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New York: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1989. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover, 568 pages. Clean, unmarked copy in excellent condition. Profiles the enigmatic soldier, statesman, and man of letters, offering a wealth of never-before-published missives that shed light on his role in the Arab revolt, his sexuality, and his retreat into obscurity. Record # 457291

NY: Oxford University Press, 1966. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket. Suleiman presents numerous corrections to the standard view of Lawrence and MidEast history. Also describes what happened after the Arabs had aided the British to win the war. At that point the Arabs effectively had lost because the territory was divided between the British and the French - during which T.E. Lawrence showed his true colors by advising the Arabs to sign. A valuable addition to the literature surrounding T. E. Lawrence and the Arab Revolt, bringing to light the actual extent of Lawrence's involvement, and how many texts fail to do justice to the Arabs themselves. 'Mr Mousa's obvious concern to be fair-minded and the weight of the evidence he produces make his book one that must be studied by all who are interested in 'Lawrence of Arabia' (front flap). Clean copy. Record # 383229

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2004. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Peter McCarty. SIGNED BY PETER MCCARTY WITH ILLUSTRATED SKETCH ON TITLE PAGE. Acetate-protected dust jacket, gorgeous full page color illustrations. No sign of wear, dust jacket, covers and pages crisp, clean and unmarked; a beautiful book in excellent condition. Record # 806725

NY: Crowell, 1989. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. While staying with her eccentric aunt and uncle on the foggy California coast, T.J. finds herself involved in an unusual adventure when she helps the ghost of a nineteenth-century stowaway find a ring that will help free him to his future. Clean copy. Record # 380374

NY: Bell System Telephone/AT&T, 1930. Softcover. Very Good/None. Softcover, 32 page booklet with green wrappers, promoting historical facts about the telephone. B&w line illustrations throughout, Stapled, 10 x 6.75". Record # 359934

Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian, 1999. 1st US. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover, 38 pages, b&w photographs throughout. Very clean and tight copy. Record # 455515

London: Hard Case Crime, 2015. 1st thus. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Glen Orbik. Hardcover, colorful dust jacket with a retro-style illustration by Glen Orbik. The year is 1977, and America is finally getting over the nightmares of Watergate and Vietnam and the national hangover that was the 1960s. But not everyone is ready to let it go. Not aging comedian Koo Davis, friend to generals and presidents and veteran of countless USO tours to buck up American troops in the field. And not the five remaining members of the self-proclaimed People’s Revolutionary Army, who’ve decided that kidnapping Koo Davis would be the perfect way to bring their cause back to life. Remainder dot on bottom edge otherwise like new. Record # 372543

Washington DC, 1992. 1st. Softcover. Very Good/None. Softcover, 237 pages, b&w illustrations, color plates. A very clean, tight copy. Record # 451009

1982/83. Softcover. Very Good. Softcovers. Two stapled brochures, Fall 1982 and Spring 1983, 32 pages and 48 pages, Craftsmen Gallery, Boston. B&w photos. Back cover with stamp and written address. A small leaflet for an exhibition "Gustav Stickley and the Craftsman Ideal", eight pages, New Jersey, 1983. Record # 359936

NY: Blue Ribbon Books, 1933. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Hardcover, illustrated boards, in a fair dust jacket with chipping, closed tears. Original $1 price still on front flap. Previous owner's inscription on half title page otherwise clean and tight. Illustrated throughout in color and black and white. Record # 372970

Very Good. Three folding brochures. 1) Guided Tour of Rockefeller Center, 2-colors, b&w photos/3 panels 2) Rockefeller Center, full-color, 4 panels with a fold-out. 3) Welcome to the City of Times Square, 2-color, 5-panels with one side being an illustrated map. None dated but all appear to be late 1940s, early 50s. Very good condition. Record # 359818

Washington DC: National Park Service, 1947-49. Softcover. Very Good/None. Three b&w pamphlets promoting travel in the southwest. 1) Canyon de Chelly National Monument, 3-panels, b&w photos, map, 1947. 2) Mesa Verde National Park, 3-panels with map, 1949. 3) Mesa Verde National Park, 16-pages, stapled, b&w photos with map,1948, All very good, clean. Record # 359821

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1938. True 1st. Hardcover. Good/None. Edward Shenton. Hardbound, 305 pages. Illustrated by Edward Shenton. Hinges cracked. Illustrated endpapers. Review stamp front fly leaf. Discoloration, soiling to covers. Orange cloth cover with black lettering and decoration. Corners worn, bumped. Record # 500573

London: Hard Case Crime, 2004. 1st thus. Softcover. Very Good/None. Bill Nelson. Softcover, colorful wraps with a retro-style illustration by Bill Nelson. When the beautiful girlfriend of a notorious gangster vanishes, it’s up to P.I. Donald Lam to get to the bottom of her disappearance — and of a mining scam, an illegal casino operation, a double homicide, and an opportunity for an enterprising private eye to make a small fortune...if he can just stay alive long enough to cash in! Like new. Pulp. Record # 372488

NY/Tokyo: Weatherhill, 1981. 8th pr.. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Delightful illustrations depict strange little men are busily engaged in tasks and activities that seem illogical or impossible. Small tape repair to front panel od dust jacket. Record # 378758

London: Hard Case Crime, 2006. 1st thus. Softcover. Very Good/None. Chuck Pyle. Softcover, colorful wraps with a retro-style illustration by Chuck Pyle. When Lee Scarborough came upon the brunette sunbathing topless in her back yard, getting involved in a heist was the last thing on his mind. But somehow that’s where he found himself—sneaking through a stranger’s house, on the hunt for $120,000 in embezzled bank funds. It looked like an easy score. But one thing stood between him and the money: the beautiful and deadly Madelon Butler. Like new. Record # 372480

London: Hard Case Crime, 2006. 1st thus. Softcover. Very Good/None. Chuck Pyle. Softcover, colorful wraps with a retro-style illustration by Chuck Pyle. When Lee Scarborough came upon the brunette sunbathing topless in her back yard, getting involved in a heist was the last thing on his mind. But somehow that’s where he found himself—sneaking through a stranger’s house, on the hunt for $120,000 in embezzled bank funds. It looked like an easy score. But one thing stood between him and the money: the beautiful and deadly Madelon Butler. Like new. Record # 372475

Santa Fe NM: New Mexico State Tourist Bureau, (1950). Softcover. Very Good/None. Softcover, 32-page brochure promoting New Mexico. Illustrated with color and b&w photos. 8 X 9". No date but features message from Gov. Thomas Mabry who served 1947-51. Mild wear. Record # 359820

St. Louis MO: Missouri Pacific Lines, (1948). Softcover. Good. Softcover, 20-page brochure promoting the Missouri Pacific routes through Mexico. Two-color cover wraps, b&w illustrations and a map. Light wear, spine separating at bottom, clean. No date, appears to be late 1940s. 6 3/4 X 9 1/2". Record # 359822

London: Hard Case Crime, 2019. 1st thus. Softcover. Very Good/None. Robert McGinnis. Softcover, colorful wraps with a retro-style illustration by Robert McGinnis. Abandoned as a baby in a bus station locker, shuttled from one abusive foster home and detention center to another, Bobbie Gotteson grew up angry, hurting, damaged. His hunger to succeed as a musician brought him across the country to Hollywood, but along with it came his seething rage, his paranoid delusions, and his capacity for acts of shocking violence. Unavailable for 40 years, THE TRIUMPH OF THE SPIDER MONKEY is an eloquent, terrifying, heartbreaking exploration of madness by one of the most acclaimed authors of the past century. This definitive edition for the first time pairs the original novel with a never-before-collected companion novella by Joyce Carol Oates, unseen since its sole publication in a literary journal nearly half a century ago, which examines the impact of Gotteson’s killing spree on a woman who survived it, as… Read More