1916réf. RBERLOW02RJBGovernment Printing Office 1916. Very Good. Berry Edward Wilber. The Lower Eocene Floras of Southeastern North America United States Geological Survey USGS Professional Paper 91. Washington D. C.: Government Printing Office 1916. 481pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 4to. Paper-bound. Book condition: Very good with chipping to spines and rear joint. Light bump to lower corner of front cover and very light bumps to upper-front and lower-rear corners. Minor moisture rippling to upper edge of rear cover and minor stains to both covers. Government Printing Office unknown books
1988réf. 507412New York: Orchard Books A Division of Franklin Watts 1988. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American edition. Fine in very lightly rubbed fine dust jacket. Afro-Jamaican fiction. James Berry was born in Jamaica where these stories are set. Orchard Books, A Division of Franklin Watts hardcover books
1977réf. 602853Port Washington N.Y.: Kennikat Press 1977. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 132pp. Crease on last few pages else near fine in very good lightly rubbed dust jacket with a small chip. Kennikat Press hardcover books
1993réf. 452216New York: Viking 1993. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Octavo. 303pp. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Viking hardcover books
1935réf. 28041Philadelphia: Macrae Smith Company. Very Good in Very Good- dj. 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. minor shelfwear to book "Lauderdale's" rubber-stamped on front endpaper and rear pastedown; the jacket is quite decent-looking despite some staining to the spine panel modest shelfwear and minor paper loss along the bottom edge and a weird patching job with the top inch-and-a-half of the spine panel missing but replaced NOT with a photocopy of that section of the spine panel but rather a photocopy of the spine of the book which is not even the same color as the covers of this book; it does however show the title and the author's name so it's not unpleasing -- just weird. "A swiftly-paced story of the Cattle country which centers around the struggle of a group of ranchers to safeguard their water rights from confiscation at the hands of a powerful State Senator and his corrupt political allies." And of course the hero fighting the good fight also happens to be engaged to the Senator's favorite niece. . Macrae Smith Company hardcover books
1972réf. 89622NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1972. First edition. 182 pp. Light foxing to fore-edge else near fine in near fine dust jacket with some light rubbing. Berry’s fourth collection of essays. NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich unknown books
2005réf. 90552Washington DC: Shoemaker & Hoard 2005. First edition. 152 pp w/index of titles & first lines. Fine in near fine dust jacket with light edgewear and some wear to crown of spine. Washington DC: Shoemaker & Hoard unknown books
1977réf. 62669NY: Myrin Institute 1977. First edition. 41 pp. a few small scuffs to spine els very near fine in printed wrappers. Introduction by M.G.H. Gilliam. Excerpts from THE UNSETTLING OF AMERICA issued as number 33 in the proceedings of The Myrin Institute. NY: Myrin Institute unknown books
1983réf. 61311Berkeley: The Shoemakers 1983. First edition. Single sheet 6 x 9 inches. Fine. Single poem by Berry issued folded but here offered flat. Published on the occasion of Sean Shoemaker’s graduation from Berkeley High School as part of the 10th graduating class. [Berkeley]: The Shoemakers, unknown books
1991réf. 91241Berkeley: Black Oak Books c. 1991. First edition. 13 7/8 x 7 inch illustrated broadside printed in four colors. Fine. Printed at Okeanos Press and produced in honor of the legacy of North Point Press 1980-1991. [Berkeley: Black Oak Books unknown books
1918réf. 376631Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press 1918. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Quarto. 542pp. Index. Maryland Geological Society: Special Publication Volume X Part II. Green cloth gilt-stamped letters and insignia on front board and spine. Owner's name stamped and penned on front fly light edgewear thus near fine. The Johns Hopkins Press hardcover books
1967réf. 161836N.p.: Trans Continental Artists 1967. Vintage studio still photograph of Rita Alexander from the 1967 film. Three women who are old friends reunite to plan a heist of the King of Sex's crown during the Mardi Gras carnival. Shot on location in New Orleans. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Trans Continental Artists unknown books
1978réf. RFUKONE00bh1Rodale 1978. Fine. Fukuoka Masanobu. The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming. Berry Wendell. Emmaus Pennsylvania: Rodale 1978. 181pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Near fine. Foot of spine gently bumped. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Faded spine. Gently rubbed edges. In dust jacket protector. Rodale hardcover books
1940réf. 1400432Paris: Verve 1940. Hardcover. Quarto unpaged 12 unnumbered leaves. In Good condition. Spine is white without print. Price unclipped: “$2.50”. Boards in white paper with gold and blue print; wear to spine caps and corners peripheral toning. Text block has shaken binding. Illustrated: tipped in color plates. Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area Quarto and Folio Case. 1400432. FP New Rockville Stock. Verve hardcover books
1966réf. 571242Boston: Houghton Mifflin / Riverside Press 1966. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Light toning at board edges near fine in a very good dust jacket with tiny nicks and a couple short tears and a lightly toned spine. A Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship Award novel. The first in a series of novels titled Certain Shadows. Houghton Mifflin / Riverside Press hardcover books
1966réf. 581966Boston: Houghton Mifflin / Riverside Press 1966. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Boards lightly foxed with slight tanning at edges near fine in a faintly tanned very good dust jacket with just a touch of foxing and a couple tiny dampstains. A Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship Award novel. The first in a series of novels titled Certain Shadows. Houghton Mifflin / Riverside Press hardcover books
1974réf. 571240Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1974. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a couple tiny tears on the rear flap fold. Connected stories most of which appeared in The New Yorker. The second in a series of novels titled Certain Shadows. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover books
1980réf. 329483Berkeley: designed & printed at Tuumba Press by Lyn Hejinian 1980. 20p 5.75x9 inches personal inscription to Ila Berry signed by Palmer also signed by Berry with her underlines and margin notes very good limited first edition #120/450 copies hand-numbered in stapled wraps with light toning at spine fold. Tuumba #30. Berry was born and raised in Tyler Texas and lived in Concord CA. She was a poet and a supervisor and Union Representative at Pacific Telephone in Los Angeles for ten years and worked for several years in the International Department at Bank of America in San Francisco. Palmer a longtime San Francisco resident is the 2006 recipient of the Wallace Stevens Award from the Academy of American Poets. designed & printed at Tuumba Press by Lyn Hejinian unknown books
1984réf. 63237Quincy MA.: National Fire Protection Association. Very Good. 1984. Hardcover. 0877652805 . 434pp. burgundy buckram with gilt stamping. A Very Good copy. . National Fire Protection Association hardcover books
1916réf. 66868Chicago: A.C. McClurg and Company. Very Good. 1916. Hardcover. 263 pages. 7.75x5.25 inches. Brown cloth covers with gilt and black printing. The covers are just slightly soiled and rubbed. Previous owner bookplate and signature. Otherwise the contents are bright and complete. About Very Good. . A.C. McClurg and Company hardcover books
1961réf. 62228Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. Very Good. 1961. Hardcover. First Edition. 305pp. tan cloth with brown printing to spine. A clean Very Good copy in a price-clipped dj with some slight scuffing to edges and a small closed-tear to the bottom of the rear cover. . University of Oklahoma Press hardcover books
1991réf. 59685Atlanta: Turner Publishing Inc. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1991. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1878685007 . A Fine first Edition/First Printing housed in a mildly scuffed yet also Fine dust-jacket; .CNN War in the Gulf tells the dramatic story of the first Gulf War from the perspectives of those who fought and died in it - the soldiers sailors airmen and Marines. It is a vivid first-person account of air battles over Saudi Arabia and Kuwait of tank battles in the sand and the desert of the devastating effects of chemical and biological warfare and of the courage and sacrifice of the men and women who fought.; Photographs; 240 pages . Turner Publishing, Inc. hardcover books
1966réf. 010139The Ward Ritchie Press 1966. Hardcover. Very Good/NF-. Foreword by Lawerence Clark Powell. Near fine. The Ward Ritchie Press hardcover books
1967réf. 47883London: Heinemann 1967. Very Good/Very Good. London: Heinemann 1967. First UK Edition. Octavo 20.5cm; publisher's boards in orange unclipped dust jacket lettered in red; 8241pp. A few shallow chips and toning to dust jacket corners bumped else a Very Good bright and sound example. The Mississippi author's first novel originally published in the US in 1966 and awarded the Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship. Heinemann unknown books
1996réf. 507024New York: Scribner 1996. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected proof. Light spotting on the top page edge else fine. Scribner unknown books