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New York:: Henry Holt,, 1880.. First Edition (NAP). Hardcover. Gray cloth with beveled boards, gilt decoration (sailing ship in sunlight). Glue residue around bookplate, perhaps from an earlier plate. Two pages slightly offset with resulting fraying of those pages. Folding map at front; steel engravings. Wonderful journal of an 1876-77 voyage. ... more information

New York:: Scribner's,, 1895.. First Edition. Hardcover. Square octavo, Decorated blue cloth with gilt lettering. Nice children's book by the author of 'My Secret Garden' and Little Lord Fauntleroy'. Extremity wear; light soiling; gift inscription. dated 1895. ... more information

New York:: Scribner,, 1892.. First Edition. Lovely decorated green cloth with some soiling to back cover; private library bookplate front ep. Gift inscription. ... more information

New York:: Scribner,, 1895.. First Edition. Hardcover. Square octavo, Very bright decorated blue cloth with no major flaws. Minor extremity wear. Owner embossed seal on endpaper, ... more information

Chicago:: McClurg,, 1914.. First Edition. Hardcover. Lovely gilt decorated leather in lovely condition for a 'perfect binding', that is, not sewn but glued. Booth not only illustrated but also decorated with a swastika motif. ... more information

New York:: Frederick A. Stokes,, No Date.. 1st edition. Hardcover. Hardback. Oblong octavo, 60 full page cartoons illustrating well known old saws. Red cloth spine on illustrated green paper covered boards. Boards lightly but noticeably soiled; light soiling to endpapers but plates are clean; red stain on black cover evidently offset from another book; rear hinge just starting. ... more information

New York:: Charles Scribner's Sons,, 1984.. 1st edition. Hardcover. Hardback. Small octavo, Half cream cloth on light green paper covered boards. The extreme bottom edge of the front cover seems lightly faded, but the book is otherwise spotless and bright. The jacket has two small surface abrasions to the cover; very minor extremity wear; and a half-inch closed edge tear upper right of cover; and a smaller edge tear top of back cover. ... more information

Colorado Springs CO:: Pundit Pub.,, 1983.. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardback. Large quarto, Collection of caricatures. Spine top lightly stained. Jacket rubbed and stained but with only minor extremity wear; a surface chip back cover. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED VERSO OF FFEP; ALSO SIGNED INSCRIBED POSTCARD LAID IN. ... more information

London:: John Murray,, 1837.. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, about 8.5 inches (22 cm) tall, in nearly contemporary half green calf, five raised spine bands with gilt ruled compartments, red morocco spine labels, marbled boards, edges and endpapers. 240 pages. The Bridgewater Treatises were a series of 8 works on Natural Philosophy, at that time an attempt to reconcile religion and modern science. The author, the developer of calculating machines and considered the precursor to modern computers, This w... more information

Caldwell ID:: Caxton Printers,, 1940.. Third Printing 1953. Hardcover. Octavo, about 9.5 inches tall, in gilt decorated light brown cloth. 320 pages illustrated by a photo portrait, drawings, map endpapers. An uncommon item on Wyoming's Johnson County War. Six-Guns, 102 ("inside information", but Adams is critical of Walker's take on Wild Bill Hickok). Howes, B7. Very light extremity wear; interior mildly toned; but unmarked with sound binding. Jacket is moderately edgeworn; top half-i... more information

Alhambra CA:: Borden Publishing,, 1973.. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, about 9.25 inches (23.5 cm) tall, in green faux leather stamped in gilt. 354 pages illustrated by photographs. A history of one of the most popular handguns in the U.S. significantly expanded from the 1956 edition. Previous owner stamp on the title page. A little glue offsetting to the endpapers. Otherwise clean, bright and sound. The jacket is modestly rubbed and edgeworn; there is a very small tear at the top front panel; an... more information

Stanford CA:: Stanford University Press,, 2002.. First Edition. Hardcover. Square quarto, about 11 inches tall, in half black cloth on gray paper covered boards. 106 pages. SIGNED BY FRANCES BAER, THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S WIFE, AND PATRICK JABLONSKI. Baer was a premier California architectural photographer, and this posthumous collection of pictures taken over a long period, show why his reputation was so sterling. Both the book and jacket are bright, clean and unworn. There is a gift note under what mi... more information

Logan UT:: Utah State University Press,, 2008.. No Edition Indicated. Hardcover. Octavo, about 9.25 inches tall, in black cloth. 336 pages illustrated by a few photographs. A scholarly work detailing the actions of McCarthy in saving the Denver & Rio Grande Western in bankruptcy during the depression. Both book and jacket are clean, bright, sound and unworn. ... more information

Boston:: Little Brown & Co.,, 1969.. Second Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, about 9.5 inches (24 cm) tall, in quarter red morocco marbled boards and endpapers, top edge gilt. 382 pages illustrated by drawings, photographs. A very attractive binding on the autobiography of the author of "National Velvet". Clean, bright and sound inside. Barely a hint of extremity wear to the covers. ... more information

New York:: Watson-Guptil,, 1981.. First edition. Hardcover. Hardback square quarto in burgundy cloth. 32 color plates, 12 black and white plates, 84 pages. A bright unworn copy in a dustjacket with very light edge wear. A nice, if thin, monograph on the western landscape artist. Very good color plates. Freitag 2d, 2130. ... more information

Glendale CA:: Interurban Press,, 1984.. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, about 11 inches tall, in orange cloth stamped in black. 196 pages illustrated by photographs, maps, drawings. This appears to be a meticulous history of how buses displaced a very efficient electric transit system in Los Angeles. A typically excellent publication in the "Interurbans" series. Barely a hint of extremity wear to book which is otherwise clean, bright and sound. The jacket has very light edge wear and rubbi... more information

Harrisburg PA:: Stackpole ,, 1972.. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, about 8.75 inches (22 cm) tall, in burgundy cloth. [79] pages illustrated by photographs, frontis from an engraving, and some government proofmarks on the last unnumbered page. Previous owner stamp on the front endpaper, but otherwise clean, bright, sound and unworn. The jacket is a bit rubbed with a tiny tear and associated crease on the top rear panel, mild soiling. ... more information

Topeka:: J.S. Parks, State Printer,, 1902.. First edition, First printing. Small quarto, about 10.5 inches tall, in brown cloth decorated in gilt and blind. 343 pages illustrated by engravings, graphs, photographs, maps, some of which are foldouts and numerous folding plates tipped in at rear. Previous owner name on the front endpaper and light toning, but otherwise clean unmarked, soundly bound, in covers with a very slight edge bump, very light extremity wear and minor scratching, rubbing and soiling. ... more information

Baltimore:: Genealogical Publishing Co.,, 1997.. Facsimile Reprint. Hardcover. Originally published in 7 books 1896-1906. Octavo, about 8.75 inches tall, in gilt stamped red cloth. Each of the seven volumes paginated separately, but, about 1000 pages total. Clean, bright, sound and unmarked with a hint of extremity wear to the covers. ... more information

New York:: Burr Printing House,, 1896.. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, about 10.75 inches tall, in half brown leather on pebbled black cloth. 583 pages illustrated by portraits (several to a page). Not just a collection of biographies of famous residents, this history has a rather good factual narrative. Ms. Hill put the book together from notes made by Mr. Bailey. A note on the half title, dated 1933, urges that this book was to remain in the possession of the writer's family. It didn't. ... more information