Munich: Gina Kehayoff Verlag KG, 1996. Hardcover. 10 1/2" X 8". 137pp. Mild edgewear to dust jacket. white cloth over boards, with spine lettered in black. Mild edgewear to binding. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. Glue stain to front pastedown. A very presentable copy of..... More
Erin: Boston Mills Press, 1984. Hardcover. 11 1/4" X 8 3/4". 347pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Blue cloth over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Pages are bright, clean, and unmarked. Binding is sound. Photographs and illustrations throughout. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Speedway to..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1956. Hardcover. 8 1/4" X 5 1/2". 243pp. Pictorial dust jacket is price-clipped and shows edgewear, including small open tears and chipping to edges and extremities, scattered rubbing, moderate dust soiling, and cover wear. Red cloth over boards stamped in yellow. Bookseller's notations inked..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. 8" X 5 7/8". vi, 295pp. Presents nicely in protective archival sleeved dust jacket. Moderate wear to price-clipped dust jacket, with small open tears to corners, mild chipping to head and tail of spine, no losses, dampstaining to all of..... More
Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1999. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". v, 279pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of red cloth over boards. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is tight and sound. Black and white photographs and illustrations throughout. ABOUT THIS BOOK: This book provides a...... More
Philadelphia: Paul Dry Books, 2008. Paperback. 9" X 6". xxvi, 530pp. Very mild wear to covers, corners, and edges. Pages are bright, clean, and unmarked. Binding is sound. An overall solid copy of this text by Eva Brann which examines the relationship between our feelings and philosophy, with explorations into..... More
Atlanta: The Pinchpenny Press, 1973. Paperback. 6 5/8" X 4 1/8". 103pp, plus 4 leaves of illustrations and ads. Business card of magician Paul Kirkman of Nostalgia Shop laid in, with 1984 instructions for Finger Flash Model 1A. Moderate wear to paper wraps, with toning, edgewear, and light soiling to..... More
Dominguez Hills, California: California State College, Dominguez Hills, circa 1973. Staplebound wraps. 11" X 8 1/2". 46pp. Moderate wear to staplebound wraps, with creasing to corners and light dust soiling. "1/73" pencilled to upper wrap. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A nice, presentable copy of..... More
London: J. Miles & Co., Ltd., 1906. Hardcover. 12" X 9 3/4". Unpaginated, 44 pages, including 8 plates, several hand-painted. Title page and headings by Walter Crane. Signed by May Warley and Susie Nainby, both listed under the names of women selling the programme, with two others, at page facing..... More
St. Petersburg, Florida: RetroFlorida, Inc., 2000. First Edition. Paperback. 11" X 8 1/2". 96pp. Glossy pink color pictorial wraps show mild edgewear, with faint crease to top corner of upper wrap. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are clean and bright. A very attractive first printing of this guide to..... More
Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1937. Hardcover. 6 3/4" X 5 3/8". 64pp. Pictorial paper over boards. Mild wear to binding, with hard bumping to extremities, mild dust soiling, and faint pencilled marks to rear. Binding is firm, sound, and tight. Tear to top corners of leaf containing pages 15..... More
Atglen: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 2015. Hardcover. 8 3/4" X 11 1/4". 224pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of pictorial over boards. Pages are bright, clean, and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Explore the lives of over 150 of the top sideshow performers of by-gone days..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. 7 1/2" X 5 1/4". xxvii, 354pp, plus one leaf of ads. Deep green cloth over boards, with spine lettered in gilt. Moderate wear to binding, with edgewear, bumping to corners, scattered rubbing, crease to spine, and mild soiling. Binding is..... More
Austin, Texas: Wiyaka Press, 1983. Limited Edition. Leather_bound. Edition limited to 250 sets, this being number 101 and signed by Bobby Bridger at limitation page. 9 1/2" X 6 1/2". 153pp, plus fold-out map. Quarterbound in morocco leather, with marbled paper over boards and spine and upper board lettered in..... More
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1994. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Stated First Edition with full number line indicating first printing. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". 352pp. Mild shelf wear to unclipped dust jacket with spots of toning to covers and light creasing to edges. Sunning to spine. Bumps..... More
Chicago: Rand, McNally & Company, circa 1910. Hardcover. "I am no bird; and no net ensnares me..." This circa 1910 edition of Charlotte Bronte's beloved classic is bold and bright, the perfect companion for the kind of gloomy, overcast day upon which our tale opens and we first encounter our..... More
London: The Folio Society, 2007. Eleventh Printing. Hardcover. 9" X 5 3/4". 421pp. Patterned paper over boards, featuring a design by Simon Brett, with spine backed in dark blue cloth and lettered in gilt. Mild shelfwear to binding and slight lean to spine. Mild shelfwear to publisher's matching blue paper..... More
New York: The Modern Library, 1950. Hardcover. 7 1/4" X 5 1/2". xxxii, 400pp. Dust jacket presents nicely in protective archival sleeve, featuring artwork by Paul Galdone. Moderate chipping, creasing, small tears, and wear to edges of dust jacket, with light soiling to rear panel and sunning to spine. Original..... More
New York: Bloomsbury, 2004. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Stated First Edition with full number line indicating first printing. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". xviii, 298pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Black cloth over boards with spine lettered in silver. Bumps to top..... More
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1933. Hardcover. 9 3/4" X 6 3/8". 560pp. Brown cloth over boards with gilt lettering to cover and spine. Moderate wear to binding with bumped corners, dust soiling, and mild edgewear, with very small tear to cloth at edge of upper board. Bookseller..... More
New York: Taylor Trade Publishing, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". ix, 379pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Yellow paper over boards with spine backed in red and lettered in gilt. Top and bottom edges of spine..... More
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1949. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 8 1/2" X 5 5/8". 248pp. Rather heavy edgewear to dust jacket, with several 1/2-1" tears, closed and open, to extremities, soiling to rear panel, sunning to spine, and dust soiling. Yellow cloth over boards, with spine..... More
N.P. James Kyle Brown, 2001. Paperback. 9" X 6". 341pp. Signed and Inscribed by the Author to title page. Mild edgewear to pictorial paper wraps. Light dust soiling to edges of text block. Light foxing to endpapers. Notation in ink to rear free endpaper, otherwise all pages clean, bright, and..... More
London and Edinburgh: T. N. Foulis, 1912. Tom Scott. First Edition. Paperback. 6 3/4" X 4 3/8". 93pp, plus one leaf of ads. Paper wraps, with paper pictorial label to front cover. Very heavy wear to binding, with moderate chipping to edges, soiling to covers, tear to top left corner..... More
Bloomington: 1st Books Library, 2003. Paperback. 9" X 6". xviii, 286pp. Light toning and shelf wear to covers and edges. Sticker to spine. Very light dust-spotting to edges of text block. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Although the book reads like fiction, it is the..... More
