New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1997. Second printing. Hardcover. Clean, tight, spiral bound, hardback 4to. Seventeen (9x12") fold-out pages of 16 different Wright buildings. Top sides of the pages show a complete architectural color drawing of each of the houses listed. On the underside of each drawing is a.... More about Frank Lloyd Wright: A gatefold portfolio
Stockton, CA: Pacific Center for Western Historical Studies, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight 8vo, 78pp. SIGNED by the Editor. Book is mostly pristine except for the gift inscription and signature of the editor. Interesting Northern Cheyenne Portrait Gallery. Contains interviews with Iron Teeth, A Cheyenne Old Woman, A Cheyenne... More about Cheyenne and Sioux; The Reminiscences of Four Indians and a White Soldier
New York: So Lewis, 1973. Limited editionof 500 copies of the first edition written in 1906. Hardcover. Clean, tight 8vo, 45pp, very small scuff to the spine head and tail. Very light scuff to tips. Excerpts from the diary of A.N. Judd during one of three expeditions participated by by... More about Campaigning Against The Sioux
New York: Dutton Books For Young Readers, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Scarce, Clean, tight 12mo, 22pp. A charing story of Portly Penguin and his precious hat, stolen by a naughty bird, but rescued again. More about PORTLY'S HAT
Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 2006. First printing. Hardback. Clean, tight, square, 8vo, 168pp. SIGNED by the author "Enjoy the stinky recipes, it's chic to reek" Garlic worshippers will enjoy the hearty Calfornia-Italian fare created by Froncillo in his three restaurants. 65 of the restaurant's most popular recipes such as Creamy... More about The Stinking Rose Restaurant Cookbook
Los Angeles: Balcony Press, 2007. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Clean, tight, oblong folio, 96pp. SIGNED by the author. Bright yelow cloth cover is slightly soiled and has one very small sot of brown something on the back cover. A folio of lovely photography of the famous Descanso Gardens in... More about Descanso, An Urban Oasis Revealed
Fresno, CA: Giligia Press, 1970. First edition. Softcover. Clean, scarce, tight 8vo in wraps, 16pp. A memoir in which is revealed secret lives & west coast whispers, bieing the confessions of Henry Morley, Alex Fairbrother John Mongomery, triune madmen of the Dharma Bums, Desolation Angels, and other trips. More about JACK KEROUAC - A Memoir
New York: harper & Brothers Publishers/ A St. Crispin Press Book, 1951. John Groth. Not stated, probably third or later. Hardcover. Scarce in this condition. Dust jacket has some small chips along the edges and one repaired, closed tear to the back (in Mylar). Lightly faded. Book has light bumping... More about The War Prayer
New York: Fairchild Books, 1994. Third printing. Softcover. Clean, tight, heavy 4to, 344pp. Perfect book for needleworkers, seamstresses, tailors, dressmakers et al. who want beautifully fitted anad comfortable clothing. Actual patterns and choice of methods is offered to allow for ability, purpose, or desire. Logical, accurate consistent, efficient, and complete... More about Fitting & Pattern Alteration; A Multii-Method Approach
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Inc., 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight tall 8v0, 336pp. Illustrated. Dust jacket has some light curiing to the top edge, bottom edge has one v-shaped open tear on the front by the spine tail and one small, neatly-repaired chip on the back edge. In... More about Handloom Weaving Technology
Oregon: Robin and Russ Handweavers, 1974. fourth printing. Softcover. Scarce. Clean, tight, spiral bound 4to, 32pp. A guide to Tibetan rug weaving as taught by Edith B. King with an introduction and comment by Earl King. Clean, precise illustrations and directions for building the loom, tools, tying the warp, mounting... More about Warp and Weft From Tibet
Minnesota: Arana Press, Inc., 1987. First edition. Softcover in slick wraps. Clean, tight 4to, 91pp. A former owner stamp on the contents page otherwise just very minor shelf wear. Scarce. Contains chapters on the definition of boundweave, analysis of a design, pattern on the loom calculations, twills and overshots, figurative... More about Boundweave
Hollywood, CA: So. California Handweavers' Guild, Inc., 1977. Edited Facsimilie Reprint of the original. Softcover. Clean, tight 4to, 96pp. Has a former owner stamp on the front cover, otherwise unmarked. Very scarce book of half-tone reproductions of photographs of the drawings by John Landes, who it is presumed was an... More about A Book of Patterns for Hand-Weaving; Part One-Four in one book
Oregon: Bracken Hill Press, 1977. Weaving wool dyeing carding combing spinning yarns sheep dye plants natural dyes spinning textiles. First edition. Softcover. Clean, tigh 4to, 109pp + 6pp sources and index. Show very minor shelf wear. Contains chapters on sheep breeds and wool, physical and chemical properties of wool, sorting... More about Oregon Wool and Natural Dyeing
New York: Random House. Dr. Seuss. Dr. Seuss book club first editions. Hardcover. Vintage collectible. Six clean, tight 4tos, some light scuffing on the edges, light rubbing on the spine gutters, some bumping to spine ends, some light staining. No torn pages, no crayola scribble depredations, pages are crisp. If... More about Special Six-book Collection of Dr. Seussiana
New York: Doubleday, 1964. Nathan Margolis. First edition. Hardcover. Scarce edition. Clean, tight 8vo, 439pp. Dust jacket is somewhat damaged. There is one open tear across the top edge of the spine top and a small chipped tear across the bottom of the spine end. There is a long, neatly... More about Complete Book of Tailoring
New York: farrar, straus & giroux, 1984. First American edition. Hardcover. Quite collectible in this excellent condition. Clean, tight 8vo, 202pp. Jacket has slight shelf wear a wee bit of fading, price clipped. Blake's illustrations are great fun! An orphaned boy is sent to live with his aged, witch grandmother... More about The Witches
New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight 4to, 115pp. dust jacket has some damp wrinkling. Book is in lovely condition with really striking photography of real life in Havana, Cuba, our neighbor to the south of Florida. An elegant book of photos and testimonies, recording, questioning... More about Making Home in Havana
Little, Brown and Company, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight 8vo, 398pp. Dust jacket shows some shelf wear with slight rubbing and tiny scuffs on the edges. Plane on ffe, bfe and pastedowns. During World War II nine flyboys were captured on the island of Chichi Jimi and imprisoned. They... More about Flyboys
Wisconsin: Bruce Publishing, 1918-20-24 &1952. Later printing. Hardcover. Clean, tight, oblong 4to, 275pp. Very light wear to cover with very light bumps to tips and spine ends. Scarce in this excellent condition. Classic, vintage informative weaving book. Contains chapters and easy to follow techniques for looms, warping, threading, plain weaving..... More about Foot-Power Loom Weaving
Maryland: Cornell Maritime Press, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight 8vo, 117pp. Dust jacket has two open tears to the top edge at the spine head and some small chips and scuffs to the top edge, price clipped. The book is in great shape except for tome small scuffs across... More about The Schooner That Came Home; The Final Voyage of the C.A. Thayer
Camden Maine: International Marine/ragged Mountain Press, 1997. Not stated. Softcover. Clean, tight 8vo, 170pp, Sell up and sail? Should you do it or not? An informational, thorough, and interesting book for any woman who thinks she'd like to leave all the hustle and bustle behind and sail the oceans of... More about The Cruising Woman's Advisor: How to Prepare for the Voyaging Life
Moscow USSR: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. Very scarce, clean, tight 8vo, 273pp. Printed in English. Pastedowns and ffe/bfe are somewhat toned and rear hinge is beginning to crack. Fold out map bound in back. Edges are very slightly scuffed and tips are lightly bumped. Dust jacket... More about Lithuania; Land of the Niemen
Camden, Maine: International Marine Pub. Co, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight, tall 8vo, 322pp. Book is in good shape except for minor scuffs to tips. Contains chapters on the advantages and disadvantages of different rigs, spars, standing and running rigging, handy billies and winches, sails, reefing gear, light sails... More about Cruising rigs and rigging
New York: Konecky & Konecky, Not noted. Third revised edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight 8vo,380pp. Journals of his last expedition to the Antarctic in 1916. 24 original photos from the expedition showing the HMS Endurance frozen in and eventually collapsing from the squeeze of the surrounding ice. They went through hell... More about South - the Story of Shackletons Last Expedition