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190980320New York: G. W. Dillingham Company Publishers 1909. Octavo pp. 3-8 9-317 318-322: blank note: text complete despite gap in pagination; last two leaves are blanks original sage green cloth front and spine panels stamped in black. An early reprint issued without the illustrations by Louis F. Grant advertised on the title page. Adventure novel of a search for hidden treasure on a small island in the Pacific. Hubin 1994 p. 186. Not in Smith. A bit of damp staining to upper corner tips and last few pages of text else a nice copy in very good decorated dust jacket with some soiling and sunned spine panel. An uncommon title even in reprint especially in jacket. #80320 G. W. Dillingham Company Publishers unknown books
1925156823New York: Chelsea House 1925. Octavo pp. 1-11 12-249 250: blank 251: ad 252-256: blank note: first two and last two leaves used as front and rear paste-downs and free endpapers original dark green cloth front and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition. A presentation copy with signed inscription by Cook on the front free endpaper: "Dr. G. B. Gesner / With best wishes / from / William Wallace Cook / Christmas 1925." A race around the world in futuristic space going aircraft. Bleiler Science-Fiction: The Early Years 479. Clareson Science Fiction in America 1870s-1930s 189. Bleiler 1978 p. 48. Reginald 03449. Gold lettering on spine panel very dull page edges tanned a very good copy. #156823 Chelsea House unknown books
192590259New York: Chelsea House 1925. Octavo pp. 1-11 12-249 250: blank 251: ad 252-256: blank note: first two and last two leaves used as front and rear paste-downs and free endpapers original dark blue cloth front and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition. A race around the world in futuristic space going aircraft. Bleiler Science-Fiction: The Early Years 479. Clareson Science Fiction in America 1870s-1930s 189. Bleiler 1978 p. 48. Reginald 03449. Gold lettering on spine panel very dull a very good copy in very good four-color pictorial dust jacket with shallow chip from top edge of spine panel 10 mm closed tear and several associated wrinkles at top edge of front panel and internal staining with faint show through on front panel. Still an attractive example of this colorful jacket. #90259 Chelsea House unknown books
1925109886New York: Chelsea House 1925. Octavo pp. 1-11 12-249 250: blank 251: ad 252-256: blank note: first two and last two leaves used as front and rear paste-downs and free endpapers original dark green cloth front panel and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition. A race around the world in futuristic space going aircraft. Bleiler Science-Fiction: The Early Years 479. Clareson Science Fiction in America 1870s-1930s 189. Bleiler 1978 p. 48. Reginald 03449. Gold lettering on spine panel dull else a fine copy in very good four-color pictorial dust jacket with light edge wear shallow chipping along bottom edge of front panel mostly at corner and several short closed tears along flap folds. An attractive example of this colorful and fairly uncommon jacket. #109886 Chelsea House unknown books
1978149829New York: Arno Press 1978. Octavo original pictorial wrappers. First hardcover edition. Text offset from that of the Street & Smith 1926 paperbound edition. This novel first published in ARGOSY in 1904 is a notable satire of both Arctic exploration and the lost race motif. Anatomy of Wonder 1981 1-47. Bleiler Science-Fiction: The Early Years 465. Clareson Science Fiction in America 1870s-1930s 190. Bleiler 1978 p. 48. Reginald 03350. A fine copy without dust jacket as issued. #149829 Arno Press unknown books
2174985New York: Street & Smith. Trade Paperback. Good. Minor loss from spine head & foot pages toned. We have more books available by this author!. 300 18 pp. A detective novel published by Street & Smith which specialized in dime novels and pulp fiction in the mid- to late- 19th and early 20th century. New York: Street & Smith paperback books
2174984New York: Street & Smith. Trade Paperback. Good. Wrappers rubbed with minor loss from spine head & foot pages toned. We have more books available by this author!. 272 14 pp. A detective novel published by Street & Smith which specialized in dime novels and pulp fiction in the mid- to late- 19th and early 20th century. New York: Street & Smith paperback books
192518757New York: Chelsea House 1925. 1st edition Bleiler Rev p.48; Reginald 03349. Dark green cloth w/gold lettering in dust jacket. VG top edge lightly foxed/Gd edges chipped w/ a few small sections chipped away/spine& rear panel lightly foxed. 249 3 pp. Crown 8vo. <br/><br/> Chelsea House hardcover books
2011196722no place: XLibris 2011. Trade Paperback. 261p. wraps. Signed by the author. "Autographed Copy" sticker to front cover XLibris paperback books
190913365Portland: L. H. Nelson Company 1909. First Edition. Near Fine. oblong 7.75x10in; 32 pp. Unpaginated 45 images and illustrations 22 relating to Cook and 23 relating to Peary with long narrative captions map on inside front cover detailing both routes to the North Pole; Cream stiff paper covers with black border around illustration of ice field sailing ship blue background and white lettering on front and oval images of Cook and Peary; Some age toning to paper covers no tears chips or missing pieces. This souvenir pamphlet appears to have been produced quickly from images and illustrations on file. The publishing company is located in Portland Maine which is where Peary has his home. The narrative states that Cook achieved the North Pole on April 21 1908 and Peary on April 6 1909. At this time there was no controversy on who actually achieved the North Pole just a celebration that two Americans "nailed" the Pole. L. H. Nelson Company books
198226873New York: Pantheon Books 1982. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Hardbound volume in dustwrapper. First US edition. 351 pp. Illustrated with many color photographs. Translated adapted and with Editor's Notes by Philip and Mary Hyman. Short prior owner inscription else a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Pantheon Books hardcover books
19501892San Gabriel Ca 1950. About very good. 18 leaves printed rectos only. Original pictorial wrappers stapled at top edge. Rear cover detached light chipping and wear to wrappers. Internally clean. "Recipes contributed by the Women of La Casa de San Gabriel A Christian Community Center." A charming and unrecorded mimeographed cook book prepared by the La Casa de San Gabriel community center which is still an active entity today. Recipes include guacamole chile con carne tostadas home made tortillas and "Tacos Ungaros Hungarian tacos" among others. unknown books
19151888American Falls Id 1915. Good. 891pp. plus three blank leaves for manuscript notes. Narrow octavo. Original brown printed wrappers. Covers worn and chipped lightly soiled separated from text block. Outer leaves a bit chipped some light scattered soiling. Final three leaves with manuscript recipes. Unrecorded community cook book for the Ladies' Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church in American Falls Idaho. The preface contains a list of contributors though individual recipes are not identified with a specific woman. In addition to the usual range of meat cheese soups vegetable bread and dessert recipes this work includes sections on "Canning and Drying Vegetables" and "Meat Canning Recipes." These speak to the slightly frontier nature of living in southeastern Idaho at the start of the twentieth century. At the time American Falls was a town of about 1000 people. Local ads are interspersed throughout. Not in OCLC. unknown books
19201945Chicago 1920. About very good. 4132pp. plus chromolithographic plate. Original light grey cloth cover printed in black. Extremities rubbed minor soiling. Contemporary ownership inscription on front flyleaf. Text moderately but evenly tanned some minor wear. A scarce community cook book compiled by the East End Circle Woman's Guild for the benefit of the First Congregational Church in Wilmette. Wilmette is a small village north of Chicago perched on the shore of Lake Michigan. The volume opens with "Suggestions for First Course and moves on through soups fish meats vegetables salads a variety of baked goods and desserts pickles and preserves egg dishes cheese dishes and more. There is a section for "Entrees and Vegetarian Dishes" as well as "Chafing Dish Recipes" and "Fireless Cooker Recipes." Local advertisements are interspersed throughout and the color plate is an ad for Swans Down Cake Flour. Four copies in OCLC at the Library of Congress Harvard University of Denver and the University of Chicago. unknown books
19111767Puebla 1911. About very good. 3-547pp. Small octavo. Original green cloth spine gilt. Split in cloth at front hinge spine ends worn corners rubbed. Light soiling and wear to cloth. Front flyleaf cut away. Later ink ownership inscription on front pastedown and final leaf. Text lightly toned some scattered foxing. "Segunda edicion" of this scarce and extensive cook book first published in 1905. The current edition has been revised corrected and updated with more than 300 additional recipes. The verso of the introduction is adorned with a handsome wood cut of an opulent meal at table. The volume is filled with a wide variety of recipes for papas tortillas huevos lenguas sopas lomos salsas pastels and more. Presumably a popular manual for family dining the first edition is very scarce with only two copies listed in OCLC; of this edition we locate fewer than ten copies. unknown books
19091908Medford Or 1909. Very good. 2544pp. With blank leaves for manuscript notes. Original printed wrappers cloth spine. Light wear and soiling minor soiling to title page. A scarce and substantial regional cook book published by the women of St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Medford Oregon. Recipes are divided into categories most listing the contributor. The volume contains a wide array of recipes for soups vegetables eggs and cheeses meats a variety of desserts sandwiches pickles preserves and a section for menus. Medford is located in southwestern Oregon along present-day Interstate 5; in the decade between 1900 and 1910 the population boomed growing from 1800 to 8800 people. We locate two copies in OCLC at the University of California and Southern Methodist University. unknown books
18901724Milwaukee: J.G. Flint 1890. About good. 4146pp. plus color frontispiece. Original brown faux-alligator wrappers. Front cover detached covers heavily worn; older tape on spine and front cover lightly soiled. Contemporary pencil ownership notations on end leaves. Lightly toned several small edge tears heavier to last few leaves. One of the earliest cook books published in Wisconsin. This promotional cook book was issued by the Star Crystal Baking Powder Company of Milwaukee edited by the principal of the Milwaukee Cooking School and featuring a handsome color frontispiece advertising their product. The work includes an index a table of proportions and equivalents and has blank leaves provided for notes and extra recipes. Opening with bread it includes recipes for cakes puddings sauces soups salads fish a section on roasting and brazing and a pastry section which begins "Don't make it! But if it must be made this is the way to do it." A second edition was published in 1895 and is also quite rare. We locate four copies in OCLC: the New York Public Library Library of Congress Michigan State University and the Milwaukee County Library.<br/> Bitting p.91. Brown Culinary Americana 4356. J.G. Flint unknown books
195721488New York: Limited Editions Club 1957. Hardcover. Quarter kangaroo skin tapa decorated sides. Near fine in very good slightly sunned slipcase. Ingleton Geoffrey C. 310 pages 28.5 x 20.5 cm. Limited edition copy 774 of 1500 signed by Ingleton and Douglas A. Dunstan who designed the color frontispiece after Flaxman. Laid-in are the Monthly LEC Letter a four page LEC brief biography of Cook by A. Grenfell Price "From Farm to Fame" and "Number Twelve" LEC note stating this work is the final volume of the Twenty-fifth series. NEWMAN & WICHE 279. Limited Editions Club hardcover books
187230787Chicago 1872. Original printed wrappers lightly worn stitched. 1 1 blank 3 1 blank 4 pp. Lightly foxed. Very Good. <br/><br/> The Company was incorporated in 1867 as the Land Improvement and Irrigation Company. "The Company owns very valuable central real estate in the City of Chicago Illinois part of which is improved and producing income and part is unimproved; also owns large tracts of land in the city and adjacent to the city within Cook County. All of these lands are fairly and satisfactorily appreciating in value with the rapid growth of the city in commerce and population." <br/> Its offices were on Dearborn Street. Charles A. Gregory was President and Franklin H. Watriss Secretary. The incorporators were Erastus Bailey John C. Haines James H. Kinyon Francis B. Tobey and R.K. Swift. The pamphlet is scarce. <br/>Not in Sabin Eberstadt Decker NUC. OCLC 34052748 2- Chicago Pub. Lib. U IL 656453063 1- AAS as of December 2013. unknown books
198320636Marvin SD: The Blue Cloud Quarterly Press 1983. First Edition. Wraps. Near fine. 8vo. Saddle-stapled pictorial wraps. Near fine. Light rubbing along spine. Interior clean throughout. Unpaginated. <br/><br/>Verse collection by Cook-Lynn a member of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe and professor of English and Indian Studies at Eastern Washington University. The Blue Cloud Quarterly Press paperback books
19901767NY:: Arcade Publishing. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1990. Hardcover. 1559700505 . First printing. About fine in a fine dust jacket. . Arcade Publishing, hardcover books
1983006200Marvin SD: The Blue Cloud Quarterly Press 1983. First Issue rear wrapper lacking postal mailing information and quite SCARCE THUS. Blue Cloud Quarterly Vol. 29 No. 4 The Native American author's SCARCE second book consisting of poetry and one short story Near Fine small faint abrasion bottom edge rear wrapper. . First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Chap Book. The Blue Cloud Quarterly Press Paperback books
1977008976New York: Vantage Press 1977. Native American author's first book SCARCE in current commerce. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket tiny rubs at corners and spine ends. Laid in is a single sheel folded with the typed poem "Standing Rock Reservation" pencil signed lower right Elaine Jahner. Elaine Jahner 1924-2003 was a professor of English and Native American studies best known for her field work on the Standing Rock Reservation and her publications on American Indian culture literature and linguistics. Apparently an unpublished poem her published works were Lakota Belief and Ritual. 1980. coedited with Raymond J. DeMallie and Spaces of the Mind: Narrative and Community in the American West. 2004. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Thin 8vo. Vantage Press hardcover books
2013148695Rome: Robert Cook 2013. 38/50. Softcover. VG- Clean crisp tight interior but with light cover wear. Oblong black card wraps with color image and white lettering. 224 pp. with 324 photos mostly in color. Signed. Signed hand-numbered edition 38/50. Recent drawings and final projects of sculptures by Robert Cook. Sections include Dance Music Life Myth Animal Bird Sport and Jewelry. Cook's famous dinosaur graces Park Avenue at 51st Street in New York. Magical works! Book designed and photos taken by his son Henry. Robert Cook paperback books
1914498721914. COOKBOOK. A BOOK OF GOOD DINNERS FOR MY FRIEND or "what to have for dinner". By Fanny Merritt Farmer. New York: Dodge Publishing Co. 1914. 8vo. printed paper wrappers. A fine copy clean and bright in the original glassine dust wrapper and publisher's illustrtaed box which shows just a small bit of dampstaining. unknown books