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1894W122903London: Lawrence and Bullen 1894. Number 111 of 210 copies printed on Japanese Vellum. Some paste action and offsetting on endpapers. Edges worn and paper boards marked and worn. Lower cover of Vol. 2 stained on first 1/2" of foreedge. Some pages uncut. Each signature is short paged on every fourth page. 20 illustrations 10 in each volume including frontispieces. Limited/Numbered. Cloth Backed Boards. Fair/No Jacket. Illus. by Hughes E.R. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Trade. Lawrence and Bullen Hardcover books
1802289960Philadelphia.: Printed by Budd & Bartram for Thomas Dobson. 1802. Second American edition. Contemporary full marbled calf red spine label. gilt title. Very good some offsetting from plates to facing pages scattered light foxing. 8vo. 21x13 cm. . Important early American work based on the work of the pioneering Scottish surgeon John Bell. Bell is famous for his developments in vascular surgery. weight: 1.5 lb. 12 engraved plates of surgical instruments. Printed by Budd & Bartram for Thomas Dobson. unknown books
1859WRCAM32502Milledgeville Ga 1859. 64pp. Original printed wrappers. Vertical fold wrappers worn contemporary manuscript notes on rear wrapper. Scattered foxing. Withal about very good. Prints the acts passed in the two-month session as well as the court calendar and an appendix addressing the procedures for returning fugitives from justice who have fled the state. DE RENNE II p.605. unknown books
196360187New York: The Viking Press 1963. First edition. Drawings and source material recorded by Oswald White Bear Fredericks. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth. Fine in fine unclipped dust jacket with slight fading to spine. Ashley Montagu's copy with his name in his hand on the front flyleaf. First edition. Drawings and source material recorded by Oswald White Bear Fredericks. 1 vols. 8vo. The Viking Press unknown books
1996014915rosSanta Fe NM: One Horse Land and Cattle Co. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. 0-932845-72 . Black cloth covered boards with silhouette of title on spine and front as well as the face of Mabel Luhen. Minor shelf wear on cover and bottom edge. Text block is clean and binding is tight. This book is a reproduction of the private sketch book of artist Mabel Dodge Luhan. Resurfacing long after her death from the collection of Forest Fenn this features simple charcoal sketches from her day to day observations. Includes a forward written by Frank Waters. Produced as part of a private edition of 250 copies this book is unnumbered. ; B&W Illustrations; Oblong Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 135 pp . One Horse Land and Cattle Co hardcover books
1983101858Boston MA: G. K. Hall & Co 1983. Hardbound. VG tight and crisp ex art library with label on spine. Orange-rust cloth. xvii 439 pp. G. K. Hall & Co hardcover books
18964913Bristol RI: The Bristol Phoenix 1896. 8Vo. Brown cloth gilt lettering 64 pages incl one page list of places visited including Civil War Service with the 12th RI Regiment and two pages of 44 vessels served on with dates 1839 to 1866 Brigs Barques Schooners and Steamships. He was on shalers in the North Atlantic and the South Seas. A very fascinating narrative of a difficult life. Covers slightly rubbed ow a Very Good copy of a rather scarce title. No auction records. Not in Jenkins Albion or Ri Bibliog Parks Forster South Sea Whaler #40 The Bristol Phoenix hardcover books
189639615Bristol RI: Bristol Phoenix 1896. sep 22 2017. 64 pp. b/w plates <br /><br />Diman shipped aboard the America of Bristol RI. on a Pacific whaling cruise in Oct. 1840. Islands visited were Waytaho and Wompor off the Marquesas. and other islands of the Society Isles Pitcairn and Juan Fernandez. At Callao he became ill and was left at the hospital at Lima. He later rejoined the America in Hawaii. Forster 40. A privately printed account uncommon. Not in Jenkins. Very good condition in original binding. Bristol Phoenix books
1851WRCAM24844Cincinnati 1851. 80pp. Illustrations and map. Original pictorial wrappers. Large chip from front wrap rear wrapper lacking. A couple of internal closed tears some foxing couple of illustrations with light amateur coloring. A fair copy. A rhyming guide to world geography remarkable for its coverage of California. Page 4 has two views of San Francisco and pages 73 to 74 are devoted to California as well. On page 74 is a woodcut map of the gold regions entitled "Valleys of the Sacramento and San Joaquin. Engraved for the Poetical Geography. Wightman Buffalo N.Y." The map shows the area from San Francisco Bay east to the Sierra and from San Jose to the Feather River with the subsidiary streams well delineated. While not the most detailed of maps it is considerably more so than many listed in Wheat. Not in any of the relevant bibliographies. unknown books
193529136New York: Liveright Publishing Company 1935. First Edition. Some evidence of removed bookplate on front flyleaf. Very good in dust jacket which has several short edgetears at spine including a V-shaped tear at center of spine and is missing one small chip. Author's scarce first book. <br/><br/> Liveright Publishing Company unknown books
1997176121New York: Rizzoli 1997. Hardcover. 371p. 11.5x11.25 inches foreword introduction illustrated with hundreds of celebrity and fashion photos in b&w many nudes including a brilliant tight portrait of John Waters' sneering upper lip the book is personally inscribed and signed by Gorman dated 2001 in Palo Alto very good first edition in cloth and lightly-edgeworn unclipped dj. Rizzoli hardcover books
1996199782London & San Francisco: Creation Books 1996. Paperback. 256p. introduction illustrated with photos and film stills very good first edition first printing trade paperback original in pictorial wraps with variant cover without "the films of" in the subtitle unlike later printings inscribed & signed by George Kuchar and by Marion Eaton star of Kuchar's film Thundercrack! on inner front cover. Also laid in is a one page 5.75x7.75 inches about 120 words handwritten letter from Eaton to Tamara inscriptions are also to her on the return of books mutual friends and taking a bath. "I guess that I was waiting til I could send you news that I took the Thundercrack! tape to A&Z to a few days ago & that I took a bath on their tub right after the bath tub scene. But they were so into watching the rest of the film that they wouldn't come and wash me." - Eaton's letter. Creation Books paperback books
193723721New York: Covici-Friede 1937. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Two corners bumped else a fine book in a very good dust jacket with some chipping at top of spine a one-inch tear at bottom edge at spine fold and a two-inch closed tear in the top of the rear flap. Spine of jacket slightly faded. Author's second book a biography of Winfield Scott Stratton discoverer of one of the world's greatest gold mines. <br/><br/> Covici-Friede hardcover books
1986LBP3259-31bSanta Fe NM: The Rydal Press 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New. Signed. LIMITED EDITION of 200 copies this is number 65 SIGNED by Frank Waters on the limitation page. 8vo. 223 x 147 mm. vi 140 pp. Title and title-page vignette printed in brown ink decorative initials; text clean un-marked. Quarter cloth printed paper spine label patterned paper over boards from cherry wood blocks cut by Willard Clark of Santa Fe slip case; binding square and tight. Published by The Rydal Press at Santa Fe printed and bound at Meriden-Stinehour Press Lunenburg Vermont. A Fine Copy. Frank Waters was an American writer. He is known for his novels and historical works about the American Southwest. Flight From Fiesta is set in Santa Fe in the mid-1950s. It is the story of an angry little rich girl Elsie who comes to Fiesta with her hedonistic alcoholic mother and her mother's art-collecting fast-talking continental lover. In the novel Waters seeks to relive the feeling of interconnectedness that characterized the Fiesta de Santa Fe of the 1940s and 1950s. The Frank Waters Foundation founded in his name strives to foster literary and artistic achievement in the Southwest United States. Your order receives my personal attention. The Rydal Press hardcover books
1966134759Burbank CA: American Broadcasting Company ABC 1966. Draft script for the 1967 film. Based on the 1966 novel by William P. McGivern. Included is a mimeograph letter signed from Harold Berowitz to Arnold Burk regarding Peter Lawford's salary for starring in the film.<br/><br/>An ex-bank robber living a straight life in Pamploma Spain is lured into one final con by his former partner. Shot on location in Spain. <br/><br/>Green studio wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated April 13 1966 rubber stamped copy No. 18 with credits for screenwriters Waters and Moessinger. 65 leaves with last page of text numbered 63. Mimeograph on yellow stock with goldenrod revision pages throughout dated 4-20-66 and 4-26-66. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. American Broadcasting Company [ABC] unknown books
1951007576St. Louis MO: American Theatre 1951. Book. Very good condition. Paperback. Signed by Authors. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. Stagebill from performance of Carson McCullers "The Member of the Wedding" beginning November 12 1951. Signed and inscribed in ink on front cover "With sincere appreciation of you comments to Mr. Otto Senz signed Ethel Waters. Thank you." Minor creases through program and overall slight soiling and moderate browning to edges. American Theatre Paperback books
1946TB29534New York: National Travel Club 1946. First Edition. Second Printing Near fine in black cloth covered boards with gilt text and gilt borders on the spine and the gilt logo of the National Travel Club on the front board with blind embossed borders. A small octavo of 7 15/16 by 5 1/4 inches with minor light rubbing to the cloth at the corners of the spine and a date of "July 2 1946" written in ink at the upper corner of the fly title page. In a very good- unclipped but not priced dust jacket with two 1/2" deep chips at the upper corners of the spine area small chips at the fore corners of the panels at the folds and soiling to the rear unprinted panel. Signed by the author Frank Waters on the fly title without an inscription or date. This is an interesting variant in The Rivers of America Series. It is actually a second printing of the title but it is its first appearance as it was released in July of 1946 three months before the Rinehart publication. Rinehart's plates were used to create this printing which is why it carries the Rinehart circled R on the copyright page. Fitzgerald C11 400 pages including an index glossary reference appendix and text. The illustrations are by Nicolai Fechin. National Travel Club hardcover books
196527214Flagstaff: Northland Press 1965. FIRST EDITION THUS. One of 1250 numbered copies signed by the author. A fine copy in a fine publisher's box. <br/><br/> Northland Press unknown books
201645672New York: The Viking Press 2016. First edition of this work for anyone who loves France food and adventure. Quarto illustrated boards illustrated endpapers. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the half-title page "For Alexis with love Alice Waters." Fine in a fine dust jacket gift inscription on the verso of the front free endpaper. Illustrated by Ann Arnold. Fanny is a girl who knows a lot about food and cooking since she's grown up in and around the famous restaurant Chez Panisse in Berkeley California. When Fanny's mother Alice Waters the chef and owner of Chez Panisse starts to watch her favorite old French movies Fanny knows soon they'll be packing their bags and traveling to France for a visit. In this sparkling book of whimsical stories Fanny recounts some of her most fun-filled adventures with French friends and food. Join Fanny as she helps cook a huge bouillabaisse in Provence; learns how to make fresh cheese from a shepherd high up in the Pyrenees mountains; hunts for wild oysters off the coast of Bordeaux and discovers how one chicken can feed nine people if served a certain way. Fanny in France is also a beginner's cookbook with forty simple French-inspired recipes that encourage children and adults anywhere to cook and share delicious snacks and meals with family and friends using basic methods and the most sustainable ingredients. The Viking Press hardcover books
2000405590New York: Museum of the City of New York 2000. As-new in shrinkwrap. Two volumes 4to. Cloth; slipcase. A generously illustrated examination of the precious metals trades and usage of precious metal artifacts in New York City. <br/><br/> Museum of the City of New York hardcover books
192729833Cliffdale Alpine NJ: Privately printed 1927. Hardcover. Very good/No dust jacket. Cliffdale Alpine NJ: Privately printed 1927. Christmas Keepsake designed by George A. Zabriskie. 8 pp. Hardcover. 16mo size. Full green crushed morocco. 2 raised bands double ruled in gilt gilt lettering and devices tooled in compartments boards double ruled in gilt with decorative gilt devices gilt perimeter and turn-ins marbled endpapers. Minor bumping and rubbing to pressure points. Edges and pages very lightly toned with faint minimal scattered foxing and staining extending only to perimeter of pages. Overall quite good exterior is near fine text clean and bright binding tight. A nice little book Very good/. Oversized - extra shipping charges apply Privately printed hardcover books
1963WRCLIT64807New York: The Viking Press 1963. Large octavo. Cloth and boards. Pictorial endsheets and title-page. Frontis illustrations and photographs. First edition. Drawings and source material recorded by Oswald White Bear Fredericks. Bookplate on front pastedown offset from clipping to pages 220-21 small erasure from corner of free endsheet otherwise a very good copy in price-clipped lightly nicked and shelfworn dust jacket. TANNER A15a. The Viking Press hardcover books
1940010585New York: Liveright Publishing Corp. Good in Good dust jacket. 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Mylared dust jacket is sunned with worn edges and chips up to half an inch. Not price clipped. Blue boards with gilt imprint have bumped corners and some rubbing on board faces. Red top edge. Interior clean. This a presentation copy inscribed by Frank Waters to Diana and Joe Stein owners of a bookstore in Las Vegas New Mexico. A novel of mining in the West told through the eyes of a mining engineer. ; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall; 534 pp; Signed by Author . Liveright Publishing Corp. hardcover books
196509080Flagstaff: Northland Press 1965. LIMITED EDITION. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Octavo. SIGNED BY FRANK WATERS ON COLOPHON PAGE without personalization. Limited Editon of 1250 copies. This is No. 372. Bound in black cloth spine blue printed cloth boards with past-on printed spine label spine. In near fine original publisher's slipcase. A near fine copy with sunning spine. 323 pp. <br/><br/> Northland Press hardcover books
1986Embry 118158The Rydal Press 1986. First edition one of 200 copies signed by the author. Fine in fine publisher's slipcase. Maroon cloth backed patterned boards. The Rydal Press, 1986. First edition, one of 200 copies, signed by the author. hardcover books