London: Sportsman's Press, 1994. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. 128 pp, with b/w and color illustrations, index. Slight spine lean; else fine. Light shelf wear to dust jacket. This volume "provides the sportsman with a superbly illustrated survey of the finest craftsman-made guns and rifles of..... Item #2102
Syracuse, NY: Franklin Automobile Company, 1914. Approximately 6 x 9 inches, 16 pp, with half-tone illustrations in the text. Stapled wrappers. But for a previous owner's ink stamp in purple ink on both the upper wrap and title page, the pamphlet is fine, clean, and bright. Not found in OCLC..... Item #19800
Strongville, OH: Bachman Publications, 1996. First Edition. Softcover. Very good. Trade paperback, 77 pp. Some dog-eared pages, otherwise minimal wear. Clean, tightly bound, unmarked. Self-Defense. Item #14318
Strongville, OH: Bachman Publications, 1997. First Edition. Softcover. Very good. Trade paperback, 106 pp, extensively illustrated with b/w photos and drawings. Some dog-eared pages, otherwise minimal wear. Clean, tightly bound, unmarked. Item #14315
La Paz: Gobierno del Estado de Baja California Sur, 1989. Softcover. Near Fine. Facsimile reprint of the first Spanish edition of this work, which was first published in German in 1772. Additional notes by W. Michael Mathes and Raul Antonio Cota. xxxvii, 262 pp, with map, illustrations, index, in original..... Item #3196
Softcover. Fine. Four-page booklet (6.25" x 3.5") advertising a lecture by a Kansas City-based Armenian-American who published several works on the subject of "Americanization." Baghdigian asks his audience to consider America's "spiritual mission" and "glorious destiny" and to remind themselves and others to appreciate freedom. Excerpts from press notices praise..... Item #22387
Berlin: Safari, 1964. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. 579 pp, with maps, illustrations, list of cartographers, bibliography, index. A fine copy, in dust jacket with very light wear to edges, in original cardboard slipcase. Text is in German. A beautiful volume on cartography illustrated throughout with a...... Item #860
London: Seeley, Service, & Co, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 348 pp + illustrations + publisher's catalogue, with index. Light general wear to boards including a short (less than 1 inch) tear at base of spine, name on front free endpaper, minimal toning to illustrations and surrounding pages; else..... Item #1622
Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1963. Soft cover. Very Good. Deuxieme (Second) edition. 532 pp, w/map, tables, bibliography. Original printed wrappers. Light cover wear, some spine creasing. Binding sound, contents unmarked. Text in French. Item #13686
Dayton, OH: United Brethren Publishing House, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good-. 86 pp, with frontis portrait of the author. Original green cloth boards. Titles rubbed, some wear to extremities, mild spine slant. Binding sound, text clean. Baldwin was a member of the East Ohio Conference and was an itinerant..... Item #14541
New York: Leo Castelli / Castelli Graphics, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. [108] pp, with 51 b/w illustrations from Baltz' photographs. Ex-library, with typical markings. One corner of rear board bumped, otherwise nice condition -- clean, tightly bound, unmarked, with minimal handling wear. No dust jacket. One of the most..... Item #22021
Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 1978. Softcover. Near fine. Trade paperback. xix, 296 pp, with b/w illustrations from photographs, maps, bibliography, index. Name written on front inside cover, very light shelf wear; internals clean and sound. From the back cover: "Bolton transformed Spanish Borderlands studies from an overlooked field..... Item #1818
Paris: Printed by Maison Maquet for Jules Meynial, 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good in a good dust jacket. 12 mo. 88 pp + ads, pages for notes, illustrated with six pochoir plates by Barbier. Original pictorial silk binding and paper dust jacket. Dust jacket is missing a v-shaped chip..... Item #20416
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1980. Hardcover. Fine. 298 pp, with illustrations, map endpapers. Tiny bit of rubbing to corners, else as new. Baja California Travel Series #43. Jesuit Miguel del Barco spent more than 30 years living in Baja California. In addition to its natural history content, this work..... Item #23211
Hartford: Office of Barnard's American Journal of Education, 1890. Hardcover. Good. "Republished from the American Journal of Education." Revised edition. 799 pp + publisher's ads. Bound in brick-red cloth ruled in black, with gilt spine lettering. Boards edgeworn, cloth frayed at spine ends, old repair to front hinge, ownership inscription..... Item #23287
Pasadena, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 1961. Soft cover. Very Good. NASA Technical Report 32-156. 27 pp, in stapled wrappers. Name on front cover, otherwise unmarked, with minor cover wear. Item #11470
New York: D. Appleton, 1859. Hardcover. Good. “By the author of ‘Aunt Fanny’s Christmas Stories.’” 6.5” x 5”, 171 pp + 8 engraved illustrations. A good or better copy in publisher’s blind-stamped cloth with gilt vignette of a young woman on upper board. Chipping to spine cloth along rear joint..... Item #22776
London: John Murray, 1836. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. pp. xi, 378, 38 (Appendix), with folding map, 8 plates, and additional illustrations in the text. Marbled boards with later leather spine, new endpapers. Stamp of the Isle of Wight Insitution on several pages. Title page, frontispiece, and some plates foxed (as..... Item #21534
London: T.Cadell and W. Davies, 1804. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Quarto. pp. ix, [3], 632, with 8 plates (including frontispiece), five of which are hand-colored. Recent full calf with new endpapers, original red spine label preserved, three armorial ink stamps on the top edge of the text block. Tissue..... Item #15505
Soft cover. Very Good. No publication information given. Stapled pamphlet, 68 pp, with 10 tables and charts. Inscribed on the cover "Dear Mr. Bledsoe / Worth Reading / + to pass on/ JM Davis / 5/19/38." Very faint date stamp (May 21 1938) also on front cover. Otherwise only minor..... Item #11918
Philadelphia: The Historical Society of Philadelphia, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. One of 500 copies printed. 9.25" x 11", xviii, 362 pp, with index and illustrations. Front hinge cracked after title page, corners bumped, light soiling to lower corner of front board. Binding otherwise sound, text clean. "A pioneer in..... Item #22992
Santa Barbara, CA: Fithian Press, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Bound in brown cloth boards. Light spotting to top edges of pages, binding is tight, text is clean. Dust jacket has very small chip to top edge of front panel. From the dust..... Item #21072
Report 213, 19th Congress, 1st Session. 22 pp, in an attractive modern binding of three-quarter leather and marbled boards, with gilt spine lettering. Light foxing and toning; very good. Congressman Baylies reviews various explorations of the northwest, including an apparently spurious one, in an effort to support the United States'..... Item #22567
Phoenix, AZ: Heritage, 1989. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. vii, 349 pp + index, with illustrations, bibliography. Very lightly bumped corners; else fine. Dust jacket shows minimal shelf wear. "Jean King beautifully captures the spirit of her great uncle, Arizona Charlie, who was a Legendary Cowboy..... Item #1012
London: J. and A. Churchill, 1878. Hardcover. Very good. Fourth edition, "much enlarged." xxxi, 539 pp + author's catalogue; indexed. Extensively illustrated with wood engravings. Boards and corners rubbed, light foxing to title page and first few leaves; binding sound and text clean. Includes chapters on examining tissues, preserving specimens..... Item #2703
