Search Results: Titles starting with N from Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover Lacking Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. 289. Bound in blue cloth stamped with darker blue lettering on front cover and spine. Lacking dust jacket. Spine faded with uneven fading to balance of cloth. Spine a bit cocked, which is firmed up with fitted archival sleeve. At fashionable seaside resort San Souci, amateur sleuths Tommy and Tuppence Beresford are engaged by British intelligence to identify "N and M," Nazi agents who have just assassinated Britain's finest intelligence officer. Among the colorful guests, who are N and M? Despite condition factors, book retains shelf appeal. HUBIN, p. 81.

Boston: David R. Godine, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. Stephen Ryan. 8vo. Pp. 5-120. Illustrated throughout with full-page black & white drawings by Stephen Ryan. Bound in blue cloth with gold lettering on spine. In the illustrated dust jacket, unclipped with a price decal of $11.99 on the front flap. Signed by Keneally on a University Book Store (Seattle) bookplate tipped in to the half-title page. A bright, fresh copy with dust jacket now preserved in a clear, removable archival sleeve.

Los Angeles: Bruce Kalberg, 1983. First Printing. Stapled Tabloid. Very Good. Lane Smith. Tabloid newsprint magazine measures 11" x 13.5". Unpaginated. Cover printed in four color. Laden with black-and-white photography. Old crease from being folded in half, now mellowed; slight age-toning. Recognizing that new-music enthusiasts hungered for images of scenesters, editor-publisher Kalberg loaded NO MAG with scads of photos, many shot by himself. The layout was dynamic and enhanced by Lane Smith's splotchy ink drawings, a la Ralph Steadman.This issue is firmly rooted in the post-punk LA underground, with a big spread on Tex and the Horseheads, a photo tribute to Chris Morris and the Circle Jerks, Steve-O and the Vandals, and an ad for an upcoming Mentors show at the Cathay de Grande, etc.Now housed in a removable, clear archival sleeve.

New York: Iman Charif Lababedi, 1984. First Edition. Saddle-stapled magazine. Fine. Number 56. 4to (8 x 10.75 inches). Pp. 66. Illustrated with color and black-and-white photography. Color photo-illustrated cover, saddle-stapled. Edited by Andy Schwartz after a year's absence. A glossy rebranding of Alan Betrock's New York Rocker with an emphasis on mainstream new wave acts and the impure influence of MTV. A color photo spread looks at the tenth anniversary of CBGBs, also providing some background on how the venue was revived by the arrival of Television, in March, 1974. (In May, 1974 Stiletto played CBGB, fronted by Deborah Harry.) Includes a Robert Duncan article on Patti Smith.

London: Peter Davies, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. First Edition. Small 8vo. Pp. 276. Bound in blue cloth. Dust jacket is price-clipped, and with minor folds to top of spine. The author was a native of San Francisco whose wanderlust thwarted being awarded diplomas from two universities. After serving WWII in the Philippines, Beardsley traveled in Morocco before heading to Saudi Arabia, Iran and Afghanistan. Dust jacket is now preserved in a removable, clear archival sleeve.

[New York]: Castle Books, 1973. Reprint. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good-. 8vo. Pp. [xvi], [1], 2-235, [236-239], 240-255, [256]. Bound in khaki paper-covered boards, red lettering stamped on spine. Corners a tad bumped; a touch of dust soiling on top edge. In the illustrated dust jacket, rubbed and with light edge-wear, price of $6.00 intact on front flap. An authorized reprint of the 1962 Grove Press edition, issued with a reproduction of the original dust jacket. MAYNARD and MILES, A2f. Dust jacket is now housed in a removable, clear archival protector.

New York: Hyperion Books for Children An Imprint of Disney Book Group, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. Mo Willems. Oblong 4to. Unpaginated. A picture book illustrated throughout. Bound in glossy, printed paper-covered boards, lettering printed in reverse on spine. In the pictorial dust jacket. A superb, fresh copy. Dust jacket is now preserved in a clear, removable archival sleeve.

Koln London Los Angeles Madrid Paris Tokyo: Taschen, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very Good/Fine. 4to. Pp. [16], 17-262, [1]. Essay by Dian Hanson in English, German and French. Lavishly illustrated with color photography on every page. Contains a chronology of the nudist-movement magazines from 1900-2002. Decorated endpapers. Bound in purple paper-covered boards, In the color-illustrated dust jacket. Former owner address stamp on two endpapers, otherwise a bright copy. A monograph on the phenomenon of the Southern California "Jaybird" nudist movement and related magazines. If it had to happen, that climate was most welcoming.Dust jacket is now housed in a removable, clear archival sleeve.

Napa: Napa High School, 1911. First Editions. Paperback. Very Good+. The 1911 issue serves as year-end year book. The 1912 issue is a Christmas number devoted to light verse, humor, sports, etc. Large 8vo. Pp. 86 and 90. Illustrated with ample photo reproductions and line drawings. Bound in illustrated printed wrappers, the second number with a sewn binding, the outer cover serving as a sort of dust jacket. The 1911 copy with a contemporary ownership signature in pencil ("Commencement Eve"), both with insignificant evidence of handling, else Fine. The graduating class of 1911 was composed of thirteen students. Founded in 1897, the Napa High School is notable for not producing a single notable graduate, other than a handful of professional athletes. That said, the Napa Valley's development as the finest viticultural region in the US, and it's unending natural charms, have attracted prominent figures the world over. For a glimpse at Napa a hundred years ago, the ample ads provide a wholesome view of… Read More

London and Edinburgh: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Pp. 326. Frontis. photo with tissue guard. One plate. Map. Glossary. Index. Bound in green ribbed cloth with publisher's logo stamped in blind on front board, gilt lettering on spine. A touch of light wear to cloth; corners sharp, spine bright. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "With kind regards from [signed] Herbert H. Gowen / 1919" Born in Yarmouth, in the 1880s Gowen landed in Honolulu where he founded a Chinese mission school. Among his students was Sun Yat Sen. A deacon, Gowen later traveled to British Columbia, filling clerical positions, before establishing, in 1909, the University of Washington's Department of Oriental Subjects. Eventually known as the Far East Institute, Gowen's modest enterprise is now the Jackson School of International Studies.A generalist, Gowen wrote on pan-Asian subjects and occasionally veered into tangential matters, as this book suggests. Dedicated to the Grand Old… Read More

New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good+. 8vo. Pp. [i-iv], v-xxii, 1-217. With a map reproduced from Mitchell's New Map of Texas, Oregon and California (1846). Full seafoam green cloth with lettering stamped on spine in black. Lower spine and a good section of rear cover with a bleached dampstain, not affecting dust jacket, nor rear pastedown or endpapers (please see photo). In the decorative color dust jacket with a chip at the head of spine and two closed tears on rear panel. First printing, with a variant binding from that described by Tweney. Despite the stain and dust jacket afflictions, the book retains shelf appeal due to the brightness of the dust jacket. Please see photos. Includes an account of the Whitman massacre, trading with Native Americans on Puget Sound, and Hancock's pursuit of farming on Whidbey Island, where he settled. His overland account was used by Bancroft in chapter XIX of "The History of Oregon." SMITH, 4027. SOLIDAY I:1015, TWENEY… Read More

Fairfield WA: Ye Galleon Press, 1967. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Pp. [xii,] 166, 143-161. Illustrated with engravings and document facsimiles. With Meany's "Later Life of John R. Jewitt." Beige cloth, titles and illustration stamped in gilt on the spine, illustration stamped in gilt on the cover, illustrated endpapers, title page in red and black. Hand numbered 10 of an edition of 1522. Errata pasted to the final page of the introduction. Light stains to back cover, spine ends gently pushed, cut edges a trifle age toned. Publisher Glen Adams' introduction with facsimile of the c. 1815 edition, written by Alsop based on interviews with Jewitt and his 1807 Journal. For a thorough explication of the transcription of Jewitt's journal into the narrative, artfully constructed by Richard Alsop, please see "Richard Alsop 'A Hartford Wit'" by Karl P. Harrington (Middletown, CT: Mattabesett Press, 1939).

London: David Bogue, 1845. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Good. 16mo. Pp. xii, 13-432; viii, 13-436. Illustrated with a fold-out map tipped in to vol. 1. Recased in dark red simulated leather cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the spines, blind-stamped borders, by Anthony's Bindery, Seattle. New endpapers. Map with split folds and repairs; both volumes moderately shaken with a few loose leaves, spine lean. Based in part on Kendall's letters written from a Mexico City prison after the 1841 Texan Santa Fé Expedition suffered defeat, and published in the New Orleans Picayune which he had co-founded in 1837.

(New York): Maurizio Martino, 1990. Limited Edition. Hardcover. As New. Two volumes in one. 8vo. Pp. 120 and 49. Unread copy, As New from publisher. Initially published in 1912, vol. I contains a bibliography of 339 titles; the supplement, written by Clara A. Smith and published by the Newberry in 1928, lists 143 titles. Both with indices of the names of captives. Dark red cloth with spine label. As perfect a copy as can be found. This edition is limited to 300 copies. A standard bibliography for Western Americana, and indispensable for students and researchers of the opening of the American frontier.

Queensland: Corkwood Press, 1994. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. As New. 8vo. Pp. xii; 88. Large folding map bound in at rear. Blue cloth with gilt rules and lettering on front cover and spine. As New condition, with no detracting qualities whatsoever. A handsome production, being a facsimile reprint of the 1867 edition published by J. W. Buxton. See FERGUSON, 7747.

London: Henry Colburn, 1826. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Clear acetate protector. Second Edition. (Published the same year as the first.) Pp. xvi, 248. Appendix showing the documents relating to the surrender. Fold-out chart of "Basque Roads and the Three Entrances to the Port of Rochefort." Contemporary three-quarter brown leather binding with marbled boards. Morocco label and gilt rules on spine. General wear to extremities and some minimal foxing, dust soiling to top edge. Small ink stamp name of a previous owner on the front pastedown; a corner of the map, fift-cent piece in size, is torn and loose. In sum, Very Good. In a clear, removable archival mylar jacket. After the Hundred Days, the Corsican ogre had requested (and expected) to be transported to exile in the United States. Happenstance led to Maitland intercepting Napoleon at Rochefort-sur-Mer, near the Bay of Biscay. He and his retinue of 33 were held on Maitland's ship for 30 days while the British determined his fate. Thus,… Read More

Fairfield [Washington]: Ye Galleon Press, 1967. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. 8vo. Pp. (6), 144. Introduction by Glen Adams, proprietor of Ye Galleon Press. Decorated endpapers. Bound in full gray cloth with gilt lettering on spine, and a gilt ship on front cover. Of an edition limited to 481 copies, this is copy number 112. Adams provides a fine introduction to the narrative, which was a mendicant designed to illustrate redemption of a sinner. Patterson sailed with Commander William Bainbridge on the first US ship into Constantinople. The Sultan was intrigued by news of a new country called the United States of America, and allowed him safe travel through Islamic waters. Patterson references a slave ship, John Jewitt and his ordeal at Nootka, and the customs of Fijians.

Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1971. First Thus. Hardcover. Fine. 12mo. Pp. xvii, 308, followed by three pages of publisher's titles. Illustrated with reproductions of historical prints. Maps. Index. Bound in blue cloth with publisher's emblem stamped in gilt on the front board, gilt lettering on spine. Top edge gilt. A bright, fresh copy that appears unread. The publisher's annual Christmas book, offered here in presentable condition with fine shelf appeal.

Kenai: Kenai Central High School, 1976. First Edition. Plastic Comb with Stiff Wrappers. Very Good+. 4to. Pp. [3], 203. Illustrated with black-and-white photo reproductions. Color maps. In stiff printed wraps with blue plastic comb binding. Slight scuff to top right of front cover where a price decal was removed, otherwise a clean copy. An unused color photo postcard laid presents an aerial shot of the Philips Petroleum Company's Kenai LNG plant. Contains biographies of local pioneers and residents, histories of businesses and civic institutions, articles on the community of Wildwood, the Alaskan earthquake of 1964, a history of the Russian Orthodox Church, and others,

12mo. Pp. xvii, [1], 20-302, [2]. Folding map, Map of the North-East Part of Siberia, which has been clumsily folded over the years (please see photo). Bound in contemporary three-quarter brown morocco with spine labels (the label with "Wrangell" a bit chipped), gilt lettering and tooling on spine. Slight wear to edges, front hinge starting but holding well. Book remains sturdy.See ARCTIC BIB., 18995; HILL, Vol. I, p. 313 ("these explorations seemed to confirm the existence of an open and navigable sea deep in the Arctic"); HOWES, E161. SOLIDAY 10618, using "Vrangel," cites the first English edition, 1840, followed by a Harper edition of 1873. WICKERSHAM 6299 cites the first Harper edition (the first US edition) as 1855. This 1842 edition seems to have eluded bibliographers. A well-bound copy, quite fresh. Photo featuring business card provided for scale.