The Clue in Blue
by Allen, Betsy
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1948. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Tan cloth with brown titles, 12mo, 216 pages; boards slightly bowed; price clipped dust jacket a bit worn, now protected in mylar. From the rear panel, "fly to adventure with Vivki Barr, the popular young heroine of a brand new series of exciting series for girls".
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Spirit Release
by Allen, Sue
6th Books, 2007-04-27. paperback. Very Good. 5x0x8. Trade paperback, some kind of perfumey scent but otherwise VG indeed.
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Egyptian Earth
by Al-Sharqawi, Abdel Rahman; Stewart, Desmond (trans); Ostle, Robin (fwd)
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1990-01-01. First Edition. hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 6x0x9. Purple boards with gilt lettering under illustrated dust jacket. First printing thus. Previous owner has written name, date, place in a very small and neat hand to inner margin of title page. Else fine.
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Argonaut: Magazine of Weird Fantasy & Science Fiction. Number 15, Summer 1991
by Ambrose, Michael; Manachino, Albert J.; Taylor, John Alfred; Houarner, Gerard Daniel; Smyth Geroge W.; Boucher, Brad J.; McLaughlin, Mark; Medcalf, Robert R.; Froehlich, Joey; Zimmerman Thomas; Grey, John; Andriano, Joseph
Austin, TX: Argo Press, 1991. Paperback. Like New. Fanzine, intro verse of Clark Ashton Smith.From the collection of Oregon Poet Laureate William Stafford.
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How to Draw Cartoons Successfully: 46 Practical, Easy Lessons
by Anderson, Carl
Tower Books, 1942. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Grey cloth boards under black & red illustrated dust jacket. First Tower Books edition stated. Expected toning to pages, light wear to jacket. A handbook of illustration by the creator of Henry. Henry began in 1932, continued after Anderson's death in 1948, and finally ended in 2018--a successful run!
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Leaven for the Frontier: The True Story of a Pioneer Educator
by Anderson, Florence Bennett
Boston, MA: Christopher Publishing House, 1953. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. 437 pages, black and white photographs throughout; blue leatherette boards with gilt titling, dust jacket with a half inch closed tear at front top edge, now in protective mylar sleeve. The biography of Alexander Jay Anderson, an early President of the University of Washington at Seattle, and first President of Marcus Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington.
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Fryin' Pan: A Ballad
by Anderson, Frank J
Spartanburg, SC: Kitemaug Press, 1977. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 64mo - up to 3" tall. Signed by Author(s). Miniature hardcover bound in denim cloth; one of about 75 copies, this being number 39; signed by the author; 2.5 x 2.5 inches; unpaginated. Book is in fine condition with no notable flaws. From the introduction: "This is a Country-Western type ballad, and is intended for singing, rather than for reading. It may be sung... Read More
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Death in the Thames
by Anderson, J.R.L
London: Victor Gollancz LTD, 1974. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 0x0x0. Red cloth with gilt titles, 8vo, 208 pages; slight lean to spine; dust jacket protected in mylar cover. A vintage copy of this, "topical mixture of industrial espionage and boating on the Thames".
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Hidden Empire (The Saga of Seven Suns, Book 1). Advance Reading Copy
by Anderson, Kevin J
Warner Books / Aspect, 2002. Paperback. Like New. Signed. Softcover ARC with cover art. Signed (name only) by Anderson on title page. Additionally signed by Anderson on letter / limitation page in which he touts his work for Star Wars, Dune, and X-Files. This is #164 or 450 copies. The series of seven books has generally been well-received, and Anderson has also written a sequel trilogy.
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Dear Dad: Letters from an Adult Child
by Anderson, Louie
Viking Adult, 1989-12-04. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 20x20x20. Signed. Inscribed by Louie Anderson with heart sticker to half-title page. First printing with full number line. Mild soiling to page edges, very light wear, a nice copy overall.
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In for a Penny
by Anderson, Oliver
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Mackey, John. Shelf worn dust jacket with heavy chipping at spine ends and sunned spine, now in protective mylar cover.
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Andrus Deals You In
by Andrus, Jerry
Portland, Oregon: Star Magic Co. Paperback. Very Good. Green softcover, photo frontispiece, most pages with line drawings of trick maneuvers, 191 pp. Inscribed by the author in 1963. Light wear to wraps, minor spine crease. Very good condition. Oregon’s best-known magician, Jerry Andrus (1918-2007) was famous for his sleight-of-hand technique. An Omni magazine article about him included a story about how he fooled a gathering of the best card magicians in the world at an informal gathering in... Read More
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Annemann's Miracles of Card Magic
by Annemann, Theodore
New York: Max Holden, 1948. Paperback. Very Good. Stapled wraps, printed in dark green on light green textured paper, 109 pp. Theodore Annemann (1907-1942) was a professional musician who specialized in mentalism and an impressive bullet-catching routine. He started at age 14 with an A.C. Gilbert magic set and progressed to an impressive career. He eventually published and contributed to the magic magazine The Jinx (1934-41) which did not continue after his death. This posthumously published... Read More
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Peter Pauper's Book of Fun
by Anonymous
Mount Vernon, New York: The Peter Pauper Press, 1963. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Eisler, Albert. 62 pages, two tone illustrations throughout; light shelf wear, clipped dust jacket with mild wear and a bit of chipping at extremities as well as a small tear at head of spine and some toning to top edge, jacket now in protective mylar cover. An attractive copy of one of the beautiful Peter Pauper Press vintage books.
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[Regional Cookbook from Idaho; no author, title, or date.]
by Anonymous
Idaho, 1950. Soft cover. Very Good. Blue paper covers with silver stenciled candle to front cover, mimeographed pages, 9" x 6", 20 single-sided pages. Special thanks to Chris Boyd of Boyd's Used and Rare Books for triangulating contributor names to identify Moscow, Idaho as the likely origin of this cookbook. Wear to yapped wraps, else very good. The most interesting contribution is for Nesselrode Pie. This pie was created in 1945 by New York baker Hortense Spier. The original recipe... Read More
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The Gentleman Angler. Containing Short, Plain and Easy Instructions, whereby the Most Ignorant Beginner May, in a Short Time, Become a Perfect Artist in Angling...Choice Receipts for Dressing Fish
by Anonymous
London: printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, at the Red-Lyon in Pater-Noster-Row, 1736. Hardcover. Good. Full calf binding with gilt lettering to spine, probably bound in the 19th century, 6-3/8" x 4", 200 pp. plus index and three pages of publisher's catalog. Wear to head and tail of spine, wear to corners, hinges reinforced with cloth, spine darkened, pages clean. Good to very good repaired condition. One of the most important fishing books of the 18th century, this also... Read More
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Three Ships in Azure
by Anthony, Irvin
Penn Publishing Company, 1926. Paperback. Very Good. Trade paperback with illustrated front cover and publisher's ads on rear panel, 8vo, 308 pp. Slight chipping to top corner of front panel, owner's inscription to first page. Unsure if this was a review copy? See J.K. Lilly "Eighty-nine Good Novels of the Sea, the Ship, and the Sailor.
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The Wine of Finvarra and Other Stories
by Antrobus, C[lara] L[ouisa]
London: Chatto & Windus, 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. First edition. Hardcover, full red cloth boards with white and green decoration to front cover, gilt lettering to spine, 7-5/8†tall, 339 pp + publisher’s ads. Minor flaking to white ruled border on front cover, minor foxing to top edge. A collection of the shorter work of C.L. Antrobus (1846-1919), four stories appear here for the first time. Antrobus wrote largely in the dialect of Lancashire.
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A Day With the Cow Column
by Applegate, Jesse
Ye Galleon Press, 1990. Paperback. New. 7x0x10. New old stock; overstock from former book distributor. One of the most fun pioneer memoirs, this edition is largely a reissue of the 1934 edition for the Caxton Club. This reminiscence, though lacking in grandhistorical facts, quite simply gives the best description of atypical day on the Oregon Trail. A review of the Northwestpublishers who have reprinted this attests to its enduringinterest: Oregon Historical Quarterly (1900), the CaxtonClub edition of 1934... Read More
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The Basic Works of Aristotle
by Aristotle; McKeon, Richard
New York: Random House, 1941. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Second printing; 4to, 1485 pages, black and white photo of bust of Aristotle at frontis. Occasional dust soiling or age spots, previous owner's bookplate in front endpaper, clipped dust jacket is rubbed and edge worn with a couple of small closed edge tears, now in protective mylar cover. A handsome copy. Large and heavy book, extra shipping charges may apply.
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George Gershwin
by Armitage, Merle
Longmans, Green & Co, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Yellow & black cloth boards, illustrated endpapers, 10-1/2" x 8", b/w plate illustrations, 252 pp. First trade edition. Slight bowing to boards, else fine. A celebration of Gershwin by a variety of contributors, beautifully designed by Armitage.
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Igor Stravinsky: A Merle Armitage Book
by Armitage, Merle; Corle, Edwin (ed.). Contributions by Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Paul Klee, Antonio Frasconi, Edward Weston; Jean Cocteau, Aaron Copland, Robert Craft, et al
Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Black cloth boards with yellow lettering under yellow DJ priced at $6, top edge stained red, illustrated endpapers, plate illustrations, 245 pp. Minor splash mark to topstain, else a near fine book; DJ has toning to spine panel, minor chipping to top corners, modest waviness to rear panel. Presents well; first trade edition. A beautiful tribute to Stravinsky, who at the time was a recent American citizen, and had... Read More
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The Great Transformation: The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions
by Armstrong, Karen
Alfred A. Knopf / Random House, 2006-03-28. hardcover. Fine/Fine. 6x1x9. Signed. Tan boards under illustrated dust jacket priced at $30.00. Second printing before publication. Inscribed by Armstrong on front endpaper. Extra postage required for international or expedited shipping.
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The Bazaar and Other Stories
by Armstrong, Martin
Jonathan Cape, 1924. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition, magenta batik boards under typographic dust jacket, 7-3/4" x 5-1/2", 287 pp. Rubbing and some wear to jacket, book itself shows minimal use. A noted author of his day, he married Conrad Aiken's ex-wife, thus becoming young Joan Aiken's stepfather.
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Faces Never Lie: The New Art of Japanese Physiognomy
by Asano, Hachiro
Rikugei Publishing House, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine under black & red dust jacket priced at $3.75. Slight wear to edges of DJ, flap clipped probably with non-US price. Face reading with a 60s twist, a time when Japanese culture was a fad in America. Most face readings in the book are of famous white people.
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