FS: Switzerland,Chatauqua,Hunting,DearAbbeys,Venice,S.Temple,West VA Blue

[Karl Altau]

KARL ALTAU BOOKS offers the following 8 titles for sale:
(ordering info at end of message)

[abbreviated list]
1. Cook. SWITZERLAND. (1904). $40.
2. Ely. INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL ECONOMY. 1889. Chatauqua. $10.
3. Evanoff, ed. HUNTING SECRETS OF THE EXPERTS. 1964. 1st ed. $10.
4. Gasquet. THE GREATER ABBEYS OF ENGLAND. 1908. $35.
5. de Selincourt. VENICE. 1907. $35.
6. (Shirley Temple) "STOWAWAY". (1937). $27.50.
7. (Shirley Temple) Johnston. THE LITTLE COLONEL. (nd-1930's). $17.50.
8. WEST VIRGINIA BLUE BOOK 1953. Vol. 37. $10.

1) Cook, Joel. SWITZERLAND. Picturesque and Descriptive.
Illustrated. Philadelphia (1904): The John C. Winston Co. (The
International Press). 12mo. 519 p. In stiff red wraps. Beautiful
gilt-pictorial decorated red cover and spine, with gilt-embossed
sleeping Lion of Lucerne on front. 25 high-quality, mostly brown-toned
photogravures, guarded by tissue which contains captions for
illustrations. Red ribbon bookmark. A descriptive journey down the
middle and lower Rhine, with Germany and the Netherlands, is also
included. Fine. $40.

2) Ely, Richard T.; PhD. AN INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL ECONOMY. NY
1889: Chautauqua Press. 12mo. 358 pages including bibliography.
Decorated brown cloth over boards with gilt CLSC (Chautauqua Literary
and Scientific Circle) emblem in upper left-hand corner. Dr. Ely was
Associate Professor of Political Economy at Johns Hopkins University.
Creasing to bottom corner of one of the flyleaves. Interior o/w VG.
Cover is Near VG, with some bubbling at bottom and upper edges. $10.

3) Evanoff, Vlad, ed. HUNTING SECRETS OF THE EXPERTS. Drawings by
the Editor. Garden City 1964: Doubleday & Company. Stated 1st Edition.
8vo. 251 p. 20 chapters on 20 types of game written by 20 different
hunting experts. Their names are listed in gilt down the edge of the
front cover. Many b&w photos and drawings. Interior Fine. Gray and black
boards are slightly cocked. No dj. $10.

4) Gasquet, Abbot. THE GREATER ABBEYS OF ENGLAND. With
Illustrations in Colour After Warwick Goble. NY 1908: Dodd, Mead. 8vo.
378 p. Many magnificent color plates. Decorated purple covers with
gilt titles. Spine is faded light blue from sun, but title is clear.
Back cover has thin 3" white faded area along outer edge. VG. $35.

5) de Selincourt, Beryl and May Sturge Henderson. VENICE.
Illustrated by Reginald Barratt (of the Royal Water-Color Society). NY
1907: Dodd, Mead. 8vo. 335 (1) p. Many beautiful color plates.
Pictorial blue cloth covers with gilt art noveau-style decoration. VG.
$35.

6) (Shirley Temple) SHIRLEY TEMPLE IN "STOWAWAY". From the film.
Authorized edition No. 1767. A 20th Century Fox Production. Akron
(1937): Saalfield. Square 8vo. 32 p. Stiff red wraps with tinted color
photo of Temple and a Chinese man from the film. Green spine. Back has
b&w photo of Temple in rickshaw surrounded by children. Wrinkles to
covers. Inside are many photos from the film, including shots of Temple
and co-stars Robert Young, Alice Faye, Eugene Pallette, Helen Westley.
Near VG. $27.50.

7) (Shirley Temple) Johnston, Annie Fellows. SHIRLEY TEMPLE and
Lionel Barrymore starring in THE LITTLE COLONEL. Akron (nd-1930's):
Saalfield. No. 1575. Pocket-sized (5x4 1/2") with tinted color photo
of Temple on front cover. Rear has photo of Temple in the arms of Col.
Sanders lookalike (L. Barrymore as the grandfather). Unpaginated. Many
b&w photos from the film. Some creasing to spine and a wrinkle to top
of front cover. Stiff wraps. Good+ $17.50.

8) WEST VIRGINIA BLUE BOOK 1953. Vol. 37. Compiled and Edited by
J. Howard Myers, Clerk of the Senate; Charleston, West Virginia. 8vo.
909 pages, including both extensive individual and general indices.
Signature of "John A. Lile/member of House of Delagates - 1953-54-" (see
photo and biography on pg. 197). 14 sections on all aspects of West
Virginia governmental, political, judicial, municipal, etc. life.
Photos and biographies of State leaders and all members of the Senate
(p. 153-170), House (174-226), Judiciary, plus U.S. Reps. and Senators.
Color photo plate of WVa. State Capitol Building. Spine has some small
paint spots and feels a little loose. Cover with gilt titles and gilt
seal of WVa. "Lile - Personal Copy" indicated on top edges. Good.
$10.

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