Maine: International Marine Publishing Co., 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight tall 8vo, 140pp. It has one small ding to the top of the spine which has been neatly repaired. Bottom of spine is very slightly bumped. A step-by-step pictorial guide to building a seaworthy little skiff. In these days... More
New York: Robert McBride & Co., 1919. Third printing. Hardcover. Clean, tight 8vo, 299pp, rough cut edges. Spine ends and tips are somewhat bumped and there is light rubbing on the spine gutter edge. Same wonderful historic photographs of all areas of the California that WAS before freeways, high-rises, condos... More
Colorado: Roberts Rinehart Publishing, 1998. First edition. Paperback. Clean, tight square 4to, 158pp. Very slight shelf wear. A gift inscription on the title page. Contains dozens of quotes and photographs focused on four tribes and their relationship with the natural worlds. Here is the history and lifestyles and crafts of... More
Narcotics Education, Inc., 1968. Later printing. Softcover. Clean, tight, trade paperback 8vo, 160pp. Som bumpsing to tips, some scuffs to edges, light rubbing to spine gutter area. F.O. Signature on the Preface page. All in all a nice copy. Very scarce, strange 60-70s narcotics-related book similar to Reefer Madness. His..... More
Thunder Bay Press (CA), 2001. Later printing. Hardcover. Clean, tight 4to, 256pp. Dust jacket has some light curling top and bottom. In Mylar. The ffe is missing otherwise a very nice copy. The history, legend, lore, design, technology and romance of lighthouse since 270 B.C. when Ptolemy II of Egypt... More
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
Gibbs Smith, Publisher, 2004. Third printing of first edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight oblong 4to,160pp. Very light scuffing to bottom edge of book. Otherwise in great shape in a mylar cover, Exquisite interiors and exteriors of arts and crafts-type cabins of the Morris-Stickley-Greene/Greene era. Architectural details, plans and magnificent color photos..... More
Pennsylvania: Tab Books, 1984. 9th printing. Hardcover. Clean, tight 8vo, 250pp. Very minor signs of shelf wear. A honebuilt is an aiarplane licensed by the FAA in the amataeur-built subcategory of the experimental licensing category for the specific purpose of recreation and education. It is often termed as aeronautical "sporting... More
New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1924. N.C. Wyreeth. Second edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight 8vo, 328pp. Slight shelf wear, light bumping to tips and spin ends, all in all a very nice copy. No dust jacket, possibly as issued. Multiple drawings by N.C. Wyeth. Buffalo Bill, one of the west's larger-than-life..... More
Illinois: PF Voland Co., 1927. Gustaf Tenggren. First American edition. Hardcover. Pretty well bound except that the front hinge is beginning to crack. The cover is faded and scuffed (see photos). Spine ends are chipped and faded, tips are scuffed. All the cover is in just fair shape, but the... More
New York: Miramax, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Clean, tight 8vo, 312pp. Book three of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series with the Lightning Thief and The Sea of Monsters. A fun series about the children of Zeus and various mortal females who live together and... More
Softcover. London, Thames & Hudson, 1993, some are first printing and some second printing. 4 clean, tight 8vos, 160pp in each volume. Very minor shelf wear.12866. Brilliant, beautiful designs, decorations and patterns of the Celts expressed in their metalwork, stonework and jewelry and continued in the manuscript illumination of Celtic... More
New York: Knopf, 1944. Stated First edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight 8vo, 196pp. Dust jacket is poor, but extant, tanned as with most of the WWII era books, and the paper is fragile, in Mylar. Show some open and closed tears (please see photo). Some fading, chipping to edges and shelf... More
Arizona: Navajo Community College Press, 1988. First edition. Paperback. Tight, clean 4to, 201pp. Front cover is slightly curled on the bottom tip and there is some light shelf wear. Contents are The Great Star Chant and the myth, The Myth of the Wind Chant, The Myth of the Evil-Chasing Chant... More
Barnes & Nobel, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight 4to, unpaginated. Heavy padded hardcover with demon on the front, pages are light board. There are several intact pastedown envelopes and drawings. Hard to describe; sort of a Demon Hunter guide to rooting out and destroying demons. Excellent art work and... 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: Grossett and Dunlap, 1940. Malthe Hasselriis. Second edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight, 7"x 9", unpaginated. Book is clean with just a bit of scuffing across the edges. Dust jacket has old tape on the edge of the flaps. Nice collectible kiddie lit. Classic poems for little children such as... More
New York: Doubleday, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight 8vo, 127pp. There is an inscription by the AUTHOR, signed to Ali on the half title, and a birthday gift inscription to the same person on the ffe. There is a very approx. 1/8th", L-shaped, small, light coffee or tea stain... More
Boston: David R. Godine Publisher, 1984. Second edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight 8vo, 239pp. "...a look into the daily life of non-combatant villagers who unexpectedly found themselves pitched into the middle of a terrible and long-drawn-out battle they could barely understand." A classic of World War II in its first American... More
Sir Lanka: Buddhist Publication Society, 1993. Hardcover. Clean, tight, spiral-bound 8vo, 400pp. Some small dents in the front cover, small clip on page 76. More
Alexandria, VA: T.B.N. enterprises, Not stated. Not stated. Hardcover. Tight-bound tall 4to, 5534pp + index. Pale khaki cloth which is somewhat sun-faded on the spine, tips and spine ends are lightly bumped. Contains information about the evolution of the assault rife, ammunition, and types of assault rifles from all over..... More
London: Rider & Company, 1958. First thus translation. Hardcover. Clean, tight 12mo. The book part of teh alan Watts Collection, donated to the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco and the Alan Watts Society for Comparative Pilosophy. June 1990. It is signed on the ffe by Alan Watts... More
New York: Garden City Publishing Co., 1942. F. Rojankovsky. probable third editions. Hardcover. Two clean, tight-bound, 7"x 9-1/2", thin children's books, unpaginated. Edges are a bit scuffed as are the tips, light fading to the cover. There is one open tear to bottom corner of one page in Leopard about... More
Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co. Publishers, 1912. First edition. Hardcover. Tight-bound 8vo, 175pp. The book is blue cloth with paste-on illustration which is somewhat faded and soiled. Moderate shelf wear. The tips and scuffed and bumped, the head and tail of spine are lightly bumped. Inside the color plates are... More
New York: Hodder & Stoughton, ca. 1890-1910. First edition. Hardcover. Tight-bound at the hinges but somewhat cracked in the center of the book. Edges are scuffed all the way around. No crayon, pencil or pen markings except for a former owner's name on the book plate on the front pastedown... More
