listed: Devils Tower, Chaco Canyon, Muir Woods, Shoshone Cavern, Navajo, Lassen Peak, Grand Canyon, Devil Postpile, Petrified Forest. More about REPORT ON SULLYS HILL PARK, CASA GRANDE RUIN; THE MUIR WOODS, PETRIFIED FOREST, AND OTHER...