Search Results: Collectible/Old Books from Adagio Books

Illinois: Bloomberg Pioneer Museum. Stated First Printing. Gift inscribed and signed by both author/illustrators on title page. Yellow ribbon bookmark advertising the book laid in. Top 1/2'" of bookmark faded. Cover has minor shelf and edge wear including a light corner crease on the front right. Interior clean and unmarked except for autographs. A fictionalized account of the establishment of a community and college in Galesburg, Illinois by George Washington Gale beginning in 1825. Size: 6 x 9 . Very Good. Paperback. First Edition First Printing.. 1982.

Colorado: David and Maryann Waddell, 2011. Soft cover. Good. Inscribed/signed by author on title page, "To Karen- With best wishes, Maryann Waddell September 8, 2011." Otherwise unmarked. In good, clean condition with minor wear including rubbing/tiny chips along edges. Author's business card pasted down inside front cover. Diary entries written during Abby Woodbury's 2-year journey through Europe, about the people shee meets, the places she visits, as well as her innermost thoughts and feelings. Size: 6 x 9

Grand Central Publishing. Stated First Edition. In good, unmarked condition with a small damp stain on the front end page. Top edge of text block sunned. Otherwise clean with a couple of dogeared pages. Cover has shelf wear. Size: 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 . Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 2007.

New York: P. Blakiston's Son & Co.. Hardcover. Very Good. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2. Third Hardcover Edition. McGraw Hill Pub. No copyright date noted. 451 pgs. Medium brown leatherette cover. In very good, clean condition with name written on front endpage. Osler provides a history of medicine along with philosophy, education, and advice to practitioners.

Time Life Books, 1965. First Edition . Hard Cover in Slipcase. As New/Very Good. An as new book in a very good slipcase. Slipcase has a couple of light scratches on the back end. Illustrated in B/W and color with maps. Size: 10 x 12 1/2

U.S.A.: distributed by Nippon Kan, 1989. Soft cover. Good. In good condition with a heavily creased front hinge and a light crease on the spine. Other shelfwear is minor. Text block clean and tight. Title page is dogearred. Signed and inscribed by author inside front cover "To Beth, Gaku Homma." Size: 5 1/2 x 8 1/2

Lauderdale, TAS, Australia: Pardalote Press, 2002. Soft cover. Very Good. In very good condition. Signed/inscribed by author on title page. Cover has light edge/shelfwear. 61 pages. Size: 5 1/ 2 x 8

Utah: Sundance Publications, Limited, 1977. Limited First Edition - 2000 Copies . Hardcover. Good. Limited first edition first printing. No. 253/2000. Gift inscribed/signed by Jack Roberts on title page. Front endpage has a vertical crease running entire length of page. Water damage on top edge near spine resulting in wrinkling and slight discoloration which penetrated into margin along spine edge entire length of book. Cover has scuffed top/bottom edges. Illustrated in b/w and color. Size: 11 1/2 x 8 1/2

Frederick A. Praeger, 1953. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. Hardcover book in very good, clean, unmarked condition with slight shelfwear. Dust jacket in poor condition with heavy rubbing and multiple tears, but a clean mylar protective jacket. A compact and lucid essay about the basic anatomy of American nineteenth century art. Size: 7 1/2 x 10

Kansas: Haldeman-Julius Company. Paperback. Fair. In clean, unmarked condition. Light blue cover is tanning around edges with a 1/2" tear on the bottom edge. Otherwise minor shelfwear. Text block tanned. 95 pages. Size: 3 1/2 x 5

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Intrepid Traveler, 2001. Soft cover. As New. 6 x 9. Inscribed by Joyce Brooks on front endpage. In very good, clean condition. The author, one of the country's most successful leaders of group tours, writes about her experiences as a group travel organizer over a period of twenty-five years.

Christie's, 1999. Paperback. Good. 8 1/2 x 11. In good clean condtion with light corner crease, lower outside. Features 380 items of Asian Decorative Arts auctioned in New York, Monday 13 September 1999. Not all items are pictured but are described with price estimates.

Karl Baedeker, 1909. Second Edition. . Hardcover. Acceptable. 398 pages in very good, clean condition. Text block has marbled edges. Red cloth boards with gold gilt lettering. Corners bumped. Spine cracked, but all text tightly attached. Has two ribbon markers which are faded and fraying at the ends. Text tanning. Fold-out maps, topographical maps, and charts all intact. Size: 4 1/2 x 6 1/2

U.S.A.: Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated, 2010. Hardcover. As New. Signed on first title page, "Ride Safe and Smart! Your friend, Sharon Camarillo." Anunused pictorial hardcover book with minor shelfwear. A comprehensive and illustrated program that takes the novice barrel racer from the process of choosing her horse to preparation for and taking part in races. Size: 8 1/2 x 10 1/2

U.S.A.: Corona Publishing Co., 2001. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Signed on front endpage, "for ., For the old times--For the good times-, Dan Cook". Another inscription inside front cover. Otherwise in unread condition. The biography of the Texas journalist who wrote for many newspapers. Size: 6 1/2 x 9 1/2

Jocato Press, 1975. First Edition. . Soft cover. Good. Stated First Edition. 48 pages of poetry in good, clean condition. Cover has edge/shelfwear and shows age-related discoloration. Size: 5 1/2 x 8 1/2

New York: Houghton Mifflin. Translated from the Japanese by Arthur Waley. A very good copy with previous owner's name/date neatly penciled on front end page. Corners and head/heel of spine lightly bumped. Covers show minimal wear. Size: 6 x 9 . Very Good. Hardcover. First Thus.. 1928.

Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1946. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 5 1/2 x 8. Stated First Edition in very good, clean, unmarked condition. Green cloth boards with gold gilt lettering bright and unfaded. Corners bumped. No dust jacket. Novel set during the years between the world wars and which explores the life of a Belgian family, the Duchesnes, and their mutual devotion which intensifies under the shadow of impending disaster. 5 1/ 2 x 8

New York: Houghton Mifflin. First Edition. Translated from the Japanese by Arthur Waley. In good, clean, unmarked condition with bumped corners and head/heel of spine. Rear bottom corner frayed. Spine cocked. No dust jacket. Size: 6 x 9 . Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 1933.

Redbud Gallery, 2006. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 9 x 11 1/2. Initialed on reverse title page, "GAK" and noted edition 872 of 1000 copies. Glossy pictorial hardcover in very good clean condition. No dust jacket. Features works by German artists, including those deemed 'degenerate' by the Third Reich, along with detailed commentary.