Ames: Iowa State University Press, [1998]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth spine and black paper over boards with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xiii, 207pp. Fine/fine. Tight, pristine first edition of this extremely unusual memoir by a British Labour politician (1941-2010) -- 4th Baron Acton and Baron Acton of Bridgnorth..... More
New York: Crown Publishers, 1980. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 142pp. Color illustrations, line drawings.Near fine/very good. Tight, handsome first edition. More
New York: The Heritage Press, [1945]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Gordon Ross. Prefatory notes by W.M. Thackeray. Small 4to. Deep burgundy cloth with gilt lettering, decorative paper over boards slipcase. xxviii, 198pp. Color frontispiece, 10 full-page color illustrations. Fine/very good. Mild slipcase edgewear and rubbing. A pristine and tight copy of..... More
London: William Heinemann Ltd., n.y. Paperback. 12mo. Stiff blue wrappers. 22pp. Very good. More
Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1967. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth, price-clipped dust jacket. xii, 242pp. Near fine/very good. Bookplate on front pastedown. Reissue of this 1932 text, part of the "Crosscurrents" series edited by Harry T. Moore. More
New York: Greystone Press, 1954. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth spine and tan decorated paper over boards, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 414pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, decorated endpapers. Very good/very good. Edition not ascertainable. More
London / New York: Routledge, [1998]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black buckram with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xix, 342pp. Fine/fine. Faint circular blind-embossed ownership imprint on front flyleaf. Superbly, tight and bright first edition. More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, n.y. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown cloth with gilt spine lettering, dust jacket. xii, (4pp), 304pp. Pictorial endpapers. Fine/near fine. Outstanding, super tight and bright first of the revised edition (likely 1975) of this thrilling classic first published in 1963 by the pioneering literary sleuth and..... More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1962]. Hardcover. 8vo. Teal blue cloth with white lettering, dust jacket. xxi, 326pp. Near fine/very good. Jacket slightly edgeworn and a tad rubbed. Tight and attractive reprint edition of the fourth edition of this classic 1946 text "designed to help the student become a...... More
Flagstaff: Museum of Northern Arizona, 1981. Paperback. 4to. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. v, 52pp. Numerous color illustrations. Very good. Ownership name inkstamped on front and rear wrapper; several words underlined. Second, revised printing, tight and clean. More
New York: The Free Press, [1997]. Hardcover. 4to. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, dust jacket. viii, 693pp. Numerous tables and figures. Fine/fine. Pristine and tight first printing of the third edition of this (to quote jacket front panel) "best single-volume synthesis of the hundreds of separate reports filed by..... More
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, [1940]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xvi, 480pp. Frontispiece. Near fine/very good. Small spot at lower left of front board; jacket a bit edgeworn and age toned, especially spine. A tight and nice first edition of this surprisingly scarce..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1960. Hardcover. Illustrations by Campbell Grant. . Small 8vo. Black cloth with yellow lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 146pp. Frontispiece, line drawings. Very good/very good. Jacket a bit edgeworn and scuffed. Second printing, tight and attractive, in which Armour pokes good-natured fun at "Julius Caesar," "Ivanhoe,"..... More
This distinguished, knighted British actor has appeared in numerous fine films over the past half century -- "The Great Escape," "The Flight of the Phoenix" and "Jurassic Park" among them -- and has directed and produced others. Color IPS, 10" X 8", n.p., n.y. Fine. Matte finish lobby card for..... More
This distinguished, knighted British actor has appeared in numerous fine films over the past half century -- "The Great Escape," "The Flight of the Phoenix" and "Jurassic Park" among them -- and has directed and produced others. IPS, glossy 3½" X 5½", n.p., 1974. Fine. Pensive sharp closeup of Attenborough..... More
Chicago: Robert O. Ballou, 1925. Hardcover. 16mo. Tan cloth spine with paper label and patterned brown paper over boards. vii, 123pp. Very good. A tight and attractive first edition, limited to 600 copies, of this unusual collection of "zigzag verse," with title page and spine designed by the great Will..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959. Hardcover. Folio. Glossy paper over boards, original clear acetate wrapper, slipcase. 151pp. Numerous illustrations. Near fine/near fine/very good. Quite minor slipcase wear; ownership signature on rear flyleaf. Tight and quite lovely first edition of the first book by the fashion and portrait photographer (1924-2003)..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [1976]. Hardcover. 4to. White cloth with grey spine lettering, dust jacket. Extensive full-page illustrations (3 foldouts). Very good/very good. Touch of foxing to top 1" of otherwise near fine binding and top page edges; jacket faintly age toned; tiny abrasion to one image (only)..... More
[Pittsburgh]: University of Pittsburgh Press, [1975]. Hardcover. 8vo. Green buckram with pictorial gilt. 227pp. Near fine. First U.S. edition, tight and handsome. Promotional slip laid in. From the collection of conductor and musicologist Paul Clinton Echols (1944-94). More
[New York]: Delacorte Press, 1979. Hardcover. Illustrations by Ron Wegen. 8vo. Black cloth, pictorial dust jacket. (Ca. 50pp). Numerous illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Very minor jacket edgewear; non-authorial gift inscription on inner flyleaf. Later printing, tight and attractive. More
Palo Alto, CA: American West Publishing Company, [1972]. Hardcover. 4to. Orange cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 283pp. Extensive illustrations (many color), line drawings, maps. Near fine/very good. Jacket just a bit rubbed, with slightest amount of edgewear. Tight, clean, handsome first edition of this volume in "The Great West Series." More
N.p. Columbia Records, n.y., [ca. 1965]. Hardcover. Two volumes. Oblong 4to. Blue cloth with pictorial gilt; grey cloth with pictorial gilt. 60pp + record album in sleeve; 32pp + record album in sleeve. Numerous illustrations. Very good. First edition of these two large text/music selections, including essays by Bruce Catton..... More
New York: Hearst Books, 1983. Hardcover. Blue cloth, dust jacket. 144pp. Numerous illustrations (some color). Fine/near fine. Handsome first U.S. edition of this fascinating study of (to quote the jacket front panel) "Making Furniture from Paintings" -- "Twenty original designs and complete working instructions for recreating furniture that appears in..... More
Washington, DC: National Park Service, 1961. Hardcover. Two-volume set. Small 4to. Rebound in full black leatherette with gilt lettering. 48pp, 47pp, 47pp, 55pp, 60pp, 52pp, 60pp, 60pp, 46pp, 56pp. Extensive illustrations and maps. Fine. Ten volumes in the National Park Service's popular "Historical Handbook Series" (in bound order, Numbers 12..... More