New York: Ballantine Books, 1975. First Edition [Stated]. hardcover. 4to., paperback enclosed in hardcover plastic, fully illustrated. -- Signed by George Takei, Grace Lee, Gene Roddenberry inside the front cover, and D.C. Fantana on a blank page after page 9. "Starfleet is a fictional organization in the Star Trek media..... More
Tokyo: Published by the Author - Distributed by Maruzen Co., Ltd, 1981. Hardcover. 7-3/8"x10", 336p., red linen cloth covers lettered in black, typescript text (the text looks like it came out of a standard typewriter, rather than being typeset, and the illustrations are primarily hand-drawn), tables, diagrams, one b&w photographic..... More
Boston - Toronto - London: Little Brown & Company, 1992. First Edition, First Printing [Full Number Line]. hardcover. 4to., - pp. 134, tan/brown cloth-backed boards, decorated endpapers, more than one hundred color photographs, bibliography, annotations. Dust jacket unclipped; printed price $35.00. -- Laid in loose is a [Jenny Wren Press..... More
, Callaway, Nebraska: Loup Valley Queen, 1982. [First Edition]. hardcover. 9"x11-1/8", brown faux leather over boards, map endpapers, 584 pages printed on high quality glossy paper. Profusely illustrated with historical photographs and family portraits, maps, index. -- A lovely copy of this scarce history of the Seven Valleys region. --..... More
Portland State University, 2021. 2nd Edition. Paperback. 8-3/4"x28", pp.454. -- Gift inscription signed by the author on the title page. More
Touto Shobon, September, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Oblong 12mo., pp.108, frontis portrait Morihei Ueshiba, black & white photographs. "Koichi Tohei was a 10th Dan aikidoka and founder of the Ki Society and its style of aikido, officially Shin Shin Toitsu Aikido, but commonly known as Ki-Aikido".-wikipedia. More
New York: Pageant Press, 1960. First Edition [Stated]. Hardcover. 8vo., pp. 79, cream linen cloth. -- Details the workings of each part of this instrument, and discusses how the violin produces its tone. -- No notable defects. --. More
East Aurora, New York: Roycrofters, 1902. 1902 Edition. Leather bound. 8vo., pp. 158, 3/4 leather binding, decorated endpapers. Title pages and initials designed by Samuel Warner. -- Light wear to the extremities. Rear bottom corner has small scar to the leather, A nice clean, solid copy. "Roycroft was a reformist..... More
Monterey, California: deAngelo Publishing Company, 1973. [First Edition]. Paperback. 8vo., pp. 286, frontice portrait of Marion Waterman Showalter. Illustrated with many black & white illustrations. -- The world catalog locates 1 edition published in 1973 in English and held by 2 libraries worldwide and 1 edition published in 2008 and..... More
Bariloche, Argentina: Hans Schulz (Publisher), 2018. Paperback. 8vo., pp. 314, b&w photograph illustrations. -- Zero copies held by the World Catalog. Only thing I could find was a kindle edition on amazon. -- Rich documentation on the history of German immigration and German Nazi heritage in Argentina. "The virtue of..... More
Kristiania [Oslo]: H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard) Published November 12), 1909. [First Edition]. hardcover. 8vo., pp. 272, blue cloth decorated in gilt, decorated endpapers, marbled foregoes. Illustrated by Gudmund Stenersen. "Theodor Caspari (13 February 1853 – 12 February 1948) was a Norwegian poet, novelist, travel writer, literary critic and..... More
New York: Greenwood Press, 1968. First Greenwood Reprinting of the Champlain Society Publication XXI, 1934. Hardcover. Royal 8vo. (red buckram), pp. 611, appendix, index, 6 folding maps in rear pocket, 1 map bound in at the rear. --. "Samuel Hearne was an English explorer, fur-trader, author, and naturalist. He was..... More
New York: Catholic Publication Press, 1920. Hardcover. 3"x4", pp. 288 + 19 pages at rear of book not paginated (first communion day), all edges gilt. Illustrated celluloid covers with brass clasp. Celluloid front cover illustrated in color. Black & white illustrations in the text. -- A quite nice copy in..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1949. First Edition - "A" in the gutter. Hardcover. 8vo., unpaginated, decorated paper over boards, Illustrated in black & white and color by Richard Scary. -- This is the first book Richard Scary has illustrated. After graduating from the Boston Museum School he did magazine..... More
Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1903. 11th impression (stated on the title page). Hardcover. 8vo., pp. 387, frontispiece illustration, decorated cloth covers. Black & white illustrations throughout the text by E. Boyd Smith. -- Former owners Ink signature on front endpaper. --. More
No Place: J.D. Friedly, Jr. - L. (Bud) Porter, [1993]. [4th Edition]. Spiral bound wraps. 8vo., pp. 24 Volume V, lists 1,159 named seats and 1,027 plain seats. -- Seats listed by their rarity. -- The author notes; "I have included an index for the unnamed seats in this Edition..... More
Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, (1952). Authorized Abridged Edition. hardcover. 8vo., pp. 250, all edges dyed red, decorated paper over boards, wrap around dust jacket, illustrated endpapers, black & white illustrations in the text (see photos) --. More
Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, (1952). Authorized Abridged Edition. hardcover. 8vo., pp. 250, all edges dyed red, decorated paper over boards, wrap around dust jacket, illustrated endpapers, black & white illustrations in the text (see photos) --. More
Wolfgang Holker, 1985. [First Edition]. Hardcover. Royal 8vo., pp. 160, checkered red/white cloth with pasted on paper label, illustrated with woodcuts. Laid in loose is a unused postcard with a color photo of "Chez Marianne / 'Restaurant Zum Raben'.. -- This copy is signed by the author on the recto..... More
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1947. [First Edition]. Hardcover. Tall quarto, pp. 162, light tan cloth. Illustrated throughout with black & white illustrations. --. More
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Penn Fishing Tackle Mfg. Co, No Date. Oblong 8vo. 8-1/4"x11", pp. 31, illustrated in black and white. -- Light rubbing to the outer extremities. -- Over all. Penn Fishing Tackle Manufacturing Company is an American manufacturer of fishing tackle, primarily known for making heavy-duty fishing reels and rods..... More
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc. - A Paul Richmond Book, 1952. Third Edition. Hardcover. 4to., pp. 148, tall quarto, light grey linen cloth stamped in black. Illustrated throughut in black & white. -- light rubbing to heel of spine. Light sun faded (?) block area to the front cover. --..... More
Menlo Park, California: Lane Book Company, 1960. [First Edition]. Hardcover. 4to., pp. 70, blue cloth with pastedown illustration in color, endpapers illus. in color, black & white and color illustrations in the text. --. "Harriet Weaver was the first woman ranger for what is now the California Department of Parks..... More
Turner Telephone Company, [1948]. Original wraps. 8vo., stapled paper covers, not paginated. Local advertising throughout. --. More
New York: American Steam Printing House, 1869. [First Edition]. Hardcover. 8vo., pp. 45, green cloth with title and design in gilt, spine blank, illustrated with five cartoons. -- Light rubbing to head and heel of spine and corners, otherwise a mostly clean, tight copy. Signed by the author on the..... More