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200080398New York: The Georgia Literary Association 2000. Paperback. 498p. very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Savannah gay novel somewhat a parody or reworking of "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil The Georgia Literary Association paperback books
198253629NY: Arbor House 1982. First Edition. 8vo pp. 346. A very good copy in dj. A novel suggested by the life of Anais Nin. Arbor House unknown books
198141490Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press 1981. Hardcover. Very good/Very good-. Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press 1981. Signed and inscribed by the author. Copious b/w illustrations and photographs. 294 pp. Hardcover. Small 4to size. Navy blue cloth. Silver lettering and contrasting panel to spine. Cover slightly shelf worn corners & head/heel of spine bumped; d.j. scuffed & edge worn slightly age darkened to rear wrap small chips to head & heel; else clean & sound. Very good/Very good-. Southern Illinois University Press hardcover books
1985021146Dallas: Southern Methodist University Press 1985. xiv 377p. b/w illus. original cloth ex libris. Southern Methodist University Press unknown books
1989221412San Mateo: ELLIPSE-Penninsula AIDS Services 1989. Five issues various pagination 8.5x11 inches news reports services and resources very good newsletters and a 12p. 8.5x11 inch Annual Report including financial information donor lists and a President's message. The report may well be the first unnumbered issue as it appeared before the first numbered issue. Included are The Report 1:2-4 and 2:1-2 June 1988 through Summer 1989. ELLIPSE-Penninsula AIDS Services unknown books
1919000265Privately printed by the New York Life Insurance Company 1919. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition; 8vo; pp. 14 13-439 5; 3/4 red morocco and marbled boards; elaborate gilt decorations and title to spine with 5 raised bands; slight wear to edges of covers and corners; roughly cut fore-edge; few small dark spots to upper part of spine; minor age-darkening to margins of first free page else text clean; very good or better condition. Signed/inscribed by Darwin Kingsley on upper margin of title page. Contains Kingsley's speeches on different topics - Democracy life insurance golf freedom etc. Darwin P. Kingsley was president of the New York Life Insurance Company in the early part of the 20th century. He was known among other things for inventing and implementing new types of insurance. An interesting fact of these times was that civil rights leader Susan B. Anthony was one of their first female policy holders. Privately printed by the New York Life Insurance Company hardcover books
1927000266Privately printed by the New York Life Insurance Company 1927. Hardcover. Very Good. Undated c1927; first edition; 8vo; pp. 6 vii-xvi 1-434 2; 3/4 red morocco and marbled boards; gilt decorations and title to spine with 5 raised bands; some wear to edges of spine; small closed chip to head of spine; corners rubbed; roughly cut fore-edge; pages clean; overall in very good condition. Signed/inscribed by Darwin Kingsley on first free page. Darwin P. Kingsley was president of the New York Life Insurance Company in the early part of the 20th century. He was known among other things for inventing and implementing new types of insurance. An interesting fact of these times was that civil rights leader Susan B. Anthony was one of their first female policy holders. Privately printed by the New York Life Insurance Company hardcover books
1916404961916. KINGSLEY Darwin P. THE UNITED ENGLISH NATIONS. A Commemorative Address Delivered for the 125th Anniversary of the University of Vermont and for the Admission of the State of Vermont Into The Union. Burlington Vermont: no publisher 1916. Small quarto: white printed wraps. First Edition. Signed presentation from Kingsley on front cover. Very Good moderate edgewear & soil. $75.00. <br/><br/> paperback books
192727439Leeds: British Association for the Advancement of Science 1927. First Edition. Wraps. Good. First Edition. 16 pages. Stapled self wrappers. INSCRIBED "with very best wishes to J. M Wainwright from Arthur Keith 11/9/27" in ink on the front wrapper. Light creasing staining and wear. Tape repair. Wraps. A separately printed copy of Keith's Presidential Address. Keith a Scottish scientist was well recognized for his contributions to anatomy and anthropology. Items signed by him are not often found.<br/><br/>Printed by Spottiswoode Ballantyne & Co. Ltd. London Colchester & Eton. British Association for the Advancement of Science unknown books
13297pamphlet. 24 pages. Slim 12mo original printed wrappers; ex. lib. NY 1875.<br/><br/> Presentation copy<br/><br/> unknown books
13289pamphlet. 24 pages. Slim 12mo original printed wrappers. NY 1885.<br/><br/> unknown books
18591293943London: John Murray 1859. Third Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; G; Green spine with gilt lettering; 429 pages with two fold outs and pages of advertisements.;<br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> Darwin's contribution present and corrected on page 268. NOTES: The first edition of 1849 had a transposition error in Darwin's essay some later states included a corrected text in a rear pocket. The second edition was issued in 1851 with no offprint of Darwin's article. This is the third edition complete. Fold out maps are present with some slight tears to the rear map.;<br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> Book has been repaired with original green cloth still present; Some cloth missing from the spine lettering still present but worn; Former library book with bookplate from the Royal Navy on front paste down and faded ink stamp on title page; Boards show wear along the edges corners bumped and beginning to fray. Pages are age toned as is typical with some minor spotting mostly at the beginning and on the fold outs; Interior otherwise clean and free of marking.;<br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> shelved case 10. 1293943. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. John Murray hardcover books
1910004142St. Paul MN: McGill-Warner Company 1910. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. 405 pages of text followed by xxiii of index. Hardcover binding with gilt spine and front cover lettering and decoration; slightly rubbed at the extremities with fading to the spine and to the top edge of the front cover. Illustrated with numerous black & white historic photographs. McGill-Warner Company Hardcover books
191053443St. Paul: McGill-Warner Co 1910. 8vo pp. 405 1 xxiii 1; portrait frontispiece and text illustrations throughout; burgundy cloth gilt; covers soiled closed tear on last page textblock cocked but sound ex-Minnesota State library with their stamps on endpapers and title page. A history of the early years of the second largest state fair in the US with a number of pictures of old fairgrounds and buildings. <br/><br/> McGill-Warner Co hardcover books
198524056Sunnyside: Avatar Press 1985. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Tall side-stapled printed wrappers. A very good copy of this oddly uncommon small press literary magazine which includes poems fiction and numerous illustrations in black and white. Only two universities showing any holdings of this magazine in WorldCat. Some gay themes and authors included. Avatar Press paperback books
1956WRCLIT49413Cambridge: Printed for the Members of the Limited Editions Club at the University Press 1956. Quarto. Decorated cloth leather spine label. Introduction by Gavin de Beer. Illustrated with wood-engravings by Robert Gibbings. One of 1500 numbered copies signed by the artist. Front inner hinge cracking else about fine; the slipcase however is battered. KIRKUS 67. Printed for the Members of the Limited Editions Club at the University Press hardcover books
18886779New York: D. Appleton & Co 1888. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. A handsome example of the 1888 2nd American edition complete in 2 volumes and edited by Darwin's son Francis. Both volumes solid and VG in their russet cloth with very light wear at the spine crowns. Gilt-lettering along the spines and decorative rule to the front panels still crisp and bright. 12mos 1120 pgs. all told. Armorial bookplates at each front pastedown. <br/><br/> D. Appleton & Co hardcover books
20122281449Ocean View Publishing 2012. Revised Edition. Large Softcover. Near Fine. Revised edition. Stain on top page ridge. 2012 Large Softcover. xii 451 pp. Introduction by former inmate Darwin E. Coon. Alcatraz - A Definitive History of the Penitentiary Years is a comprehensive reference with hundreds of pages of historic photographs documents and information that breaks away from traditional tourist style books. This book is the result of years of intensive research and navigates the Island's history through rarely seen documents interviews and historic photographs. Historian Michael Esslinger thoroughly details the prominent events inmates and life inside the most infamous prison in American History. His research included hundreds of hours examining actual Alcatraz inmate files including rare original documents from Al Capone Machine Gun Kelly and over a hundred others exploring the prison grounds from the rooftop to the waterfront to help retrace events escape routes in addition to conducting various interviews with former inmates & guards. His study has resulted in detailed accounts of both the 1946 & 1962 Escape attempts. A definitive account of the 1962 escape of Frank Morris and the Anglin Brothers provides rare insight extracted through photos and over 1700 pages of FBI investigative notes. Detailed narratives of Alcatraz's most notable inmates who include Robert Stroud Birdman of Alcatraz Al Capone Machine Gun Kelly Frank Morris the Anglin Brothers Doc Barker Joe Cretzer Bernard Coy Miran Thompson Sam Shockley and many-many others. Alcatraz Federal Prison - A Definitive History of the Penitentiary Years is a comprehensive reference on the history of Alcatraz and contains one of the most comprehensive archives of inmate and prison life photographs nearly 1000 from 1934-1963. Ocean View Publishing paperback books
192153016London: Hodder & Stoughton Limited 1921. First edition. Octavo original green cloth gilt titles to the spine. Frontispiece of George Duncan. Illustrated by photographs by G.W. Beldam. In near fine condition. George Duncan was a Scottish professional golfer. He was also a golf course designer. His much sought-after professional teaching and swing analysis skills lead to him being referred to as "the pro's pro." He won the 1920 Open Championship. Hodder & Stoughton Limited hardcover books
193056106New York: The Macmillan Company. Very Good. 1930. Hardcover. Previous owner signed covers are slightly toned with a discolored spine contents are clean and nice. A very good copy. . The Macmillan Company hardcover books
19301549.4New York: The Macmillan Company 1930. 1st edition NCBEL III 840. Blue printed cloth boards. Dust jacket. VG slight lean/Abt VG edgewear & chipping. 208 pp. Illustrations from the original adverts. 8vo. <br/><br/> The Macmillan Company hardcover books
1936762.9London: Chapman & Hall Ltd 1936. 1st edition. Orange cloth binding with black stamped lettering. Dust jacket. VG bookplate/period poi to ffep/VG spine panel a bit darkened/some edgewear. 243 1 pp. Last page blank. Publisher announcement leaflet laid-in. Illustrated. Crown 8vo. <br/><br/>A collection of essays by divers Pickwickians including Alfred Noyes J. W. T. Ley Bransby Williams Alec Waugh Walter Dexter Bernard Darwin Arthur Waugh & Hugh Kingsmill on the many characters in Dickens' first novel. Chapman & Hall, Ltd hardcover books
1981RDARDAR00EFRare Publishing 1981. Very Good. Darwin. Darwin's Thumb Tip Miracles. Oliver cartoonist Richard; Grenewetzki illustrator Dave; Siegfried & Roy foreword. Las Vegas: Rare Publishing 1981. 129pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Paperback with embossed illustration. Signed by author. Book condition: Very good gently rubbed edges and a few faint scratches in front cover. Gift inscription to former owner by the author Darwin on first page. Rare Publishing paperback books
1950BL3818New York:: Charles Scribner's Sons 1950. 1950. Series: Twentieth Century Library. First edition. 8vo. ix 124 pp. Index. Black cloth dust-jacket; light wear to jacket edges. Very good. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1950. hardcover books
1945141536New York: D. Appleton-Century 1945. First Edition. First Edition. Basis for the 1958 film directed by Jacques Tourneur and starring Dana Andrews. <br/><br/>Very Good plus in a Very Good dust jacket. Ink mark to the front flyleaf. Jacket lightly rubbed and chipped with vertical and horizontal tears to the heel. D. Appleton-Century unknown books
