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Krakel, Dean. CONRAD SCHWIERING: PAINTING ON THE SQUARE. Color photos
& reproductions of works of art, throughout. Gilt-titled, padded full
brown morocco in clear mylar wrapper. Quarto. Oklahoma City, OK: Power
River Book Co., (1981). Artist's Specially Bound Edition limited to 55
copies signed by the artist. Laid in are a holographic letter signed
by Schwiering, with its envelope, & a copy of the Exhibition & Sale
catalog of the paintings reproduced herein. Bound in is a pencil
sketch of the painting purchased by the recipient of the letter. Mint
condition. $2,500.00.
Reed, Walt. JOHN CLYMER: An Artist's Rendezvous with the Frontier
West. 141 pgs. Color & black & white reproductions throughout. Cloth
in lightly chipped pictorial dust jacket with two short, closed tears.
Oblong imperial Octavo. Flagstaff, AZ: Northland, 1976. 1st edition
[so stated]. Very good+ condition in good jacket with protective mylar
wrapper. $100.00.
Svanevik, Michael & Burgett, Shirley. NO SIDEWALKS HERE: A Pictorial
History of Hillsborough. 127 pgs with bibliographic notes & index.
Photos throughout. Cloth in pictorial dark green dust jacket. Oblong
Octavo. Hillsborough, CA: Concours d'Elegance, 1992. Limited to 2,000
copies. Fine condition in like jacket with protective mylar wrapper.
$30.00.
Tomlinson, H.M. GALLIONS REACH. Black cloth, without dust jacket.
12mo. NY: Harper, 1927. 1st edition [so stated]. Inked name/date on
front flyleaf, otherwise, very good condition. $15.00.
Kliban, B. CATCALENDAR CATS. Unpaged. Cat drawings throughout. Cloth
in lightly rubbed & chipped dust jacket. Oblong octavo. NY: Workman,
1981. 1st printing [so stated]. Fine condition in good+ jacket with
protective mylar wrapper. $15.00.
Mapplethorpe, Robert. ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE BLACK BOOK. 93 pgs. Cloth in
lightly rubbed pictorial black dust jacket. Square quarto. NY: St.
Martin's, 1986. 1st edition [so stated]. Fine condition in near fine
dust jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $75.00.
[Doyle] Heard, H.F. THE AMAZING MYCROFT MYSTERIES [A Taste For Honey;
Reply Paid; The Notched Hairpin]. Cloth in dark purple dust jacket.
Thick octavo. NY: Vanguard, (1980). 1st Edition. Near fine condition
in like jacket with protective mylar wrapper. Three cases solved by
Sherlock Holmes's older brother, Mycroft. $70.00.
Horn, Maurice. SEX IN THE COMICS. 215 pgs with index. Color & black &
white illustrations. Cloth in pictorial white dust jacket. Quarto. NY:
Chelsea House, 1985. 1st Edition. Fine condition in like jacket with
protective mylar wrapper. A colorful, funny exploration of sex in the
comic strip. $60.00.
Wong, Stanford. PROFESSIONAL BLACKJACK. 240 pgs with index.
Gilt-titled black fabricoid. Octavo. La Jolla, CA: Pi Yee, (1980).
Inked name on front free endpaper; otherwise, near fine condition.
$15.00.
Maguire, James. IRELAND & THE POPE: A Brief History of Papal Intrigues
Against Irish Liberty from Adrian IV to Leo XII. 118 pgs with
appendices. Grey boards in brown cloth back. Octavo. San Francisco:
Barry, 1888. Endsheets & covers much foxed; front free endpaper
lacking 1" at corner, unaffecting text; front hinge cracked, but firm;
covers rubbed; otherwise, fair condition. $50.00.
Kennerly, Byron. THE EAGLES ROAR! 271 pgs. Photos. Black cloth,
without dust jacket. Octavo. NY: Harper, 1942. 1st edition [so
stated]. Light edgewear; otherwise, very good condition. $50.00.
Martin, Ralph. CHARLES & DIANA. 413 pgs with index. Photos. Cloth in
pictorial blue dust jacket. Octavo. NY: Putnam, (1985). 2nd printing.
Cover lightly spotted; otherwise, very good condition in like jacket
with protective mylar wrapper. "The true story behind the fairy tale
of the greatest royal romance of our century." $25.00.
Aldrich, Mildred. ON THE EDGE OF THE WAR ZONE. 311 pgs. Photos; map
endpapers. Green cloth, without dust jacket. 12mo. Boston: Small,
Maynard, (1917). 1st Edition. An account of WWI "from the Battle of
the Marne to the entrance of the Stars & Stripes." $15.00.
Bennett, Arnold. HELEN WITH THE HIGH HAND: An Idyllic Diversion. Red
cloth, without dust jacket. 12mo. NY: Doran, 1910. Cover spotted;
inked name on front free endpaper; lower-front corner bumped;
otherwise, good condition. $15.00.
Leslie, Robert Franklin. IN THE SHADOW OF A RAINBOW. 190 pgs. Map
endpapers. Cloth in price-clipped pictorial white dust jacket. Octavo.
NY: Norton, (1974). 1st Edition [so stated]. Near fine condition in
very good+ jacket with protective mylar wrapper. "The true story of a
friendship between man & wolf." $15.00.
Leslie, Robert Franklin. IN THE SHADOW OF A RAINBOW. 190 pgs. Map
endpapers. Cloth in price-clipped pictorial white dust jacket. Octavo.
NY: Norton, (1974). 1st Edition [so stated]. Near fine condition in
very good+ jacket with protective mylar wrapper. "The true story of a
friendship between man & wolf." $15.00.
Albright, Horace. THE BIRTH OF THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE: The Founding
Years, 1913-33. 340 pgs with index. Photos & drawings. Cloth in
lightly chipped pictorial lilac dust jacket. Octavo. Salt Lake City:
Howe, 1985. 1st Edition. Near fine condition in very good jacket with
protective mylar wrapper. $25.00.
Just, Johannes. MEISSEN PORCELAIN OF THE ART NOUVEAU PERIOD. 164 pgs
with appendix, notes & bibliography. Color & black & white photos.
Cloth in pictorial white dust jacket. Octavo. Cincinnati: Seven Hills
Books, (1983). 1st U.S. Edition. Fine condition in like jacket with
protective mylar wrapper. Comprehensive survey of art nouveau
porcelain of the Meissen Manufactory. $30.00.
Goldsmith, Arthur. THE CAMERA & ITS IMAGES. 240 pgs with index. Color
& black & white photos throughout. Cloth in dust jacket. Quarto. No
place: Ridge, (1979). Inked inscription on half-title page; otherwise,
near fine condition in like jacket with protective mylar wrapper. A
history of photography. $20.00.
Reilly, Robin. THE COLLECTOR'S WEDGWOOD. 312 pgs. Color photos
throughout. Cloth in worn dust jacket. Quarto. Huntington, NY:
Portfolio Press, (1980). Very good condition in fair jacket with
protective mylar wrapper. $40.00.
Bates, Elizabeth Bidwell & Jonathan L. Fairbanks. AMERICAN FURNITURE:
1620 TO THE PRESENT. 561 pgs with bibliography & index. Color & black
& white photos throughout. Cloth in chipped pictorial white dust
jacket. Square quarto. NY: Marek, (1981). Very good condition in fair
jacket with protective mylar wrapper. Includes furniture made away
from the "centers," with discussion of pieces from the Southwest, the
Dutch, Spanish, French & Norwegian settlements, & religious enclaves.
$70.00.
Rewald, John. THE HISTORY OF IMPRESSIONISM. 762 pgs with bibliography
& index. Color & black & white reproductions throughout. Cloth in
pictorial white dust jacket. Quarto. NY: Museum of Modern Art, (1973).
4th Edition. Near fine condition in like jacket with protective mylar
wrapper. $25.00.
Melcher, Edith. THE LIFE & TIMES OF HENRY MONNIER 1799-1877. 253 pgs
with notes, bibliography & index. Drawings. Cloth in lightly chipped,
price-clipped dust jacket. Octavo. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University
Press, 1950. 1st edition. Very good condition in good jacket with
protective mylar wrapper. $20.00.
Clark, Joe. BACK HOME AGAIN. Unpaged. Photos throughout. Cloth in
pictorial dust jacket with two tiny white spots at the rear. Oblong
octavo. Lynchburg, TN: Privately Printed, 1981. Fine condition in very
good dust jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $15.00.
Miller, Merle. LYNDON: AN ORAL BIOGRAPHY. 645 pgs with notes,
bibliography & index. Cloth in dust jacket with creased front flap.
Imperial Octavo. NY: Putnam's, 1980. 2nd impression. Edges slightly
bumped; otherwise, very good+ condition in like jacket with protective
mylar wrapper. $15.00.
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