New York: Embassy Music Corporation, 1941. First Edition. Softcover. Staplebound softcover. (9" x 12"). No tears. Minor crease and edgewar to front cover. Small (1.5") coffee stain to edge of page, throughout. Both original prices rubbed out, but one can make out the 75¢ price on the title page. Areas..... More
New York: Arbor House, 1986. First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey and navy boards with embossed leaf imprint to front. The faintest rubbing to extremities -- noticeable. A bit of shelf-and-edgewear to dustjacket, but all in all, a nice, tight, bright copy of the first printing in a very presentable jacket..... More
New York: Wm. H. Wise and Co., Inc., 1948. Hardcover. 4tos. (7" x 10"). Red cloth covered boards with black graphic featuring aircraft, tanks, etc. Colorful map endpapers. Thousands of photographs, throughout. Some color. Published from 1948 through 1949. Nice set -- tight and bright. A complete photographic record of..... More
NEW YORK: McKinlay, Stone & Mackenzie, 1927. HARDCOVER. 8vos. (5" x 7 1/2") Brick-red cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Private library stamp (1 " x 1 1/4") to front pastedown. Spine lettering faded on some volumes. Clean and tight copies, with just the rare bump or nudge to..... More
New York: Timescape Books, 1981. Hardcover. 8vo. Book Club Edition. Black boards with red lettering to spine. Spine lean,and one corner with a tiny nudge. Slight edgewear to jacket painted by Dawn Wilson. Head and tail clean, no spray. Earlier book of short stories by award-winning author of Game of..... More
San Francisco, CA: Lane Publishing, 1946. Stated First Printing. Hardcover. Quarto, Descriptions, Floor Plans, and profusely illustrated with black and white photographs, mostly by Maynard L. Parker (but also by Esther Born, Philip Fein, George D. Haight; Howard Hoffman; James A. Lawrence; Roger Sturtevant) Very clean beige woven cloth cover..... More
New Haven, Connecticut: George W. Gorton, 1834. Leather-bound. 8vo. Full leather.Calf with gilt lettering to spine. (Original spine leather may have been affixed to a leather rebacking) Compilation of several works first issued in 1804, wherein author seeks to garner respect for the seaman and his profession. Leather rubbed (and..... More
New York: Pioneer Publishers, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vi, Red, cloth-covered boards with black lettering to front board and spine. Translated by John G. Wright and Harold R. Isaacs. Several corners ever-so-slightly nudged. Interior clean and bright. A sharp copy, very bright and tight. More
Paris, France: Librairie Encyclopedique de Roret, 1849. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Green cloth. Green library binding. This is the rare plate book to accompany the famous French treatise on organ construction (NOT present here). 43 engraved plates, measuring approx. 12” x 17”. (972 detailed diagrams). This copy a green cloth..... More
London: Printed for John Stockdale, 1794. Second British Edition. Leather-bound. Three octavo volumes.Half bound leather over marbled boards. Second British edition and Third Editon overall, bound without the frontispiece portrait of Adams. 392, 451,528 [36] pages which includes the index to the set. Five raised bands with black spine labels..... More
Los Angeles: Petersen Publishing, 1979. FIRST EDITION (NAP). Hardcover. Adventures of a Montana cowboy who gained world fame as a big game hunter -- "the acknowledged dean of American gun writers". Sepia print, maps and photographs. Gilt lettering debossed to spine of chocolate-colored, cloth-covered boards. Lower corners bumped, two nudged..... More
Chicago, IL: H.L. Palmer: The Western News Company, 1908. Staplebound Pamphlet. taplebound magazine format, measuring 10 3/4” x 7 3/4”. Contains platforms, records of past presidential votes, a Ballot Tally Sheets, one ffilled-out in pencil, photo-illustrations (full and partial-page) of candidates, official order of business, electoral vote by states and..... More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1976. Photography by Everette Short. Revised Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Tan cloth over boards, with bright, black lettering to spine. A few minor nudges (bottom edge and several corners) Minor smudging and staining to dustjacket, and two, small, triangular closed tears to rear panel of..... More
Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Dark brown cloth-covered boards. Gilt lettering to spine, and graphic of Bighorn Sheep to front board. LIMITED EDITION, only 1000 copies of this edition printed. The most exciting, most fascinating, most engrossing of O'Connor's hunting stories, articles, and excerpts from his..... More
New York: Winchester Press, 1970. First Edition (NAP). Hardcover. 8vo. Chocolate-brown boards with gilt lettering crisply debossed to spine, and a debossed rifle to front board. Moderate bumps to top and bottom of spine, but not severe. Closed tears (neatly tape-repaired) to bottom and top of. dustjacket spine. Previous owner's..... More
Tulsa, Oklahoma: Winchester Press, 1974. Fifth Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Black boards with gold titling.Full of "hunting suspense, high wilderness vistas, and the skills of a master outdoorsman..." Tiny nick to top edge of book, reflected (of course) in dustjacket as well. Minor edgewear to bottom of dustjacket. Previous owner's printed..... More
New York: New American Library, 1966. Drawings by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Stated First Printing. 333 pages, Safari Glossary. 12 pages of photos. Text drawings by the author. Black and blue cloth with spine titles in gilt and small gilt decoration of a rhino on front. Photo of the author..... More
Hartford, Connecticut: William James Hamersley, 1851. Hardcover. Original dark brown cloth, bright gilt lettering and decoration on spine. xxvi, 509 pages, foldout map frontis, plates 21 cm. Bookplate of the Charles W. Phinney Collection of Americana. Windham College Library, Putney, VT. Scattered foxing.throughout. Prolific author and historian. Critical of the..... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1848. Hardcover. 2vol. Original blue green cloth, with gilt lettering. Library sticker remnants to bottom of both spines. Large bookplates to front pastedowns of Erasmus Hall. Frontis of Smith, Volume one at the Breachof. Acre; Volume Two a portrait after a brass medallion. Folding maps & charts..... More
London: John Williams, [1644] 1658. Third Edition. Leather-bound. Small quarto. 7 1/4" x 5 3/4". Half calf. Scuffing to leather but very tight. Spine with five raised bands, ruled in gilt; contrasting (red) spine label. Side notes, and one or two contemporary marginalia. [48], 312, 301-429, [11], 136, 139-143, [3]..... More
