Recent Arrivals from Shelley and Son Books

Anderson, IN: Gospel Trumpet Company, No date. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Hardbound green boards, white text title on cover, hand written title on spine. Wear to top and bottom of spine, corners. Owner stamp on endpaper, title, Preface and Contents pages. No other writing within. 263 pp. Very good copy. Full refund if not satisfied.

Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Co, no date, copyright 1936. Hardcover. Good. 4.5"x3.5"x2. Lt. Dick Calkins. A small 4.5"x3.5"x2" children's comic and story book, one of the Big Little Box collection. Each print page accompanied by a drawing opposite. Buck Rogers was a popular early 20th century space here. 424 pp. CONDITION: Boards are illustrated in color, entitled front… Read more about this item

Boston: Phillips, Sampson, and Company, 1854. Hardcover. Very Good +. Illustrated with Engravings. Bound in black leather with hubbed spine. Cover and spine are beautifully stamped and lettered in gilt. Gilt edges on the leaves. Illustrated with engravings. 858pp.<br><br>CONDITION: Covers are mildly rubbed. Inscription on flyleaf. Moderate edgewear and a few minor scuffs. Extensive light foxing throughout. Binding… Read more about this item

Philadelphia, PA: Porter and Coates, 1876. Hardcover. Very Good. Bound in brown leather with raised bands on the spine. Cover is beautifully blind stamped with Shakespeare in gilt lettering. Spine is also decoratively blind stamped and lettered in gilt. Gilt leave edges. 968pp.<br><br>CONDITION: Ex-Library. Typical library spoor. Covers are lightly rubbed. Outer hinge is split about one half… Read more about this item

New Mexico: Archdiocese of Santa Fe, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2003. Hardcover. Fine. 0x0x0. Black and White Illustrations. Bound in red bonded leather with gilt lettering on the spine and cover. Several B&W photo illustrations xiv 239pp.<br><br>CONDITION: Very light shelf wear. Pages are crisp and clean. Binding and text block are tight. Full refund if not satisfied.

Unknown: Compass Rose Press, 2008-09-01. hardcover. Fine/Fine. 6x2x9. Black and White Photo Illustrations. Bound in brown cloth with gilt text on the spine. In 1924 . three years before CharlesLindbergh makes his historic flight over the Atlantic - post WWI America is convinced she can do anything she puts her mind to. In the midst of the RoaringTwenties… Read more about this item

London : H. R. Allenson Limited, No date. Second Edition , Revised and Enl. Hardcover. Very Good . Black and White Illustrations. Inscribed and Signed by Author. Circa 1929. Inscribed and Signed by Author. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged, Being the first British Edition. Bound in black cloth with gold lettering on the cover and spine. 25 B&W… Read more about this item

South Salem, NY: Attic Books Lts, 1992. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Coinages of the major medieval empires in Byzantium; early coinages of the Dark Ages; medieval coinages from early establishment of modern Europe; France, Italy, Britain and Low Countries coinages. Over 4100 coins are catalogued in this volume. An additional price guide is laid in. Illustrated coins, maps… Read more about this item

Not Given: Bolton, 1820. Second Edition, Revised. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Author's Initialed Inscription. Hardbound leather boards, gilt design and title on spine. Hinges starting, front gutter along spine split; textblock sound. Ex-library, Sunday school stamp on endpapers, rubbed and soiled. Leaves are free from writing. ix, 374 pp. Very good reading copy. Full refund if not satisfied.… Read more about this item

Albany, NY: Excelsior Editions, 2022. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Inscribed by Author. The story of the remarkable rise and illustrious career of H. Carl McCall, a revered figure in New York State politics and the first Black official elected to statewide office. Mixing personal stories about Bill and Hillary Clinton, Mario and Andrew Cuomo, Nelson Mandela and Jimmy Carter,… Read more about this item

London: Gollancz, 2007. Hardcover. Like New/Like New. Signed by Author. Hardcover blue boards, red title on spine. Free of writing; graphic dust jacket. Like new condition. Full refund if not satisfied.

Not Given: Self Published, Not Listed. Paperback. Very Good. Signed by Author. The original manuscript personally printed and signed by the author in 20 numbered and five unnumbered reference copies of which this is number 4. CONDITION: Bound in green paper secured with three binding post screws. Typewritten, 252 pp. Slight rubbing to covers, very good copy. Full… Read more about this item

New York : College Avenue Press, 2001. hardcover. Fine/Fine. 6x2x9. Bound in navy blue cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on the cover and spine. America's first woman astronomer was born in 1818 on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. Patiently observing the skies with her father as early as age twelve, Maria eventually discovers a telescopic comet. For this 1847… Read more about this item

Virginia: Lynchburg Bicentennial Connission, 1984. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Bound in navy blue cloth with gilt on the cover and spine. vi 1676pp. White dustjacket with illustration and black and brown text.<br><br>CONDITION: Covers are unmarked. Pages are crisp and clean. Binding and textblock are tight. Dustjacket has light water stain on back bottom cover. Full refund if not satisfied.… Read more about this item

London : Enitharmon Press, 1986. hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good +. 6x0x9. Bound in black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. While much has been written about the so-called 'Auden generation', very little attention has been paid to women's poetry from the era, and Bellerby is surely one of the most revealing poets of the time. This… Read more about this item

Chicago: Moody Publishers, 1954. Magazine. Near Fine. Moody Monthly, October 1954 featuring Evangelist Billy Graham. 128pp.<br><br>CONDITION: Covers are lightly rubbed and there is light soiling at the spine. Pages are crisp and clean. Binding is sound. Full refund if not satisfied.

Unknown: Newsweek Magazine, 1954. Magazine. Very Good . Newsweek Vol. 43, No. 5 February 1, 1954 featuring Evangelist Billy Graham. 80pp.<br><br>CONDITION: Covers are splitting at the spine and their is a 2 inch closed tear on the front cover. Pages are crisp and clean. Segment on Billy Graham is loose is loose. Full refund if not satisfied.

University of Oklahoma Press, 2018-10-18. hardcover. Like New/Near Fine. 6x0x9. Bound in light green paper with white text on the spine. Best known for his role in the arrest and killing of Crazy Horse and for the book he wrote, The Indian Sign Language, Captain William Philo Clark (1845–1884) was one of the Old Army’s renaissance men, by… Read more about this item

New York / London: W. W. Norton & Company, 2008. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 6x1x9. Color and black and white illustrations. Bound in quarter dark brown paper with light brown board and silver foil lettering on the spine. Signature of Dave blind stamped on the front cover. He is known today, as he was then, only as Dave. His pots… Read more about this item

Minneapolis, Minnesota: Zenith Press, 2015. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 9x1x10. Color and black and white illustrations. Bound in a Confederate Flag print cloth with white lettering on the spine. This is the most famous and best-selling memoir of the American Civil War, now fully illustrated for the first time.Samuel Watkins faithfully served throughout the duration of the Civil War. Of… Read more about this item