Hardcover. London, John Murray Publ., 1924, first thus of the thin paper editions. Clean, tight 12mo, 312pp +several pages of book titles by Doyle. Book is is good shape except front hinge is cracking at the half title page. Tips are slightly scuffed. Book is lightly faded. F.O. book plate..... More
Eleanore Barte. Hardcover. Joliet, P. F. Volland Co., 1929, first edition. Clean, tight oblong 4to. The cover edges have been taped and most of the tape has worn off. Some remnants along the bottom edge. Tips are slightly bumped and have been scuffed. Binding is tight but there are tape..... More
Washington DC; Smithsonian/Cantz Verlag (German) Publishers, 1995, 3893227709. Softcover, tall 4to, 34pp of sketches + 83 pp of photos and drawings, very good with very minor shelf wear. An amazing photo essay and bio of the famous sculpture, Stephan Balkenhol. Art, painting, drawing, sculpture. More
New York: Little, Brown & Co., 1957. First edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight, 8vo, 245pp, copious photographs. Book shows light shelf wear and some bumping to spine ends, light fading to the spine and edges. There is a book plate on the verso of the ffe. Dust jacket is protected by..... More
Cincinnati Ohio: David & Charles, 2008. First edition thus. Softcover. Clean tight 4to, 318pp. The Knitting Bible and the Crochet Bible were each printed separately then someone got the bright idea to put them together. Contains expert advice on choosing yarns, needles and hooks, and working the basic stitches. It..... More
New York: Bounty Books, 1972. Ira Moskowitz - drawings and lithographs. Hardcover. Tall 4to, 192pp, price clipped, some chipping to edges of d.j., in Mylar, otherwise crisp, clean and tight. Small bookstore sticker on ffe (upside down, for some reason.). "A marraige of fine artwork and poetically rendered text" which..... More
New York: Grossett and Dunlap, 1919. Second printing. Hardcover. Clean, tight 8vo, 260pp, Lightly bumped at top and bottom of spine. Very ligh shelf wear. Good reading copy. More
Hardcover. Annapolis, MD., United States Naval Institute, 1961, first edition. Clean tight tall 8vo, 672pp. Dust jacket shows light wear along the edges and some very minor rubbing along the spine gutter. The book has some light soiling to the bottom edge tips. A biography of the American sailing packet..... More
Softcover. New York, Penguin Books, 2000, later addition. Clean, tight, fat 8vo, 797pp with a large center section of historic photographs. This is the birth of a railroad from 1842-1893. The first transcontinental railroad laid the first rails in 1865 and was an audacious and dangerous venture; finding the route..... More
Superior Book Publising, 2010. First edition. Softcover. Clean, tight, trade paperback, 8vo, 325pp. Very minor shelf wear. Tips are lightly scuffed. A work of historic fiction. A story about a man from Indiana in 1850 who crossed the country to find gold, found it, and found a "freewheeling, exciting lifestyle..... More
Indiana University Press, 2005. Hardcover. Indiana, Indiana University Press, 2005, first edition. Clean, tight 8vo, 353pp. Mylar cover on dust jacket. "A comprehensive examination of railroads in Iowa from the introduction of the iron horse to the present. More than a study of a single, albeit significant American state, Hofsommer..... More
Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight, 8vo, 255pp. The jacket is well worn with some chipping along the edges. Interesting photos of his adventures and compatriots. The extraordinary life and times of Fred Meyer Schroder, frontiersman, prospector, gun runner, and soldier of fortune, in California, Mexico..... More
New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1899, first edition. Clean, tight 8vo, 414pp plus 1 appendix. Cover shows minor shelf wear and light bumping to spine ends and tips. Three fold out maps; Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Puerto Rico and the Caribbean Islands, and a general map of the West Indies. All..... More
Hardcover. Michigan, Fox Publ. 1997, first edition. Part 1, Clean, tight 4to, 80pp, signed and dated by the author. Part 2, clean, tight 4to, 160pp, signed and dated by the author. Both are near fine condition. Sold only as a set. The two-part story of the history of the Sountern..... More
New York: Free Press/Simon & Schuster, 2005. David matheson. Later printing. Hardcover. Two-book set of clean, tight 4tos, 255 & 190 pp respectively. They are in a very slightly shelf worn slip case which has kept them pristine and will both make fine wedding gifts. The wedding month is here;..... More
Hardcover. Toronto, Canada; Royal Ontario Museum, 1977, first edition. Very scarce tall 4to, 370pp, clean and tight. Slight shelf wear to the dust jacket. An international perspective containing 25 articles by specialists from ten countries. Beautifully and copiously illustrated. Textiles reveal the technological achievements and artistic aims of a culture..... More
Cambridge University Press, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight 8vo, 445pp. Dust jacket has mild shelf wear. Book is lightly bumped at the spine tail. This is a completely different take on the Mutiny on the Bounty story and Capt. Bligh's behavior as well as Fletcher Christian. It is more..... More
Yale University Press, 1997. Revised and expanded edition. Softcover. Clean, tight trade paper 4to. Two eminent researchers describe the medical benefits of marihuana and explain why is was so long forbidden in some places. Alleviates symtoms of cancer chemotherapy, multiple sclerosis, osteoarthritis, glaucoma, AIDS and many other lesser known diseases..... More
Sacramento, CA: Jo Anderson, 1914. Mary Crete Crouch. First edition. Hardcover. Tight-bound, short 4to, unpaginated. The tips are bumped as are the head and tail of the spine. There are a few scuffs and small stains, front and back. There is a gift inscription on the second title page dated..... More
New York: Smithmark, 1997. Hardcover. Tall 4to, 127pp. Page 10 has been fairly seriously wrinkled on the top, (price reflects this) and page 11 has some ink rubbing from the wrinkled page, but none of the paintings are effected. Dust jacket has some shelf wear and some rubbing to back;..... More
1979. Hardcover. Glasgow, Scotland, Brill Academic Pub, 1988, later edition. Except for very light soiling on the white back cover, the dust jacket is in excellent shape. Principles, authentic plans, working drawings and details of the nineteenth and twentieth century sailing ships. Plans , drawings and details are by the..... More
Hardcover. London, Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1953, first edition. A very scarce, clean, tight, small 8vo, 234pp. Jacket is in a very nice plasticine cover, but the spine of the dj has a hand-printed label that says "Canvas, Rope & Wire Work" on the top 2" of the spine, covering..... More
Minnesota: 2005. First edition, Fourth printing. Hardcover. Minnesota, Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2005, first edition, 4th printing. Clean tight tall 4to, 151pp. Iowa Central Railway supporters fought for a north-south route across the state that would link Minneapolis and St. Paul and St. Louis. This is the history from station..... More
California: Vel-or Publishing Co., 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Scarce. Clean, tight, oblong 4to, 90pp. Dust jacket has two neatly repaired 1" closed tears to the edge. Light shelf wear. Jose Oribe shows what is invovlved in making a masterfully crafted guitar. He tells of materials and methods that combine to..... More
New York: Bonanza Books, 1957. Reprint of first edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight 4to, 194pp. Dust jacket has two small v-shaped open tears on the back, one to top edge one to bottom edge. One 2" closed tear to the top edge, minor scuffing to spine ends and an old price..... More