Americana from JWMah

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1994. (USA) 1st paperback edition, 1st printing, No markings, Fine. Glossy wraps with flaps, 128pp, full-page colour photos of the American scene. First published in 1987 to widespread critical acclaim and hailed by People magazine as one of the ten best books of the 1980s, Joel Sternfeld's startling visual chronicle is at once funny and despairing,… Read more about this item

Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1991. (USA) 1st of this reprint edition (1991) No marking, the upper corner tip of several pages have a tiny bump, oherwise Fine; no dust jacket as published. Black cloth with gold titles, 406]pp then 7 unnumbered pages of the Index; frontis and B&W illus and photos. This book, first published in 1914 is a collection… Read more about this item

Seattle: Superior Publishing Company., 1959. (USA) Presumed 1st edition No markings, about Fine in Good dust jacket with chip to head of the spine panel. Hardcover, 173pp, index, B&W photos. (2.0 JM 0727. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" Tall.

Philadelphia: Society of the Fifteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, 1906. (USA) Presumed 1st edition. No marking, there is a Program for the Entertainment of the Survivors of the 15th Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry during their annual reunion at the home of their old commander, General Wm. J. Palmer at Glen Eyrie, near Colorado PSprings, August 20th to 26th, 1907 (18 x 14 cm,… Read more about this item

Grand Canyon AZ: The Kolb Brothers, 1913. (USA) Edition no stated (1913) No markings, but a few light spots to covers here and there, some rubbing to cover corner tips with small creases, a couple of small edge tears, two of the plates are missing (number 10 On the sand bar by the river Bright Angel Trail and number 12… Read more about this item

NY: St. Martin's Press, 1991. (USA) 1st printing . No markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Hardcover, 340pp, index, lots of B&W photos; family trees to end papers. Intro by Louis Auchincloss. This i alook at the role that the Vanderbilt family played in the social life of New York City and of all the rural resorts and wtering… Read more about this item

Seattle: Documentary Media, 2012. (USA) Stated first edition. There was a 4 line owner's inscription to corner of the dedication page which has been obliterated with white-out, no other markings, about Fine otherwise. Wraps with flaps, 183pp, mostly colour photos and illus. Space Needle: The Spirit of Seattle, an illuminating new book about Seattle s iconic needle, was released… Read more about this item

North Vancouver: Whitecap Books, 1982. (CAD) Stated first edition, No markings, slight toning of page edges, otherwsie Fine in price-clipped Fine dust jacket. Dark blue leatherette hardcover, 151pp, colour photos. Galpin has photographed 82 works from 8 major Arctic artistic centres as well as Greenland and several smaller communities. A lovely book on Inuit stone sculpture. A heavy book… Read more about this item

Chicago: J.G.Ferguson and Associates, 1948. (USA) The DeLuxe edition of 1948; the copyright is 1946 No markings, end paper edges toned, Near Fine used copy; no dust jacket. Red pebbly hardcover with gold titles, 339pp, small line drawings in text. DeBoth is here described as internationally known lecturer and a consultant in Home Economics. Her introduction… Read more about this item

NY / London: Verso Books, 2000. (USA) Presumed 1st edition. No markings, but two tiny spots to the front endpaper, thus Near Fine in Fine dust jackdt Hardcover, 239pp, B&W photos. From the jacket : A practising architect and urban planner, as well as an important architectural critic, Chase explores a myriad of locales and examines their architectural features—from the… Read more about this item

NY: Random House, 1981. (USA) There is a blind embossed square to the corner of the back cover, thus Book Club edition. Owner's inscription and date of 1981, no other markings, Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Hardcover, red boards with ochre cloth spine, 147pp. This was her second collection of comedic essays by Fran Lebowitz.… Read more about this item

NY: International Magazine Company, 1934. (USA) Wear to edges at apine and at lower corners, pages clean, a bit dog-eared, some edge tears and faults to the cover edges, about Good only used copy. Paper cover with colour illus of two kids and a dog illustrated by Mrs Vernon Thomas, 220pp, B&W photos and illus with some… Read more about this item

NY: New Yorker / Random House, 2005. (USA) Stated 1st edition. This items consists of a folder with a 123 page paperback book entitled Highlights from the New Yorker and a fold0out holder for 8 DVDs. No markings, the folder has a touch of rubbing to the corner tips and a scuff mark to the back cover, the book… Read more about this item

UK: Doubleday, 2013. (USA) 1st printing. No markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Boards, 557pp, index, B&W photos. In this hugely entertaining book, Bill Bryson spins a story of brawling adventure, reckless optimism and delirious energy of America in 1927. The book centers on the early aviators and their attempts to fly across the Atlantic but there is a lot… Read more about this item

Fort Benton MT: River Press Publishing, 1976. (USA) Presumed 1st edition, No markings, but at some point there was a label adhered to the back cover which haas been removed leaving an outline of residue, the pages are clean and tight, thus Good; no dust jacket possibly as published. Brown leather with gold titles and gold outline of wagon with… Read more about this item

UK: The Authors, 2002. (UK) Presumed 1st edition, SIGNED BY AUTHORS, no other marking, Fine. Glossy wraps, 116pp, maps, B&W photos. Ashurst Bridge is a community in Hampshire. This is a local history. Uncommon. (1.8 JM HOZ 403/b6. Signed by Authors. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

NY: Atheneum, 1984. (USA) 2nd printing, 1984. No markings, Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Boards, 234pp, index, B&W photos and illus. This book looks at America's brief, but glorious age of high society through rare illustrations from family scrapbooks, a portfolio of Charles Dana Gibson drawings, and reproductions of invitations to "at-homes" and elite balls. (2.5 JM HOZ 403/b2.… Read more about this item

NY: William Morrow & Co, 1993. (USA) 1st printing. No markoings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Navy cloth with gold titles, 160pp, colour reproductions of paintings of the American west and of the Civil war, some fold-out pages.Lovell's paintings thoughtfully conceived, intensively researched, and superbly drafted reconstruct scenes and stories of the American West and of the Civil War with… Read more about this item

Metuchen NJ / London: Scarecrow Press, 1993. (USA) Presumed 1st edition. Remainder mark to top edge of pages, amd to the bottom edge of pages, no other markings, faint small smudge of ink to top corner of pages, solid Very Good; no dust jacket as published. Black cloth, with gold titles, xvi, 806pp, index, no illus. This book includes a… Read more about this item

Santa Rosa Beach FL: South Walton three Arts Alliance, Inc., 1998. (USA) 3rd printing, 1998. No markings, small crease to corner of front cover, slight colour fading to spine, otherwise Very Good. Wraps, 181pp, B&W photos. This book encompasses the areas of Santa Rosa, Mack Bayou, 331 Bridge, Point Washington, Miramar Beach, Fur Mile Village, Dune Allen, Grayton Beach,… Read more about this item