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St. Petersburg, FL: The Florida Holocaust Museum, (2009). Signed and dated by the artist on the title page. A book of 23 memorial wood carvings of French children who were killed at Auschwitz during the Holocaust. Photographs of the children and Herbert Savel's carvings are shown side-by-side on facing pages. The last set of images in the book depict Savel's own cousin. (His inspiration for the carvings was French Children of the Holocaust, a book by Nazi hunter Serge Klarsfeld.) Large paperbound format. 11 x 8.5 inches. 61 pp., on glossy paper. Introduction by the artist (pp. 9-15) followed by the captioned illustrations. VG condition. Sound, tight binding. Clean internally.

Kentfield, CA.: Fels & Firn Press, 1982. 1st edition. One of 900 paperbound copies. Issued simultaneously in hardcover (100 copies.) Brief memories and reflections on Jack Kerouac by several authors. Compiled to honor the Kerouac Conference at Naropa Institute. Not a photo book, as the subtitle might suggest, although there are five b&w photos on the covers and within. 46, (1) pp. Stiff paper wraps. Good overall. Upper covers creased but clean and securely bound. Appears to be unread.

(Salt Lake City, Utah): Bedside Books / American Publishing, (2011.) 1st edition. Signed by the author. Promotional card laid in identifying this as "a pre-release copy" A fantasy novel that weaves its story through Old English and Biblical epics. Described by the publisher as "a Christian sequel to Beowulf set in the post-Civil War and Great Depression Adirondacks and in the antediluvian world of Genesis 4." Paperbound 8vo, 236 pages. Near Fine. Appears to be unread.

(Salt Lake City, Utah): Bedside Books / American Publishing, (2011.) 1st edition. Signed and inscribed by the author. A fantasy novel that weaves its story through Old English and Biblical epics. Described by the publisher as "a Christian sequel to Beowulf set in the post-Civil War and Great Depression Adirondacks and in the antediluvian world of Genesis 4." Paperbound 8vo, 236 pages. Near Fine. Appears to be unread.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1924. 1st edition. A posthumous memoir by Augustus Baker Peirce of his travels and adventures in Australia in the 19th century. Peirce (1840-1919) was born in Medford, Mass., and arrived in Australia as a sailor aboard the Oriental in 1860. He deserted ship and swam ashore, embarking on a series of remarkable exploits over many years in Australia. At various times, he was a meat pie salesman, a purveyor of "Wizard Oil," a landscape painter, stage actor, ventriloquist and comic singer, photographer's assistant, snake hunter, gold digger, steamboat pilot and skipper. xi, 176 pages. 8vo clothbound hardcover. VG. Some wear to the extremities, but sound and securely bound. Moderate age-toning of the text, mild foxing to blank rear endpapers.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1924. 1st edition. Appears to be signed by the editor, Mrs. [Ethel Brigham] Leatherbee, who added "Author's Copy" below her signature. A posthumous memoir by Peirce of his adventures in Australia in the 19th century. Peirce (1840-1919) was born in Medford, Mass., and arrived in Australia in 1860 as a sailor aboard the Oriental. He deserted ship and swam ashore, embarking on a series of remarkable exploits during many years Down Under. At various times, he was a meat pie salesman, a purveyor of "Wizard Oil," a landscape painter, stage actor, ventriloquist and comic singer, photographer's assistant, snake hunter, gold digger, steamboat pilot and skipper. Illustrated by Peirce. xi, 176 pp. 8vo clothbound hardcover. Fair condition only. A well-used book that seems to have been read or referred to often. Worn and bumped at the extremities. Inner hinges cracked but still holding. Front panel of the original dust jacket pasted inside the front cover. Text pages generally… Read More