A.S. Barnes and Co.: NY, (1941). Hardcover. Illus. by Willard Mullin, 8 x 5", pict cloth, 189pp, spine ends bumped, extremities lightly worn, pp toned, but still a nice copy in a rubbed, edge-worn/chipped, soiled and spine-sunned dustjacket (looks better than it sounds). FIRST EDITION, STAMPED "EDITORIAL COPY, Publication Date..... More
Quarrier Press: Charleston, WV, (2012). Paperback. Photos, 9 x 6", glossy pict wraps, 263pp with index, extremities bumped else a nice, clean copy of the FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TILE PAGE; with an "Autographed Copy" sticker on front cover. SCARCE. More
Little, Brown and Co.: Boston, (1925). Hardcover. Color frontis, photos; illus., 9.75 x 6.25", cloth backed embossed green boards, teg, 451pp with index, covers a bit rubbed, spine ends bumped, spine label browned with a couple abrasions, pp a bit edge-toned else a nice copy. LARGE PAPER EDITION, LIMITED TO..... More
Random House: NY, 1936. Hardcover. 9.75 X 6", gilt-lettered parchment backed cloth, 464pp, covers rubbed and stained/toned, spine heavily stained, extremities a bit worn, eps unevenly toned, textblock edges toned, but still a rather impressive issue. LIMITED TO ONE THOUSAND COPIES PRINTED BY EDWIN AND ROBERT GRABHORN, San Francisco. More
Charles L. Webster: NY, 1885-1886. Hardcover. Frontis portraits, maps; facsimiles, 9.25 x 6", gilt-lettered and -dec green cloth, 584pp; 647pp with index, covers quite worn and speckled, extremities bumped and fraying/chipping, inner hinges cracking, staining to bottom margins of the text of both volumes, one illus. (birthplace) loose but included..... More
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
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
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
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
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
(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
(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
Hutchinson & Co.: London, 1934. Hardcover. Illus. by H.M. Brock, 11.25 x 8.5", half leather; marbled boards, 280pp with Appendix, covers a bit rubbed, contents edge-toned but still a nice, decorative binding with a gilt-dec (thistles!) spine. More
University of Illinois Press: Urbana, IL, (2004). Hardcover. Photos, 10.25 x 7.25", red cloth, 634pp with index, ink ownership inscription on front fly else a nice, clean, fresh copy in a lightly edge-worn dustjacket. Second printing. From the "Music in Modern Life" series. Includes an "Appendix of Caribbean and South..... More
(Mulholland Press: Los Angeles, CA), (2005). Hardcover. Photos, 8.75 x 5.75", glossy pict boards, 320pp with index, forecorners a bit worn, ink ownership inscription on front fly else a nice copy of the New Revised Edition. With sticker stating "Number 60 in a limited edition of 200", INSCRIBED "To Mike..... More
Harry N. Abrams: NY, 2002. Paperback. Illus., 11.5 x 9.5", pict wraps, (304)pp. Light scratch to front cover else fine. This is the catalogue for the traveling exhibition "Degas And The Dance" which was shown at the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. On the back..... More
Limited Editions Club: London, 1937. Hardcover. Color illus. (with tissue guards) by Marie Laurencin, 11 x 8.5", white cloth, gilt lettering, gilt camellia on front cover, (214)pp. Tiny bit of soiling to covers, bookseller sticker (Philip C. Duchnes) else very good condition. Lacks slipcase. Comes with: "The Monthly Letter of..... More
(Oblagon: Pasadena, CA), (1999). Paperback. Illus. by Syd Mead, 11.5 x 11.5", glossy pict wraps, 175pp with index, covers a bit rubbed with a couple of scratches to rear cover else a nice, clean, fresh copy of the FIRST EDITION. More