Harmony Books, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. This is a signed first edition of Chopra's bestselling study of the spiritual component of the aging process and why people who look old didn't believe in themselves hard enough. More
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1973. First American Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Red quarter cloth over boards. Dust jacket. 310 pp. Shelf wear to jacket and sunning to jacket spine. 1/2" closed tear at top front jacket cover. This is an early printing of the first American edition of Agatha Christie's novel of suspense..... More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1973. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Large 8vo. Grey cloth. Pictorial dust jacket. Many photographic and illustrated plates throughout. 452 pp. Small chips along top jacket edge and a 1" closed tear on rear cover. Some sunning to top edge and a dark scuff on..... More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1973. First Edition, 4th Printing. Cloth. Large 8vo. Grey cloth. Pictorial dust jacket. Many photographic and illustrated plates throughout. 452 pp. Minor edge wear and scuffing to jacket. This is a first edition of the definitive guide to the history of stage magic. Christopher's thoroughly researched..... More
Evanston, IL: Church League of America, 1950s. Pamphlet. This is a lot of 2 pamphlets from the early 1950s published by the far right Church League of America based out of the Chicago suburbs from 1937-1984. Both pieces are in fine condition. THOMPSON, Dorothy. "What Is Behind the Immigration Furor?"; News..... More
New York: Philosophical Library, 1974. Second Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Cloth. Illustrations and plates. 419 pp. No jacket. Previous owner's name inside front cover. Corner torn from black endpaper page. This is an early edition of Cirlot's classic reference. More
New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1944. First Edition. Cloth. 4to. Illustrated cloth. Woodcut illustrations and diagrams throughout. 39 pp. Minor sunning to spine. Attractive bookplate inside front cover. A fine copy. This is a young person's primer of Capitalist economic theory with a decidedly anti-Communist, anti-Labor perspective. More
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973. Book Club Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Cloth. Illustrated dust jacket. 214 pp. Cock to spine. Jacket has many small chips and closed tears around edges. 3" closed tear along right edge of jacket spine and a tear that spans most of the way up front flap..... More
New York: New American Library, 1968. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. 8.5"x5.75". Blue boards with black stamped spine in pictorial dust jacket. Black and blue illustrated endpapers. 221 pp. Jacket edges are lightly scuffed. Bottom of front cover curled. 1/2" tear at top and bottom of back cover, no loss..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1906. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Navy cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Diagrams and illustrations throughout. 708 pp. Minor scuffing to edges. Hinges overopened. Ownership stamps of Clarence T. Brewer inside covers and on title page. Index tabs inserted by previous owner on right edge of many pages..... More
New York: Delta, 1968. early reprint. Paperback. 8vo. Wraps. 210 pp. Ex-library with card pocket pasted inside front cover and stamp on title page. Wear and some creasing to cover edges. Sticker residue on cover. Tight and clean. This is an early reprint of Cleaver's influential essay collection written during his time..... More
Portland, OR: Champoeg Press, 1960. First Thus. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth with gilt lettering on spine and cover. Deckle edge. Numerous maps (many folding), illustrated plates, and facsimile pages. 352 pp. A touch of rubbing to spine header. Several pages unopened. A fine, unread copy. This is a limited edition (one of..... More
D. Appleton-Century Company, 1936. First Edition. Cloth. Ex-library with library stamps on title page and torn spot inside front cover from card. Large tear on corner of last blank page. Corners are bumped, and there is a slight lean to spine. This is a rare first edition high school textbook..... More
Paris: Felix Alcan, 1913. Hardcover. In French. 8vo. Red quarter leather over marbles boards. Hubbed spine. Decorative endpapers. 279 pp. Wear and scuffs to all outer edges, including some superficial chipping to the leather. Corners bumped. Minor tanning throughout. Owner's mark on half title and title page, with a pencil notation..... More
University of Knowledge, 1941. Cloth. In protective overwrap. Jacket has some tears along edges and a larger tear at top of spine. This is an early edition of this accessible history of primitive humans written by the Coles, distinguished anthropologists at the University of Chicago. With many fine pen illustrations..... More
Philadelphia: Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1843. Leather bound. 8vo. Full calf. 4-hubbed spine. Frontispiece portrait. Marbled edges and endpapers. 546 pp. Leather scuffed. Contemporary book plate inside front cover. Corner torn from 2nd free endpaper and half page torn from rear free endpaper, text unaffected. Moderate foxing in end matter, very..... More
London: Communist Party of Great Britain, 1928. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. 7"x5". Wraps. 415 pp. 1/2" chip with loss bottom right corner of front cover. Covers scuffed. Corners a little bent. Several pages have 1/4" tear (no loss) on right edge. This is a summary and analysis of the 15th meeting of..... More
Victor Gollancz Limited, 1972. First Thus. Cloth. In protective overwrap which has a superficial stain on the cover. Volume 12 from Gollancz's limited run of Dame Compton-Burnett's complete works. This is number 130 of 500. Compton-Burnett was a celebrated English novelist whose works focused mainly on Victorian upper class life..... More
New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1913. 3rd printing. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Several photographic plates. 610 pp. plus index and advertisements. Light shelf wear and several stains to spine. Hinges overopened. Tight and clean. This is an early printing of Dr. Cook's controversial memoir of polar exploration. Cook claimed to have been the..... More
Houghton Mifflin, 1924. Brett, Harold. Cloth. This is a handsomely illustrated Riverside edition of Cooper's second novel, an adventure of the American Revolutionary War set on both the British and Continental sides of the battle. More
Putnam, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. This is a signed first printing of the prolific Cornwell's police thriller. More
Random House, 1959. Coggins, Jack. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Missing dust jacket. This is the great Costain's juvenile retelling of the history of William the Conqueror from his childhood to his death. Very handsomely decorated tan cloth with red and green compass and lettering. Many two-color illustrations by Jack..... More
Los Angeles: Oriental Missionary Society, 1945. 24th printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Faux-leather. 378 pp. Minor shelf wear. Previous owner's inscription on front free endpaper. This is an influential devotional by evangelical Christian missionary Lettie Cowman (1870-1960). Streams in the Desert is her best known book, reprinted many times, inspired by her mission work..... More
This is a unique collection of paper ephemera regarding an 1895 celebratory dinner honoring Stephen Crane, whose The Red Badge of Courage was at the time a modest success in its second printing. The event was hosted by Elbert Hubbard, the influential publisher, editor, and founder of the Roycroft arts..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace World, 1962. Hardcover. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. 73 pp. Ex-library with sticker on spine, stamp on title page, and card pocket on rear free endpaper. A few reference marks in front matter, but text is clean. This is an early reprint of e.e. cummings' post-modern poetry collection. More