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AMERICANA
Abbot, W. J. Panama and the Canal. NY: Syndicate Pub, 1913. 1st ed. Fold-out plate, illus. 9 x 12” pict cloth, gilt. Two ½” spots on cover. VG 95.00
Alexander, W. D. A Brief History of the Hawaiian People. NY: American Book Co, (1891). 1st ed. Color maps, illus. Pebbled cloth, gilt. VG 115.00
Allen, Paul. History of the Expedition under the Commands of Captains Lewis and Clarke…by Paul Allen, Revised and Abridged by Archibald McVickar. NY: Harper and Bros, 1842. 2 vols. 1st ed thus. Vol 1 with 3 plates and 7 ½ x 13” map (VG); Vol 2 with 3 plates. Cloth, gilt. 4 x 6”. Covers faded, some foxing. G 250.00
Annual Report of the City Inspector of the City of New York for the Year Ending Dec. 31, 1861. NY: Edmund Jones, 1862. 1st ed. Presentation copy, “With Compliments of Dan Delevan, City Inspector.” Full Morocco, gilt. Name stamped on cover. VG 65.00
Bankhead, Tallulah. My Autobiography. NY: Harper & Bros, (1952). 1st ed. DJ has creases, folds, 3” chip to spine. VG/Fair 15.00
Beamish, Richard. The Story of Lindbergh. Phil: Universal Book, 1927. 1st ed. Salesman’s Sample. Illus. Pict cloth, gilt. Gilt nearly all gone. Order pages blank. VG 30.00
Beatty, Jerome. Shirley Temple: Akron: Saalfield, (1935). 1st ed. Color frontis. Plates. Pict cloth. Edges worn. VG 20.00
Benjamin Franklin and the Ladies (no author cited). 1939. 1/1450 copies. Boards. VG 20.00
Benton, Joel. Life of Hon. Phineas T. Barnum. (np): Edgewood Pub, 1891. 1st ed. Salesman’s Sample with order pages, all blank but for two names. Sample of deluxe binding bound in, along with “Prospectus Explanation”. Pict cloth, gilt. VG 85.00
Berghold, Alexander. The Indian’s Revenge; or, Days of Horror. SF: P. J. Thomas, 1891. 1st ed thus. Illus. Pict cloth, gilt. Covers spotted, hinges broken. Frontis and title pages detached, several others nearly split off. Paper darkened and brittle…but all pages present. Poor 20.00
Bogart, H. B. Daniel Boone and the Hunters of Kentucky. Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1854. Plates. Cloth, gilt. Hinges cracked, page darkening. G 25.00
Boyd, James. Red Men on the War Path. Phil: J. H. Moore, (1895). Plates. Pict cloth, gilt. Gilt and cloth faded, covers soiled, hinges cracked, binding loose, a few pages torn. Fair 25.00
Brooks, Walter. New York: An Intimate Guide. NY: Alfred Knopf, 1931. 1st ed. DJ front panel detached, laid in. VG/P 75.00
Brown, Henry. Valentine’s Manual of the City of New York 1916-17. NY: Valentines, (1916). Pict cloth, gilt. Plates. VG 35.00
Cameron, James T. Encyclopedia of Sound Motion Pictures. NY: Cameron Pub, (1930). 1st ed. Cloth (5 x 6"). VG 50.00
Cartwright, Peter. Autobiography of Peter Cartwright, the Backwoods Preacher. Cincinatti: Cranston and Curts, (nd, circa 1900). Cloth, lettering faded. Paper darkened. VG 15.00
Catlin, George. The North American Indians. Phil: Leary, Stuart, 1913. 2 vols. 1st ed, 1st issue with color plates. Slight foxing to endpapers. Pict cloth, gilt. Fine. 3,500.00
Cody, William F. Life and Adventures of “Buffalo Bill”. NY: Wiley Book, (1927). 1st ed. Pict cloth. Rear cover spotted. VG 35.00
Cowan, Sam. Sergeant York and His People. NY: Grosset & Dunlap, (nd, Circa 1941). Motion piction edition with Gary Cooper on DJ. VG/VG 30.00
Cozzens, S. W. The Marvelous Country; or Three Years in Arizona and New Mexico. London: Sampson, Low, 1890. “Cheaper Edition”. Illus. Pict cloth, gilt. Top ¼” spine chipped. VG 45.00
Custer, Elizabeth. Boots and Saddles. NY: Harper & Bros, 1885. 1st ed, 1st issue without a frontis or map. Spine lean. Bottom ½” spine soiled. Pict cloth, gilt. VG 225.00
Davis, Richard Henry. The West from a Car Window. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1892. 1st ed. Illus by Frederic Remington. Bookplates. Pict cloth, gilt. VG 75.00
DeBow, J. D. The Statistical View of the United States; Its Territory, Population – White, Free, Colored and Slave – Moral and Social Condition,…Compendium of the Seventh Census. Wash: A. O. P. Nicholson, 1854. 1st ed. Map, illus. Cloth. Cover stamp “House Doc”. 3 copies, with varying degrees of offsetting and wear. Fair, Good & VG 45.00, 85.00, 125.00
DeForest, John. History of the Indians of Connecticut. Hartford: Wm. Hamersley, 1852. 8 x 10” map, illus. Light soiling and foxing. Pict cloth, gilt. VG 45.00
Donnelly, R. R. Over the Range to the Golden Gate. Chicago: R. Donnelly, 1904. Revised ed. Illus. Pict cloth, gilt. VG 25.00
Elder, Paul. California the Beautiful: Camera Studies by California Artists. SF: Paul Elder, (1911). 1st ed. Tipped-in plates. ¼ burlap spine over 8 x 11” pict boards. VG 200.00
Fazzini, Lilian. Indians of America. NY: Whitman Pub, 1935. Color illus. 5 ½ x 3 ½” pict cloth. VG 15.00
Finley, James. Life Among the Indians. Cincinnati: Curts & Jennings, (nd circa 1910). “Advocate Library” ed. Cloth. Hinges cracked, cloth faded. G 35.00
Flowers of the Hawaiian Islands; Rainbow Tints. Honolulu: Outdoor Circle, 1944. 1st ed. Color plates. 9 x 12” stiff boards. VG 25.00
Goodwin, C. The Comstock Club. Salt Lake City: Tribune Job, 1891. 1st ed. Cloth, gilt. A bit soiled. Writing on endpapers. VG 20.00
Hayden, Ferdinand. North America. London: Edward Stanford, 1883. 1st ed. Illus. 16 maps, some color, ranging to 12 x 21” . Some splits at folds. Pict cloth, gilt. Hinges cracked, binding shaken. G 75.00
Hayes, H. G. The Life and Trial of Julius Guiteau, Assassin of President Garfield. Phil: Hubbard Bros, (1882). 1st ed. Illus. Pict cloth, gilt. VG 50.00
Hines, Gustavas. Wild Life in Oregon…Actual Scenes of Daring and Peril…NY: Hurst & Co, (nd, circa 1880). Arlington Edition. Frontis. Cloth, gilt. Pages darkened. VG 20.00
Irwin, Will. The City That Was: A Requiem of Old San Francisco. NY: B. W. Huebsch, 1908, 3rd printing. Cloth. VG 10.00
James, George W. California Romantic & Beautiful. Boston: Page, (1916). 3rd printing. 11 x 13” map, color plates. Pict cloth, gilt. VG 85.00
James, George W. California Romantic & Beautiful. Boston: Page, (1921). 1st ed, 6th printing. 11 x 13” map, color plates. Some water damage. Pict cloth, gilt. 40.00
James, George W. California Romantic & Beautiful. Boston: Page, 1914. 1st ed, 1st issue. 11 x 13” map, color plates. Pict cloth, gilt. 2 copies. VG 115.00 ea
James, George W. New Mexico: The Land of the Delight Makers. Boston: Page, (1920). 1st ed. 11 x 16” map, color plates. Pict cloth, gilt. Spine lean. VG 75.00
James, George W. The Grand Canyon of Arizona: How to See It. Boston: Little, Brown, (1911). 1st ed. Illus. 7 x 18” Frontis and 7 x 15” map, both VG. Cloth. Frayed, faded, hinge broken. G 15.00
Jones, J. B. Wild Western Scenes. Phil: J. B. Lippincott, 1888. New Edition. Plates. Cloth, gilt. VG 25.00
Kelsey, D. M. History of the Wild West. Chicago: John Stanton, (1901). 1st ed. Illus. Pict cloth, gilt. Gilt faded, cloth spotted, paper darkened. G 30.00
Larrabee, William. The Railroad Question. Chicago: Schultz, 1895. 7th ed. Illus. Pict cloth, gilt. VG 20.00
Lummis, Charles, A Tramp Across the Continent. NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1892. 1st ed. Pict cloth. Spine faded. VG 65.00
Lummis, Charles. Some Strange Corners of Our Country: Wonderland of the Southwest. NY: Century, 1901. Early ed. Color frontis. Illus. Pict cloth, gilt. VG 30.00
Markham, Edwin. California the Wonderful. NY; Hearst, 1914. 1st ed. Numerous plates. Pict cloth, gilt. VG 75.00
Motion Picture Production Encyclopedia 1950 Edition. Pict cloth, embossed gilt. 1092 pgs. Thumb index. Hinge broken. VG 45.00
Royal, John. Television Production Problems. NY: McGraw-Hill, 1948. F/F 65.00
Murphy, Thomas. Oregon the Picturesque. Boston: Page, 1917. 1st ed. 10 x 12 ½” map, color plates. Pict cloth, gilt. Covers rubbed, spine faded. VG 75.00
Murphy, Thomas. Seven Wonderlands of the American West. Boston: Page, (1925). 1st ed. Color plates by Thomas Moran, fold-out maps. Pict cloth, gilt. Fine 115.00
Murphy, Thomas. Three Wonderlands of the American West. Boston: Page, 1912. 1st ed. Color plates by Thomas Moran. Discoloration along board edges, small clipping pasted on endpaper. Pict cloth, gilt. VG 115.00
Nicolay, Helen. Personal Traits of Abraham Lincoln. NY: D. Appleton-Century, 1939. VG/VG 3 5.00
Nordhoff, Charles. California: A Book for Travellers and Settlers. NY: Harper & Bros, 1872. 1st ed. Map, illus. Cloth, gilt. Rear cover spotted, light foxing. VG 165.00
Nordhoff, Charles. Northern California, Oregon and the Sandwich Islands. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1874. 1st ed. Illus. bb-sized hole through first four pages. Cloth, gilt. VG 75.00
O’Brian, P. J. Will Rogers. NY: F. W. Mead, (1925). 1st ed. Pict cloth, gilt. 3 copies of Salesman Samples, one with a leaflet, “Instructions of How to Sell”, order pages blank, another with three orders, and one with order forms blank. F 40.00 ea
Peter Parley. Manners, Customs and Antiquities of the Indians of North and South America. Boston: George Rand, 1855. Illus. Cloth, gilt. VG 85.00
Peters, Dewitt. Kit Carson’s Life and Adventures. Hartford: Dustin, Gilman, 1875. Plates. Pict cloth, gilt. VG 75.00
Portrait Album. NY: Demorest Family Magazine, (nd, circa 1900). 1st ed. Cloth. Hinge broken, spine lean. 60 tipped-in 3 x 5” magazine clippings of notables of the day, Mark Twain, Helen Keller, etc. G 30.00
Rascoe, Burton. Morrow’s Almanack for 1928. NY: William Morrow, (1927). 1st ed. Illus. Pict cloth, gilt. VG 20.00
Remington, Frederick. Pony Tracks. NY: Harper & Bros, 1895. 1st ed. Pict cloth, gilt. Spine lean, fraying. VG 250.00
Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the Year 1866. Wash: GPO, 1867. 1st ed. Illus. ¼ Morocco over boards, gilt. Rubbing, fading, offsetting, darkening, foxing. G 30.00
Root, Frank. The Overland Stage to California. Topeka, KS, 1901. Numerous illus. 9 x 21” map (1” tear at a fold). Hinge cracked, rubbing. Cloth. VG 40.00
Sayres, B. W. Who’s Whose in Hollywood: A Sorta Saga of Screenland.. (np, nd, Circa 1927). 73 page chapbook. Boards, cloth spine. A celluloid sticker (½ x 1”) on inside cover “From the Library of Harold Lloyd,” On the front board an ink notation: “Paid 1.00 2/3 – 1927” matches Harold Lloyd’s handwriting. VG 125.00
Saunders, Charles. Under the Sky in California. NY: Robert McBride, 1926. Plates. Pict cloth, gilt. Spine faded. VG 15.00
Schauffler, Robert. Romantic California. NY: Century, 1913. 1st ed. Color plates by Maxfield Parrish. Pict cloth, gilt. VG 45.00
Shackleton, Robert. The Book of New York. Phil: Penn Pub, (1917). 1st ed. Pict cloth, gilt. Spine faded. VG 35.00
Shippey, Lee. The Los Angeles Book. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1950. 1st ed. Photos by Max Yavno. Cloth. VG 25.00
Sierra Club Bulletins (4 issues). Vol 10, No. 1; Vol 10, No. 3; Vol 12, No. 1; Vol 13, No. 1. San Francisco, 1918, 1919, 1924, 1928. Illus. Wrappers. VG (the lot) 150.00
Smith, Bertha. Yosemite Legends. San Francisco: Paul Elder, (1904). 1st ed. Plates. Pict cloth. Fine 200. 00
Smith, Samuel F. Poems of Home and Country. NY: Silver, Burdett, 1895. 1st ed. Illus. Cloth, gilt. VG 35.00
Southern California: Comprising the Counties of Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange… (np): Southern California Panama Expositions, (1914). 1st ed. Plates. Pict stiff wrappers (8 x 10 ½”), Fine in VG box (corners of box split). 125.00
Story of Rin-Tin-Tin. Racine: Whitman, 1927. 1st ed. Pict boards. Rear board detached from staples, spine torn, o/w sound. Fair 25.00
Stowe, Harriet B. Poganuc People: Their Loves and Lives. NY: Fords, Howard, (1878). 1st ed, ads in back dated May, 1878. Illus. Hinges cracked, spine lean, cloth frayed, foxing to first few pages. Pict cloth. Fair 35.00
Taylor, Benjamin. Between the Gates. Chicago: S. C. Griggs. 2 copies, one 1878, 6th ed, the other 1883, 11th ed. Illus. Pict cloth, gilt. VG 30.00 ea
Taylor, Benjamin. The World on Wheels and other Sketches. Chicago: S. C. Griggs, (1874). 1st ed. Illus. Pict cloth, gilt. VG 30.00
Thayer, William. Marvels of the New West. Norwich: 1892. 1st ed. Illus. Pict cloth, gilt. Slight spine lean. VG 80.00
Van Dyke, Theodore. Southern California: Its Valleys, Hills and Streams;… NY: Ford, Howard & Hulbert, 1886. 1st ed. Pict cloth, gilt. Spine faded, corners bumped. VG 100.00
Van Gordon, Scott. Rough Life on the Frontier. Chicago: Rhodes & McClure, (1903). Illus. Pict cloth, silver. (Two copies) Both with page darkening. One is VG, the other appears VG but cover is half detached from spine, G. 45.00, 25.00
Wallace, Susan. Land of the Pueblos. NY: John Alden, 1888. 1st ed. Illus. Pict cloth, gilt. VG 50.00
Whiting, Lilian. The Land of Enchantment. Boston: Little, Brown, 1906. 1st ed. Plates. Pict cloth, gilt. VG 50.00
Wiggin, Kate Douglas. Shirley Temple Edition of Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. NY: Random House, (1959). 1st ed thus. Illus from the movie. Pict boards in DJ. F/VG.
Young, Egerton. By Canoe and Dog Train Among the…Indians. NY: Hunt & Eaton, 1891. Illus. Pict cloth, gilt. Fine 50.00
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CIVIL WAR
Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Michigan for the Year 1862…Containing Casualties in Battle, Deaths…Causes of Discharge…Lansing: John Kerr, 1863. 1st ed. Vignette, fold-out chart. Boards, leather spine, gilt. ½” chip, front board loose. G 25
Brocket, L. P. Women’s Work in the Civil War. Phil: Zeigler, McCurdy, 1867. 1st ed. Rebound in white fabric, leather label, gilt. Double title page, illus. VG 45.00
Brown, Junius. Four Years in Secessia; Adventures Within and Beyond the Union Lines. Hartford: O. D. Case, 1865. 1st ed. Plates. Cloth, gilt. Light foxing, faded, rubbed. G 40.00
Brownlow, W. G. Sketches of the Rise, Progress and Decline of Secession. Phil: George Childs, 1862. Illus. Cloth. VG 75.00
Butler, B. F. Correspondence between the Governor and Gen. Butler. Boston: Post, 1862. 1st ed. Wrappers, ties. VG 50.00
Butler, B. F. General Butler’s Campaign. Boston: J. S. Cushing, 1883. Second edition. Wrappers. Chipped. VG 35.00
Davis, Margarite. Mother Bickerdyke’s Soldiers. SF: A. Dewey, 1886. 1st ed. Frontis. Pict cloth, gilt. Light spotting. VG 25.00
General Order #1, Jan. 18, 1861 to G. O. #110, Dec. 26, 1861. With Index of Subjects. Spine and boards gone, rear endpapers detached. Binding copy
General Order #1, Jan. 18, 1861 to G. O. #111, Dec. 30, 1861 (Courts-martials). Spine and boards gone. Binding is tight and has all endpapers, along with lined pages for index (unmarked). Binding copy
General Order #1, Jan. 6, 1862 to G. O. #217, Dec. 30, 1862. With “Instructions for making Muster Rolls…”. Fold-out chart. G. O. #29, “22 Mar ‘62” transcribed by hand. Spine and boards gone. Binding is tight with endpapers. Binding copy
General Order #1, Jan. 7, 1865 (relieving General Butler from command) to G. O. #175, Dec. 28, 1865 (President Johnson suspending writ of habeas corpus). Includes numerous circulars, fold-out table and handwritten index. Spine gone, boards detached, but the binding is still tight, with endpapers. Binding copy
General Order #133, Jan. 22, 1865, #138, Oct. 14, 1865, #71, Aug. 31, 1865 (assignments & promotions). Errata slip. Spine and covers gone. Binding is tight with all endpapers. Binding copy
General Orders Affecting the Volunteer Force. Wash: GPO, 1862. Large chart. Disbound. Binding copy (the above 6 volume lot) 1,200.00
Glazier, Willard. The Capture, Prison Pen and Escapee…Prison Life in the South. NY: U. S. Publishing, 1868. Early issue. Illus. Pict cloth, gilt. Fine 45.00
Kellogg, Robert. Life and Death in Rebel Prisons. Hartford: L. Stebbins, 1866. Illus. Contemporary soldier’s inscription. Foxing, rubbed. Pict cloth, gilt. G 85.00
Life, Speeches and Services of Andrew Johnson. Phil: T. B. Peterson, 1865. Cloth. G 30.00
Lincoln, Abraham. Boston Courier Report of the Union Meeting at Faneuil Hall, Dec. 8, 1859. Boston: Clark, Fellows, (1859). 1st ed. 32 pp pamphlet. First and last pages detached but present. Fair 115.00
Lincoln, Abraham. Speech of Hon. Abraham Lincoln…at the Cooper Institute, Feb. 27, 1860. 1st ed. 8 pp pamphlet. Pages separated, chipped, fragile. 2 copies. G 60.00 ea
Lincoln, Abraham. The Address of the Hon. Abraham Lincoln…Delivered at the Cooper Institute Feb., 27, 1860. NY: George Nesbitt, 1860. 1st ed. 32 pp pamphlet. Some discoloration, foxing. VG 90.00
McNair, John. Eighty Original Poems Secular and Sacred…. Lancaster, PA: Jacob Barr, 1865. Illus. Cloth, gilt. VG 60.00
Moore, Frank. Women of the War. Hartford, CT: S. S. Scranton, 1866. Illus. 1st ed. Cloth, gilt. 2 copies, one with foxing, the other with title page laid in. VG 165.00 ea
Raymond, Henry. History of the Administration of President Lincoln. NY: J. C. Derby, 1864. 1st ed. Frontis. Some spotting, spine faded. Cloth, gilt. VG 50.00
Redpath, James. Public Life of Capt. John Brown. Boston: Thayer and Eldridge, 1860. Frontis. Pict cloth. G 40.00
Remlap, L. P. Life of General U. S. Grant. Chicago: Fairbanks & Palmer, 1885. Illus. Rubbed. Pict cloth, gilt. VG 35.00
Reports of the Committee on the Conduct of the War: Fort Pillow Massacre and Returned Prisoners. 35th Congress Report No. 64. Wash: GPO, 1864. 1st ed. 3 of 4 plates (missing one plate). Cloth, gilt. VG 40.00
Scott, Allen. Chronicles of the Great Rebellion. Cincinnati: F. Vent, 1864. “Twenty-fifth edition”. Cloth. G 40.00
Selby, Paul. Abraham Lincoln: Evolution of his Emancipation Policy. Chicago: Historical Soc, 1909. Wrappers. VG 30.00
Seward, William. Speech Delivered at Rochester, Oct. 25, 1858. (np, nd: Lemuel Towers). 1st ed. 8 pp pamphlet. Disbound, pages separated, chipped. Fair 35.00
Stowe, Harriet Beecher. Uncle Tom’s Cabin (“Onkel Toms Stuka” in Swedish). (np: John Winston, 1897). 1st ed thus. Illus. Pict cloth, gilt. Faded. VG 85.00
Stowe, Harriet Beecher. Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly. Boston: John Jewitt, 1852. Illus. 1st ed, Vol 1 is 20th thousand, Vol 2 is 25th thousand. Pict cloth, gilt. Fraying, foxing, fading, darkening, writing, waterstains…. Fair 1,200.00
[Williamson, David B.]. Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States… Phil: T. B. Peterson, (1864). 1st ed. Frontis. Light spotting to tissue (portrait has one 1/8” spot). Cloth, gilt. Spine faded. VG 350.00
SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE
Banks, Charles. History of the San Francisco Disaster…(np, 1906). Salesman’s Sample. Illus. Order pages blank. Pict cloth. VG 75.00
Fallows, Samuel. History of San Francisco Horror. (np, circa 1906). Salesman’s Sample. Illus. Pict cloth, gilt. Order pages have beern removed. G 75.00
Holmes, Joseph. The San Francisco Earthquake and Fire…and Their Effects on Structures… Wash: Gov’t Printing Office, 1907. Plates. Wrappers. Spine strengthened. VG 75.00
Morris, Charles. The San Francisco Calamity of Earthquake and Fire. Phil: International Publishing, (1906). Illus. Salesman’s Sample. 5 order pages, with several orders. Cloth soiled. G 90.00
Tyler, Sydney. San Francisco’s Great Disaster. Phil: P. W. Ziegler, (1906). Two copies, one with loose binding general wear, G, the other Fine 40.00, 95.00
White, Trumbull. Complete Story of San Francisco’s Horror. (np, 1906). Illus. Cover spotted. Pict cloth. VG 65.00
White, Trumbull. San Francisco Earthquake Horror. (np, 1906). Illus. Hinges broken. Pict cloth. G 40.00
Wilson, James W. San Francisco’s Horror of Earthquake and Fire. (np, 1906). Illus. ½ Morocco. 2 copies. G & VG 50.00, 70.00
Wilson, James W. San Francisco’s Horror of Earthquake and Fire. (np, 1906) Illus. Pict cloth. Name on presentation page. Pict cloth. VG 75.00
TITANIC
Everett, Marshall. Wreck and Sinking of the Titanic. (np, 1912). 1st ed. Illus. Pict cloth. 2 copies. G 265.00
Marshall, Logan. Sinking of the Titanic. (np, 1912). 1st ed. Illus. Pict cloth, gilt. 2 coies. Fair & G 150.00, 265.00
Marshall, Logan. Sinking of the Titanic. Phil: Universal Book and Bible, (1912). 1st ed. Salesman’s sample. Illus. Pict cloth, gilt. VG 350.00
Mowbray, Jay. Sinking of the Titanic: Most Appalling Ocean Horror. (np, 1906). 1st ed. Illus. Water damage, loose, spine faded. Pict cloth. Fair 150.00
Russell, Thomas. Sinking of the Titanic. Chicago: National Bible House, (1912) 1st ed. Illus. Pict cloth. G 265.00
AUTOS, INVENTIONS
Annual Report of the Commissioner of Patents for 1865. Wash: GPO, 1867. 2 vols (of 3). Cloth, gilt. Vol 1 is all text), and Vol. 3 is all illustrations. VG 85.00
Arnott, N. Elements of Physics. London: Thomas Underwood, 1827. 2nd ed. Illus.1/4 Morocco, gilt. Rubbed, edges worn. G 65.00
Brooks, Edward. The Normal Elementary Algebra. Phil: Sower & Potts, 1871. 1st ed. Diagrams. ½” gone from spine. VG 25.00
Darwin, Charles. The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the Action of Worms. NY: Appleton, 1900. “Authorized Edition”. Illus. Cloth, gilt. VG 75.00
Davies, Charles. Elementary Algebra. NY: A. S. Barnes, 1859. Early ed. Diagrams. Full calf. Writing on endpapers, last endpaper torn out. G 45.00
Engelman, Roy. Autocraft. Cincinatti: American Chaufeur Pub, 1917. Early ed. Illus. Limp boards. VG 40.00
Eradicating Plague from San Francisco. (SF: C. A. Murdock) 1909. 1st ed. Illus. Cloth, gilt. F 65.00
First Lessons in Natural History and Language. NY: Harper & Bros, 1880. 1st ed. Illus. Pict boards. Boards rubbed. VG 25.00
Graham, Frank. Audel’s Carpenters and Builders Guide #1. NY: Theo Audel, (1944). Illus. 4 vols. Limp cloth, gilt. VG 30.00
Hirshfeld, C. F. Gas Power. NY: John Wiley, 1913. 1st ed. Illus. Cloth, gilt. VG 30.00
Heldt, P. M. The Gasoline Automobile Volume 1: The Gasoline Motor. NY: The Horseless Age, 1911. 1st ed. Numerous illus. Pamphlet in rear pocket with 18 large plates. Cloth. VG 90.00
Hizcox, Gardner. Horseless Vehicles, Automobiles, Motorcycles. NY: Munn & Co, 1900. 1st ed. 100s of illus. Hinges broken. Pict cloth. VG 90.00
Hodgson, Fred. Practical Bricklaying Self-Taught. Chicago: Frederick Blake, (1907). 1st ed. Illus. Pict cloth. VG 20.00
Homans, James. Self-Propelled Vehicles. NY: Theo. Audel, 1908. 3 large plates, numerous illus. Pict cloth. (Three copies, 1908, hinge cracked & child’s writing; 1909, hinge cracked, water damage; and 1910, hinges cracked) Good 65.00 ea
Locomobile (everything from) Boilers to Brakes. Scranton: International Textbook, (circa 1940). 7 vols. Illus, folding plates. Cloth, gilt. VG 50.00
Modern Gasoline Automobile Guide. NY: Norman Henley, 1915. “Up-to-date 1916 edition”. Numerous illus, double-page plates. Boards loose, cloth faded. G 60.00
Prescott, George. The Speaking Telephone, Electric Light and other Recent Electrical Inventions. NY: D. Appleton, 1879. 1st ed. Numerous illus, large plate & index. Hinges broken, some offsetting. Pict cloth, gilt. G 150.00
Reynolds, Francis. Marvels of 1924. Illus. Cloth, gilt. F 15.00
Rhodes, C. K. The Stock Owner’s Adviser: The Breeding, Rearing…of Domestic Animals. Richmond: B. F. Johnson, (1901). 1st ed. Illus. ¼ Morocco, gilt, marbled edges. Spine chipped, boards faded. 8 x 42” color plate in rear pocket (VG). G 115.00
Rolland, J. Main. The Care of a Small Rat Colony. St. Louis: C. V. Mosby, 1939. 1st ed. Illus. Cloth. F 15.00
Sloane, O’Connor. Electricity Simplified. NY: Munn, 1911. 13th ed, revised and enlarged. Illus. Pict cloth, gilt. VG 25.00
Standard Auto-Electrician’s Manual. Cambridge, MA: Standard Engineering & Publishing, 1935. 1st ed. Owner name, serial number. 11 x 12 x 2” boards with brass posts. VG 90.00
Stewart, Balfour. The Conservation of Energy. NY: D. Appleton, 1875. Cloth, gilt. VG 20.00
Television. Grernsback’ Educational Library No. 10. NY: Radio Publications, (1938). 1st ed. Illus. Pict wrappers, stapled (5 x 6”). Tape, spine split. G 25.00
The Car of 1912: The Locomobile Book. Bridgeport, CT: Locomobile Co, (1911). “Latest ed.”. Illus, plates. Cloth, gilt. VG 90.00
Ward, John. The Young Mathematician’s Guide…In Five Parts… London: Tho Horne, 1711. 2nd ed, corrected. Full calf, gilt. Rebacked, writing on endpapers, rear endpaper torn. G 350.00
Wright, Frank Lloyd. The Natural House. NY: Horizon, 1954. 1st ed. Frontis, illus. Cloth. Spine completely darkened. G 25.00
MILITARY
Belgium: The Official Account of What Happened 1939-1940. London: Evans Bros, (nd, circa 1941). Illus, five 8 ½ x 14” maps. Cloth spotte, DJ has two ½” chips to spine. VG/VG 20.00
Braithwaite, W. S. Story of the Great War. NY: Frederick Stokes, (1919). 1st ed. Color plates. Pict cloth, gilt. VG 20.00
Blackburn, J. A. The British Submarine in Being. London: Gieves Pub, (nd, Circa 1920). Illus. Boards, cloth spine. VG 25.00
De Chair, Somerset. The Golden Carpet. London: Faber & Faber (1943). Illus, 11 x 14” map. Cover soiling. G 30.00
Drill Regulations and Service Manual for Sanitary Troops: 1914. NY: Military Publishing, (nd, “Corrected to April 15, 1917”). Illus. Cloth. 1” tear to spine. VG 45.00
Ellis, Frederick. The Tragedy of the Lusitania. (np, 1915). Pict cloth. Illus. Spine faded, hinges weak. G 20.00
English, George. History of the 89th Division. Denver: War Society, 1920. 1st ed. 8 x 11”. Illus, plates, large maps. Prospectus laid in. Cloth. VG 90.00
Gollomb, Joseph. Spies. NY: Macmillan, 1928. 1st ed. Orange cloth. Weak hinge. VG 35.00
Leftwich, Joseph. What Will Happen to the Jews? London: P. S. King, 1936. 1st ed. Forward by Stefan Zweig. Cloth, gilt. Faded, light foxing. VG 75.00
Manning, Frederick. Her Privates We, by Private 19022. NY: G. P. Putnam’s, 1930. 1st ed, 2nd impression. Pict cloth. VG 25.00
Manual for Stable Sergeants. Wash: GPO, 1917. 1st ed. Color plates. Cloth (4 ½ x 6”). VG 50.00
Manual of Physical Training for Use in the United States Army. Wash: GPO, 1914. Illus. Cloth (4 ½ x 6”). Frayed. VG 40.00
Newman, Fanny H. Hearts Allied, 1914 – 1918. Oakland: California Writer’s Club, (nd, circa 1920). Frontis. Signed by the author, dated 1920. 3 ½ x 5” cloth in DJ. Cloth spotted. VG/VG 40.00
Official Records of the United States’ Part in the Great War. (np, nd, circa 1921). 1st ed. Illus, color maps. Pict cloth, gilt. VG 35.00
Osborne, Sidney. The New Japanese Peril. NY: Macmillan, 1921. 1st ed. Cloth, gilt. Light fixing. VG 30.00
Pershing, John. My Experiences in the Great War. Frederick Stokes, 1931. 1st ed. 2 vols. Illus, maps. Cloth, gilt. VG 50.00
Russell, Thomas. The Great War in Europe. (np, nd, 1914). 1st ed, 1st issue (covering only to Oct 31, 1914). Illus. Pict cloth. 2” tear to endpaper. VG 40.00
Shipp’s Heroes of Five Wars. Phil: Shepp Pub, 1899. 1st ed. Plates. Pict cloth, gilt. Spine faded. VG 20.00
Soldier’s Handbook: Basic Field Manual 21-100. Wash: GPO, 1941. 1st ed. Illus. Wrappers. VG 40.00
Stout, Wesley. Tanks are Mighty Fine Things. Detroit: Chrysler Corp, 1946. Illus. 1st ed. Pebbled cloth, gilt. First few pages loose, ½” tear to spine. VG 20.00
Suvorov, Viktor. Inside Soviet Military Intelligence. NY: Macmillan, (1984). 1st ed. Proof. Wrappers. Fine 15.00
Tentative Field Service Regulations, Manual 100-5. Wash: GPO, 1939. 1st ed. Wrappers. VG 15.00
Tillotson, John. Stories of the Wars 1574 – 1658. London: Ward, Locke, (nd, circa 1890). Illus. Pict cloth, gilt. Some fading. VG 20.00
Treaty of Peace, Between the Allies and Associated Powers and Germany…London, 1919. 1st ed. With 5 maps, ranging 30 x 38” to 26 x 33”). 9 x 13” boards (a bit warped). VG 450.00
Wertenbaker, Charles. Invasion! NY: D. Appleton, (1944). 1st ed. Photos by Robert Capa. Cloth. Endpaper has 1” hole. VG 20.00
Work of the War Department of the United States. Wash: GPO, 1924. 1st ed. 9 x 12” chart. Wrappers. Darkened. VG 35.00
Ziff, William. The Coming Battle of Germany. NY: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, (1942). 1st ed. F/F 35.00
ATOMIC AGE
Blackwood, Oswald. Outline of Atomic Physics. NY: John Wiley, 1937. 2nd ed. Illus. Cloth, gilt. VG 75.00
Cannell, Rogers. Live: A Handbook of Survival in Nuclear Attack. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, (1962). Illus. 7 x 10” paperback. Corners bent, ½” chip to spine. VG 35.00
Considine, Bob. The Great A-Bomb Robbery. Oak Ridge: Carbide and Carbon, May 1952. 26pp pamphlet. VG 25.00
Einstein, Albert. The Meaning of Relativity. NJ: Princeton University, 1945. 2nd ed, 1st issue. DJ darkened, chipped. F/G 65.00
Johnson, R. C. Spectra. NY: E. F. Dutton, (1928). Illus. Cloth. VG 50.00
Menzel, Donald. Flying Saucers. Cambride: Harvard University, 1953. 1st ed. Illus. Cloth. VG 35.00
Nordmann, Charles. Einstein and the Universe. NY: Henry Holt, 1922. Cloth. VG 50.00
Pauling, Linus. Introduction to Quantum Mechanics. NY: Mcgraw-Hill, 1935. Illus. Cloth, gilt. 2 copies, 1st and 2nd printings, VG & G 75.00, 45.00
Prospecting for Uranium. U. S. Atomic Energy Commission: GPO, 1949. Wrappers. VG 45.00
Shepley, James. The Hydrogen Bomb. NY: David McKay, (1954). 1st ed, 2nd printing. F/VG 35.00
Smyth, Henry. Atomic Energy for Military Purposes. Princeton University, 1943. Illus Cloth, gilt. VG 50.00
Survival Under Atomic Attack. California State Printing, Oct, 1950. Reprint. NSRB Doc. 130. 32pp stapled wrappers. 1” chip, tiny folds and tears to covers. G 40.00
Svedberg, The. The Ultracentrifuge. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1940. Illus. Cloth, gilt. 3” thick. VG 60.00
Weinberg, Steven. The Discovery of Subatomic Particles. NY: W. Freeman, (1983). Illus. F/VG 75.00
Wentworth, G. A. Solid Geometry. Boston: Ginn & Co, 1902. Revised ed. Illus. Pebbled boards with leather spine. Writing on endpapers, a notations. VG 30.00
AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES (INCLUDES RACISM)
Halsey, Margaret. Color Blind; A White Woman Looks at the Negro. NY: Simon and Schuster, 1946. 1st ed. Front DJ flap has a 5" wide panel containing author tributes. F/VG 40.00
Hart, William S. All About Amos ‘N’ Andy and Their Creators Correll & Gosden. NY: Rand McNally, (1929). 1st ed. Plates. Cloth. VG 50.00
Johnson, James Weldon. God’s Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse. NY: Viking, 1927. 1st ed, 2nd printing. Plates by Aaron Douglas. Gold-patterned boards, cloth spine. Edgewear. VG 350.00
Johnston, Mary. The Slave Ship. Boston: Little, Brown, 1924. 1st ed. DJ has many small tears and chips, the largest a 1” chip to spine. F/G 50.00
Little Black Sambo, [also Gingerbread Man and Titty Mouse]. Chicago: Rand McNally (1934). Chapbook. VG 50.00
Little Black Sambo. Racine: Whitman Pub, 1953. “A Tell-a-Tale Book”. VG 40.00
Logan, Spencer. A Negro’s Faith in America. NY: Macmillan, 1946. 1st ed. DJ chipped and fragile. VG/Fair 30.00
Mecklin, John. The Ku Klux Klan: A Study of the American Mind. NY: Harcourt, Brace, 1924. Cloth. VG 65.00
Miller, Kelly. The World War for Human Rights. Wash: Austin Jenkins, (1919). 1st ed. Illus. Pict cloth. VG 40.00
Morris, Clara. Little “Jim Crow” and other Stories of Children. NY: Century Co, 1899. 1st ed. Pict cloth. VG 50.00
Mydal, Gunnar. An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy. NY: Harper & Bros, (1944). 1483 pages. Cloth, (no DJ). Some waterstaining. VG 40.00
Richings, G. G. Evidence of Progress among Colored People. Phil: George Ferguson, 1896. 1896. Illus. Cloth, faded, hinge cracked. VG 40.00
Seale, Bobby. Seize the Time. NY: Random House, (1970). 1st ed. 1” bottom of DJ spine gone. VG/VG 250.00
Thompson, Edgar. Race Relations and the Race Problem. Durham, NC: Duke University, 1939. 1st ed. DJ torn & fragile. VG/Fair 30.00
Van Evrie, J. H. Negroes and Negro “Slavery”: The First an Inferior Race, the Later its Normal Condition. NY: Van Evrie, 1861. 1st ed. Illus. Cloth, gilt. Faded, foxing. VG 450.00
Van Evrie, J. H. White Supremacy and Negro Subordination; or Negroes, a Subordinate Race, and (so-called) Slavery its Normal Condition. NY: Van Evrie, 1865. 2nd ed. Illus. Cloth, gilt. VG 325.00
Walker, Alexander. Intermarriage or…Why Beauty, Health and Intellect Result from Certain Unions and Deformity, Disease and Insanity from Others. Phil: Lindsay and Blakiston, 1856. 1st ed. Illus. Pict cloth, gilt. VG 325.00
Wilson, Charles H. Education for Negroes in Mississippi since 1910. Boston: Meador Pub, (1947). 1st ed. Illus. Cloth, gilt. VG 35.00
WHITE SLAVERY
Bell, Ernest. Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls. (np, 1911). 1st ed. Illus. 3 copies, Fair to G 30.00, 35.00, 40.00
Bell, Ernest. Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls. Chicago: D.W. Stanton, (1910). 1st ed. Illus. Salesman’s sample. Pict cloth, gilt. VG 85.00
Bell, Ernest. Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls. Harrisburg: Minter Co, (1911). 1st ed. Illus. Pict cloth. VG. 70.00
Cousins, Sheila. To Beg I Am Ashamed. NY: Vanguard, 1938. 1st ed. Cloth. G 25.00
Lytle, H. W. From Dance Hall to White Slavery. (np, 1911). 1st ed. Illus. Pict cloth. G 35.00
Roe, Clifford. Horrors of the White Slave Trade. (np, 1911). 1st ed. Pict cloth. VG 60.00
Roe, Clifford. The Great War on White Slavery. (np, 1911) 1st ed. Illus. Pict cloth. (Seven copies) Fair to VG 30.00 to 75.00
Stenhouse, T.B.H. A Woman’s Life in Polygamy. Hartford: A. D. Worthington, 1875. Illus. Pict cloth. Heavy foxing on preliminaries, otherwise clean. G 110.00
Sullivan, Henry. Convent Cruelties; or How Girls Become the Brides of Christ. Los Angeles, Premier Publishing, 1912. 1st ed. (copyright strip pasted in). Illus. Cloth faded. VG 70.00
HOLLYWOOD & ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY
Bankhead, Tallulah. My Autobiography. NY: Harper & Bros, (1952). 1st ed. DJ has creases, folds, 3” chip to spine. VG/Fair 15.00
Beatty, Jerome. Shirley Temple: Akron: Saalfield, (1935). 1st ed. Color frontis. Plates. Pict cloth. Edges worn. VG 30.00
Cameron, James T. Encyclopedia of Sound Motion Pictures. NY: Cameron Pub, (1930). 1st ed. Cloth (5 x 6"). VG 95.00
Cowan, Sam. Sergeant York and His People. NY: Grosset & Dunlap, (nd, Circa 1941). Motion piction edition with Gary Cooper on DJ. VG/VG 35.00
Fairbanks, Douglas. Making Life Worth While. NY: Britton, (1918). Illus. Pict cloth. Rubbed, frayed. VG 20.00
McCardell, Roy. Conversations of a Chorus Girl. NY: Street & Smith, (1905). Illus. Pict Cloth (4 x 6”). VG 30.00
Motion Picture Production Encyclopedia 1950 Edition. Pict cloth, embossed gilt. 1092 pgs. Thumb index. Hinge broken. VG 75.00
O’Brian, P. J. Will Rogers. NY: F. W. Mead, (1925). 1st ed. Pict cloth, gilt. 3 copies of Salesman Samples, one with a leaflet, “Instructions of How to Sell”, order pages blank, another with three orders, and one with order forms blank. F 50.00 ea
Sayres, B. W. Who’s Whose in Hollywood: A Sorta Saga of Screenland.. (np, nd, Circa 1927). 73 page chapbook. Boards, cloth spine. A celluloid sticker (½ x 1”) on inside cover “From the Library of Harold Lloyd,” On the front board an ink notation: “Paid 1.00 2/3 – 1927” matches Harold Lloyd’s handwriting (seen on the Internet). VG 225.00
Story of Rin-Tin-Tin. Racine: Whitman, 1927. 1st ed. Pict boards. Rear board detached from staples, spine torn, o/w sound. Fair 25.00
Wiggin, Kate Douglas. The Shirley Temple Edition of Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. NY: Random House, (1959). Illustrated. Pictorial boards. F/Vg 65.00
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY, WOMEN'S STUDIES
Allen, Martha M. Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine. NY: Dept of Medical Temperance, (1900). 1st ed. Cloth, gilt. VG 35.00
Amenities of Home. NY: D. Appleton, 1881. 1st ed. Pict cloth. Spine faded, spine lean. VG 20.00
American Journal of Insanity for July, 1861. Wrapers, 96 pgs disbound. Complete, with last page “Books Received July – 1851.” Light foxing. G 20.00
American Journal of Insanity. Utica NY: State Lunatic Asylum, 1863-64. Vol XX. Leather. VG 65.00
Artman, William. Beauties and Achievements of the Blind. NY, 1854. Pict cloth, gilt. Rubbing. VG 65.00
Artman, William. Beauties and Achievements of the Blind. NY, 1874. Braille frontispiece. Pict cloth, gilt. Some rubbing. VG 75.00
Bain, John. Tobacco in Song and Story. NY: H. M. Caldwell, (1896). 1st ed. Padded full suede, pict gilt. Front free endpaper missing, cover loose, 1” tear to spine. G 65.00
Beauchamp, Lou. Sunshine: Written in the Interest of Temperance, Sunshine, and Good Humor. Hamilton, O: Albert Dix, 1884. 2nd ed. Pict cloth, gilt. VG 50.00
Black, Alexander. Modern Daughters. NY: Scribner’s Sons, 1899. 1st ed. Illus. Cloth, gilt. VG 45.00
Boyd, James. Elements of Criticism by Henry Home of Kames.bl NY: A. S. Barnes & Burr, 1859. Cloth, leather spine, gilt. 1/2” chip to spine, rubbing, fraying, light foxing, spotting. Fair 15.00
Brandt, John. Turning Points; or Great Questions for Young Men and Women. Cincinnati: Standard Pub, 1892. Revised Ed. Illus. Pict cloth, gilt. VG 30.00
Bronte, Patricia. Vittles and Vice. Chicago: Henry Regnery, (1952). 1st ed. Illus. A few small tears and chips to DJ. F/VG 25.00
Browne, Wm. Heart Throbs of Gifted Authors. Phil: David McKay, 1893. 15th thousand. Pict cloth, gilt. VG 15.00
Burgess, Gelett. The Maxims of Methuselah…in Regard to Women. NY: Frederick Stokes, (1907). 1st ed. Illus. Pict boards. Edgewear, darkening. G 15.00
Carpenter, William. Use and Abuse of Alcoholic Liquors. Phil: Henry Lea, 1866. Cloth, gilt. ½” spine chip. VG 25.00
Carter, J. F. The Wedding Day in Literature and Art. NY: Dodd, Mead, 1900. 1st ed. Plates. Pict cloth, gilt. VG 25.00
Corradini, Robert. Narcotics and Youth Today. NY: Foundation for Narcotics Research, 1934. 1st ed. Illus. Cloth. VG 45.00
Cuyler, Theodore. Golden Thoughts on Mother, Home and Heaven, Chicago: R. C. Treat, (1882). Revised and Enlarged. Illus. Pict cloth, gilt. (Two copies, one with presentation page blank, the other with name and date). VG 75.00 ea
Cuyler, Theodore. Golden Thoughts on Mother, Home and Heaven. Chicago: R. C. Treat, (1884). Illus. Pict cloth, gilt. VG 85.00
Entrikin, F. W. Woman’s Monitor. Green Springs, OH: Entrikin, 1881. 1st ed. Pict cloth, gilt. VG 70.00
Etiquette for Gentlemen…by a Gentlemen. Phil: Lindsay and Blakiston, (nd, circa 1850). Engraved title page. 3 ½ x 5” cloth, gilt. Spine faded. Light foxing. VG 45.00
Fallows, Samuel. Hot Shot: Fired at Fashion’s Follies and Society’s Abominations Portrayed by Eminent Thinkers…Chicago: Standard Pub, 1890. Pict cloth, gilt. VG 75.00
Fern, Fanny [pseud]. Folly As It Flies: Hit At [by Sara Payson Willis]. NY: G. W. Carleton, 1868. 1st ed. Cloth, gilt. Covers discolored, some waterstaining. G 35.00
Fisher, Harrison. American Beauties. NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1909. Pict boards (9 x 12”) in tissue wrapper, F/F in VG box. 2250.00
Fisher, Harrison. American Girls in Miniature. NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1912. Small (5.5 x 8”) ed. 1st thus. Color plates. Boards, cloth spine. VG 50.00
Fraser, John. Youth’s Golden Cycle…Showing How to Get On in the World. Phil: W. M. Patterson, 1885. Salesman’s Sample. Illus. Samples of deluxe binding pasted in. Pict cloth, gilt. Pages darkened. VG 60.00
Freud, Anna. Psychoanalysis for Teachers and Parents. NY: Emerson, 1954. 3rd printing. Cloth, gilt (faded). VG 20.00
Gay, Jan. On Going Naked. NY: Garden City, (1932). 1st ed. Photos. Cloth. VG 25.00
Goss, Charles. Husband, Wife and Home. Phil: Vir Pub, (1905). 1st ed. Cloth, gilt. Fine 60.00
Hale, Mabel. Beautiful Girlhood. Anderson, Indiana: Warner Press, (1922). 1st ed. Pict cloth. VG 50.00
Handbook for Attendants of the Insane. Chicago Medical Book, 1914. 6th ed. Illus. Cloth, gilt. VG 90.00
Hunter, Thomas. Home Culture, a Self-Instruction. NY: E. Treat, (1884). 1st ed. Illus. Pict cloth, gilt. Covers loose, spine faded. VG 50.00
Irish, Frank. Treasured Thoughts Gleaned from the Fields of Literature. Columbus: F. V. Irish, (1892). 1st ed. Fine 20.00
Jacques, D. H. How to Grow Handsome. NY: Fowler & Wells, 1890. “New ed.” Illus. Cloth, gilt. VG 45.00
Jefferis, B. G. Searchlights on Health: The Science of Eugenics. Naperville, IL: J. Nichols, 1921. Illus. Pebbled black cloth. Spine faded. VG 75.00
Johnson, Joseph. Living in Earnest: A Book for Young Girls. London: T. Nelson, 1886. Pict cloth, gilt. F 40.00
Liquor Advertising: Hearings before the United States Senate….to Prohibit Advertising of Alcohol…. Wash: GPO, 1950. 1st ed. Twelve 9 x 13” plates. Wrappers. Cover and a few pages partially detached. G 70.00
Louise, S. L. Decorum; A Practical Treatise on Etiquette and Dress. NY: Union Pub, 1881. Revised ed. Pict cloth, gilt. Front hinge broken. VG 45.00
MacCurdy, George. Human Origins; Manual of Prehistory. NY: Appleton, 1924. 1st ed. 2 vols. Illus. Cloth, gilt. Spines faded. Vol 2 has weak rear hinge. VG 40.00
Mackenzie, Robert. The 19th Century: A History. London: T. Nelson, 1889. 1st ed. Pict cloth, gilt. VG 30.00
Mannheimer, Louise. The Jewish Woman. NY: Bloch, 1916. 3rd ed. Cloth, gilt. VG 40.00
Maple, Dick. Palaces of Sin or the Devil in Society. St. Louis: National Book, (1902). 1st ed. Illus. Pict cloth. VG 75.00
Marsh, John. Hannah Hawkins; The Reformed Drunkard’s Daughter. NY: American Temperance Union, 1846. (Copyright 1843). Illus. Cloth, gilt, faded. Heavy foxing and scribbles, esp to endpapers. Fair 30.00
Marvel, Ik. Reveries of a Bachelor. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, (1906). 1st ed. Illus. Pict cloth. VG 30.00
Mason, Otis. Woman’s Share in Primitive Culture. London: Macmillan, 1895. 1st ed? Plates. Cloth, gilt. 1” tear. VG 40.00
Matthewman, Lisle de. Crankisms. Phil: Henry Coates, 1901. 1st ed. Illus by Victor Dwiggins. Pict cloth. Weak hinge. VG 20.00
McCabe, James. Great Fortunes and How They Were Made. Cincinnati: E. Hannaford, 1871. 1st ed. Plates. Pict cloth, gilt, aeg. 3” spine split, cloth frayed, hinges weak. G 55.00
Merrill, Frances. Among the Nudists. NY: Garden City (1933). 5th printing. Photos. Cloth. VG 25.00
Mill, John Stuart. The Subjection of Women. NY: D. Appleton, 1869. 1st ed. Cloth, gilt. Boards warped. G 95.00
Montez, Lola. The Arts of Beauty; or, Secrets of a Lady’s Toilet. NY: Dick & Fitzgerald, (1852). 4 x 6” cloth. Badly soiled. Fair 30.00
Moorehead, Robert. Fighting the Devil’s Triple Demons. St. Louis, (1911). Plates. Pict cloth. VG 75.00
Morgan, Benjamin. Shams; or, Uncle Ben’s Experience with Hypocrites. Chicago: H. J. Smith, 1887. 1st ed. Salesman’s Sample. Illus. Sample of deluxe binding pasted in. Pict cloth, gilt. Page darkening. Order forms blank. Page darkening. VG 50.00
Mullock (Miss). A Woman’s Thoughts about Women. Phil: T. B. Peterson, (nd). Circa 1890. Cloth, gilt. VG 35.00
Oppenheim, Annie. The Face and How to Read It. London: F. L. Ballin, (nd, circa 1920). Illus. Red cloth. VG 30.00
Orgler, Hertha. Alfred Adler: The Man and His Work… UK: C. W. Daniel, 1947. 2nd ed. F/F 20.00
Quayle, Margaret. As Told by Business Girls: Problems in Personal Adjustment. NY: Woman’s Press, 1932. 1st ed. Decorated boards, paper labels. VG 65.00
Reid, Mayne. Odd People: A Popular Description of Singular Races of Man. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1861. Illus. Cloth, gilt. Edges rubbed, spine lean. VG 65.00
Revelations d’une Femme de Qualite sur L’Annees 1830, 1831. Paris: L. Mame-Delauney, 1831. 1st ed. 2 vols in one. French text. Cloth. VG 35.00
Rice, Wallace. The Wealth of Friendship. Chicago: Brewer, Barse, 1909. 1st ed. Pict cloth, gilt. VG 20.00
Ruskin, John. The True and Beautiful in Nature, Art, Morals and Religion. NY: Merrill and Baker, (1886). 2nd ed. Pict cloth, gilt. VG 25.00
Sanger, Margaret. Happiness in Marriage. Garden City: Blue Ribbon, (1940). Small tears to DJ. F/VG 20.00
Sangster, Margaret. Twilight Tales: Twenty-Four Stories of Love and Romance from Real Life. NY: Christian Herald Bible House, (1912). 1st ed. Frontis. Pict cloth. VG 30.00
Sangster, Margaret. Winsome Womanhood. NY: Revell, 1900. 1st ed. Illus. Pict cloth, gilt. Front hinge broken, fraying. G 35.00
Sartre, Jean-Paul. Existentialism. NY: Philosophical Library, (1947). 1st ed. VG/VG 65.00
Sartre, Jean-Paul. The Emotions: Outline of a Theory. NY: Philosophical Library, (1948). 1st ed. F/VG 50.00
Sedlacek, Leo. Alcoholism: What Can I Do About It? Iowa: Leo Sedlacek, 1953. 1st ed. Illus. Wrappers. VG 150.00
Shaw, Elton. The Curse of Drink; or, Stories of Hell’s Commerce. (NP, 1910). 1st ed. Illus. 3 copies, one is discolored, frayed, faded (G), the other 2 with spines faded (VG) 35.00, 60.00, 75.00
Shipley, Joseph. The Mentally Disturbed Teacher. Phil: Chilton, (1961). 1st ed. Small tears to DJ. F/VG 40.00
Smiles, Samuel. Happy Homes and the Hearts that Make Them. Chicago: U. S. Publishing, 1888. Revised ed. Illus. Spine faded. Pict cloth, gilt. VG 70.00
Stow, J. W. Probate Confiscation: Unjust Laws Which Govern Women. (np, 1877). 2nd ed. Cloth, gilt. Foxing to Frontis & tissue. VG 85.00
Superintendent’s Report of the New York State Inebriate Asylum. Binghamton, NY: Daily Republican State Printing, 1867. Rear cover detached (but present). Library stamp. Wrappers. G 65.00
Taylor, Isaac. Fanaticism. NY: Jonathan Leavitt, 1834. Cloth, gilt. G 45.00
The Art of Conversing, Written for the Instruction of Youth…by a Society of Gentlemen. Boston: James French, 1848. 5th ed. Frontis. 3 x 5” pict cloth, gilt, aeg. VG 90.00
The Young Woman’s Friend. Boston: Wentworth, 1857. 1st ed. Water damage. Cloth, gilt. G 25.00
Tietsort, Frances. Temperance – or Prohibition? NY, 1929. 1st ed. Illus. VG/VG 50.00
Vaka, Demetra. Haremlik: Pages from the Life of Turkish Women. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1911. Pict cloth, gilt. VG 45.00
Vernon, Emily. Gift for Young Ladies. Hartford: Wm. Hamersley, 1850. Illus. 3 x 4 ½” pict cloth, gilt. Illus. VG 65.00
Walker, Alexander. The Ladies Guide to Perfect Beauty. NY: Derby and Jackson, 1860. 1st ed. Frontis. Cloth, gilt. VG 165.00
Wells, Richard. Manners, Culture and Dress. Springfield, Mass: King Richardson, 1891. 1st ed. Cloth, gilt. VG 45.00
White, Charles. Mission and Duties of Young Women. NY: P. J. Kennedy, 1875. Frontis. Cloth, gilt. VG 35.00
Williams, Henry. Window Gardening, Devoted Especially to the Culture of Flowers…for Parlor Decoration. NY: Henry Williams, 1873. 6th ed. Illus. Pict cloth, gilt. Front board loose. VG 25.00
Wilson, Samuel. Chicago and its Cess-Pools of Infamy. Chicago: Samuel Paynter, (nd, Circa 1920). 5th ed. Soiling. Pict cloth. VG 30.00
Wise, Daniel. Lights and Shadows of Human Life. NY: Phillips & Hunt, 1881. 1st ed. Illus. Pict cloth, gilt. VG 30.00
Woman: Her Position, Influence and Achievement... Springfield, Mass: King-Richardson, 1903. Pict cloth, gilt. VG 45.00
Woman’s Library. NY: Social Culture Pub, (1922). 1st ed. 5 vols, on Sex, Beauty, How to Prepare a Meal, etc. Stiff wrappers. VG 45.00
MEDICAL, SEX
Barker, Fordyce. Puerperal Diseases. NY: Appleton, 1876. 3rd ed. Cloth. G 35.00
Barnes, Carl. Contagious and Infectious Diseases: Disinfection and Disinfectants. (np, 1903). 1st ed. Cloth, gilt. VG 65.00
Bell, George. The Great Plague in London in 1665. London: John Lane, 1924. 1st ed. Illus, fold-out plates. Cloth, gilt. Spine split, cloth frayed, faded. G 30.00
Bell, T. Kalogynomia, or the Laws of Female Beauty. London: Walpole Press, 1899. 1st ed. With 9 plates laid in, which, “…should not be carelessly exposed to either Ladies or to Young Persons…” VG/VG 90.00
Bland-Sutton, J. Diseases of Women. NY: Reeman, 1906. 5th ed. Graphic illus. Cloth, gilt. VG 40.00
Brown, Isaac. On Some Diseases of Women. Phil: Blanchard & Lea, 1856. 1st ed. Graphic illus. Cloth, gilt. VG 60.00
Caprio, Frank. The Art of Sexual Lovemaking. NY: Fairview Book, (1967). 1st ed. Illus. Cloth, gilt. VG 30.00
Cazeau, P. Midwifery. Phil: Lindsay & Blakiston, 1863. US ed. Graphic illus. Binding broken, in disrepair, though internally sound. Binding copy 50.00
Cocroft, Susanna. Habits; Their Effect upon Life: The Nervous System. Chicago: Physical Culture, 1911. 2nd printing. Softcover. Illus. G 10.00
Davenport, F. H. Diseases of Women. Phil: Lea Bros, 1892. 1st ed. Graphic illus. Cloth, gilt. VG 50.00
Douglas, Norman. Paneros: Some Words on Aphrodisiacs and the Like. London: Chatto & Windus, 1931. #144 of 650. DJ spine darkened. VG/VG 45.00
Ellis, Albert. Nymphomania. NY: Gilbert Press, (1964). 1st ed. VG/VG 30.00
Gardner, John. Longevity: The Means of Prolonging Life After Middle Age. Boston: William Gill, 1875. 3rd ed, revised, Pict cloth, gilt. Spine spotted. VG 40.00
Gellhorn, George. Gynecology for Nurses. Phil: Saunders, 1933. 2nd ed. Graphic illus. Cloth, gilt. VG 40.00
Hall, W. W. Fun Better Than Physic; or, Everybody’s Life Preserver. Chicago: Rand, McNally, 1884. 1st ed. Pebbled cloth, gilt. VG 40.00
Hirst, Barton. A System of Obstetrics. Phil: Lea Bros, 1889. 1st ed. Graphic illus. 2 vols. Cloth, gilt. VG 90.00
Kellogg, J. H. Ladies Guide in Health and Disease. Battle Creek, MI: Modern Medicine, 1897. 1st ed. Illus. Manikin chart. Pict cloth, gilt. Missing pamphlet in rear pocket. Otherwise VG 35.00
Krafft-Ebing, R. Psychopathia Sexualis. Brooklyn: Physicians & Surgeons Book Co, 1933. Revised ed. Cloth. VG 50.00
Lambert, T. S. Practical Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology. NY: Leavitt & Co, 1850. 1st ed. Illus, color plates. ½ Morocco, gilt. Foxing. G 35.00
Lloyd, Emily. Use of Electricity on the Face and Scalp. (np): Marinello, 1924. 1st ed. Illus. Cloth. VG 40.00
Lovett, Robert. The Treatment of Infantile Paralysis. Phil: P. Blakiston, 1916. 1st ed. Illus. Cloth, gilt. Underlining, hinges broken, spine faded. G 30.00
Macfadden, Bernarr. Physical Culture for Baby. NY: Macfadden, 1924. 1st ed. Illus. VG/VG 50.00
Morris, Malcom. Diseases of the Skin. Phil: Lea Bros, 1894. 1st ed. Color plates. Cloth, gilt. Rear hinge weak. VG 50.00
Palmer, Michael. Lessons on Massage. NY: William Wood, 1912. 4th ed. 10 x 13” pict cloth, gilt. VG 35.00
Pinkham, Lydia. Private Text-Book upon Ailments Peculiar to Women. Lynn, Mass: Lydia Pinkham Medicine, (nd, circa 1920). 4 x 6” stapled wrappers, cloth spine. VG 20.00
Ploss and Bartels. Woman: An Historical Gynaecological and Anthropological Compendium. London: William Heinemann, 1935. 1st ed. 3 vols. Illus. Cloth, in slipcases. VG 125.00
Rabies or Hydrophobia. Wash: Dept of Agriculture, (1923). Revised ed. Brochure. VG 15.00
Sauer, P. B. Maternity. Chicago: Miller, 1891. Revised ed. Pamphlet of graphic plates laid in. Pict cloth, gilt. VG 95.00
Savage, Henry. Female Pelvic Organs. NY: Wood, 1880. 3rd ed. Graphic illus. Cloth, gilt. VG 60.00
Solis-Cohen, Myer. Life Knowledge. Phil: Uplift Pub, 1909. Manikin chart, illus. 1st ed. Pict cloth, gilt. VG 75.00
Solis-Cohen, Myer. Woman: Girlhood, Wifehood, Motherhood. (np, 1906). 1st ed. Manikin chart, illus. Pict cloth, gilt. VG 75.00
Stall, Sylvanus. What a Man of Forty-Five Ought to Know. Phil: John Winston, (1928). Revised ed. F/VG 55.00
Stall, Sylvanus. What a Young Boy Ought to Know. Phil: Vir Pub, (1897). Cloth, gilt. VG 25.00
Stekel, William. Bi-Sexual Love. Brooklyn: Physicians & Surgeons Book, 1934. 1st ed. Cloth, gilt. VG 75.00
Stockham, Alice. Tokology. (np, 1905). Later ed. Missing the pamphlet. Pict cloth, gilt. G 25.00
Stockham, Alice. Tokology. Chicago: Sanitary Pub, 1886. Revised Ed. Pamphlet of plates in pocket. Pict cloth, gilt. Light foxing, rear hinge cracked. VG 115.00
Symonds, John A. Studies in Sexual Inversion. (np) Privately printed, 1928. Cloth, gilt. VG 60.00
Thomas, T. G. Practical Treatise on the Diseases of Women. Phil: Henry Lea, 1869. 2nd ed. Cloth. Binding broken, though internally sound. Binding copy 25.00
Thomas, T. Gaillard. Abortion and its Treatment, from the Stand-Point of Practical Experience. NY: D. Appleton, 1890. 1st ed. Cloth, gilt. Bookplate. VG 75.00
Vatsyayana. Kama Sutra. NY: Castle, (1963). Cloth. VG/VG 30.00
White, George. Intestinal Normalizing & Pelvic Culture for Women. Los Angeles: Book Concern, 1934. 1st ed. IlIus & 12-page supplement. Wrappers. VG 25.00
Wood-Allen, Mary. What a Young Girl Ought to Know. Phil: Vir Pub, (1905). New Edition. Cloth, gilt. DJ fragile. Fine/Fair 35.00
Wood-Allen, Mary. What a Young Woman Ought to Know. Phil: Vir Pub, (1898). Illus. Cloth, gilt. VG 35.00
Wood-Allen, Mary. What a Young Woman Ought to Know. Phil: Vir Pub, (1913). New Edition. Illus. Cloth, gilt. DJ split in two. Fine/Poor 35.00
Works of Aristotle (fake title, actually “Medical Knowledge” - quackery, midwifery, birth oddities, etc.) London: J. Smith, (nd, circa 1890). Half-tone plates, illus. Cloth, gilt. 4 x 5" (2” thick). VG 60.00
POLITICAL
Andrews, C. F. Mahatma Gandhi’s Ideas. NY: Macmillan, 1930. 1st ed. Frontis. Cloth. Lettering faded. Front hinge broken, rear cover discolored. G 20.00
Area Handbook for Communist China. (GPO), 1967. Large maps. Cloth. VG 25.00
Beals, Carleton. The Crime of Cuba. Phil: J. B. Lippincott, (1933). 1st ed. Photos by Walker Evans. Pict cloth. ¼” chip to spine, some rubbing. VG 175.00
Cowdry, Edmund. Human Biology and Racial Welfare. NY: Paul Hoeber, 1930. Illus. 1st ed, 2nd issue. Cloth. VG 50.00
Galbraith, Kenneth. The Affluent Society. Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin, 1958. 1st ed. F/VG 225.00
Harvey, George. The Power of Tolerance. NY: Harper & Bros, 1911. 1st ed. Green cloth, gilt. F 35.00
Hearst, William W. Ask Me Anything: Our Adventures with Khruschev. NY: McGraw-Hill, (1960). 1st ed. F/F 20.00
Hunt, Freeman. Worth and Wealth…for Men of Business. NY: Stringer & Townsend, 1856. 1st ed. Cloth, gilt. ½” chip to top of spine. VG 50.00
Huxley, Julian. A Scientist among the Soviets. London: Chatto & Windus, 1932. 1st ed. VG/VG 55.00
Kayser, Jacques. The Dreyfus Affair. London: William Heinemann, 1931. 1st ed. Illus. VG/VG 65.00
Kennedy, John F. Profiles in Courage. NY: Harper & Row, (1961). “Inaugural Edition”. F/F 95.00
Kennedy, John F. The Strategy of Peace. NY: Harper & Bros, (1960). 1st ed, 1st printing with “B-K” on title page. Smudge on endpaper. F/F 135.00
Kennedy, John F. The Strategy of Peace. NY: Harper & Bros, (1960). 1st ed, 2nd printing, “C-K” on title page, with 12-page insert, “A New Approach on Foreign Policy: A Twelve-Point Agenda.” F/F 115.00
Kennedy, Robert F. Just Friends and Brave Enemies. NY: Harper & Row, (1962). 1st ed. F/VG 50.00
Kennedy, Robert F. Thirteen Days. NY: W. W. Norton, (1969). 1st ed. F/VG 45.00
Kennedy, Robert F. To Seek a Newer World. Garden City: Doubleday, 1967. 1st ed. 2 copies. F/F and F/VG 75.00, 60.00
Kissinger, Henry A. A World Restored. NY: Houghton Mifflin, 1957. 1st ed. F/F 95.00
Kohn, George. Organization and Work of the League of Nations. (np: Academy of Political Science, 1924). 1st ed. Pict cloth, gilt. VG 25.00
Lane, Michael. The Level of Social Motion. NY: Macmillan, 1902. Cloth. VG 30.00
Marx, Karl. A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy. Chicago: Charles Kerr, 1911. Cloth, gilt. VG 45.00
Marx, Karl. Das Kapital: Kritik der Politschen Ekonomie (in German). Hamburg: Verlag von Otto Meisner, 1883. Very early edition in German. ½ Morocco. Entire spine is gone, otherwise tight and sound. Light foxing. Binding copy 2,250.00
Montague, Gilbert. The Rise and Progress of the Standard Oil Company. NY: Harper, 1903. 1st ed. Cloth, gilt. VG 75.00
Moscow. Moscow: State Art Publishers, 1939. 1st ed. Illus. Two sets of fold-out postcards tipped in. Textured cloth (8 x 10”). Name on endpaper, corners bumped. VG 275.00
Mussolini, Benito. My Autobiography. NY: Charles Scribner’s, 1928. 1st ed. Illus. VG/VG 95.00
Nixon, Richard. Six Crises. NY: Garden City, 1962. 1st ed. F/VG 45.00
Nixon, Richard. Six Crises. NY: Garden City, 1962. 1st ed. DJ creased, rubbed. Attached to endpaper is photo “With heartfelt appreciation for your loyal support in the campaign of 1962, Pat and Dick Nixon.” VG/G 45.00
Peck, A. T. Fortunes for Workingmen: A New and Sure Way to Accumulate Property. NY: Russell’s, 1867. 1st ed. Pebbled cloth, gilt. VG 45.00
Peter, Lawrence. The Peter Principle. NY: William Morrow, 1969. 1st ed. Proof. Orange wrappers. VG 40.00
Riis, Jacob. The Battle with the Slum. NY: Macmillan, 1902. 1st ed. Frontis, illus. Pict cloth. Edges frayed. VG 125.00
Roosevelt, Eleanor. This Troubled World. NY: H. C. Kensey, 1938. 1st ed. F/VG 95.00
Roosevelt, Franklin D. On Our Way. NY: John Day, (1934). 1st ed. VG/VG 175.00
Rubinow, I. M. The Quest for Security. NY: Henry Holt, (1936). Cloth. 1” spot on spine. VG 15.00
Shaw, George B. Socialism and Superior Brains. NY: John Lane, 1910. 1st ed. Cloth, gilt. VG 35.00
Stevenson, Adlai. What I Think. NY: Harper & Bros, 1956. 1st ed. F/VG 25.00
Sullivan, Lawrence. Prelude to Panic: The Story of the Bank Holiday. Wash: Stateman Press, 1936. 1st ed. Charts. 1-page publisher prospectus laid in. Spotting to DJ. F/VG 50.00
Tannenbaum, Frank. The Balance of Power in Society. NY: Academy of Political Science, 1946. 1st ed. Pamphlet. Underlining and notations. VG 25.00
Theses of the Communist International (Complete). London: Communist Party, 1920. 1st ed. Thin limp cloth, spine reinforced with three-hole punch. Title page detached, others loose, chipping, darkening, soiling. Fair 65.00
Transactions of the Fourth International Sanitary Conference of the America Republics. Wash: Pan-American Union, 1910. Signed correspondence laid in. Cloth. VG 15.00
Valtin, Jan. Out of the Night. NY: Alliance, (1941). Cloth, gilt. VG 15.00
Woolf, Leonard. Foreign Policy: The Labour Party’s Dilemma. London: Fabian Pub, 1947. 1st ed. 36 pg pamphlet. VG 35.00
TRAVEL, EXPLORATION
Banfield, E. J. My Tropic Isle. NY: Outing Pub, 1912. 1st ed. Photo plates. Cloth, gilt. Cloth faded, spine lean. VG 20.00
Biart, Lucien. Adventures of a Young Naturalist. NY: Harper & Bros, (nd, circa 1890). Illus. Pict cloth, gilt. VG 35.00
Bourne, Benjamin. The Captive in Patagonia. Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1853. 1st ed. Four plates. Cloth, gilt. Faded, chipped, light foxing. G 90.00
Bouton, John. Roundabout to Moscow: An Epicurean Journey. NY: D. Appleton, 1887. 1st ed. Pict cloth, gilt. VG 50.00
Descaves, Lucien. The Colour of Paris. London: Chatto & Windus, 1925. 1st ed. Color plates by Yoshio Markino. Pict cloth, gilt. Spine darkened. VG 30.00
Du Chaillu. Paul. Land of the Midnight Sun; Journeys through Sweden, Norway…. NY: Harper & Bros, (1881). 1st ed. 2 vol. Illus. 19 x 23” color map in rear pocket. VG 225.00
Earhart, Amelia. Last Flight. NY: Harcourt, Brace, (1937). 1st ed. Illus. VG/VG 75.00
Edwards, Edward. Voyage of HMS ‘Pandora’ Dispatched to Arrest the Mutineers of ‘Bounty’ in the South Seas. London: Francis Edwards, 1915. 1st ed. 11 x 35” map. Cloth, gilt, teg. VG 115.00
Erskine, John. Journal of a Cruise among the Islands of the Western Pacific. London, John Murray, (1853). 1st ed. 18 x 18” map (Fine), color plates. Cloth, gilt. Spine faded, edges frayed. VG 350.00
Fraprie, Frank. Little Pilgrimages Among Bavarian Inns. Boston: L. C. Page, 1906. 1st ed. Pict cloth, gilt. ¼ x ¾” chip to cover. Pages darkened. VG 20.00
Gill, W. Wyatt. Jottings from the Pacific. London: Religious Tract, 1885. 1st ed. Illus. Pict cloth, gilt. VG 80.00
Grenfell, Wilfred. Adrift on an Ice-Pan. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1909). 1st ed. Plates. Pict cloth. VG 25.00
Hammond’s Handy Atlas of the World. NY: C. S. Hammond, 1910. Color plates. Cloth. Hinge broken. G 25.00
Harding, Bertita. Southern Empire: Brazil. NY: Coward-Mccann, (1948). 1st ed. 20 x 27” map in pocket. Cloth. Spine spotted. VG 15.00
Harris, A. C. Alaska and the Klondike Gold Fields. Chicago: Monroe, (1897). 1st ed, Salesman’s Sample. Illus. Sample of deluxe binding pasted in, order pages with one order. Pict cloth, gilt. VG 115.00
Herndon & Gibbon. Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon: Part I & II. Wash: Robert Armstrong, m1853. 1st ed. 2 vols. Plates, illus. Foxing, discoloration, cloth faded. (Lacking the Vol III atlas) G 275.00
Holden, Horace. A Narrative of the Shipwreck, Captivity and Sufferings…on the Pelew Islands in 1832. Boston: Russell, Shattuck, 1836. 1st ed. 4 x 6” cloth. Foxing. G 125.00
Humphery, George. The Land of the Amazons. London: Sands & Co, 1901. 2nd ed, errata slip. Fold-out Frontis, 15 x 18” map (Fine). Cloth, gilt. 1” faded strip on spine and numerical stamp on copyright pg. Ex-lib? Spine lean, edges worn. G 20.00
Klondike: The Chicago Record’s Book for Gold Seekers. Chicago: Chicago Record, 1897. 1st ed. Illus. Pict cloth, rubbed, faded. VG 70.00
Klondike: The Chicago Record’s Book for Gold Seekers. Chicago: Chicago Record, 1897. 1st ed. Illus. Salesman’s Sample. Sample of deluxe edition pasted in. Order pages blank. Pict cloth. Cloth faded. VG 115.00
McManus, Blanche. The American Woman Abroad. NY: Dodd, Mead, 1911. Illus by author. Cloth, gilt. Spine faded. VG 15.00
Meredith, James. Around the World on Sixty Dollars: A True Story. Chicago: Thompson & Thomas, (1901). Illus. Pict cloth. VG 65.00
Mielche, Hakon. Lands of Aladdin. London: William Hodge, (1955). 1st UK ed. Color illus. Boards slightly bowed. F/F 15.00
Moorehead, Alan. The Fatal Impact: A Superb narrative of the exploration of the South Pacific. NY: Harper & Row, 1966. 1st ed. Illus. F/VG 15.00
O’Brien, Frederick. Mystic Isles of the South Seas. NY: Century Co, 1921. 1st ed. Fold-out map, illus. Pict cloth. VG 40.00
Orton, James. The Andes and the Amazons; Across the Continent of South America. NY: Harper & Bros, (1875). Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Two maps: 8 ½ x 27” and 9 ½ x 15”. The larger map has 7” split. Pict cloth, gilt. Spine faded, hinges split, rear board nearly detached. Fair 30.00
Pacific Northwest and Alaska. (np: J. P. Cummins, nd, Circa 1927). Maps, illus. Pict embossed brochure from Union Pacific Railway. Maps, illus. VG 20.00
Palmer, George. Kidnapping in the South Seas. Edinburgh: Edmonton and Douglas, 1871. 1st ed. Ten plates (Fine). Cloth, gilt. VG 225.00
Peixotto, Ernest. By Italian Seas. NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1911. Illus by author. Pict cloth. VG 20.00
Rutledge, Hugh. Everest 1933. London: Hodder Stoughton, 1934. 1st ed. Plates, 4 maps, including 9 x 18”, 14 x 21” and 21 x 29” – all Fine. Cloth, gilt. Outer spine edges split, fraying, tape marks, light foxing. G 95.00
Shiff, Jacob H. Our Journey to Japan. “Printed as a Surprise to the Author, Jan. 10, 1907”. 1st ed. Illus. Boards (8 ½ x 11”), paper label. Signed “With kind regards, Jacob H Shiff”. VG 275.00
Sketches of Venetian History. NY: Harper & Bros, 1837. 1st ed. 2 vols. (Harper’s Family Library No. 43 & 44) 4 x 6” boards. Map, fold-out plates. Foxing. G 30.00
Slocum, Joshua. Sailing Alone Around the World. NY: Century, 1901. Pan-American Edition, 1st ed thus. Illus. Pict cloth, rubbed and faded. VG 115.00
South American Handbook, 1939. London: Trade & Travel, (1939). Pict limp cloth, gilt. Illus, color map (15 x 19”), 6” split. VG 25.00
Taylor, E. Bayard. Views A-Foot; or, Europe Seen with Knapsack and Staff. Phil: McKay, 1890. Illus. Pict cloth, gilt. VG 40.00
The Eventful History of the Mutiny on the Bounty. London: John Murray, 1834. 3rd ed. (Harper’s Family Library No. 25) Plates. Boards (4 x 6”). Outer hinges cracked, spine darkened, partially intact. Bookplate. Fair 475.00
Thomas, Lowell. India: Land of the Black Pagoda. NY: Century, (1930). 1st ed. Illus. Pict cloth, gilt. VG 20.00
Walker, Ernest. Alaska. Wash: Smithsonian Inst, 1943. Map, illus. Wrappers. VG 15.00
Wilkie, Frank. Sketches Beyond the Sea. Chicago: Hazlitt & Reed, 1879. 1st ed. Illus. Cloth, gilt. VG 25.00
Williams, John. A Narrative of Missionary Enterprises in the South Sea Islands. London: J. Snow, 1837. 1st ed, 3rd thousand. Illus, 8 x 10” map. ½ Morocco over marbled boards, gilt. Foxing, flaking. G 325.00
Winter, Nevin. Mexico and Her People of To-Day. Boston: Page, 1907. 1st ed. Plates. Pict cloth, gilt. Some fading, hinge loose. VG 60.00
Winthrop, Theodore. The Canoe and the Saddle: Adventures among the Northwestern Rivers Boston: James Osgood, 1875. 12th ed. Cloth, gilt. VG 20.00
RELIGION, METAPHYSICS
Blavatsky, H. P. Studies in Occultism. Pasadena: Theosophical Society Press, 1946. 1st ed. F/F 40.00
Bright Rays for Dark Days: A Compilation of Brief Forceful Sayings from Sacred Sources Denver: Thold Co, (1901). Pict limp suede (3 x 5”), gilt. VG 15.00
Cheiro. Cheiro’s Guide to the Hand. NY: Rand, McNally, (1900). Illus. Pict cloth. Loose, hinges broken, tape residue on endpapers, some text notations. Fair 30.00
Cheiro. Cheiro’s Palmistry for All. NY: G. P. Putnam’s, (1916). 22nd printing. Illus. Pict cloth. VG 50.00
Drummond, Henry. Natural Law in the Spiritual World. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1887. 21st ed. Pict cloth, gilt. VG 20.00
Eddy, Mary B. Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. Boston: W. G. Nixon, 1891. 61st ed. Cloth, gilt. Faded, frayed. VG 200.00
Fletcher, John. An Appeal to Matter of Fact and Common Sense. Nashville: M. E. Church, 1888. Cloth, gilt. VG 30.00
Fosbroke, Gerald. Character Reading through Analysis of the Features. NY: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, (1914). 1st ed, 5th impression. Illus. Cloth. Hinges cracked. G 20.00
Fowler, O. S. The Practical Phrenologist. Boston: O. S.de Fowler, (1869). 1st ed. Illus. Several owners’ names and writings. Cloth, gilt. Frayed and faded. G 35.00
Gratz, Thomas. Palmistry Made Easy. Phil: John Winston, (1909). Illus. Pict boards, cloth spine. Corners frayed. VG 35.00
Holland, E. G. Memoir of Rev. Joseph Badger. NY: C. S. Francis, 1854. 3rd ed. Frontis. Pict cloth, aeg. Fraying. VG 35.00
Jones, Sam P. The Great Awakening: Revival Songs. Cincinnati: John Church, (1866). 1st ed. Illus. Chapbook. VG 65.00
Keller, Helen. My Religion. NY: Swendenborg Foundation, 1953. 4 ½ x 7” paperback, textured wrappers. F 40.00
Knox, William. Oh, Why Should the Spirit of Mortal be Proud? Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1883. Pict cloth, gilt, aeg. VG 25.00
McDonald, W. The New Standard Testament of Piety. Boston: H. V. Degen, 1861. 1st ed. Cloth, gilt. 1” tear to spine, gilt faded. VG 60.00
Milner, John. The End of Religious Controversy. NY: James Kirker, 1865. Large plate. Pict cloth, gilt, faded. VG 40.00
Montrose. Numerology for Everybody. NY: Blue Ribbon, (1940). 1st ed. Some offsetting. VG/VG 35.00
Penry, Jacques. How to Judge Character from the Face. London: Hutchinson, (1952). New, revised ed. Photos. Cloth. Boards bowed. VG 20.00
Plummer, John. The Hours of Catherine of Cleves. NY: George Braziller, (nd, circa 1966). Color plates. Faux vellum, gilt, in box. F 25.00
Rannald, Josef. How to Know People by their Hands. NY: Modern Age, (1938). Illus. Cloth. VG 20.00
Sizer, Nelson. Heads and Faces and How to Study Them: A Manual on Phrenology NY: Fowler & Wells, 1898. Illus. Pict cloth, gilt. ½” tear to spine. VG 65.00
Smith, Albert. Applied Graphology; A Textbook on Character Analysis from Handwriting. NY: Gregg Pub, 1920. F/VG 30.00
Smith, Joseph. The Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Church of Jesus Christ Latter-Day Saints, 1920. 1st thus, with double-columns & chronological data. Contemporary gift inscription. Cloth. VG 250.00
Stebbins, J. E. Our Friends: or Glory of the Immortal Life. Hartford: L. Stebbins, 1867. 1st ed. Plates. Pict cloth, gilt. Rubbing, foxing, hinge cracked. Fair 20.00
Steinour, Harold. Exploring the Unseen World. NY: Citadel Press, (1959). 1st ed. F/VG 20.00
Stoddard, A. B. A Mirror of Palms (By A. B. S.). Chicago: Rand, McNally, (1898). 1st ed. Pict cloth, gilt. Illus. VG 50.00
The Mormons; or, Latter-Day Saints. London: National Illustrated Library, (nd, circa 1850). Illus. Cloth, gilt, faded. VG 175.00
Thoughts – Selected by Ladies of Fabiola Hospital, Oakland, CA. NY: Dodge Pub, 1901. 1st ed. Plates. Pict cloth, gilt. VG 15.00
Van Dyke, Henry. Joy and Power: Three Messages with One Meaning. NY: T. Y. Crowell, 1903. 1st ed. Pict cloth, gilt. VG 20.00
Van Dyke, Henry. The Lost Boy. NY: Harper & Bros, 1914. 1st ed. 3 plates by N. C. Wyeth. Pict cloth, gilt. VG 30.00
Whitman, Bernard. A Lecture on Popular Superstitions. Boston, 1829. Wrappers with ties. VG 250
Williams, Joseph. Voodoos and Obeahs. NY: Dial Press, 1933. 3rd printing. VG/VG 85.00
SPORTS
Duffield, J. W. Bert Wilson on the Gridiron. NY: George Sully, (1914). Pict cloth in DJ. F/F 40.00
Durant, H. R. Wallops. Hartford, Conn: Dissel Pub, 1907. 1st ed. Plates. Hinges broken. Cloth. VG 40.00
Grey, Zane. The Redheaded Outfielder. NY: Grosset & Dunlap, (1948). VG/VG 20.00
Haughton, Percy. Football and How to Watch It. Boston: Marshall Jones, 1922. Plates. Pict cloth. Covers loose, rubbed, spine faded. G 35.00
McGraw, John. How to Play Baseball. NY: Harper & Bros, (1914). 1st ed. Pict cloth, gilt. F 300.00
Simpson, O. J. O. J.: The Education of a Rich Rookie. Macmillan, (1970). 1st ed. F/F 40.00
Standish, Burt. Lefty O’ the Big League. NY: Barse & Hopkins, (1914). 3rd printing. Illus. Light water damage. VG/VG 20.00
Toomay, Pat. On Any Given Sunday. NY: Donald Fine, (1984). 1st ed. F/F 40.00
Tunis, John. The Kid from Thompkinsville. NY: Harcourt, Brace, 1940. 1st ed. DJ in two pieces, w/2” chip. VG/Poor 60.00
Tunis, John. Young Razzle. William Morrow, 1949. 1st ed. Inscription. F/F 45.00
Valeriano, Salceda. Tragic Glory. Mexico: Ram of Mexico, 1960. 1st ed. ½ red leather over boards. Color plates. 3 copies, Fair to VG 15.00, 25.00, 35.00
Wardlaw, Charles. Basket Ball: A Handbook for Coaches and Players. NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1921. 1st ed. Illus. Pict cloth. VG 95.00
Weismuller, Johnny. Swimming the American Crawl. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1930. 1st ed. Plates. Cloth. One plate detached and laid in. Light waterstain, spine lean. Fair 35.00
GERMAN CIGARETTE CARD VOLUMES (all are 9 ½ x 12 ½”)
[Photo shows other oversized as well]
Die Olympischen Spiele in Los Angeles 1932. Reemtsma Cigarettenfabriken, Germany (nd) Circa 1932. 1st ed. German text. Appears complete with all cards tipped in, plus the large plate. Pict cloth, gilt. VG 125.00
Die Olympishchen Spiele in Berlin 1936. Cigaretten-Bildedienst, Germany (nd) Circa 1936. 2 volumes. 1st ed. German text. Appears complete with all cards tipped in. Pict cloth. 2 sets. VG 350
Deutschland Erwacht. Germany, Cigaretten-Bildedienst, Germany, 1933. 1st ed. German text. Appears complete with all cards pasted in, plus the huge 51” x 12” plate (Fine). Pict cloth, with both the pictorial dust jacket and brown dust jacket. VG 1200
Graf Zeppelin Zeppelin-Weltfahrten. Germany, 1932. 1st ed. German text. All cigarette cards appear present. Pict boards. VG 100.00
ORIENTAL RUGS
Dwight, H. G. Persian Miniatures. Garden City: Doubleday, Page, 1917. Illus. Cloth, gilt. Spine faded. VG 20.00
Holt, Rosa B. Oriental & Occidental Rugs. NY: Garden City Publishing, (1937). 1st ed. Color plates. 8 x 11” cloth. VG 65.00
Jacobsen, Charles. Oriental Rugs: A Complete Guide. Tokyo: Charles Tuttle, (1962). 1st ed. Color plates. Pict cloth, gilt. w/DJ & box. F 65.00
Langton, Mary. How to Know Oriental Rugs. NY: D. Appleton, 1904. 1st ed. Color plates. Pict cloth, gilt. VG 35.00
Lewis, G. Griffin. The Mystery of the Oriental Rug. Phil: J. P. Lippincott, 1914. 1st ed. Color plates. Pict cloth. F 20.00
Lewis, G. Griffin. The Practical Book of Oriental Rugs. Phil: J. P. Lippincott, (1920). 5th ed (revised). Color plates, fold-out map. Pict cloth. VG 35.00
Mumford, John K. Oriental Rugs. NY: Charles Scribners Sons, 1909. Early oversized ed. Color plates. 9 x 11” pict cloth. First few pages laid in, o/w VG 50.00
Mumford, John K. Oriental Rugs. NY: Charles Scribners Sons, 1915. 3rd ed. Color plates. 9 x 11” pict cloth. VG 50.00
Oriental Carpets, Runners & Rugs and Some Jacquard Reproductions. London: Adam and Charles Black, 1910. 1st 1ed. Color plates. 1” “Presentation Copy” embossed on title page. 9 x 12” pict cloth, gilt. VG 200.00
COOK BOOKS
Benton, Caroline. Easy Entertaining. Boston: Dana Estes, 1911. 1st ed. Pict cloth. Rubbed. VG 50.00
Chase, A. L. Practical Recipes. Ann Arbor, Mich: R. A. Beal, 1881. Frontis, several signatures detached. Appears complete with all 658 pages. Slight waterstaining to final pages. Cloth, gilt. Fair. Binding copy 65.00
Danelson, J. Edwin. Dr. Danelson’s Counselor with Recipes. NY: A. L. Burt, 1887. Revised and enlarged, 1st ed thus. Cloth, gilt. Illus. VG 75.00
Frigidaire Recipes. Dayton, OH: Frigidaire, (1928). 1st ed. Illus. Fragile DJ has chips, tears. Offsetting from DJ. VG/G 30.00
Henderson, Mary. Practical Cooking and Dinner Giving. NY: Harper & Bros, 1878. Pict cloth, gilt. VG 65.00
Lemcke, Cesine. How to Live Well on Twenty-Five Cents a Day. NY: J. S. Ogilvie, 1896. 1st ed. “The Peerless Series No. 96.” 5 x 7” softcover. First three pages laid in. Paper brittle and darkened, a few ½” chips. Complete with 181 pages plus 5 pages of ads in back. Extremely scarce. Fair To be auctioned
Mario, Auguste. Easy French Cookery. London: Cassell, 1910. 1st ed. Illus. Pict cloth. VG 65.00
Pavy, F. W. Treatise on Food and Dietetics. NY: William Wood, 1881. Cloth, gilt. VG 40.00
Shute, T. S. The American Housewife Cookbook. Phil: George Lewis, 1878. 1st ed. Illus. Pict cloth, gilt. Covers nearly detached, 1” tear to cloth spine, o/w G 40.00
The Little Gingerbread Man. NY: Royal Baking Co, 1923. 1st ed. 7 x 7” pict wrappers, stapled. Spine split halfway. G 10.00
Toklas, Alice. The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book, Forward by M. F. K. Fisher. Harper, (1984). 1st ed thus. F/VG 40.00
Whitfield, W. C. Just Cocktails. (np): Three Mountaineers Press, (1939). 1st ed. Illus. Pict carved wood boards, leather ties. Brochure, “Dr. Bouchet Cocktail Recipes” pasted inside front board. F 165.00
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OTHER NON-FICTION
[Poker] Brown, Garrett. How to Beat the Game. G. W. Dillingham, (1903). 1st ed. Illus. Pict cloth. VG 650.00
Gann, William D. 45 Years in Wall Street. Miami: W. D. Gann, (1949). 1st ed. Blue cloth, a bit bowed, light waterstains, library call numbers on spine, bookplates removed, owner’s name. Ex-lib. Fair 750.00