Chicago: Jules Berr Publishing, 1878. First printing. Very Good. Tall folio, 160 pages, embossed black cover, very clean with minor tanning and only occasional light foxing. It is a sewn binding and one section has pulled loose, but all pages are intact. Frontis is a full page ad for the... More about Latest Jules Berr Album of Music for the Piano; Vocal and Instrumental
New York: Pictorial Review Co., 1934 Edition. Later printing. Hardcover. Clean, tight-bound 8vo, 481pp w/empty pages for one to write their own recipes in the back. The cover is lightly rubbed and tips and spine ends are somewhat bumped and chipped, pages are all in good shape except pages 108-116... More about Pictorial Review Standard Cook Book
New York: Bantam, 1988. appears third edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight 8vo, 222pp, SIGNED by the author, Louis L'Amour's daughter. Book is near fine with only very slight bump to spine head and tail. Jacket in Mylar has slight rubbing to front and a couple of tiny edge chips. A compilation... More about A Trail of Memories; The Quotations of Louis L'Amour
Golden Press, 1984. Third printing. Hardcover. Clean, tight oblong 4to, 320pp. Dust jacket show very minor wear. One small, neatly repaired tear to bottom back edge at the flap fold. Good old Betty shows you tested recipes and color photos which work together to you a know-it-all attitude toward preparing... More about Betty Crocker's Step by Step Picture Cookbook
Hardcover. New York; Hastings House Pub, 1978, revised and enlarged from 1956. Clean, tight 4to, 237pp. Dust jacket has seen some wear and has quite a few chips and a couple of small open tears to the top edge. Gift inscription by the author to "Fergie on the Mississippi Queen"... More about Famous American Ships; An Historical Sketch of the United States As Told Through Its Maritime Life
Knopf, 2000. Second edition. Hardcover. Tall 4to, clean and tight, 430pp, very slight wrinkle to bottom back spine of d.j. otherwise near fine. 150 recipes and 328 full-color photos of Julia and Jacque cooking their favorite recipes at home. The accumulated wisdom of two culinary giants as they cook, reminisce... More about Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home
New York: Doubleday, 1946. Second Book Club printing. Hardcover. Clean, tight 8vo, 444pp, collectible edition. The dust jacket has one approximately 2" X 1" open tear to bottom front tip edge. 1/2" strip missing from top of spine edge and a couple of small chips and nips to the edges... More about The Moonstone
Connecticut: Taunton, 2002. Second printing. Hardcover. Clean, tight 4to, 202pp.Dust jacket shows very slight curling to top and bottom edges, but is in Mylar. Bungalows are making a resurgence as Americans are once again drawn to homes with character, detail and comfortable layouts that make sense. Designs, inspiration for renovating... More about Bungalows; Design Ideas for Renovating, Remodeling, and Building New
Softcover. Tuscaloosa, University Alabama Press, 2002, 1st edition. Clean tight trade paperback, 248pp. One small blip on the front, bottom edge. In southwest Nebraska, a stretch of Medicine Creek approximately 20 kilometers long holds a remarkable concentration of both late Paleoindian and late prehistoric archeological sites. The chapters review the... More about Medicine Creek; Seventy Years of Archaeological Investigations
Nevada: University of Nevada, 1924. First edition. Leather_bound. Clean, tight 4to235pp. Story of the beginnings of the University of Nevada, one of the best mining schools in the country. Biographies of some of its teachers and administrators who worked there, information on curriculum, the honor students and others. Many photos..... More about An Illustrated History of the University of Nevada
Hardcover. New York; Harpercollins, 1991, first edition. Clean, tight 8vo, dust jacket shows minor shelf wear. Book is near fine but has a small note neatly penned on the verso of the bfe. The untold story of the longest running legal fight in American history; the Sioux nation's one hundred-year... More about Black Hills/White Justice: The Sioux Nation Versus the United States : 1775 to the Present
Montana: Dept of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs, Ca. 1950s? First edition. Softcover. Clean tight 8vo, 66pp, 77 figures (photos & illustrations). Spine has been reinforced with clear binding tape. Pamphlet is stapled and snug in its binding except that the bottom staple is loose from the cover wrap... More about Blackfeet Crafts
Hardcover. London, Oberon Press, 1947, first edition. Clean, tight 8vo, 193pp, paper is toned, small bookstore stamp on the front pastedown, rather large gift inscription on the verso of the half title. F.O. name penned on the ffe. The story of a man who was a soldier in six regiments... More about I Licked the Platter Clean; The True Story of Louis McCubbin
1998, Barnes & Noble Books/Parkgate Books, London, 0760710821. Hardcover, 4to, 128pp including glossary, near fine in very good dust jacket. An exploration of heraldic symbolism, history and art with copious full color photos. Heraldry genealogy Middle Ages history Coat of Arms. More about The Art of Heraldry Origins Symbols and Designs
New York: Galahad Books, published by arrangement Marshall Cavendish, Ltd., Great Britain, 1976. Hardcover, 4to, 151pp +index, very good in a very good but slightly tanned and shelf worn dust jacket. A fascinating history, technology and romance of bridges and their builders worldwide. Excellent photography. More about The Book of Bridges
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1981. Later printing. Hardcover. Clean, tight, heavy oblong 4to, 548pp, heavily illustrated. Nearly 3000 variations of plain weave, overshot, twill, Monk's belt, and huck weaving. An incredible weaver's reference work full of patterns anad ideas for patterns. Concentrates on four harness weaving. Each weave being... More about The Weaving Book: Patterns and Ideas
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New York: Viking Press, 1957. Yehuda Harari. First edition. Hardcover. Clean tight 8vo, 205pp. Book shows moderate shelf wear with minor toning of the ffe where it appears there may have been some sort of paper ephemera, but is no longer. The author SIGNED the book on the ffe. Dust... More about 100 Hours to Suez
Chicago: P.F. Volland Co., 1916. First edition. Hardcover. Tight-bound 8vo, unpaginated. The cover has seen better days. It shows some fading, smudging and dirt spots (see photos). The tips and spine ends are scuffed and bumped and the spine is darkened and beginning to lose the top layer of paper... More about Quacky Doodles and Danny Daddles Book
New York: Sol Lewis, 1981. Limited edition - 500 copies. Hardcover. Two clean tight 8vos, Vol. 1-132pp & Vol. 2-170pp. Vol. 1 1826-1900 describes first editions of English Authors whose books were published in America before their publication in England. Vol. 2 17866-1930 describes first editions of American authors whose... More about Anglo-American first editions; Two Volume Set
Oakland, CA: Other Times Productions, 1987. Third printing. softcover in wraps. Clean, tight 4to, 200pp, fully illustrated. An illustrated design book of costumes from the Elizabethan Age. More about Elizabethan Costuming (For The Years 1550 - 1580
Punjaab, India: Radha Soami Satsang Beas, 1994. Later printing, revised edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight 8vo, 241pp. Jacket shows very minor shelf wear. Told in the form of letters to students in America, the author carried out the spiritual discipline taught by one of the greatest living Masters, Huzur Maharaj Baba... More about With a Great Master in India
Iowa: The Gateway Group, 1994. Gloria Joy. First limited edition, #526, signed by the author. Hardcover. Square 12x13" 4to, grey cloth in grey cloth slip case. Excellent gift quality. Twenty-two "goddess" paintings and their inner dialogue from the original paintings, oil on canvas, 48" x 35" collection of W. Brugh... More about Goddess, Breath in Stone
Japan: 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Slender, clean, 8vo, 250pp, Some minor shelf wear. Gift inscription on the ffe. A fascinating autobiography of a Japanese woman who came to America to go to college, returned to Japan to help with the transition of women from old Japnese culture to more modern... More about My Lantern
1971. Hardcover. Laconti, Bruxelles, Imprimerie Art of Our Time, 1971, edition not stated, probable firsts. Clean, tight, crisp 4to, 235pp, VG/G, but d.j. has numerous small chips to top and bottom of d.j. and one 3" tear to d.j. inside flap. An unusual collection of the works of Belgian expressionist..... More about Expressionism in Belgium
Hardcover. 1993, 1st ed., 1st printing, Design Press. 0830640703. Clean, tight rectangular 4to, 192pp. Shows architecs and designers how to develop the ability to transform an architectural design concept into an illustration. Very comprehensive guide. More about Sketching the Concept