Rare books from John Nichols Gallery

Very Rare 1751 Fifth Edition of Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift -Needs Some Restoration
"Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World in Four Parts by Lemuel Gulliver, first a Surgeon, Then a Captain of Several Ships"
The Fifth Edition, CorrectedLondon:Printed for Charles Bathurst, and Sold by T. Woodward, C. Davis, C. Hitch, R. Dodsley and W. Bowles.MDCCLI (1751)
About the Book:
Full Calf. Condition: Fair and needs some restoration but not that bad. This is the very rare 5th Edition, Corrected, viii, 296 pp., 6 copper plates. Spine and end page are loose. Note about this being a gift written on the inside back cover. Two different owners' book plates on inside front cover and first end page. The blank front end papers are browned at the edge an the second end paper has a small torn piece. Title page printed in red and black and that and all the rest of the pages look pretty clean with very minor foxing.
Interesting background on this book on the web:
Jonathan Swift initially did his best to… Read More

THIS LAND WAS OURS: THE DEL VALLES AND CAMULOS
This signed copy was inscribed to Julius Guis who was editor of the Ventura Star Free Press where the author, Wallace Smith worked.
Smith, Wallace E.Published by Ventura Historical Society, Published by Ventura Historical Society,, Ventura, 1977
FIRST EDITIONUsed - Hardcover 
Condition: Very Good Plus
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. First edition. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 266pp. Incl. notes and 'Index of Persons'. Limited to 1000 copies. A few illustrations from old photographs; endpapers decorated with family tree and map. Tan cloth stamped in red.

Peter Case
As Far As You Can Get Without A Passport
Peter Case
Published by everthemore books/For Now, 2006
ISBN 10: 097438772XISBN 13: 9780974387727
5.5x 8.5. 51 pages
paperback. Condition:Fine. Signed. Signed inscription by Case to title page. Pages bright and unmarked. Binding tight.
Interesting signature. I attended a concert he did in a small club in Ventura, Ca and we were joking around about religion and he signed this book to me with a not "Also, yours in Christ". Neither of us was a Christian though.

Cardinal and Gold, '1941 Oxnard High Yearbook
8x11
80 pages
Signatures on end papers.
Interior very good, front cover stained a bit.
Contemporary reprints sell for $140

The Art of Doug Sneyd: A Collection of Playboy Cartoons with Reflections by the Artist
Sneyd, Doug et al
Published by Dark Horse Books, Milwaukie, OR, 2011
- HardcoverCondition: Fine
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Sneyd, Doug (illustrator). 1st. 247pp.incl.index HB color cartoon covers; fine condition w/clean,tight pgs. DJ orange,yellow,white&blk.-cartoon cover; slgith rub. "This collection features nearly three hundred of the most sumptuous, striking, and hilarious of Doug's full-page, full-color cartoons.".