Recent Arrivals from E Ridge fine Books

New York: William Sloane Associates. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. 304pp. Note on Authorities. Index. "The Hours and the Ages captures a large part of the spirit of the American past in a book which has the easy sustained flow of a novel..." (Joseph Wood Krutch, Dustjacket back … Read more

Cambrdge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. 424pp. Illustrated. Index. Bibliography. Light edgewear to the jacket. There are two marks in the text block, one 1" red line in the margin and one minute mark. Otherwise a clean, tight copy in the orignal uncliped… Read more

New York: Macmillan. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1963. Second Edition. Hardcover. First printing of the revised second edition. 382pp. Illustrated. Bibliography. Index of Individuals. Introduction by Richard Carrington. A clean, tight, unmarked copy with tatered original dustjacket. Now in a clear removable cover. This book is the first book to synthesize… Read more

New York: Antheneum. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1966. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Brown cloth. Original dustjacket. vii, 390 pages. Index. Illustrated. Drawings by Berdine Ardrey. The text block is clean without marking or notation; laid in is the original bomc review leaflet, "Report by Clifton Fadiman." The dustjacket is marked… Read more

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth with original dustjacket. vii,124pp. Index. Illustrated. The dustjacket is worn along the edges, now in a clear removable cover. This is the First Edition describing the sampling and the measurement technique for radiocarbon dating. The 1955,… Read more

Des Moines, Iowa: Kraft Foods. Near Fine. 1999. Hardcover. Pictorial hardcover. 9" X 10" 239pp. Index. Fully illustrated. Minor corner tip wear. Gift Quality. "Over 150 luscious recipes from brand names that include Philadelphia Cream Cheese, Jell-O Products, Oscar Mayer Meats, and Good Seasons Salad Dressing Mix." Contents: Everyday Appetizers & Snacks; Shortcut Family… Read more

Toronto, Canada: MGR Publishing. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Pictorial hardcover with matching dustjacket. 11" X 9.5" 128pp. Fully illustrated in color. What a delight to browse through these creative and fun recipes. Contents headings: Tricks of the Trade; Fun for Kids; Quick'n Easy; Family Treats; Light Delights;… Read more

Meredith Corporation. Very Good. 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Pictorial hardcover. First printing. 10" X 8". 95pp. Modest wear to the corner tips. General tone within. Handwritten recipe inside the back cover (Buttermilk Sherbet). Laid in are several clipped recipes from newspapers with corresponding shadow. Sample recipes Bannana Toroni, Coffee Meringues, Baked Caramel Custard, Pumpkin Torte, Apricot-Peach… Read more

Chicago Review Press. As New. 2001. First Edition. Softcover. As new. 10" X 7" 169pp. Index. Illustrated. "This step-by-step guide enables ordinary folks to construct 13 awesome ballistic devices using inexpensive household or hardware store materials. Clear instructions, diagrams, and photographs show how to build projects ranging from the simple, ...to the more complex...… Read more

New York: Drake Publishers Inc. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1974. First American Edition. Hardcover. Originally published in Milan Italy in 1972. This edition was published in red cloth with the original box of seven patterns/appendix in a hinged case; both the book and the appendix are in the matching slipcase. 170pp. Plus 171-174… Read more

Philadelphia: Theodore Presser Company. Very Good. N.D.. First Printing. Hardcover. Burgundy cloth. 8"X5.5" 126 pp. One fold out chart in fine condition. No date. Circa 1900. First published in London in 1893. Laid in are previous worked sheets. Former owner's penciled name inside the cover. "With 100 additional exercises written expressly for this work by Dr. J.… Read more

Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Fair. 1969. Softcover. Cover is detached. Text block remains bound solidly and without markings or soil. A good working copy. 118pp. Color and black and white plates. Edvard Munch was a Norwegian painter. His best known work, The Scream (1893), has become one of Western art's most… Read more

Boston, New York, Chicago, London: Ginn and Company. Very Good. 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth. iv,124pp. Index. Index of Musical Signs. Page 124 is a list of "Principle Books Consulted." Foldout chart. With questions for the student. From the Preface "That portion of the theory of music contained in this volume relates almost… Read more

Debuque, Iowa: Wm C. Brown Company Publishers. Very Good. 1952. Softcover. Blue stiff card with gilt lettering. Wire spiral binding. 58pp. Illustrated throughout with photographs and drawings; 7 fold out constellation maps. ; 8vo .

Amsterdam, London, New York: Elsevier Publishing Company. Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1972. Hardcover. Grey cloth. vi, 186pp. Illustrated with diagrams and maps. Includes one fold out map. FINE with penciled bookseller notes on the ffep. Originally issued as Upper Mantle scientific report no. 40, reprinted from Tectonophysics, v. 15 "Papers ... presented at… Read more

Boston: Little Brown and Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth. Lacking the dustjacket. 298pp. First Edition Stated. Top edge stained red. Modest wear and edge soil. ; 8vo ; 298 pp pages .

Memphis, Tennessee: SIR Isaac Pitman & Sons. Very Good. 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Pictorial hard cover. 31pp. Beautifully illustrated. A poetic historical rendition of the 1941, Pembroke Peabody Ducks. The Peabody fountain received it's first ducks as the result of a prank by friends returning from a hunting trip in the 1930's. The result of the prank… Read more

London: Macmillan. Very Good. 1914. Fourteenth Edition. Hardcover. Green decorated cloth stamped with a black and red boarder with matching lettering. The Rural Science Series. 545pp. 331 intext illustrations. Index. And "...advertisements of books on kindred subjects." Liberty Hyde Bailey (1858 – 1954) was an American horticulturist and reformer of rural life. He… Read more

London: Jonathan Cape. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Frontispiece. 287, [10]pp. Plus 55pp "The Travellers' Library : The Life and Letters Series catalogue. The spine is faded; foxing to endpages. Mary Gladys Webb (1881-1927) was an English romance novelist and poet of the early 20th century,… Read more

San Francisco, CA: Sierra Club. Very Good. 1964. Tenth Edition. Softcover. 7.5" X 5" 135pp. [4, last being "Notes of Starr's Guide Map Tenth Edition"] Pocket on rear cover with single map of the entire trail in black, blue and red line; edges toned otherwise about fine. Unmarked without tears. Also within the pocket is… Read more