Houston, TX: Houston Geological Society, 1953. Comb binding. A guidebook for field trips during the convention presenting informative vistas of Gulf Coast geology. 168 pages with section, illustrations, maps, directions, mileages, etc, plus folded map in the rear pocket. Bound in maroon pebbled limp covers with red comb binding. Printed... More about AAPG, SEPM, SEG, JOINT ANNUAL MEETING, HOUSTON, TEXAS, MARCH, 1953; GUIDEBOOK, FIELD TRIP ROUTES,...

Privately Published [Albert Smith, Altera Corperation], 1995. Albert Smith. First edition. Hardcover. Assumed to be one of the 150 copy gallery edition, numbered A/P and signed by Smith. Also inscribed on the title page by Smith; "to Jim and Mary - a bit of Sunny California - Love Albert." Bound... More about CALIFORNIA VISTAS; A COLLECTION OF TEN PAINTINGS

Lakewood, CO: Centipede Press, 2011. J.K. Potter. First edition thus, first printing. Hardcover. A collection of twenty-six stories by Wagner. Edited by Stephen Jones. Introduction by Peter Straub. Afterword by David Drake. Illustrated by J.K. Potter. Lower corner bumped, else fine in fine and bright dust jacket. An as new..... More about WALK ON THE WILD SIDE; THE BEST HORROR STORIES OF KARL EDWARD WAGNER, VOLUME TWO

New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1978. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. A valuable reference for professional mining geologists and engineers. 696 pages with photographs, tables, figures, references and index. Short marker strike on the front endpaper. Near fine in very good dust jacket with several tiny edge tears. More about EXPLORATION AND MINING GEOLOGY

Lynchburg, VA: TLC Publishing, 2002. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Combines the fascinating story of these trains and their creators with a marvelous collection of photographs, diagrams, and promotional material. 118 pages with bibliography and notes.Map endpapers. Bound in illustrated laminated boards. A fine and bright copy, issued without dust jacket. More about BURLINGTON ROUTE; THE EARLY ZEPHYRS

Sauk City, WI: Arkham House; Publishers, 1967. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Collects all new stories by Robert Aikman, Joseph Payne Brennan, William Hope Hodgson, H.P. Lovecraft, Donald Wandrei, and others. 2486 copies printed. Jaffrey, The Arkham House Companion, #98. Bookplate on the front endpaper. Fine in very good plus dust jacket. More about TRAVELLERS BY NIGHT

Boston, MA: Little, Brown, and Company, 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. A collection of six strange Japanese stories, three essays on Japanese studies, and seven essays on what seem to be personal experiences and insights. Bound in dark blue cloth with stunning illustrations of lillies in lighter shades of blue to... More about SHADOWINGS

Fairfield, WA: Ye Galleon Press, 1985. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Map endpapers. 255 pages with photographs and maps. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket. An as new copy. More about RAILROADING IN SOUTHERN OREGON AND THE FOUNDING OF MEDFORD

New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1951. Seventh edition, tenth printing. Hardcover. The subjects covered in Volume I are Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts, and Oxides; Volume II are, Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, etc.; Volume III, Silica Minerals. A total of 1292 pages with numerous tables... More about THE SYSTEM OF MINERALOGY OF JAMES DWIGHT DANA AND EDWARD SALISBURY DANA, YALE UNIVERSITY...

Chicago: Reilly & Lee [copyright 1923]. John R. Neill. Later printing. Hardcover. Printed about 1948. Referenced in Bienvenue; L. Frank Baum, page 105. Printed endpapers. 32 page gatherings with stitching between pages 80-81, 112-113, and 144-145. Spine imprint in "semi script." Bound in original gray cloth with color illustrated paper... More about THE COWARDLY LION OF OZ

Buffalo, NY: Weirdbook Press, 1984. Stephen E. Fabian. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Of a total of 1500 copies printed, this is one of 300 copies bound in hardcover. A hint of bumping to the upper corners, else fine in fine and bright dust jacket with short closed tear to the rear panel. More about PULPTIME; BEING A SINGULAR ADVENTURE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, H.P. LOVECRAFT, AND THE KALEM CLUB, AS...

Yellowstone Park, WY: C.A. Hamilton [early 1920's]. Postcards. The Asahel Curtis color tinted photo post cards were commissioned by the Northern Pacific Railway Co. "Asahel Curtis (1874-1941) was a photographer based in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. His career included documentation of the Klondike Gold Rush period..... More about 50 YELLOWSTONE PARK VIEWS

Glasgow and London: Blakie and Son, 1860. First edition. Hardcover folio. Eighty four pages of text with woodcuts, plus all twenty dimensional diagram plates in the rear. Plate numbers begin with XXXI, a continuation of the series in the author's work on Railway Machinery, issued in 1855 in thirty parts... More about RECENT PRCTICE IN THE LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE: (BEING A SUPPLEMENT TO "RAILWAY MACHINERY,")...