Canterbury, Kent: Published by Mary Butcher, 1995. Stiff wraps. Tall 8vo., stiff glazed covers (cover shows a bolt of brown willow tied with the traditional twisted willow bind, a blackberry basket using brown and white rods alternately in the French rand to produce stripes, a square shopper and a herringbone..... More
St. John's, Antigua: Printed by Antigua Printing & Publishing Ltd, 1970. [First Edition]. Paperback. Short 8vo., 54pp. {2}, decorated covers, portrait of the author on the title page. advertisement on inside rear cover "Gisele's Department Store". -- Light wear to the extremities, bottom corners bumped. Light soil to lower portion..... More
Boise, Idaho: Idaho State Historical Society, 2000. [First Edition]. Paperback. 8vo., 109pp., illustrated. -- Contents: Saddles as Folk Art. The Power of Community by Elaine Thatcher. - Native American Saddles in Idaho by Barbara Perry Bauer. - Sitting Tall: Saddles and saddlemaking in Idaho by Linda Morton-Keithley. - Appendix A...... More
Greensboro, North Carolina: Trend Research, 1978. [First Edition]. Hardcover. 4to., 141pp., red cloth with gilt lettering, illustrated with graphs, charts, etc. -- Small closed tear to the rear of the dust jacket at the top close to the spine. More
Fairbanks: University of Alaska Press, 1977. [First Edition] States First Printing. Hardcover. Royal 8vo., 228pp., white & blue boards, decorated endpapers, illustrations by Olaus J. Murie. -- Signed twice, once on the half-title page with an inscription to Roger Contor, signed as Mardy (Roger Contor was the first superintendent of..... More
Moscow, Idaho: University Press of Idaho, 1980. [First Edition]. Hardcover. 8vo., 245pp., cloth cover wraparound photo: The Jacob Wacker farmstead near Odessa, Washington, frontis map: Area of Volga German Settlement in the Pacific Northwest", fifty-nine illustrations, eight maps, three tables, notes, bibliography, index. -- The scarce hardbound edition. Origins of..... More
No Place: Z. Evalena Pemberton [Self Published], 1980. [First Edition] copyright by the author. Paperback. 8vo., 290 numbered pages + 2 pages of maps and 19 photographs not numbered at the rear. -- Includes sketches on the Barksdale, Miller, Poole, Collie and Carter families. Mike Pugh raised his family on..... More
London and the Hague: Ghalib Academy, New Delhi in association with East-West Publications, 1979. [First Edition, No Additional Printings]. Royal 8vo., 141pp., index; small red tinfoil label on title page with gilt lettering (bookseller's label?). Tiny nick to rear of the dust jacket at the top near the spine... More
Baden, Ontario: Oregon Mennonite Historical and Genealogical Society, 1990. 4to., 433pp., illustrated with historical photographs, extensive index. -- Moderate wear to the extremities. Bottom front corner bumped. -- world catalog: "3 editions published in 1990 in English and held by 10 libraries worldwide" "Christian Steinman, son of Jacob Steinman and..... More
![Our Nostalgic Heritage. Growing Up in a Place Once Called Ola'a [Hawaii]. Akinori Imai](/pictures/thumb/9862.jpg?v=1581492159)
Self Published, 2012. Paperback. Oblong 8vo., 251pp., profusley illustrated in b&w and color photographs. -- Some light wear to the outer extremities. -- Imai was born in 1928 in the sugar plantation community of Ola'a, now known as Keaau, where he resided until his graduation from Hilo High School in..... More
Reno, Nevada: Bureau of Land Management, 1992. Edition Not Stated. Original wraps. Tall 4to., 46pp. More
Parker, Arizona: Fred S. Cook, No Date. Edition Not Stated. Staplebound. Tall 4to., 60pp., historical photographs interspersed with local advertisements. -- Contents: The Grand Road Race - Colorado River Way - Telephone Service - Tales of Riverboats - First Light Plant - The Mountain Men - The Misnamed town Earp..... More
Honolulu: Hardy Marks Publications, 1988. Tall 4to., polished paper covers, 64pp., b&w and color illustrations. Table of Contents: Christian Tattoos by Alan Govenar - Inventive Cover Work - Sacred Calligraphy, Tattooed Charms by Diane L. Umemoto - The Dragon - Tattoo Magic - Interview: Richard O. Tyler by Vale. --..... More
4to., 200pp., illustrations, diagrams, maps. Four folding maps laid in loose, references. -- First Day's Trip: Camp Curry - Yosemite Falls - El Capitan - Wawona Tunnel View - El Portal - Foothills Belt - Mariposa - Southern End of Mother Lode - Sonora. -- Second Day's Trip: Sonora -..... More
Scranton, PA: Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences, Inc, 1925. Cloth-backed boards. Folio, decorated cloth-backed covers with past-on illustration. Contents: Decoration and Ornament in Dress - Decorated Fabrics - Applied Decoration of Fabric and Stitchery - Using Embroidery and Applique - Using Beads and Sequins as Dress Trimming -..... More
New York: Fall River Press, 2012. [First Edition, First Printing] Numberline:13579108642. Hardcover. Tall 8vo., 272pp., profusley illustrated in color. Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford (1837-1916) was a career Britiish diplomat who served for several years in Japan while the country was opening up to Western influences. Fascinated by Japanese culture Mitford published..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1972. [First Edition, First Printing]. Number Line: 123456789. Tall 8vo., 137pp., cloth covers, references, index. -- Name in ink on first free endpaper, small circular "little free library" stamp on first free endpaper, light vertical mark on the front cover, evidence of previous dampness on rear cover..... More
No Place: Self Published, 1950. Stiff wraps. 8vo., 86 pages, illustrations. -- Early days in Michigan. Her trip to Nebraska in a covered wagon and the pioneer days in Nebraska. Chapter 14, Indian massacre. -- Title on front cover dulled. More
New York: James Pott & Co, 1897. [First Edition]. Hardcover. 8vo., 111pp. More
Still Water, OK: Pente Games, Inc, 1980, 1982, 1981. Book 1, Second Edition. Book II, Edition Unstated [Assume First Edition] -- Pente The Classic Game of Skill, Fourth Edition. Paperback. Three Vols. 8vo., 66,109,14pp. -- Moderate wear to the extremities, coners bumped. Pente The Classic Games of Skill has a...... More
Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton Printers, Ltd, 1940. [ First Edition ]. Hardcover. 8vo., 244pp., color frontispiece, black & white illustrations throughout the text. -- 1 edition published in 1940 in English and held by 9 WorldCat member libraries worldwide. -- Condition:. More
New York: Knickerbocker Leather & Novelty Co., No Date, circa 1900's. Edition Not Stated. Full leather. 2-1/4" x 3-1/4, 10 miniature books, marbled endpapers. -- Gilt on "King Lear" volume not as bright as the other nine volumes. Volume "King Henry V" has a tad of rubbing to the bottom..... More
New York - London: Macmillan Publishing - Collier Macmillan Publishers, 1974. [First Edition] First Printing Stated on the copyright page. Hardcover. 8vo., 183pp., index, chapter heading decorations. -- Light fading to the extremities of the cloth-backed binding. dust jacket has couple of short closed tears. Light tanning to the extremities..... More
Oslo: J. W. Cappelens, Forlag A. S, 1980. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Royal 8vo., illustrated by the author. "When the Robbers Came to Cardamom Town is a 1955 Norwegian children's book written and illustrated by Thorbjørn Egner, which tells the story of Kardemomme By. It is considered as one of the..... More
White Plains, New York: Bernard C. Harris Publishing Company, Inc, 1991. Hardcover. 8vo., 447pp. Contents: Punahou School 1841-1991. Guide to the Directory. Alumni Listings: Alphabetical, Class Year, Geographical. Barack Obama listed on page 226. -- Condition:. More