Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers, 1944. First edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight 8vo, 442pp. Book is in excellent shape with minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and very light scuffs to the tips. Jacket has a few small chips along the edges. A very nice copy. Brown was... More
Tulsa, OK: Council Oak Books, 1987. Later printing. Hardcover. Tall, slender 4to, 201pp. Illustrations and bibliography of photos. The only flaw is that the tips have been bumped and scuffed to some extent. Embossed f.o. stamp on the ffe. Libby Beaman appeared as as proper Victorian lady, but nonetheless she... More
Ashland, OR: Lewish Osborne, 1971. Special limited edition of 600, this being #315. Hardcover. Clean, tight, tall 410,107pp. Very minor shelf wear, green cloth, amusing illustrations by Augusto Ferran. Knower was a doctor from New York state who came west in 1849. Not finding gold, he returned to the east... More
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1998. Later printing. Softcover. Clean, tight 8vo, 448pp w/bibliography + 8pp index. An encyclopedic guide to the equipment of the trappers and fur traders who opened the Old West. Iron artifacts; rifes, shotguns, hatchets, axes, knives, traps, and miscellaneous tools of the mountain men... More
Berkeley: Western Jewish History Center, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Tall, slender 8vo, 54pp. Minor shelf wear, slight scuff to tips and spine tail. More
Boston: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1991. Later printing. Softcover. Clean, tight 8vo, 257pp, minimal shelf wear, small slightly bent tip front cover. Examining and sword servicing, Kizu, Yakiba procedure, Katana, Kamiza, drawing of the sword, various positions, Iai, testing, positioning, Katas, Chushingua (the Loyal 47 Ronin), references and glossary. More
California: OHARA Publications, 1997. Later printing. Softcover. Clean, tight 8vo, 191pp. Some minor shelf weaar and one nickel-sized scuff on the front cover. A quite comprehensive training manual on the art of the Japanese sword, also known as Bokken. Fully and copaceticlaly illustrated. Originins, training, selectic equipment, Kihon (basics) Uchi... More
Berkeley: University of California, 1944. First edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight 8vo, 227pp, illustrations & fold-out map. A true story of brave men who endured harships and adventures for the Christianization of the native Indian in northwestern Mexico (whether they liked it or not). The achievements of a group of padres... More
Palo Alto, CA: Pacific Books, 1955. First edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight 8vo, 191pp, nicely illustrated with historic photographs. Spine titles are laid on and beginning to chip. Head and tail of spine ends are bumped, tips very lightly scuffed. Signed by author on ffe. Baker was quite the entrepreneur. He... More
New York: Fleming H. Revell Co. 1900. First edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight 8vo, 151pp. Former owner has signed on the front pastedown and he has put a small stamp on the second ffe, bfe, bottom edge. FFe is missing. Some slight underlining and paragraph marks on a few pages. Represents... More
Haverford, PA. Headframe Publishing Co. 1978. First thus, reprint from original 1848. Hardcover. Scarce, tall, slender 8vo, 81 pages, clean and tight. Pages are rough cut, cover is beautiful, marbelized paper. 250 copes were printed by Henry Morris at North Hills, PA in June, 1978, this is copy number 238... More
New York: Ca. 1997. Hardcover. New York, Maurizio Martino, ca. 1997, reprint of 1914, limited to 150 copies. Clean, tight 8vo, 279pp +Chronological, title and subject indices. Introduction by Henry R. Wagner and additional notes by Robert G. Cowan. Original was published by the Book Club of California in 1914... More
South Carolina: Small Arms Technical Publishing, 1933. First edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight 8vo, 527pp +advertisements. Former owner name stamped on ffe. A manual of firearm design, construction and remodeling for amateurs and professionals. Contains workshop, tools, equipment, materials and metals, steps for beginners, wood and gunstock design, stockmaking, checking and... More
Chicago: Model Publishing, 1922. Second edition. Hardcover. Scarce 12mo, A new edition with an appendix on ore deposits and testing minerals with the blow-pipe. 229pp with several pages of adverts in back of index. Gilt embossing on cover is slighly chipped, otherwise, clean and tight with minimal shelf wear. A... More
New York: Bonanza Books, 1957. First edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight 8vo, 395pp. Maps, notes, illustrations and bibliography. Book is lightly bumped at the spine ends and has one slight water mark along the bottom edge that does not effect the text pages, looks like a stain from the jacket. Jacket... More
California: Arthur H. Clark Co. 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight 8vo, 387pp. Jacket has two tiny black spots on the front edge near the bottom tip and a tiny chip to top edge in back. Illustrations. The theatrical history of the wild and wooly Nevada of the gold and... More
New York: Arno Press, 1981. Reprint of first edition circa 1890s. Hardcover. Clean, tight 8vo, 392pp + index. Very light bumping to spine ends, otherwise seems unread. Complete and authoritative organization and history of one of Chicago's many railroads - the Milwaukee & St. Paul. Railroads of Wisconsin prior to... More
Chicago: University Of Chicago Press, 2010. First edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight 8vo, 359pp. The book brings the history and practice of pyrotechnics as an object of practical and theoretical knowledge across geography anad history and its relationship with science and culture. Discusses the elegant compositions of the architects, poets, painters... More
Berkeley: University Of California Press, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight 8vo, 278pp, rear hinge paper is splitting, but webbing is intact and tight. Light bump to top front tip, some light bumps to spine ends. Many pages of historic photos. Inscribed and signed by the author "Bob Armstrong with... More
New York: Knopf Books For Young Readers, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight 4to, unpaginated. Signed by the author on the title page. There is a 3" scratch on the front cover (see scan), also an "autographed copy" sticker on the front cover which could be easily removed with lighter... More
Platt & Munk Co., Inc. Not stated, probably early 1940s. First edition. Colorful wraps. Clean, tight bound in mylar envelope. Edges slightly scuffed, small old sticker scar top, front tip area. One closed tear to bottom front spine tip area. Light shelf wear and one lightly dog-earred tip, neatly smoothed... More
D.C. Heath & Co. 1941. First edition. Softcover. Small, clean, tight bound 12mo in wraps. Some light toning to bottom edge, some minor scuffs along the edges. Back cover has a very small scuff near the back edge and some light soiling (see scan). Very scarce collectible children tale. The... More
New York/Los Angeles: Penguin/Rodney Peppe & Intervisual Communications, 1970. Facsimilie Reprint of the original 1887 edition by J.F. Schreiber of Germany. Softcover. Clean tight folio sized six-flap fold-out and pop-up. Shows light shelf wear but all pop-ups are complete and fold out properly. The only light flaw is that the... More
Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley and Cambridge University Press, London. UK, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight 4to, 126pp text and 163 plates in color and black & white. Signed by the author. Dust cover has a very small tear to bottom spine gutter, front. A few tiny chips on... More
Bulfinch Press, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight square 4to, 192pp, 243 illustrations 53 in color. Jacket has one v-shaped small open tear on bottom edge and one repaired tear to top of spine. Light shelf wear. From Thoreau's hut on Walden Pond to St. Paul's Cathedral in London, archtiecture... More