The MORTAL NUTS. A Novel.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1996). 1st edition. ARC, with card & promo sheet laid-in. 287, [1] pp. 8vo. Black cloth spine over grey paper-wrapped boards. Dust jacket. More
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EARLY AMERICAN PRESSED GLASS. A Classification of Patterns Collectible in Sets Together with Individual Pieces for Table Decorations.
Framingham Centre MA: Published by the Author, (1933). 10th edition. 683 pp (including index). Illustrated, primarily from photographs. 8vo. Blue cloth binding. Dust jacket. More
NINE PARTS Of DESIRE. The Hidden World of Islamic Women.
New York: Anchor Books, (1995). 1st edition. SIGNED by the Author on the t.p. [16], 255, [1] pp. 8vo. Black cloth spine over black paper-wrapped boards. Map eps. Dust Jacket. This the Pullitzer Prize winning author's first book. More
T. S. ELIOT. The Design of His Poetry.
London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1954. 2nd Printing. 256 pp. 8vo. Green cloth binding. Pale blue dust jacket. More
H.M.S. "DORSETSHIRE" An Illustrated Account of Her Commission on the China Station 1935 - 1937.
Hong Kong: Printed by Ye Olde Printerie, Ltd., [1937]. 1st printing. xiv, [2], 91, [1 (blank)] pp. Photographic frontis of the ship. 51 b/w captioned images from photographs, on 13 inserted leaves [usually 2 per page]. Folding map with track listing underneath, inserted after p. 48. Chart of the 1936..... More
TRUE STORIES From FRENCH HISTORY.
London: Griffith Farran Okeden & Welsh Newbery House Charing Cross Road, [1890]. 1st printing. 254 pp. Illustrated. 7-3/8" x 5" Decorative terra-cotta cloth binding with gilt stamping. Patterned paper eps. More
D. H. LAWRENCE.
London: Martin Secker, 1930. 1st edition. [2 (blank)], 43, [3] pp. 7-5/8" x 4-3/4". Brown cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. TEG. Dust jacket. More
The CLAWS Of MERCY.
London: Hurst & Blackett, 1955. Uncorrected Proof. vii, [8] - 311, [1 (blank)] pp. 7-5/8" x 4-7/8". Buff card stock boards with printed black lettering. Green dust jacket. More
MARY QUEEN Of SCOTS. In Two Volumes. Harper's Family Library XXI & XXII.
New York: J. & J. Harper, 82 Cliff Street, 1831 [1832]. Early printing. 2 volumes (xx, [21] - 276; iv, [5] - 275, [5] pp). Frontis in volume I. Bound in 6s. 4" x 6 5/16". Linen cloth binding with printed black lettering. Cover date 1832. More
The BUFFALO WIND.
Santa Fe: Seton Village Press, 1938. 1st edition (Blanck, p. 463). Limited to 200cc (this #185). SIGNED by Seton, underneath the photographic image. This copy with dedication inscription underneath signature, "the author who dedicates this copy to his friend Ed & Eileen Sevets ... 1945" Unpaginated, though 12 pp. Printed..... More
The STORY Of RANCHO SAN ANTONIO. A Brief History of the East San Francisco Bay District From the Time the Shell Mounds Were Forming to the Present.
Oakland: Published by the Author, 1924. 1st edition. 93 pp. Errata slip tipped-in after ffep. Illustrated. 12mo. 20cm x 14cm. Green vertically ribbed cloth with gilt stamped lettering to front board. More
REMINISCENCES Of The HULL GENERAL INFIRMARY. Sold for the Benefit of the Charity.
London / Hull: Reeves & Turner / Geo. Smith (Late Leng & Co.), 1873. 1st Edition. [4], 144 pp. List of benefactors pp. 26 - 28. 2 2-page plans at front. 4 internal wood engravings, one full page (of the hospital). 8-3/8" x 5-3/8". Original publisher's pebbled brown flexible covers..... More
STRATHEARN HOUSE CRIEFF N.B. Hydropathic Establishment.
Edinburgh: John Bartholomew & Co., (n. d.). Ca 1890. Single sheet, of stiff stock paper, printed both sides, folded twice to make an 8 panel brochure. Panels 2 & 3 provide details of the facility, as well as "Terms per Week" & "Meals". Entire inner portion [4 panels] comprise a...... More
EASTERN SHORE Of LAKE TAHOE -- From Rocky Point, Looking South, Sierra Rocks and Cave Rock in distance. Lake Tahoe. 683.
San Francisco: Thomas Houseworth & Co., 317 & 319 Montgomery Street, (1866). Ca 1874. Title caption & view number printed under right image. Domed, separate images. 3-7/16" x 6-7/8". Orange colored mount [rounded corners], with publisher imprint to right end; "Lake Tahoe" to left. Pale pink verso, with Houseworth's Paris..... More
LAKE TAHOE TROUT, Weighing from Ten to Twenty Pounds. Lake Tahoe. 687.
San Francisco: Thomas Houseworth & Co., 317 & 319 Montgomery Street, (1866). Ca 1874. Title caption & view number printed under right image. Square, separate images. 3-7/16" x 6-7/8". Orange colored mount [rounded corners], with publisher imprint to right end; "Lake Tahoe" to left. Pale pink verso, with Houseworth's Paris..... More
PICKINGS From The PORTFOLIO Of The REPORTER Of The NEW - ORLEANS "PICAYUNE". [bound with] NEW ORLEANS SKETCH BOOK. With Original Designs, by Felix O. C. Darley.; Library of Humourous American Works.
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers, (1845). Circa mid-1850s. Cf Wright I, 766 for the 1846 1st edition of "Pickings" & Wright II, 2692 for the 1853 1st edition of "Sketch Book". Bolton IV, 22 & 33. Not in SCOWAH. 216; viii, [21] - 202 pp. "Pickings": frontis, t.p. vignette..... More
ETHEL HARDMAN. A Story of Self - Discipline.
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, (n. d.). Ca 1901. 319, [1 (adverts)] pp. Illustrated by Leonard Linsdell. Head- tailpieces. Crown 8vo. Decorative blue cloth with gilt stamped title lettering. Pale green floral patterned-paper eps. A scarce title from the period / genre, with OCLC showing only 5 institutional holdings..... More
The BINGO PALACE.
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, (1994). 1st edition. 274, [2 (blank)] pp. 8vo. Hardback. Dust jacket. More
The LEAGUE Of OUTSIDER BASEBALL.
New York: Touchstone, (2105). 1st Edition. [6], 233, [1 (blank)] pp. Illustrated by the author. 8vo. 7-3/4" x 7-5/8" Red cloth spine over green paper-wrapped boards. Dust jacket. More
IRON GOLD.
New York: Del Rey, (2018). 1st edition. SIGNED by the Author on the t.p. 601, [5] pp. Solar System illustration at front. 8vo. Hardback. White dust jacket. More
The LIFE And ADVENTURES Of NICHOLAS NICKLEBY.
Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard. Successors to Carey & Co., 1839. 1st US book edition (Smith AMERICAN 4, pp. ). viii, 13 - 404 pp, double column of text. 12 page publisher catalogue inserted after text. Illustrated with two inserted plates designed by Phiz, reengraved by Joseph Yeager. 10" x 6-1/4"..... More
The EBELL Of LOS ANGELES. Year Book 1927 - 28.
Los Angeles: Press of Phillips Printing Co. 290 East 4th St. [1928]. 1st Edition. 197, [3] pp. Frontispiece [of the new clubhouse] + 9 tipped-in b/w half-tone photographic images. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 6-1/4". Brown paper covers, black embossed lettering, yapp edges. "Ebell of Los Angeles was formed as a women's..... More
WAR BOY. A Country Childhood
New York: Arcade Publishing, Inc., 1990. 2nd printing of the 1st US edition [stated]. 92 pp. Illustrated with drawings. Oblong 8vo. 7-3/4" x 10-1/2" Hardback. Dust jacket. Winner of the UK's 1990 KATE GREENAWAY MEDAL for Best Children's Picture Book of the Year. More
BASEBALL Between The NUMBERS. Why Everything You Know About the Game is Wrong.; By the Experts at Baseball Prospectus.
New York: Basic Books, (2006). 1st Edition. xlii, 454 pp including index. Graphs. Charts. 9-1/2" x 6-1/2". Green paper boards with dark green spine. Silver title lettering stamped to spine. Dust jacket. More
BUNGALOW KITCHENS.
Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith, Publisher, (2000). 8th printing. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy, SIGNED by Powell. 160 pp. Profusely illustrated, mostly in color. 4to. 10-1/4" x 8-3/4" Tomato red cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. Color printed glossy paper dust jacket. More