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1933Best.-Nr. 29045NY: Junior Literary Guild and Doubleday Doran & Company. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1933. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very slight bumping to the bottom corners. Unfortunately someone tried to peel a bookplate from inside the front cover. Happily no damage to the paper underneath but the torn plate is 90% still there. Could be carefully removed. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 292 pages . Junior Literary Guild and Doubleday, Doran & Company hardcover
1954Best.-Nr. 64-PJZE-8LFJPreservation Soc. of Newport. Very Good. 1954. Paperback. Faint edge wear spine a little darkened with a hangnail at top. . Preservation Soc. of Newport paperback
1917Best.-Nr. 251932San Diego: Chamber of Commerce 1917. Second edition from a printing of 5000 copies. Frontispiece. 54 pp. 12mo. Original boards. Some chipping to spine corners rubbed. Modern bookplate on front pastedown. Inscribed by the author on front flyleaf. Generally clean internally. Very good. In a blue half morocco and cloth folder. Second edition from a printing of 5000 copies. Frontispiece. 54 pp. 12mo. "This is a brief but general account of the history of aviation as it is associated with southern California" - introduction. The first edition is exceedingly scarce. Chamber of Commerce hardcover
Best.-Nr. FORT804290William Wood & Company. Used - Good. Two volume set. Volumes I and II. Illustrations throughout. 1883. William Wood & Company unknown
1843Best.-Nr. 14243Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard. Good. 1843. First American Edition. Hardcover. Bound in full leather. Covers are very very worn but intact. Numerous owner's inscriptions on the endpapers from a range of dates. One of the inscriptions is "Capt. T. K. Jackson C. S. A. ; enroute to Lychburg VA". No date on that one unfortunately. If this book could talk. More extensive writing on the back endpapers in pencil which I can't decipher. Last few pages a little loose. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 618 pages . Lea & Blanchard hardcover
Best.-Nr. 71-7927London: The Illustrated London News Nov. 28 1857. Color lithograph with gum arabic. p. 517. 28 x 40 cm sheet. Very Good water stain in upper right sheet corner. London: The Illustrated London News, Nov. 28, 1857. unknown
Best.-Nr. 71-7930London: The Illustrated London News Supplement Nov. 28 1857. Color lithograph with gum arabic. 28 x 40 cm sheet. Very Good water stain at lower left sheet corner. London: The Illustrated London News, Supplement, Nov. 28, 1857. unknown
Best.-Nr. 71-7931London: The Illustrated London News Nov. 28 1857. Color lithograph with gum arabic. 28 x 40 cm sheet. Very Good water stain at lower right sheet corner. London: The Illustrated London News, Nov. 28, 1857. unknown
Best.-Nr. 71-7946London: The Illustrated London News Supplement May 22 1858. Chromolithograph. 40 x 55 cm sheet. Very Good center folded tears along sheet edges. London: The Illustrated London News, Supplement, May 22, 1858. unknown
Best.-Nr. 71-7947London: The Illustrated London News May 22 1858. Chromolithograph. 40 x 55 cm sheet. Good center folded tears along sheet edges vertical tear in bottom margin extending into image. London: The Illustrated London News, May 22, 1858. unknown
1964Best.-Nr. 624924University Park: The Pennsylvania State University Press 1964. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Quarto. 434pp. Owner's signature and stamp of a noted American psychologist on the front fly else fine in slightly spine-toned very good or better dust jacket. The Pennsylvania State University Press hardcover books
1912Best.-Nr. 434360Philadelphia: Printed for Private Circulation by J.B. Lippincott Company 1912. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Quarto. 319 1pp. Illustrated Original green cloth gilt. Slight wear at the corners about fine. Genealogy of a Philadelphia family. A very nice copy. Printed for Private Circulation by J.B. Lippincott Company hardcover books
1960Best.-Nr. 005825San Francisco: Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs. Printed by Saul Marks of the Plantin Press 1960. Second Edition. Wraps. Fine. 12mo. 17 by 11 cm. 9 pp. Described as "a fictitious correspondence between E. de Fumier and M. Cambronne" the text is actually a learned discussion of the word "shit". With a publisher's slip inserted and surviving. Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs. Printed by Saul Marks of the Plantin Press unknown books
2003Best.-Nr. 307895San Francisco: Pomegranate 2003. hardcover. fine/very good. Betye Saar. With color images throughout. 116 pages. Tall narrow 4to brown cloth d.w. San Francisco: Pomegranate 2003. A fine copy in a very good dust wrapper spine evenly sunned and a bit scuffed. Pomegranate unknown books
1942Best.-Nr. 503467AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT: "With warmest greetings Yours always.May 26th '42" probably clipped from closing of an ALS. 2 1/2" x 7 /12". books
2002Best.-Nr. 005234New York: Harcourt 2002. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. 370pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition First Printing with full letter sequence. Bound in quarter blue cloth over gray paper-covered boards with titles in silver on spine. Square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket $26.00 is fresh and bright with no creasing chipping toning or tears. Protected with an archival-quality mylar cover. Signed by Carpenter on the title page. A very attractive collectable copy at a great price. Harcourt hardcover books
2002Best.-Nr. 14291Orlando: Harcourt Inc. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2002. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0151004676 . An attractive first printing of the first edition in alike dustjacket minute traces of edge wear. Signed by astronaut and author Scott Carpenter directly on title page; Coming from a family of early Colorado pioneers astronaut Scott Carpenter grew up with a vibrant frontier tradition of exploration. He went on to become one of seven Project Mercury astronauts to take part in America's burgeoning space program in the 1960s. Here he writes of the pioneering science training and biomedicine of early space flight and tells the heart-stopping tale of his famous spaceflight aboard Aurora 7. Carpenter also shares a family story of tenderness and fortitude. Raised by his grandparents in Boulder Colorado while his mother lay sick for years with tuberculosis Carpenter witnessed bravery love sacrifice and endurance that prepared him for life as a Navy pilot during two wars service to country as a Mercury astronaut and finally as a pioneering underwater explorer. Written with his daughter Kris Stoever For Spacious Skies tells a wonderful American family story filled with never-before-told insider tales from the earliest days of NASA and for the first time ever Carpenter's own account of his controversial flight and splashdown; 8vo; Signed by One Author . Harcourt, Inc. hardcover books
2008Best.-Nr. 447353Restoration Press January 2008. Trade Paperback . Used - Good. Light edge and cover wear with unmarked pages. Domestic orders shipped with USPS tracking numbers. Restoration Press paperback
2000Best.-Nr. 14032Rock Foundation 2000. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket slipcase. Fine/Fine dust jacket Fine slipcase. Small folio. Pp. 109. 64 sepia toned illustrations. Gray linen-covered boards in glossy gray dust jacket spine lettered in red. Housed in a linen-covered slipcase. Chronicles the devastating 1950 starvation of the Padleimiut Inuit a branch of the Caribou Inuit. Rock Foundation hardcover
1970Best.-Nr. 27946New York: Ballantine Books Outerbridge & Dienstfrey 1970. 1st US edition. Hardcover in gray boards in metallic silver-foil illus jacket. VeryGood unmarked faint bookplate scar inside; in VeryGood unclipped jacket w some rubbing. Astute commentary and remarkable photos. Nice bright clean copy of HB 1st printing w jacket. 9 x 8-1/2 unnumberd pp b/w photos. Ballantine Books + Outerbridge & Dienstfrey hardcover
1957Best.-Nr. 838G4953Ottawa: Society for Art Publications. Good. 1957. First Edition. Paperback. Pages 83-134. Illustrated in colour and black and white. Features: Box-car days in Algoma 1919-20 by A.Y. Jackson; The Second Biennial of Canadian Art; Poets and Painters - rivals or partners; Jock MacDonald Painter-Explorer; Canadian artists in Paris; Faces of the Forest; The arts come of age in Windsor; Emanuel Hahn 1881-1957; and more. Printed on glossy stock. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy.; Magazine; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Canadian Art Magazine Summer 1957 - Jock MacDonald / Emanuel Hahn Box-car days in Algoma 1919-20 by A.Y. Jackson; The Second Biennial of Canadian Art; Poets and Painters - rivals or partners; Jock MacDonald Painter-Explorer; Canadian artists in Paris . Society for Art Publications paperback
1903Best.-Nr. 54380New York: D. Appleton & Co 1903. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Front hinge neatly repaired corners slightly bumped else a near fine copy. Ownership signature of Samuel Wright the uncle of co-author Kauffman. Kauffman's second mystery after Jarvis of Harvard Carpenter's first and the only collaboration between these two authors. D. Appleton & Co hardcover
1903Best.-Nr. 54380New York: D. Appleton & Co 1903. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Front hinge neatly repaired corners slightly bumped else a near fine copy. Ownership signature of Samuel Wright the uncle of co-author Kauffman. Kauffman's second mystery after Jarvis of Harvard Carpenter's first and the only collaboration between these two authors. D. Appleton & Co hardcover books
1913Best.-Nr. 023359Chicago: Passenger Department of the Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. Good. 1913. The first page of the newspaper has a handful of b&w photos and illustrations from North and South Dakota. Newspaper was folded three times and has creasing and soiling along the folds; newspaper had moderate toning and soiling. Overall good. In this issue "The Homefinder" promotes the farming opportunities found in North and South Dakota. We could not find any copies of this land promotional newspaper on OCLC as of November 2021.; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 15 pp . Passenger Department of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway unknown
Best.-Nr. 55285Spiral-bound. Good. Human Anatomy & Physiology I Second Edition Laboratory Manual unknown