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Woodworker's Reference Guide and Sourcebook, The


Feirer, John L.

Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner"s Sons, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 353 pages, illustrated throughout with glossaries, illustrations, tables and photos in b&w. Brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine. White pictorial dust jacket. Light wear to edges, slight wrinkle to upper edge of spine, else a nice, tight copy.

Record # 606314


Price: $20.00 

 

Working Bibliography of Brazilian Literature, A


Topete, Jose Manuel

Hardcover. Gainesville, FL, Univ. of Florida, 1st , 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 114 pages. Red cloth covers w/ gilt lettering on spine. A very clean, tight copy.

Record # 66905


Price: $16.00 

 

World Encyclopedia of Cartoons, The


Horn, Maurice

Hardcover. New York, Chelsea House, 1st, 1980, Dust Jacket: Good, 676 pages. Yellow cloth covered boars and spine with blue lettering. Color illustrated dust jacket. Blue endpapers. More than 900 b&w and color cartoons. Minor wear to dust jacket, some rough edges, and small tear on top back edge. Slight foxing to page edges. Overall, excellent condition.

Record # 802947


Price: $26.00 

 

World Encyclopedia of Comics


Horn (Ed.), Maurice

Hardcover. NY, Chelsea House, 2nd, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good,

Record # 7586


Price: $23.00 

 

World's Worst Cars, The : From Pioneering Failures to Multimillion Dollar Distasters


Cheetham, Craig

Hardcover. Barnes & Noble, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 320 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 458830


Price: $19.00 

 

Worthies of England, The


Fuller, Thomas

Hardcover. London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1st thus, 1952, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 716 pages, edited and with an introduction by John Freeman. Dust jacket edge wear and chip, price clipped, foxing on edges. Otherwise, clean and tight.

Record # 854872


Price: $19.00 

 

Writing Habit: Essays, The


Huddle, David

Softcover. Salt Lake City, Peregrine Smith Books, 1st, 1991, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 209 pages. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Minor creases and scratches on covers. Top corner slightly bent/creased. About 10 pages with creased top or bottom corner. Around five pages with orange highlighting. Good reading copy.

Record # 856282


Price: $15.00 

 

Writings on Early American Architecture: An Annotated List of Books and Articles on Architecture Constructed before 1860 in the Eastern Half of the United States.


Roos, Jr.,, Frank J.

Hardcover. Columbus, Ohio, The Ohio State University Press, 1st, 1943, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 271 pages. Blue cloth cover with gilt lettering, lettering is faded on spine, bumped edges and fraying along spine, smudge on back cover. Previous owner's inscription on front flyleaf. Inside is bright and clean. A nice copy.

Record # 852592


Price: $30.00 

Writings on Slavery and the American Civil War Martineau, Harriet
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Writings on Slavery and the American Civil War


Martineau, Harriet

Hardcover. DeKalb, iL, Northern Illinois University Press, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 359 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Slight wear to edges of jacket, scuffing and fading. Sticker residue on lower spine of jacket. Spine slightly cocked, textblock clean and tight. "Review Only" copy stamped in front end papers.

Record # 2230819


Price: $44.00 

XVIIIth (18th) Century, The: Its Institutions, Customs and Costumes. France 1700-1789 Lacroix, Paul
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XVIIIth (18th) Century, The: Its Institutions, Customs and Costumes. France 1700-1789


Lacroix, Paul

Hardcover. London, Bickers & Son, unknown, n.d., Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 489 pages, illustrated throughout with 351 engravings on wood. Ex-library with usual markings and stamps, rebound in red cloth. Light edgewear to covers and tape-repairs to a handful pages, else a clean, tight reading-copy. Great visual reference for the period.

Record # 855933


Price: $88.00 

 

Yachting and Cruising for Amateurs


Cowper, Frank

Hardcover. London, Bazaar Exchange & Mart, Ltd., 6th edition, NA, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 211 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs and drawings. Previous owners name in pencil on front endpaper. Light foxing to preliminary pages. Blue cloth covers with titles in gilt. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 610120


Price: $25.00 

 

Yachting's Book of Plans: A Selection of Recent Plans of Sail and Power Boats from the Pages of Yachting Magazine


N/A

Softcover. New York, Yachting Publishing Corporation, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 128 pages, with plans and photographs throughout. Minor corner and edge wear and fade, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 853942


Price: $12.00 

Yankee Doodle's literary sampler of prose, poetry & pictures; being an anthology of diverse works published for the edification and/or entertainment of young readers in America before 1900. Selected from the rare book collections of the Lib
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Yankee Doodle's literary sampler of prose, poetry & pictures; being an anthology of diverse works published for the edification and/or entertainment of young readers in America before 1900. Selected from the rare book collections of the Lib

Hardcover. New York, Crowell, 2nd printing, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 466 pages, illustrations in b&w. Light edgewear and tanning to dust jacket with slight crease to rear cover. Faint foxing to top edge. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 460524


Price: $31.00 

 

Yankee Glass - A History of Glassmaking in New Hampshire 1790-1886 with a brief History of the Yankee Bottle Club


Bemis, John F./Elizabeth T. Nelson/Arthur Nelson/David R. Proper

Hardcover. Keene , Yankee Bottle Club, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 76 pages. Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY AUTHORS ARTHUR NELSON AND ELIZABETH T. NELSON ON FRONT ENDPAPER. Illustrated in full color and black & white. Dust jacket protected with clear plastic cover. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 612960


Price: $38.00 

 

Younger French Poets - The Chapbook (A Monthly Miscellany) - Number 17 - Volume 2 - November 1920, The


Flint, Frank Stewart

Softcover. London, The Poetry Bookshop, 1st, 1920, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 32 page "Chapbook". Bound in heavy stock filing folder with handwritten title on cover. 4 black & white illustrations. 12 page photocopied article on "Vorticism" by Ezra Pound from Fortnightly Review - Sept. 1, 1914 - laid-in. Clean, unmarked text.

Record # 612563


Price: $125.00 

 

Youth in the Soviet Union


Zaitzev, Vladimir

Softcover. New York, International Publishers, 1st, 1934, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 61 pages plus 2 pages of ads. Softcover. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Some age darkening along cover edges. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 612383


Price: $63.00 

Zinc and Copper in Clinical Medicine Hambidge, K. Michael/Buford L. Nichols, Jr.
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Zinc and Copper in Clinical Medicine


Hambidge, K. Michael/Buford L. Nichols, Jr.

Hardcover. New York, SP Medical & Scientific Books, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 132 pages. Hardcover. Fading to spine cloth. No dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 614170


Price: $25.00 

A Cartography of Birds: Poems by: Conrad, J. L.
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A Cartography of Birds: Poems by: Conrad, J. L.

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press, 1st, 2002, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 58 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 454702
Price: $12.00 

A Collection of Fishes from Sumatra [SIGNED COPY] by: Fowler, Henry W.
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A Collection of Fishes from Sumatra [SIGNED COPY] by: Fowler, Henry W.A Collection of Fishes from Sumatra [SIGNED COPY] by: Fowler, Henry W.

A Collection of Fishes from Sumatra [SIGNED COPY] by: Fowler, Henry W.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, PA, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1st, 1904, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 63 pages plus illustrated plates, hardcover. Marbled cover boards with a gray cloth spine have some edge wear and rubbing. Interior pages are mostly clean and bright, though the chipped title page with the author's signature pictured below had previously separated from the binding, and is now laid-in. Binding is otherwise solid. Contains B&W plates illustrating a variety of fishes. This book is a detailed study of the various species of fishes found in the Sumatra region of Indonesia. It provides a comprehensive overview of the morphology, taxonomy, and distribution of the different types of fishes found in the area. An essential reference book for ichthyologists, marine biologists, and anyone interested in the study of fishes. This is a large-format volume, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. This copy was withdrawn from the collection of the Harvard University Library of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, and contains their paste-in and related markings throughout, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34472
Price: $60.00 

A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language by: N/A
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A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language by: N/AA Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language by: N/A

A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language by: N/A

Hardcover. NY, Samuel Stansbury, James and Thomas Ronalds, Joseph Osborn, and George F. Hopkins, 3rd US Ed., 1807, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 962 pages, hardcover. Leather covers are in poor condition due to significant edge wear and rubbing, and the front cover has completely detached from the binding. Interior pages have light foxing but are otherwise clean and legible. This book is in need of rebinding. In this book, not only are the meanings of every word clearly explained, but the sounds of every syllable are also distinctly shown. Where words are subject to different pronunciations, the reasons for each are at large displayed, and the preferable pronunciation is pointed out. Previous owner inscribed their name on the first front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34023
Price: $100.00 

A Death in Texas: A Story of Race, Murder and a Small Town's Struggle for Redemption by: Temple-Raston, Dina
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A Death in Texas: A Story of Race, Murder and a Small Town's Struggle for Redemption by: Temple-Raston, Dina

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Softcover. New York, Henry Holt and Co., 1st, January 6, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Advanced reader's copy. 309 pages. Light edge wear to wrappers. Else very good. Record # 452391
Price: $12.00 

A Divider, Not a Uniter: George W. Bush and the American People, The 2006 Election and Beyond by: Jacobson, Gary C.
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A Divider, Not a Uniter: George W. Bush and the American People, The 2006 Election and Beyond by: Jacobson, Gary C.

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Softcover. New York, Longman, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 342 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear to wrappers. Record # 454323
Price: $12.00 

A Furnace Afloat: The Wreck of the Hornet and the Harrowing 4,300-mile Voyage of Its Survivors by: Jackson, Joe
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A Furnace Afloat: The Wreck of the Hornet and the Harrowing 4,300-mile Voyage of Its Survivors by: Jackson, Joe

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. New York, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 269 pages, b&w illustrations. Light wear to pictorial dust jacket. Nice, tight copy. Record # 452944
Price: $12.00 

A Journey to Alaska by: Teichmann, Emil Editor: Teichmann, Oskar Forward by: Gruening, Ernest
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A Journey to Alaska by: Teichmann, Emil Editor: Teichmann, Oskar Forward by: Gruening, Ernest

Hardcover. NY, Argosy - Antiquarian Ltd., 2nd pr., 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 272 pages, hardcover. Blue cloth covers with gilt text and Alaskan state are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. The top edge of the pages are colored black. Limited edition, only 750 copies of this type were printed. This book is Emil Teichmann's diary, chronicling his journey to Alaska in the late 1860s to establish a firm hold on the fur trading industry for his employer. Clean copy. Record # 33784
Price: $50.00