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Tucson, AZ: Home Planners, Inc., 1995. 240 pp., pictorial wraps; book shows library labels & clear tape to covers; light blue staining to small portion of fore edge of page block; card pocket to inside front cover; library stamps to title page; binding is square & solid / "Proven plans from today's top designers." /. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1933. xiv, 560 pp., red cloth w/ gold lettering, top edges gilt; Dust jacket in clear archival cover; Book shows bumping to top edge of front board w/ light bump to adjacent corner; prev. owner's name to front endpaper; Jacket is browned (esp. spine & rear panel) w/ wear, tears & chipping to edges, mainly to ends of spine & folds; spine has pieces missing at ends, tears & an irregular hole; portions of flap folds worn through / Includes a fold-out chart, "The Achievements of Rome - A Synopsis." /. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/Good -. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY, NY: W. W. Norton & Co., 1983. (336) pp., 1/3 dark blue cloth w/ light blue boards & gold lettering; Dust jacket in clear archival cover; Book shows some slightly whitened areas to cloth & to lower portion of front board, perhaps very slight dampstains; Jacket shows a little edgewear w/ a couple of small nicks or short tears & a small area of peeling lamination to top edge of rear panel at flap fold; one very slightly rubbed vertical line each to front & rear panels / ". . . provides an illuminating and unforgettable impression of the continent and its inhabitants as they appeared to Europeans before the age of colonialism changed both forever." B&W illustrations and maps. /. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good -. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY, NY: New Directions, 1948. 292 pp., gray boards w/ blue lettering; Dust jacket in clear archival cover; Book shows light to moderate wear to ends of spine w/ 2 very short tears at head; bottom edges of boards show shelfwear w/ bottom corners a little bumped & the rear corner fraying a bit; rear board has a couple of light bumps to bottom edge; small light soiled area at top edge of front board; Jacket shows tears, chops & creases to top & bottom edges w/ pieces missing at ends of spine (about 1/4") & a couple of v-shaped pieces missing from edges of front panel (largest 1/2"); rear panel has a 3/8" x 1/2" hole near bottom edge & has some light soil overall; spine panel shows some soiling & is wearing through at fore edge; front & rear flap folds show some wear & internals tears w/ a couple of small spots worn through / This is the second issue of the book, with the first-state jacket, with the listing of four books on the back, including two by… Read More

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1936. 211 pp., red cloth boards w/ gold lettering & embossed illustration to front board; DJ in clear archival cover; book shows slight bumping to top corners of boards; very small u-shaped tear to cloth near bottom of fore edge of front board; small Christmas label to front pastedown w/ prev. owner's notation to front endpaper; endpapers browning; DJ shows wear w/ chipping to ends of spine & folds; pieces missing at head of spine w/ a 1" x 1 3/4" triangular piece missing at top of front panel, adjacent to spine; edges of spine & flaps worn w/ some small holes; spine has internal tear w/ chipping to edges of tear; light soil to rear panel; front flap is price-clipped, which clipping has also removed portions of a couple of words / ". . . a revealing fragment of autobiography, a brief and enchanting glimpse into a long and enchanting life, and the most delightful of books about dogs. . . . To her own followers, this book will… Read More

Munn and Co., Inc. / Scientific American Publishing Co., 1947. xii, 497 pp., maroon cloth w/ gold lettering & decoration; Book shows light to moderate wear to ends of spine w/ light wear to corners of boards; some minor rubs & scratches overall; light foxing to edges of page block; prev. owner's name inked to endpapers w/ rear endpapers browning from newspaper clippings laid in / Illustrated with B&W photos, diagrams and drawings. Laid in at the back of the book are: A neatly folded advertisement for "Amateur Telescope making - Advanced"; A list of "Astronomy Books for the Amateur's Collection" available from Scientific American; Three newspaper-clippings of the column "The Stars of the Week" by James C. Hickey, from the New York Sun, 1949. /. Fourth Edition, 7th Printing. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Fort Worth, TX: The Manney Co., 1952. 273 pp., light green cloth w/ silver lettering & decoration; Dust jacket in clear archival cover; Book shows very light brown stain to top-rear edge of page block, penetrating a little into the top margins of approx. the last 15 leaves; gift store stamp & prev. owner's name-address to front free endpaper; notation to top margin of contents page; Jacket shows some light stains, spots & soil overall w/ some darkening to spine panel; wear, tears & a little chipping to ends of spine & folds w/ a couple of tears to top edge overall / Illustrated with B&W photos. /. 6th Printing. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY, NY: Ballantine, 1970. 266 pp., pictorial wraps; book shows a few very small bumps & near creases to bottom edges & corners; binding is tight & square, cover bright & clean / "Man is an endangered species." /. 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Fine.

NY, NY: Harper & Row, 1965. 242 pp., black cloth w/ gold lettering & decoration; Dust jacket in clear archival cover; Book shows slight fading to extreme top & bottom edges of boards; very short tear & small crease to bottom edges of 2 leaves; Jacket shows edgewear w/ minor chipping & extremely short tears to ends of spine & folds; a little curling to top edges; some faint rubbing to front panel / A collection of seven short stories and a novella by the author of "The Gentle Insurrection," "Tall Houses In Winter," and "The Scarlet Thread." /. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY, NY: Hillman Books, 1960. 144 pp., pictorial wraps, # 156; Book shows some light edgewear; Back cover has a bend to cover at bottom & fore edge w/ some light top moderate rubbing; pages are browning lightly toward edges / ". . . sin and sexual torment" - Virginia Kirkus ""The story of a man who had lived too much, and a girl who was just ready to begin." (cover blurb) /. 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good -.

Lakemont, GA: CSA Press, 1971. 190 pp., wraps; book has covers laminated by prev. owner, whose address label is attached to first (blank) page, which also shows two small inked numerals; minimal margin markings to about 6 pages / "An Advanced Textual Sequel to LOOK WITHIN. Exposing the Falsity of 'Illusion' and Revealing the Truth of the REALITY WITHIN Toward the Recovery of the Gnosis in Preparation for the Return of the Great World Teacher In This Age of Aquarius" /. Trade Paperback. Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1962. 264 pp., two-tone binding w/ pale orange to top half & burnt-orange to bottom half w/ lettering the reverse; DJ in clear archival cover; book shows light bumping to ends of spine w/ a very short tear at head of spine; some darkened areas to upper half of covers, esp. rear; light foxing to top edge of page block; DJ shows some wear & chipping to ends of spine & folds; a little rubbing at edges of spine; some minor soil overall / "Here at last is the intimate chronicle of one of the most fascinating regions of the earth . . . the Great Southern California Desert." Illustrated with B&W drawings. /. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/Good to Very Good. Illus. by Bill Bender. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1995. xiii, 140 pp., dar-orange cloth w/ gold lettering; DJ in clear archival cover / Illustrated with B&W drawings. /. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Diana Marlinski. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

NY, NY: Beacon Signal / Universal Publishing and Distributing Corp., 1963. 154 pp., pictorial wraps, B597F; book shows some small dents to top edge of front cover w/ small piece (about 1/8") torn off bottom corner (and from same corner of first few leaves); creasing & short tear to bottom corner of back cover w/ a few small dents to top edge; small fading "x" & "o" penned to spine; inside of covers & pages browning lightly towards edges; binding is tight & square, cover is bright / "About to be elected to high office, he learned he had two wives. Both were beautiful . . . both were faithless . . .both surfeited him with voluptuous delights . . . Ruin threatened handsome Todd Amhurst. Could he love his way out of this sex-sick dilemma? Politics and passion make poor bed-partners. A sex-filled novel about smoke-filled rooms!" (cover blurbs) /. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Good +. Illus. by Darcy (cover art).

Miami, FL: E. A. Seeman Publishing, Inc., 1971. 114 pp., red cloth w/ gold lettering & illustration; DJ in clear archival cover; book shows minor wear to ends of spine w/ light bump to top corner of rear board & 2 small dents to bottom edges of boards; prev. owner's stamp to title page; DJ shows a little wrinkling to area around head of spine / Illustrated with 230 drawings by Constance S. McSweeney and 57 photographs in color and B&W. /. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine. Illus. by Constance S. McSweeney. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY, NY ( Norfolk, CT ): New Directions, 1952. 323 pp., light beige cloth w/ blue & green lettering; Dust jacket in clear archival cover; Book shows slight darkening to spine; some minor bumping to bottom edges of boards; a touch of soil to top edge of front board; very slight bumping to bottom corner of rear board; Jacket shows chipping, small pieces missing (up to 1/2" x 1 1/8", as in v-shaped piece missing from bottom edge of rear panel), and tears to edges, especially to ends of spine & folds; spine is somewhat darkened & shows some soil w/ portions chipped away at ends; some light soil to jacket overall, a bit heavier to rear panel; front panel has a long (about 3 1/2") mostly horizontal tear, creating a flap, the crease of which is near separation, now held in place by clear jacket cover / This is the first state of the first U.S. edition, published in an edition of 2,500 copies. Illustrated with four plates of B&W photos. Printed in Ireland. /. First U.S. Edition.… Read More

NY, NY: Popular Library, 1946. 219 pp., pictorial wraps, # 86; book shows light edgewear w/ lamination beginning to peel at edges; light reading crease to front cover along spine; light wear to ends of spine; stress lines to back cover; edge staining is a little faded & pages are browning lightly at edges; extremely short tear & small crease to fore edge of one leaf / "Justice rides the range." (cover blurb) /. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good -. Illus. by Hoffman (cover art).

NY, NY: Nassau Stamp Co., 1948. 136 pp., red cloth w/ gold lettering; Book shows wear, fraying & bumping to ends of spine & to corners; faint cup ring to front board; binding cracking between half-title & title pages; rear endpapers damaged at top of hinge apparently due to binding error (also a small creased surface tear, not affecting integrity of binding near bottom); occasional check marks & small circles to pages / "With an article on The Maritime Posts, 1849-76 by Robert G. Stone." B&W illustrations. /. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Los Angeles, CA: Authors' Unlimited, 1986. 320 pp., pictorial wraps; book shows some very light edge & corner wear w/ slight rumpling to top corner of first page / ". . . a book about the indomitable human spirit, about the frailty of human beings who follow their stars, only to find those stars flickering dangerously as their adventures skirt closer to disaster." /. Trade Paperback. Very Good to Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Kansas City, MO: Brown - White - Lowell Press, 1944. 57 pp., red cloth w/ gold lettering; Book shows slight wear to ends of spine & to corners of boards; small bump to bottom edge of front board; "friends of library" stamp to front endpaper; some light foxing or browning to rear endpapers; pages yellowing a bit / From the Preface: "This Little book contains a number of short poems which have previously appeared in various of my shooting and travel stories, An African Holiday, Tiger Trails in Southern Asia, The Long Trek, An Arctic Safari, and The Silver Kings of Aransas Pass. The Red Cross Aide verses were written while I was taking an enforced rest in a Texas hospital." /. Hard Cover. Very Good -/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.