Softcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press, reprint, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 284 pages. Samuel Decalo presents detailed evidence from Dahomey, Togo, Congo/Brazzaville, and Uganda that African military coups are engineered by coteries of cliques composed of ambitious officers seeking self-advancement. He successfully refutes prevailing theories that military rule has fostered socioeconomic or political development or stability. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1894, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, light green cloth stamped in b&w on the front color, gilt lettering on the spine. Robinson (1833-1900) was a noted Quaker author from a well-respected and artistic Vermont family whose writings and art captured the dialect, culture and time of pre-Civil War Vermont, set in the imaginary town of Danvis, largely drawing from his the inhabitants and experiences of Ferrisburgh, VT. Bright, clean copy.

Hardcover. Freeport ME, Bond Wheelwright Co. , 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket. 204 pages, b&w illustrations. The author, great grandson of Captain Barry, contextualizes the captain's correspondence and journals with information about transportation, economic conditions and the ice trade of the 19th century. Documents vessels commanded by Capt. Barry, including the James Perkins, Oakland, Madagascar, Delhi and William Lord. Glossary of sea terms; bibliography. Name stamp to front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Crown Publishers, 2nd pr., 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly worn dust jacket, 190 pages. A mystery novel about the adventurous librarian lifestyle. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on the front fly leaf.

Hardcover. NY, Disney Editions, 1st, 2024, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 365 pages illustrated in b&w and color. For film buffs, Disney fans, and animation enthusiasts, a fascinating and personal look at seven men who defined the craft of directing an animated film under the tutelage of Walt Disney. This untold history collection chronicles the progression of the animation director role during the 1920s through the 1970s. For students of film making and management, this book serves as go-to resource for a complex and sometimes technical role that demanded precision. For all Disney fans, these personal portraits of Walt's closest creative leaders offer a fuller picture behind the stories, characters, and magical realms in Disney's beloved and respected animated films. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Hampton NH, Peter E. Randall, reprint, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, turquoise cloth with gilt lettering, two reprinted publications in one volume. B&w illustrations. Perry's work originally published in 1913; and Bell's in 1876. Fold-out map of Exeter of the past with a facsimile of 1776 newspaper page on rear. Name on front fly leaf otherwise a clean, bright copy.

Softcover. NY, Kerry O'Quinn, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover magazine, 66 pages. Articles include: TV Special Salem's Lot, Spock and New Aliens of Star Trek, Caroline Munro Interview, Robots of Disney's The BlackHole, much more.

Hardcover. Guilford CT, Rowman & Littlefield, 1st, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 294 pages, b&w illustrations. The story of how Florida became entwined with Americans' twentieth-century hopes, dreams, and expectations is also a tale of mass delusion, real estate collapses, and catastrophic hurricanes. For Sale -- American Paradise concentrates on the experiences of American icon William Jennings Bryan, journalist Edwin Menninger, and others who shaped the image of Florida that we know today and who sold that image as America's paradise. The cast also includes the Marx Brothers, Thomas Edison, Al Capone, a pack of backwoods bandits known as the Ashley Gang, and the visionaries and businessmen who poured their dreams and their cash into Florida in the roaring, raucous 1920s.

Hardcover. London, Chatto & Windus, 2nd pr., 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly worn and chipped dust jacket. 320 pages, b&w photo illustrations. The Chapters are: Gambia; Sierra Leone; The Gold Coast; Nigeria: The West; The North; The Southern Cameroons; and The East; followed by an index. Clean copy.

Softcover. NY, Kelly O'Quinn, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover magazine, 70 pages. Very light wear. A periodical devoted to scientific speculation about the future. This issue contains: Jane Fonda's China Syndrome by Nancy Naglin; War in Space by Stella Morris; The Great H. G. Wells Film Revival by Joseph Kay; H. G. Wells Revival - Return of the Time Traveler by Barbara Lewis; Interview: Timothy Leary by Robin Snelson; The 23rd Century: A Vision for Star Trek by Jesco von Puttkamer; Building the First Space Colonies by Gerard O'Neill; The Sound of the Future by Todd Rundgren; and How to Design a Getaway Special to Space by G. Harry Stine; along with the usual features, including a painting of Titan by Don Davis.

Softcover. NY, Kelly O'Quinn, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover magazine, 70 pages. Very light wear. A periodical devoted to scientific speculation about the future. This issue contains: NASA and Hollywood Search for Aliens, SF Art by Foss, Alien Movie, Larry Niven on Riches Beyond Earth, much more.

Softcover. NY, Kelly O'Quinn, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover magazine, 68 pages. Very light wear. A periodical devoted to scientific speculation about the future. This issue contains: Kitt Peak- Guided Tour of Tuscan's Observatory, New Improved Human Genetic Engineers tackle the secrets of DNA, Interview John Varley, The Black Hole, unidentified Flying Oddball, Star Empires, The Whole World in Your Hands- Tomorrow's Computers Go into the Closet, Video Image- Preview of TV's Martian Chronicles, Brain Aldiss, and much more.

Softcover. NY, Kelly O'Quinn, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover magazine, 68 pages. Very light wear. A periodical devoted to scientific speculation about the future. This issue contains: Man on Mars by '88, Bradbury's Martian Chronicles on TV, Frank Herbert on filming Dune, Farming Beneath the Sea, Russian Space Art, much more.

Softcover. NY, Kelly O'Quinn, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover magazine, 68 pages. Very light wear. A periodical devoted to scientific speculation about the future. This issue contains: Harlan Ellison interviewed; In Search of Albert Einstein: Celebrating the Genius Scientist's 100th Birthday; 007 in Space: Photo-preview of James Bond's Space Shuttle Epic; Vincent Difate - Science-Fiction Artist; Tomorrow: Can Space Technology Save the Seas? by Jacques Cousteau; much more.

Softcover. NY, Kelly O'Quinn, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover magazine, 78 pages. Very light wear. A periodical devoted to scientific speculation about the future. This issue contains: Arthur C. Clarke Interview, Disney and Von Braun, Civilization in Space, Things to Come, Norman Spinrad, much more.

Softcover. NY, Kelly O'Quinn, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover magazine, 78 pages. Very light wear. A periodical devoted to scientific speculation about the future. This issue contains: Cover art of 'Star Hawks' by Gil Kane. An often overlooked magazine with a great interview with the Hildebrandt brothers. The interview reveals that they only had 36 hours to put together their original Star Wars poster that would eventually cement Star Wars as a classic. Magazine also features a spread of the Sci-Fi art of John Berkey (another classic Star Wars artist), Buck Rogers comes to TV, much more.

Softcover. NY, Kelly O'Quinn, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover magazine, 78 pages. Very light wear. A periodical devoted to scientific speculation about the future. This issue contains: Jerry Pournelle interview, Superman the Movie, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Flash Gordon, David Hardy Art, Wally Schirra on the Earth from Space, much more.

Softcover. NY, Kelly O'Quinn, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover magazine, 78 pages. Very light wear. A periodical devoted to scientific speculation about the future. This issue contains: Data bank, Logan's Runner William F. Nolan. Still Sittin' On Top of the World- The Amazing Group 1 Astronauts, Star Trek - The Movie, The World of SF Pulps, Civilization in Space, Space Now! - The L-5 Society's Henson Family Writes a Future scenario, SF Graphics- Boris Meets Barbarella, Navy Drops a Boom Theory, Space Art of Robert McCall, and much more.

Hardcover. NY, The Museum of Modern Art, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 154 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. The works and writings of the Futurist artists in their most creative period, 1910-1916. 141 Illustrations (22 in color). Tanning to wraps, light edgewear. Mild foxing to top edge text block. Unmarked. A clean and tight copy.

Hardcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 20 June-3 September 2012]/edited by Joseph J Rishel; with essays by Stephanie D'Allessandro.[et al.] A trio of masterpieces by Gauguin, Cezanne, and Matisse are joined by works by other major artists in this exploration of the enduring vitality of the theme of Arcadia. Paul Gauguin's Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? (1897-98), Paul Cezanne's The Large Bathers (1906), and Henri Matisse's Bathers by a River (1909-10, 1913, and 1916-17). Other masterpieces by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Nicolas Poussin, and Pierre Puvis de Chavannes establish the high value given to Arcadia in the history of French painting. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap.

Hardcover. Safari Press, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 254 pages. Great African Trophies is a photographic showcase of some of the greatest game trophies ever taken on the Dark Continent, and it includes elephants, buffaloes, the big cats, spiral-horned antelopes, and dozens of other magnificent animals. The focus is on animals that rank in the top five of each species in the Safari Club International and Rowland Ward record books, but also included are historic, unlisted, and little-known trophies, along with their stories. This book is a feast for the eyes for anyone who loves African wildlife, and it contains the best available historical and modern photos of superlative African game animals, as well as the tales--many never before told--of the hunters who were fortunate to connect with them. The photos are accompanied by a description of where, when, and how the animal was taken, and the book provides, if possible, the details of the hunt and how it unfolded. Clean copy still in publisher's shrinkwrap.

Hardcover. London, Waterlow and Sons, reprint, 1930, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth with gilt lettering on front cover. 56 pages, b&w illustrations. Appears to be the original softcover rebound in cloth. Small holes at gutter where staples removed. Small name stamp in blank prelim page. 3 related postcards laid in.

Hardcover. NY, David Mckay, 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 329 pages. "This volume puts together as a continuous narrative the diary of Rutherford B. Hayes from March, 1875 to March 1881 - covering his nomination as the Republican candidate, the campaign of 1876, the disputed election and its compromise, and his Presidency. It is based on a typed copy of the original manuscript supplied by The Rutherford B. Hayes Library of Fremont, Ohio, and its director, Watt P. Marchman. Hayes was an inveterate diary keeper from his youth to his old age. In this record of the presidential years the diary is reproduced virtually in facsimile form. All misspellings, errors in punctuation, and other eccentricities have been retained, as have the deletions and gaps in the original copy." Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. London, John Murray, 1st, 1908, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 605 pages, b&w and color diagrams and illustrations. Embossed red cloth covers w/ gilt lettering on spine. A study on heredity and genetics. Sir John Arthur Thomson (1861-1933), Professor of Natural History at the University of Aberdeen, was a follower of August Weismann.Edge wear, light soiling to covers; spine faded. Previous owner's sticker on front fly leaf. Front hinge cracked. Else a nice, clean copy.