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New York: Doubleday, 1980. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 277 Pp. Black Cloth/ Brown Boards. Near Fine In Near Fine Dj, Not Price Clipped, With Wear In Bottom 1/4" Of Spine Panel. Dj Is 3/64" Shorter Than Book But Does Not Appear To Have Been Trimmed. Signed By Author On Front Endpaper.

Pasadena: National Aeronautics And Space Administration / Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1987. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine. 24. Pp. Preprint, Fine, No Wear, Ownership Signature Of Newburn . Submitted To Astronomical Journal.

(Circa 1975), 1975. Original Woodcut 1st Printing. No Binding. Fine. Original Lithograph, Artist's Proof, 13" X 9 1/2", Signed (But Not Entirely Legible). Wood Frame, Mat, Glass. Interesting Very Elaborate Background.

Frericum Leonard: Paris, 1679. Hardcover. Very Good. Frontispiece By Edelinck, Headpieces, Engraved Illustrations In Text. 26, [66], 448, 88. Full Calf, Red Morocco Spine Label, Five Raised Bands, Elaborate Gilt In All Compartments. Very Clean, Well Preserved, Pages Square, Edges Of Page Block Still Red In Color. Chipping To Top And Bottom Edges Of Spine, And To Front Pastedown; Corners Rounded; Professionally Conditioned And Furbished And With New Spine Label. Marcus Manilius (Fl. 1St Century Ad) Was A Roman Poet Of Uncertain Biography And Ancestry, An Astrologer, And Author Of A Poem In Five Books Called Astronomica.

Rome (?) Circa 1750 (?), 1750. 1st Edition 1st Printing. No Binding. Very Good. Original Engraving. Trimmed To Margins All Around. One Of A Large Collection Of Original Antique Engravings Formed By A Southern California Artist In The Early To Middle Twentieth Century. Each Plate Has Small Glue Marks On Reverse Where They Were Tipped In To An Album. Ferdinand Strina (Circa 1730-Circa 1760) Was An Engraver Based In Naples.

Pasadena [circa 1925]: Upton Sinclair, 1925. First Edition . Printed Wrappers. Good. 39 Pp. Brown Wrappers, Stapled, Printed In Black. Undated But Circa 1925. Inscribed By The Author On The Cover "To My Dear Friend Edna Smith Who Knows How I Felt When I Wrote 'California' M C S". Mary Craig [1882-1961] Married Upton Sinclair In 1913 And Shared His Passionate Interests In Social Improvement. Wear, Small Corner Chip On Front Cover, Rear Cover Detached But Present.

Salt Lake City: Publisher's Press, 1968. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 253 Pp. Blue Cloth,Gilt, Map Endpapers. First Printing. Personally Inscribed By Florence Bagnall. Book Fine. Dj Priced $4.95, Light Usage, Fraying Along Top Edge Of Spine Panel, 1/4" Closed Tear At Top Of Rear Panel.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good + Dust Jacket. Ix, 233 Pp. Yellow Cloth Stamped In Pink. Stated First Edition. In Dj Priced $2.00. Near Fine Book, Slight Bumping At Corners And Slight Browning In Gutters Of Endpapers, In Lightly Worn Dj, 1/2" Closed Tear At Top Of Front Spine Edge, Browning And Fading To Spine Panel, Slight Browning At Edges Of Other Panels.

Texas A&M University Press, 1982. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Xiv, 328 Pp. Ocher Cloth, Spine Lettered In Black And White. First Edition Stated. Fine In Near Fine Dust Jacket.

Hanover: Hood Museum Of Art / Hudson Hills Press, 2005. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine. Color And B/W Illustrations Throughout. 282 Pp.Illustrated Covers, Softcover. First Printing. Fine. Inscribed By Wilmerding To Art Patrons Joann And Julian Ganz

Hanover / New York: Hudson Hills Press / Hood Museum Of Art, 2005. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 22Pp. Blue Cloth, Gilt. First Printing. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket Priced $60. With A Thank You Note Signed By Derrick Cartwright To David C. Copley

Anaheim Ca: The Macaray Collection, 1994. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 99 Pp. Soft Cover, First Edition Stated. Inscribed By The Author To An Old Acquaintance. Near Fine, Rubbing Along Bottom Edge Of Spine.

Baltimore: The Little Theatre, 1934. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good +. 8 pp. Advertising booklet/programme for the theatre, with ads and articles for the feature, "Crime Without Passion", by Ben Hecht and Charles MAcArthur, starring Claude Rains.

New York: Appleton Century, 1941, 1941. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine Dustjacket. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Classical Age Historical/Mythological Fantasy. First Edition, Near Fine Copy With A Very Small Stain At The Edge Of The First Free Front Endpaper And Carrying Over To A Small Area On The Edge Of The Sheets, With A Previous Owner's Name, And Slight Foxing To Paste-Downs, In A Near Fine Fragile Dust Jacket Without Wear But With A 1/4" Chip At The Top Of The Spine Edge, And With A Few Tiny Chips At The Corners And At The Bottom Of The Spine. Very Nice Overall.

Philadelphia: E. H. Butler & Co. (Edgar H. Betton), 1864. Hardcover. Good. 222 Pp. Green Cloth (Spine Perished Leaving Strips Of Cloth On Adjacent Boards, Covered In Brown Tape) Over Original Red Boards, Grey Endpapers, Top Edge Gilt, Other Edges Deckled. 8 3/4" X 7 1/4". Antique Bookplate Of Prominent Philadelphia Physician Thomas Forrest Betton "Numquam Non Paratus" Showing Six Crosses In An Oval Frame, Inscription From The Publisher "Dr. Betton , With The Compliments Of Edgar H. Butler" On Second (Blank) Front Free Endpaper, Much Older Bookplate With Pre-Civil War Elaborate Border And Text "No. Belonging To The Library Of Thomas Forrest Betton German Town, Pa." The Former Betton Mansion Was Demolished To Allow For Construction Of The High School.

London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1880. Reprint . Hardcover. Fine. Frontispiece. Macaulay's Popular History, In Eight Volumes, Complete. Three Quarter Tan Calf, Five Bands, Black Morocco Spine Labels, Gilt On All Compartments, Marbled Boards And Matching Marbled Edges And Marbled Endpapers. Engraved Bookplate Of C. L. S., Signed And Dated 1900 In Plate "C. L. S.", Engraving Of A Scholarly Monk Playing An Organ. Slight Rubbing, Gilt Brilliant, Clean And A Very Attractive Set.

Chicago Il: Quadrangle Books, 1967. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 319 Pp. Green Cloth, Spine Stamped In Gilt And Dark Green. First Printing. Near Fnie, No Marks. Dust Jacket Priced $6.95, Light Wear With A Few Short Tears.

San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press / Florence Walter, 1941. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine. Fine Press Printing Of Only 50 Copies On French Handmade Paper Printed At The Grabhorn Press For Florence Walter. Oatmeal Cloth Over Plain Green Paper Covered Boards. Fine, Except Lacking The Spine Label And With Extremely Shallow 1/2" Bump On Bottom Edge Of Each Board. From The 1857 Letter: "...Your Constitution Is All Sail And No Anchor... Either Some Caesar Or Napoleon Will Seize The Reins Of Government With A Strong Hand, Or Your Republic Will Be Fearfully Plundered And Laid Waste By Barbarians In The 20Th Century As The Roman Empire Was In The Fifth, With This Difference... Your Huns And Vandals Will Have Been Engendered Within Your Own Country By Your Own Institutions..." Or, Both, As Study Of The Dynamics Of History Should Show, But Never Does Due To The Prejudices Of Those Identifying Unconsciously Either With The Elites Or With The Powerless And Finding The "Huns And Vandals"… Read More

London: Harper & Brothers, 1856. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good. Frontispiece. Four Volumes, 524, 526, 609, 642 Pp (History Through Date 1697). Brown Ribbed Cloth, Gilt And Blindstamped. Light Wear To Vols I And Ii With Points Of Fraying At Two Lower Tips, Vol Iii A Few Small Chips At Spine Ends And Two Small Areas Of Loss Of Surface Cloth, Vol Iv With Light Fraying At Tips But 1/4" Chip At Rear Spine Edge, Three Small Losses Of Surface Cloth On Spine, A Little Fraying At Ends Of Spine. Ownership Signatures Of George F Hadley, A Prominent Insurance Company Executive.

New York: Gourmet, 1951. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good +/No Dust Jacket. 10 1/8" Tall. Some Color Illustrations. 753 Pp. + Index. First Printing. Light Usage, No Marks.