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New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1966. First Edition (stated). . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bound in beige cloth with spine titles stamped in red and blue. First edition stated (this book also carries a complete number line). A fine copy in a dust wrapper with very light edgewear. The lower front corner of the front flap is clipped, but the price remains at the top corner. A clean, tight, unmarked copy, with the jacket now in mylar. Jonas was a Nebraska author, and he uses an old name for the southern portion of the Omaha, Gateway City, as the narrator's home town. Uncommon. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Cork: The Author, 1981. First Edition (stated). . Soft cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Photographs and Map. Bound in pale blue stapled wraps; 77 pages. With heavy-paper illustrated dust jacket. A history of the United States in verse. Facsimile of the Gettysburg Address tipped in at the rear. Just a touch of edgewear to book and jacket. Clean, tight and unmarked. Instant History U.S.A. Series.

Minneapolis: Dillon Press, Inc., 1970. First Edition (NAP). . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good-. Jensen, Henning B.. Bound in yellow cloth with titles and decorations in red. No additional printings. Inscribed, signed and dated 1970 ( in German) by the author on the title page. Former owner's information penciled to the second blank, otherwise unmarked. The cloth shows only a trace of edgewear; two leaves were corner-creased, but have been straightened. The dust wrapper has mild edgewear with small chips at the head of both gutters, not affecting any lettering. The jacket is not price-clipped. A clean, tight copy, with the jacket now in mylar. Rippley taught at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, for many years. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

York, NE: T.E. Sedgwick, 1906. Hardcover. Very Good. Bound in black cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Floral pattern endpps. Published in 1906 as volume eleven, Nebraska State Historical Society Publications (Series II - Vol. VI). "This is the first of a series designed to give to the public the complete history and original records, as far as they exist, of the Constitutional Conventions of Nebraska" (quoted from preface). Frontispiece of Silas A. Strickland. Hinges are tight and unbroken. Light edgewear with a trace of soil. No marks.

York, NE; Lincoln, NE: T.E. Sedgwick; Nebraska State Historical Society, 1906. Hardcover. Very Good. Very Good 3 volume set. Bound in black cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Floral pattern endpapers (I & II). Volume I published in 1906 as volume eleven, Nebraska State Historical Society Publications (Series II-Vol. VI); volume II in 1907 as volume 12 (each by Sedgwick); volume III as volume 13 in 1913 (NSHS). "This is the first of a series designed to give to the public the complete history and original records, as far as they exist, of the Constitutional Conventions of Nebraska" (quoted from preface). Frontispieces of Silas A. Strickland (I); Oliver Perry Mason (II); John Lee Webster (III). Each volume carries a bookplate to the front pastedown and a former owner's signature to the front free endpaper. The cloth shows light edgewear and slight rubbing. Spine lettering of III a bit faded. Rear hinge of III started; all others quite solid. Text pages clean and unmarked. A nice… Read More

New York: The Viking Press, 1946. First Edition (stated). . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. O'Toole, Cathal. Inscribed And Signed By Author On The Half Title,Bound In Green Cloth With Titles And Decorations Stamped In Black. 138 Pages. First Edition, With Corresponding 1946 Dates To The Title And Copyright Pages And "First Published By The Viking Press In September 1946" Beneath The Coyright. Color Frontispiece And Internal Black And White Illustrations By Cathal O'toole. Signed And Inscribed By The Author On The Half-Title, Otherwise Unmarked. The Cloth Shows Just A Hint Of Edgewear, With No Frays Or Stains. Hinges Solid; Binding Square. The Dust Wrapper Shows Slight Paper Loss And Rubbing At The Head And Heel Of The Spine (1/16") With Tiny Frays At The Corners. The Rear Panel Is Lightly Toned. No Rips, Chips Or Clips. A Clean, Tight Copy, With The Jacket Now In Mylar. Uncommon Signed. Note: The First Edition Makes No Mention Of The Junior Literary Guild. Size: 8Vo - Over… Read More

New York: Henry Holt & Companh, 1957. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Walter Dower. Near fine condition hardcover brown board with silver title lettering lettering and with Ruark name in a light orange. Dust jacket is clean and bright with small wear. The dust jacket has 4 small pieces of old tape on the inside and is price clipped. Stated first edition.

New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston, 1961. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good condition hardcover in brown boards with silver lettering. Stated first edition. Hinges tight. Book square. Dust jacket has 4.95 price on front flap. Bright dust jacket has small scuff on front with light edgewear and a small spot on the closed text block ( see pictures)

Woodland Hills: Windsor Publications, Inc., 1980. First Edition (stated) . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Photographs and Artwork. Well illustrated throughout. Bound in cream cloth with gilt lettering. Small former owner's signature to the front free endpaper, otherwise unmarked. The cloth shows only a hint of edgewear. The jacket has light edgewear with three short closed tears (1/2" or less), and a tiny chip to the lower edge of the rear panel. Not price-clipped. A very decent example of the dust wrapper, which is notoriously brittle and easily soiled. Clean and tight; jacket in mylar.

Omaha: The Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce, 1990. First Edition (stated). . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Photographs. Bound in slate blue cloth with titles in gilt. First edition (stated). Inscribed and signed by the author on the front free endpaper in 1991. Bookplate of the former owner with his signature, also on the front endpapers. No other marks or writing. The cloth shows no wear; the dust wrapper has a trace of edgewear and very faint rubbing. A clean, tight copy with the dust jacket in mylar. Uncommon signed. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Omaha: Omaha World-Herald Company, 2002. Second Edition, Revised. . Pictorial Hardcover. Fine/None Issued. Photographs. Oblong quarto bound in pictorial paper-covered boards; 171 pages with index. Illustrated with historic black & white photographs on nearly every page. This copy shows no wear. It is clean, tight and unmarked. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

New York: Delacorte Press, 1998. First Edition (stated). . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Bound in mauve boards backed with blue cloth; spine titles stamped in gilt. First American edition with the full number line present. Laid in is an ALS from Hill, dated Sept. 17, 1998, thanking the book's former owner for his signature request, and enclosing a a signed sticker, now affixed to the title page. No other marks or writing. A clean, tight copy in a dust wrapper with no wear (no rips, chips or clips). The jacket is now in mylar.

Idaho: Caxton Printers, 1957. Soft cover. Very Good. Softcover issued for the Nebraska Curriculum Development Center. 1957 date on the title page. Clean and bright, tightly bound, unmarked. Reprint later than 1957.

Lancaster, PA: The Author, 1868. First Edition (NAP) . Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Bound in green marbled boards with brown cloth spine. Corresponding 1868 dates to the title and copyright pages; no additional printings. 72 pages. Marbled boards are rubbed and show through at corners and areas of the edge. Hinges cracked, but fragile binding is still holding together with pages bound in tightly. Moderate foxing present to endpapers, title page, and final leaves. Text is clean and unmarked. Scarce. Ships first class.

Weider Health and Fitness, 1972. Stapled Softcover. Photographs. Undated,so date is a guess. Loaded with early photos of Arnold Schwarzenegger. Tightly bound. Creases at corners of cover.

Pennsauken: Pennsauken Bicentennial Commission, 1975. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Halber, Edmund J.; Photographs. Small quarto bound in slate-blue cloth with gilt lettering. Corresponding 1975 dates to the title and copyright pages; no additional printings. Map endpapers. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with a hint of wear at upper corner of the front gutter. The jacket's spine lettering is a bit faint, but it seems to have been issued this way, as there is no sign of sunning. A clean, tight, unmarked copy, with the jacket now in mylar.

The Outlook Company, 1902. Soft cover. Very Good. Tightly bound, no chips, no tears. Cover mildly darkened around the edge. Present conditions in China, New Traits of the New Americans by Rebecca Harding Davis, Meditations of an Autograph Collector, more Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Didcot: The Rutherford High Energy Laboratory, 1966. Soft cover. Very Good-. Diagrams. No additional printings. Bound in white gloss-covered printed wraps, 253 pages, with a list of participants and subjects covered. . Mild edgewear, mostly white wraps slightly soiled, corners creased. Contents clean, tight and unmarked. Uncommon. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall