New York: Greenwich House;Crown Publishers, 1983. First American edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight, 4to, 632pp. Dust jacket has some scuffing and chipping to the edges, some edge separation of the plasticene jacket cover, price clipped, but otherwise good. Book is in good shape, but has some spots where the dust jacket..... More
Softcover. New York, Lloyd E., Lloyd E. Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. More
New York, Grove Press, Inc., 1966. Originally written (ca. 1820-1825) and published in separate volumes, during Victorian times, this is the softcover reprint edition. Tall, clean, tight bound folio, 2359pp. Some shelf wear to the softcover, but otherwise in very good condition. The slip case is somewhat abused and has..... More
New York: Vendome Press, 1987. First American edition. Hardcover. Heavy, tight bound, oblong 4to, 232pp. Small tear to top edge at spine head otherwise d.j. (in Mylar) would be fine. A colorfully photographed world of the most beautiful of beautiful trains from the Orient Express to the TGV; the interiors..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2015. First edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight 8vo, 450pp. Jacket in mylar. "An epic account of traveling the length of the Oregon Trail today the old-fashioned way - in a covered wagon with a team of mules. It is an audacious journey that hasn't been attempted..... More
USA: Supreme Council, 33, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, 1976. Second edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight 8vo, 258pp. One small smudge on the ffe, otherwise near fine. No jacket, probably as issued. The theory and goal of Masonry is mankind's moral and spiritual and intellectual development." This book is..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1912. Second printing, first edition printed in 1898. Hardcover. Clean, tight 8vo, 303pp, 2 maps intact. Book shows minor shelf wear, very faintly scuffed tips. Head and tail of spine are very lightly bumped. History of the middle of the 19th century and to..... More
Hardcover. London, Temperance Publishing House, 1926, new edition, revised. Clean, tight-bound 8vo, 218pp. Tips are lightly bumped and there is a small chip in the bottom edge. Head and tail of spine are lightly bumped. "Bessie" Cowie was an Australian who was born in 1860 and lived in a rough..... More
Hardcover. New York: G.P. Putnam''s Sons, 1932, first edition. Clean, tight 8vo, 367pp, book is slightly shelf woirn with light bumping to tips and tail of spine. Former owner stamp on front pastedown and ffe. Edges are lightly dusty. Dust jacket price clipped top and bottom, torn and taped in..... More
Las Vegas: KC Publications, 1990. Ninth Printing. Softcover. Clean, tight 8vo, 43pp, pamphlet-style in wraps. Contents: Zuni philosophy, animal gods, prey gods of the six regions, prey gods of the hunt, the mountain lion, coyote, wild cat, wolf, Eagle, rites of worship. Bilungual prayers in Zuni and English. More
Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight 4to, 164pp, maps on pastedowns, light chipping one corner of d.j. at top back spine. Traces the life history of modern motive power on one railroad, the 11,000 mile system known as the Burlington Lines. More
New York: Charles Scribner, 1911. Frederick Remington. Second edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight 8vo, 228pp, some of the pages are uncut, others rough cut.. Illustrated. Hnges are just beginning to crack. Tips and spine ends are slightly bumped. Contains short biography of a number of soldiers of fortune active during the..... More
Boston: D. Lothrop & Company, 1883. Probable second edition, believe the first edition was 1881. Hardcover. Very scarce. Clean, tight 8vo, 227pp. Cover has some chipping and bumps to the tips and spine ends, light scuffs but all in all a very, very nice copy. Absolutely delightful book with exquisitely..... 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
London: W. Thacker & Co., 1923. F. C. MacRae. Later printing. Hardcover. Clean tight 8vo, 159pp plus 20pp of adverts for Thacker & Co. Very light bumping to the tips. Lovely patterned pastedowns, front and back. F.O. name penned on the half title page. A very scarce little book. It..... More
Hardcover. California, Native Plant Society, 1987, first edition. Big fat, heavy 4to, 630pp, definitely requires extra postage. Jacket has one neatly taped 1" closed tear on top front edge. An extraordinarily, comprehensive listing of all the rare and endangered species of plants and their characteristics gathered from the 1983 and..... More
London: Hodder Stoughton, 1935. First edition. Hardcover. Tight-bound, tall 8vo, 368pp. Cover is somewhat soiled, lightly scuffed and rubbed, tips are lightly bumped as are head and tail of spine. An old sticker smudge on the front bottom edge. A good working/reading copy. The story of the struggles among the..... More
Iconografix, Inc., 1997. First edition. Softcover. Clean, tight 4to, 128pp, More
Hardcover. New York, Free Press, New York, 1998 first edition. Clean, tight 8vo, 308pp. A square is snipped out of the top sq. 2" of the ffe, otherwise the book is in great condition. The dust jacket has a few very small chips out of the edges top and bottom..... More
Hardcover. New York; Exeter Books, 1981, first American edition. Clean, tight 4to, 256pp, very light bumping to head and tail of spine. Light shelf wear to dust jacket and minor fading. A visually elaborate survey of the special equipment involving the horse and his rider. The development of saddlery and..... More
Hardcover. New Mexico: Harper Brothers, 1953, probable second printing. Small 8vo, 340pp, clean and tight with some slight shelf wear and very minor fading. Tips, and head and tail of spine very lightly scuffed and bumped. Former owner book stamp on ffe. A rather scholarly treatise on whether there are..... More
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
New York: Doubleday, 2011. Fiftieth Anniversary Edition, 2012. Hardcover. Clean, tight 4to, 684pp + 32pp index. A small butterly sticker is on the ffe, the bottom of the spine is very lightly bumped. Dust jacket has a very small scuff on the edge of the flap on the back. The..... More
California: Signature Press, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. California, Signature Press, 2000, first edition. Very scarce. Collectible. Clean, tight 4to, 200pp, beautifully photographed. Magor Car Corporation was a New Jersey firm that was a significant railcar builder throughout most of the 20th century. More
Hardcover. New York, Hanover House, 1955, first edition. Clean, tight 8vo, 284pp, dandy photography. Dust jacket is lightly shelf worn, small chips across top edge, some toning to spine. A medical doctor explores the life and rituals of the primitive tribes of West Africa, mostly Angola. He says: "A strange..... More