Recent Arrivals from Lonesome Water Books

1992. Fine. 11-1/2"x36". Accordion fold, caricature illustrations in color printed on both sides. -- Condition. "http://livinghistoryofillinois.com/download/DB-Kaplan-Full-Menu.jpg -- In January of 1990, D.B . Kaplan's Deli introduced their jazzy new menu, naming many sandwiches after sports figures; Ham Dunk; The Mike Ditka Show (lots of tongue and always hot); Rye Sandburg (good lookin'); William "Refrigerator" Perry) three-foot, triple-decker); McMahonwich… Read more about this item

St. Louis: Mosby, 2006. Second Edition. Spiral bound. Fine. Folio, paper wraps, pp.347, illustrated. CD is present in plastic pocket inside the back cover.

The Netherlands: Servire / Wassenaar, 1970. [First Edition]. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo.,pp. full blue leather, tipped in frontispiece of the author with a (I think) printed signature of the author. -- The World catalog locates 1 copy in 1 library worldwide. -- The Binding is moderately slanted. No other notable defects. -- Overall condition. CONTENTS: PART ONE: IN… Read more about this item

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1960. First Edition (NAP). Hardcover. Very good/near fine. 8vo., pp. 436 + pp. 11 unpaginated portfolio of illustrations. Signed by the author on a blank front endpaper; "Sincerely, Norman Rockwell", -- Dust jacket has moderate wear around the outer edges. Not price clipped. Blue circular stickers on front and back of dust jacket… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. First Edition - Wlth Scribner's "A. Hardcover. Fine. Oblong 8vo., pp. not numbered, 20 illustrations by the author. -- There were two printing of the book in 1940 but neither printing had the Scribner's "A" [Don Frazier. The Will James Books. A Descriptive Bibliography]. This is the very scare first edition of… Read more about this item

Coburg, Oregon: John W. Ball - Self Published, 1975. [First Edition]. Original wraps. Fine. 8vo., pp. 66, decorated wraps, illustrated. -- Condition. Contents: The Foolers of Depth Perception - The Hidden Bottom - The Hitch Effect - Jackrabbit Bait - Up and Down Sags - Pendulum Drift - Ideal Drift - Avoiding the Shake - Lures - Snags… Read more about this item

Indianapolis - New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1939. First Edition [Stated]. Hardcover. Good +. Royal 8vo., not paginated, cloth-backed illustrated boards, illlustrated in color. -- Boards modereately rubbed to the extremities, spine is in nice condition. Last page bottom front corner has a bit of wrinkling. -- Overall condition.

New York: Cupples & Leon, 1933. [First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo., pp. 86, cloth-backed illustrated paper over boards, black & white comic strip illustrations throughout. -- Large portrait of Dick Tracy, signed by Chester Gould "To Sonny Johnson --Boone, Iowa, Tracy's Assistant and Pal", signed by Chester Gould directly at bottom of the drawing with the inscription… Read more about this item

Philadelphia and New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1941. copyright 1941, 34th impression stated on the copyright page. Hardcover. fine in a very good dust jacket/very good +. 8vo., red paper over boards, pp. 253, -- Inside bottom of dust jacket has price of $1.69 and states 34th printing. Outer bottom of dust jacket states "Popular Edition". Rear of… Read more about this item

London: Cresset Press, 1928. Limited Edition of 30 copies numbered I-XXX. This copy not numbered. Fine. Tall quarto, full greeish vellum with leather label on spine printed in gilt. pp.349, illustrations by Hester Sainsbury. Edited with an Introduction and Glossary by Frederick Boas. 10 full-page illustrations by Hester Sainsbury. Of this edition 375 copes have been printed on… Read more about this item

Philadelphia - New York: Published by H.S. Tanner, 1841. Good +. [Map Only] 19"x14" Outside Margins. Some closed tears at outer edges to the folds. One closed tear about 2-3 inches to the map near the outside margin. -- Overall Condition of map.

Philadelphia - New York: Published by H.S. Tanner, 1841. Very good. [Map Only] 12"x15-1/2" Outside Margins. includes pages 243-279 from the book. Some closed tears at outer edges to the folds. -- Overall Condition of map.

Philadelphia - New York: Published by H.S. Tanner, 1841. Very good +. [Map Only] 14"x12-1/4" Outside Margins. includes pages 293,295 & 296 from the book. -- Condition of map.

Bloomington, Mn: Self Published, 2003. [First Edition]. Soft cover. Very good +. 4to., pp. 80. Long out of print guide. Grand coverage of store jars, vessels which held candy, gum, food, and other items suitable for generous display. Decorating patterns, stoppers, jar identification guide, Hundreds of black and white (catalog type) illustrations. Values and detailed subscriptions too. Bibliography… Read more about this item

Meriden, Conn: Ralston Society, 1940. 8th Printing of 10,000 copies. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo., maroon cloth (photos are more maroon than red), pp. 374. -- Front hinge moderately cracked, still holding. -- If front hinge were professionally repaired condition would be near fine. -- Overall Condition. Think and Grow Rich: In 1937, Hill published the bestselling book Think… Read more about this item

The Reporter press of Chicago (copyright by the author), 1913. [First Edition] The world catalog locates 1 edition published in 1913 in English and held by 1 library worldwide. Hardcover. Very good +. 12mo., pp. 41, black cloth lettered in white. Illustrated with 23 figures. -- Tiny bit of wear to the spine tips and corners. A few… Read more about this item

London: Thomas Tegg and Son, 1838. Vol.1, First Edition / Vol.2 Second Edition. Quarter leather. Very good. 16mo. (4"x6"), quarter leather bindings, marbled endpapers, hand colored steel engraved frontispiece (by George Cruikshank) in each volume, book plate of Justin G. Turner in Vol. 1. Vol. 1 has a folding facsimile letter. Vol. 2 has large folding sheet facsimile… Read more about this item

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1972. 12th printing, 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Very good +. 4to., not paginated, illustrations by Eric Sloane. ABC Book of Early Americana is Signed by Eric Sloane on the first free endpaper.. - The Little Red School House has a nice drawing of a schoolhouse and is also signed by the author. -- The… Read more about this item

Thomas Lyttle Publisher, 1967. [First Edition]. Original wraps. Fine. Royal 8vo., pp. 120, paper covers, + pp. 5 advertisements at the rear, illustrated. -- Signed letter by Lyttle to Dawn Human wanting to barter a copy of his monograph vol two for a copy of his book "How to Get High" (he mentions that vol. three of his… Read more about this item

Graphic Books, 1957. 2nd Graphic Edition #G-215. Paperback. Near fine. 12mo., pp. 255, Cover and title page illustrated by Sampson Pollen. 35c bottom right corner. -- An extremely nice copy with no notable defects. -- Overall condition. "Herschel Goldberg (November 2, 1901 - October 1, 1980), better known as Harry Grey, was a Russian Jewish-American writer. His first… Read more about this item