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Octavo (8 1/2 X 5 5/8 inches) London: Taylor and Francis, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, 1893. Original First Edition. 160 pages, illustrated with drawings of early ideas for achieving manned flight prior to the Wright Brothers. original blue cloth hardcover beveled boards, with title and authors names in gilt, framing a, centered, gilded image of a man descending in a parachute (shown also in the text in black and white as "patent No. 10937 A.D.1888").

Very good condition, minor scuffing to front cover and spine, not affecting contents. Small rubber stamp of a previous owner in upper right corner of title page, over an inked notation ("1.1. 95"), and another unobtrusive notation at bottom right corner of same page - neither affecting text or contents. Minor crimping of upper right corner thru page 13, also not affecting text or contents that are both very clean.

There are more than 275 patent entries: from Balloons (" ... captive, combined with aeroplanes, photography from ....") to Flying Machines,… Read More

Small Octavo (7 7/8 X 5 3/4 inches)Chicago: The Charles C. Thompson Co. ("Not Inc."), 1909. First Edition. 222 pages with numerous photomechanical illustrations of car parts, technical drawings and diagrams for a 1909 automobile, with detailed descriptive text.

Original red cloth hardcover binding with title in gilt on front cover and spine; very good condition (minor age wear at corners, and top and bottom of spine, but contents clean, intact, and in fine condition.)

A very thorough discussion of automobile driving, including subjects on: "Meeting horses, Cattle and Cyclists," "Laying Up tor the Winter," and "The Live Axle."

Also, "Don't try to wipe engine while in motion," "Don't fail to have a fine gauze screen put in your funnel and strain all gasolene put in the tank," and "Do not drive in street car tracks, ...."

Small octavo (7 3/4 X 5 1/4 inches) Los Angeles: Los Angeles Examiner, 1920. First Edition. 79 page stapled booklet printed on pulp paper, bound in wrappers, illustrated by the American painter and illustrator B. G. Seielstad, good condition (minor old tape repairs to two portions of covers, neat rubber stamps with name of previous owner on front and back cover, and at top and bottom of title page (the one at the top is for the "Bush Orchestra") Published by the famous Los Angeles Hearst newspaper.

The fictional Blinkey Ben dispenses his folksy, small town, suggestive observations to the "Sporting Editor," and the "Night Editor" while using local scenery, and a few local celebrities to philosophize about the good old days.

Quarto (11 1/4 by 8 3/4 inches) Denver, Colorado: Tom Klinger, 2004. First Edition. 280 pages printed on coated stock, illustrated with vintage black and white photographic portraits, maps, a gallery of photo images of Como, Colorado, views of trains, equipment, bridges, cabins, "Addendums" of time tables, engine ratings, time books, engineers, firemen & trainmen rosters, glossary, and index. Very good condition.

An homage to the legacy of the Colorado & Southern railroaders of the South Park Line; well researched, and beautifully presented.

Octavo (8 1/4 by 5 3/4 inches) Los Angeles, California: The Primavera Press, 1936. First Edition. 132 pages, quarter cloth, with Chinese characters printed on decorative paper covered boards; title, decorative device, author's name, and publisher's name in gilt on spine; original worn dust jacket protected by mylar, title page drawing by James Bodrero. Very good condition.

A collection of short stories, based on the author's experiences in San Francisco, and the Gold Rush environs of California.

Small quarto (9 1/2 by 6 1/2 inches) London: Rowland Ward, Limited, 1909. First Edition. xv, 252 + [4] pages of Publisher's Advertisements, "With 73 Full-Page Plates (on unnumbered leaves), a Map, and 56 Illustrations in the Text, Reproduced From Original Photographs."

The colored map is folded into a pocket attached to the rear pastedown. Original gray cloth binding with title and author on upper cover, and in gilt on spine; patterned end papers, appendix, and index. Very good condition (small blemish on lower margin of front pastedown, and front fly leaf, minimal shelf wear; none affecting contents).

A hunting expedition to Siberia and Alaska, originating in Japan, with ethnological observations on indigenous people, and descriptions of mining, and of the fisheries.

The Appendix is a "Synopsis of the Animals Collected by the Author During His Expedition" (that included mammals, birds, and invertebrates).

Small octavo (7 5/8 by 5 3/8 inches) New York: Published by the Author, 1883. Original First Edition. 140 pages, frontispiece, original green hardcover cloth binding, good condition (normal, mild shelf wear, printed on paper that is now aged and brittle, but intact, with no loss; and not affecting contents which are complete).

An early expose on opium and its affect on people who use it, with details of the author's experiences while visiting Chinatown, and its opium dens; with his commentary on the habits of "Women Who Smoke," "A Day in an Opium Asylum," and chapters on "An American Palace Joint," Cravings on the Road," "Victims in the Dramatic Profession," plus "A Chapter on Legislation," among others.

Small Octavo (7 1/2 X 5 inches) London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne: Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1910. First English Language Edition. 240 pages, eight black and white photo illustrations, light sand colored hardcover cloth binding with silhouettes of steaming pots on front cover, and a serving bowl decoration printed under the title and author on the spine; advertisements for English kitchen products on front and back pastedowns and end papers; and one for "Bird's Custard Powder" on back cover, "Do not have a roaring fire; it is unnecessary."

Good condition (light fading to spine). "Do not lose your temper ... ," "Remember that cooking is a fine art ... "

Many interesting chapters, including "Hints for Shopping," "Table Decoration and Service," "French and Turkish Coffee," separate English and French indexes to recipes, "Menus in English and French: ... For Dinners, ... For Short Dinners, ... For Lunches, ... For Cold Lunches," "Champagnes, Wines, Liqueurs and Cups,

Oblong quarto (12 3/4 by 13 1/2 inches) Boston: A New York Graphic Society Book - Little, Brown and Company, 1984. First Edition. 143 pages, 117 pages of photo illustrations, bibliography, printed by The Stinehour Press. Half white linen binding over grey linen boards, housed in a grey linen slip case, with photo mounted on front cover. Very good condition (slight fading on back cover of slipcase, not affecting contents.)

A representative collection of this artist's work, where " . . . the interlocking relationship between what an artist creates and the environment he chooses to work in." are beautifully displayed.

Octavo (8 1/2 by 5 1/2 inches) Port Angeles, Washington: The Evening News Inc., 1923. First Edition. 226 [1] pages illustrated with black and white sketches by Annette Swan, and a few black and white photos; printed on brown paper, good condition (mild evidence of old moisture to lower border of front cover, and foredge, not affecting contents) small faint stamp of a long-gone book store on lower front pastedown, contents include "Books You'd Love to Read," brown cloth binding with vignette of a fisherman sitting on an outcrop above a lake looking down through a telescope.

A collection of fish stories by an author who was a naturalist; originally, with a specialty in ornithology.

Small quarto (9 1/4 by 6 1/2 inches) Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1896. Original First Edition. xxii, 690 pages, illustrated with [46] pages of plates: 40 illustrations, including portraits, battle scenes, and a facsimile letter to Lee, and 16 maps with color denoting battle lines (red for Confederates, blue for Federals), an appendix with letters of General Robert E. Lee and General Longstreet, and an index. Bound in half red leather, with title and author in gilt between raised bands on spine, matching leather corners, patterned end papers, very good condition (mild shelf wear to edges and corners, not affecting contents).

An important memoir by Lee's second-in-command. Nevins Volume I, page 122: "A combination of reminiscences and rebuttals by a gallant soldier ostracized by his comrades in the Reconstruction period; a necessary source for any study of Lee's army."

18 mo. (6 5/8 by 4 1/4 inches) Boston and New York: Lamson, Wolffe, and Company, 1896. First American Edition. Hardcover, cloth. 126 pages, with black and white illustrations by Henry Sandham, R.C.A. based on photographs made by Lummis; very good condition, decorative cloth binding, title and author in gilt on upper front cover next to a representation of a South American idol. Title and author in gilt on spine; top edge gilt. One very small 1/8 inch area of minor wear to lower spine, not affecting contents.

Stories about adventures in Peru, and " . . . attempts to frustrate archaeological investigations . . . . "

Small quarto (9 3/4 X 6 1/4 inches) London: Sold By J. Taylor, At The Architectural Library" Printed by S. Gosnell, 1813. First Edition. viii, 251, [20] pages: 11 plates (some folded, including frontispiece, plans), the detailed index includes additional historical information; good condition, rebacked with later half cloth over original paper covered boards, new red label with title and author in gilt, corners bumped and worn - not affecting text, two leaves at back of book with torn lower corners, not affecting text.

An unsophisticated copy of an interesting book: "... for that the principles and proportions of Gothic architecture, which had been termed, in reality, destitute of existence, will here be found laid down on geometrical rules, with a degree of precision sufficient for ever necessary purpose in the construction and erection of edifices in that style."

Small quarto (9 1/4 by 6 1/4 inches) Cincinnatti: Robert Clark & Co., 1875. First Edition. Two Volumes, xiv, 454 & v, 478 pages including an Appendix, with details on the construction of block house fortifications, and an Index."Illustrated with Campaign and Battle Maps Compiled by Edward Ruger, Late Superintendant Topographical Engineer Office, Headquarters Department of the Cumberland," in an Atlas of 22 maps (complete), most of them fold-out with color highlights, showing army movements (both Federal and Confederate); a few with old tape repairs to some of the fold lines, not affecting contents, which are intact and very readable.

Very good condition (rebound in dark green cloth, with mild shelf wear to labels), titles in gilt on spines.

Nevins, "Civil War Books, A Critical Bibliography" volume I, page 47 "A large compendium of information concerning Gen. Thomas and his Federal army; Vol. III is an atlas."

Quarto (11 1/4 by 8 1/2 inches) Glendale, California: Interurban Press, 1986. First Edition. 207 pages printed on coated stock, illustrated with black and white vintage photographs, time tables, tickets, diagrams of cars, roster of equipment, bibliography, index; hardcover in very good condition with original colorful dust jacket.

Interurbans Special 103: History of the Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad, most notable (according to the authors) because it was ... "built to higher than normal standards for electric shortline railroads; it operated mostly with a third rail power system; it ran exclusively on private rights-of-way; it served a geographically narrow region whose economy was heavily dependent on one industry - coal."

Octavo (8 3/4 by 6 inches) New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1882. First Edition. x, 502 pages, eight folded maps, frontis is an engraved portrait of Thomas.

Appendix contains "Roster of Troops Engaged at Mill Springs, Kentucky January 19, 1862," and "Organization of U. S. Forces Commanded by Major General Geo. H. Thomas, at the Battle of Nashville, Tenn, Dec. 15 and 16, 1864." Index, and six pages of Publisher's advertisements.

Original blue cloth binding, with facsimile signature of General Thomas centered on upper cover in gilt; and title, author, and publisher in gilt on spine. Very good condition (light, old water stain to lower right corner of front cover, and lower left corner of back cover; not affecting contents that are intact, bright, and clean).

A biography of "The Rock of Chickamauga," previously belonging to a West Point graduate, Captain F. W. Mansfield, U. S. Infantry, with his book plate on front pastedown, and his inked signature, at "Fort Apache, Arizona, September 1897" on… Read More

Quarto (12 by 9 1/2 inches) San Francisco: John H. Carmany and Company, 1874. Original First Edition. 319 + v pages, hardcover, bound in original green pebble cloth, with title in gilt on spine, and gilt vignette of a seal on upper front cover; 27 lithographic plates drawn by the author, and printed by Britton and Rey, plus many other fine lithographs (a few drawn by another hand) of whaling equipment, seals, dolphins and porpoises. Neat nineteenth century inked gift inscription on front fly leaf; minor normal shelf wear (not affecting the overall content, or binding that are both in very good condition); index.

"This book is the classic work on whales and seals along the Pacific coast. Captain Scammon began his whaling career soon after his arrival in California in 1852. His carefully prepared work is the most comprehensive book on the subject, and he investigated all the then known species of Cetacea as well as the Pinnipedia. His text on the whale fishery takes up the last hundred plus pages of… Read More

Small quarto (10 by 6 3/4 inches) 291 pages illustrated with black and white photos, drawings, and diagrams. Stiff card cover wrappers, good condition, with mild shelf wear to top of spine, not affecting contents.

The illustrations represent, among other descriptions, the food, housing, clothing, fishing, and ways of life of a small population living on an atoll in the South Pacific. The author was a "... Maori anthropologist, physician, and politician who made major contributions to Maori public health and became one of the world's leading Polynesian studies scholars."

Octavo (8 1/2 by 5 3/4 inches) Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1881. First Edition. 322 pages illustrated with engraved frontispiece and portraits (including Sheridan, Sherman, Rosecrans, and Grant), Appendix (containing "Speech of General W. T. Sherman," and letters from George B. McClellan, and others regarding the unveiling of a statue, and the dedication of a monument in honor of Thomas), and an index. Green cloth binding bordered in blind with Greek key pattern, facsimile signature of Thomas, in gilt, centered on upper cover; and title, author and publisher in gilt on spine. Very good condition (minor shelf wear, not affecting contents).

"A brief, . . . and adulatory account of Thomas's military career; written by an associate:" Nevins. "Civil War Books, A Critical Bibliography," volume II, page 67.

Small octavo (8 by 6 inches) Mexico : Frances Toor Studios, 1937. First Edition. 202 pages printed on coated stock, (56 pages of text, each section headed by a black and white thumbnail portrait of the artist being discussed, 74 leaves of black and white plates representing the subject artist's work, frontis is in color) good condition (tan hardback cloth binding with mild toning; slight shelf wear to head and tail of spine, and corners, old pencil mark in upper margin of one page - all not affecting contents).

From the introduction: "Here we are merely publishing biographical and critical notes of practically all of the important artists who have helped to make the movement (modern Mexican art) and some of the younger ones of promise, with reproductions of their work. We are including three artists who are not of Mexican origin, but who have contributed to it generously and enthusiastically."

Among the twenty-five artists included are Miguel Covarrubias, Jean Charlot, Carlos Merida, J. Clemente… Read More