Search Results: Miscellany #08 A Collector's Odds and Ends from Arroyo Seco Books

New York 1927 1928: E. P. Dutton, 1927. First American Edition . Red Cloth. Good. Drawings and Reproductions. Red Cloth. 1927 And 1928 Printings. Nine Volumes Of Ten, Lacking Volume 1. Ex-Library, With Usual Library Marks And Blind Stamps. Dutton's Red Cloth Binding, Using English Sheets From Dent, Except For Volume 2 Which Is Rebound In Red Library Buckram And Cut A Little Shorter When Rebound. Contents Very Nice Except A Few Hinges Are Cracked. Cloth In Good Condition, Library Numbers On Spines, And A Few Corners Are Frayed. International Shipping Would Be Very Expensive.

Howden, Yorkshire [1929?]: Airship Guarantee Company Ltd (Vickers), 1929. First Edition . Buff Wrappers. Near Fine. Photographs. 23 Pp. First Edition. Buff Wrappers, Two Spine Staples, Lithographed In Shades Of Blue, With "R-100" Lithographed (Not Copied, No Dotes Or Other Patterns Visible Under Magnification) In Darker Blue, Covers Have A Weave Pattern Of Tiny Squares Visible Under Magnification; B/W Photos In Text: Two Leaves With Photographs On Both Sides, One Before P. 3, The Other Between Pages 22 And 23. Photos And Page Numbers 22 And 23 Are Weak But Present. Bright, Clean, No Rusting To Staples, Very Light Soiling. No Indication Of Any Other Published Or Of Date After 1929, No Indication Of Any Printer Etc.

New York: The Heritage Press, 1942. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 297 Pp. Red Cloth Spine Lettered In Gilt, Yellow Boards Illustrated In Red. Heritage Press Reprint Of The Signed Limited Editions Club Edition Of 1942. Wear, Fraying At Edges Of Boards, Hinges Cracked, Upper Tips Of Boards And All Pages With Small Bumps. Inscribed By Hersholt "To ---, I Spent Many Happy Hours Translating These Splendid Fairy Tales. I Am Sure You'll Enjoy H. C. Andersen's Deep Understanding Of Human Nature, Sometimes Too Deep For Mere Children. All My Best Wishes To You Jean Hersholt Hollywood March 1945". The Catalog Of The Jean Hersholt Collection Of Hans Christian Andersen Was Published By The Library Of Congress In 1954.

New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc.. Reprint . Orange Cloth. Very Good Book/Good DJ. Color Frontispiece, B/W Plates. 293 pp. Reprint. Worn but complete, fraying at corners and top and bottom of spine, binding cracked befiore last page, owner's name on front endpaper.

New York: George H Doran, 1917. First Edition . Illustrated Wrappers. Good. 264 Pp. Book Begins With Half-Title, Ends With Last Page Of Book. Bound In Illustrated Wrappers Which Have Front And Rear Panels And Flaps, Like A Dj, But Attached At Spine To Book. Spine With Lettered Title And Author In Black Print, No Publisher's Name Or Other Information, Appears To Be Different Paper And Design Than The Attached Wrappers; This May Be An Advance Review Copy With The Dj Panels Attached Later, Or Just A Very Odd Binding. Small Ink Name On Recto Of Frontispiece.

Beatles (U>S>A>) Limited, 1964. First Edition . Illustrated Wrappers. Very Good.

New York: Beechwood Press, 1942. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 328 Pp. Red Cloth, Gilt. First Edition Thus (Reprint Of 1928'S "Record Flights", With New Chapters On Wwii As "Give Em Hell!"). Lightly Used, Spine And Cover Gilt Complete, No Marks, Hinges Tight. Slight Fading To Spine Cloth.

New York: Beechwood Press, 1942. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good +. 328 Pp. Red Cloth, Gilt. First Edition Thus (Reprint Of 1928'S "Record Flights", With New Chapters On Wwii As "Give Em Hell!"). Lightly Used, Spine And Cover Gilt Complete, No Marks, Hinges Tight.

New York: Random House, 1946. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Green Wrappers. Very Good. 11 1/16 " Tall. Plain Green Wrappers, Typed Cover Label "Uncorrected Proof" With Publisher's Info, Title, Author, Publication Date Of May 1946 And Price $2.00. First Page With Text "Uncorrected Proof From Random House, Brewsie And Willie By Gertrude Stein, For Advance Readers", Rest Of Book Is A Reproduction Of The Galleys On Cheap Paper. Light Wear, 1/2' Split At Top Front Spine Edge. Paper Label On Front Cover Has Bleed-Thru Of The Glue Used To Mount It On The Front Cover. Scarce; The Later First Trade Printing Was In 6000 Copies. A Copy Of That Trade Ediiton In Jacket Is Also Included.

London: Adam & Charles Black, 1907. First Edition, First Printing . Blue Cloth, Gilt. Near Fine. Paintings By W. Biscombe Gardner. First printing with "Published April 1907" on copyright page.TEG. Spine and cover gilt bright, spine with just a touch of fading, tiny point beginning to fray at lower tip of front board, endpapers browned and 1/2" dampstain at lower corner of front free endpaper, no marks or damage.

London: Vista Books, 1962. First Edition . Cloth. Near Fine Book/Near Fine DJ. Photographs and Drawings. 272 Pp. First Printing. Encyclopedic Overview Of All Known Sites In 1962, With Appendix And Index. Touch Of Rubbing Over Rear Panel Of Dj, Slight Bumping To Ends Of Spine, Otherwise Fine.

Washington: American Chemical Society, 1985. First Edition . Blue Cloth. Fine Book/Near Fine DJ. Photographs. Near New; Inscribed By Yeomans To A Jpl Staffer, "The Man In The Eye Of The Halley Storm...

Pasadena: International Halley Watch / Jet Propulsion Laboratory / National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1991. First Edition . Printed Blue Wrappers. Near Fine. 332 Pp. No Names Or Marks, Near New, From Jpl But Not Marked A Such. A Large Volume; International Postage At Usps Priority Mail Box Rate

New York: Vantage Press, 1978. First Edition . Maroon Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good + DJ. First Edition. Maroon Cloth. Near Fine In Very Good+ Dust Jacket. A Bright, Clean Example In A Dj With A 3/4" Closed Tear And Just A Touch Of Wear.

New York [circa 1910]: Frederick A. Stokes, 1910. First American Edition . Red Cloth. Very Good +. Plates from Fine Photographs. Part of a series of books published by T. Fisher Unwin in the UK. Gilt lettering and decorations, all presenet and bright, spine slightly faded. Endpapers and contents immaculate, no names or stains, small handwritten three digit number on back of title page, no other marks.

[London]: Nonesuch Press, 1932. First Edition Thus . Paper-covered Boards. Very Good +/Good. 6 1/2" Tall. Copy #3 [Numeral Is Printed, Not Written] Of A Total Of 625 For Distribution In The Uk And 175 For Distribution In The U.S.; This Early Number May Have Had A Personal Distribution But, If That Is The Case, It Is Not Identified. Paper-Covered Boards And Matching Endpapers, Predominantly Green, With Leather Spine Label. A Little Wear Along Top And Bottom Of Boards, With A Few Tiny Nicks At Edges; Spine Label In Like-New Condition. Orange Dj Has Printed Title And Design On Front, No Other Marks, But Is Aged To Brown Or Near-Brown On Spine And At Top 3/4" And Foredge 1 1/2" Of Front Panel, And Top 1" And Foredge 1/2" Of Rear Panel.

Pasadena (1939, 1940): Bulletin of the American MAthematical Society / Durand Reprinting Committee, 1944. First Edition Thus . Grey Printed Wrappers. Near Fine. The Text Of The Fifteenth Josiah Willard Gibbs Lecture Delivered At Columbus, Ohio, December 27, 1939, Under The Auspices Of The American Mathematical Society With The Cooperation Of The American Association For The Advancement Of Science. A Reprint By The Durand Reprinting Committee Of The California Institute Of Technology, Dated 1944, The Second Separate Edition, After The Original Ams Offprint Of 1940. Near Fine

New York: Park Lane, 1989. First Edition Thus . Purple Cloth. Fine Book/Fine Dustjacket. 13 1/4" Tall. Color Plates Throughout. 320 pp. Fine book in fine dust jacket

AAHS, 1969. Manuscript . Soft cover. Very Good. 93 pp + additional pages inserted. Author's photocopy of his typed manuscript, with many handwritten changes and additions, and additional pages, 134 total. Circulated at JPL prior to publication as AIAA 69-1044.

New York: Pantheon, 1956. First Edition, First Printing . Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good + DJ. 12 1/8" Tall. Photographs Throughout. 88 Pp. First Printing. Fine Photographic Plates On Heavy Paper. Contents And Binding Near Fine, With Decorative Bookplate Of J Howard Jacobs. Dj Somewhat Aged, Price Clipped At Top Of Front Flap, 1/4" Chipping Across Top Of Spine, Still A Better Than Average Example.