Titles starting with A from Gallagher Books, ABAA, ILAB

Guilford CT:: Lyons Press,, 2002.. Second Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, about 9.25 inches (23.5 cm) tall, in blue cloth spine, lighter blue cloth covered boards. 234 pages illustrated by color photographs. Detailed pictures showing the techniques of tying flies. Very light extremity wear but otherwise a clean, sound, bright copy. The jacket has a touch of edgewear but no chips, tears, or fading. ... more information

New York:: Lyons & Burford,, 1996.. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, about 9.5 inches (24 cm) tall, in blue cloth. 192 pages illustrated by color photographs. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE AND INSCRIBED TO SHANE STALCUP, AN IMPORTANT FLY TYER AND MAKER OF INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS. The author used each of the flies displayed in the book for at least six years. Bright and clean and sound inside. The covers are very lightly extremity worn and the upper tips have slight bumps. The jacket shows ... more information

Boston:: New York Graphic Society / Little Brown,, 1982.. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, about 11.25 inches (28.5 cm) tall, in burgundy cloth. 283 pages illustrated with 272 photographs, 74 of them in duotone. SIGNED BY AARON SISKIND on a tipped-in presentation for the Presidents Club of the Univ. of Arizona Foundation. The book was published to coincide with an exhibition at the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson. The book is clean and sound inside; the covers show barely a hint of edge wear... more information

Cambridge:: Harvard University Press,, 1983.. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, about 10.5 inches (27 cm) tall, in gray cloth stamped in black. 490 pages illustrated by 295 plates, many in color. The text originally written in the early 1950s was influential without actually being formally published. It is an early critical look at the artistic movement by studying the work of 6 major figures: Willem de Kooning, Arshile Gorky, Hans Hoffman, Robert Motherwell, Mark Rothko and Mark Tobey. A clean, bright... more information

Indepence MO:: Little Blue Valley Publishing,, 2003.. First Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE. Octavo, about 9;.25 inches tall, in blue faux leather. 252 pages illustrated with maps, a few photographs. The author uses the story of a woman who, perhaps, killed her abusive husband to illustrate the plight of women on the frontier and the tribulations on the trek west to California in the 1850s. A scholarly treatment of a sensational event. The book is clean, bright, sound and un... more information

Honolulu:: University of Hawaii Press,, 1988.. First U.S. Edition . Hardcover. Two volumes, octavos, about 9.75 inches (25 cm) tall, in beige cloth with red cloth spine labels stamped in gilt. Volume I subtitled "Astrolabe 1826-1829", 312 pages. Volume II subtitled "Astrolabe and Zélée 1737-1840. Conrad, p. 45. An important South Seas / Antarctic exploration report not translated until published in Australia in 1987. Both volumes are clean, bright and soundly bound althoug... more information

Denver:: Published by author,, 1905.. First Edition. Hardcover. A limited edition of 200 copies, but this one unnumbered and outside the limitation. Printed by Lanning Brothers, this copy is from the collection of of the printer with his name in pencil on front endpaper. 16mo, just under 7 inches tall, in gilt stamped burgundy cloth, top edge gilt. 224 pages with a facsimile map laid in. A "journal of a trip from Atchison (Kansas) to Julesburg and Denver". Howes Y25. Quite uncommon. A com... more information

New York:: Wison-Erickson, Inc.,, 1936.. Reprint. Hardcover. Hardback quarto, about 11 inches tall, in red moire cloth stamped in gilt. 192 pages illustrated by photographs. A reprint of the 1853 book written from the journal of a 'forty-niner' about his trek across the plains and over the Rockies to Sacramento and then to San Francisco. The photographs illustrate the 1936 remains of the places noted in the journal. A reprint of Howes, D230. Rocq, 6042. A little darkening from glue transfer t... more information

Nashville TN:: Battery Press,, 1978.. Second Printing. Hardcover. According to the title page this was "reprinted by permission of the author in a limited edition of 500 copies". Octavo, about 9.25 inches tall, in light blue cloth decorated in red and dark blue. An unusually well written account of the activities of an aviation unit that, among other things, towed gliders into Normandy ahead of the invasion. Minimal edge wear, but otherwise clean, crisp and sound. ... more information

Urbana:: University of Illinois Press,, 1993.. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 276 pages. An interesting new look at the Lewis and Clark Expedition with respect to developing records of scientific discovery and a narrative of epic deeds and accomplishments. Both book and jacket are crisp and unworn. ... more information

Boston:: Dutton and Wentworth ,, 1840.. First Edition. Softcover. Pamphlet, about 9 inches tall, in stitched pale pink wraps. 39 pages. An economic analysis of railroad fare and freight rate structures based on "deep researches of British, French and Belgian governments." A very interesting conclusion for the period. A remarkably well preserved item with light general soiling and a bit of fading to the covers; spine strip a little chipped at the ends; minor wear to the tips. Inside is clean... more information

No place:: No publisher,, 1896.. No edition indicated. Hardcover. Hardback octavo in a pebbled lower quality leather, probably contemporary. Marbled endpapers. 28 pages, printed on rectos only. Front cover triple ruled with title in gilt. The covers are a bit mottled and there are what appear to be burn marks along the top front and one on the back adjacent to spine. Corners are rounded and there is about a half inch chip at foot of spine. The inside is clean and unmarked but for a phone number penn... more information

Boston:: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard,, 1923.. First Edition. Hardcover. The fifth book in the series and the last one. See Phantom Friends (1997), A-7 (which lists only one format and publisher. Octavo, about 7.5 inches tall, in red cloth with illustration in black and gray. 334 pages illustrated by a color frontis and three color internals. Toning to the endpapers, some ghosting to the title page from the frontis; covers with a touch of extremity wear. Otherwise clean, bright and sound. The jacket has... more information

London:: Macmillan,, 1943.. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardback 12mo, about 7 inches tall, in dark blue cloth. [160] pages illustrated by photographs. A short biography of an important figure in British Naval History beginning before the First World War who died just before the start of the Second. A previous owner name, that of an American Naval Officer stationed in Devon in 1944, on front endpaper. Paper lightly toned, but less seriously than commonly found in wartime publications. Covers lightly edge... more information

Guilford CT:: The Lyons Press,, 2001.. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, about 9.25 inches (23.5 cm) tall, in blue cloth spine, lighter blue cloth covered boards. 234 pages illustrated by color photographs. Detailed pictures showing the techniques of tying flies. The book and jacket have a hint of extremity wear. ... more information

Boston:: Little Brown & Co.,, 1993.. First Edition. Squarish hardback quarto. Light brown cloth stamped in black. 199 pages illustrated by photographs, some in color. An interesting history of the issues in modern game management and East African ecology from the viewpoint of the popular Kenyan photographer. Very light extremity wear to the book which is otherwise clean, bright, sound. The jacket is bright, crisp and unworn. ... more information

Norwalk CT:: Easton Press,, 1975.. Reprint. Hardcover. A typically well produced book from this publisher. Octavo in light brown leather decorated in gilt. A title in the publisher's "Collector's Library of Famous Editions" series. Publisher's pamphlet laid in. Clean, bright and soundly bound, without a sign of wear. ... more information

New York:: Harper & Brothers,, 1892.. First U.S. Edition . Hardcover. Small octavo in blue cloth stamped in gilt and decorated in black. 307 pages illustrated by 16 plates on glossy paper by Sidney Paget. First state with "if had" on page 65. A Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone. A very attractive copy with a collection of very minor flaws: page edges toward the rear and at the front few leaves have the lightest of damp staining with no waviness or other damage; the first layer of the cover, but... more information

Boston:: Little Brown & Co.,, 1915.. First Edition. Hardcover. 12 mo, about 7 inches tall, tan cloth boards, decorated in red and black with a picture of a squirrel on the front cover. 120 pages with 6 black and white illustrations by Harrison Cady. A delightful children's tale about a mischief making squirrel who sets off to find a new home. Covers show no signs of wear. Binding sound, text mildly toned. ... more information

New York:: St. Martin's,, 1989.. First Edition. wraps. A Keith Calder mystery. ... more information