Rare books from Ruth Reaser LAXVESPA

gift able – cover is bright and shiny interior the book is unmarked there is also a CD in the back which appears to not have been opened – however I cannot guarantee the condition of the book CD even though it looks on open – light scuffs edge wear – spine increased – just shelving wear possibly may have never been used-Antonio Esfandiari, a rising star of the World Poker Tour and one of professional poker's best players presents championship strategies for winning Texas Hold'em Cash Games.This follow–up to Wpt: Shuffle Up and Deal from poker professional Antonio Esfandiari with contributions from other stars of the World Poker Tour provides the next level of poker strategies and insights for today's poker players. Cash Games are the most commonly played version of Texas Hold'em; in fact at this very moment thousands are playing this non–tournament style of Hold'em in casinos, home games and online. This will be a must have for all poker enthusiasts.Esfandiari is a regular at the biggest… Read More

*The family history of Jacob & Beile Joffe -Excellent copy- white cover black spine silver titling on spine pages clean and unmarked-printed USA-him him him cover is fairly clean/not quite laying flat--What started as a hobby keeping a retired father be more grew into something session first thought the first family tree, hand written in 1976 & years of extensive research, book is come to life. It traces the heritage of the extended family of Jacob and Beile Joffe, back rabbinical lines to illustrious ancestors such as Mordecai Jaffe ( The Levush), the Gaon of Vilna, Rashid. Connections established to renowned personalities, Perl marks, Helene Rubenstein, Martin Buber, including the Rothchild, Sassoon, Seiff families. Filled with family minimize, stories photos and charts.The family history of Jacob Beile Joffe is a fascinating look at the group family spanning hundred and 50 years. One couple small stetl in Lithuania produced 350 descendents.more than 200 these descendents are living a multitude of… Read More

Films Facts and Forecasts by L'Estrange Fawcett - Medium blue cloth covered boards with black titling on face and spine are in good condition. Boards are showing age, fading. Spine is faded titling still readable but has faded quite a bit. Book plate on inside front board with prior owners name. Also a name handwritten in ink on endpaper. Pages are good, printed on heavy stock but are tanning from age, checking on closed page edges. 24 photographs printed on premium photo paper. Blue/gray wash on top page edges. No dust jacket. This is the original first edition published and printed in great britain - 1927 by Geoffrey Bles, Suffolk St., Pall Mall, A very nice copy of a scarce book about the early movie industry, ASIN: B007T0Z4KU, 277 pages....... Ruth Reaser..LAX Vespa, Los Angeles Culver City- maybe this will do it!-At least you know what you're getting into-City-Media Mail USPS-you get the copy you were viewing carefully Drop kick-packed to protect it - in - transit....... Films Facts Forecast 5223… Read More

* Manual of bayonet exercise: prepared for the use of the army of the United States. Printed by Order of the War Department, Published by J.B Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia (1861) authored by George B. McClellan, Capt.1st Regt, Cavalry, U.S.A.......Dark brown leather covered boards with gilt titling on spine are good boards do have some minor chipping at corners and spine. Gilt titling is readable but has some fading. Spine is tight with no tearing at hinges. Pages are good but have minor tanning at edges. Illustrations of Bayonet fighting positions are ok, some have faded a bit but all appear to be viewable. Overall a good copy of a rare civil war manual, and if you want to really get good at this I'd start with some ballroom dancing lessons to get light on your feet, a video camera so you can critique your movements, Xerox some of the send paper fold out sheets in the back with the positions and make yourself some flash cards, after you master this you can take up fencing, any level of mastering a… Read More

*Regulations for the Recruiting Service of the Army of the United States, Both Regular and Volunteer, printed by Government Printing Office, Washington 1862...... darker tannish putty colored - paper covers - Paperback manual, covers are in acceptable condition with small tears at the spine- top / bottom... Spine is tight with all pages secure. Pages are unmarked but slightly tanned from age.. 99 pages........ Ruth Reaser..LAX Vespa, Los Angeles Culver City- maybe this will do it!-At least you know what you're getting into-City-Media Mail USPS-you get the copy you were viewing carefully Drop kick-packed to protect it - in - transit.....Regulations Recruiting Service 5842 PB Military 1 LB 1

*Hicat: Hipercatalunya Research Territories Glossy , no dust jacket -Hard cover very tight text block , just a little bit of wear at its corners..book, cover, text all in very good condition, binding tight and square no damage, text clean -unmarked ...Heavy dense thick - hardcover excellent shape.. ...Hiper Catalunya: Research Territories : Multilayered Strategies : Catalog, Volume 2 Author MACBA Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona -Editors Manuel Gausa, Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona, Anna Tetas Contributors Metápolis (Barcelona), Institute of advanced architecture of Catalonia, Instituto Metápolis de Arquitectura Avanzada, Silvia Banchini, Museu d'Art Contemporani (Barcelona, Spain), Exhibition Hiper Catalunya: Research Territories (2003, Barcelona), Institut d'Arquitectura Avançada de Catalunya, Actar, Institute for Advanced Architecture Metapolis (Barcelona, Catalunya)Publisher Metápolis ISBN 8495951401, 9788495951403 Length 703 pages.....LAX Vespa,Los Angeles Culver City- maybe… Read More

**Steve Gianakos, portfolio print - OUT OF PRINT --acceptable condition, black covers, worn scuffed , on black back, middle of the book there is some glue separation -while the glue is still maintaining itself, the inside printed illustrations are actually in pretty good condition it's just the covers & The Binding to have suffered ... originally limited to 750 copies of which 26 are lettered and signed printed by profile press July 1981.... 750 copies printed by Z Press...Steve Gianakos is an American Postwar & Contemporary painter who was born in 1938. Lives and works in New York US and Chania, Crete GR. Work - has followed a path very different from that of his older brother Cristos. While studying industrial design at Pratt Institute, he began to make sculpture, then graphic work, drawings, all influenced by Pop art -featuring a playful quality full of sardonic twists. Two years after graduating from Pratt, he began to show in-group exhibitions, in 1969 had his first solo exhibition at Fischbach… Read More

GIFTABLE - Words of Radiance, Author Brandon Sanderson, Book 2 of the Stormlight Archive, A TOR Book, published by Tom Doherty Associates, New York (March 2014). Stated First Edition, probable first printing.. Dalinar leads the human armies into an escalating war with the Parshendi, while Shallan and Jasnah search for a mythical city to secure humanity's survival, and Kaladin struggles to master his Windrunner powers...Large, heavy book, 1085 pages.in very good condition, dust jacket protected by a brodart cover. nice embossed red boards small ding on the front bottom corner, gold titling on spine, beautiful graphical front - endpapers by Michael Whelan and Ben McSweeney
- Pages are clean, unmarked but have a very slight toning at the edges...Words of Radiance, Author Brandon Sanderson, Book 2 of the Stormlight Archive, A TOR Book, published by Tom Doherty Associates, New York (March 2014). Stated First Edition, probable first printing --ISBN -9780765326362, 0765326361....Ruth Reaser..LAX Vespa,… Read More

The ALT-98 Carvair - autograph by author -still crisp copy, no dust jacket small amounts of minutiae on glossy covers, couple small dings, small flaw foot of spine, Corners are good... crisp White paper about 12 point type sprinkled with black and white photographs throughout also includes the glued in Corrections booklet saddle stapled in the rear of the book that is cross indexed--excellent shape see pictures.. The ATL-98 Carvair - truly unusual aircraft. Converted from 19 C-54 World War II transport planes & two DC-4 airliners into a small fleet of air ferries by Aviation Traders of Southend, England, the Carvair allowed commercial air passengers to accompany their personal cars, loaded with luggage, onboard the aircraft.... Planes were dispersed throughout the world, operating for 75 airlines - transporting cars, royalty, rock groups, refugees, whales, rockets, military vehicles, gold, and even nuclear material... After 65 years, two Carvairs are still in service, it's hard to imagine any fleet of… Read More

Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel Story and Pictures by Virginia Lee Burton Corners & edges are rubbed, there is a loss of color on the front bottom of the book - front corners - nice vintage copy, not perfect just good... No bookplate. Binding: HARD cover - RED front – green back... Houghton Mifflin company BOSTON, Weekly Reader children's book club Education Center Columbus Ohio - 1939- date shown book club Edition.....Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel Story and Pictures by Virginia Lee Burton..Weekly Reader Children's Book Club presents Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel - Author: Virginia Lee Burton Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, copyright 1939...Illustrations Virginia Lee Burton , Printed in USA copyright 1939 by Virginia Lee Demetrios... Ed. hardcover - no DJ, HC -book : Fiction : Juvenile audience : English : Weekly Reader book Club ed Summary: Mike Mulligan proves that, although dated, his steam shovel is still useful. ..Subjects - Steam shovels -- Juvenile fiction. Steam shovels --… Read More

John Brown by Victor Hugo Published by Alwil Shop, Ridgewood, New Jersey (1902), number 136 of 150 copies. COVER -in acceptable condition.some chipping and corner wear. Boards are good by does show corner bumps. Binding is very good. Book contains original French text and a reproduction of Victor Hugo's drawing and a facsimile of his letter to M Chanay regarding the hanging of John Brown an which was published in pamphlet form by M.E. Dentu and Mm.Dusacq et Cie, Paris 1861, copyright 1902 by Frank B. Rae, Printed on heavy Van Gelder hand made paper. First four pages are blank as well as the last three pages. Overall 50+ pages. Ruth Reaser..LAX Vespa, Los Angeles Culver City- maybe this will do it!-At least you know what you're getting into--Media Mail USPS-you get the copy pictured - carefully Drop kick-packed to protect it - in - transit. 7 Days Coast to Coast, faster if closer....John Brown 6347 HC Nike SB Orange

RARE EDITION - Silver Chief Dog of the North, by Jack O'Brien, Illustrated by Kurt Wiese, published by John C. Winston Company, Philadelphia/Toronto, Copyright 1933 by John C. Winston Company. First Edition, First Printing. 218 pages
Dark blue cloth boards with silver titling -- graphic on front cover, silver titling on spine, titling has minor wear. Boards show some wear mostly at the corners, edges. Minor spotting on back cover. small chip in cloth on spine edge. Beautiful black/white graphics, several in color. Pages are clean with minor signs of tanning no tears or folds, spine is tight, hinges are secure. Upper closed page edges have a silver wash but it is well worn and darkened from age NO DUST JACKET...LAX Vespa, Los Angeles - maybe this will do it!-At least you know what you're getting into--Media Mail USPS-you get the copy pictured - carefully Drop kick-packed to protect it - in - transit. 7 Days Coast to Coast, faster if closer..
Silver Chief HC - 6397 BLUE MK OLD 37 LR

Cavalry Tactics; or, Regulations for the Instruction, Formations, and Movements of the Cavalry of the Army and Volunteers of the United States..PHILIP ST. GEO. COOKE BRIG GEN U.S.ARMY --Washington Government printing office - 1862--Civil War era book, carried in the field,by Enost B Wood small hardcover book cloth stamped covers worn through to the boards embossed handsewn spine corners bumped numerous taters the sound spines intact the leaves appear to be all attached there is browning on the edges the pages it's hard to determine the exact amount of pages there is a part one, title second, title third structural horseback allowed articles the first portion seems to be 217 pages Calvary tactics part two title evolutions of a regiment of the line that portion of the book has 96 pages the last few pages of the book are musical scores probably written for bugle signals there are 12 pages of those, numerous writings on the back of the book probably from the previous owner there are some markings and… Read More

Samurai and Silk: A Japanese and American Heritage by Haru M. Reischauer -9780674788015 Samurai and Silk - penetrating insight into the Japanese character and the forging of modern Japan from the feudal Tokugawa shoguns to present day economic titans. Only Haru Reischauer could have written this extraordinary family account, beginning with her two illustrious grandfathers: one, a provincial samurai who became a founding father of the Meiji government; the other, a scion of a wealthy enterprising peasant family who almost single-handedly developed the silk trade with America. Remarkable stories, those of their notable descendants, demonstrate the unbounded vision - determination that explain so much about Japan's legendary success.... history Japan bibliography Samurai and Silk: A Japanese and American Heritage by Haru M. Reischauer 9780674788015 Uncorrected page proof ARC Harvard University press - March 1986 357 pages, with many black and white family photographs in rear.. light blue paper covers not… Read More

Traditional Aikido, Sword, Stick, Body Arts, Volume 1, Basic Techniques by Morihiro Saito - 9th Dan (June 1992 16th Printing), Copyright 1973 by author, ISBN 0870402668, 132 pages, dimensions about about 7 x 10 inches, Printed in Japan, published by Sugawara Martial Arts, Institute, Inc., Tokyo Japan, Translated into English by William F. Witt, printed in both languages.. Softcover book in good condition, cover show minor wear mostly around edges, spine is tight, pages are clean, unmarked, contains many black/white photographs of actual techniques. Book is most suited to be used along with physical instruction..LAXVespa, Los Angeles - maybe this will do it!-At least you know what you're getting into--Media Mail USPS-you get the copy pictured - carefully Drop kick-packed to protect it - in - transit. 7 Days Coast to Coast, faster if closer .. Aikido 6566 PB 1 Sealtest 1 pound 4ecco