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196717281967. Softcover. VG. Wraps. 28 pp. 16 bw repros. Catalogue lists 93 works. Insightful essay by "R.J.W." paperback books
1942008466The Author 1942. A young boy's scrapbook of the 1942 baseball season containing pages of meticulous handwritten box scores letters observationsstatistics etc along with newspaper clippings and the Oct. 8 1942 Sporting News newspaper. A unique album the work of a statitics-obsessed and rabid Brooklyn Dodgers young fan. . Binder. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The Author Paperback books
1969005440Garden City: Doubleday & Co. 1969. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR and 60's cultural phenomenon Tiny Tim on verso of front end page - "To Miss Peggy Happy Reading Tiny Tim" in red ink and accompanied by an utterly charming drawing by Tiny Tim of a woman reading. Laid in is a letter establishing the provenance dated 6-21-69 and sent from Seattle which reads - "Yesterday morning I was in the Union Book Store buying up all the Camus & Sartre when I heard someone say "Guess who's in the store ! Tiny Tim ! ". I thought to myself- this is surely a put-on however I'll go see. Sure enough there he was autographing these strange little books. Thought maybe you'd get a kick out of one of them Miss Peggy. After autographing books for awhile he sang "Stout-hearted Man". If this fellow isn't a put-on he's probably one of the world's truly nice-guys. Anyway it made for a fantastic morning. I felt like a little kid standing there watching listening talking and utterly enjoying every minute of it. Have fun with the book. signed Dave ps on verso of letter "Stout-hearted Man" I swear it's true. Even his manager just about broke up when he started singing it." RARE SIGNED and especially with such an endearing provenance. Book is Fine in a Near Fine price-clipped dust jacket. Tiny Tim the performance alias of Herbert Khaury 1932-1996 became a culturlal phenomenon with his 1967 appearance on Rowan and Martin's "Laugh-In". After appearing several more times on that show he became best known for his appearances on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" marrying his 17 year-old girlfriend "Miss Vicki" on Carson's show in 1969. His star began to wane after he toured the country in 1970 his tour making him good money but then being the truly nice and naive person he was he was fleeced by his business associates. Nonetheless he continued to tour and perform in ever smaller venues up until the time of his death in 1996. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR and with the letter a unique and lovely bit of 60's memorabilia. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Frazier Hauge. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Doubleday & Co. Hardcover books
198723450NY: American Numismatic Society. Fine. 1987. Paperback. 0897222210 . Illustrated. First edition paperback. Fine in oversized pictorial wraps. . American Numismatic Society paperback books
189720708Chino CA: E.C. Hamilton 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 244 pp indexed and illustrated ca. 20 unnumbered pages of interesting ads at the end. Bound in plain no titles black cloth that seems to have clear glue on it not sticky -- possibly from someone having affixed a paper cover to it in the past. This theory is supported by the presence of a bit of paper residue on the back cover. No dust jacket. Internally clean and sound. Signature of Lamont E. Hill on title page. Includes detailed description of procedures and apparatus for analyzing sugar contents of different forms of the sugar beet including wet and pressed pulp diffusion juice thin juices sweet waters thick juice syrups and massecuites and sugars. The author worked as a chemist at the Chino Valley Sugar Beet Co. E.C. Hamilton hardcover books
182330273at end: Mexico 11 June 1823. Small 4to 21 cm; 8.125". 2 ff. <br><br>In response to the pocket rebellion in Oaxaca Minister Lucas Alaman explains the nature and necessity of the rule of law and the supremacy of the national constitution.<br>Â Â Â Â No copy located via WorldCat or NUC. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Not in Sutro. Removed from a nonce volume. Inner margins a bit irregular. unknown books
1938006990Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1938. SCARCE -SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to W.A Ferguson inscription dated May 19 1939 - " for Ferguson and his Panaca CCC outfit S.C.S.- Nev.-3 with great respect. Russ Lord". The Civilian Conservation Corp was established by Congress March 31 1933 as part of Pres. Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal as a way to provide jobs for young unemployed men during the Great Depression. The Panaca Nevada "outfit" built the water tower at Cathedral Gorge State park among other projects in the area. Near Fine top edge a bit dusty in a Very Good dust jacket old tape mends spine faded. Introduction by William Allen White 310 pp. including bibliography illustrated with more than 30 black and white photos mostly credited to named individuals who were part of the SCS Soil Conservation Service . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Houghton Mifflin Hardcover books
198950247Minneapolis: Coffee House Press 1989. 8vo pp. 8 130 6; blue pictorial paper wrappers fine. Inscribed by Agee on title page. "For Marie- Keep the heart bending flexible loving." <br/><br/> Coffee House Press unknown books
19976598NY: Simon & Schuster. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 0684841800 . Illustrated. First printing. Fine in a very near fine short closed tear at the top of the front panel mended on the verso with clear adhesive tape dust jacket. . Simon & Schuster hardcover books
1954Embry 178382State Historical Society of Colorado 1954. First edition. Small inked name else fine. Illus. by Harry G. Miller Jr. Olive wraps printed in brown. State Historical Society of Colorado, 1954. First edition. paperback books
194022484New York: Doubleday Doran 1940. First edition 8vo pp. viii 2 390; bookplate; fine copy in a slightly chipped dust-jacket with loss to two letters of Lewis's name at the top of the spine. <br/><br/> Doubleday Doran unknown books
1932006992Chicago and New York: M.A. Donohue & Co. 1932. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED at front end page - "The great 'Beyond' and other places South of Hoboken- Beer and Skittles Alan Innes-Taylor" and "From one deep-sea diver to another Charles L. Kessler" and additionally SIGNED AND INSCRIBED at half-title page -"The top of the world with City of New York Wm. W. Darling" along with rubber-stamped "Byrd's South Pole Ship / A Century of Progress / 1933". The author lists Kessler as seaman and helmsman Innes-Taylor as dog-man and chief in handling and attending to the health and well-being of the sled dogs. Darling is described as a fireman and a hard worker and "The City of New York" was Byrd's flagship for the expedition. A great ASSOCIATION COPY given the personalization of the inscriptions seemingly presented to a fellow expedition member who almost certainly is Dr. Dana Coman medical director on the expedition as this title came with 2 other titles definitely from Coman's collection. The book is Very Good in the original green cloth stamped in gilt front board and spine with faint image of ship stamped front board and a penguin to spine illustrated with black and white photos. . A few marginal marks and notations in ink most notably at Coman's bio p. 229 where the notation reads "Oh ! that there were more poets in this funny old world". With two parts of the dust wrapper laid in comprising most of the front wrapper and roughly half of the rear hence wrapper is Good only. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy. M.A. Donohue & Co. Hardcover books
194841244Minneapolis & St. Paul: The Ampersand Club 1948. Edition ltd. to 650 copies slim 8vo 6 & 28pp. fine copy in orig. brown cloth paper labels. Commencement address at Montana State University 1942. Inscribed by the author to Tremaine McDowell with another slip laid in addressed to Tremaine from Paul Hillestad dated 10-28-48. <br/><br/> The Ampersand Club hardcover books
194839163Minneapolis & St. Paul: Ampersand Club 1948. Edition ltd. to 650 copies slim 8vo 6 & 28pp. fine copy in orig. brown cloth paper labels. Commencement address at Montana State University 1942. Inscribed by the author to Carl Jones designating in manuscript this copy as "Copy 1" <br/><br/> Ampersand Club hardcover books
19481475Minneapolis & St. Paul: Ampersand Club 1948. Edition ltd. to 650 copies slim 8vo pp. 6 28; fine copy in orig. brown cloth paper labels and a chipped cellophane jacket. Commencement address at Montana State University 1942. <br/><br/> Ampersand Club hardcover books
193728737Montreal 1937. First edition; 8vo; pp. xxvii 3 238 1; facsimiles throughout; pages mostly unopened. Very good in original paper wrappers which are separated from the signatures but intact. Text in French. <br/><br/> unknown books
199247443New York & Minneapolis: The Typophiles and Minn. Center for Book Arts 1992. First edition limited to 850 copies 200 of them for the Minnesota Center for Book Arts 12mo pp. 94 2; fine in original brown cloth and glassine. Edited and designed by Abe Lerner and printed at the Stinehour Press. Typophile Chap Book 60. Co-published by the Minnesota Center for Book Arts. <br/><br/> The Typophiles and Minn. Center for Book Arts hardcover books
188952924St. Paul: Pioneer Press Printing Co 1889. 8vo pp. 42; original printed brown wrappers; fine. McGill 1840-1905 a Republican was the tenth Governor of Minnesota from January 5 1887 to January 9 1889. <br/><br/> Pioneer Press Printing Co unknown books
189540476St. Paul: Pioneer Press Co. 1895. 8vo 23 cm 9". 75 pp. 2 plates. <br><br>Statistics on equipment food machinery tools livestock buildings and patients including the types of mental illnesses place of birth age cause of death etc. The data on diet very interesting.<br>Â Â Â Â The two plates are half-tone photographs of the exterior of the hospital and its fore-ground area. Original printed wrappers front one with area of chipping and loss of paper. Very good. Pioneer Press Co. unknown books
189740475St. Paul: Pioneer Press Co. 1897. 8vo 23 cm 9". 79 pp. fold. table. <br><br>Statistics on equipment food machinery tools livestock buildings and patients including the types of mental illnesses place of birth age cause of death etc. The data on diet very interesting. Original printed wrappers front one with areas of chipping and loss of paper. Very good. Pioneer Press Co. unknown books
1943M7488no city:: The Wyoming State Board of Health 1943. 1943. 8vo. 140 pp. Numerous charts and tables. Ownership signature of Margaret Jones. Printed wrappers. Very good. The Wyoming State Board of Health, (1943). unknown books
1968316471968. Softcover. VG. White stapled wraps. Unpaginated. Profuse bw plates. Features large-scale collographs woodcuts intaglios reliefs serigraphs and etchings. unknown books
197427821Washington: the Commission 1974. Paperback. viii 117p. 8.5x11 inches preface background summary conclusions findings recommendationsappendixes facsimile documents very good paperback report in yellow pictorial wraps. the Commission paperback books
1995129845Tempe Arizona US; Hannover Germany: Arizona State University at Tempe; Kestner-Gesellschaft 1995. Softcover. VG has original price sticker on back cover. Black wraps with color illus.; 96 pp.; 152 color and bw plates and figures. Text in English and German; Accompanied an exhibition at the United States Pavilion 46th Venice Biennale 11 June - 15 October 1995 and 3 other locations/times. Includes several essays selected works a biography and selected bibliography. Arizona State University at Tempe; Kestner-Gesellschaft paperback books
1905008992Greensboro North Carolina: Charles L. Van Noppen 1905. SCARCE. #312 of 750 registered and numbered sets. this set with the ownership signatures in Vol. I of Joseph Hyde Pratt noted North Carolina mineralologist geologist conservationist state and local civic leader and WWI hero. SCARCE in this limited eduion 8 volumes bound in dark brown crushed morocco gilt seal of the state front covers floral gilt borders front covers and spines top edges gilt marbled end papers. Very Good toning mainly associated with tissue guards chips to heads of spines of Vols. IV VI and VIII rubbing mainly at spinesand corners. A quite handsome set with distinguished North Carolina provenance. This heavy and oversize set will require additional postage for anything beyond media mail- please inquire. . Limited and Numbered First Edition. Crushed Morocco. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Charles L. Van Noppen hardcover books
