Recent Arrivals from Champ & Mabel Collectibles

Tallinn: Periodika Publishers, 1987. 2nd Revised Edition. Pictorial hardcover. Very good/No Jacket. 103p. Cover corners scraped, stain on back cover. Provides a review of traditional Estonian cuisine and dishes customarily served at holidays and family gatherings and includes recipes for entrees, bread, puddings, porridges, gruel, vegetables, and beverages. Includes bibliography. 8 color photo plates. (8-1/2"x5-5/8")

Palo Alto, California: Klutz Press, 1987. Board book. Good +. 77p. Back cover separating and torn at wire binding, missing the measuring spoons that were attached through a whole in the top left corner of the book. Forty-five recipes for beginning cooks, including sandwiches, pizzas, popcorn, beverages, entrees, potatoes, salads, and desserts with "not to eat" recipes for face paint… Read more about this item

Rome, Georgia: Floyd Hospital, 1975. First Edition, Stated. Softcover. Very good. Redden, R.. [vii], [186p.] A few pages stained. Plastic comb binding. Cookbook to raise funds for supplemental services to patients at Floyd Hospital in Rome, Georgia. Includes recipes for appetizers, beverages, breads, sandwiches, candy, cookies, cakes, pies, eggs, entrees, salads, and vegetables. Brown text and illustrations by R. Redden.… Read more about this item

New York: Crown Publishers, 1971. (1st Edition). Cloth. Very good/very good. 192p. Ink stamp on front endpaper, jacket edges lightly scuffed. Autobiography of powerful California lobbyist and political wheeler-dealer who was imprisoned in 1953 for tax evasion. From the 1920s to the 1950s, his clients included the liquor industry, trucking, racetracks, movie studios, insurance companies, railroads, labor, universities, and even… Read more about this item

Cumberland, Maryland: Soaring Symposia, 1970. Cloth. Very good/very good. xiv, 208p. Jacket rubbed with edges scuffed. Seibels, who entered the National Soaring Museum Hall of Fame in 1998, describes the thrill of sailplane racing and soaring and the various personalities and adventures in the sport. B&w photographs. (8-3/4"x5-3/4")

Norwell, Massachusetts: Avedis Zildjian Co., 1980. Softcover. Very good. 233p. Cover edges scuffed, pen mark on front. Includes 19 - 8"x10" photos in envelope that is torn at flap and scuffed. Gold illustrations and b&w photographs. (8-1/2"x5-1/2") Zildjian, which means "cymbal smith," has been the favored cymbal for 20th and 21st-century classical, jazz, swing, rock, pop, punk, funk, and hip-hop… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Winchell Co., 1972. Softcover. Very good. [vi], 123p. A few pages dog eared, cover edges scuffed and spine sunned. A diary of Gloeckner's time serving as a physician in Vietnam during the conflict through a program organized by the American Medical Association in collaboration with AID (Aid for International Development), a branch of the United States State Department. B&w… Read more about this item

Perryville, Missouri: St. Rose of Lima Church, 1985. Softcover. Very good. Jannin, Janet. 185p. Brown spots on top page edges. Includes recipes for cakes, bread, pies, desserts, cookies, candy, soups, entrees, salads, appetizers, beverages, and helpful household and cooking hints. Plastic comb binding. B&w illustrations by Janet Jannin. (8-5/8"x7-3/4")

Berkeley; Yosemite: Heyday Books; Yosemite Association, 2002. First Trade Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. Killion, Tom. 128p. 1st printing. Adapted from the handprinted book produced by The Quail Press founder Killion, this work combines the woodcut prints of Killion with the words of poet Snyder and naturalist Muir, all of whom traveled the backcountry of the High Sierra in awe… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Estonian Women's Club of Los Angeles, 1976. Softcover. Good +. Taks-Sahni, Tiia. xii, 273p. 5th printing (1979). Gift note on inside front cover, some pages have marginalia, others dog eared, moisture stain on top back cover and last few pages, cover stained. Errata sheet laid in. Plastic comb binding. Text in English and Estonian. Brown-tone text, illustrations, and… Read more about this item

Paris: Editions Elzézir, 1949. (1st Edition). Hardcover. Good/good. [165p.] A few pages dog eared, cover foxed, jacket rubbed with edges scuffed. An examination of modern dance in the mid-20th century United States featuring Martha Graham and dance troupe. Copy no. 517. Text in French. B&w photo plates. (11"x8-1/2")

London: John Murray, 2023. First Edition. Cloth. Very good/very good. [xiv], 562p. Jacket corners lightly worn. Nick Drake, a British musician who died in 1974 at age 24, suffering from a "mysterious mental illness." In the years since his death, his music has gained popularity and been featured in television and films - a well-researched and family-authorized biography of a… Read more about this item

Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi, 2022. Softcover. Very good. [xxvi], 299p. Cover edges scuffed. Chronicles "the experience of two young white graduate students doing fieldwork in the African American blues of Mississippi and Louisiana during the height of the 1960s blues revival." Includes bibliography, discography, and archival materials. B&w photographs. (10"x8")

[Salem, Oregon]: Eric's Press, 1996. Softcover. Very good/very good. 200p. Jacket and cover edges scuffed with label shadow on front. Ericson, creative seamstress and frequent contributor to Threads magazine, displays a variety of unique items for fastening clothing, including buckles, bracelets, cording, and others. B&w and color illustrations and photographs. (10"x8-1/8")

London; New York: Academy Editions; St. Martin's Press, 1984. Softcover. Very good. 112p. Cover edges scuffed. A review of women's fashion in France from 1908-1925. B&w photographs and color plates. (11-1/2"x8-1/2")

New York: Focal Press, 2013. Softcover. Very good. [xxii], 421p. An in-depth biography of British inventor and electronics engineer Alan Dower Blumlein, notable for his many inventions in telecommunications, sound recording, television, and radar. Includes bibliographic references and a chronology of patents. B&w photographs. (11-3/4"x8-1/4")

[s.l.]: Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists, 2013. Softcover. Very good. iv, 73p. Spots on back cover. Douglas presents an analysis intended to be "understood by a non-expert but still useful to the expert" of the landslides occurring in the Portuguese Bend area on the southern edge of the Palos Verdes Peninsula, California. The land has experienced increased movement due… Read more about this item

New York: Holmes & Meier, 1980. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 216p. 1986 printing. Jacket edges lightly scuffed. Includes bibliography. The history of haute couture, individually sewn creations for the upper classes that set trends, from Charles Frederick Worth, the first global fashion dictator, to the period after World War II. B&w photographs and 4 leaves of color plates. (10"x7-1/2")

New York: Fairchild Publications, 1983. (1st Edition). Pictorial hardcover. Very good. 157p. Cover lightly rubbed. An overall guide to designing and sewing clothing for girls and boys. B&w illustrations. (9-1/2"x7-1/2")

New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1979. (1st U.S. Edition). Hardcover. Very good/good +. 120p. 1" tear on back top jacket edge with edges scraped. Pictorial review focusing on styling and drawing clothing for children and teens. A Halstead Press book. B&w illustrations and photographs. (10"x7-5/8")