Search Results: ALL BOOKS-0002 from High Castle Books

Detroit, MI: Chrysler Corporation, 1960. page #s start over for each section; Book shows wear & chipping to all edges, greatest to spine area, covers have rubbing, soil, stains, old phone number, staining & soiling to page edges and to a number of pages, a number of dog-eared pages, binding is solid though worn at both ends; in short a well-used but intact and usable shop manual /. Trade Paperback. Fair to Good.

Austin, TX: Jenkins, 1973. 76 pp., pictorial wraps; Front cover has small stain to center, old label mark to top right, crease to bottom corner; wear to spine; one large (4") pale stain & a couple small ones to rear cover; prev. owner's penciled inscription & faint oil stain to title page / Illustrated with B&W illustrations and maps by the author. /. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fair. (7 3/8" x 8 1/2").

NY, NY: Warner, 1996. 469 pp., 1/4 dark blue papered w/ blue boards; Dust jacket in Mylar cover; Book has slight nick to top page edges resulting in very minor damage to edges of about 6 pages, prev. owner's name to front endpaper; Jacket has a number of very minor scuffs & scratches, small piece of lamination (1/4" x 1/4") missing from top right of front panel, light rubbing to rear panel / Author's first book; basis for Eastwood film. /. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY, NY: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1995. xx, 341 pp., cream boards w/ red lettering; Book has light bumps to end of spine; remainder stripe to bottom edge of page block; small wear spot to bottom corner of rear board; Jacket shows a little very light rubbing / ". . . traces the development, from hippie protester to conservative grouch, of North America's premier political humorist." /. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY, NY: Random House, 1998. 320 pp., deckle edges, 1/4 black binding w/ speckled tan boards & gold lettering; Dust jacket in Mylar cover; Book has small nick to top edge of rear board, else fine / PEN/ Faulkner Award-Winning author of "Soldiers in Hiding." /. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY, NY: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1994. xx, 340 pp., blue paper-covered boards w/ gold lettering; book has extensive oil stains to boards, slight slant to boards, some soil to page edges; still a good solid reading copy / "The Lighter Side of Overpopulation, Famine, Ecological Disaster, Ethnic Hatred, Plague, and Poverty." /. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston, MA: Sail Books, 1978. 214 pp., white cloth w/ dark blue lettering. & seagull decoration to front board, map-printed endpapers; Dust jacket in Mylar cover; Book has a little very light foxing to top edges of boards & pages; Jacket shows some wear to corners & spine ends, also some rubbing around edges of rear panel and a small crease to top edge of rear inside flap/ "How a 59-year-old banker and his wife quit their jobs to realize a lifelong dream of cruising." Preface by Roderick Stephens, Jr.; foreword by Arthur Beiser. Illustrated with 8 pages of color photos (by Dan Nerney), as well as B&W photos, diagrams and charts (by Miriam Schiff Hersey). /. Book Club Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1988. 199 pp., white binding w/ black lettering & photo illustration to front board; Dust jacket in Mylar cover; Book has prev. owner's gift inscription to front endpaper, else fine; Jacket shows some wear to corners & spine ends w/ several very short edge tears to spine ends & top of rear flap fold; 1 1/2" pen line to top left of front cover, otherwise clean & bright / Profusely illustrated with color photos and maps. /. edition not stated. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good to Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

NY, NY: Dial Press, 1942. xiv, 1180 pp., deckled edges; tan cloth w/ gold lettering, green & gold decoration; Book has top corners & bottom corner of front board bumped; 2 brown stains to rear board; light soil overall; darkened area at base of spine; endpapers/pages lightly browning / Prose and poetry anthology. "Over 150 self-chosen and complete masterpieces, together with their reasons for their selections." Authors include: Dreiser, Hemingway, Steinbeck, Mencken, Leacock, Aiken, Ade, MacLeish, Cather, Sinclair Lewis, Dorothy Parker, Benet, Frost, Caldwell, Marquand, Richter, Upton Sinclair, E.B. White, John Dos Passos, Booth Tarkington, Edna St. Vincent Mallay, James Branch Cabell, Wallace Stevens, Hendrik Van Loon, O'Neill, Wilder, Saroyan, Cummings, Benchley, Ogden Nash, Perelman, Thurber, Bemelmans, Bromfield, Ferber, Shirer, and Sandburg. /. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY, NY: Meredith, 1968. 252 pp., blue cloth w/ gold lettering; Dust jacket in Mylar cover; Book has very slight lean to spine, gold print on spine seems darkened, a couple very minor spots of foxing to rear endpapers; Jacket shows a little wear w/ small creases & rubs to spine ends, 2 rub lines along spine, faint soil to rear panel / This is Barbara Mertz's fourth novel, the third written as "Barbara Michaels". Her first "Elizabeth Peters" title was released the same year, just prior to "Ammie, Come Home" /. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good -. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley,, 1984. xviii, 524 pp., red cloth w/ white lettering; Book has minor wear to corners & spine ends, very light soil to front board, light to moderate soil to rear board, a few very small brown stains to page edges / Illustrated with B&W diagrams and drawings. /. Second Edition, Reprinted w/ Corrections. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Colorado Springs, CO: Lion, 1994. 446 pp., pictorial wraps; shows a little wear to corners; tiny hole almost pushed through extreme bottom edge of front cover causing a small dent to first half-dozen or so leaves / Part of "The Mitford Years" series. B&W illustrations at chapter headings. ". . . for readers yearning for a cozy, neighborly read, the town created by Karon's fine descriptive style has much to recommend it." - Publishers Weekly /. 7th Print.. Trade Paperback. Good to Very Good. Illus. by Donna Kae Nelson. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Honolulu, HI: Mutual, 1986. (103) pp., gray cloth w/ black lettering, photo-printed endpapers; Dust jacket in Mylar cover; Book has slight fading, small bump & light foxing to top edges; prev. owner's inscription to front pastedown; foxing to half-title w/ a little to credits page at end of book; Jacket has short worn edge tear at head of spine; wear & very short tears to top of front fold and bottom of rear fold; some light rubbing and surface scratches overall / "Through the lenses of some of Hawaii's finest photographers, 'At the Beach' takes you on a magical excursion to many of Hawaii's most famous and most secret beaches. This fascinating collection of images is the next best thing to actually being at the beach . . ." Lavishly illustrated with color photos. /. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good to Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall (square format).

NY, NY: Viking, 1998. 275 pp., 1/4 blue papered w/ pale yellow boards & metallic pink print; Dust jacket in Mylar cover; Book has minor bump to front board, else fine; Jacket shows same bump, else fine / 4th in "Aunt Dimity" series. Recipe for "Lilian's Lemon Bars" at back. /. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY, NY: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1982. 374 pp., pictorial wraps; Book shows some wear to corners & spine ends, a little chipping to bottom edge of front cover, wear along back edge of spine, dark areas or stains to lower portions of spine & back cover, some soil to spine, prev. owner's name to half-title / Translated by Helen R. Lane. / . edition not stated. Trade Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY, NY: McGraw - Hill, 1971. 371 pp., pictorial wraps; Book has light soil to page edges, rough spots, small stains and creased corners to first page, cover has light crease, slight indentation line across corners of pages / "Construction, operation and maintenance." /. 4th Printing. Trade Paperback. Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY, NY: McGraw - Hill, 1988. xviii, 286 pp., 1/4 black cloth w/ gray boards and silver lettering; Dust jacket in Mylar cover; Book has prev. owner's name to front endpaper; Jacket shows very light creasing to bottom left of front panel, head of spine, top left of rear panel / Illustrated with 32 glossy pages of B&W photos. /. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY, NY: Dutton, 1992. 340 pp., 1/4 black cloth w/ red boards & gold lettering; Dust jacket in Mylar cover; Book remainder stripe to bottom edge of page block; Jacket shows two faint rub marks to front panel, very light rubbing to rear panel, slight wear to top corner of same / A novel of suspense. /. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY, NY: Pantheon, 1996. 324 pp., 1/4 gray w/ light gray boards & dark blue lettering, map-printed endpapers; Dust jacket in Mylar cover; Book has small portion of front board where top layer of paper covering board has been lifted off (about 1" x 1/4"), also remainder dot to top page edges, else fine; jacket has marks, probably from fingernails where a circular sticker was removed, else fine / ". . . at once a revelatory and moving journey into the forlorn soul of our heartland." Endpapers have map of Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul and Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railways. /. 3rd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY, NY: Broadway, 1996. 386 pp., 1/4 red cloth w/ red boards; Dust jacket in Mylar cover; Book has several small bumps to bottom edges, slight soil to small portion of page edges, small nick to bottom page edges which resulted in extremely short tear to about 4 pages; Jacket has small piece (less than 1/4" x 3/4") of lamination missing to top right corner of front panel, a little creasing at spine ends / Memoirs of the Republican political consultant. Illustrated with 16 pages of B&W photos. /. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.