Mansions on Rails by Lucius Beebe - 1959

CA: Howell-North Books. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1959. Hardcover. Both book and dustjacket are in pristine condition. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 382 pages .

Howell-North Books, 1959. Hardcover. Good.

Howell-North, 1959. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Quarto in red cloth. Rubbing to boards at extremities, else very light wear; small stain to textblock fore-edge, else interior clean and crisp; edgewear, light chipping, and numerous short, creased tears to jacket. Tipped-in color frontis photo, B&W photos. **Due to size or weight of book additional charges for international and priority shipping may apply.**. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

Howell-North Press, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Acceptable. First edition. Pages are clean and unmarked, and color illustrations are vivid. Previous owner's name appears in black marker on front pastedown. Spine is square and tight. Front and back boards are clean. Title lettering and design are crisp. Very little shelf wear and no discernible color fading. Front and back jacket clear and unstained, with some sunning on spine. Tears and chips along jacket edges, and front flap crease is splitting.

Berkeley, California: Howell-North. Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 1959. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Large format hardcover with dustjacket and the original slipcase, "Of this Limited Gold Coast Edition 1950 copies have been printed and signed by the author. This is copy No. 114." The book is flawless except for a date written in ink on the first blank end-paper, the clear acetate jacket is rubbed as is usual for this type of jacket and there is an area of edge-loss at the bottom of the rear cover, the original illustrated slipcase has some edge and surface-rubbing and a short seam split at the bottom, the slipcase is clean and intact, illustrated throughout, including a mounted color frontis and a folding diagram in the rear pocket ; 382 pages; Signed by Author .

Howell-North, 1959. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. This old book with Slipcase is clean, solid and in great shape! This is a Signed, Limited Edition hardcover book with 382 pages including some illustrations, photos and there is a fold-out floor plan in a pocket on the last end paper. This is book number 1519 out of 1950 copies. The binding is strong with all pages firmly attached. The pages are clean with no soiling or tears. The author signed the Limited Edition page. The copyright and title page show 1959 as the only date. The red covers are clean and in great shape. I have placed a fresh mylar jacket on this old book and it looks and feels great! We always ship in a sturdy cardboard box!

Berkeley, CA: Howell-North, 1959. 1st edition.. Red cloth, gilt titles, pictorial endpapers.. Near fine, in a good tape-repaired dust jacket. . 27.5x19.5 cm.. Heavy book, may require extra shipping. weight: 3.1 lb. Tipped-in color frontis, illustrated throughout.

Berkeley: Howell-North, 1959. Limited Edition. Hardcover. very good/good. Quarto. Red cloth. 382pp. Limited to 19560 copies of which this is #378 and is signed by Lucius Beebe. Previous owner's gift inscription. Map in rear pocket In pictorial slipcase.

Berkeley: Howell North, 1959. Large format, 7 1/2" x 10 1/2". Bound in red cloth with gilt lettering on upper board and on spine. Of This Limited Gold Coast Edition 1950 copies have been printed and signed by the author - This is Copy no. 848. 382 pages with many B&W and a few illustrations; floor plan of Private Car Japauldon folded and placed in pocket on rear pastedown. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine Plus/No Jacket.

Berkeley, CA: Howell-North Press, 1959. 382 pp. Original red cloth covers w/ title in gilt. Binding lightly soiled and rubbed. Spine ends slightly bumped. SIGNED BY LUCIUS BEEBE ON FRONT ENDPAPER FACING HALF-TITLE PAGE. DJ has wear and tear to edges. Approx. 2 1/2" closed tear from top edge of front panel. Illust. w/ numerous color and b/w plates, and a tipped-in color frontispiece. Contents nice.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair to Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Harpercollins, 1991. First edition, as stated, first printing . Hardcover. Fine/near fine. r. 446 pp. This is a rare first edition copy signed by both Oliver North and William Novak. North's inscription, "Margo and Sam, all the best," appears in blue ink on the half title page with North's signature and the date "3 Nov 91" and Novak's signature in black ink. Dust jacket slightly wrinkled at top of spine. Free USPS tracking with every US order. Ships from MA.

New York: Continuum, 2006. 8vo size trade paperback with black and white photo illustrated cover; 414 pages From back: "Cinema, which first arrived in Japan in 1896 with the Kinetoscope prototype, came at the very time that Japan was transforming its economic base and society into that of a major international power. The first cinema, the Asakusa Denikikan, was opened in Tokyo in 1903 and within 13 years 300 cinemas had sprung up throughout the country... (The author) focuses on the historical development of Japanese film, illustrated by a series of typical Japanese film posters. She details an industry and an art form shaped by the competing and merging forces of traditional culture and of economic and technological innovation." Edgewear, creases to bottom and bottom and top corners of front cover, soil on bottom and light soil to outside pages. We note pencilled underlining on at least 29 pages and pencilled marginalia on at least three pages and four creased page corners. Quotes… Read More

New York, NY, U. S. A.: Mysterious Press, 1987. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. New York, NY, U. S. A.: Mysterious Press, 1987. Fine in Near Fine jacket Signed by Author A Gideon Oliver Mystery, SIGNED on title pg. Edgar Award winner best mystery npc 197pp. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. First Edition

1990 (INSCRIBED BY THE EDITORS) "Best wishes to Frances McLaughlin fellow member of the writers guild" Rosalie Davis Mathilde Ruggles (Collette) Hurrah for My New Free Country covers a wide span of events, from the settlement of Kansas in the late 1860s (which included Indian wars and the near-extermination of the buffalo), to the Oklahoma land rush, to the peaceful growth of the area around Chandler, Oklahoma, in the early 1900s." Book: clean and unmarked - pages are crisp/white DJ: minimal shelfwear - colors are vibrant

New York: Private Printing. Fine with no dust jacket. 1976. Limited Signed Edition. Softcover. The artist's abstract and quite varied series of 43 drawings of flags, all printed monochrome on the recto of pages. Kingsley Parker has been exhibiting and represented by galleries since the mid-1970s and has a work in the collection of the Museum Of Modern Art in New York, NY. The artist is quite active with new works. Signed in ink "K. Parker/1976 ©" in the front matter where Parker explains his motivation for drawing the series of abstract flags. Copy 158 of a limited edition of 600, numbered in the colophon. Approximately 44 pages, unpaginated. Printed on fine, machine-made paper in brown wraps. The title and a flag drawing are framed on the front cover. In absolutely clean, Fine condition. ; Drawings; Square 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 44 pages; Signed by Artist .

New York: Science Fiction Book Club, 2003. Z2 - A Science Fiction Book Club Omnibus Edition hardcover book SIGNED by the Charlaine Harris in as new condition in as new dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dead Until Dark, Living Dead in Dallas, Club Dead. 8.5"x5.75", 612 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed by Author. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book Club (BCE/BOMC).

RARE. Collectible: 1916. Signed by the author. Cambridge MA: University Press. Very Good. Hardcover. Light soil to green cloth covered boards with gilt stamped title, author's name, and design. A bright solid, book - 27 pages; Inside covers are sunned. Pages clean and bright. Frontspiece. "View from Mrs. Thaxter's Garden Gate. 29 illustrations. Small book: 7" x 5"

Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1972. Hardcover. First Edition (stated). Flat signed and dated by author on FFEP and Inscribed by author to a friend on half-title page. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine except for author's inscription and signature. Spine straight and tight. Jacket shows light rubbing, light chipping at spine head, and light reading wear to edges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xi + 150 pages. illus. A reflection of the relationships of two artists -- Grant Wood (1891-1942) and Marvin Cone (1891-1965) -- with the community of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A loving biography by a woman who knew them both. Laid-in are two letters to the editor of the Cedar Rapids Gazette; one from Woods' sister, and another from a friend of Woods and the author.

True FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING (stated). "Flap Jacket Press trade paperback edition / First Printing July 2007" on copyright page. This small run printing precedes the hardback edition. NEW. Cover Clean, no wear, no tears, no spine creases, protected in Brodart cover. Text Clean, no marks. No remainder mark. Not ex-library. Books are Carefully Packed in a Box and Shipped Daily with Delivery Confirmation from Dry, Smoke-Free shop. Complete Satisfaction Guaranteed. B103

SIGNED, FIRST UK LIMITED EDITION, FIRST PRINTING (stated, complete number line to 1) Harvill Secker, London, 2010. NEW, Unread. Author's Signature, no inscription, on a bookplate attached to the first chapter page. Note on bookplate reads "This edition of I Curse the River of Time, signed by the author, is limited to 1,000 copies". Dust Jacket Bright in Brodart protective cover, Clean, no wear, no tears, not price clipped (£12.99). Text Clean, no marks. No remainder mark. Not ex-library. Not book club. Fast shipping from Dry, Smoke-Free home. Email Confirmation with Tracking Number. International ships Air Mail.