Our Book Club at the Coffee Shop literary candle summons all the coziness of a gathering of friends, a well-worn read, and lots of stimulating conversation. Whether its deliciously heady scents of strong espresso and rich, dark chocolate keep you burning the midnight oil or entice you back into bed..... More
A nice collection of 15 cat related books and ephemera. See pics for additional condition information. The collection includes: -Die cut Victorian era pop-up cat greeting card valentine : Overall very good, with one cat ear glue showing evidence of repair (see pictures) -The Mysterious Half-Cat by Margaret Sutton (A Judy Bolton Mystery)..... More
Yukinoshita, Kamakura, Japan: Kamakura Museum, 1953. Paperback. 7 1/8" X 5 1/8". 27pp, plus plates and index to illustrations. Moderate wear to staplebound wraps, with edgewear, bumping and creasing to extremities, dust soiling, and foxing. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and unmarked, if age-toned. A quite presentable copy of..... More
London: W & R Chambers, circa 1888. Hardcover. 7 1/4" X 5". 288pp. Bound in full scarlet cloth, with vignette of a reading Florence Nightingale stamped in gilt to upper board, title in gilt and daisies in black to upper board and spine, and rear board decorated in blind. Moderate..... More
Our Shire literary candle bids you forth on a ramble around the well-worn paths of Hobbiton! Earthy and peaceful, The Shire literary candle gathers together the soft fresh scent of moss underfoot, the light musk of sage grass at your fingertips, a whisp of pipe smoke, and a sprig of..... More
New York: McLoughlin Bros. circa 1875. Wraps. 6" X 4". Unpaginated, eight pages. Sewn printed wraps with spine backed in patterned cloth. Moderate wear to wraps, with small tears to edges and extremities, foxing, and soiling. Previous owner's name to verso of upper wrap. Foxing to pages throughout. Illustrated in..... More
Carrollton, GA: Division 32 of the American Psychological Association, 1989. Paperback. 9" x 6". Mild shelf wear. "This issue respectfully dedicated to the victims of the Tiananmen Square massacre Beijing, China June 3-4 1989 for courageously embodying the humanistic ideal: the liberation of human potential." Features the following articles: Language and Human Science..... More
Amherst: Prometheus Books, 1995. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". 244pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of dust jacket. Black cloth over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Pages clean and unmarked. Binding is tight and sound. A very presentably copy of this work by Ken..... More
![Novel Photography [Shosetsu Shashin]. Nobuyoshi Araki](/pictures/thumb/4738.jpg?v=1595561255)
Tokyo: Recruit, 1996. Paperback. 11 5/8" X 8 1/4". Text in Japanese. Orange dotted wraps with French flaps and silver obi. Mild edgewear, with rather heavy rubbing to spine panel of obi. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A bright example of the full-color erotic photography of Japanese..... More
![Araki Nobuyoshi: Obscenities [Déjà-vu: A Photography Quarterly, Special Issue]. Nobuyoshi...](/pictures/thumb/4867.jpg?v=1595561277)
Tokyo: Photo-planète, 1994. Staplebound wraps. 11 5/8" X 9". Brief text in Japanese and English. Staplebound pictorial wraps. A hint of edgewear to head and tail of spine, else fine. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A very nice copy of this special issue of Déjà-vu: A Photography..... More
London: The Folio Society, 2007. Hardcover. 9" X 6 3/8". xv, 431pp. Blue-and-white striped patterned paper over boards, with gold-framed portrait of a lady to upper board and spine backed in dark brown and lettered in gilt over blue. Only mild shelfwear to binding and to publisher's blue paper slipcase..... More
New York: International Publishing Corporation, 1995. Paperback. 8 1/4" X 5 1/2". xx, 165pp. Light creasing and curl to edge of front cover. Mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges. Moderate underlining and notation in ink to pages. Binding is sound. ABOUT INTEGRITY IN DEPTH: A measure of our need..... 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
New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1968. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. 8 1/4" X 5 1/2". xvi, 125pp. Presents nicely in protective archival sleeved dust jacket. Mild wear to unclipped dust jacket, with slight rippling to rear panel. Cream cloth over boards, with spine lettered in maroon. Binding is..... More
![Foreigner, Invader, [and] Inheritor [Signed First Editions, 3 Volumes]. C. J. Cherryh](/pictures/thumb/2788.JPG?v=1498256815)
New York: Daw Books, Inc., 1994, 1995, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/8". 378pp; 426pp; 410pp. Each volume is a first edition, first printing and signed by C. J. Cherryh to title page. Set presents very nicely in archival sleeved dust jackets. Rusted effect to gilt lettering..... More
Chicago: American Medical Association, 1904. Wraps. 8 5/8" X 5 5/8". 8pp, plus fold-out plate of a partially parasitic uterine myoma on one side and tumor of the sigmoid flexure on the other. Reprinted from The Journal of the American Medical Association. Plain printed staplebound paper wraps show very mild..... More
Honolulu: Trustees of Kawaiahao Church, 1995. Paperback. 9" X 5 3/4". 152pp. Toning and dampstaining to front and rear covers. Light dust spotting to top edge of text block. Damp staining to first few pages. Previous owner's name in ink to title page. Pages free of marks and notation. Binding..... More
n.p. Lowell Davis for PMC, Inc., 1990. Cards. 3 1/2" X 5 7/8". Complete book of 24 full color postcards. Inscribed to previous owner by Lowell Davis and dated 2017. A touch of shelfwear to stiff paper wraps, else fine. A very presentable signed postcard collection from "the Norman Rockwell..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. In this dreamy book of poetry, published in 1900, Sarah J. Day takes us from the first buttercups of Spring to the mistletoe and holly of Christmas, allowing the legend and lore of each flower to blossom..... More
New York: John B. Alden, Circa 1900. Hardcover. 7 1/2" X 5 1/4". 302pp. No date of publication, published between 1895 and 1905. Red-brown cloth over boards, with embossed vine and flower design upper board and spine, gondola scene stamped in black to spine, and upper board and spine lettered..... More
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1890. Second Edition. Hardcover. This Victorian travelogue is the work of Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards (1831–1892), the queer English novelist, journalist, Egyptologist, and co-founder of the Egypt Exploration Fund. Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys forms the account of her 1872 ramble through the northeastern Italian..... More
St. Louis: The Bethany Press, 1962. Paperback. 8 1/2" X 5 1/2". xi, 209pp. Foxing/toning to front and rear cover. Dust spotting to edges of text block. Previous owner's name and lengthy inscription in ink to half-title page. Pages clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. From the inscription: "This book..... More
Chicago: Veterans Magazine, Inc., 1947. Staplebound wraps. 13 1/4" X 10 3/8". 24pp. Hard center crease to staplebound wraps and text block. Heavy wear to pictorial wraps, with scattered rubbing, creasing, mild dust soiling, and 3 1/2" X 3 1/2" open tear to upper wrap. Binding is sound. Creasing to..... More
University Park: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. 9 1/8" X 6 1/4". 157pp. Inscribed to previous owner by John Ferling at front free endpaper. Mild edgewear to dust jacket, with very small closed tears to extremities and price sticker to front flap. Brown cloth over boards..... More
Greenville, Georgia: Gaston Enterprises, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. 10 1/4" X 7 1/8". xxv, 323pp. Signed at title page and inscribed to previous owners at length by J. Harper Gaston at half-title. Mild edgewear to dust jacket. Brown cloth over boards, with spine lettered in gilt. A touch of wear..... More
