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Mill Valley, California:: Pickleweed Press, 1993.. 4th Printing.. Paperbound . BINDING/CONDITION: paperbound; the spine edge has been reinforced with sturdy clear tape; otherwise in Very Good condition.. 4to (11.75 inches tall) . Glossary, index, bibliography, appendix. Description: Each plant is shown in a large black and white illustration -- photocopies of the plants themselves -- with accompanying notes giving common and scientific names, distribution, habitat, size, leaf and flower characteristics. The book is arranged by sections: Salt Marsh, Brackish Marsh; Fresh-Water Marsh; Riparian Woodland; and Vernal Pool. Designed to provide students, coastal planners, public interest groups, and coastal wetland fans with a useful field tool. Originally published in 1982, this is a later printing.

New York:: Forge / Tom Doherty Associates, 1996 - October.. 1st Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: Very Good+ book w/Near Fine dj (dj is not price clipped).. Description: 8vo, 318 pages, panoramic dust jacket art by Royo.

New York:: HarperCollins, 2007.. 1st Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: two color boards -- green with black at the spine; a Very Good+ book, with a Very Good+ dust jacket.. 8vo (about 8.5 inches tall) . Mustard colored endpapers. Description: Dust jacket art and interior illustrations by Mark Zug; jacket design by Amy Ryan. Includes a double page illustrated map. This remarkable young author was born and raised in China, moved to New York at the age of seven, and in just a few short years, mastered a new language, and had completed this novel by the age of twelve. The first of a series, this was later followed by Sword Quest and Sword Mountain.

New York:: Grosset & Dunlap, 1947.. Reprint Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: green 'tweed' binding with series device on the front cover; the top edge tint is yellow; a Good book, with a Poor dust jacket.. 8vo (8.25 inches tall) . Description: Dust jacket art and interior illustrations by Paul Laune. Sean Fitzgerald had brought his bride and his blooded horses to Mare's Nest, his Georgia plantation, just after the Civil War. He had nailed a horseshoe over the threshold as a charm, but it was little protection, for ill luck haunted the house for forty years. All the Fitzgeralds had 'an eye for a horse', particularly Kevin, Sean's young grandson who, nurtured on Gaelic folklore and the Stud Book, dreamed of the Godolphin Barb. Out of Kevin's dreams and desires came the belief that he could find a horse with a white foot, and in his faith is the substance of magic. The dream became reality and the coming of The Magnificent Barb exerted a magic influence on the careless, impoverished Irish… Read More

New York:: Grosset & Dunlap, 1947.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: pictorial boards; a small portion torn from the front free endpaper (about one inch long and an eighth-inch wide); Good condition.. 8vo (8.25 inches tall) . Description: Cover art and interior illustrations by Paul Laune. Sean Fitzgerald had brought his bride and his blooded horses to Mare's Nest, his Georgia plantation, just after the Civil War. He had nailed a horseshoe over the threshold as a charm, but it was little protection, for ill luck haunted the house for forty years. All the Fitzgeralds had 'an eye for a horse', particularly Kevin, Sean's young grandson who, nurtured on Gaelic folklore and the Stud Book, dreamed of the Godolphin Barb. Out of Kevin's dreams and desires came the belief that he could find a horse with a white foot, and in his faith is the substance of magic. The dream became reality and the coming of The Magnificent Barb exerted a magic influence on the careless, impoverished Irish family. Dilapidated… Read More

New York:: Grosset & Dunlap, 1947.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: green 'tweed' binding with series device on the front cover; the top edge tint is yellow; a Very Good book, with a Very Good dust jacket.. 8vo (8.25 inches tall) . Description: Dust jacket art and interior illustrations by Paul Laune. Sean Fitzgerald had brought his bride and his blooded horses to Mare's Nest, his Georgia plantation, just after the Civil War. He had nailed a horseshoe over the threshold as a charm, but it was little protection, for ill luck haunted the house for forty years. All the Fitzgeralds had 'an eye for a horse', particularly Kevin, Sean's young grandson who, nurtured on Gaelic folklore and the Stud Book, dreamed of the Godolphin Barb. Out of Kevin's dreams and desires came the belief that he could find a horse with a white foot, and in his faith is the substance of magic. The dream became reality and the coming of The Magnificent Barb exerted a magic influence on the careless, impoverished Irish family.… Read More

San Antonio, Texas:: Naylor Company, 1945.. 2nd Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: orange cloth with black text; the endpapers and, to a lesser degree, the interior pages are browning; the cloth in the gutter is stained from a reaction to the glue; otherwise a Near Fine book, with a Very Good dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact. The jacket is faded at the spine.. 8vo (about 8.25 inches tall) . Index. Description: Dust jacket art, frontis plate, and interior illustrations by John H McClelland. From the author's introduction: ''From the Texans you meet in the pages that follow, spring today's Texans and the Texas tradition. Those Texans came from everywhere. They found a country big enough to allow their egos to swell without limit. And these same egos have never yet been deflated. The only time Texans were ever licked in combat was in the Civil War, but that was an official viewpoint; the Texans weren't aware of it, and wouldn't have admitted it, anyway. Texans, it is… Read More

New York:: E P Dutton & Company, 1948.. 1st Edition, so stated.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: brown boards with red and gilt one the spine; a Very Good book, with a Good dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact. The jacket is badly faded at the spine, otherwise very good.. 8vo (about 8.25 inches tall) . Description: Dust jacket by H Lawrence Hoffman. The uninhibited autobiography of a Midwest lawyer. Following is taken from the publisher's blurb: ''Full of flamboyant comedy, this outrageously uninhibited book is the product of a middle western lawyer, who got his early training in a saloon, rustling sandwiches and booze for his mentor, 'Justice' Ankrom, part-time blacksmith and ranting attorney of the old fire-eating school. The author's early training has had an influence on both his hyperbolic style and his pungent subject matter. A natural writer, he tells a story with a gifted rambunctiousness of phrase, yet the touchstone of human warmth is the author's own personality, a… Read More

New York:: Notable Trials Library, 1994.. Facsimile Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: from a series with semi-uniform bindings; brown with gilt decorations; leather at the spine; raised spine bands; all edges gilt; ribbon place marker; Fine condition.. 8vo (9.25 inches tall) . Index. Marbled endpapers. Description: Includes a laid in two-page letter from the publisher and a laid in bookplate showing this to be copy number 13822. (This bookplate is imprinted with the name of the owner.) This is a volume from the Notable Trials Library under the general editorship of Alan M Dershowitz who wrote a special introduction for this facsimile edition. This was originally published by Doubleday in 1982. The publisher's letter declares, ''A medical murder mystery, a clash of First and Sixth Amendment rights, and an investigative reporter's unyielding principles are brought together dramatically here.'' Book design by Daniel B Bianchi and Selma Ordewer.

New York:: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010.. 1st American Edition, 1st Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: dark green boards with silver spine text; a Near Fine book, with a Good dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. 8vo (about 8.5 inches tall) . Description: Among his many honors, Paul Farley has won the Forward Poetry Prize, the Whitbread Poetry Award, and the E M Forster Award. He lives in North Lancashire, England.

New York:: Random House, 1950.. First Printing, so stated.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: dark red cloth with blue and white; the top edge tint is a dark shade; owner's name on the front endpaper, a Good book with a Good dust jacket.. 8vo (8.25 inches tall) . Description: Dust jacket art and interior illustrations by Milton Menasco. This is the sixth book in the series. A colt sired by the Black Stallion races for the two year old championship! Jimmy Creech is old and tied, yet still burns with a passion for harness racing and a desire to relive the sport as he had known and lived it at countless fairs for almost fifty years. He bred his finest mare to the Black Stallion and placed all his hopes on the colt's back. Seeking hands to guide and race his colt, he turned to his youth again, and Tom Messenger took his seat in the sulky.

New York:: Random House, 1950.. First Printing, so stated.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: dark red cloth with blue and white; the top edge tint is a dark aqua shade; owner's gift note on the front endpaper, otherwise a Very Good book with a Good dust jacket; the jacket has a nickel-sized chip to the top spine.. 8vo (8.25 inches tall) . Description: Dust jacket art and interior illustrations by Milton Menasco. This is the sixth book in the series. A colt sired by the Black Stallion races for the two year old championship! Jimmy Creech is old and tied, yet still burns with a passion for harness racing and a desire to relive the sport as he had known and lived it at countless fairs for almost fifty years. He bred his finest mare to the Black Stallion and placed all his hopes on the colt's back. Seeking hands to guide and race his colt, he turned to his youth again, and Tom Messenger took his seat in the sulky.

New York:: Random House, 1945.. 20th Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: khaki colored cloth with black spine text and small cover vignette; the top edge tint is red (this is mottled looking); the spine is slanted; a Good book, with a Good dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. 8vo (8.25 inches tall) . Description: Dust jacket art by and interior illustrations by Harold Eldridge. This is the second book in the series. ''A rip-roaring tale of adventure in Arabia'' -- this novel was the basis for the 1983 film in which Kelly Reno once again plays the part of Alec Ramsey.

New York:: Random House, 1958.. 3rd Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: beige cloth with black on the spine; the top edge tint is a very dark shade; a Very Good book, with a Good dust jacket.. 8vo (8.25 inches tall) . Description: Illustrated with drawings by James Schucker. While waiting for a plane one day, old Henry Dailey whiles the time by telling Alec stories of his own youth, working with his brother Bill who traveled as Professor Wm Dailey, the Great Horse Tamer and advertised that he could cure any horse of biting, kicking, balking, running away, throwing himself over backward, refusing to be shod, mounted or worked, or shying at various objects. Henry also tells of a con-man who mistreated horses into better behavior, but only temporarily, and of Bill's determination to expose him. This is the fourteenth book in the series.

New York:: Random House, 1949.. 11th Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: beige cloth with black vignette and spine text; the top edge tint is red; a Good book, with a Good dust jacket; publisher's price code on the jacket flap is intact.. 8vo (8.25 inches tall) . Description: Dust jacket art and interior illustrations by Milton Menasco. This is the fifth book in the series. Here's the Black -- and here's Satan -- meeting for the first time! Which horse is faster? In this exciting story is the answer to the question thousands of readers asked Walter Farley in their letters. Thrill to the terrifying race which brings these two horses together -- a race to which they and a flaming holocaust are the only spectators!

New York:: Random House, 1954.. 6th Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: beige cloth with black on the spine; a Good book, with a Good dust jacket.. 8vo (8.25 inches tall) . Description: Dust jacket art and interior illustrations by Harold Eldridge. On the eve of the world-famous Hambletonian race, Alec Ramsay turned away from the close scrutiny of his old friend, Henry Dailey. Alec is sick with worry and fear, and does not want Henry to know. Bonfire, a son of the Black Stallion, and a champion harness racer was injured in a training accident and Alec and Henry had to work small miracles to get the colt to race again. Henry used a special one-eyed hood to achieve this. But now Henry wants the colt and the boy to race without this artificial aid and for both to conquer their fears! This is the tenth book in the series.

New York:: Random House, 1947.. 19th Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: beige cloth with black vignette and spine text; the top edge tint is green; a Good+ book, with a Good+ dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. 8vo (8.25 inches tall) . Description: Dust jacket art and interior illustrations by Milton Menasco. This is the third book in the series. ''In which Alec Ramsay tries to free Satan, a desert-born stallion, of his natural instinct to kill.''

New York:: Random House, 1951.. 10th Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: beige-gray cloth with black text and small vignette on the spine; the top edge tint is yellow; a Good book, with a Good dust jacket.. 8vo (8.25 inches tall) . Description: Dust jacket art and interior illustrations by Harold Eldridge. The further adventures of Steve Duncan and Flame in Blue Valley. A ruthless giant of a man is intent upon the destruction of all that Steve and his friend Pitch hold dear in this private valley. The worst of it is that he wants to conquer Flame! This is the seventh book in the series.

New York:: Random House, 1954.. 5th Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: beige cloth with black on the spine; owner's name on the front endpaper, otherwise a Very Good book, with a Good dust jacket.. 8vo (8.25 inches tall) . Description: Dust jacket art and interior illustrations by Harold Eldridge. On the eve of the world-famous Hambletonian race, Alec Ramsay turned away from the close scrutiny of his old friend, Henry Dailey. Alec is sick with worry and fear, and does not want Henry to know. Bonfire, a son of the Black Stallion, and a champion harness racer was injured in a training accident and Alec and Henry had to work small miracles to get the colt to race again. Henry used a special one-eyed hood to achieve this. But now Henry wants the colt and the boy to race without this artificial aid and for both to conquer their fears! This is the tenth book in the series.

New York:: Random House, 1956.. 6th Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: beige cloth with black on the spine; a Good+ book, with a Good+ dust jacket.. 8vo (8.25 inches tall) . Description: Illustrated with black and white drawings; the artist is not identified. When disaster strikes and Hopeful farm burns, Alec and Henry ignore the warnings of experts who say ''The older a horse gets the harder it is to bring him back winning form.'' and pin their hopes for rebuilding the farm on the Black and Black Minx Again, the Black is racing against the greatest horses of the time! This is the twelfth book in the series.