Mobile: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1978. Paperback. Folio (14½" X 21"). Stiff wrappers (stapled along top). (Ca. 100pp rectos only). Maps, tables, numerous full-page aerial photographs. Very good. Outer wrappers a bit edgeworn, age toned and rubbed; single horizontal fold (as issued). Tight and nice copy of this in-depth..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1892. Hardcover. Edited by W. Minto. Complete 2-volume set. 8vo. Emerald green cloth with gilt spine lettering. x, 356pp; viii, 346pp. Top edges gilt. Tissue-guarded frontispieces, tissue-guarded plates, small line drawings. Very good overall. Bindings mildly edgeworn (mainly at spine heads/tails) and a tad rubbed..... More
Milwaukee: Joseph J. Krueger, [1945]. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt lettering and graphic, pictorial dust jacket. 459pp. Illustrations. Very good/good plus. Endpapers a bit age toned; jacket edgeworn and a bit age toned, with several small edge chips; faint floral mustiness. Handsome and tight third edition of this (to..... More
New York: P.J. Kenedy & Sons, [1957]. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth with white spine lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. ix, 286pp. Illustrations, line drawings. Very good/good plus. Binding a bit edgeworn; jacket age toned, rubbed and edgeworn, with small edge chips. Tight, decent first edition of this biography of the..... More
New York: Platt & Munk Co., Inc., [1943]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Lucille W. Holling and H.C. Holling. 4to. Orange cloth with large front board color plate. (Ca. 100pp). Color frontispiece, 4 full-page color plates, numerous smaller illustrations. Very good. Binding lightly edgeworn (mainly at spine head/tail) and rear board faintly..... More
Maidstone, UK: Bachman & Turner Publications, [1981]. Hardcover. 4to. Blue paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 184pp. Numerous illustrations, maps, map endpapers. Near fine/near fine. Faint floral mustiness. Attractive and tight first edition of this fascinating history of this 17th century manor in Kent, England, and..... More
Lincoln, MA: The Penmaen Press, [1976]. Paperback. Foreword by Richard Eberhart. Small 4to. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. (29pp). Titler page illustration. Very good. Tight and internally near fine, though wrappers (only) a bit rubbed. Attractive first softbound edition of this slim verso collection, with half-title page bearing a fine decorative..... More
Ames: Iowa State University Press, [1962]. Hardcover. Illustrations by John Huseby. Small 8vo. Light green cloth with dark green lettering, pictorial dust jacket. viii, 199pp. Woodblock engravings. Near fine/very good. Speckling of top page edges; jacket ever-so-faintly rubbed only. Superb, tight first edition of this noted soil chemist and agronomist's..... More
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, [1975]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Pale blue cloth with (what else?) silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xvii, 220pp. Numerous illustrations. Fine/near fine. Outstandingly bright and tight later (tenth) printing of this popular 1944 survey and study, a classic in the field. More
London: BBC Books, [1997]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey paper over boards with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 191pp. Extensive illustrations. Near fine/fine. Superbly tight and lovely reprint edition (first published 1993) of this "first person" etiquette guide by the fictional leading lady of the BBC sitcom (1990-95) -- tjhis..... More
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, [1974]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth with (what else?) silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xiv, 264pp. Map, numerous illustrations (some color). Fine/near fine. Handsome and tight second printing of this well-regarded, superbly-illustrated study. More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1975. Hardcover. Wide 8vo. Black cloth spine with silver lettering and grey paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 95pp, (65pp). Numerous full-page illustrations. Near fine/very good. Quite faint jacket edgewear only. Handsome, super tight first edition. More
New York: Random House, [1958]. Hardcover. 47oo. Green glossy pictorial paper over boards. (Ca. 50pp). Numerous partly-color illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Very good. Mild edgewear and rubbing. Attractive and tight, this internally fine copy bears all proper first edition points -- but lacking dust jacket cannot conclusively be labeled a first..... More
Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel Publishing, [2005]. Hardcover. Wide small 4to. Red paper over boards with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 298pp. Extensive illustrations (most color), pictorial endpapers. Near fine/fine. Superb, tight second printing of this hefty and outstandingly-illustrated survey -- truly a Hall of Fame for toys..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, [1977]. Hardcover. 4to. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 128pp. Extensive line drawings. Near fine/very good. Jacket lightly edgeworn, with chip at spine tail. Sharp, attractive and tight first edition highlighting some of the best cartoons of this "New Yorker" cartoonist. More
New York: Ballantine Books, [2002]. Hardcover. 4to. Glossy pictorial paper over boards. 156pp. Extensive illustrations (much color). Fine. Pristine first edition of this gathering of Christmas-theme "Peanuts" strips. More
Chicago: A. Flanagan Company, [1897]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering and front board black lettering and decorations. 224pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Near fine. Exceptionally tight and bright later printing of this volume in the "Home and School Series for Young Folks" -- first published at the start..... More
New York: Frederick A. Praeger, [1958]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Mustard cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xi, 337pp. Color frontispiece, extensive illustrations. Near fine/good plus. Endpapers a tad age toned; jacket rough, a bit rubbed and slightly edgeworn, with small edge chips and archivally closed (on verso) edge..... More
State College, MS: W.R. Thompson, [1950]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. x, 350pp. Extensive illustrations (some color). Near fine/near fine. Endpapers (only) a tad spotted and age toned. An outstandingly bright and tight seventh edition of this in-depth, exceptionally well-illustrated 1949 farm land management..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1940. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown cloth with green lettering and front board tipped-on color plate. 391pp. Full-page color illustrations. Very good. Binding a tad edgeworn, mainly at spine head/tail, and a bit rubbed, endpapers age toned. Reprint edition of the motion picture edition (first published..... More
N.p. Whiteside County Genealogists', [1976]. Hardcover. 4to. Brown cloth with gilt lettering and rules. x, 150pp, (9pp). Map. Fine. First edition, tight and pristine, of this collection of reminiscences about life in this northwest Illinois rural county. Asa M. Abbott (1820-89) was a pioneering farmer of Whiteside County whose home..... More
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., [1921]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown cloth with large front board color plate. 120pp. Color frontispiece, 10 full-page color plates, numerous small line drawings. Very good. Binding mildly edgeworn and a tad rubbed; endpapers a bit age toned, else internally clean and bright, with color..... More
Kitchener, Canada: Trillium Printing, 2000. Hardcover. Edited by Ann-Marie Paulin. 4to. Green cloth with gilt lettering. 303pp. Extensive illustrations (many color), pictorial endpapers. Fine. Handsome, tight first edition of what the front board titles "Harness Racing Images through Postcards and Other Memorabilia." More
New York: Rand McNally & Company, [1956]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Seymour Fleishman. 8vo. Yellow paper over boards with rouge spine lettering and graphic, pictorial dust jacket. 255pp. Frontispiece, line drawings. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear only. Lovely and tight first edition of this light-hearted 18,630-mile romp throughout Africa. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1976. Hardcover. 4to. Brown paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 96pp. Color pictorial front/rear flyleaves, extensive full-page illustrations. Near fine/very good. Top edge (only) of otherwise-superb jacket a bit roughened' inoffensive ownership name/address blind-emboss on title page. Handsome and super tight..... More