New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1960. Early Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Greyish-blue boards with blue graphic to front, and lettering to spine. (with $3.75 price still intact) After these early printings (1960), this was to become an American cookbook classic. It includes more than 180 "quick and easy" recipes by Peg Bracken..... More
Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott Company & Story Magazine, 1946. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Cornell Woolrich, writing as William Irish. A Story Press Book published by Lippincott in association with Story Magazine Octavo. Tan boards with blue lettering and design to spine. Front free endpaper bears 16 date stamps on one..... More
Washington DC: The Infantry Journal, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth with spine titles in black, octavo. Corners bumped, some soiling to spine. x,196 pages. 16 pages of photos at rear. Some soiling to endpapers, text lightly toned. Story of how civilian pilots trained army cadets. With many personal narratives..... More
San Francisco, CA: A.L. Bancroft and Company, 1874. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth with gilt decoration on cover and spine. Thick octavo. Corners worn, some fraying at edges and top of spine and lower spine end chipped. Spine a little faded, some darkening to front edge of cover, rear board..... More
Los Angeles, California: G.W. Gerlicher, 1911. 4th edition. Hardcover. Stated Fourth edition--Reprinted from the third edition with new map and illustrations. Brown cloth with titles in gilt on cover and spine, octavo. Small chip to top front corner by spine, corners bumped, some light stains to front and some edgewear..... More
Chicago, IL: T.B. Arnold, 1886. 10th edition. Softcover. Flexible blue buckram covers, with cover title and design in gilt. Edgewear, small split at bottom edge of spine. Some discoloration to covers, and slight wrinkling to spine. Binding solid. 273 pages plus 10-page publisher catalog of anti-secrecy and religious tracts. With..... More
London, England: Freedom Press, 1976. First Edition. Paperback. Wraps with titles in black. Octavo. Some discoloration to wraps, stain to rear wrap, tape repair to the "a" in approach on title, crease along spine fold. Binding tight. 182 pages. Interior clean, no marks, etc. "Articles and addresses covering thirty years..... More
London, England: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co, 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Original red cloth with titles in gilt and gilt spear design on cover. Corners bumped, spine darkened, cloth stained. Textblock square, bindng tight. 249 pages including appendices. Eight foldout maps, plus folding map of Matabeleland in rear pocket..... More
London, England: Longman, 1981. Second Edition. Hardcover. Black cloth with spine titles in gilt, thick octavo, with just a wee bit of shelf-rubbing to boards. Corners sharp, titles bright. In complete dust jacket with minimal wear. 764 pages, bibliography, index. Text clean, binding tight. Small library stamp to front free..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964. Joseph Schindelman. Second Issue. Hardcover. Second state printing with the five line colophon, the early Oompa-Loompas dark-skinned drawings. Red cloth with embossed title on cover and spine titles in gilt. Octavo with top page ege chocolate colored. . Corners nudged, spine titlles a little..... More
New York: New Directions, 1964. Hardcover. Light yellow cloth with oval red spine label with titles in gilt. Octavo. In complete dust jacket with very light wear. 191 pages with appendices. Two plates. With publicity sheet AND review slip from New Directions laid in. Note: the front endpaper has pencilled..... More
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New York: William Morrow and Company, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Lavender cloth spine over green boards. Titles in gilt with facsimile signature of Cleary in gilt on front board. Octavo. Signed and inscribed by Beverly Cleary on the half title page in ink: "Meet the Author, Beverly Cleary." There is..... More
Joliet, Illinois: P.F. Volland Company, 1925. John Rae. First Edition. Hardcover. Color illustrated boards, Cover titles in black on orange background. Cover bright with titles in black on orange background. Very minor shelfwear with some sun darkening to spine. Binding very sound. Color illustrated endpapers, 94 unpaginated pages with numerous..... More
Evanston, IL: Row, Peterson and Company, 1936. Hoopes, Florence and Margaret Hoopes. Second Edition. Hardcover. Previous owner's name, in neat ink, to front pastedown, Along with penciled names Lynn, Larry, Tommy B., James, Lois, David, Kathy to front, and Angela, Sam, Gjevne, to rear). Moderate rubbing to extremities (this book..... More
Florence, Italy: Heredi di Philipp di Giunta, [1519] 1526. Second Edition. Leather-bound (Vellum). Thick 8vo. 16.50 cm. x 10 cm. Bound in full vellum, with contrasting spine label lettered in gilt ("Appiana Ed De Giunti"). Seven gilt chain bars to spine, with large initials "F.M." to last compartment. Tiny worm-holes..... More
Rawlins, Wyoming: Self-Published, 2013. First Edition. Paperback. Photo-illustrated wraps witih titles in black. Quarto. A few scratches to rear wrap and very light wear. 327 pages, numerous small text illustrations, so facsimiles of period ads at back. Geneological and historical account of the territory. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. Brown flexible boards with titles in black and illustrated with a Giraffe, fish, birds, etc. Small octavo. General light wear to cover and spine. 269 pages, numerous black and white illustrations. Binding sound, interior clean with some soiling to edges. Original..... More
Livingston, Montana: MLV Enterprises, 1995. Paperback. Color illustrated wraps, quarto. Some light wear to cover, binding tight. 203 pages, illustrated throughout in black and white. Comprehensive and informative account. More
London. Printed for J. Debrett (successor to Mr. Almon) opposite Burlington-House, Piccadilly, 1783. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Later half-leather over green buckram boards. 4 Raised bands. Spine attached along one edge only, and rubbing to leather at joints. Half-title present. Foredge particularly spotted, with two intialsMISSING half a folding table in..... More
London, England: John Murray, 1821. First Edition. Leather-bound. Quarto. Full speckled calf with gilt floral chain border to both boards, Rebacked in sympathetic calf. Four raised bands (five compartments) contrasting red spine label, and gilt floral designs within compartments. Penciled note reads "First Edition", but to be safe, assuming second..... More
