Search Results: Authors starting with I from BUCKINGHAM BOOKS

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1932., 1932. First edition. First U. S. edition. Former owner's name label at top of front pastedown sheet and inked name at top of front fly leaf, else a fine, bright copy with red top edges bright in dust jacket with light wear to the spine ends, corners, and extremities, and a corner torn off the top edge of the rear flap. After eight years of marriage, Lina Aysgarth discovers that her husband is a murderer. Haycraft- Queen Cornerstone and basis for the 1941 Oscar winning Hitchcock classic Suspicion, starring Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine. A rare book in collectors’ condition.

[London]: Mundanus, Ltd./ Victor Gollancz Publisher, 1931., 1931. First edition. First edition. Pseudonym of Anthony Berkeley Cox, who also wrote as Anthony Berkeley. Original published yellow wrappers. Very good copy housed in a cloth clamshell case with titles stamped in gold gilt on a leather label affixed to the spine. With this book, considered to be his masterpiece, it is clear from the first page that Dr. Edmund Bickleigh intends to murder his wife. He is a long-suffering husband whose snobbish wife, Julia, has tormented him for years, while he has indulged in fantasies about and even flirtations with other women. Bickleigh is smitten by one, the beautiful heiress Madeleine Cranmere, and begins an affair with her. Though Bickleigh has hopes of obtaining a divorce from his shrewish wife, Madeleine says she could never marry a divorced man. In Bickleigh's twisted mind, that leaves him with only one possible course of action, if he still wants Madeleine: He must murder his wife to avoid a… Read More

Seattle: Portland Immigration Board, n.d. [ca 1892]., [ca 1892]. First edition. First edition. 6 1/2" x 4 7/8" in light green printed wrappers, stitched at spine. Rear wrapper offers an advertisement for the Union Pacific Railroad with Portland as a hub of transportation in the region. 64pp. Illustrated with engravings of Portland buildings by Lewis & Dryden, Engravers, Portland. The first 25 pages relate specifically to Portland ... its location, transportation lines to include river and railroad lines, Portland's trade, its manufacturing, real estate investments, etc. The next 38 pages are devoted the entire northwest to include similar information. The booklet is full of facts and information in the hopes that people would come visit and then settle in the region. The engravings include Portland’s Chamber of Commerce Building, Union Depot, Portland Hotel, Marquam Block, Burrell Block; Grace M.E. Church, City Hall, Worchester Building, First Presbyterian Church,… Read More

Santa Fe: William Gannon, 1973., 1973. First edition. First edition thus. 8vo. Originally printed in 1881. Printed wrappers, [4], 66 pp., introduction, advertisements. Provides information regarding old and modern territorial boundaries, political divisions, chief towns and population, topography, mineral resources, rivers, etc. Also numerous advertisements throughout the booklet from businesses located mostly in New Mexico. Herd 1658 says "Rare." Fine copy.

Portland: Portland Immigration Board, n.d. [ca 1890]., 1890. First edition. First edition. 6 1/2" x 4 7/8" in yellow printed wrappers, stapled at spine. Rear wrapper offers an advertisement for the Union Pacific Railroad with Portland as a hub of transportation in the region. 64pp. Illustrated with engravings of Portland buildings. The first 25 pages relate specifically to Portland ... its location, transportation lines to include river and railroad lines, Portland's trade, its manufacturing, real estate investments, etc. The next 38 pages are devoted the entire northwest to include similar information. The booklet is full of facts and information in the hopes that people would come visit and then settle in the region. The engravings include Portland’s Chamber of Commerce Building, Union Depot, Portland Hotel, Marquam Block, Burrell Block; Grace M.E. Church, City Hall, Worchester Building, First Presbyterian Church, and Washington Building. Near fine. One of the best… Read More

St. Paul: Minnesota State Board of Immigration, (1907)., 1907. First edition. 9" x 4" in printed wrappers. 24 pp., illustrations. Inside both wrappers are farm scenes. The three kingdoms discussed are the animal, vegetable and mineral ... each experiencing mighty development. Offers information on area and topography, railroads of Minnesota, bacon and lard hogs, horses, the creamery industry, the Minnesota State Fair, wheat, corn and other grains, roads, water power, quarry and clay products, school system, etc. Wrappers lightly soiled. Very good.

Denver: Rocky Mountain News Steam Printing House, 1872., 1872. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Original light green printed wrappers, 35 pp., tables. This is an official publication of the Colorado Territorial Board of Immigration, produced as part of their effort "to present facts concerning Colorado as an attractive and desirable locality for those seeking homes in the Great West; to supply immigrants with full and authoritative information, as well as to aid and facilitate their journey hither." A complete guide is offered for prospective settlers including summaries of land laws, climate, industry, agriculture, the railway system, etc. Of note is a section on the Homestead and Preemption Acts, which encouraged western settlement by granting eligible adult heads of household up to 160 acres of public land on the condition that they live on and cultivate the land, including the full text of the 1862 Homestead Act and a table of Homestead Fees. According to the text on the rear wrapper:… Read More

Montreal: Privately printed, n.d. [ca 1937]., 1937. First edition. 6" x 9" in pictorial wrappers with a small illustration of the castle printed in blue and silver at the top left corner of the front wrapper. 32 pp., illustrations. Casa Loma was originally a residence for financier Sir Henry Mill Pellatt and was constructed by a team of 300 workers over a three-year period from 1911–1914 at a cost of approximately $3.5 million. Due to the start of World War I, construction on the house was halted. At 98 rooms covering 64,700 square feet it was the largest private residence in Canada. During the depression that followed World War One, the City of Toronto increased Casa Loma's annual property taxes from $600 per year to $1,000 a month, and Pellatt, already experiencing financial difficulties, was forced to auction off $1.5 million in art and $250,000 in furnishings. Pellet abandoned the house in 1923. The city seized Casa Loma in 1933 for $27,303 in back taxes. The… Read More

Sioux City: Thomas H. Ince Productions, ND., ND.. First edition. Original Movie Broadside. 8.125"x22" Printed on newsprint-type paper. Two-sided promotional poster. As advertised: On The Screen In Its Full Glory! The Big, New, And Only Original Spectacle Of The Battle Of The Little Big Horn. America's Old-Time West Lives Again. Many nice illustrations. A scarce poster advertising the re-release of Thomas H. Ince's famed western, "Custer’s Last Fight." Originally released in 1912 and directed by Francis Ford, the older brother of John Ford, the film was re-released in 1926 to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Ford not only directed the two-reeler, but also starred in it as Custer, supported by, among others, the Native American actor, William Eagle Shirt, as Sitting Bull. "Custer’s Last Fight" was one of the earliest and most important Westerns based on an actual historical event, and… Read More

[Buffalo Grove: The Railroadiana Express, 2009]., 2009. First edition. 8 1/2" x 11" pictorial wrappers, 36 pp (including covers), illustrated, advertisements. This is Volume XXXVIII, Number 2, Summer, 2009. Articles and illustrations for the collector of railroad memorabilia. Three-hole punched at the spine margin for insertion into a larger three-ring binder, else fine copy.

Fort Benning, Georgia & Korea: Privately published by the 3rd Infantry Division & the 15th Infantry Regiment, 1952., 1952. First edition. First editions. Original soft covers binder, punch-bound at gutter margin with steel sliding Accu-fasteners, numerous annotations and corrections in ink and pencil, from the library of Hiro Wakabayashi (1930-2017), Japanese-American and Korean Conflict veteran with his name in ink on title page. Volume one (Divisional S.O.P.) has approximately 250 pp. (separate paginations per section); Volume two (Regimental S.O.P.) has approximately 200 pp. (separate paginations, some in pencil, pen, tipped-in or mounted form samples). First volume is a mimeograph copy; second volume is typescript copy on onion skin paper, tipped-in and mounted samples, forms, graphs, charts, diagrams. Regimental Standard Operating Procedures manuals for logistics during the Korean War for the Third Infantry Division, 15th Infantry Regiment. The 15th Infantry Regiment sailed for… Read More

Augusta: Maine Development Commission, n.d. [ca 1936]., 1936. First edition. First edition. 9" x 8" with vertical fold at center and with bright colorful cover showing a coastal scene on 1/2 and a cabin scene on the other. 70 pp. including wrappers. Illustrations. Foreword. Maps. Map Index. General Index. Information and black and white photographs of the Maine seacoast to include the Yorks, the Scarboro Beaches, Portland and Casco Bay, Bowdoin College, Boothbay Harbor, Bar Harbor, Bangor, Camden and Prescott Bay, Narraguagus Bay, Passamaquoddy Bay, Eastport, etc.; Inland Maine to include Sebago country, Bridgton, Harrison, the Saco Valley the Oxford County Hills, the Poland County, etc.; Northwestern Maine to include the Rangeley region, the Kennebago country, the Dead River region, etc.; Central Maine to include Moosehead Lake and Mount Kineo, Kennebec, Belgrade, Lake Parlin, etc.; and Eastern and Northern Maine to include the Grand Lakes country in Washington County, Northern Aroostook… Read More

Washington: Infantry Journal/Penguin Books, [1944]., 1944. First edition. First paperback edition. Complete and unabridged about America's G.I.'s in action in the ETO. Maps, illus., foreword, introduction. Good copy in pictorial wrappers. Scarce.

[Basingstoke]: Macmillan New Writing, [2007]., [2007]. First edition. First edition. Signed. Fine in fine dust jacket. A sexual predator at large? Or an innocent teacher unfairly hounded?

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1956., 1956. First edition. First edition. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket. Eighteen detective stories that includes The Lombard Books, a story of deception and faking of portions of stories. Mr. Lombard is slowly going mad....can something in his library be the cause? Also contains Dangerfield's Diary in which Ralph Dangerfield maintained a diary of the personal doings of his friends for purposes of blackmail. Upon his death his mother burned the diaries, but one for 1911 escaped the fate of the others and there was cause for concern.

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1938, 1938. First edition. First edition. Penciled presentation inscription by the author on the front fly leaf and dated in the year of publication. Very good copy in dust jacket with light restoration to the spine ends, corners, and extremities. A Haycraft/Queen selection, Appleby must find a murderer whose subtle plans to murder and destroy are cleverly plotted. Scarce.

Ft. Collins, Colorado: The Old Army Press, 1973., 1973. First edition. First edition. Cloth, 202 pp., preface, illustrations. References. Index. Serving with Custer on the Black Hills Expedition and the 1873 Yellowstone Expedition, Bloody Knife died at the Battle of the Little Big Horn. The first biography about Custer's favorite scout. Very tiny bump to upper fore-corner of front panel, else a fine, bright copy in dust jacket with some very slight wear to corners.

Washington: U.S. Geological Society, 1895., 1895. First edition. First Edition. Library Edition. Folio 15. Lassen Peak. Printed Wrappers. 6 pages of Text. 3 Full-Page Color Maps + smaller Map on Front Wrapper. 2 pages Photographs. 4 Diagrams. Produced by the Department of the Interior, United States Geologic Survey, J. W. Powell, Director. Classic geological and topographical study of an important part of Northern California. 40-41 degrees Latitude and 121-122 degrees Longitude. Study includes the Topographical Map, the Areal Geologic Map, and the Economic Geologic Map...all are detailed, full-page, and in color. The text includes a general Explanation of the maps, and a detailed geographic, topographic, and geologic Explanation of the Lassen Sheet, with Illustrations of Recent Volcanic Activity provided in Diagrams and Photographs. Previous owners name written neatly on upper fore-corner of front wrapper. Light age-tanning, else an exceptionally nice, clean copy.

Chicago: International Harvester Company, n.d. (ca 1912)., 1912. First edition. First edition. 9 3/4" x 7 3/4" in turquoise pictorial wrappers showing an illustration of an auto wagon. Title and illustration are printed in silver. 24pp. Illustrations. Specifications. The International Service Car, “is manufactured in quantities to insure the best possible construction at minimum cost. It is not a pleasure car, and does not compete with pleasure cars, neither is it a pleasure car made over to sell as a business wagon. It is strictly a commercial car whose size, power, shape, transmission, tires, road clearance, construction, price - all are the result of years of experience in building a car that should prove most satisfactory for light hauling and quick deliveries in the hands of average drivers.” Section on Motor Trucks vs. Horses .... “It is the man who uses two or three horses and does not feel that he has sufficient hauling to keep… Read More

Chicago: Privately printed, 1916., 1916. First edition. First edition. 5 3/4" x 8 1/4" in burgundy cloth boards with title in black. 290 pp., illustrations, advertisements, index. Live Stock Held Annually During the First Week of December, Union Stock Yards, Chicago. Listing and photographs of current officers; history of the exposition; review of the 1916 exposition. Numerous black and white photographs of the best animals the livestock industry had to offer, with the prize winners and places from all categories listed. Listings for horses, swine, sheep, and cattle. Index to advertisers. From page 251-287 are advertisements for various farms and breeders along with photographs of their stock. Laid in is a business card of B.H. Heide, Secretary and General Superintendent of the International Live Stock Exposition. Minor wear to extremities. A very nice, clean copy.