np (Cosmopolitan Magazine: NY), nd (1970s?). Paperback. 7.5 x 5.5", pict stapled wraps, 64pp, covers lightly rubbed, top edges of covers rather rough, pp toned, few pp creased at lower fore-edge. SCARCE. More about THE COSMO GIRL'S DREAM BOOK
Dodd, Mead & Co.: NY, 1945. Hardcover. 7.5 x 5", green cloth, 211pp, covers rubbed, extremities bumped and lightly fraying, pp edge-toned else a nice, clean copy in a worn, extremity-torn/creased, soiled dustjacket. FIRST EDITION (SD). In the very SCARCE dustjacket (such as it is). More about APPLEBY'S END [red badge mystery
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 Elliot edition. Multiple copies available. More about THE BEE KEEPERS ENCYCLOPEDIA (Illustrated
Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford: Lansing, 1916. Hardcover. Illus., 9 x 6", greenish grey cloth, black spine lettering, 179pp. Covers have light soiling, spine sunned, contents very good condition. Some of the contents: "The Reptiles And Amphibians Of Monroe County", "Dragonflies Of The Douglas Lake Region", "Observations On The Fishes Of Houghton County". SCARCE. More about MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS ON THE ZOOLOGY OF MICHIGAN Michigan Geological And Biological Survey....
A Szerzo Sajat Kiadasa: Budapest, 1893. Hardcover. 7 x 5", green cloth with inset color illus., 247pp, covers quite worn and soiled, extremities bumped and fraying, top of spine chipped, inner hinges cracked, front fly browned, detached, chipped and brittle, pp65-80 detached (but present) where textblock is cracked, pp toned... More about HAZI CZUKRASZAT KEZIKONYVE Irta Hegyesi Jozsef [homemade sugarcake
Polyprints: Dallas, TX, nd. Paperback. Illus., 6 x 3.25", stapled pict wraps, 16pp, very minor extremity wear else a nice, clean, fresh copy of this facsimile copy of the original 1912 Ford Motor Car Company issue. More about THE WOMAN AND THE FORD [facsimile reprint of the 1912 edition
Silas Farmer & Co.: Detroit, 1911. Paperback. Folded 8.5 x 4.5" and expands to 40 x 35", purple wraps. Lacks top part of cover, creasing/fold creasing, small holes/tears along creases else very good condition. Includes: index and population, land and surveys, railroads, suburban and electric railways. "The Tri-Color Map", colors... More about SECTIONAL MAP OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN From Official Surveys And State Records
Mecca Studio: Davenport, nd (1911?). Paperback. Photo oblong 6 x 8", mount 8 x 10". Photo is creased, soiled, stained, missing tip of a corner and a small piece on a margin, burn mark on a different margin, mount is stained, worn and soiled. Images clear. The photograph is not... More about Mounted group photograph of the Central Station Crew of the Davenport, Iowa, fire department, on...
State of Michigan: Lansing, MI, 1978. Paperback. Color two-sided map, 30 x 28", folds down to 7.5 x 3.5", rubbed, used, tearing at folds, some staining. Inkstamp and label from state senator (Bill Huffman). Beneath the location of Bono, OH is printed "goblu" and beneath Elmira, OH is printed "beatosu"... More about MICHIGAN, Great Lake State, 1978-1979 Official Transportation Map [famous "GOBLU"...
Norfolk Southern Corp.: Norfolk, VA, (2002). Paperback. Photos, 11.5 x 9", softcover, IN THE ORIGINAL, UNOPENED SHRINKWRAP, WITH A PRINTED LETTER FROM DAVID R. GOODE PRESENTING THE BOOK. In the original, opened, very worn and bumped original presentation box. More about PORTRAIT 20, Norfolk Southern Corporation 20th Anniversary
The Twentieth Century Press: London, nd (c. 1895?). Paperback. 8.5 x 5.5", stapled textured wraps, 19pp, covers rubbed and stained, upper forecorner of front cover (and subsequent pp) torn off, first leaf unevenly browned, pp good. SCARCE. More about THE MEANING OF SOCIALISM [Students' Series- No. 1
New York Labor News Co.: NY, nd. Paperback. 8 x 5.5", stapled wraps, 28pp, covers lightly rubbed and soiled, spine a little waterstained and sunned, contents very good condition. Samuel Moore's translation. Early US edition. More about MANIFESTO OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY...Authorized English Translation, Edited and Annotated by...
St. Paul's School: Concord, NH, 1936. Hardcover. Photos; ads, oblong 9 x 10.25", gilt-lettered cloth, 93pp, covers rubbed, extremities bumped and fraying, some finger soiling else a nice copy. More about THE SIXTH FORM YEAR BOOK, St. Paul's School, N.H. 1936
Jacques Cattell Press: Lancaster, 1942. Hardcover. Illus., 10 x 7", black cloth, gilt lettering, 697pp. Covers have edgewear and rubbing, inner hinges tender (book is very heavy), contents good to very good condition. From the table of contents: "Hiawatha And The Kalevala", "The Manabozho-Hiawatha Legends...", "Henry Rowe Schoolcraft: A Biography". FIRST EDITION. More about SCHOOLCRAFT LONGFELLOW HIAWATHA
University of Pennsylvania Press: Philadelphia, 1952. Hardcover. Illus., 8.5 x 6", green cloth, dustjacket, 322pp. Light edgewear, spine slightly cocked else good to very good condition, dustjacket poor. From the intro "Charlemagne Tower...devoted approximately forty years to the law...carried to completion...the opening and development of the Vermilion Iron Range in... More about IRON MILLIONAIRE Life Of Charlemagne Tower
Doubleday & Co.: Garden City, NY, 1959. Hardcover. 8.25 x 5.5", yellow pict cloth, 320pp with index, covers a little rubbed, extremities lightly worn, spine ends bumped with bottom of spine a little torn, pp a little toned, with photo of Gertrude Berg (Molly Goldberg) taped inside front cover (but... More about THE MOLLY GOLDBERG JEWISH COOKBOOK, Formerly published under the title of The Molly Goldberg...
Harper & Row: NY, (1964). Hardcover. 8 x 5.5", cloth backed boards, 273pp, covers worn, extremities bumped, front cover with abrasion, spine a little cocked, inner hinges tender, EX-LIBRARY with usual markings (though rear pocket was badly removed; no dustjacket). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF AUTHOR'S FIRST MYSTERY NOVEL, SIGNED BY... More about NERVE
Iron County Historical And Museum Society: Caspian, 1980. Hardcover. Illus., 10.5 x 8", red boards with gilt lettering/dec, 461pp. Light bumping to corners, contents good to very good condition. Some of the chapters: "Iron River", "Atkinson-Gibbs City", "Beechwood", "Nash", "Logging", "Mining". SCARCE. FIRST EDITION. More about FRAMES FOR THE FUTURE Iron River Area Iron County, Michigan
State of Michigan: Lansing, MI, 1978. Paperback. Color two-sided map, 30 x 28", folds down to 7.5 x 3.5", minor creasing else in good, clean condition. Beneath the location of Bono, OH is printed "goblu" and beneath Elmira, OH is printed "beatosu". Famous map playing on the rivalry between The... More about MICHIGAN, Great Lake State, 1978-1979 Official Transportation Map [famous "GOBLU"...
The Macmillan Co.: NY, (1918). Hardcover. Illus., 8 x 5", 3/4 red leather; cloth, teg, 219pp, covers rubbed and darkened, extremities bumped, spine ends with minor chipping, ink name of former owner on front blank else a decent copy of the "New Illustrated Edition." More about GITANJALI AND FRUIT-GATHERING
Austin Jenkings Co.: Washington, DC, nd. Hardcover. Photos including frontis portrait, 8.25 x 6", dec red cloth, 434pp, covers very rubbed and spotted, extremities bumped and fraying, front inner hinge cracked, pp worn, toned and finger soiled; a rather loose and well-loved copy. SWAF. More about PROGRESS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE COLORED PEOPLE
The C.V. Mosby Co.: St. Louis, MO, 1941. Hardcover. 7.75 x 5", brown cloth, 75pp with index, covers rubbed, extremities badly bumped and fraying, old glue stain on front fly, ink notes on rear blank, former owner's signature on title page; still, a good copy of this fairly SCARCE book... More about NECROPSY, A Guide for Students of Anatomic Pathology
Cosmopolitan Book Corp.: NY, 1921. Hardcover. 7.5 x 5", cloth backed boards with paper title label on front cover, 62pp, covers rubbed and darkened, extremities lightly bumped and fraying, pp toned (especially endpapers), long ink inscription from former owner on front fly (dated 11/15/21), else a nice copy. Early edition. More about THE GO-GETTER, A Story That Tells You How to be One
Grosset & Dunlap: NY, (1927). Hardcover. Photos; illus., 10.5 x 7.5", orange cloth, 203pp, covers lightly rubbed, extremities bumped and fraying, front outer hinge split, top of spine torn, pp a bit used with some finger soiling. SWAF. Reprint. More about TALES OF SWORDFISH AND TUNA
The American Publishing Co.: Hartford, CT, 1897. Hardcover. Photo frontis; illus., 9 x 6", blue cloth with gilt and colored illus. label on front cover, 712pp, covers rubbed and darkened, pict label on front cover badly chipped, extremities bumped and fraying, pp toned with some finger soiling; a rather loose... More about FOLLOWING THE EQUATOR, A Journey Around the World