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Haverhill, MA: C.W. Smith, 1918. First edition. 18x13cm, unpaginated. Printed card wrappers, string-bound. Front cover split along string binding, but holding. Rear cover chipped. Paper toned and brittle as usual, but contents clean. Very good. Contains two early Lovecraft poems, "A Winter Wish," and "Laeta; a Lament," as by Ames Dorrance Rowley.  Scarce.

Haverhill, MA: C.W. Smith, 1923. First edition. 16x12cm, unpaginated. Printed paper wrappers, string-bound. Yapped edges chipped on both covers, paper toned and brittle per usual. Good. Contains the early Lovecraft poem, "To Endymion (Frank Belknap Long, Jr.)" as by L. Theobald, Jun. Scarce.

Paris: Bibliotheque Du Magasin Des Demoiselles, 1878. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Bertall. First edition in French. 8vo, (viii) 319 pp. An adaptation by William Little Hughes of the humorous Victorian novel from American writer, John Habberton. The work was intended for adults, but became an immensely popular book for children when it was anonymously published in 1876. Beautifully illustrated throughout in black and white, including frontis, by French illustrator, Bertall (Charles Albert d'Arnoux). Very good in red cloth, beveled boards with black and gilt stamping to front board and spine, and black stamping to rear board. Page block edge gilt. Some wear to cloth at spine ends and corners, some darkening to spine and soiling to rear board. Clean internally with former owner's name on front pastedown and some scattered foxing. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

Denver, CO: Old West Publishing Company, 1943. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Near fine first edition in pictorial cloth boards. Great association copy, signed by LeRoy and Ann Hafen, "To the great white-haired scout Captain Howard R. Driggs with love and admiration - Denver Annie, Pike's Peak Hafen, Denver, July 1, 1943." Signed to Howard R. Driggs, another author and editor of western Americana from Utah.

U.S.A.: Henry Holt and Co, 1995. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good first printing with light wear to edges of jacket and some light scuffing to front and back panels. Inscribed by Hagen on title page.

New York: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1892. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition, which slightly preceded the UK edition. Supernatural novel, considered to be Haggard's best, and listed in Bleiler (726). Very good with some scuffing and spotting to boards, bumped corners, and wear and pushing to spine ends. Front hinge starting at title page. General second hand store stamp to ffep and dedication page. Front cover decoration is faded. Complete with publisher's advertisements at end.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First American edition of the first book in the successful children's book series, "Orlando The Marmalade Cat," by the British artist and author, Kathleen Hale. The series consisted of 19 books, the last being published in 1972. Folio, very good in publisher's pictorial paper covered boards with some toning and foxing along spine and some light staining to bottom edges of boards. Endpapers show acid offsetting, else clean internally. Jacket very good with light chipping to heel of spine and bottom edges of front and rear panels. Some soiling to front and rear panels with rubbing to spine and along folds. Original price of $2.50 intact on front flap. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall.

Fredericksburg, TX: Shearer, 1981. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First thus, published by Shearer in 1981. Signed by Hale on ffep. Very good with a couple small tears to edge of jacket.

U.S.A.: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2013. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Fine first printing in pictorial boards. Inscribed by author on title page.

New York: Paulist Press, 1973. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Donna Griffin. First edition, signed and inscribed by Brian P. Hall to Madeleine L'Engle on the dedication page. Very good with some soiling and tanning to covers and spine.

Wyoming Bicentennial Commission, 1976. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Very good folio in wraps, inscribed by author.

San Antonio: Wings Press, 1999. First edition, limited to 300 signed and dated copies, this being #89. 8vo, [30]pp. Woodcut illustrations by Barry Moser. Signed by Hall at the colophon. Yellow, illustrated, string bound card wrappers, yapped edges. Fine condition. Collection from the American Poet Laureate, Donald Hall (1928-2018), who also served as the first poetry editor of The Paris Review.  The work consists of a collection of poems originally sent as Christmas cards by Hall and his wife, Jane Kenyon beginning in 1983.  This limited edition has special paper covers which incorporate maple leaves from Eagle Pond (New Hampshire) gathered by the poet's grandchildren.  .

Chicago: The University of Chicago Department of Physical Culture and Athletics, 1927. Single sheet, 10x7.75," typed and signed in full on The University of Chicago letterhead. Transmittal folds, couple small holes at upper edge, else very good. Interesting letter from one Naismith Hall-of-Famer to another, discussing the prorating of railroad fares for all competitors by the Collegiate Athletic Association for Track and Field meets.   Amos Alonzo Stagg (1862-1965) is in both the Naismith Hall of Fame as well as the College Football Hall of Fame.  As an instructor at the Springfield YMCA School, he played in the first public game of basketball, scoring the only basket for the faculty team in a 5-1 loss.   Lynn St. John (1876-1950) was longtime athletic director at the Ohio State University, and was inducted into the basketball hall of fame as a contributor in 2006 for having served on the NCAA rules committee with Naismith.  .

Stockton, CA, 1957. Single sheet, 10.5x7.25," typed and signed on personal letterhead. Transmittal folds, few stray pen marks, punch hole to upper edge. Very good. Typed letter from Hall-of-Famer, Amos Alonzo Stagg (1862-1965) to Dr. Arthur Steinhaus briefly touching on the former's beginnings in sports and physical education.  Stagg is in both the Naismith Hall of Fame as well as the College Football Hall of Fame.  As an instructor at the Springfield YMCA School, he played in the first public game of basketball, scoring the only basket for the faculty team in a 5-1 loss.   Arthur Steinhaus (1897-1970) was a noted sports physiologist and physical education instructor at George Williams College in Williams Bay, Wisconsin.  In this letter, Stagg refers Steinhaus to his autobiographical work, Touchdown, for answers to questions submitted by students at George Williams.  A wonderful and insightful letter from one of the key figures in sports and fitness in turn-of-the-century America.  .

New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1938. First edition. 8vo, 213pp. Red cloth lettered in black. Staining to boards, worn at corners and spine ends, spotting to page edges, page block toned. A very good copy in facsimile jacket. Presentable first edition of this classic of hardboiled detective fiction set in Southern California.

Mount Horeb, WI: The Perishable Press Limited, 1981. 5 prospectuses/lists/broadsides, accompanied by a form letter from Walter the H. Housed in original mailing envelope addressed to Jack Walsdorf. Fine condition. A fine set of ephemeral printings from Walter Hamady's Perishable Press Limited, sent to fine press bibliophile and bibliographer, Jack Walsdorf.  Each is printed on handmade paper and the set is accompanied by a rather humorous form letter addressed by Hamady to no less than eight distinct groups.   1.  Making A Sacher Torte.  Oblong broadside with illustration. 2.  our usual terms & some attractions coming along sometime in the future near or distant... Bifolium, [2]pp. 3.  arthur brown: song of the sly mongoose.  Broadside with illustration. 4.  Hand Papermaking; A Book of Suspicions.  Larger broadside with illustration. 5.  Squatting Fliesw/Quotables.  Bifolium, [2]pp with illustration.   .

New York: Greenwillow Books, 1978. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good/Very Good. Uncorrected advance bound proofs. Young adult science fiction novel, the first in a trilogy, and at the time one of the few novels for young readers in the genre to feature black characters and by a black author. The book won a Coretta Scott King honor in 1979. Very good with dusty top edge, some toning to edges of plain, green wraps, and though the spine is uncreased, there is some rolling about 1.5" in from the spine. Complete with the scarce proof jacket with cover illustration and blank flaps and rear panel. There is some wear and a few tears along top edge due to the larger trim. The publication card from Greenwillow has been attached to the underside of the jacket with tape.

Chicago, Illinois: Contemporary Books, 1991. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. True first edition published by Contemporary Books, not the later Pacific Press version. Inscribed by author on ffep. Fine in fine jacket.

Spokane, WA: Arthur H Clark, 1990. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good first edition in very good jacket with some wear to edges, light sticker residue on back cover and owner's label attached to ffep.

Newark: J. L. Hammett Co, 1924. 8vo, 32pp. Illustrations. Green printed wraps in good condition with splitting at spine ends and soiling. Internally clean and complete with a few bent page corners. Loose sheet advertising four additional items from the company laid in at rear. Interesting trade catalogue from the J.L. Hammett Co. of Newark, one of the oldest schools supply retailers in the US.