Hardcover. NY, Viking Press, 2nd pr., 1943, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, paper over boards with white and black lettering over color illustration of young girl having tea with a squirrel. Tan cloth over spine. Edges, corners show wear. No
Hardcover. NY, Harper & Brothers, 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, tan covers stamped with a black and green design. 283 pages plus 4-page catalog in back. 21 b&w line illustrations by W.A. Rogers. No date on title page, copyright page states 1882. No other printings. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, The Viking Press, 1st, 1951, Book: Poor, Hardcover, oblong pictorial boards, 55 pages. Charming children's story of a cobbler with a cat, a dog, and a little mouse named Mr. T. T. Anthony Woo. There is no peace in the house with the cat and dog always chasing after the mouse and vice-versa, until the cobbler's sister moves in with her parrot and upsets things ever more. Illustrated throughout with wonderful full page Lithographs by the author. A Caldecott Honor Book Award Winner in 1952. Fair to poor only as the binding has separated from the black cloth spine. It's all there. no markings, a scarce first printing that's begging to be repaired. Edgewear ro boards.
Hardcover. New York, Viking Press, 1st, 1935, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 64 pages. Black & white lithographs by Zhenya Gay. Previous owner's signature, inscription on half title page. Soiling to end papers. Clear plastic protective cover, but no dust jacket. Spine faded.
Hardcover. New York, Viking Press, 1st, 1935, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 64 pages. Black & white lithographs by Zhenya Gay. Covers with mild soil, rubbing. Clean copy.
Softcover. Johnstown NY, Charles B. Knox Gelatine Company, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. Color wrapper with an illustration on the front cover that shows a woman with a concerned look on her face as she looks at her reading on a scale while a Scottish terrier looks up at her with its forepaws also the scale. Back cover has an illustration of a Knox Sparkling Gelatine box with a cow on it. 4 1/2" x 6." Twenty-two pages, complete. Black and white illustrations, complete. Some of the recipes come with illustrations. Inside of front cover has a table showing the "proper" weight for men and women based on age and height. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. This is a recipe book for desserts that use Knox Gelatine. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Ivan Obolensky, 1st US, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Black & white illust. by Bjorn Berg. Dj with light edgewear, chipping.
Hardcover. Philadelphia, John E. Potter and co, 1st, 1871, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 416 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Black embossed decoration on front cover with moderate soil and abrasions. Front hinge cracked, with gutter cracks throughout. Covers and spine show fraying and edgewear.
Hardcover. NY, Harcourt, Brace, 1st , 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 190 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Black & white drawings by George Hughes. Dust jacket worn, chipped. Previous owner's bookplate on front end paper.
Hardcover. Chicago, Rand McNally, reprint, 1920, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 80 pages illust. in color and black & white by Hope Dunlap. Red cloth spine with illust. cardboard covers. F-20 code suggests 1920 printing. Smudges to rear panel. Light edgewear to covers, previous owner's bookplate otherwise nice.
Softcover. New York, Independent Curators Inc, 1st, 1995, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 80 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Clean, unmarked copy in excellent condition. Exhibition catalog for a group show that ran January 21 through March 6, 1992 and then May 20 through June 30, 1992 at the Zabriskie Gallery in New York. Introduction by Klaus Ottmann. Essay by Leslie Tonkonow. Includes numerous black and white images from these photographers who were in the show: Robert Doisneau, Diane Arbus, Thomas Struth, Neal Slavin, William Klein, Walker Evans and many others.
Hardcover. NY, George Braziller, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 250 pages. Black cloth covers, laminate black dust jacket with orange and green titles. Previous owner's inscription to top corner of front endpaper, slight rubbing to dust jacket, clean covers, pages crisp and unmarked, tight binding.
Hardcover. NY, William Morrow, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket with light chipping, 180 pages. Ortiz Montaigne Walton was the first African-American member of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and a prominent figure in African-American studies. He performed in Buffalo for three seasons, before moving on to become the first African-American member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Walton later was principal contrabassist with the Cairo Symphony Orchestra in Egypt and performed a number of acclaimed solo recitals. Dust jacket art is a photo-montage by Romare Bearden.
Hardcover. New York, Thomas Crowell, 1st, 1893, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 79 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. B&w illustrations by F.G. Attwood. Blue and cream cloth covers with black and gilt design. Newspaper article pasted into front end papers, previous owner's name on end paper, moderate soil to cover boards. Rear gutter cracked on end paper.
Hardcover. NY, Dodd Mead & Co., 1st, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 125 Pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Black & white illustrations by William Pene Du Bois. Dj with edgewear, chipping. Tight copy.
Softcover. London/Ibadan, Nigeria, Heinemann, reprint, 1999, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 178 pages. Text augmented by 13 black and white plates, and by eight sketch maps. The first book on the Nigerian Civil War written by one of the top commanders, Obasanjo was a Colonel when the war started but he rose to become Commander of 3 Marine Commando Division, "which played a crucial role in winning the [war] for the Federal Government". A well regarded and highly authoritative book of interest to the Africa historian as well as to militarists, the author gives a detailed account of the military operations on all fronts. In later years, he became Head of State from 1976 to 1979 before handing over to an elected civilian regime, and he remains a much respected figure. Cheaply produced book but a solid copy. No marking.
Hardcover. New York, Horowitz and Harkness, 1st Ltd. Ed., 1942, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 242 pages, red cloth covers with black and gilt design. SIGNED BY MARSHALL on limitation page, #461 of 500 copies. Marshall was United States Chess Champion from 1909 to 1936. B&W illustrations, clean, tight copy with a few minor scratches to front cover.
Hardcover. NY, Grosset & Dunlap, reprint, nd, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket. 317 pages, color frontis by Marguerite Kirmse (repeated on dj). Red cloth boards, black stamped lettering on cover and spine. Fading to covers at bottom.
Hardcover. NY, Boni And Liveright, Ltd. Ed., 1928, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth, top edge gilt. Limited Edition. Number 569 of 650 copies. Facsimile signature of Duncan on front free endpaper. This book was published posthumously on the basis of Duncan's handwritten text and illustrated with 24 black and white photographs of her (two by Arnold Genthe). As one of the great free spirits of the early 20th century, Duncan's account of her life was as uninhibited as her career. This is one of the "presentation copies" published as a limited edition for authors and other friends of Boni and Liveright. Red leather label missing from spine, bookplate inside front cover, light wear to beveled covers.
Hardcover. NY, W W Norton , 2nd pr., 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Illustrations with black & white drawings by Bob Kuhn, 221 pages. Myles Turner, born in London in 1921, spent most of his life in Africa. After serving in World War Two, he worked with various companies leading tours through the African Wild. A avid consevationist, Turner began working for the Serengeti in 1956. This book is the memoirs of this time. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Harper & Brothers, 1st, 1898, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth decorated in black and bright gilt. 245 pages with index, many b&w illustrations of plants and insects by Gibson. Bright and clean copy in exceptional condition.
Hardcover. NY, Arno Press, reprint, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth. Black and gilt spine lettering. 404 pages plus plates at back. 27 pages of plates and illustrations; Preface by W.E. Gladstone, M.P. Reprint of author's 1880 edition. Issued without a dust jacket. Schliemann's account of his excavations at the Greek Bronze Age citadel site of Mycenae. He carried out these excavations from 1876 to 1878, and were less damaging than those of his first excavations at Troy from 1871 to 1874. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Night Shade Books, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 439 pages. Hardcover with facsimile copy of handwritten letters to endpapers. Black cloth covered boards with iridescent titles to cover & spine. Frontispiece illustration of H. P. Lovecraft & Donald Wandrei in black & white. Dust jacket with light, marginal wear to edges. Tight binding, sharp corners, clean & unmarked pages.