Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill , 1994 Life and Times of the Meanest Man Who Ever Played Baseball. The most shrewd, inventive, lurid, detested, mysterious, and superb of all baseball players, if a miserable psychopathic failure as a human being. Illustrated with 20 photographs. A detailed and unblinking look at the darker side of Cobb's life. NF/NF- Quarter-bound blue/dark blue hardcover with gilt on spine. Slightest edgesoiling on page/cover edges and front endpage. DJ has edge yellowing and on dampstain on bottom front edge. Small rip on top backstrip. Intro by Jimmie Reese. Third Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine Minus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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New York, New York, USA: Ballantine Books, 1994 Double murder of boy king Edward V and younger brother Richard in the 15th century. Was the killer the Duke of Buckingham, Richard III, or Richard retainer JamesTyrell? Historical background of events that led Wars of the Roses. Written by the foremost living authority on the British royal family. Quarter-bound green cover with black cloth endstrip; gilt lettering on spine. NF+/NF+ minor soiling of top page ends. DJ has has edge yellowing and wrinkling. . First USA Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine Plus/Near Fine Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Columbus, Ohio, USA: Ariel Press, 1989 Memorial Edition. Reprint (1970) Overview of psychic aspects of life incl. auras, astral travel, communication with discarnates, clairvoyance, possession, psychic attack and dreams. Based on six seminars by authors with scientists, medical doctors, and psychic investigators at Wainwright House in Rye, NY. Authors were two of the most gifted psychics and healers, even at a distance, in recent times. VG- SOFTCOVE. Book binding is tight. Rose soft covers have minor edge and corner wear. Creases in front corners. . First Trade Paperback Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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New York, New York, USA: E. P. Dutton div. of Penguin Books USA Inc. , 1989 FIRST EDITION, 177 pp. plus discography. Gripping true account of famous classical musician and interpreter of Bach's keyboard music. Includes insights to the genius of the man by his record producer of 15 years. VG+/VG+ Quarter-bound red cover with white cloth backstrip . Minor scuffing and marking of DJ. Usual Library markings except for pocket glue-in. Mylar protective cover of DJ. First Edition First Printing. Quarter-bound. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. (more information)

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New York, New York, USA: The New American Library, Inc., 1965 New Intro by W. H. Auden on the meaning of of religion and mysticism and the unifying elements in Catholocism and Protestantism. Includes 67 poets, visionaries, and theologians from the Reformation to near modern times: Luther, John Donne, Johannes Kelpius, C. S. Lewiis, Margaret Montague, Yeats and Clerk. VG black softcover with minor wear, fading, and edge and corner rubbing. Binding tight, spine straight. Pages clean and without markings. Cover illustration of white blocks with seperating green and blue block. Photo may not reflect actual condition of book.. First Paperback Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Henry Wolf. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 1996 Revised Edition First Printing. A forensic anthropological search for final whereabouts of Butch Cassidy, Sundance Kid and Etta Place. Author traced the trio thru Argentina, Chile, and Bolivia; in local newspapers and documents, and exhumed skeletons. Unearthed eyewitness accounts of their final holdup and shootout. This revised editon includes new letters by the bandits and interviews with Argentinian police. Fresh information about William Phillips who cloaimed to be Butch Cassidy. Bison Books / University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE, 1969. second Bison Book printing, trade paperback, 390 pages 8 b+w illustrations, condition: NF with some edge yellowing and corner wear.. First Bison Book Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Middletown, Connecticut, USA: Wesleyan University Press, 1989 Scarce collection of essays by noted scholar on a variety of historical and religious topics examiing the intertwined cultural skeins of the three traditons that he has inherited by virtue of being an Italian Jew: Jewish (Sephardim, Ashknenzi, French, Greek), Classical (Pagan: Roman, Greek, Celtic Druid, etc.), and Christian. NF softcover illustrated with red lettering and twelve line drawings of varous religious symbols. Minor page edge wear and soiling; price tag on rear. 343 pp. First Paperback Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Joyce Kachergis. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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New York, New York, USA: Pantheon Books Div of Random House, 1986 Pulitzer Prize-winning rendition set in WWII Nazi-Occupied Poland, a novel of love, betrayal, espionage, action and suspense, and mostly day-to-day life turned to horror. A description of one family's survival told in cartoon comic-strip format. Jews are mice, Germans are cats, Americans are dogs. NF+ softcover with very minor edge wear. Illustrated covers with two mice crouching under a cat-head nazi-swastika in white circle with red title on grey field. Rear Cover has map of South-Central Europe. 159 pp.. First Thus. Soft Cover. Near Fine Plus/No Jacket. Illus. by Art Spiegelman. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book Club Edition. (more information)

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Garden City, New York, USA: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1977 FIRST EDITION. Wonderful, whimsical collection of humorous newspaper articles written in dialect by Finley Peter Dunne in 1890's in Chicago Evening Post. Featuring Martin J. Dooley, a fictional Irish saloon owner on Archer Avenue in Bridgeport with a clear-eyed view of life and politics in Chicago. A regular character was Chicago (Brighton Park) author John McKenna. Period Photos. VG Quarter-bound black boards with black cloth hardcover with gilt lettering on spine and front. Minor edge and corner wear. Pages unmarked. Photo of 1876 Chicago White Stockings (Now Chicago Cubs) with manager A.G. Spalding.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA: Loiusian State University Press, 1997 SIGNED; FIRST EDITION. Life of Cullen M. Baker the Swamp Fox of the Sulfur (River). Romanticized as a six-gun artist and defender of Old South traditions he was a violent misfit of the Reconstruction period who found acceptance as an enforcer of white supremacy. Murdering unarmed blacks and Freedmen's Bureau agents in the Texas-Arkansas-Louisiana triangle until until his own neighbors rose against him. Offers a portrait of social life and conflict among whites in the post-war South. Black cloth cover with metallic red lettering on spine. NF-/NF with minor dampstaining on 3 pages. Dust jacket near fine with age toning of edges. Maps. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine Minus/Near Fine. Illus. by . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. . (more information)

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London, UK: The English Westerners' Society, 1973 FIRST EDITION. The Brand Book Vol. 16 No. 1 October 1973 Publication No. 193. Contains a short biography of Francis B. Heitman, a seargent and clerk, author of "Historical Register and Dicionary of the United States Army" which was the Standard Work of the 19th century American Army and of the Indian Wars. Though the work is famous the author long remained almost completely unknown. Contains comparisons of similar works of the time. NF minus stapled paper with moderate age toning and soiling of spine and cover. One wrinkle of bottom back cover page. Pages unmarked and clean. . First Edition. Stapled Paper. Near Fine Minus/No Jacket. Illus. by . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. . (more information)

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New York, New York, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 1995 A Dramatic Narratve of the leader of the last of the free Commanche Indians of the greater Texas Hill country. In an extremely weak position, he was able to play a masterful endgame, making the transition from a desperate and losing guerrilla war to adaptation and assimilation, successful enough to become a railroad investor and having a town named after him. Book in As New conditon, black boards with gold lettering on spine and back cover. NF+ Dust jacket has yellowing of inside edges. Includes many illustrations and maps. . Second Printing. Hard Cover. As New/Near Fine Plus. Illus. by . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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New York and London: Holman Bible Publishers, 1974 FIRST EDITION. Poetry and song lyrics from your favoirite artists of the '60s. Forward by Oscar Brand, Preface by Bob Atkinson. Commentary by Joseph Campbell and Walt Whitman. Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, Pete Seeger, Carole King, Woody and Arlo Guthrie, John Lennon, Paul McCarthy, Cat Stevens, James Taylor. Epilogue by C. G. Jug. VG+ condition. Blue and Red softcover with guitar on road flanked by trees. Dyed page ends. No writing, underlining or highlighting marks. Cover and edges only very slightly soiled and worn. Pages have minor agetoning. 144 pp.. First Edition First Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. Illus. by E. Friedman. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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New York, New York, USA: Dorset Press Div. of Barnes and Noble, Inc. , 1993 Handbook on famous historical transvestites for those who want to explore the nature and significance of gender and cross-dressing. A tour de force of cultural criticsm ranging across history, literature, photography and popular mass culture. From Hannah Snell, Loreta Velasquez to Chevalier d'Eon. Many b/w photos and illustrations. NF/NF- Quarter-bound hardcover with white boards and black cloth gilt-lettered backstrip; Page edges have minor soilng and edge wear. Pages clean and unmarked.No yellowing. Binding tight, spine straight. Front top hinge edge area bumped. DJ front has title in pink and blue letters with large pink question mark on black background. Minoe edge wear and inside edge agetoning. Tiny price tag on inside flap. 256 pp.. First Publisher's Printing. Quarter-bound. Near Fine/Near Fine Minus. Illus. by Stephen Morse. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Athens, Ohio, USA: Sage Books Swallow Press Ohio University Press , 1984 Bill Mitchell alias Baldy Russell. The story of 30 years of living the life of an outlaw - following the tragic feud between the Mitchell and Truitt families. Hiding under an alias, but trying to live an ordinary life. NF+ Orange soft cover with slight soiling of edge papers. First Trade Paperback Printing. Soft Cover. Near Fine Plus/No Jacket. Illus. by . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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New York, New York, USA: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1970 The complete history of modern classical archaeology. An essay on speculative thought on myth, symbolism, and ritual within life and culture of ancient Egypt, Babylon, Mayans, Minoans, etc, . Illustrated wit reliefs from temples and other digs.. VG+ blue softcover illustrated with fragment of wall display of Egyptian hierogyphs to the left. Title in white on black background above. Minor edge wear and soiling. Binding tight, spine straight pages clean and unmarked. Spine has one crease down center, oil spot and some numbers scriibled in ink on bottom rear cover. 332 pp. Photo may not reflect actual condition of book. . First Paperback Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Danbury, Connecticut, USA: Archer Editions Press, 1975 Reprint (1870 by D. & J. Sadler & Co.) Scarc/e Biography of an Irish Soldier of fortune from his beginnings fighting for the independence of the Irish against England, to suppressing the independence of the Confederate States of America and subjugating the independence of the natives of Montana Territory of where he died as Acting Governor. Portrait illustration on frontispiece. NF- condition green leatherette hardcover with gilt lettering on spine, somewhat faded. Trifling edge soiling and yellowing. 357 pp.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Near Fine Minus/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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New York and London: Franklin Watts , 1982 FIRST EDITION. An Impact Biograpohy - Juvenile literature. Life and loves of this musican, member of the most successful Rock group ever, The Beatles. G/NF condition. Ex School Library copy, but has rather few library markings. Red cloth hardcover unblemished except for four tape marks, DJ protected in mylar jacker. Usual wear of pages, but no writing, underlining or highlighting marks. Owner signature on front endpage. Tape marks and shallow teastains on edges of front and rear endpages and flypages that includes last 20 or so pages of book but does not come near any of the text. Top and bottom end pages only very slightly soiled but have Merrillville Sr. HS Library stamped in red Ink. Many photos. 120 pp.. First Edition First Printing. Cloth. Good/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. (more information)

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Glendale, California: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1954 FIRST EDITION. Selected private papers, including letters, of Charles Fernald (1830 - 1892), a pioneer self-taught California jurist, sheriff and District Attorney in Santa Barbara County. Seven illustrations. Intro and notes by Cameron Rogers. VG+ Blue cloth hardcover: gilt lettering on spine. Side deckle edged. Top page edges dyed blue. Cover has slight edge wear. Pages have incipient age-toning. Pages unmarked. No DJ. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Norman, Oklahoma, USA: University of Oklahoma Press, 1956 FIRST EDITION. Sam Bass was one of the boldest Texas Outlaws in the late 1870's.. Vol 6 of The Western Frontier Library series. Reprint of the extremely rare 1880 edition. Introduction by Ramon F. Adams, who asserts that this book has the most accurate biographies of the gang members: Henry Underwood, Seaborn Barnes and "Arkansaw" Johnson. Illustrated at the age of 12 by Stephen Thomas, who went on to become a world renowned portrait painter. VG+/G- White marble look hardcover, gilt lettering on spine. Gilt six-gun on cover. Some dampstaining of end pages and slight age toning of edges and backstrip. DJ was printed on inside with original publishers advertising and is intact but has minor edge wear and is age yellowed and starting to crack at all folds. Three inch tear at top front hinge. Book store stick-on label on back flap. Listed by Ramon F. Adams as among the most important written on western outlaws and lawmen. . First Edition First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Good Minus. Illus. by (Stephen Seymour Thomas). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. (more information)

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London, UK: Leo Cooper , 1996 Fiorst UK Edition. His fate unknown since the fall of the Third Reich in 1945, the author has tracked down over 50 years worth of rumors, claims and counter-claims until the German authorities officially declared him dead in 1973. Photographs. Black and purple front cover with Eagle and swastika above flames and side profile of subject. . Revised Edition. Hard Cover. As New/Very Good. Illus. by Roni Wilkinson. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA: Andrews University Press, 1991 Well-researched historical account of a well known but poorly understood religious sect and commune established by "King Ben" in Benton Harbor, Michigan. Based on over 200 interviews. Also know as Benjamites and Jezreelites this was a Christian cult who accepted their leader as the Seventh Angel in the Revelation of St. John. Many photos. F/NF+ blue cloth hardcover wiith gilt border and design of repeating star, trumpet, dove and tri-not pattern. Gilt lettered and illustrated spine. Price tag on free page. DJ has minor edge wear. Illustration of long-haired bearded man in tan felt hat on purple background. . Second Printing. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine Plus. Illus. by Peter D. Erhard. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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London, UK: The English Westerners' Society, 1973 FIRST EDITION. The Brand Book Vol. 15 No. 3 April 1973 Publication No. 188 Vol. Many illustrations Contains material on the four day O-Kee-Pa ceremony ("penitential ceremony of the ark") in its entirety of the vanished Mitiwaskos settlement of Mandans of North Dakota, Contains material from Folium Reservatum, British Musem and Smithsonian not previously published. Also has an account of the Mandan chief Mato-tope or Four Bears. NF stapled paper with moderate age toning and soiling of spine and cover. Pages unmarked and clean. . First Edition. Stapled Paper. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by George Catlin. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. . (more information)

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South Bend, Indiana & London: University of Notre Dame Press, 1975 FIRST PAPERBACK PRINTING. Scarce in this edition. Reprint (1958) of Vol. 22 Studies of the Warburg Institute, University of London published (1969) in Nendeln, Lichtenstein. Intro by Daniel Pickering Walker. A new understanding of Renaissance Neoplatonistic interest in magical and mystical writings of ancient sages such as Zoroaster, Hermes Trismegistus. Precursor to the Hermetic movement. Shows how Neoplatonic magic of Ficino led to demonic magic, which, combined with medieval planetary magic led to the unorthodox magic of Agrippa and Parcelsus. This Spiritual magic then led to the music and poetry of La Boderie, Christianity of Giorgi and Persio and finally to the planetary oratory of Paolini and magic of Campanella. 244 pages. Book in VG- condition, shows scuffing, rubbing of covers and wear on edges. Ink marks on top and bottom page ends. Pages unmarked, binding tight, spine straight. . First Trade Paperback Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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New York & Chicago, USA: Manyland Books, 1971 A Lithuanian Poet-in-Exile whose poems "brim with echoes and aromas of days gone by, and they are also rich with the unending promises of the human condition at all times and places. A good , endearing book" (from intro by past President of Poetry Society of America Charles Angoff). Book is a pleasing green cloth with gold lettering. Slight bumping of corners the only imperfection. In English.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Good. Illus. by Paulius Jurkus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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New York, New York, USA: Dell Publishing, 1961 Reprint (1945, Simon & Schuster) Chronicles of life in the Atomic Age. Story of the men who made the first Atom Bomb, launched the first rockets, dug the uranium, measued the radiactive fallout and lived with the blasts and orbits. Based on interviews with survivors. Fr+ softcover with rocket and progression of space pioneers on black background. Moderate edge wear and surface scuffing. Split at front hinge, taped. Moderate page age toning with usual library markings. First 56 pages detached and folded, including cover, but none missing, Good reading copy, yet. 543 pp. . First Publisher's Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Fair Plus/No Jacket. Illus. by . 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library. (more information)

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New York and Toronto,: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc., 1996 True story of young woman missionary in the jungles of New Guinea including four years in a Japanese prison camp. Life among the headhunters, Celebes, Indonesia and later in Australian jungles. Photos. VG- softcover with illustration of woman wearing scarf with green leaf background. Minor edge and corner wear. 1/2 in rubbed area at top hinge, 1/2 inch rip at bottom front hinge. Binding tight, spine straight. Pages clean and unmarked. Folded corners at bottom rear of book. Price tag on rear. 224 pp. Photo may not reflect actual condition of book. Owner inscription on inside front cover by James Rose. . Tenth Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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London, UK: Reed International Books Ltd. , 1995 Reprint (1960, Hutchinson & Co.) Another case of Black Magic, Soviet Intrigue and the "International high priesthood of the Satanic Church". So when Teddy Mordern is ritually murdered and the peace of the world is threatened by Soviets who have harnessed Occult Powers, what else is a young attractive widow to do but Submit to Satan and infiltrate the Diabolical Brotherhood of the Ram to avenge his murder? Fun reading for horror and murder mystery story fans. NF- black softcover with slight edge and corner wear. Man's head in red with black bowler hat. Gilt lettering on front and spine.. First Publisher's Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine Minus/No Jacket. Illus. by Herb Schwartz. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. (more information)

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Billings, Montana, USA: Don L. Weibert, 1992 FIRST EDITION. Reveals the mystery of how eastern Montana's last outlaw lived and died, long kept secret by those unwilling to incriminate themselves. Written by a fourth generation Montana rancher. Rich textured brown leather look cover. Dust jacket has some rubbing and dampstaining of back flap. One tiny rip.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good Minus. Illus. by Dale Crawford. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Privately Printed. (more information)

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Norman & London: University of Oklahoma Press, 1996 The entire truth of Virgilt Earp's life and exploits taken out of the shadow of his younger brother, Wyatt. Fleshes out his life after the O.K. Corral in California, Nevada and other states. Footnotes. Many photos and maps. Blue softcover with photo of Virgil and illustration of shooting at O.K. Corral. Book has has some age toning and minor soiling of of edges. Else binding tight, spine straight, pages clean and unmarked. 255 pp. . First Paperback Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine Minus/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. . (more information)

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