Search Results: Authors starting with A from A Quiet Corner For Books

Golden Press/ Western Publishing Company, 1973. VG+. Very good plus hardcover. No dust jacket. A very clean, well cared for copy. The title page and ffep are adhered about 3/4 of an inch in at spine, probably a minor pressing flaw. Otherwise, this is an excellent copy. Carefully packaged in a padded box for safe shipping.. Hard Cover. Very Good +.

Philadelphia: Triangle Books/ The Blakiston Company, 1946. VG/VG-. Very good hard cover in very good minus dust jacket. Clean unmarked pages have tanning from age common to older Triangle Books publications. Dust jacket has very good color with no fading, has chips to top and bottom at spine, and a small closed tear on the top front. Looks nice in a protective Mylar sleeve. Carefully wrapped and packaged in a padded box for safe shipping. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good -.

New York: H. Bittner & Company, Publishers, 1952. VG+/VG+. Very good plus hardcover in very good plus dust jacket. There is a gift inscription on the ffep, otherwise pages are clean and unmarked. Excellent binding and boards. Dust jacket has minor shelf wear and is in a protective Mylar sleeve. Carefully wrapped and packaged in a padded box for safe shipping. . Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good +.

Ballantine Books, 1978. VG+. Very good plus soft cover. Stated first printing. Front cover hinge is slightly weak but holding well. Otherwise, a clean, unmarked, well cared for copy. Carefully packaged in a padded box for safe shipping. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good +.

Ballantine Books, 1971. VG. Very good soft cover. Close to VG+ with moderate shelf wear. Front hinge is a little weak but holding well. Carefully packaged in a padded box for safe shipping. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1985. NF. Near fine soft cover. Pages are clean and unmarked. Beautiful color illustrated wraps. A well cared for copy. Carefully packaged in a padded box for safe shipping.. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

Tema, Ghana: Ghana Publishing Corporation, 1976. VG. Very good soft cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Binding is in good shape. No fading to cover. Mild foxing to inside of covers. Close to VG+. Carefully packaged in a padded box for safe shipping. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

Abbeville Press, 1991. VG+. Very good plus hardcover. Clean, unmarked pages. Excellent color to illustrated boards. There is one very small dark stain at the top of the first couple of pages, otherwise an excellent copy all around. Carefully wrapped and packaged in a padded box for safe shipping. . Hard Cover. Very Good +.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989. NF/NF. Near fine hardcover in near fine dust jacket. A very clean, well cared for copy. Dust jacket is in excellent condition and is in a protective Mylar sleeve. Carefully packaged in a padded box for safe shipping. . Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1977. NF/VG. Near fine hardcover in very good dust jacket. First edition with full number line. A very nice copy. Price clipped dust jacket. The back flap of the dust jacket was torn and taped on the inside along the fold. The jacket is in a protective Mylar sleeve and thus the jacket tear is not very obvious. Overall, a very presentable copy with clean, unmarked pages and tight binding. Carefully wrapped and packaged in a padded box for safe shipping. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

Alexandria, VA: Jane's Information Group, Inc. NF. Near fine hard cover. No dust jacket as published. With two colorful book marks with ribbons bound into spine. Clean, bright, pages. One small light pen mark on page one, otherwise pages are unmarked. Carefully wrapped and packaged in a padded box for safe shipping. DUE TO SIZE AND WEIGHT, THIS BOOK IS ONLY AVAILBLE TO BE SHIPPED WITHIN THE CONTINENTAL U.S.. Hard Cover. Near Fine.

2003. VG+, close to near fine soft cover. This hard-to-find edition is in excellent condition. Carefully wrapped and packaged in a padded box for safe shipping. . Soft Cover. Very Good +.

Seattle, WA: Superior Publishing Company, 1958. VG+/VG. Very good plus hardcover in very good dust jacket. Stated First Edition. Subtitled: "An Historical Collection Of Rare Photos and True Stories About The Tracks, Trains & Trainmen of the Pacific Northwest... including Northern California". The book is inscribed to David Goodyear on the ffep by Willard Gibbs Van Name who was the curator for the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Also on the ffep is pasted in a photograph of Mr. Van Name. The books itself is in very good condtion. Other than the inscription, the pages are clean and unmarked. The front hinge is a bit weak at the title page but binding is holding well. The dust jacket has good color all around with a bit of edgewear and is in a protective Mylar. Carefully packaged in a padded box for safe shipping. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good.

Little Brown & Co, 1992. NF/NF. Near fine hard cover in near fine dust jacket. Stated first edition. A well kept, excellent copy. Carefully wrapped and packaged in a padded box for safe shipping.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Casa Grande, AZ: Casa Grande Printing, 1980. Very good soft cover. Signed on the title page. Second printing in very good condition. Stapled book. 62 pages plus bibliography. Carefully packaged in a padded box for safe shipping.. Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Pate, Betty Y..

The University of Chicago Press, 2002. VG. Very good soft cover. Clean pages, very good binding. Wraps have good color all around and no fading. Some of the wording on the copyright page is underlined and one line is underlined on page 6 and two on page 22. Otherwise in excellent shape. Carefully wrapped and packaged in a padded box for safe shipping. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

University of California, 2012. NF. Near fine soft cover. An excellent, well kept copy. Carefully wrapped and packaged in a padded box for safe shipping. . Soft Cover. Near Fine.

New York: Harmony Book, 2004. NF/NF. Near fine hardcover in near fine dust jacket. Stated first edition with full number line of the Illustrated Collector's 25th Anniversay edition. A beautiful copy in excellent condition. Carefully packaged in a padded box for safe shipping. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Automobile Quarterly NF/NF. Vol. 2 is signed. Near fine two volume set of books in near fine dust jackets. An exceptionally good pair of books. Volume one is 1980, first edition, fourth printing. Volume 2 is 1988, second edition and is inscribed by the author on the half title page. Carefully wrapped and packaged in a padded box for safe shipping. . Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Madison Art Center, 1984. VG. Very good soft cover. Illustrations and binding are in nice shape. Wraps have moderate shelf wear. Carefully packaged in a padded box for safe shipping. . Soft Cover. Very Good.