Who's Who in the Duane and Murray Clans
Australia. First Edition. Stapled Wrap. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 4to., 31pp. names and addresses, by country, of Duane and Murray. In tan paper wraps, printed black on front panel. More
Australia. First Edition. Stapled Wrap. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 4to., 31pp. names and addresses, by country, of Duane and Murray. In tan paper wraps, printed black on front panel. More
Np.(1997): Sporting Classics and Wildlife Art Magazine. First Edition. Oblong Quarto. 168pp., illustrated with 133 color plates and 36 black and white illustrations. Laid in is a large sized ExLibris of the artist's bookplate made for this title signed by Kuhun and included within 4800 first editions. Additinally signed and..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Jovanovich, 1980. First Edition. Octavo. Inscribed by the author: "Best wishes through all the seasons of life" signed by Ivan Doig. 246 pages Albert Andre. Laid in is announcement that the signing is at The Bookworm (Sequim, Washington), from 1:00-3:00 PM. The store owners, John..... More
Chicago: Prairie Farmer, 1936. Orginal Wraps. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 56p. + 4 pages of silhouettes. A fascinating look at the midwestern radio family of local stars some of whom became nationally famous: Red Foley [also his young daugther Shirley who later grew up to marry Pat..... More
Cincinnati, OH: Wm. Powell Co., 1954. Octavo. 589pp. A master catalogue for the Wm. Powell Company, profusely illustrated, with fitting values and technical data to make the selection process easier. A standard of American Industry, and a great historical window to mid-century America. Interior clean and tight, without marks. Outer..... More
Des Moines, IA: Younkers Department Store, 1942. Pamphlet. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. 48 pages. A pristine copy with no copies recorded in OCLC. Possibly one of the few ephemeral items to have survived from World War II. Distributed to the WAC training center in World War II..... More
Berlin: Karl Siegismund, 1916, 1916. Second Edition. Orginal Wraps. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Vortraege von Prof. Mener, Graf Ernst Reventlow, Prof. Uebersberger, Prof. Beder, Prof. Kuentzel, Prof. Meinecke. Veranstaltet durc h das Victoria-Studienhaus in Berlin.128 pp. Uncut. More
London: Bradbury, Agnew & Co, 1852. Octavo. hand-colored frotispiece, and nine other hand colored plates, pictorial title page in red and black, xii, 308 pages. In the middle of the 19th century, there was a taste for humor with issues of Punch and in books by Lewis Carroll and Gilbert..... More
Metz: B. Mueller, 1897. Decorative Cloth. Good Copy Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Mit einer uebersichts karte der kriegs operationen um Metz im Jahre 1870 bearbeitet von F. Schwabenland. With folding map. 477 pp. More
Muenchen: R. Piper & Co. 1912. Decorative Cloth. Good Copy Third Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Pictoral history of battle. 91 images on 66 plates. German Text. 124 pp. More
First American. Orginal Wraps. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Comparison and study of hand-drawn maps of Germany from the 1500's. 47 pp with two maps. More
Freiburg: Herder'sche, 1891. First American. Orginal Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Mit besonderer Beruecksichtigung der frage ueber die grundsaetzleiche Stellung von Sacerdotium und Imperium in jener Zeit nebst eini gen Beitraegen zur Verfassungsgeschichte des Reiches. Very rare. 170 pp. Uncut. More
New York: Macmillan, 1934. First Edition. Octavo. 82 pages. Many of his poems relate to ancient Celtic myths and were published in the last year of his life. One of his other poems ,he interprets a dream in which the "Dark Lady" of Shakespeare's Sonnets gives her story of the..... More
New York: The MacMillan Co, 1932. First Edition. Octavo. 133 pages. One of A.E.'s relatively scarce books and among his most important mystical writings. DNB notes in this work "he examined the provenance of his poetry in terms of those visons that had invaded his consciousness nearly a half century..... More
Waltham Saint Lawrence in Berkshire: Golden Cockerel Press, 1928. Limited Edition. Small Octavo. 55 pages. Limited to 500 copies, of which this is #282. (250 each for England and America) The reissuance of this early 19th century book advising women of the South on proper manners demonstrates the persistence of..... More
Kobenhavn: Munksgaard. First Edition. Soft Cover. 353 pp. Danish text. Uncut. More
New York; Nd(ca.1969): Harry N. Abrams. Folio. 232pp. Profusely illustrated in color and in black and white, with double fold-out at end of text. A rich view of miniature theatre with this generous biographical sketch of the private passion of William Addison Dwiggins, type designer and calligrapher, affectionately known as..... More
New York; (1988): Henry Holt and Co. First Edition. Octavo. 485pp. The story of Henry Holyoak Lightcap's uncertain advance through life, recounted during a 3500 mile journey from the arid wasteland of Tucson, Arizona, to the "green, fuzzy, mist-infested hills" of fictional Stump Creek, West Virginia with his dying dog..... More
New York; (1979): E.P. Dutton. First Edition. Octavo. . First printing signed by the author on the title page. 198pp. Every road Abbey travels, is alive with interesting people and fascinating creatures; aborigines, starfish, and dolphins in Australia; Tarahumara Indians and chuckwallas(lizards) in Mexico; javelinas (wild pig) in the American..... More
New York; (1988): Henry Holt and Co. First Edition. Octavo. Signed, Edward Abbey, Tucson, 10 Oct, '88. 485 pages. Russell Martin in the New York Review of Books: "A kind of outrageous comedy is central to the thematic body of Abbey's work--a Freewheeling willingness to be brash, satiric, excessive. His..... More
New York; (1980): E.P. Dutton. First Edition. Octavo. First printing. The author's sixth novel, a story of an imaginary world, a look at the nightmare future after the energy companies, bankers and industrialists have brought the West to ruin. 242pp., bound in beige paper covered boards backed in brown cloth..... More
New York; (1980): E.P. Dutton. First Edition. Octavo. First printing. Signed by Abbey of the front free endpaper. The author's sixth novel, a story of an imaginary world, a look at the nightmare future after the energy companies, bankers and industrialists have brought the West to ruin. 242pp., bound in..... More
New York; (1977): E.P. Dutton. First Edition. Octavo. 242 pages. Signed by the author. His first nonfiction book since Desert Solitaire is alive with ranchers, dam-builders, and mountain lions. The same theme arises in The Journey Home. Abbey denies that technology and industry are inherently evil, but insists that they..... More
New York; (1977): E.P. Dutton. First Edition. Octavo. First printing. 242pp.. signed by the author, illustrated by Jim Stiles. What Henry David Thoreau was to New England and Bret Harte to the outcasts of Poker Flat, Abbey is to the land and people of the American West. Following a trail..... More
New York; (1965): Bonanza Books, First Edition. Quarto. 190 pp .illustrated with several very early photographic images, most never published before. These pictures combined with the author's delightful "round house" story telling and his unusual talent for reciting history accurately, yet interestingly, bound in orange cloth, spine lettering black. A...... More