Search Results: Books from Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA

Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1989. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth with silver lettering. vii, 356pp. Map. Near fine. Tight, handsome second printing of this concluding volume of Bowman's New York state trilogy -- a massive compilation of birth, death and marriage records, indispensable for serious research. Inkstamped name/address of a noted library historical collection on front and rear flyleaves.

New York: Golden Press, 1961. Hardcover. Edited by Robert Laffont. Translation by Anne Carter. 4to. Off-white cloth with red spine lettering and front board graphic, pictorial dust jacket, corrugated cardboard box with paper label. 296pp. Extensive illustrations (some color), pictorial endpapers. Fine/very good/good plus. Jacket mildly edgeworn, with couple of archivally closed (on verso) edge tears; box a bit age toned, rubbed and edgeworn, but complete and strong. A tight and quite handsome first U.S. edition of this far-ranging (to quote front flap) "exciting panorama of man's daily life across the ages, showing the evolution of the ways and habits of living from prehistoric times to the present." The seldom-present cardboard box did its protective job and kept the book pristine and the dust jacket quite nice. Name/address "From the Library of" inkstamp on front flyleaf of Edgar G. Hellum (1906-2000), the well-known "Bard of Pendarvis" -- resident of historic… Read More

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1947. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Light maroon tweed paper over boards with black lettering, pictorial dust jacket. vii, 209pp. Frontispiece map, map endpapers. Very good/good plus. Jacket quite edgeworn and spine faintly sunned, with some edge chips (mainly at head and tail of spine) -- but complete and overall still attractive; ownership name/address lightly inkstamped on half-title page. A tight, nice later printing of the fourth volume (first published 1947) in the 24-volume "Rick Brant Electronic Adventure" series. Lists to ninth title on inner flyleaf (1952, which dates this copy).

Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1973. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue buckram, dust jacket. 288pp. Line drawings. Very good/very good. Minor jacket edgewear. First edition. Interesting look at the stories behind the names of 100 (2 from each State) U.S. town and cities.

Minneapolis: Pillsbury Mills, 1955. Paperback. Small 8vo. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. 95pp, (3pp). Numerous illustrations (some color). Near fine. Tight and handsome first edition of this annual "best of" compilation.

New York: Avon Book Company, 1943. Paperback. Small 8vo. Stiff glazed wrappers. 164pp, (2pp ads). Very good. Bit of minor edgewear; text block lightly, evenly age toned as usual. Tight, attractive copy of No. 11 in the "Avon Modern Short Story Monthly" series.

N.p.: Gautier-Languereau, 1966. Hardcover. Illustrations by Georges Pichard. 8vo. Brown cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 252pp. Line drawings. Very good/very good. Small institutional inkstamp on front flyleaf. Lightweight juvenile true adventure stories, entirely in French, ranging from JFK's PT-109 (pictured on the jacket) to Marco Polo.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1960. Hardcover. 8vo. Tan cloth with brown lettering. x, 390pp. Very good. Faintest of mild wear only, though tight and internally fine. First edition, boldly signed by Johnson in blue ballpoint on front flyleaf. From the collection of one who twice tried to occupy this address: Adlai E. Stevenson II (1900-65), who lost to Eisenhower in 1952 and 1956 and who appears in this text more than a few times. More recently, from the collection of his son, Adlai E. Stevenson III (1920-2021), U.S. Senator from Illinois (1969-81). A sharp copy with interesting background. By the way, historian and politician Johnson (1915-85) went on to edit the multi-volume "Papers of Adlai Stevenson.

N.p.: N.p., 1946. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue pebble-grain cloth with gilt lettering, rules and insignia. 276pp. Illustrations, foldout pictorial map. Very good. Faint binding wear only; endpapers a bit age toned and neat blue cloth tape on inner hinges. A tight and quite nice first and likely only edition of this bibliographically-challenged regimental history. This storied regiment, part of the 1st Infantry Division ("The Big Red One"), has been extremely active in every military engagement from the Civil War on up through the War in Afghanistan. Co-author Samuel Fuller (1912-97) was an infantryman in the 16th and went on to fame and fortune as a Hollywood director, novelist and screenwriter. A revised, refocused softbound edition titled "16th Infantry Regiment 1861-1946, Featuring the 8 Campaigns of World War II" was published in 1995, but this hardbound predecessor is rarely seen. Scarce.

New York: Random House, 1978. Hardcover. With Jack Gilford and Zero Mostel. Small 4to. Brown cloth spine and blue paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xi, 175pp. Illustrations. Very good/very good. Minor jacket edgewear. First edition. Chronicles the lives of two theatre families.

[Novato, CA]: Presidio Press, 1994. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed wrappers. 290pp. Map. Near fine. Advance reading copy with a promotional letter from the publisher preceding the front flyleaf. Tight and attractive.

London: Greenhill Books, 1995. Hardcover. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 264pp. Illustrations, maps. Near fine/near fine. Discreet blind-embossed ownership initials on front flyleaf. Tight, quyite handsome first edition.

Mechanicsburg: Stackpole Books, 2005. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Grey paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, dust jacket. xvi, 229pp, (9pp ads). Fine/fine. Tight, pristine first edition of this volume in the publisher's "Military Classics Series, being the original text of (to cite front jacket flap) "the four most important sets of rules, together than an introduction explaining the history and significance of each."

Garden City: Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1976. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 463pp. Numerous illustrations. Very good/very good. Tight, decent first edition -- a mild ex-library copy, with very few markings.

N.p.: HC Publishers Inc, 1969. Hardcover. Introductions by Robert E. Brooker and Louis Sobol. Edited by Hal L. Cohen. 4to. Blue cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 672pp. Color frontispiece, extensive illustrations. Very good/very good. Text block lightly, typically age toned; jacket rather rubbed and edgeworn, with spine lightly sunned and a couple edge chips -- but complete, overall attractive and (Brodart encased) fully handleable. Nice first edition of this facsimile reprint of the venerable retailer's Catalogue No. 97 for the Fall/Winter 1922-23 season, their "Golden Jubilee" (1872-1922 -- and now centennial), a massive soup-to-nuts offering of... well, anything and everything. Did the 1968 publication of a facsimile of competitor Sears, Roebuck & Co.'s 1897 catalogue prompt this one-upmanship from the older firm? Difficult to find in sharp condition like this and with jacket present.

Chicago: A.C. Becken Co, 1936. Hardcover. 4to. Grey cloth with blue and burgundy lettering and blue, gilt and burgundy decorations. 780pp. Extensive illustrations (some color and some partly color). Very good overall. Binding typically a bit edgeworn and age toned, but sound; text block mostly near fine; front flyleaf seemingly an expert period replacement; small inked note on front pastedown (no doubt from jeweler owner, who reminds himself "Clock movements Page 634 to 637"); faint floral mustiness. Tight, nice first edition of the "Fiftieth Anniversary Number 1887 1937" (according to front board gilt medallion) of this notable Chicago wholesaler best known for its watches and jewelry, as the title page statement ("This Catalog Is Sent to Recognized Retail Jewelers Only") attests. Becken was successor to two other notable Chicago businesses, which the front board duly notes: "Continuing Otto Young & Co. and C.H. Knights Thearle Co." The color images are particularly bright and charming. Thumb-indent… Read More

[New York]: Harper & Brothers, 1951. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff yellow wrappers. 85pp. Very good. Tight, clean and nice issue of this compilation of controversial articles "from recent (since 1947) issue of Harper's Magazine, chose for their durability and variety of interest." Includes John Dickson Carr's "When Conan Doyle Was Sherlock Holmes," Henry Steele Commager's "Who Is Loyal to America?," Lincoln Kirstein's "The State of Modern Painting" and Isaac Rosenfeld's "The Misfortunes of the Flapjacks," among others.

Winchester, VA: Winchester Civil War Round Table, 1958. Paperback. 8vo. Grey wrappers. (12pp). Very good. Mailing marks on rear cover. Annual report of the 1957 activities and members of the Winchester, Virginia Civil War Round Table.

Chicago: Walter Schwimmer, n.y.. Paperback. Folio. Stiff wrappers with clear mylar overlay, white plastic comb binding. (22pp, heavy stock, rectos only). Illustrations. Very good. Plastic comb binding chipped and partial, though functional; internally clean and near pristine. Probable sole printing of this oversize large print prospectus concerning "The greatest honor our civilization can bestow on the achievements of man... To be presented for the first time on American television" and "Produced as a one hour on-the-spot television documentary... and Telecast in prime time over the Nationwide Network of the American Broadcasting Company...." A most unusual promotional piece for the first documentary of its kind on this event, with background information on Alfred Nobel, illustrations of the 1964 winners, blow-by-blow account of the documentary, etc. Alistair Cooke would serve as master of ceremonies. Purpose of this booklet was to find underwriters to pay for the production… Read More

N.p. [Detroit]: Ford Motor Company, 1965. Paperback. Oblong 48mo. Stiff textured tan wrappers. 72pp. Numerous illustrations. Very good. First edition. Handsome copy of this owner's manual.