Rare books from jonny8books

1991 Bradley County Historical Society large hardcover format. No dj. Not remainder marked. Green plates are clean & straight. Gold lettering on front plate & spine is fine. Binding tight & straight. Text clean, unmarked, bright & heavily photographed w/b&w photographs.

2001 Charles C. Thomas Publisher Large hardcvoer format. No dj as issued. Flat signed & dated by the author (Oct. 26, 2005). Text clean, unmarked & bright. Boards glossy & clean. Binding tight & straight.

1947 National Safety Council, Chicago trade hardcover format with dustjacket. Dustjacket in overall Very Good minus condition, two enclosed rips along the seam of the front panel, spine end extremities chipped, top spine is chipped, light overall aging; looks very good in brodart protective sleeve. The dustjacket is printing on low quality paper, it's nice to find one in any condition. "Ellington Air Force Base; Ground Safety Deps; Dec. 1953" is penned in lead based ink on the ffep and grounds the history on this piece. One lead based ink dot that bleeds through page 47 to 48, top edge lightly toned, else pages are clean & unmarked. Included to the photographic illustrations in the book are pictures of men in uniform representing all 50 states, photographs of police vehicles of that day, a early Texas Ranger on horseback & more. Red cloth covered boards are clean, faint wear on the corners, spine end extremities, gold lettering on spine is fine. Binding tight & straight. In overall Very Good / Very… Read More

1972 McKay trade hardcover. No indications of later printing on the copyright. Not remainder marked, dj is not price clipped($7.95). Dj has faint penmark below price, light shelfware and spinewear, no discoleration, looks very good in Brodart protective sleeve. Pages clean, unmarked & not aged. Red cloth covered boards clean & square. Black lettering on spine fine. Binding firm & straight.

Circa 1899 Street & Smith trade hardcover format. Decorative pictorial cloth with gold & black lettering on front board & spine; illustration of Kipling with 3 bats on front board in near fine condition. Brown cloth covered boards clean w/bumped corners, gold gilt on top edge of textblock fine. Corner of last ffep missing, else pages clean, unmarked & not aged; frontspiece photograph is present. Binding firm & straight.

1905 Frederick A. Stokes Co. oversized hardcover format. Pages clean, unmarked & bright; 4 full page color plates clean with vibrant color. Blue cloth covered boards with front & back pastedowns show moderate shelfware & heavy edgewear, worn corners, binding firm & straight.

1966 Random House oversized hardcover. No indications of further printings on the copyright page & dj lists this title last on the rear jacket flap. Not remainder marked, dj is not price clipped(295). Dj has wear at the spine end extremities, a tiny chip on the top edge of the front panel & some sunning on the top left corner of the front panel, very little shelfware & looks very good in Brodart protective sleeve. Book has wear on the spine extremities and light cornerwear, else clean. Binding firm & straight. Pages, heavily illustrated by the author with b&w photographs, are clean, unmarked & not aged.

1984 Feldheim Slipcased edition of 3 Benzion Firer novels entitled: 3 Historical Novels. Housing Saadaih Weissman(1982), The Long Journey Home(1984) & The Twins(1983, 2nd edition). All in very good, gently read condition. Pages of all 3 volumes are clean, unmarked & bright. Dj's show faint shelfware with no rips & no discoleration. Boards on all 3 are clean & square. Gold lettering on spines are fine. Bindings firm & straight. Slipcase in excellent condition with slight wear on the pastedowns, no seam splits.

2015 Berkeley, University of California Press. Full numberline, "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" appears on the copyright page. Not remainder marked, dj is not clipped. Dj clean with no rips, no discoleration, looks fine in Brodart protective sleeve. Boards clean & square. Pages clean, unmarked & bright. Black cloth binding firm & straight, gold lettering on spine fine.

2013 Berkeley, University of California Press. Full numberline, "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" appears on the copyright page. Not remainder marked, dj is not clipped. Dj clean with no rips, no discoleration, looks fine in Brodart protective sleeve. Boards clean & square. Top edge of text block has a scuff mark, inside pages clean, unmarked & bright. Black cloth binding firm & straight, gold lettering on spine fine.

1963 Horn Wallace trade hardcover set of 2 books. High quality facsimile of the 1911 edition. Both volumes sturdily bound in red cloth, gold lettering on spine, blind stamp on front board all fine, clean & square. Bindings tight & straight. Pages clean, unmarked & bright. All illustrations & fold-out maps accounted for. In tight, unread condition.

1984 University of New Mexico Press trade hardcover format. Inscribed & SIGNED ASSOCIATION COPY from the author to Calvin Horn, late New Mexico State Senator & Publisher. "First edition" appears on the copyright page. Not remainder marked, dj is not clipped. Dj clean with no rips, no discoleration, looks fine in Brodart protectivee sleeve. Pages clean, unmarked & bright. Black cloth covered boards clean & square. Silver lettering on spine fine. Also included, Rebels on the Rio Grande bookmark/ marketing ephemera.

Librairie La Renaissance, Lyons. Rebound in black leather boards, new black endpapers, original white paper covers bound with text, no publication date stated; folio, 64 color plates by Boucher on gray stock paper with off-white interleaves. Very good condition (bump to top corner of rear board; light wear to boards; pages & interleaves toned & foxed; edges of gray stock paper toned; edges of pages worn & bumped; original paper covers soiled, chips to bottom edge of front wrap).

1917 Harvey Military Series Small hardcover format. Previous owner's name & address penciled behind the front board, else pages clean, unmarked & bright. Binding leans slightly, firm. Rust cloth covered boards clean & square. Black lettering & tank illustration on front board fine. From the Foreword,"...This book is based on the practical experience of the writer while on service with his battalion in France & from his knowledge as an instructor on Bombing & Trench Warfare."

1987 Warner trade hardcover format, first edition SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the Full Title Page. Not remainder marked, dj not price clipped($15.95). Dj in excellent condition with light chipping at the top spine, colors bright in Brodart protective sleeve. Pages clean, unmarked & bright. Aqua boards clean & square, cloth bound spine fine, gold gilt lettering on spine fine. Binding tight & straight, close to like new condition.The first title in the Hugo and Nebula Award winning author's acclaimed Xenogenesis Trilogy.