Thomas Y. Crowell: NY, (1893). Hardcover. Illus. including chromolithograph frontis showing Alice asleep in her sister's lap, 8.5 x 6.5", gilt-lettered pictorial tan cloth, 218pp, covers worn and spotted, spine darkened and cocked, extremities bumped, contents toned and finger soiled, old pencil inscription on fep from Christmas 1893; still an..... More
Morison and Son: Edinburgh, 1792. Hardcover. Folding map ("Red Sea or Arabic Gulph"), 8.25 x 5", gilt-ruled tree calf, 439pp, covers rubbed, hinges starting, extremities bumped and worn, top of spine with minor chipping, stain across foredge of textblock, folding map with tear (but complete); volume 2 only. SCARCE. More
Charles L. Webster: NY, 1885-1886. Hardcover. Frontis portraits, maps; facsimiles, 9.25 x 6", full calf with gilt-lettered leather spine labels, 584pp; 647pp with index, covers quite worn, extremities bumped and worn, spine ends chipped, outer hinge of volume II broken, contents toned with some spotting and soiling; a rather well-worn..... More
Cars & Parts: (Sesser, IL), 1968-1969. Hardcover. Ads; photos, 11 x 8", gilt-pict black buckram, each issue 82pp, with covers bound in, cover a little rubbed, extremities lightly bumped, old paper price sticker on front fly, a bit of a damp smell but still a nice bound volume. Extra postage..... More
Ace Books: NY, (1969). Paperback. 7 x 4", color pict wraps, 286pp + ads, covers quite rubbed, extremities bumped and worn, spine ends a little torn, pp edge-toned and used. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, INSCRIBED "For Neil" AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, URSULA LE GUIN. Ace Science Fiction Special #47800; originally..... More
Charles Scribner's Sons: NY, 1929. Hardcover. 8.5 x 5.5", cream and green patterned boards, green spine with gilt lettering, deckled edges, 361pp. Covers have toning, edgewear, spine darkened/soiled with ink mark else good. Lacks slipcase. Aiken won the 1930 Pulitzer Prize for "Selected Poems". LIMITED TO 210 COPIES (THIS IS..... More
Car. Rivington: London [Londini], 1785. Hardcover. 2 vols. Folding map frontispieces, 8.5 x 5.25", full polished calf, 510pp; 510pp with index, covers rubbed, extremities bumped and worn, spines darkened and chipping, red leather spine labels chipped, outer hinges cracking, pp toning, ink ownership inscriptions in each volume from a John..... More
Assoc. of American Geographers: (Washington, DC), (1985). Paperback. Illus.; maps, 11 x 8.5", pict wraps, 138pp, covers rubbed, extremities a bit worn, textblock edges yellowed; a good used copy. Detroit, Point Pelee, Detroit's Black Historic Sites, etc. Some of the historic sites visited: Ossian Sweet Home, Bethel A.M.E. Church, Fannie..... More
Frank Allaben: NY, 1909. Hardcover. 7.75 x 5.25", gilt-dec brown buckram, 106pp with index, covers rubbed, extremities bumped and fraying, spine ends chipped, pp toned, old paper price sticker at top of first page. FIRST EDITION. SCARCE in the original edition. Cleveland Abbe, chief meteorologist for the United States Weather..... More
Export Trade & Shipper: NY, 1937. Paperback. 11 x 8", pict textured stapled wraps, 18pp, a bit worn, staples a bit rusty, old inked-out price sticker on first page else a nice copy (of a facsimile?). During WWII world passenger ships endured the loss of 144 ships, exceeding all combined..... More
Washington-Hilton Hotel, Washington, DC, 1975. Paperback. Photo portrait of Solhenitsyn, 10 x 8.5", string-tied and stapled wraps, unpaginated, covers a little toned, some toning to pp due to old newspaper clippings (still present), staples a little rusty, otherwise nice. SCARCE. More
Yes Incorporated: NY, 1956. Paperback. Photos; ads, 11 x 8.5", pict stapled wraps, 66pp, covers lightly worn, pp toned else a nicely preserved magazine; whole issue present. Also: "Jimmy Dean: Did He Commit Suicide?", Sophia Loren, Joe Louis, Walter Winchell and his friends, Johnny Ray, Clare Booth Luce, etc. More
Stake N' Rake, Inc.: np, 1977. Paperback. 11.5 x 8.5", pict stapled wraps, 22pp, covers quite soiled and worn, ink name and phone number on rear cover, rear cover not attached by lower staple (but it is by upper staple), translucent stain in margin of pp 15-16, otherwise contents fairly..... More
Carter, Hendee & Co.: Boston, 1834. Hardcover. Frontis, 7 x 4.5", printed paper covered boards, cloth spine, 128pp. Covers detached, extremely well worn, soiled, rubbed, lacks spine, textblock cracked, loose pages/signatures, lacks pp 119-120, 129-130 and endpaper. Handwritten recipe for "Dough Nuts" on inside rear cover. The book is geared..... More
(Great Lakes Federal Savings: Lansing, MI), (1980). Paperback. Photos, oblong 5.5 x 8.5", pict wraps, covers lightly rubbed, some pp crooked from poor binding job, old inked-out price sticker on first page but still a decent copy of this fairly SCARCE look back at the early days of Michigan's Capitol..... More
International Ice Attractions, Inc.: NY, 1952. Paperback. Illus., 10.5 x 8", colorful pict stapled wraps, unpaginated. Covers have light soiling, rubbing and creasing, rusty staples else contents good to very good condition. Performers include Glory Piller, John Curtin, Margaret Field, Jimmy Lawrence. Titles of some of the performance pieces: "Totem..... More
np (Detroit), nd (1940s?). Paperback. 5 x 3.5", pict stapled black wraps with a cardinal on the cover, 40pp. Staples rusty, staining at staples on the inside else very good condition. Some of the contents: maps of the three floors, how to dress (boys are not to wear trousers with..... More
Chicago, 1888. Paperback. Illus., 7.5 x 5.5", pict stapled wraps, unpaginated. Covers have light soiling, creasing and chipping, the first couple pp have creased and torn margins, creased corners else good. The convention was held during the day at the Central Music Hall with evening concerts at the Exposition Building..... More
Doorjamb Press: Detroit, 2001. Paperback. Illus., 7 x 7", pict stapled white wraps, 23pp. Fine condition. Essays by Marsha Miro, Ken Miklowski, Brenda Goodman with requiem by Jim Gustafson. More
Albright-Knox Gallery: Buffalo, 1984. Paperback. Illus., 10 x 8", pict white wraps, 64pp. Covers have light soiling and creasing else very good condition. This catalogue was put together for the traveling exhibition "Francois Morellet: Systems". SIGNED BY FRANCOIS MORELLET ON THE HALF TITLE ON HIS PRINTED NAME AND ON THE..... More
Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art: NY, 1984. Paperback. Illus., oblong 8.5 x 11", stapled printed yellow and white wraps, unpaginated. Covers have light wear and creasing else very good condition. Comes with a handwritten note on Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art letterhead from "Bob" (museum director Robert Metzger?), dated 1985..... More
(The Book Beat/The End is Here: Oak Park, MI), (2002). Paperback. Illus., 6.75 x 5.25", color pict stapled wraps, unpaginated, covers a little rubbed else a nice copy of this elusive book of poetry printed on neon-colored paper. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 500 COPIES. SCARCE. More
Cassell & Company: London, nd (c. 1880s). Paperback. 18 parts. Illus., 13.25 x 10.25", pict wraps, 329pp + pp, minor extremity wear to parts 2-18, part 1's covers are heavily soiled and edge-worn/creased/torn (part 1 seems to be the only part actually read); contents have some light yellow spotting, still..... More
Wilhelmum Friesem: Coloniae Agrippinae (Cologne), 1704. Hardcover. 5 x 3", full calf, 444pp with Index Rerum, covers rubbed, extremities bumped, spine quite worn with chipping to ends and holes (worming?) to outer hinges at bottom, eps toned at edges, ink name of former owner on title page else a nice..... More
(Quality Press: Long Beach, CA), 1936. Paperback. Photos; illus., 10.5 x 8", pict stiff wraps, 72pp, covers rubbed, unevenly toned, with a couple edge tears and bumped extremities, contents nice, with three die-cut blue "wave" pages. The Lexington would be sunk during the Battle of the Coral Sea almost exactly..... More