Rare books from The Book House in Dinkytown

Oceanside, California: Thelema Publishing, 1971-01-01. First Edition THUS. Hardcover. Good+. 0x0x0. Thelema Publishing, Oceanside, CA, 1971. Maroon cloth with gilt titles and cover decoration. Rear hinge intact but starting. Several corners worn through and several spots on back cover. Rose decorative end papers with some water lower corner of ffep. Extremely scarce volume (#7) of Crowley's Equinox Vol. III. First edition of Crowley's paraphrase of the I Ching. Published in 1971 by the Crowley group, Church of Thelema, headed by Jack Parsons and his wife, Helen Parsons Smith. Parsons was an early supporter and researcher of Jet Rocket Propulsion and Moon exploration. In fact, a crater on the moon was named for him after the initial landing and exploration. Parsons, who helped found the JPL, was mysteriously killed in a laboratory explosion in his thirties. A number of sources suspected foul play. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

New York, NY: Harper & Brothers, 1850. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. 54 volumes. LEATHER BOUND RUN FROM VOLUME 1 (June-November 1850) through VOLUME 55 (June-November 1877), MISSING only volume 20. Bindings are "Indestructible joint binding, warranted" by Mets & Schaefle, Dubuque, IA, in 1/2 heavy handsome brown morocco. Good+ condition. Volumes have rubbing at head heel and edges. Volumes 40-55 are a different binder, with compatible brown leather bindings, the last 10 in black smooth calf, bound by J.F. Widman binder, McGregor, IA. The set belonged to J. W. Gilman, presumably of IA. His stamped by the binder at the heel of the volumes, a device used to identify ownership and encourage return of borrowed volumes. Newsprint text is also in good+ condition. Harper's Magazine is a monthly magazine of literature, politics, culture, finance, and the arts. Launched in June 1850 by the New York City publisher Harper & Brothers, it is the second-oldest continuously… Read More

London: B.T. Batsford, 1933. Hardcover. Very Good. Oversize. Signed. An exquisitely produced set celebrating the achievements of a firm on the forefront of early and mid-20th century architectural expression. Two Volumes; 1933; 42 cm x 30 cm elephant folios in heavy board slipcases. Privately Published for Graham, Anderson, Probst & White by B.T. Batsford in a limited edition of 300. This copy, number 34, is presented with the compliments of firm founder Ernest R. Graham to prominent Chicago lawyer John P. Wilson of the firm Wilson & McIlvaine, with Graham's signature on the limitation page. Bound by London bindery Sangorski & Sutcliffe in full crushed Morocco with gilt ruled borders over front and back-sides of boards; gilt titling between and decoration over five raised bands on spine; signed by S&S on turn-in over bottom edge of front board; top edge of page block in gilt as well. Images of the firm's works are illustrated in 386 gorgeous photogravure plates, divided… Read More

Minneapolis, MN: Shadow Press, 1983. First of this edition. Very Good. In 1983, at the coaxing of the literary elder, Meridel LeSueur, Shadow Press, USA published Timothy Youngâ_x0080__x0099_s Men Don't Dance in America, one of the early anthems of the then-budding men's movement. Quarter-fold landmark broadside. Limited to 250 copies. Very good+ no marks or faults.

Unknown: Self published, 1963. First Edition. Paperback. Good. Signed by Author. A chrestomathy of offprints from various journals, inscribed by Quine to fellow philosopher John R. Wallace. The inscription reads: "For John Wallace [phrase in Attic Greek] with best regards, Van Quine". Wallace, most recently a faculty expert at the University of Minnesota, was an assistant professor in the famous 1960s philosophy department at Princeton, which also included Stuart Hampshire, Richard Rorty, Walter Kaufmann, Thomas Kuhn, and several other luminaries in their field. Compiled are eleven papers authored by Quine (A logistical approach to the ontological problem; On Carnap's views on ontology; On mental entities; Mr. Strawson on logical theory; Three grades of modal involvement; Carnap and logical truth; Quantifiers and propositional attitudes; The scope and language of science; The philosophical bearing of modern logic; Posits and reality; On simple theories of a complex world;) and an… Read More

New York, NY: Dodd, Mead, 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Fred Taylor. First American edition. Rich ribbed oxblood cloth, with 2- color vignette on front board. Spine is dulled and worn at head and heel, else good. Tiny chip at edge. Front board illustration is very lightly chipped on one side. 16 full page illustrations. Frontispiece has tanned the title page. No dust jacket. No former owner marks. The book is about literary and artistic London in the 1900s, and the area of London covered is Chelsea, Soho, and Hampstead. It is a long discourse and a guide to Bohemian London in the early twentieth century, between the eras of Enoch Soames and Ezra Pound. At 22 Ransome had moved to London, and while living in Chelsea was solicited by a young woman literary agent to write "a book on Bohemia in London, an essayistic al sort of book, putting Bohemia of today against a background of the past", which he promptly did. It was published by Chapman and Hall in late September… Read More

New York, NY: Doubleday Doran, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+/Good- Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. Doubleday Doran, 1935. Stated first edition. Good+ tight copy in original cloth, spine very lightly sunned and silver lettering lightly rubbed. In scarce unclipped dust jacket, now in mylar, with closed tears and minor chipping to head heel and corners. Invitation card tipped in: "Sinclair Lewis invited Mr. Bennett Schneider (ink in Lewis' hand) to see his play 'Angela is Twenty Two' (signed in ink) Sinclair Lewis". Bennett Schneider's bookstore (1979-2004) was an institution in Kansas City. A bookseller known widely, he was visited by literary luminaries including Hemingway and Lewis, with whom he had ongoing exchanges. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Hawley, PA: YaleBooks, 1999-01-21. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good+. 11x8x1. Signed by Illustrator. YaleBooks Press, Ltd., 1999; Limited edition re-issue of Lewis' first book (published under the pen name Tom Graham), with a separate portfolio of loose lithographic prints by noted watercolorist Richard L. Price; this edition is limited to 26 copies, this copy being number "J"; personalized inscription by editor Stephen R. Pastore on front end page of book, after tipped-in limitation page; each of the nine black and white prints are signed in pencil by the illustrator, and includes a cover page stating the limitation with Pastore's signature. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; blue cloth boards in very good+ condition, gilt titling on spine and front board remains bright and bold; interior illustrations and text also very good. Dust jacket in very good+ condition, and arrives wrapped in protective mylar. Sticker seal on illustration portfolio has been broken,… Read More

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 7x5x1. Signed by Author. Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1927; first issue of First Edition in dust jacket; flat-signed by Sinclair Lewis on title page; printed title box on spine as shown in Pastore 13. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; very minor wear to edges of blue cloth boards, minor sunning to backstrip, orange printed titling on front board remains bold, printed title on spine has rubbed appearance, as is common in this issue; text is very good throughout. Moderate amount of wear to edges of jacket over spine, a few small closed tears "repaired" with scotch tape to verso; light dust soiling/smudging to rear jacket panel; light rubbing to jacket as well; jacket arrives wrapped in protective mylar. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Signed by Author. Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1922; no additional printings indicated, first issue of first edition with "Purdy" for "Lyte" & "my fellow human" errors on pg. 49 (Pastore, 8); 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" card bearing Sinclair Lewis' signature, dated Aug. 1, 1924, laid-in. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; very minor wear to edges of boards, orange titling on spine and front board remains bold; text also very good. Dust jacket is worn with several small closed tears, chipping over head and heel of spine; jacket arrives wrapped in protective mylar. More photos available upon request. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

New York, NY: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 7x5x1. Harcourt, 1927. First edition, first state with C on spine. Very good jacket, dark aqua with black and red ($2.50). Small chip at head and bottom corner. Presentation on blank (3x5) card: "To John W(M?) Hughes for his Gantry with the greetings of Sinclair Lewis Monterey, Cal. Feb. 15, 1930". Card is lightly tipped in at front endpaper with shadow of old fashioned scrapbooks 'corners'. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

New York, NY: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good Dust Jacket. 7x5x1. Harcourt, 1927. First edition, first state with C on spine. Very good bright copy with no former owner marks. Good jacket, light aqua with black and red ($2.50). Closed tears at top corner and Very light sunning to front edge of endpapers. Small rear bottom corner stain to back panel of jacket, rear endpaper and (faintly) last page; bottom edge stain, uneven soil and closed tears to rear panel of jacket. Closed tear to front edge of flap. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Moscow: State Publishing House of Political Literature, 1963. 5th. Hardcover. Good. Fifty-Five consecutive volumes, text entirely in Russian. Stated Fifth Edition, published in Moscow in 1963; blue "leatherette" cloth, with gilt tilting on spine, gilt signature and blind-stamped bust of Lenin on front board; no dust jackets, if issued. Many photo plates as well as fold-out maps and document reproductions throughout this set. Bindings are tight, sturdy, and square; light wear to edges of boards, several volumes with bumped corners, edges and spine ends; text very good throughout the set. No dust jackets, if issued. A very presentable and functional set. Due to the size/weight of this set extra charges will apply for international shipping; NOT available for domestic priority shipping. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Springfield, Massachusetts: Reprinted for Dr. Samuel Cooley, by Ashley & Brewer, 1802. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. First American Edition of Teller's foundational text in the science of immunology, and the first description of successful vaccination. Reprinted for Dr. Samuel Cooley, by Ashley & Brewer, 1802; no later printings indicated; collated, complete; iv, 116pp., with four color stipple engravings. Rebound in 20th-century brown leather rebinding, with red/gilt titling on spine. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; minor wear to edges of boards, light surface scratches/rubbing on front board, titling remains bright and bold; color plates are foxed and somewhat faded, lighter foxing to most pages; text is free of markings. (Garrison-Morton 2529.3 / 5423) Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

New York: Vertical, Inc, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Complete hardcover set. Eight volumes, sold together. Vertical, 2003-2005; Vol. 1 a stated second printing, all other volumes stated First American Edition with no later printings indicated. Illustrated paper over boards, with quarter sheet wrapper included with each volume. Very light, small brown spots on rear board of Vol. 1, a few gently bumped corners, else all volumes in VG+ condition. Bindings are tight, sturdy, and square; boards, illustrations and text very good. Tezuka's account of the Buddha's life is a manga classic, and cuts a striking image on any collector's shelf. Due to the size/weight of this set extra charges may apply for international shipping. Not available for domestic priority/expedited shipping. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.