Electronic Ignition Systems
Hayden Book Company, 1977. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. This is a stated first printing of Tepper's guide to contemporary electronic ignition motors. More
New Arrivals
Interfacing Test Circuits with Single-Board Computers
Tab Books, 1983. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. This is a stated first printing of Luetzow's guide to 1980s microcomputing. Shelf wear at edges and corners, but interior is very good. More
Power Electronics: Thyristor controlled power for electric motors
Chapman and Hall, 1975. Paperback. This is an early UK reprint of Ramshaw's electrical engineering text. Soiling on edges and corners are curled. Not ex-library. More
Stepping Motors and Their Microprocessor Controls
Oxford University Press, 1984. First Thus. Hardcover. This is the first English translation of the 1979 Japanese original. From the Monographs in Electrical and Electronic Engineering series. More
How to Play and Teach Volleyball; with up-to-date methods and basic techniques used by outstanding coaches and teachers
Association Press, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex library with all the usual trappings. The first edition of this definitive guide is rather scarce. More
The Mountains Have Come Closer
Appalachian Consortium Press, 1980. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. This is a scarce first printing of Miller's poetry collection. Missing dust jacket. Gift inscription on flyleaf. More
The Eagle and the Serpent
Peter Smith, 1969. Cloth. This is a very rare reprint of Guzman's cornerstone novel of the Mexican Revolution. Some soiling on endpapers, otherwise fine. Missing dust jacket. More
Work
Fleming H. Revell Co., 1903. Cloth. This is a second printing of theologian Black's treatise on the moral imperative of hard work. A gorgeousely decorated book with gilt letters and design on cover and spine. Each chapter has its own unique green agrarian border motif. One of the more agreeably... More
Why Men Fight; A Method of Aboloshing the International Duel
Century, 1917. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Cloth. This is a first American edition of Russell's influential anti-war philosophical text. Corners are bumped and there is some loss of cloth at top of spine. Former owner's name on flyleaf. Hinges are tender. More
Home Front Memo
Harcourt Brace, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. This is a stated first edition of legendary Chicago man of letters Sandburg's plea for domestic support of the war effort. This volume collects a number of articles, speeches, poems, and essays around the theme of sacrificing at home to support American soldiers in... More
Hot Potatoe
Drawn and Quarterly, 2009. 1st Edition. Hardcover. This is the Drawn & Quarterly's retrospective of Canadian mixed media artist and illustrator Bell's lively work. More
How to Wreck a Nice Beach; The Vocoder from WW II to Hip-Hop
Stop Smiling Books, 2010. Hardcover. Small scratch and stain on back cover, otherwise fine and uncracked. A cheeky history of the voice-altering technology, which takes its title from a mishearing of the vocoder-rendered phrase "how to recognize speech." More
The Aesthetics of Power; Essays in Critical Art History
Cambridge University Press, 1994. Paperback. This is a second edition of Duncan's somewhat rare, scholarly art history text. More
John of the Mountains; The Unpublished Journals of John Muir
University of Wisconsin, 1979. First Thus. Paperback. This is a scarce out of print edition collecting the unpublished works of famed conservationist and father of the American national park system, John Muir. Owner's name inside front cover and stamp on title page corner. Owner's initials on edge as well. More
The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia
J.M. Dent & Sons, 1926. Bliss, Percy Douglas. First Thus. Cloth. A handsome collector's printing of Johnson's classic history book. With an introduction by Chesterton and woodcuts by the great Douglas Percy Bliss. Previous owner's info inside front cover. Fair amount of edgewear and some foxing on endpapers/half title, but..... More
Kojo Griffin: New Work
Mitchell-Innes & Nash, 2002. Paperback. This is a scarce exhibition catalog from Kojo Griffin's first solo New York exhibition. More
Torquere (Torture)
Sakuhin-sha Co, 1998. Paperback. This is a scarce collection of Japanese illustrator Sorayama's bondage-themed erotic pin-up art. Slight curling at edges. More
The Meaning of the Nonsense of the Meaning
Harry N. Abrams, 2000. Paperback. This is a full color retrospective of Japanese pop artist Murakami. Some soiling to cover, and water damage to bottom center of interior throughout. More
Top Chef: The Cookbook
Chronicle, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed on flyleaf by the great Stephanie Izard. Izard was the first female contestant to win Top Chef (season 4), and a beloved fixture in the Chicago restaurant scene, creative mind behind Fulton Market favorites Girl & the Goat, Little Goat, and Duck Duck Goat... More
Dian Hanson's The History of Men's Magazines Vol. 2: from Post-War to 1959
Taschen, 2004. Hardcover. Bound in faux-alligator skin. Volume 2 of Hanson's encyclopedic catalog of risque magazines with with hundreds of full-page photos and illustrations. More
Turbulence; A Log Book
Chronicle, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. This is a first edition of Drescher's collection of mixed media art. Features a number of cut outs, including the cover image. More
The Armory Wars: The Second Stage Turbine Blade Ultimate Edition
Boom! Studios, 2008. Cloth. Signed by Claudio Sanchez (who also doodled the band's keywork symbol) as well as acclaimed comics artists Aaron Kuder, Chondra Echert, and Sheldon Vella (Mr. S). This is a special collectors edition graphic novel collection adapting the first sci-fi concept album of the progressive rock band Coheed... More
The World to Come
Norton, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. This is a signed first printing of Horn's 2006 generations-spanning novel of artists and thieves. More
Assault!; The unforgettable experience of the U.S. Marines in combat, reported by the men who were there
Berkley Medallion, 1962. Paperback. This is a scarce pulp book of "true action stories of the island war in the Pacific." Edgewear and a green mark on the first page, otherwise very good. Pages are a little brittle as well. More