Salem, MA: Naumkeag Steam Cotton Co., 1931. Pamphlet. Two booklets. The Story booklet is 32 nicely illustrated pages with an example of unprocessed cotton fixed to the title page and two examples of the cloth final product fixed to the rear cover. The Question and Answer booklet is five pages..... More
Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1953. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Biography of General Stephen Perry Jocelyn, 1843-1920, written by his son. 436 pages with many black and white photographs and index, including a fold out panoramic photograph of Stites, Idaho where the battle of Clearwater took place with the..... More
New York: Ballantine / Del Rey [1985 1986], 1985. First edition. Paperback. A fine and bright complete set; 1] Wanted: A Fairy Godfather; 2] Mr. O'Malley and the Haunted House; 3] Jackeen J. O'Malley for Congress; 4] Mr. O'Malley Goes for the Gold; 5] Mr. O'Malley, Wizard of Wall Street;..... More
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1899. Seventh edition. Hardcover. Part I, Theory of Framed Structures; 15 chapters on roof-trusses, bridge-trusses with uniform loads, bridge trusses with wheel loads, latteral truss systems, beams and continuous girders, bending stesses, suspension bridges, swing bridges, etc. Part II, Structural Designing; 14 chapters on..... More
Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1914. Everett Shinn. First edition. Hardcover. Sixteen illustrated plates by Shinn. Bound in original gree cloth with lettering stamped in gilt and border and design stamped in blind. A very good plus copy, without the dust jacket. More
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1988. Second printing. Hardcover. One of the nation's armed forces, the Coast Guard has never come under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense, and most of its ships and aircraft remain unarmed. This comprehensive history also includes sensational tales of search-and-rescue missions plus technical..... More
New York: Pantheon Books / Random House, Inc., 2010. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Johnson on the title page. A wide-ranging, meticulous, and bracing account of recent U.S. financial history within the context of previous showdowns between American democracy and Big Finance. Fine in fine dust jacket. Appears as new..... More
London;: Sherwood, Jones, 1823. Second edition. Hardcover. "A description of pointers and setters, etc. as well as of those birds which are the objects of pursuit." A sampling of the chapter titles are, The Dog, The Grouse, The Pheasant, The Hare, Breeding Pointers & Setters, Diseases of Dogs, Training Dogs..... More
New York, N.Y. Dial Books for Young Readers. 1991. Clifton-Dey, Richard. First edition. Hardcover. Breathtaking paintings, state-of-the-art pop-ups, and actual NASA photographs take you on a voyage from Mercury to the farthest reaches of our solar system. Barely visible remainder mark on bottom, else fine in original shrink wrap... More
New York: Lippincott, 1966. Edward Gorey. First edition. Hardcover. Toledano B28. A fine and bright copy in very good plus dust jacket with light edgewear. More
New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1967. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine in fine dust jacket with just a hint of rubbing. More
Seattle, WA: U.S. Department of Energy/OIT Geo-Heat Utilization Center/Oregon Department of Energy, 1980. Soft cover. 115 pages with diagrams, illustrations, glossary, and references. Bound in brown stiff paper covers with lettering and illustration in black and white. A fine and bright, as new copy. More
New York: Arco Publishing Company, Inc., 1981. First edition. Hardcover. A history of private gold coins, and a complete and comprehensive catalog of private gold coins listing every known issue, its date, denomination, edge characteristics, wight, rarity, brief description , and photograph. 406 pages. Fine in fine, bright dust jacket..... More
Philadelphia: American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1948. Soft cover. 271 pages plus 12 pages of various publishers' ads in the rear. Bound in salmon colored stiff paper cover lettered in black. A very good plus copy. More
New York: Bonanza Books, 1957. First Bonanza edition, first printing. Hardcover. A history of the bay presenting in a pictorial style. 195 pages with index. Map endpapers. Small name stamp on the front endpaper. Fine in fine dust jacket. More
Kansas City, MO: Pop-Up Press, 1997. Rowe, John. First edition. Hardcover. Glossy illustrated boards in the shape of a cigar box. Tells the history of, the making of, and categorization of cigars with pop-up and lift-the-flaps. The book also discusses cigar accouterments, labels, symbols, etc. Many quotes throughout by well..... More
London: J.A. Allen & Company, 1964. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Brown/black silk cloth covered boards with title in gilt on spine and front panel. 196 pages of text and photographs. Very fine in fine and bright dust jacket. A superb copy. More
New York {1941}: American Artists Group. Kent, Rockwell. Hardcover. Black and white illustrations on nearly every page. Near fine with light toning in very good plus dust jacket with light toning and edgewear. More
New York: Grove Press, 2000. First US edition, first printing. Hardcover. Translated from the Germany and edited by Charles Kessler. Introduction by Ian Buruma. A fine and bright copy. Appears unread. More
New York: Engineering News Publishing, 1906. Second edition, enlarged. Hardcover. First thousand. The calculation of stresses in framed structures and of mill building construction. Describes the methods of construction and the material used, together with a brief treatment of mill building design, and the making of estimates of weight and..... More
Garden City, NY: Anchor Books / Doubleday & Company, 1974. First edition, first printing. Paperback. Anchor book number A921, with $2.95 cover price. Cover illustration by Jim Cook. The usual production crinkle along the spine, else a fine gently read copy. More
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1847. First edition. Hardcover. Foldout frontis of the Gorgon. 112 pages with 16 plates, some as foldouts, plus folded chart in the rear. Chart has been repaired with Japanese paper. Bound in quarter leather over marbled paper covered boards. Spine and hinges have been professionally..... More
New York: PublicAffairs, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Khan on the title page. One tiny bump to the lower corner, else fine in fine and bright dust jacket. Appears as new. More
New York: Heritage Press, 1946. Arthur Szyk. Hardcover. Illustrated with eight color plates by Arthur Szyk. Unpaginated. Bound in original blue cloth backed spine over cream colored, illustrated in blue, paper covered boards. Light fade to the blue cloth on the spine. A near fine bright copy within the original..... More
New York, N.Y. Simon and Schuster, 1960. King, Alexander. First edition. Hardcover. Color illustrations for slipcase and frontispiece and line drawings by Alexander King. 176 pages. Slight rubbing to spine else fine. Black slipcase has slight fade to spine end, a mild corner bump on bottom, and a light 3"..... More
