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1988ref. 426554Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1988. Softcover. Fine. Later printing. Trade paperback. 254pp. Fine. Houghton Mifflin Company unknown books
1963ref. 424288Englewood Cliffs New Jersey: Prentice-Hall 1963. Softcover. Very Good. Trade paperback. Crease on front wrapper and spine nicks in mid-spine very good being fellow poet Daniel Hoffman's copy with his name penned inside front wrapper and his pen and pencil underlining on a few pages. A Spectrum Book S-TC-29. Prentice-Hall unknown books
1934ref. 412848New York: Grosset & Dunlap 1934. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Later printing. About fine in a very good dustwrapper with edge tears and a modest chip at the crown. Grosset & Dunlap hardcover books
1961ref. 140192New York: Grosset & Dunlap 1961. Hardcover. Very Good. Later printing. Small remainder dot on bottom edge binding lightly cocked spine faintly tanned very good lacking the dust jacket. The Puzzle in the Pond is the last novel listed on the rear cover. Grosset & Dunlap hardcover books
1991ref. 177192Latham New York: British American Publishing 1991. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected proof. Fine. A mystery set on Grand Bahama Island. British American Publishing unknown books
1893ref. 392093New York: Dodd Mead and Company 1893. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. 12mo. Decorative light blue cloth stamped in two-tone gilt. Spine and edges tanned corners mildly worn else very good. Dodd, Mead and Company hardcover books
1966ref. 384928New York: Hawthorn Books 1966. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Second printing. 284pp. Illustrated. Near fine in a very good moderately edgeworn dust jacket with spine faded. A true account of a treasure hunt on the high seas. Hawthorn Books hardcover books
1938ref. 346755Richland Center Wisconsin 1938. Softcover. Fine. Typescript. 38pp. and 3pp. Black three-ring binder with typescript pages printed rectos only; several cardstock separators one with a typed label bearing the title; and a rear pocket with three additional typescript sheets also printed rectos only. The binder is somewhat worn at the spine ends but the pages are fresh with scattered corrections near fine or better. An unpublished account of the wondrous fictional baseball player "Slugger" Sutton based on a real small-town baseball league in Kickapoo River Valley in West Central Wisconsin. A charming tale of a small-town baseball legend who eschewed big league success for the ardor of his hometown fans. Further details available upon request. unknown books
1991ref. 366357New York: British American Publishing 1991. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Bowed boards with light foxing on the endpapers and page edges else very good in a very good dust jacket with edgewear. Inscribed by the author. A mystery set on Grand Bahama Island. British American Publishing hardcover books
1948ref. 283767New York: Rinehart and Company 1948. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Very good with owner gift inscription on front fly light edgewear in very good dust jacket with minor nicks on edges spine darkened and a short phrase on rear panel crossed-out. Rinehart and Company hardcover books
1984ref. 103761New York: Simon and Schuster 1984. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in near fine dust jacket with small tears on the foot. Simon and Schuster hardcover books
1953ref. 95135New York: Wonder Books 1953. Hardcover. Very Good. Illustrated by Chad. Spiral bound. Child's ownership name on title page else a nice very good plus copy. Sculptured Cover Book No. 1502. Wonder Books hardcover books
2021ref. 10349New York: Clarkson Potter 2021. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very good . First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Stated first American edition with full number line indicating first printing. 10" X 7 3/4". 256pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers corners and edges of pictorial paper over boards. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and sound. A very presentable first printing of this gorgeous guide to the simple pleasures of cottage living from beloved British design and fashion influencer Paula Sutton. ABOUT THIS BOOK: A gorgeous guide to the simple pleasures of cottage living-antique hunting gardening and enjoying the seasons-from a beloved British design and fashion influencer. A happy home is everything. No one knows this better than stylist and blogger Paula Sutton who is behind the beloved Instagram account Hill House Vintage. Like many people Paula gave years of her life to the busyness of the city until she traded catwalks for dog walks and couture for manure after leaving office life a decade ago. Beautifully illustrated with hundreds of photographs and drawings this book gives you a full glimpse into life at Hill House. Inspired by Paula's love of all things vintage and filled with simple stylish and thrifty tips and tricks for every area of the house this book will bring the best of country life into your home wherever you are. In a world that often moves too fast Hill House Living is an invitation to take a moment to style make or cook something nice for its own sake-and yours. Slow down cozy up and join the quest to making each day more intentionally joyful.Publisher. Clarkson Potter hardcover books
1906ref. 57777Nashville: Orion 1906. 3rd ed. revised. Hardcover. Good. 15 illustrations by Robert Eugene Bell 333p. plus 4p. publisher's adverts. Original maroon cloth. Centered black & white illustration also by Bell mounted on lower portion of front cover. 19 cm. Covers rather shabby & worn -- decorative white ruled-lines on front cover mostly gone; ends of backstrip worn; corners and edges bumped. Hinges cracked and reglued causing them to be a little stiff. No Jacket. Griggs has a separate essay at the end of this Third and final edition on Thomas Dixon's "anti-Black crusade "A Hindering Hand; Supplementary to the Hindered Hand : A Review of the Anti-Negro Crusade of Mr. Thomas Dixon Jr.". In the first two editions Dixon's book is discussed by two characters in the novel. This third edition greatly outsold the two earlier editions and almost all copies which turn up are Third editions. Orion hardcover books
2018ref. 71860Leiden & Boston: Brill 2018. 8vo pp. ix 5 491 3; 2 maps 29 illustrations in the text much in color; fine in original pictorial wrappers. "This book is the first long-term study of the Sino-Tibetan borderland. It traces relationships and mutual influence among Tibetans Chinese Hui Muslims Qiang and others over some 600 years focusing on the old Chinese garrison city of Songpan and the nearby religious center of Huanglong or Yellow Dragon. Combining historical research and fieldwork Xiaofei Kang and Donald Sutton examine the cultural politics of northern Sichuan from early Ming through Communist revolution to the age of global tourism bringing to light creative local adaptations in culture ethnicity and religion as successive regimes in Beijing struggle to control and transform this distant frontier" publisher. Brill unknown books
1988ref. 61722Secaucus N. J.: Chartwell Books Inc 1988. Folio pp. 116 8; illustrated throughout with types letter forms books from antiquity to modern times; fine copy in the dust jacket. From the library of Kim Merker. Chartwell Books, Inc unknown books
1966ref. 016399New York: Ace 1966. 1st Paperback Edition Thus. Soft Cover. Near Fine Minus. Jack Gaughan. Vintage Paperback. F-374. Sharp Unread First Paperback Printing. Only original 1963 Doubleday publication date listed but actually 1966 ISFDB $.40 cover price. Square tight and clean throughout with some fairly minor edge-wear particularly at the spine ends and tips. A touch of toning to inside cover edges but not to interior pages. F resh and bright with no chipping creases or tears. A very pretty collectable copy. Ace unknown books
1988ref. TB27243Irvine Calif.: Sutton Publications Inc. 1988. First Edition. First Printing Fine in illustrated paper covered boards with black text on the spine and with a color illustration on the front board. A small quarto measuring 10 3/4" by 8" with illustrated end sheets. Without a dust jacket. Inscribed to "Adam" dated in "Nov. 1990" and signed by the author with an illustration on the fly title page. Unpaginated. Written and illustrated throughout by the author. Series Book #4 in "The Wizard Tells A Story" collection. Sutton Publications, Inc. hardcover books
1967ref. TB14947Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co. 1967. First Edition. First printing Very good in 1/4 gray cloth and light blue paper covered boards with modest fading at the head of the spine. In a very good dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap but with light wear and rubbing to the ends of the spine area and slight rubbing at the folds. 180 pages including an index bibliography text and numerous photographs and maps through-out. J. B. Lippincott Co. hardcover books
1986ref. 32159Kansas City: The Lowell Press 1986. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Quarto. XLVII 1 226pp. Original blue cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover and portrait in gilt on front cover. Free front endpaper inscribed and signed by Richard L. Sutton. Remarkable edition of Girolamo Mercuriale's "De morbis cutaneis" 1572 considered the first scientific tract on skin diseases. Binding and interior in overall very good condition. The Lowell Press hardcover books
1980ref. 1417358Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky 1980. Hardcover. Octavo vi 250 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in red cloth with gilt titling to spine. Dust jacket is green with red and white lettering. Jacket has moderate wear and light foxing. Spine and Boards have light shelfwear to edges. Text block has foxing to top edge and light scuffing to edges. Inscribed by author on front free endpaper: "To Harold Hitchens / excellent military and academic comrade / Jonny Sutton". Shelved in Column ND-J. 1417358. FP New Rockville Stock. The University Press of Kentucky hardcover books
1967ref. 171780Chicago: Blue Dahlia 1967. Single sheet insert 11x8.5 inches landscape layout illustrated with photos of the performers printed in blue ink used as an insert in a program for the infamous Chicago nightclub in the 1960s. Original program for the Blue Dahlia Lounge in Chicago double-sided and illustrated with performer portraits and show information. An uncommon piece of pre-Stonewall nightlife ephemera documenting the Midwestern drag and female impersonation circuit during the 1960s. Note: Jan Sutton has been identified in a later persona by some LGBTQ archival sources as the Vegas entertainer Jennifer Fox though this attribution is not yet documented in contemporaneous sources. Blue Dahlia unknown books
1977ref. 2351298Rochester New York: Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester 1977. Trade Paperback. Very Good. A few minor scuffs to wrappers. Binding tight and square pages clean bright and unmarked. 1977 Trade Paperback. 94 pp. An exhibition catalog from the 1977 Wildenstein Galleries show in New York City featuring black-and-white images of dozens of pieces from the collection of the Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester New York. Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester paperback books
1936ref. 2340677New York: Grosset & Dunlap 1936. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Doane Pelagie. Reprint. No jacket - pictorial cover. Boards rubbed sticker remnant on front endpaper. 1936 Hard Cover. 118 pp. Includes black-and-white illustrations by Pelagie Doane. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Margaret Sutton January 22 1903 - June 21 2001 was the pen name of Rachel Beebe an American author and teacher who is famous as being the author of the Judy Bolton Series of mystery books 38 volumes published between 1932 and 1967. In addition to this series she also wrote the Gail Gardner series The Magic Maker series Palace Wagon Family Jemima Daughter of Daniel Boone as well as several other books. Grosset & Dunlap hardcover books
1972ref. 51346New York: The MacMillan Company / Yellowstone Library and Museum Association. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1972. Cloth. A Chanticleer Press edition in Near Fine condition with light soiling and edgewear in alike Very Good dust-jacket. Gift inscription to the verso of the front flyleaf; EbellThis book is a history of the idea that the Yellowstone National Park should be preserved as a place where people and nature can coexist. The authors explore the history of the park the fight for its preservation and the challenges and successes of that fight.; Photographs; 4to ; 219 pages . The MacMillan Company / Yellowstone Library and Museum Association hardcover books
