np/dated in colophon [March, 1540]. Christianus Egenolphus Excudebat. Folio. While this copy lacks the title page, and index (12 leaves), it does contains the entire text with approximately 320 hand colored different herbs within the text. Theodor Dorsten was a physician and botanist, as well as professor of medicine at..... More
London: For Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1807. First Edition. Octavo. iv, [3]-378 pages. Hazlitt attacked Malthus's theory since it was only based on self-interest. It was the most perceptive of the early replies to Malthus. Nice copies are relatively scarce. The missing leaf (p. 41 and 42) cancelled and..... More
Denver, (1870): S.S. Wallihan & Company. Octavo. ], First year of publication. 442 pages, plus 7 full page ads in the front and 59 full page ads at the rear with ads found throughout the text. Besides being an important and the earliest accurate directory of Denver and other Colorado..... More
St. Louis: Universal Exposition Pub. Co., 1905. Folio. The subtitle continues: and other events of the St. Louis World's Fair of 1904. Engraved frontispiece, xv, 800 pages, index, profusely illustrated with more than 4,000 engravings or photographic images. One of the great references on history, art and music at the..... More
Seattle, Washington, [1943]: Published By Authority of Commanding General By the Material Command, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio. First Edition. Octavo. 387pages and (35) page alphabetical index, fully illustrated with full page and folding pages showing every part of the B-29. Each page of text is marked Restricted. Copies are uncommon..... More
New York: Atheneum, 1982. First Edition. Octavo. Author's third book. Inscribed to Liz and John (owners of the Bookworm in Sequim Washington): "in thanks for the signing party at the Bookworm--and best wishes in the Southwest." Ivan Doig, Sequim, Oct. 16, '82.. 279 pages. An adventure novel about four men..... 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
New York: Coward-mcCann, 1945. First Edition. Octavo. 268 pages, a poetic novel about three service men, honorably discharged for medical cause, who return home to the same town where in peacetime they had not known one another. Now they must come to know both America in peacetime with the war's..... More
(Sarasota, Florida; 1986 and 1988): Disc-US Books, 1988. Octavo. 103 and 123pp. Two books bound in one. An honest autobiography of his life as a homeless boy in the Great Depression, including life in jungle camps, time in bordellos, relief camps and depending on soup kitchens, The second part of..... More
New York: Viking, 1958. First Edition. Octavo. 247 pages. Jim Wormold, an Englishman of 45, manager of the Havana branch of an English vacuum-cleaner firm but unwittingly gets involved as a spy. The pre-Castro government also were disturbed since the novel deals with the darker side of Havana. One of..... More
Yonkers, NY: Alicat Bookshop, 1948. Octavo. 40 unnumbered pages. During World War II, Willeford served as a tank commander with the 10th Armored Division of George S. Patton's Third Army. He earned the Bronze Star, Silver Star and the Purple Heart as well as the Luxenbourg Croix de Guerre. After..... More
New York; (1980): Crown Books. First Edition. Octavo. . Author's first book signed and inscribed by her. 468 pages. One of the great first novels by an author who researched the life of people in the eras before recorded history as well as the life of the Eskimos. She lived..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978. First Edition. Octavo. Inscribed by Ivan Doig: "for John and Liz of Bookworm Days". 314 pages. John Differnbach of the Bookworm in Sequim, Washington. had Ivan Doig as a regular visitor and customer who was working on a novel. One of the great novels..... More
New York; (2009): Harmony. First Edition. Octavo. ). 326 pages, index. Signed by the author. Aldrin is back with another memoir that covers new ground, from his alcoholism and divorces to his sobriety and newfound love. It also aims to correct the historical record. According to NASA's protocol at the..... More
New York; (1983): The Viking Press. First Edition. Octavo. Signed by the author on the half-title.628 pages, index. Peter Matthiessen describes the case he treats in this book as ''one of the most complex and interesting trials of our time.'' That may possibly be true. Elsewhere, he compares it to..... More
London: Secker and Warburg, 1954. First Edition. Small Octavo. First UK edition signed by the author on the title page. 288 pages. One of the great first novels by the writer who was a founder of the Paris Review. The New York Times reviewer said that this book revealed that..... More
Winston-Salem; 1979 and 1981: Hunter Publishing. First Edition Limited. Large Quarto. In two volumes. Illustrated with photographic images. Vol. 1: is a limited edition signed by the president Katherine Summers and numbered 1631. No limitation statement. 821 pages, with a large index. laid in is an appeal to Save Grayson..... More
Chicago: Time Inc., 1954. First Edition. Quarto. First issue. A fine copy in every respect not only with all the marvelous Topps six baseball card foldout but in the original mailing envelope which is worn though in the process of mailing it which protected it beautifully. One of the most..... More
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1912. First Edition. Small Quarto. Presentation copy inscribed by the author to a close friend. Books signed by Mrs. Stratton-Porter are quite scarce as she enjoyed her privacy. Those books she did sign were usually non-fiction titles and were presentation copies to close friends..... More
Philadelphia: for the Benefit of the Sanitary Commission, 1864. First Edition. Octavo. Portrait frontispiece, iv [5]-10-140pp. In every war, above all, in one like this, there are countless sublime acts which are never heard of, host of heroes among the nameless dead. This narrative has been compiled from Newhall's own..... More
London: For G. Kearsley and R. Faulder, 1780. 12mo in Sixes. Third edition. [2], viii, [2], [1]-300, (A-2C6.) "Based on the narrative of James Hackman's murder of Miss Martha Ray. Subsequently published as: The love-letters of Mr. H. & Miss R. "A considerable portion of this fictitious correspondence relates to..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1930. First Edition. Small Quarto. 191(1) pp. illustrated in color by Berta and Elmer Hader. Color frontispiece. The story about Sonny the elephant, a baby elephant and growing up in the jungle. His father Papsy was the king of the jungle. A very good copy..... More
New York/London; (1935): Harper and Brothers Publishers. Small Quarto. Color frontispiece, 582 [583] pp. (1)pp, Illustrated with black and white photographic images and color illustrations, several musical scores written in that particular tribe's native tongue. Bound in a decorative cloth accented in yellow, red, beige and black, decorative spine, some..... More
Chicago; (1918): P.F. Volland Co. Small Octavo. 34th edition. Johnny Grulle was the illustrator of several children's books but became most famous for his Raggedy Ann and Andy books. A very good copy bound in color pictorial around paper covered boards, lettering black, color pictorial endpapers, house within publisher's color..... More
London: The Argonaut Press, 1927. Limited Edition. Quarto. Limited to 975 copies on Japon Vellum. The present copy is number 544. xxx, with an introduction by Brig.-General Sir Percy Sykes. [1]-287pp., illustrated, Vignette title page printed in black and accented in blue. This is a reprint of the two volume..... More