1970 NY: World. First American edition; translated from the Danish. Written in 1967 and first published in English by the Hogarth Press the previous year under the title "Tumult". A novel of the sexual obsession of a Copenhagen businessman for a street-gang waif-like young girl. One of a number of.....
Duluth, Ga. Biting Dog Publications, 2003. Limited ed. Softcover. One of 100 numbered copies only (of which this is No. 41) signed by the author. 16 pp. in illustrated wrappers. A horror tale of a youg family, their cat and a mysterious, homicidal neighbor. Fine.
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A. W Pub Group, 1987. Paperback. 445 pps. Biblical commentary by Christian teachers. As new in crisp cover. Other volumes in the series available.
Boston: Dana Estes, 1889. First edition. Hardcover. Large octavo , color illustrated paper-covered boards over olive green cloth. 348 pp. Illustrated with full page plates and vignettes in the text. Adventure tale for young adults set in the wilds of late 19th century Alaska. About very good, text block tight.....
Boston: Estes & Lauriat, 1889. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Thick octavo in color illustrated japan vellum boards; patterned endpapers; 348 pp. Illustrated with full page monochrome plates. Text block is tight, slightly cocked; embrowning about the egdes of the pages. Modearte even soiling to the boards abd couple minor.....
NY: Random House, 1980. First. Hard Cover. First printing. Cloth, 149 pps. Allen's third published collection of comic writings, 16 selections covering subjects as far ranging as UFOs, the nature of relativity and, of course, sex, death and religion. Fine in fine dust jacket.
New York: D. Appleton, 1852. First edition. Leather_bound. First edition. Thick octavo in three-quarter dark brown leather over marbled paper covered boards; spine ruled and lettered in gilt. Marbled endpapers. xvi+ 797 pp. Illustrated throughout with small engravings. Generally very good, tight, wear about the edges and tips, some scuffing.....
1987 NY: Knopf. First edition of the highly regarded Chilean author's second book in translation, following the hugely best selling "House of the Spirits". Set in an unnamed Latin American dictatorship, the plot revolves around a man and woman who are fated, under the most desperate circumstances, to fall in.....
Havertown, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Casemate Pub & Book Dist Llc, 2002. First. Hard Cover. First edition, first printing (stated). AS NEW IN DUST JACKET. 186 pps. with index. Illustrated. World War II B-17 pilot Chuck Alling recalls his days during the war.
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Dutton/Plume, 1992. First edition of THE AUTHOR'S HIGHLY ACCLAIMED FIRST BOOK. Fine in dust jacket a bit bumped along the top edge.
London: Whitaker & Co., 1895. Hard Cover. "The Second Edition, Revised". Royal blue cloth lettered in gilt; three pages of illustrated ads at front, 275 pps. with index, 3-page publisher's catalog at rear. Illustrated with 224 small engravings of light fixtures, switches, various engines and dynamos, etc, wiring diagrams. Three.....
Charleston, WV: Independently published by the author, 2015. First edition. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Softcover. 248 pp. Signed by the author, with inscription: "___, it was great meeting you at RAI. There's no victory without a battle. Allyssa Painter". When the Earth is destroyed by humanity, the people call out.....
New York: Oxford, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Fine in near dust jacket with a bit of bumping at the spine ends. Hardcover. 760 pp. with index. Illustrated. Highly respected biography of Harry S. Truman.
1922. manuscript. Three page partially printed questionnaire form for Bibliographical Notes for The Cyclopedia of American Biography. 4to. Completed in full by Alsberg noting his profession as "chemist" four lines of "Notable facts in his career", a full page of remarks listing his positions held and his professional associations. Signed.....
Chicago: Agricultural Committee of the National Fire Waste Council, 1932. Hardcover. Presumed first printing. Hardcover lettered in gilt. 167 pp. with bibliography, index. A tight example, front cover lettering bright, spine lettering dulled; interior clean. Issued without dust jacket.
London: Academy/Ernst & Sohn, 1993. First. Soft Cover. First printingh. Large quarto in illustrated softcovers. 144 pps. Illustrated throughout in color. A fine copy, covers lightly rubbed.
Grand Rapids: P.D. Farrell, 1897. fifth edition. Leather_bound. Full brown leather blindstamped at the corners and lettered in gilt. All edges gilt. 251 pp. Frontispiece photographic portrait of the author and six additional plates. Fifth Edition stated. Very good, gilt stamping bright, some wear at the tips and spine ends.....
Lawrenceville, Va. Brunswick Publishing, 1982. First edition. Softcover. First edition (stated). Quarto in canary yellow printed softcovers. 94 pp. Illustrated by the author. Very scarce work by American artist/art critic Joan Altabe, a cartoon fantasy that opens with a woman doing her household chores; she is suddenly freed from her.....
Reading, PA: Althouse Chemical Company, (1940). Hardcover. No date (circa 1940). Light blue hardcovers stamped in gilt. Sample book of fabric swatches for Azoanthrene Fast Dyes. Ilustrated title page with engraving of the company headquarters, three pages of promotional text, 9 thick board pages each containg 5 different shaes of.....
University of North Carolina Press, 1989. Fine. Illustrated softcovers. x+ mmaps+ 255 pp. with index. Illustrated with photographs. The author accompanies the people of Ocracoke Island, North Carolina, on their everyday activities---hunting, fishing, boating---all the time recording their stories about events and people that have shaped the island's history.
Advent, 1970`. Second edition. Softcover. Softcovers. Generally fine with some toning about the edges. 224 pp. with index. Illustrated with drawings and reproductions. An in depth examination of the classic vintage pulp magazine "Astounding Stories"
New York: Covici Friede Publishers, 1935. First edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover. In very good condition with sunned spine. In red cloth binding. 468 pages. Author's first book.
Burnham Inc Pub, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Hardcover. Fine condition, near fine dust jacket with slight chip on bottom corner of front panel. 195 pages. Index, bibliography, glossary. History of New Mexico from 1846 when it was annexed by the United States during the Mexican War until 1861.....
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000. First American edition. Hardcover. As new in dust jacket. First American edition/ first printing. Hardcover. 230 pp. The thirk in this series of medieval mysteries set in and around Hawkenlye Abbey in Tonbridge, England and featuing knight/ sleuth Josse d'Acquin and Abbess Helewise. in.....
New York: Minotaur Books, 2002. First American edition. Hardcover. Fine in fine dust jacket. First American edition. Hardcover. 230 pp. Knight Josse d'Acquin returns in this entry in the Hawkenlye medieval mystery series. In this tale, Sir Josse, along with his friend and fellow sleuth the Abbess Helewise, fellow clues.....
