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PROMOTIONAL CARD for PRINCESS JEWELIANA AND THE SPARKLING RAINBOW BALL.
New York: Reader's Digest, (2003). First edition - One piece of bright pink cardstock, folded to 8 1/2 inches by 6 inches - the interior includes a central pop-up of the castle with two doors that open to reveal the ball within. A promotional item for "girls and boys and booksellers too" - Uncommon.
Condition: Fine.
Book ID: 85063More details Price: $12.50 -
YELLOW DOGS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (1989) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel of war objectors who were drafted during World War I - The Great War. The story focuses on a Kansas farm boy who objects to serving because "killing is wrong." As a result, he's a prisoner in the disclipinary barracks at Fort Leavenworth, where he's subjected to a violent and degrading regime, but still manages to form a community with Mennonites from the Dakotas, wobblies and anarchists from Chicago and New York, and nerve cases from the front. 215 pp. ISBN: 0-871132540.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (remainder line)
Book ID: 68391More details Price: $15.00 -
MURDER IN THE HELLFIRE CLUB
Edition: First printing.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1978.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first mystery, commended for its historical accuracy - a variation of the classic "locked room" mystery featuring Benjamin Franklin and set in London in 1757. 240 pp. ISBN: 0-03-0224411.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 35519More details Price: $20.00 -
ANOTHER WEEPING WOMAN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1980.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery set in the mountains of Montana and introducing Nick Caine, an "offbeat protagonist with a quick wit, a buried past and a set of firmly held prejudices." 263 pp. ISBN: 0-03-0466814.
Condition: Very good in very good- dust jacket (closed tear, other edgewear to dj.)
Book ID: 36682More details Price: $14.00 -
POOH'S NEIGHBORHOOD: Disney's My Very First Winnie the Pooh.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Disney Press, (1997.) dj. Hardcover first edition - One of a series of books based on A.A. Milne's beloved characters, colorfully illustrated and designed to be read to very young children. Square format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-786831367.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated boards in a near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 36082More details Price: $15.00 -
LAUTREC.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Dutton, (1990) dj. Hardcover first edition - Award-winning Southwestern writer's first mystery novel, set in Albuquerque. New Mexico. Lautrec is a defense attorney some consider "past his prime, one who can't resist taking on the most hopeless cases." 234 pp. ISBN: 0-525-24784X.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (remainder line)
Book ID: 79103More details Price: $15.00 -
NOT OF WAR ONLY.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Tom Doherty Assoc, 1994. First edition - Epic novel of the Mexican Revolution of 1914; blurbs by Tony Hillerman among others. Author has won the Golden Spur award twice.
Condition: Very good (crease on front cover) in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 2184More details Price: $14.50 -
THE SLOUCHING TIGERS.
Edition: First printing.
Rockville, MD: Ariadne Press, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Prize-winning coming-of-age story of a young Chinese American girl. SIGNED on the title page. 199 pp. ISBN: 0-918056136.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 62299More details Price: $22.50 -
ANOTHER DEAD TEENAGER
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: St Martin's, 1996. SIGNED - First Stonewall Inn edition. Mystery featuring Detective Paul Turner, the gay father of 2 teenage sons himself. SIGNED on the title page.
Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 9762More details Price: $15.00 -
HOOK, LINE AND HOMICIDE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2007). Hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring Chicago police detective Paul Turner, the gay father of 2 teenage sons - in this one, he goes on vacation in Canada's Great North Woods with his sons, partner and friends, only to encounter homophobia, racism and murder there also. 327 pp. ISBN: 978-0312333034.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (usual light toning to the dj)
Book ID: 73595More details Price: $17.50 -
WILMINGTON'S LIE: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
Condition: Fine in gray printed wrappers.
Book ID: 79209More details Price: $40.00 -
NUCLEAR ILLUSION AND REALITY.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: The Viking Press, (1982.) dj. Hardcover first edition - As relevant - or maybe even more so - now, as it was when it was written during the Cold War. Praise from Lewis Thomas on the rear cover, who calls Zuckerman "an exceedingly wise man...he perceives two immediate dangers to human civilization: the stockpiling of small 'theatre' bombs under the delusion that they can be used on battlefields without escalating... and the costly, feckless expenditures on military 'research.' References, index. 176 pp. Striking dust jacket art by Rafael Olbinski. ISBN: 0-670-518220.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.
Book ID: 37719More details Price: $12.00 -
FROZEN IN TIME: An Epic Story of Survival and a Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 57529More details Price: $18.00 -
FAMILY THERAPY: A Triadic-Based Approach.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Behavioral Publications, (1971.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Includes an overview of the field, techniques in family therapy, case studies, and more. A title in the Clinical Applications Series, edited by Sheldon R. Roen. 239 pp. ISBN: 0-877050694.
Condition: Very near fine in a very good dustjacket (minor edgewear to dj.)
Book ID: 41724More details Price: $20.00 -
ALL: The Collected Short Poems 1923 - 1958.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Norton, (1965) dj. Hardcover first edition - Poems are arranged chronologically in three sections: 55 Poems (1923-1935), Anew (1935-1944), and Barely and Widely (1956-1958). Index of titles and first lines. Praise fromKenneth Rexroth and William Carlos Willians, and a long blurb on the back cover of the dust jacket by Gilbert Sorrentino, one in which he emphasizes the importance of Zukofsky to modern American poetry. 157 pp. .
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (some toning to pages and dust jacket, name of previous owner, poet Elizabeth Harrod, on front endpaper, some edgewear to dj)
Book ID: 78118More details Price: $28.50 -
FERDINAND, including IT WAS.
Edition: First printing.
London: Jonathan Cape, (1968) dj. Hardcover first edition - A small volume of two stories by this noted poet - the very short "It Was" and the longer title story, originally written in 1940-1942. Selected bibliography. Cape Editions 25 under the editorship of Nathaniel Tarn. 96 pp. ISBN: 0-224615092.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 68258More details Price: $25.00 -
DEATH IN SHANGRI-LA.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 85706More details Price: $30.00 -
BRIDGE OF CLAY.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2018. dj. Hardcover first edition - Highly praised novel by the author of 'The Book Thief,' the story of five brothers "who bring each other up in a world run by their own rules. As the Dunbar boys love and fight and learn to reckon with the adult world, they discover the moving secret behind their fatherÕs disappearance." 534 pp. ISBN: 978-1984830159.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (as new, but with a minor binding flaw to rear pastedown)
Book ID: 79317More details Price: $16.50 -
ALPINE CALENDAR 1969.
Edition: First thus.
Tokyo, Japan: Yama To Keikoku Sha Publishing Co,, 1968. One of a series of Alpine calendars designed to offer a glimpse into the beauty of the Japanese mountains and to share the pleasures of mountaineering in Japan, Illustrated with full color, full page photographs. Includes a section of postcards in the rear with photographs of butterflies and birds, Bilingual edition with the text in both Japanese and English. Spiral bound with clear acrylic protective outer covers.
Condition: Very good (previous owner's name.)
Book ID: 51626More details Price: $15.00 -
HENRY FORD (Great American Series.)
Edition: First edition.
Petaluma, CA / San Francisco: Jabberwocky / AVC / Cassettes Classics, (1977.). First edition - Dramatization of the life of this innovative industrialist and automobile manufacturer. A title in the Great American Series. Includes a cassette tape and a stapled booklet with a brief introduction and a transcription of the tape. 18 pp. Other titles in this series also available.
Condition: Fine in stiff orange, blue and white covers with cassette tape.
Book ID: 44054More details Price: $8.50 -
AMELIA EARHART (Great American Series.)
Edition: First edition.
Novato, CA / San Francisco: Jabberwocky / AVC / Cassettes Classics, (1977.). First edition - Dramatization of the life of this pioneering aviator. A title in the Great American Series. Includes a cassette tape and a stapled booklet with a brief introduction and a transcription of the tape. 17 pp. Other titles in this series also available.
Condition: Fine in stiff orange, blue and white covers with cassette tape.
Book ID: 44055More details Price: $8.50 -
WILBUR AND ORVILLE WRIGHT (Great American Series.)
Edition: First edition.
Petaluma, CA / San Francisco: Jabberwocky / AVC / Cassettes Classics, (1977.). First edition - Dramatization of the life of these brothers who helped the dream of manned flight to become a reality. A title in the Great American Series. Includes a cassette tape and a stapled booklet with a brief introduction and a transcription of the tape. 19 pp. Other titles in this series also available.
Condition: Fine in stiff orange, blue and white covers with cassette tape.
Book ID: 44056More details Price: $8.50 -
WAR DEPARTMENT MAINTEN ANCE MANUAL AND PARTS CATALOG: Welder Eleletric Arc, 300 Ampere, Gasoline Engine Driven, Skid Mounted, Model GR-300-S.
Troy, Ohio: Hobart Brothers, Inc. 1943. A Hobart technical manual with description, information on operation and maintenance and repair parts list for a gasoline engine driven arc welder. EW-91. Illustrated with photographs, includes tables and parts lists. 103 pp plus a 25 pp list of Chrysler parts index.
Condition: Very good in brown wrappers with black lettering.
Book ID: 85181More details Price: $25.00 -
MINI COLONIAL VILLAGE to Press Out and Assemble.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Whitman Publishing Co., (1974). First edition - Includes 12 buildings and accessories, all still uncut and unused. Large format, measuring 13.5 inches tall by 10 inches wide. Whitman 1910.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 81841More details Price: $25.00 -
SWITZERLAND: HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE.
New York: Carlton & Porter. n.d. (ca 1856.). Hardcover - A small slim published by the 'Sunday School Union.' 214 pp plus 10 pp of 'Books for Sunday Schools." Actually a fairly decent history of Switzerland, and an interesting description of the natural beauty and the towns in this country.
Condition: Very good in embossed green cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. A small volume measuring approx 6 inches tall by 4 inches wide (stamp and name of town on front endpaper.)
Book ID: 55282More details Price: $20.00 -
OREGON STATE GRANGE, PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY BY-LAWS
Edition: Booklet.
Oregon: 1960. Includes a from of by-laws for Pomona, Subordinate and Juvenile Granges. As amended at the Annual Meeting, June 1960. Index. Small format, 4 by 7 inches. 74 pp.
Condition: Very good in tan stapled wrappers.
Book ID: 81852More details Price: $12.00 -
RUSSIAN CRIMINAL TATTOOS AND PLAYING CARDS: PROMOTIONAL POSTER.
London: Fuel Publishing List / Thames and Hudson (2018). Poster measuring 23 by 17 inches featuring a striking large reproduction of the cover for Russian Criminal Tattoos and Playing Cards on the front, and an illustrated list of 28 publications for 2018 on the verso. Folded in four.
Condition: Just about fine, but with creases from the folds.
Book ID: 81628More details Price: $30.00 -
Set of 2 Mid-19th Century Song Sheets: NOBODY KNOWS WHAT A RACKET WAS THERE and PRAIRIE FLOWER.
Condition: Good condition overall - printed on thin, fragile and somewhat toned paper, and Prairie Flower has some creasing to the upper corner.
Book ID: 81639More details Price: $60.00 -
FIRE DEPARTMENT PUMPER TESTS AND FIRE STREAM TABLES.
Edition: 8th edition.
New York: Insurance Services Office, 1975. Updated edition of a work first published in 1910. Illustrated with drawings and numerous tables. 37 pp.
Condition: Very good in stapled red wrappers (stamp of fire department library on front cover)
Book ID: 76604More details Price: $12.50 -
NFPA 1901: STANDARD FOR AUTOMOTIVE FIRE APPARATUS 1979.
Edition: Later printing.
Boston: National Fire Protection Association. 1979. A title in the pocket editions of NFPA standards. 97 pp.
Condition: Very good in stapled red wrappers (stamp of fire department library on front cover)
Book ID: 76605More details Price: $18.00