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Indianapolis: Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Oblong quarto, 9.25 x 12 inches. ix, 149 pp. Indexed. Fine / Very Good plus. Burgundy cloth over board. Gilt stamping to spine. Teal endpapers. Profusely illustrated with photographs in b/w and color. Color plates. Contemporary photography by Marsh Davis. Signed on front endpaper by all three authors and the photographer. Includes catalog of buildings, with architects and ownership history, along Indianapolis's landmark Meridian Street from 40th street to Westfield Boulevard. Index of addresses. Binding sound. Tips sharp. Interior unmarked. Unclipped illustrated dustjacket. Back panel has slight edgewear, some creasing along top with two small closed tears, and rubbing near head of spine. Now in archival sleeve.

New York: Macmillan, 1965. First Edition, Seventh Printing (stated). Hardcover. Octavo. 8.5 x 5.75 inches. 415 pp. Near Fine / Good+. Unclipped first state dust jacket showing original price of $5.95. Red buckram over board, spine lettered in gilt and black. Fore edge deckled, top edge stained red. Publisher's number "51732" black stamped at lower right of back cover with same on dust jacket back panel. Dust jacket front and back panels feature b/w Harlem street scenes by photographer Leroy McLucas, with title and author's name in red script on front panel. Very slight rubbing at tips and spine ends. Text block tight and square, pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket mildly sunned with spine faded; some chipping at spine ends, as well as at top leading corners top, front and back; slight edge creasing; three quarter inch closed tear on front panel near head of spine, as well as half inch closed tear at top leading corner. Dust jacket now in archival protective cover.

New York: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1902. Hardcover. Octavo. 7.75 x 5.25 inches. 442 pp. Very Good. No dust jacket as issued. Later printing. Original ribbed green cloth. Decorative blind stamping and title stamped in white on front board and spine. Large halftone photograph of San Francisco before the earthquake mounted on front board. Endpaper cracked at front hinge, but hinge holding. Short tears at head of spine. Spine ends and tips mildly softened. Text block tight. Pages lightly toned. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to front pastedown endpaper.

Monterey, KY: Larkspur Press, 2010. First (Limited) Edition. Single print run of 450 copies. Signed. Hardcover. Small quarto. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. 54 pp. Fine / Fine. Flat signed by author on title page. Handset in Cloister Lightface type, printed on a hand-fed C&P, then hand-bound. 450 copies were printed on Mohawk Superfine paper. Illustrated with wood engravings cut by Alex Brooks. Design, composition, printing and binding by Deborah Kessler, Leslie Shane, Debbie Shannon, and Gray Zeitz at Larkspur Press. Intact dust jacket. Full olive cloth over board. Paper title label affixed to spine. Case and text block pristine and tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Scarce book of poems by a Poet Laureate of Kentucky.

Columbus, Ohio: Jonathan Phillips, 1841. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 8-3/4 x 5-1/2 inches. Condition: Good. Contemporary full leather. Red morocco title label stamped in gilt on spine. Crude gilt-ruled panels on spine. Top edge stained. 704pp, including index. Leather shows overall edgewear, rubbing, and scuffing. Rubbed through to board at three tips. Leather hinges rubbed, but not through. ½-inch closed tears down both hinges at head of spine with no material loss. Leather of spine dry, cracking, and very edgeworn. Text block square. Early ink spot on text block bottom edge. Front and rear endpapers cracked at hinges, but holding. Tears with loss to rfep. Age toning and foxing throughout. Text clear and legible. Early owner's initials on ffep and signature on title page verso page, with bleed-through, else pages unmarked. "Messages of the Presidents of the United States, from the Formation of the General Government, Down to the Close of the Administration of President Van Buren; Concluding… Read More

New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1945. First Edition, Fourth Printing (1945). Hardcover. Quarto. 11 x 8 inches. 253 pp (including index). Near Fine / Good+. Green cloth on board. Title and decoration stamped on front board in dark green and red. Lettering stamped on spine in dark green and red. Illustrations throughout. Light bump to upper leading corner of front board, else Fine. Text block tight and square, pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has chipping at head and foot of spine, at corners, and at top of the rear panel; closed tears at top edges of both panels and at bottom edge of front panel; creasing at bottom and top of front panel and at top of rear panel. Now in protective archival cover. Scarce in dust jacket.

New York: Doubleday, 1988. First Edition (stated). First Printing. Hardcover. Small quarto. 9.25 x 6.25 inches. 283 pp. Fine / Fine. Quarter bound with black cloth spine over red paper backed boards, gilt spine titles and facsimile author signature stamped in gilt on front board. Intact dust jacket shows price of $15.95 on front flap. Pictorial endpapers. Printed self portrait drawing of author on pre-title page and printed autograph on title page. Illustrated with halftones throughout and three groupings of color plates. Text block clean, tight, unmarked, crisp. Appears unread. Note printing defect: middle grouping of color plates (pages 130-131) trimmed short at head and uncut. Dust jacket now in archival protective cover. Autobiography of one of the most popular singers of the 20th Century.