ref. 391704Unbound. Very Good. Four page letter dated July 7 1868 from "On the Cars between Clinton Iowa & Omaha Neb." with original envelope postmark "Aug. 26 Nevada C.T." Old folds some smudging but nice and very good. Easily readable although occasionally a little shaky: "I can not write so you can read it while the cars are going but Mother can." To his 10-year-old son Horace written by Dr. Wing during John Wesley Powell's second expedition to explore Colorado and the West. Wing is mentioned in Wallace Stegner's Beyond the Hundredth Meridian. The letter to his son describes the plains of Nebraska with fairly detailed descriptions of fields plants birds and towns. He mentions that Powell has left ahead of him and referring to the telegraph: "When I got to Chicago Prof. Powell was gone hundreds of miles. What could I do Why I could send lightning a telegram to tell him to wait for me and I did. I sent to Denver you must look for it on the map and the lightning said he was not there. Then I sent to Cheyenne called Shyan and he was there & he told the lightning to tell me how to get passes on the R.R. and to come on." He then suggests that his young son make his own telegraph and give some instructions on how to begin. Accompanied by a nice gravure portrait of Horace Wing Jr. taken by the photographer Pratz of Los Angeles and also with some later newspapers with biographical information on Wing who became a prominent owner of orange groves around Los Angeles. A nice letter connected to an important exploration. unknown books
1966ref. 389113Urbana: University of Illinois Press 1966. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Oblong quarto. 232pp. Fine in a very good dustwrapper with short tears and toning. Included is a 10" 33 1/2 RPM vinyl record. University of Illinois Press hardcover books
1999ref. 383920New York: Avon Books 1999. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Advance reading copy. Wrappers. Creasing and edgewear else very good. Avon Books unknown books
1994ref. 368027New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1994. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First edition. Bowed with spotting on the boards else very good in an about near fine dust jacket with internal spotting and edgewear. Signed by the author. G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
1995ref. 363210New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1995. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Edges lightly bumped else fine in a fine dustwrapper. G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
1970ref. 352356New York: Promontory Press 1970. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Reprint. Folio. 168pp. Photographs and Epilogue by Eliot Porter. Foreword and Notes by Don D. Fowler. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with light wear. Promontory Press hardcover books
1969ref. 279346Garden City New York: Doubleday 1969. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in near fine age-toned dustwrapper. A collection of essays about life at Columbia by prominent Columbia alumni. Doubleday hardcover books
1991ref. 103812Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press 1991. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Smithsonian Institution Press hardcover books
1951ref. 109006Chicago: Wilcox and Follet Company 1951. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine with some offsetting on the rear endpapers from a laid in newspaper article in near fine lightly soiled dust jacket. Includes chapters written by Chad Walsh Nels F. Ferre Robert E. Cushman and David J. Maitland. Wilcox and Follet Company hardcover books
1969ref. 275111Garden City: Doubleday & Company Inc 1969. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in near fine lightly soiled dustwrapper. Doubleday & Company, Inc hardcover books
1970ref. 102234New York: Hill & Wang 1970. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Completed by Stephen Varble. Fine in near fine lightly bumped dust jacket. Hill & Wang hardcover books
1927ref. 76151New York: Garden City Publishing 1927. Hardcover. Near Fine. Reprint. 238pp. Black and white photographic plates. Near fine with portions of the dust jacket laid in. Hopper best known for performing Casey at the Bat was an actor singer and comedian in the days of vaudeville. Garden City Publishing hardcover books
1979ref. 51419Cleveland: Case Western Reserve University 1979. Softcover. Fine. Magazine. 16mo. String bound illustrated stiff paper wrappers. Touch of wear at two corners else fine. Poetry anthology with Sheila Nickerson Doyle Wesley Walls Peter Wild William Jay Smith John Druska Jared Carter Leonard Nathan Jim Handlin Robley Wilson Jr. Red Saner Merry Speece Albert Goldbarth Scott Simmer John Fandel Dennis Trudell Jean Balderson Frank Short William Hoagland Sonia Gernes and Joseph Bruchac. Case Western Reserve University) unknown books
1927ref. 67849Boston: Little Brown and Company 1927. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. 238pp. Black and white photographic plates. Spine darkened worn corners very good lacking the dustwrapper. Owner name and charming bookplate designed by Winifred Bromhall. Hopper best known for performing Casey at the Bat was an actor singer and comedian in the days of vaudeville. Little, Brown, and Company hardcover books
1934ref. 83087New York: Alfred H. King 1934. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Just a touch of wear very near fine in near fine dustwrapper with slight soiling and uniform age-toning. "Mournful Martin the sad-faced philosophic cowman faces the greatest problem of his colorful career when a mysterious girl is found lying unconscious near the ranch of the land-greedy Thatcher." Scarce. Alfred H. King hardcover books
1994ref. 7789Salt Lake City: Smith Research Associates Signature Books 1994. First Edition. 244pp. Octavo 23.5 cm Dark brown cloth with the titles gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Fine/Fine. Signed by Marquardt on the title page. For more than 150 years the story of Mormon origins has been rewritten to a point where only fragments remain of the original. This book restores much of the human drama and detail. Moving from village to village the Joseph Smith Sr. family lived in constant poverty. When in 1825 Joseph Sr. a cooper defaulted on the family's final mortgage payment he and his nineteen-year-old son Joseph Jr. traveled one hundred miles south to Pennsylvania to join a band of money diggers on a desperate hunt for buried Spanish treasure. Following this ill-fated quest father and son returned near-penniless to New York to face eviction. They resettled in a small Manchester cabin where young Joseph later saw angels-not unlike his father and other contemporaries-and eventually found hieroglyph-inscribed sheets of gold which his former money-digging associates repeatedly tried to steal. During this turbulent time Joseph Smith was brought to court three times for crystal gazing eloped with a former landlord's daughter watched as his mother and siblings were excommunicated from the Presbyterian church published his translation of the hieroglyphs founded the Church of Christ saw a potential convert forcibly abducted by her minister and eventually sought refuge in Ohio where he changed the name of his church and its place of origin. Smith Research Associates [Signature Books] unknown books
1951ref. 010094New York: Viking Press 1951 143 pgs. Green & yellow cloth boards pictorially stamped in green light soil a few spots at edge of text block; color pictorial dust jacket with light wear and edge tears original price intact $2.50. Stories about the animals of Summerfield Farm as passed down through the family. Illustrated by Wesley Dennis throughout. The author and Dennis owned neighboring farms in Virginia. Scarce title. First Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Wesley Dennis. 8vo. Viking Press hardcover books
1977ref. 623989Washington D.C. and Philadelphia: The United Supreme Council Southern Jurisdiction Prince Hall Affiliation and The Afro-American Historical and Cultural Museum 1977. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 237pp. Illustrated. Black cloth stamped in gilt. Neat owner name on the front fly else a fine copy with no dust jacket as issued. Biography of the founder of Black Freemasonry a very uncommon title in the trade. The United Supreme Council, Southern Jurisdiction, Prince Hall Affiliation [and] The Afro-American Historical and Cultural Museu hardcover books
2000ref. CNJL2133Newtown Pennsylvania: Bird & Bull Press 2000. Limited Edition. Folio. Fine. Bates Wesley W. First printing limited to 150 copies 14 pp. Wesley W. Bates b. 1952 is an artist whose work is held in private collections in Canada the United States England Ireland Australia Spain Japan and China. Known as one of Canada's most accomplished wood engravers Bates has since ventured into book illustration. William Morris of Bird & Bull when planning for the book "The Foresters" a poem descriptive of a 1300 mile trek from philadelphia to niagara falls in 1804 had originally intended for Gaylord Schenilac to provide the engravings; however he was so pleased with Bates' work that he obtained permission to print and offer them as an independent set n.b. from Wesley Bates' online CV and Biodiversity Heritage library. Scarce: as of this writing there are no other sets nor any copy of the book itself published in an edition of only 150 copies available online. ___DESCRIPTION: Thirteen complete wood engravings plus engraved title sheet encased in a plain paper wallet; sheets measure 8 1/2" x 11" images range in length from 6 1/2" x 4 1/2" to 7" x 4" including caption/title issued in an edition of 150 copies unnumbered. ___CONDITION: Leaves are fine overall clean and without noticeable wear; the versos of plates show very minor offsetting from etching behind which is not visible on rectos minor unintended crease on single plate minor sunning and edgewear on paper wallet. ___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Bird & Bull Press unknown books
1949ref. 010365New York: Novel Library 1949. 1st Paperback Edition Thus. Soft cover. Fine. Vintage Paperback Novel Library #15. Beautiful Unread First Paperback Printing No month 1949. No Cover Price Square tight and clean throughout with little or no toning. A touch of rubbing to spine ends but quite minor. Fresh and bright with no chipping creases or tears. Remarkably well-preserved. A gorgeous collectable copy and quite scarce in this condition. Novel Library unknown books
1983ref. 000965Boston: Little Brown & Co 1983. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to. 216pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition bound in brown cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine. Square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. A touch of bumping to the crown but minor. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket $29.95is fresh and bright with no chipping creases or tears. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper "February 23. 1990. For my friend Lewis all best wishes WES W. Wesley Marans". A gorgeous collectable copy. Little, Brown & Co hardcover books
1934ref. TB22548Salem Mass.: Marine Research Society 1934. First Edition. First printing Very good in blue pebbled cloth covered boards with gilt text and rules on the spine. There is a prior owner's book plate on the first free end page and the cloth on the spine is a bit faded with the head and heel rubbed and very slightly worn. Without a dust jacket. 323 pages including an index and illustrated with line drawings and black and white photographs. One of the volumes in the series of publications by the Marine Research Society. Per Albion this title is a "Good firsthand description of methods." Albion p. 207 Marine Research Society hardcover books
1978ref. 628374New York: Random House 1978. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Small octavo. 169pp. Spine gilt dull and a thin line of sunning at the topedge near fine in near fine dust jacket spine sunned and hint of wear at the crown. Inscribed by historian Graham Hodges: "To Graham with thanks for your interest in support. Wesley 10/23/81." Laid in is an envelope addressed to Hodges in Wesley hand that contains a flyer for a reading of his play Boogie Woogie and Booker T held at The New Federal Theatre in New York City in May 1984. A nice signed copy of the author's first novel with an uncommon flyer for a reading. Random House hardcover books
1998ref. 253374Los Angeles: A" List Pub 1998. Magazine. 80p. 8.5x11 inches color photos nudes articles reviews events fashion literary criticism very good glossy gay entertainment and fashion magazine in pictorial wraps. Men of Miami The Hispanic Male Trophy Boys & Sugar Daddies. A review of Gordon Merrick oeuvre. Began publication in May of 1998 and issued bi-monthly. A" List Pub unknown books
1875ref. 71484Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1875. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good . 291pp. Quarto 29.5 cm Dark green cloth over boards. With map has a couple of minor fold splits and profile in an envelope at the rear. Both in near pristine condition. Light scratching and scuffing to the monograph's boards. Multiple small faint spots on backstrip. Darkening to p. 180 and the plate opposite. Text block cracked at p. 185 but book remains very sturdy. Complete. In better than very good condition. Powell's 1869 exploration was the first documented expedition to successfully navigate the perilous rapids of the Colorado River through the uncharted Grand Canyon. The expedition set off in 1869 with ten men and four boats under the direction of one-armed American explorer and Civil War veteran John Wesley Powell 1834-1902. After three months and nearly 1000 miles only five of the original party emerged from the depths of the canyon. Their historic journey mapped the last wild untamed river of the American West and named the last unknown regions of American geography. The Henry Mountains and the Dirty Devil River were until the Powell expedition the last nameless mountain range and river in the continental U.S. Carl Wheat writes in "Mapping the Transmississippi West 1850-1861" "As a narrative of adventure this book of 1875 is one of the most justly celebrated documents in the literature of exploration." In recognition of Powell's contributions to American exploration geology and ethnology he was appointed the first director of the U.S. Bureau of Ethnology of the Smithsonian Institution. He also served as director of the U.S. Geological Survey from 1881 to 1894. Powell Plateau a butte in Grand Canyon National Park is named after him as is Lake Powell. Howes P525. Farquhar 42a. Wheat 1261. Graff 3336. Sabin 64753. Government Printing Office hardcover books
