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Shenandoah Heritage Publishing Co, Waynesboro, VA, 1989. First Edition. Softcover (Perfect Bound). Very Good/None (as issued). Illustrator: Moss, P. Buckley. Inscribed by Author and Illustrator. VG+ Paperback. Inscribed in pencil by author on half-title page ("Kim | [sig] | 1990"). Stated First Printing of 30,000 copies. 103 p.: ill. (some col.); 23 cm. Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). Text block is tight, bright and unmarked. Binding is tight; spine uncreased. Light crease along hinge on front cover. Light shelfwear at the edges and corners. Back cover (solid black) shows some rubbing. Illustrator: Moss, P. Buckley. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Artists, Architects, Photographers; United States; 1980s; Inscribed by Author and Illustrator. Main Picture: Moss, P. Buckley Moss, The People's Artist (First Printing, Inscribed by Moss) - Front cover of wrapper. Picture 2: Moss, P. Buckley Moss, The People's Artist (First… Read More

Little, Brown & Co, Boston, 1937. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Grassby, Percy & Robillard, Conrad G. Book . VG HB in G DJ, protected by archival polyester cover. Little, Brown & Company's Centenary Prize Book & 1938 Pulitzer for Biography. xvi p., 4 l., 3-546 p.; illlus.: front. (port.) plates, 25 cm. Tan cloth over boards w/Alcott's signature blind stamped on front cover (gilt has faded); gilt title on black field on spine. Corners turned; light shelf wear. Text block is tight and unmarked; paper a little brown from age. Unclipped DJ tattered at edges w/small chips at folds & 1/2" loss at top of back panel. Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). 546 pages. Item Type: Book. Illustrator: Grassby, Percy & Robillard, Conrad G.. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Cultural Heritage; United States; 1930s; . Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request.… Read More

Printed by Bartholomew Green, Boston, 1727. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. Book 2 leaves (title page and address to Sir William Ashhurst) printed in facsimile on laid paper. 64 p., 24 p. Although the two works are paginated separately, the signatures are continuous (Sewall ends with Sig. S and Willard begins with Sig. T). Willard’s pamphlet is followed by an appendix written by Sewall. Size: 8"-9" - Octavo (8vo).In bringing together his earlier work, Willard’s sermon and an update in his appendix, Sewall marshals the evidence for his position that the Millennium is near and that the discovery and Christianizing of America is a crucial and perhaps final development to that end. Drawing from prophetic passages describing the coming Millennium, Sewall find significance in the discovery of the Americas as the final remaining area to be found. He also sees the New World as a logical place for the New Jerusalem to be established.… Read More

John A. Grimes, Richmond, K[entucky], 1812. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition. Book Pagination: [5], vi, [2], 1-336. The pages, which are variously sized, befitting a frontier press, remain uncut on the top edge. This is collectible as an early Kentucky imprint (McMurtrie & Allen’s 1939 Checklist of Kentucky Imprints, 1811-1820, list it as #415)., a work by an early American work anticipating the development of psychiatry, and the output of an original thinker and writer on what at the time was the American frontier. In his preface Buchanan says the contents are derived from lectures intended for a medical school at Transylvania University where he was to be Professor of the Institutes of Medicine (p. v). The school didn’t open, but, Buchanan writes, after reviewing his notes “it appeared to me, that they they contained original matter, which ought to be communicated to the public.” He adds, “It… Read More

Richard R. Smith Publisher, West Rindge, NH, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good- Condition/Very Good-. Book From the front flap: "Dr. Karraker, distinguished historian at Bucknell University, makes a noteworthy contribution in this book by emphasizing how consistently the merchant and politician were in league with the pirate and how valiantly those who hated piracy fought to eliminate it from the high seas .... In these pages we learn of the true personalities of those 'romantic' buccaneers we have all known, in a vague sense, since childhood ... in a work designed to be read with consuming interest by both general reader and scholar." Size: 8"-9" - Octavo (8vo). 244 pages. Item Type: Book. Text block is tight and unmarked, though the pages have toned with age. Hardcover bound in red cloth over boards with the title in bright gilt on the front cover and spine. The top corner of the front cover has sustained a serious bump, turning the corner.… Read More

Abelard-Schuman Ltd�, London & New York, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fine Condition/Good. Book This is a rare hardcover for Whittington, who was known as the “King of the Paperbacks,” writing over 200 novels under several different names, most in the crime, hardboiled detective and noir genres, as in this case. According to the blurb on the rear fold, he had written over 50 books by 1957. Not only was this novel published as a hardback, the blurb reports, "With Play for Keeps he is for the first time published simultaneously in the United States and Great Britain." Size: Small Octavo (7 1/2-8"). 170 pages. Item Type: Book. Text block is tight and unmarked. The pages are clean although they have browned from edge. Fine copy of a well taken care of hardback covered in deep burgundy cloth over boards with the title in bright silver on the spine. No sun-fading to the cloth; tips are sharp. Head and foot of the spine show… Read More

Poulsbo Rotary, Poulsbo, WA, 2004. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Book Signed by Author. VG Trade PB, signed by both authors under their names on the Preface page. 217 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. Illustrated wrappers show some wear around the edges. Spine is uncreased. There is a 1 1/2" scratch at the bottom center of the front cover affecting pp. 1-20. Scarce book; World Cat finds only three records, including Library of Congress & Kitsap Regional Library. Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). 217 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; United States / State & Local / Pacific Northwest (OR, WA); Genealogy & Local History. Signed by Author. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 497. .

Regnery Publishing, Washington, DC, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. Book Signed by Author. Fine signed HB in Fine DJ, protected by mylar cover. Author has signed in green sharpie on page that has been bound into this "Signed Edition." vii, 372 pp.; Notes (pp. 323-347); Index (pp. 349-372); 24cm. Dark blue paper over boards with bright silver title on spine. Contents tight and clean. From the flap: Ingraham "provides a riotous, take-no-prisoners journey through our besiged culture and gives us a battle plan to remake it anew...." Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). 372 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: POLITICAL SCIENCE; Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism; United States; Modern; Politics & Government. Signed by Author. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 480. .

Simon & Schuster, New York, 1942. Stated 9th Printing. Hardcover (Printed Boards). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Dixon, Rachel Taft. Book VG HB in VG DJ, protected by archival polyester cover. Santi lists at $50-$100. Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). Item Type: Book. Text block is tight, bright and unmarked. Pages 21-34 are printed on a slightly different stock and show some tanning; the other pages are white. Blue textured paper spine shows a small (3/4") closed tear. Unclipped Dust jacket, which has the printed "Golden spine", has three defects: (1) 1/2" sticker scar at the upper right, affecting a little of the decoration around the front panel, (2) a 1/4" closed tear at the bottom edge of the front panel and (3) a 1" closed tear at the bottom edge of the back panel (the two tears have been repaired on the reverse with archival non-acidic tape). List on back goes to #34. The "This book belongs to" bookplate printed… Read More

Western Publishing Company, Racine, WI, 1992. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Good+ Condition. Book From the verso of the title page: "A Commemorative Facsimile Edition published on the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of Little Golden Books." It is copyrighted 1942, but was printed in 1992 (provided in Roman numerals) and is designated as the "A" printing. The rear cover reproduces the original, Santi's Style #1 â€" Rabbit reading & first 12 books. First Thus. Size: 7.5"-8" - Small Octavo (Sm. 8vo). 42 pages. Item Type: Book. The text block is tight and bright. The child's name is written in an adult hand on the inside front cover and someone has marked a large "A" in blue marker on it, as well. There is a thumb print on the first, half-title page and another in the upper left section of the last page. Bound in gold foil spine in the animal outline pattern and paper-covered cardboard. The paper has wear around the edges and the top front spine has been bumped. All edges clean, neat and free of… Read More

Simon & Schuster, New York, 1943. 5th printing. Hardcover. Good Condition. Book This early printing is not in collectible condition, though it could be a "placeholder" copy for the collector waiting for copy in better condition and with the dust jacket. The rear cover is Santi's Style #2.1 – "The Little Golden Library" title with a numbered list to #16. Size: 7.5"-8" - Small Octavo (Sm. 8vo). 42 pages. Item Type: Book. The text block is tight, though toned from age. The pages are unmarked, except for six prayer titles that are underlined in pencil in the Index at the end of the book. Bound in the original solid blue spine and paper-covered heavy cardboard. The spine is heavily worn with a 1" tear toward the head and 1/2" loss at the foot. The edges and corners are worn, with the boards showing at the tips. The front cover appears to have been marked with a red crayon that was partially cleaned off, leaving a red stain between and… Read More

E. Lumley, London, 1854. First Edition. Disbound. Very Good- Condition. Pamphlet Size: 8"-9" - Octavo (8vo). 42 pages. Item Type: Pamphlet. The textblock is tight, although the first two pages are slightly offset from the rest. The paper is lightly tanned, but bright. Disbound, undoubtedly from a sammelband of similar pamphlets. The pamphlet is stiched together and the spine bears the remnants of the glue from the hardbound binding. No foxing in this copy. There are no markings other than two numbers marked at the upper right corner of the title page. The page edges are browned, particularly the top page edges. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Anthropology; Britain/UK; 19th century; Indigenous Cultures. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1264. .

John Perkins, Boston, 1773. 27th Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Fair Condition. Book An attractive part of this book is the quaint poems the original owner has written on the verso of the title page: "Dont Stele this Book | For fear of Shame for | Underneth her lies my | name | Abigail Tucker | Hur Book Bought | May the 21st 1776 | Abigail Tucker -- | Hur Book May god | Give her grase therein | To look and when the | Bells for ^her^ Doth tole -- | ay the god of heaven | Reseive hur Sole --" The imprint reads "Printed for and sold by John Perkins." Not in Evans. Bristol's Supplement #B3526 (cf. Shipton & Mooney #42536) lists a book with the same pagination as "Boston: Printed and sold by William M'Alpine, 1773," but he does not list this variant which appears to have been printed by M'Alpine for Perkins. Size: 6"-7" - Sextodecimo (16mo). 312 pages. Item Type: Book. The text block is almost completely detached from the cover and the… Read More