Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1955. Hardcover. 9 1/4 x 6 1/4. 235pp. Signed and Inscribed by Author to front free endpaper, reading: "To my friend, W.L. "Bill" Lahman with best wishes of the author Glenn Shirley." Edgewear to dust jacket, heavy to top edge, with chipping at top..... More
Bangkok: The Siam Society, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. 8 3/8" X 6". 96pp. Heavy scattered rubbing and mild edgewear to dust jacket, with personal library label to spine. Price sticker to rear and distributor label to front flap. Blue paper over boards, with cover and spine lettered in gilt. Heavy..... More
Geneva: Pietro Auberto, 1629. Seconda Editione, riueduta e corretta dall'. Leather bound. 8 3/4" X 7". 842pp, plus 6 leaves of index ("Tavola"). Bound in full contemporaneous speckled calf, with five raised bands to spine, lettered in gilt over Morocco label. Upper board through page 2 completely detached from binding..... More
Jackson, Tennessee: McCowat-Mercer Press, Inc., 1958. Hardcover. 8 3/4" X 5 5/8". xxii, 322pp. Laid in is a letter to the author from G. Moxley Sorrel's niece Alice Sorrel Blech Wainwright dated March 14th, 1961 to editor Bell Irvin Wiley with many interesting details about the typing of the rough..... More
New York: Praeger Publishers, 1985. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 6 1/2". xxiv, 344pp. Light rubbing and toning to covers of dust jacket. Mild wear to edges of dust jacket. Black cloth over boards wih spine and front cover stamped in gilt. Dust spotting to edges of text block. Dog-earring to..... More
New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, Inc., 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. 8 1/4" X 5 5/8". xiii, 210pp. Signed by Vincent Starrett. Appears to be from the library of writer Vincent Starrett (1886–1974), with his iconic Sherlockian bookplate, designed by Fridolf Johnson in 1931, to front pastedown and his signature..... More
New York: Stumpp & Walter Co., 1944. Staplebound. 9" x 6". 32pp. World War II era stapled full color pamphlet with instructions for how to plant your very own "victory garden" with accompanying Stumpp & Walter seed catalog order form laid in. Mild foxing to cover wraps, but overall clean..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. 11" X 9 1/4". 192pp. Navy leather over boards with decorative gilt stamping to spine and front cover. Color photo to front cover. Very mild wear to covers, corners, and edges. Raised bands to spine. All edge gilt. Pages bright, clean..... More
Buffalo: Prometheus Books, 1984. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xi, 280pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers and edges of dust jacket. Blue, faux leather over boards with spine stamped in silver. Pages clean and unmarked. Photographs and diagrams throughout. Binding is sound. A solid copy of this academic..... More
Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1993. Hardcover. 8 3/4" X 5 3/4". v, 154pp. Very mild shelf wear to red cloth over boards. Bottom corner of front board lightly bumped. Spine and front cover stamped in black. Pages clean and unmarked. Black and white photographs throughout. Binding is sound..... More
New York: McKinlay Stone & Mackenzie, Circa 1920. Hardcover. 7 1/4" X 5". 348pp; 3-6,9-252, iii, 1-41pp; xiv, 247pp. Ex-libris Godfrey Meynell Selwin Tait, with his decorative bookplate to front pastedowns. Bound in full red cloth with title labels to spine. Sunning and dampstains to all spines, with chipping to..... More
New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc., 1953. Hardcover. 8 3/4" X 6". xiii, 177pp. Complimentary copy from Catlin Farish Co. with their bookmark laid in. Catlin Farish Co. is mentioned in Chapter XXV of this book. Lacks dust jacket. Mild wear to corners and edges of front and rear covers, with bottom..... More
Moore Haven, Florida: Rainbow Books, 1985. Hardcover. 8 3/4" X 5 3/4". ix, 155pp. Signed by Georgia B. Watson to front free endpaper. Moderate wear to dust jacket, with small closed tears to head and tail of spine and top edge of front panel. Blue cloth over boards with upper..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1909. Hardcover. 8 3/8" X 5 7/8". xv, 712pp, plus ads; x, 1076pp. Red cloth over boards, with spines lettered in gilt. Moderate edgwear to bindings, with heavy scattered rubbing, small tears to heads of spines, and rubbing to extremities. Bookplates to front pastedowns, and..... More
Marietta, Georgia: Continental Book Company, 1954. Hardcover. 7 1/2" X 5/4". 127pp. Green cloth over boards, with upper board and spine lettered in gilt. Mild shelfwear to binding, with scattered rubbing to covers. Binding is firm and sound. Bookplate to front pastedown. Bookseller's ticket to rear pastedown. Pages are clean..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 6 3/8". 384pp. Inscribed by Jeffry D. Wert to Earlene Scott, owner of Scott's Books, and dated September 22, 1990. Moderate wear to unclipped pictorial dust jacket, with edgewear, dampstain to bottom edge of rear panel, sunning to..... More
Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1972. Jean Williams. 1st Paperback. Paperback. 7 1/4" X 4 1/4". 357pp. Very mild wear to covers, corners, and edges. Pages clean and unmarked. Black and white illustrations throughout. Overall a tight clean copy. Harold Stannett Williams (1898–1987) was an Australian who spent most of..... More
Nashville, Tennessee: Printed for the Author, Southern Methodist Publishing House, 1884. Hardcover. 7 1/2" X 5 1/8". 500pp. Brown cloth over boards, with cover and spine lettered in gilt with embossed decorations. Heavy edgewear and scattered rubbing to cloth, with head and tail of spine and corners bumped and rubbed..... More
Atlanta: Cherokee Publishing Company, 1973. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xiii, 320pp. Moderate wear to dust jacket with chipping, creasing, and tears to edges. Toning and foxing to front and rear covers of dust jacket. Dust spotting to edges of text block. Red cloth overboards stamped in gilt to..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. 8 5/8" X 5 3/4". 354pp, plus XVIIIpp index. Very heavy edgewear to dust jacket, with chipping along edges, no losses, front flap price-clipped, sunning to spine, and light dust soiling. Mild wear to blue cloth hardcover binding, with light sunning..... More
New York: American Geographical Society, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. 9 1/8" X 6 1/8". 118pp, plus 4pp blank Notes. Chipping to bottom edges of original glassine dust wrapper, with stains to rear panel near fold edge, crease to rear panel at bottom edge, and small tears to spine and fold..... More
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. 8" X 5 1/2". 451pp. Heavy wear to still striking and unclipped dust jacket, with 1 3/4" X 3 3/4" open tear to upper edge of rear panel and spine, 1" X 1 1/2" open tear to tail of spine, and several..... More
Copenhagen: Fr. Woldikes Forlag, 1873. Leather bound. 8 1/8" X 5 1/4". 492pp. Text in Danish. Marbled pape rover boards, with spine backed in leather and lettered in gilt. Moderate wear to binding, with corners bumped and rubbed to boards, sunning and cracking to spine, and scattered rubbing. Plain yellow..... More
