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Urbana: Phoenix Publishing, 1995. Hardcover. 4to. Cream cloth, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 156pp. Color frontispiece, extensive color illustrations. Fine/near fine. Handsome, tight first edition. More
Urbana: Phoenix Publishing, 1995. Hardcover. 4to. Cream cloth, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 156pp. Color frontispiece, extensive color illustrations. Fine/near fine. Handsome, tight first edition. More
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1981. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 64pp. Numerous color illustrations. Near fine. First edition, nicely inscribed by the author on the half-title page: "Nov., 1981 / Steve, Thanks / for the conversation / and your time. I / really appreciated / it. I hope..... More
Alfalfa and Butch's competition for the affection of Darla was the snotty rich kid Waldo, played in the "Our Gang" series by this American child actor from 1937 to 1940; later a Seventh-Day Adventist pastor, he was killed in a hit-and-run accident. Nice double signature, "Darwood 'Waldo' Kaye / D...... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, [2001]. Hardcover. 4to. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xvi, 242pp. Map, numerous illustrations (some color). Near fine/near fine. Superb, tight first edition of this volume in the "Oxford Monographs on Classical Archaeology" series, an in-depth study of these once-celebrated composite statues. Notes..... More
Aledo, IL: World-Wide Gun Report, December 1980. Paperback. 4to. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 59pp. Numerous illustrations. Near fine. Handsome, tight copy of this monthly, with cover story "The Gorla-Crespi Carbine" by F.H. Baer. From the library of noted Lincoln and Civil War scholar Arnold Gates (1914-93). More
Aledo, IL: World-Wide Gun Report, February 1980. Paperback. (Volume XXV, No. 9). 4to. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 75pp. Numerous illustrations. Very good. Quite mild edgewear -- overall tight and attractive. Handsome copy of this monthly, with cover story "Four of a Kind" by Frank N. Graves Jr. From the library..... More
Aledo, IL: World-Wide Gun Report, March 1980. Paperback. (Volume XXV, No. 10). 4to. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 67pp. Numerous illustrations. Very good. Quite mild edgewear -- overall tight and attractive. Handsome copy of this monthly, with cover story "Mitch Bouyer -- A Scout for Custer" by Ron G. Hickox. From..... More
Aledo, IL: World-Wide Gun Report, 1979. Paperback. 4to. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 59pp. Numerous illustrations. Very good. Some small inked notations on rear wrapper. Handsome, tight copy of this monthly, with cover story "The Prescott Guards: Pepperell, Massachusetts, 1819-1857 -- Part II" by Willard C. Cousins. From the library of..... More
New York: Kelly/Winterton Press, 1995. Hardcover. 8vo. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering. xiv, 80pp. Fine. Superb, bright first edition of this verse gathering by the poet and Columbia University librarian (1925-2002). More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth spine and cream paper over boards, dust jacket. xxvi, 514pp. Tables, figures. Near fine/near fine. Fourth printing, tight and handsome, of this hefty survey. More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth spine and cream paper over boards, dust jacket. xxvi, 514pp. Tables, figures. Fine/near fine. First edition, a tight and lovely copy of this thick survey. Name/address label on front flyleaf of noted pediatric medicine professor and medical history scholar Ralph..... More
Lansing: Michigan Civil War Centennial Observance Commission, [1966]. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff blue textured wrappers. 31pp. Illustration. Very good. Faint wear to outer wrappers (only). Tight, nice first edition of this volume. More
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1975. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. ix, 317pp, (2pp ads). Very good. While tight and internally fine and pristine, binding shows inoffensive mild spotting along the board edges. Attractive first edition of Volume XL in series editor Vilhjalmur Bjarnar's "Islandica" series, indispensable..... More
Washington, DC: The National Archives, 1962. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey cloth. x, 721pp. Very good. Ownership name/address inked on front pastedown. First edition of this extremely useful reference tool, which E.B. Long praises as "a long-needed tool that will make difficult tasks easier." Though tight and clean, just a reading..... More
Chicago: Kenneth Nebenzahl Inc., n.y. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff pictorial wrappers. (Ca. 100pp). Illustrations. Very good. Mild bit of faint wear. Tight, attractive copy of Catalogue 23, undated but circa 1970, a catalogue featuring 206 fine antiquarian books and maps -- "accounts of these many voyages, undertaken by intrepid individuals..... More
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1975. Hardcover. 8vo. Purple cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 159pp. Fine/near fine. Bookplate autographed by Nebenzahl tipped in. First edition. Excellent standard reference. More
Chicago: Kenneth Nebenzahl Inc., n.y. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff green pictorial wrappers. 80pp. Illustrations. Near fine. Tight, handsome copy of this undated but circa 1970s catalogue, with 174 outstanding scarce antiquarian books. Superb, nicely illustrated reference. More
Chicago: Kenneth Nebenzahl Inc., n.y. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff green pictorial wrappers. 80pp. Illustrations. Near fine. Tight, handsome copy of this undated but circa 1970s catalogue, a lovely offering of 181 superb antiquarian books. An excellent and well-illustrated reference. More
Chicago: Kenneth Nebenzahl Inc., n.y. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff brown wrappers. (Ca. 75pp). Illustrations. Near fine. Tight, handsome copy of this undated (circa late1970s) catalogue, featuring 212 scarce antiquarian titles. A nice reference, well illustrated. More
Chicago: Kenneth Nebenzahl Inc., n.y. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff beige wrappers. (Ca. 75pp). Illustrations. Very good. Faint soiling to outer wrappers. Tight, handsome copy of this undated but circa late1970s catalogue, with 200 scarce and desirable titles. A nice reference, well illustrated. More
Chicago: Kenneth Nebenzahl Inc., n.y. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff grey pictorial wrappers. (Ca. 100pp). Illustrations. Near fine. Tight, attractive copy of Catalogue 27, undated but circa 1980, a catalogue featuring 223 choice antiquarian books and maps. Tipped to the inside front wrapper is a fine archival, decorative-edge bookplate boldly signed..... More
Chicago: Kenneth Nebenzahl Inc., n.y. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff tan pictorial wrappers. (Ca. 100pp). Illustrations. Very good. Mildest bit of faint wear. Tight, attractive copy of Catalogue 21, undated but circa 1970, a thrilling catalogue highlighting 200 choice antiquarian books and maps of early Americana -- mainly New England, though..... More
London: Phaidon Press Limited, [2004]. Hardcover. Wide small 4to. Blue paper over boards with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 176pp. Extensive color illustrations. Fine/fine. Lovely and tight first edition of this handsome production. Front flyleaf bears decorative-edged bookplate boldly signed and inscribed in black fineline "Best wishes / Ken Nebenzahl"..... More
Chicago: Kenneth Nebenzahl Inc., n.y. Paperback. Complete 3-volume set. 8vo. 64pp, 64pp, 64pp. Very good. Bit of minor wear, faint soiling and dampstaining to outer wrappers (only). Tight and nice only printing of this outstanding trilogy, undated but circa 1970s and featuring 1,121 rare books, pamphlets and maps. Tipped to..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, [1972]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Yellow cloth spine and yellow paper over boards, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. ix, 434pp. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear; nonauthorial gift inscription on dedication page. A tight and nice first edition of this joint memoir. Laid in are a trio..... More