New York: Mason & Lipscomb Publishers, [1974]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 246pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, map endpapers. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. Tight, nice first edition. More
Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Co., n.y. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth with black lettering and rules, pictorial dust jacket. 249pp. Color frontispiece, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Ownership name/address on front pasteodnw and 1944 non-authorial gift inscription on front flyleaf; quite faint jacket edgewear, with spine slightly sunned. A tight and... More
Chicago: S.C. Griggs and Company, 1880. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Emerald green cloth with gilt spine lettering and black rules. 384pp. Near fine. Very faintest of minor binding wear (only), else internally tight and fine; ownership signature on inner flyleaf. Later ("Ninth Thousand") printing of this popular, oft-reprinted essay collection by... More
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, [1956]. Hardcover. 16mo. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering and device, dust jacket. viii, 366pp. Very good/very good. Faintest of jacket wear only. A wonderfully tight and nice later printing of this adventure fiction by the Scottish politician far better known as a novelist... More
Cleveland: J.P. Abernethy, 1887. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Blind-embossed brown cloth with gilt lettering and pictorial stamping. 423pp, (1p), iv. Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Mild edgewear; 1890 ownership signature on inner flyleaf. "Sixth Edition, Revised and Enlarged" of this in-depth telegraphy DIY manual. Clearly the 1890 owner was an aspiring telegraph... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Red and pink decorative paper over boards with black spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 242pp. Near fine/very good. Jacket a bit rubbed and lightly edgeworn, with several archivally closed (on verso) edge tears and couple of tiny edge chips. Quite handsome... More
New York: F-R Publishing Corporation, 1940. Paperback. 4to. Stiff color wrappers. 72pp. Illustrations, line drawings, advertisements (some color). Near fine. Faint bit of rubbing, else tight, attractive and free of edge tears. A superb, bright copy (Volume XVI, Number 17) of the famed weekly begun in 1925. Delightful front wrapper... More
New York: F-R Publishing Corporation, 1940. Paperback. 4to. Stiff color wrappers. 60pp. Illustrations, line drawings, advertisements (some color). Near fine. Tight, handsome, completely free of edge tears. A superb, bright copy (Volume XVI, Number 19) of the famed weekly begun in 1925. Delightful front wrapper art by Peter Arno (1904-68)... More
New York: F-R Publishing Corporation, 1944. Paperback. 4to. Stiff color wrappers. 80pp. Illustrations, line drawings, advertisements (some color). Very good. Very faint rubbing and quite light vertical fold (not weakened), with typically slightly age toned war-time paper -- else tight and nice, largely free of edge tears. Tight and attractive... More
New York: F-R Publishing Corporation, 1944. Paperback. 4to. Stiff color wrappers. 56pp. Illustrations, line drawings, advertisements (some color). Near fine. Mildest bit of rubbing, else tight and nice -- and entirely free of edge tears. Tight and attractive copy (Volume XX, Number 46) of the famed weekly begun in 1925... More
New York: F-R Publishing Corporation, 1944. Paperback. 4to. Stiff color wrappers. 60pp. Illustrations, line drawings, advertisements (some color). Near fine. Faint bit of rubbing, else tight and nice -- and entirely free of edge tears. Tight and attractive copy (Volume XX, Number 45) of the famed weekly begun in 1925... More
Denver: World Press, Inc., [1961]. Hardcover. 8vo. Yellow cloth with red lettering, dust jacket. viii, 200pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Jacket spine slightly sunned, as usual; outer page edges a bit spotted. A lovely first edition of the only biography written about one of Billy the Kid's partners in crime... More
Pampa, TX: Pampa Print Shop, [1961]. Hardcover. 8vo. Yellow cloth with red lettering, dust jacket. v, 224pp. Near fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear, with spine lightly, typically sunned. First edition of this account of the short-lived New Mexico fort established in 1863 and abandoned in 1870. Very uncommon. Boldly inscribed... More
Denver: World Press, [1956]. Hardcover. 8vo. Yellow cloth with red lettering, dust jacket. xi, 236pp. Near fine/very good. Minor jacket edgewear, with spine typically sunned; ownership signature on front pastedown, with a Frederic Remington style "My Book" and brand-like symbol. First edition of this biography of the Rebel soldier, rancher... More
Pampa, TX: Pampa Print Shop, [1962]. Hardcover. 8vo. Yellow cloth with red lettering, dust jacket. v, 449pp. Very good/very good. Minor jacket edgewear, with sunned spine; faint binding edgewear, else internally fine. Quite nice and tight first edition of this in-depth study, inscribed and signed by the author in blue... More
New York: Cupples and Leon Company, [1936]. Hardcover. 8vo. Orange cloth with blue lettering and device, pictorial dust jacket. 208pp, (4pp), 208pp, (4pp), 208pp, (4pp), 212pp. Frontispiece. Very good/very good. Top of rear board slightly warped and spine a tad wavy; text block moderately and evenly age toned as usual... More
St. Louis: The Sporting News Publishing Co., 1963. Hardcover. Small 4to. Stiff pictorial wrappers bound in brown cloth with black front board lettering. 162pp. Frontispiece, extensive illustrations. Fine. Second edition, third printing -- in perfectly pristine, as-new condition -- of this heavily pictorial tribute. As fresh as if published yesterday. More
Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, [1958]. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey cloth with black spine lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. xv, 208pp. Very good/very good. Jacket slightly edgeworn, with tiny chips at spine head/tail and long chip along top of rear panel; binding cloth slightly "flecked," though internally tight and fine... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1929. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Black cloth with gilt lettering, dust jacket. 339pp. Decorative endpapers. Near fine/very good. Jacket a tad edgeworn, with spine faintly sunned and a few tiny edge chips -- but present and fairly nice. A tight, attractive first edition of this New... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1940. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth spine (with paper label) and tips and blue paper over boards, silver dust jacket with blue lettering. viii, 65pp. Near fine/good plus. Jacket edgeworn, with a few archivally closed (on verso) edge tears and a few small edge chips --... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1948. Hardcover. 8vo. Tan paper over boards with red lettering and rules, pictorial dust jacket. 209pp. Very good/very good. Jacket edgeworn, with archivally closed (on verso) edge tears and several small edge chips. A tight and nice first edition of this Colonel Primrose mystery. Evocative... More
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1967. Hardcover. Illustrations by author. 8vo. Brown buckram with color pictorial stamping and lettering. 96pp. Frontispiece, line drawings. Very good. Front jacket flap neatly tipped to rear pastedown. Ultra-tight and decent first edition of this young adult primer on Native American music and their... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1948]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Tan pebble-grain cloth with brown lettering and decoration, pictorial dust jacket. vi, 212pp, (4pp ads). Frontispiece, orange pictorial Gretta endpapers. Near fine/very good. Jacket slightly edgeworn. Tight, quite attractive second printing of #27 in the popular "Hardy Boys" series. Front jacket... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1943]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Paul Laune. Small 8vo. Tan pebble-grain cloth with brown lettering and decoration, pictorial dust jacket. 212pp, (1p ad). Frontispiece, line drawings, orange pictorial Gretta endpapers. Very good/very good. Text block moderately and evenly age toned, typical of war-time papers; jacket mildly... More
New York: Harper & Row, [1962]. Hardcover. 8vo. Orange pictorial paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 101pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good/very good. Tail of spine binding bumped; jacket a tad edgeworn, with chip at spine tail. A tight and nice later printing of this slim travelogue by the famed "Little... More