For science fiction junkies, a small slew of sci-fi and fantasy magazines including “Starlogs” and “Future Life”s. This lot also includes African history, big game hunting, wildlife and memories of expeditions. Mysteries include “Home Sweet Homicide.” Photography includes “Bunny Yeager’s Bikini Girls of the 1950s.” There’s quite a few children’s books including a rare copy of Nesbit’s “Royal Children of English History.” Other titles include literature, novels, art, and American history. See this sampling. See all the New Arrivals. Availability subject to prior sale.
Swanson on Swanson
Swanson at one time was considered the most bankable star of her era and so valuable an asset, her studio had her carried in a sedan chair from her dressing room to the set. Read More
$60.00
Solomon Grundy: A Pop up Rhyme
Magnificently grotesque pop-up illustrations adorn a sardonic retelling of a Mother Goose nursery rhyme. Read More
$12.00
Steam Packets Ships on the Chesapeake Bay
The Old Bay Line covered some two hundred miles on the Chesapeake but may be considered a microcosm of the entire field of American steam navigation Read More
$15.00
Little Soldiers and Sailors
Written soon after the Spanish-American War and at the beginning of the Philippine-American War, these stories describe children taking on roles in famous historical battles. Read More
$150.00
A History of American Marine Painting
The first full study of American marine painting ever published. The author draws together representative works from Colonial times to the late 60s. Read More
$25.00
The Raw and the Cooked: Introduction to a Science of Mythology: I
Anthropologist attempts to reduce some basic myths of the South American Indians to a comprehensible psychological pattern. Read More
$28.00
The Brownell Family in Vermont
Descendants of three brothers; Ichabod, Aaron and Capt. Edward Brownell. Ichabod owned and managed the historic Brownell Tavern aka “The Old Stone House”. Read More
$35.00
These letters offer intimate insights in Jane Austen’s way of thinking, reasoning and living. This book is the most direct impression one could ever gain of Jane Austen herself. Read More
$40.00
Directing at Disney: The Original Directors of Walt’s Animated Films
A fascinating and detailed look at seven men who defined the craft of directing animated shorts and films at Disneyand how the director’s duties changed over time. Read More
$80.00
Great African Trophies
Showcase of tales and photographs including the world-record elephant, Cape buffalo, gemsbok and more. Also highlights historic, unlisted and little-known trophies. Read More
$80.00
Fangoria Horror Magazine Issue # 4: February 1980
With a legacy of bringing fans the best horror coverage out there, this issue features a plethora of articles, from the horror and monster genre to movies and TV, all the way to science fiction. Read More
$20.00
Vermont Farm Women (SIGNED COPY)
Miller said, “I believe this is my most important book because it indicates a revolution back to the small farms, which started in Vermont….” Read More
$40.00
Imprints: A Retrospective
Compelling photographs taken over a period of forty years depict America’s vanishing and endangered places in black and white. High contrast and wide open. Read More
$35.00
Pre-Columbian Architecture in Mesoamerica
An authoritative and magnificently illustrated survey of Mesoamerican architecture from pre-Olmec times to the Spanish conquest. Read More
$80.00
Ultra Wild West: The Art Of Italian Spaghetti Western Film Posters
Italian posters tend toward realism while other countries, Poland and Czechoslovakia for instance, lean toward abstract art to advertise the same films. Read More
$30.00
Big Game Shooting in Alaska
During Radclyffe’s nine month trip he hunted the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska Peninsula, and the Bering Sea coast, and employed Native guides. Read More
$50.00
Breath of Africa, Ltd: Beyond the Hunt―Chronicles of a Big-Game Hunter
These are poignant tales of life, death, and survival on a continent where, as one of Decoster’s trackers puts it, “the earth is often the color of blood.” Read More
$40.00
Kiki Man Ray: Art, Love, and Rivalry in 1920s Paris
Kiki served as the Surrealist and Dada artist’s muse. In 1924, she posed for a photograph that became Ray’s best-known work and one of the 20th century’s most acclaimed pieces of art. Read More
$25.00
Wolf
Wolf was sired by Lad and Lady, central characters in Terhune’s previous book Lad: A dog. Wolf was the outsider, funny-looking, but purebred, collie who proved a hero. Read More
$50.00
SPANISH-AMERICAN DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS PRECEDING THE WAR OF 1898
Spanish-American War ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas and resulted in U.S. acquisition of territories in the western Pacific and Latin America. Read More
