New Arrivals
THE PURPLE ROSE OF CHELSEA, 25 Years of Passion, Principles, and Performances
(The Purple Rose Theatre: Chelsea, MI), (2016). Hardcover. Photos, oblong 10 x 11", purple cloth-like boards, 159pp, a nice, clean, fresh copy in a like dustjacket. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, BOLDLY SIGNED BY THE PURPLE ROSE THEATRE FOUNDER JEFF DANIELS ON TITLE PAGE. More
CORGIVILLE FAIL
Thomas Y. Crowell Co.: NY, (1971). Hardcover. Illus., oblong 9 x 10.5", gilt-pict blue cloth, unpaginated, covers a bit rubbed and unevenly sunned, else a good copy of the FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ARTIST, TASHA TUDOR, ON THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. More
REMEMBERING ROBIN WILLIAMS, 1951-2014 [cover title: People Tribute Commemorative Edition, Robin Williams 1951-2014]
(People Magazine: Time Home Entertainment/Easton Press: NY & Norwalk, CT), (2014). Hardcover. Photos, 11 x 8", gilt-lettered leather with color pict label; aeg, 80pp, a nice copy; SCARCE. More
LIME ROCK PARK, 35 Years of Racing
Sharon Mountain Press: (Sharon, CT), (1992). Hardcover. Photos, oblong 8.75 x 11.25", cloth backed boards, 241pp with index, covers rubbed, extremities lightly worn, piece of masking tape across top of title page, in a lightly edge-worn, torn dustjacket. FIRST EDITION. More
GOLDEN VERSES FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT With Illuminations and Miniatures from Celebrated Missals and Books of Hours of the XIV and XV Centuries
John Camden Hotten: London, (1867). Hardcover. 50 color plates, 9 x 6", gilt-ruled leather with inset red leather Maltese Cross on front cover; aeg, unpaginated, covers rubbed a little, extremities worn, front outer hinge starting, pp toned with some foxing and finger soiling, bookplates of former owners on front endpapers... More
THE THIRD MATCH FOR THE CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE WORLD, William Steinitz vs. Isidor Gunsberg, Manhattan Chess Club, New York City, December 9, 1890, January 12, 1891
Publ. by James R. Schroeder: Cleveland, OH, nd. Paperback. Illus., 12 x 8.5", self wraps with plastic clip spine, 21 mimeographed leaves printed on rectos only, some wear else in good condition. SCARCE. More
GREAT AMERICAN CHESS TOURNAMENTS, CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS, PENNSYLVANIA 1904
Publ. by James R. Schroeder (Cleveland, OH) np, nd. Paperback. Illus., 11 x 8.5", self wraps with plastic clip spine, 52 mimeographed pp, front cover unevenly toned, pp a bit used, but still a good copy. SCARCE. More
Library Service Special Number, June 15, 1922, Revised December 1924, Detroit Public Library, Information for Readers and Visitors [facsimile reprint]
Detroit Public Library Friends Foundation: Detroit, MI, 2014. Paperback. Photos, 9 x 6", pict stapled wraps, 47pp, minor soil and wear to covers else a nice, clean, fresh copy of this facsimile reprint of the 1924 edition, celebrating the opening of the Main Building of the Detroit Public Library. Also... More
BURTON HISTORICAL COLLECTION, The Detroit Public Library, Established September 1915 with the Donation of the Collection of Clarence Monroe Burton
The Detroit Public Library: Detroit, MI, 2015. Paperback. Photos, oblong 8 x 10", color pict wraps, 60pp, a nice, clean copy. More
A CATECHISM OF CHRISTIAN DOCTERINE Prepared and Enjoyed by Order of the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore with Word Meanings Before Each Chapter, Published by Ecclesiastical Authority, No. 1
P.J. Kennedy and Sons: NY, (1885). Paperback. 6.5 x 4.5", blue cloth wraps, unpaginated, a heavily worn copy, lower forecorner of front cover clipped off, covers fraying and wrinkled and darkened, pp browned and chipping at edges with edge tears (several tears across title page); a fragile little booklet. More
THE GUARDIAN BUILDING, Cathedral of Finance
Painted Turtle: Detroit, (2008). Hardcover. Photos, 12.25 x 9", cloth, 144pp with index, a nice, clean, fresh copy in a nice dustjacket. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. More
THE BEE KEEPERS ENCYCLOPEDIA (Illustrated)
Gale Research Co.: Detroit, 1979. Hardcover. Illus., 8.75 x 5.5", blue cloth, 190pp with index, nice, fresh, clean copy. Reprint of the Andrew George Elliott edition. Multiple copies available. More
WEST VIRGINIA SURNAMES, The Pioneers
West Virginia Dialect Society/McClain Printing: Parsons, WV, 1973. Hardcover. 8.5 x 5.5", blue cloth, 197pp with index, lower forecorners bumped else a nice copy in a lightly rubbed dustjacket. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. More
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, Collector's Edition
The Easton Press: Norwalk, CT, (2005). Hardcover. Illus., 6.5 x 4.5", gilt-dec blue leather; aeg, 58pp, a nice, clean, fresh, tight copy with an unused Easton Press Bookplate laid in loosely. More
THE TURNING POINT, The 54th Amateur Championship of the United States Golf Association 1954, Winner: Arnold D. Palmer" [cover title]
np, nd. Hardcover. Photos; illus., 7.5 x 6", gilt-lettered black boards, 64pp, a nice, clean, tight copy with commemorative bookmark. More
THE TURNING POINT, The 54th Amateur Championship of the United States Golf Association 1954
np, nd. Hardcover. Photos, 7.5 x 6", gilt-lettered black boards, 64pp, upper fore-corners bumped else a nice, clean, fresh, tight copy. Includes bookmarks advertising the book at the Arnold Palmer Turning Point Invitational, at the Country Club of Detroit in Grosse Pointe Farms, MI on August 29, 2004. More
THE MICHIGAN THEATER, Ann Arbor's Home for Fine Film and the Performing Arts Since 1928
(Michigan Theater Foundation: Ann Arbor, MI), 2013. Hardcover. Photos, 10.25 x 7.25", gilt-lettered and gilt-dec cloth, 230pp with index, a nice, clean, fresh, tight copy. INSCRIBED "With best wishes to Ruth with many thanks for your support of the Michigan Theater..." AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. More
DISCOVERY OF THE EARTH
John W. Luce and Co.: Boston, 1929. Hardcover. 8 x 5.5", red cloth, 232pp with index, covers quite rubbed, extremities bumped and fraying, pp toned. FIRST EDITION (SD, NAP), INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. More
LETTERS ON ASTRONOMY, Addressed to a Lady...
Thomas H. Webb: Boston, 1842. Hardcover. Illus. including full page plates, 7.5 x 4.5", leather backed boards, 419pp with index, covers quite worn, extremities bumped and fraying, EX-LIBRARY with just an ink inscription, pp with some finger soiling and spotting. The School Library...Board of Education of the State of Massachusetts... More
CENTURY, The History of University Liggett School 1878-1978
University Liggett School: Grosse Pointe Woods, MI, 1981. Hardcover. Photos, 11.5 x 8.5", cloth, 238pp, minor shelf wear else a nice copy in a nice dustjacket. Multiple copies available. More
THE POCKET KEY TO HEAVEN, A Manual of Prayers
F. Pustet & Co.: NY, (1887). Hardcover. Frontis, 3.5 x 2.5", ivory-colored plastic with metal clasp; aeg, 242pp, covers a bit rubbed and darkened, old glue stain near clasp on front cover, pp a bit toned but still a nice, little miniature decorative binding with crucifix inserted inside front cover. More
AT MARY'S KNEE, Lessons in Prayer by a Sister-Servant of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Catholic Publications Press: NY, (1934). Hardcover. Illus., 4 x 2.5", gilt-dec pearly white plastic cloth-hinged boards; aeg, 192pp, one tiny chip from spine top but still a nice little miniature decorative binding. With little crucifix inserted inside front cover. More
ALL-PROS, The First 40 Years
PFRA: np, 1995. Paperback. 8.5 x 5.5", wraps, 131pp, ink dates on front cover, covers a little used, ink date on title page, some pink highlighting else a decent copy of this SCARCE item. Pro Football Researchers Association. More