Zimbabwe: Mambo Press, 1987. Paperback. 7 1/8" x 4 3/4". 151pp. Mild shelf wear to cover, light toning to pages, overall very good. A collection of folktales of the Shona tribe, Zimbabwe's largest indigenous group. According to the book, this is the first english language translation of the folk tales..... More
Howell, New Jersey; Wisbech, England: SQP Press; Fanfare, 2003. Paperback. 11 5/8" X 8 3/4". 96pp, plus fold-out poster bound at rear. Text in English and German. A touch of shelfwear to glossy pictorial wraps, else fine, firm, tight, and sound. Pages are clean and bright. A very presentable collection..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam, 1852. Hardcover. 11 7/8" X 8 3/4". [viii], 188pp. Appears to have been well repaired, with cloth reinforcements to inner hinges and cloth backing spine affixed to matching color cloth. Moderate wear to binding, with bumping and tears to corners, occasional spot of faint soiling..... More
London: Oxford University Press, 1965. Hardcover. 8 3/4" X 5 5/8". 356pp. Blue cloth over boards, with spine lettered in faded gilt. Scattered rubbing and staining to cloth, with moderate edgewear and personal library label to spine. Foxing and dust soiling to edges of text block. Binding is sound. Mostly..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1981. Paperback. 9 1/4" X 6". 514pp, plus 32 plates bound at rear. Rather heavy wear to binding, with damstaining to binding and text block throughout, creasing, and edgewear. Tears to upper edges of beginning pages. Rippling to pages due to exposure to moisture. Extensive notes..... More
New Orleans, Louisiana: Privately Printed, 1987. Staplebound wraps. 5 7/8" X 4 1/8". 18pp. White textured stapled paper wraps, lettered in black to front. Moderate edgewear and light soiling to binding. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A nice copy of this tribute to Father Joseph Verbis Lafleur..... More
Boston: Small, Maynard & Co., 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Set out for lands unknown with this 1902 retelling of the life of the Norse explorer Leif Erikson (c. 970 – c. 1020), son of Erik the Red and thought to be the first European to set foot on North American..... More
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New York: The American Law Book Company, 1905. Hardcover. 10 1/4" X 7". 1580pp. Volume 17 (XVII). "Evidence (XI-XVU) to Executor De Son Tort." Scattered rubbing and wear to spine and brown cloth over boards. Toning to front and rear cover. Toning and mild dust spotting to edges of text..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. 7" X 5". vi, 275pp. Blue cloth over boards, with front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Moderate edgewear to binding, with sticker to spine and mild chipping to tail of spine. Lean to spine. Both hinges tender. Bookseller label..... More
Michigan City, Indiana: Fridtjof-Karla Publications, 1959. Staplebound wraps. 8 1/2" X 5 5/8". 62pp. Mild edgewear to pictorial dust jacket over plain staplebound wraps. This copy lacks the forged signature at the half-title extremely common to this edition. Pages are age-toned, particularly title page, else clean and unmarked. A very..... More
London: Cassell & Company, circa 1885. Second Edition. Hardcover. 7 3/8" X 4 7/8". 128pp, plus ads. Blue cloth over boards, with upper board and spine stamped in red, black, and gilt. Moderate wear to binding, with small tears to extremities, light soiling, sunning to spine, and bumping to corners..... More
New York: American Tract Society, [1850]. Hardcover. 7 5/8" X 4 3/4". Paginated by story. Bound in full embossed red cloth with upper board and spine stamped in gilt. Moderate edgewear and scattered rubbing to binding, with 1" tear to tail of spine at edge of upper board. Previous owner's..... More
Nashville: Convention Press, 1960. Spiral_bound. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". 123pp. Spiral-bound copy. Rubbing to front and rear covers. Light ink marks to front cover. Mild creasing to covers. Dust spotting to edges of text block. Ink marks to half-title page. Foxing to inside of covers and front and rear..... More
Albuquerque: R. K. Sloane, 1985. Staplebound wraps. 8 1/2" X 5 1/2". Unpaginated, 14 pages plus postcard. Moderate edgewear to staplebound pictorial wraps, with creases to spine and corners. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A disturbingly graphic zine of original comics, photocopied news clippings, and bizarre commentary related..... More
Washington DC: United States Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service and Forest Service, 1975. Paperback. 10 3/4" X 9". 80pp. Light toning, creasing, and wear to covers and edges. Stamp to front cover. Pages clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. Includes 25 fold-out maps of soil surveys of Harrison County..... More
Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1957. Neil Boyle. Authorized Edition. Hardcover. 6 1/2" X 5 5/8". 28pp (unpaginated). Heavy wear to hardcover binding, with lean to spine, dust soiling, and tears along spine. Rubbing and bumping to corners. Binding remains sound. Contents are clean and unmarked. Heavily illustrated in color..... More
N.P. Achilles International, 2015. Third Edition. Hardcover. 8 3/4" X 11 1/8". 290pp. Mild edgewear to dust jacket, with small closed tear at edge of head of spine. Glossy pictorial paper over boards. Mild edgewear to binding, with bumping to spine. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are clean, bright..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1912. Second Printing. Hardcover. 7 3/4" X 5". xv, 370pp. Publisher's binding designed by Margaret Armstrong, with her initials. Blue cloth over boards, with spine stamped in gilt and upper board stamped in gilt, green, and orange. Moderate edgewear and scattered rubbing to binding. Top..... More
New York: Philosophical Library, 1951. Hardcover. 8 1/2" X 5 1/2". 88pp. Ex-libris Frances A. Ballard, with beautiful woodcut bookplate by the Xilografia del Museo Guasp of Mallorca. Presents nicely in protective archival sleeved dust jacket. Mild edgewear to unclipped dust jacket, , with small closed tear to rear panel..... More
New York: Riverhead Books, 2015. Hardcover. Signed in ink by author, Claire Vaye Watkins, to front flyleaf. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". 339pp. Very mild shelf wear to unclipped dust jacket. Light bump to top of spine. White cloth over boards with spine backed in gilt. Pages clean and unmarked..... More
New York: DC Comics, 1994. First Edition. Paperback. 10 7/8" X 8 1/2". 336pp. A touch of shelfwear to glossy paper wraps, else fine in firm, sound binding with bright, clean pages. A very presentable copy of this 1994 editorial presentation from DC Comics. More
Wien: Universal Edition, 1956. Paperback. 7 1/4" X 5 3/8". 52pp. Text in German and English. Moderate wear to printed wraps, with creasing and small closed tears, dust soiling, and stamp to upper wrap. Binding is firm and sound. Stamp to front pastedown. Pages are clean and unmarked. A solid..... More
Port Townsend, Washington: Copper Canyon Press, 2005. First Edition. Paperback. 9" X 6". 304pp. Stated First Printing. A touch of shelfwear to paper wraps, else fine in tight, sound binding, with uncreased spine and bright, clean, unmarked pages. From rear cover: "Jubilant Thicket teems with the eccentric, strange, and boundlessly..... More
Windsor, Connecticut: Illustration Studio, 1991. First Edition. Paperback. 9 3/4" X 8 1/4". Unpaginated. Mild edgewear to pictorial paper wraps. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A very nice copy of this collection of erotic fantasy illustrations by Steve Woron, with assistance from Darla Woron, introduced..... More
Philadelphia: Privately Printed, 1916. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 9 7/8" X 6 1/2". 55pp. Preface in English, original text in French only. Stated 1916 reprint, possibly later. Edition limited to 250 numbered and signed copies, 50 are printed on large paper, quarto; the remainder, octavo , on buff-tinted rag paper, all..... More
