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195263871Garden City New York: Doubleday & Company Inc 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 285 p. 16 pp. photographs and illustrations. Classic account of the founding and evolution of Vitagraph Studios and Smith's many adventures turning the crank on Vitagraph films which included covering the Boer War in South Africa and filming Teddy Roosevelt at San Juan Hill in Cuba. Smith 1875-1958 an English stage magician film director and producer founded Vitagraph with his business partner James Stuart Blackton in 1897 and built the company into one of the most prolific studios of the silent era. Inscribed by Smith on the half-title. Octavo. Original blue cloth binding with burgundy titles. Mild fading along the extremities of the boards with some light edgewear and creasing to the dust jacket; otherwise very good. Inscribed by Author. Doubleday & Company, Inc hardcover books
194684Providence: Buffalo Book Company 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. 1st edition preceded only by the novel's appearance as a 3 part serial in Amazing Stories magazine. Smith's first book Just 500 copies were published Hadley's 1947 edition is a reprint. Near fine in a very good dustjacket. Ref: Anatomy of Wonder 1995 2-114 "The archetypal pulp space opera.". Although earlier snippets of science fiction imaginary voyages and futuristic military fiction touched the concept of what is now called space opera The Skylark of Space is the modern template the first significant science fiction sub-genre development since H. G. Wells and one of monumental effect encompassing among its themes the vast interstellar stage horrific alien civilizations the despotic circumstance and ongoing battles with arch-enemies possessing advanced technologies laying the baseline for the likes of Asimov's Foundation Herbert's Dune Roddenberry's Star Trek Lucas' Star Wars and all those that followed and will follow in their wake. Buffalo Book Company hardcover books
194667741Providence: Buffalo Book Co. 1946. First edition. 303 pp. Fine in very good plus dust jacket with shallow chipping along the top edge and some scattered rubbing. Providence: Buffalo Book Co. unknown books
195758631Denver CO: World Press 1957. First edition 1/500 copies signed by the author. 8vo. 234 pp. Illustrated from photographs plates. Courtright c. 1845-1887 was elected city marshal of Fort Worth Texas in 1876 serving in that capacity for eight years earning a reputation as "a fearless man of gunfighting ability" Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography. Dust jacket title: "Longhair Jim Courtright." Adams Six-Guns 2104: "The author devotes quite a few pages to Sam Bass telling about his Texas train robberies and other activities." Very good. Original cloth dust jacket illustrated with a portrait of Courtright front panel with old light splash stain spine ends frayed and tape repaired. #5767. <br/><br/> World Press hardcover books
1954030708Toronto: MacMillan Company of Canada Limited 1954. Octavo. 401pp.Illustrated with maps. Front endpapers map of the Anglo-French Frontier 1605-1760. Back endpapers North-West Europe 1940-1945. This work helps fill the gap of Canadian History with began in 1939. It was supended during WWII and was not resumed until several years agter the cessation of histilities. A very good copy bound in red cloth spine lettering gilt two corners lightly bumped. MacMillan Company of Canada Limited unknown books
199110886Vancouver: Press Gang Publishers 1991. Paperback. 40 postcards 7x5" illustrated with Stewart's erotic b&w photography very good first edition paper postcard book. Lesbian erotica with comments on the walls where the photos were exhibited: "I know that look. I've had that woman. I've been that woman. Press Gang Publishers paperback books
194659482London: Seeley Service & Co 1946. First British edition originally published in the United States at the Derrydale Press. 8vo. 207 pp. Illustrated from photographs plates line drawings stream maps. Small owner's label on front pastedown else very good. Green cloth decorated dust jacket spine darkened. #6741. <br/><br/> Seeley, Service & Co hardcover books
194619285London: Seeley Service & Co. 1946. Numerous b/w illustrations including frontispiece. 207 pp. Hardcover. 8vo size. Green cloth. Gilt lettering to spine. Extremities lightly worn and foxed; head heel and corners bumped; spine sunned; former ownerÕs bookplate to front fixed endpaper; very light scattered interior pencil markings. Else interior clean and tight. Very good-/No dust jacket. Seeley, Service & Co. hardcover books
2010181240San Francisco: Mellow Cat Press 2010. Paperback. 122p. introduction first edition inscription on title page signed as "The Master Story Teller" very good trade paperback in pictorial wraps decorated with color photoportraits of author. Tate was born in NOLA in 1948. Served 8 years on a 15 year sentence in Angola. Moved to California and ended up in a Zen Hospice where he wrote this self-published autobiographical novel. Mellow Cat Press paperback books
19788522bdNew York: Charles Scribner’s Sons 1978. Quarto black cloth & gray boards hardcover red letters bottom edge red 602 pp. Fine in a Fine mylar protected dust jacket. From dust jacket: Now available in one volume for the first time the highly acclaimed American Military Equipage 1851 - 1872 is a handsomely illustrated solidly researched reference work that describes what the American soldier sailor and marine wore and carried during a signal period in U. S. History. Any study of the military dress and equipment of the Civil War must necessarily include the ten years prior to the conflict since it was in those years that the basic styles evolved as well as the several years following the war when the vast stocks of clothing and accouterments on hand were still being worn. Yet the period 1851 - 1872 has a validity all its own and witnessed trends in dress and armament quite distinct from the years on either side; its terminal dates are important signposts in the history of American military uniform arms and equipment -- far more so than the beginning and end of the Civil War itself. Charles Scribner’s Sons, (1978). hardcover books
8523bdChatham Square Press Inc. 1983. Quarto black cloth & gray boards hardcover red letters bottom edge red 1331 pp. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. From dust jacket: A product of many years of painstaking research by Frederick P. Todd and other noted military historians this handsomely illustrated solidly researched reference work describes in detail what the American soldier sailor and marine wore and carried during a signal period in U. S. history. hardcover books
197825762Fallbrook CA: Aero Publishers. Fine in Fine dj. c.1978. First Edition. Hardcover. a nice as-new copy with no significant wear to either book or jacket. B&W photographs "This is the true story of Hanns-Joachim Scharff who was the master interrogator of the Allied fighter pilots captured by the Germans in World War II. This Luftwaffe intelligence officer gained a reputation among his contemporaries superiors and with Reichmarschall Goring himself as the man who magically was able to get the answers he had to have from captured Allied fighter pilots. The magic spell used by Hanns Scharff made prisoners talk even though they were conditioned to remain silent. His methods broke down barriers to effectively that after the war the U.S. Air Force invited him to lecture senior officers at the Pentagon on POW interrogation." After settling in the U.S. he became a prominent creator and manufacturer of mosaic art and furniture. NOTE that additional shipping charges will be requested for international shipping of this moderately heavy book or for Priority Mail service to U.S. destinations. If this concerns you please contact us for a shipping quote before placing your order. . Aero Publishers hardcover books
19831336116Goleta CA: Goleta Valley Historical Society and the Institute for American Research 1983. 15/500. Hardcover. Octavo; VG-; pp 104; black spine with gilt text; no jacket; signed limited copies; this is 15 of 500; cloth has minor wear to exterior; strong boards; text block exterior edges show light wear; frontispiece; illustrated; tight binding; signed by Walker Tompkins. 1336116. FP New Rockville Stock. Goleta Valley Historical Society and the Institute for American Research hardcover books
19791311545New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc 1979. Concise Nal Edition. Softcover. Octavo; VG/Wraps; Black spine with white text; Moderate shelf wear to covers slight crease at front corner; Binding tight; Text block clean; 144 pp. 1311545. FP New Rockville Stock. Harry N. Abrams, Inc unknown books
1972JC9495New York et al: Harper & Row 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Cloth-backed paper over boards; dust jacket; 8vo; pp. viii 2 149. Some light rubbing at spine tips and along edges of boards; postage stamp from Pakistan affixed to FFEP otherwise internally clean and unmarked. Dust jacket lightly chipped and torn along the edges; spine somewhat darkened. An excellent working copy with facing Chinese and English translations. <br/><br/> Harper & Row hardcover books
197573334New York: Pantheon Books 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. The author's final book. "Drawing upon the ancient resources of Lao-tzu Chuang-tzu the Kuan-tzu book and the I Ching as well as the modern studies of Joseph Needham Lin Yutang and Arthur Waley to name a few Watts has written a basic textbook on Taoism in his inimitable style documented with many examples from the literature and illustrated with Chinese characters." Octavo: 134 p. Original cream cloth binding with black titles and blind-stamped designs. Previous owner's small watercolor signature to the front flyleaf. The dust jacket a bit toned more so along the spine and folds with some minor soiling and edgewear; else about very good. Pantheon Books hardcover books
1914212373Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1914. Hardcover. xviii 103p. author's introduction scenes characters people Gibson-family genealogical bookplate on front pastedown endpaper generic inscription signed by Wiggin followed by a personal gift inscription to Helen Mears signed by Mrs. David Mears dated April 1926. Mild external wear and aging front hinge lightly cracked a good first edition of the play version in gray-green decorated boards and dark green cloth backing bright gilt titles on spine. Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
198664494Canberra: Australian War Memorial 1986. Second Edition. Trade paperback. Very good. Numerous textual photographs. Canberra: Australian War Memorial 1986. Second edition revised and condensed by Jeff Williams and Anthony Staunton. Original paper wrappers. A crisp and clean copy. Australian War Memorial unknown books
19464450NY: Greenberg 1946. First printing of this ‘Newly Revised and Enlarged’ edition. 226 pp. Very good plus in like dust jacket darkened at spine and extrems. NY: Greenberg unknown books
198742947New York: Farrar Straus Giroux 1987. Hardcover. 245p. very good first US editon first printing stated in quarter-cloth boards and unclipped dj. Farrar Straus Giroux hardcover books
195725715London: Secker & Warburg. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. 1957. 1st U.K. edition. Hardcover. a couple of tiny spots on top edge of text block no other significant wear; jacket just lightly rubbed. Novel about a young man in the Baltics who is caught up in the passions and events of the Russian Civil War between the White Russians and the Bolsheviks that broke out following the October Revolution of 1918. Originally published in French in 1939 it was filmed by German director Volker Schlöndorff in 1976 the film's title was "Der Fangschuß". . Secker & Warburg hardcover books
196873791Pasadena California: California Institute of Technology 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Emil Herzog's set with his ink signature to the front flyleaf in the first volume. A pioneering work based on extensive research conducted at Caltech and Palomar Observatory. While the delineation of the clusters on the 48-inch Palomar Schmidt plates was Zwicky's work all the measurements of the tens of thousands of individual galaxies were Herzog's: photographing each field with the 18-inch Palomar Schmidt measuring coordinates and preparing finding charts. In addition he determined the apparent magnitudes of the brighter galaxies by schraffier guided plates and a flyspanker. For the fainter objects where the schraffier images were too washed out to be manageable he found that his nearsightedness made schraffier images unnecessary. His familiarity with the 48-inch Schmidt plates led him to be one of the first to be aware of the character of the large-scale distribution of galaxies. Later the Swiss-born Herzog 1917-98 taught astronomy at the University of Southern California and mathematics at Cal Poly Pomona serving as department chair from 1974 to 1980. Quarto six volumes. Original blue buckram bindings with gilt titles. Mild fading to the spines with a small spot to the front board of the first volume; otherwise a very good set. California Institute of Technology hardcover books
