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Kennedy, Roger. MEN ON THE MOVING FRONTIER: From Wilderness to
Civilization -- the Romance, Realism & Life-Styles of One Part of the
American West. 199 pgs with index. Illustrated. Cloth in chipped beige
dust jacket. Octavo. Palo Alto, CA: American West, (1968). 1st
Edition. Near fine condition in good+ jacket with protective mylar
wrapper. $25.00.

Doyle, A. Conan. AFVENTYRET MED DJAFVULSFOTROTEN: JAMTE ANDRA SHERLOCK
HOLMES-HISTORIER. Marbled boards in red cloth with original pictorial
wrappers bound in. 12mo. Stockholm: Hugo Gebers, (1915). Very good
condition. $25.00.

Mitchell, S. Weir. DR. NORTH & HIS FRIENDS. Gilt decorative dark green
cloth, without dust jacket. 12mo. NY: Century, 1900. 1st Edition.
Inked inscription on front free endpaper; light wear at extremities;
otherwise, very good condition. $35.00.

Hsu, Hong-yen & William Peacher (Trans). SHANG HAN LUN: THE GREAT
CLASSIC OF CHINESE MEDICINE. 261 pgs with bibliography, appendices &
index. Cloth in dark brown dust jacket. Octavo. Long Beach, CA:
Oriental Healing Arts Institute, (1981). Near fine condition in like
jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $15.00.

Wright, Theon. RAPE IN PARADISE. 304 pgs with notes. Photos. Cloth in
turquoise dust jacket. Octavo. London: Arthur Barker, (1967). 1st U.K.
Edition. Near fine condition in good+ jacket with protective mylar
wrapper. An account of the 1931 Massie rape case in Hawaii. $25.00.

Brown, Alice. TIVERTON TALES. Gilt decorative light green cloth. 12mo.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1899. 1st Edition. Front hinge repaired;
light wear at extremities; otherwise, very good condition. $25.00.

Hough, Richard. CAPTAIN BLIGH & MR. CHRISTIAN: The Men & the Mutiny.
320 pgs with index. Photos, drawings, Bligh's sketches, & maps. Cloth
in lightly chipped dark blue dust jacket. Octavo. NY: Dutton, 1973.
1st Edition [so stated]. Very good condition in like jacket with
protective mylar wrapper. $30.00.

McSherry, Frank, et al (Editors). SUNSHINE CRIME: MURDER & MAYHEM IN
DIXIE. Pictorial white paper wrappers. Octavo. Nashville: Rutledge
Hill, (1987). Remainder mark on lower edge; otherwise, very good+
condition. A collection of tales of murder, extortion, fraud, greed,
pride & lust set in Southern United States. $15.00.

Carr, Albert Z. THE WORLD & WILLIAM WALKER. 289 pgs with bibliography
& index. Prints & facsimiles; map endpapers. Cloth in mustard dust
jacket. Octavo. NY: Harper & Row, (1963). 1st Edition. Near fine
condition in very good jacket with protective mylar wrapper. Life of
American adventurer who attained great political positions in Lower
California & & Nicaragua only to be arrested, tried and shot at the
age of thirty-six. $20.00.

Powell, E. Alexander. BEYOND THE UTMOST PURPLE RIM: Abyssinia,
Somaliland, Kenya Colony, Zanzibar, the Comoros, Madagascar. 431 pgs
with index. Color folding maps; photos. Pictorial dark purple cloth,
without dust jacket. Octavo. NY: Century, (1925). Light wear at
extremities; spine dulled; otherwise, good+ condition. $35.00.

THE TIMES ATLAS OF THE WORLD: COMPREHENSIVE EDITION. 271 pgs with
index. Color maps throughout. Red cloth, without dust jacket. Folio.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1967. Near fine condition. $45.00.

Berry, Wendell. NOVEMBER TWENTY-SIX NINETEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE.
Illustrated by Ben Shahn. White cloth, without dust jacket. Oblong
12mo. NY: Braziller, (1964). 1st Edition. Inked inscription on front
flypaper; otherwise, fine condition. $25.00.

Buechner, Thomas. NORMAN ROCKWELL: Artist & Illustrator. 328 pgs.
Magnificently illustrated with tipped-in color plates, fold-out plates
& black & white illustrations of Rockwell's art. Dark red cloth,
without dust jacket. Folio. NY: Abrams, (1970). 1st Edition [so
stated]. Near fine condition. $100.00.

Jordan-Smith, Paul. FOR THE LOVE OF BOOKS: The Adventures of an
Impecunious Collector. 306 pgs with index. Frontispiece. Tan boards in
black cloth, without dust jacket. Octavo. NY: Oxford University Press,
1934. 1st Edition limited to 500 copies. Very good condition. $25.00.

Elman, Robert. THE GREAT AMERICAN SHOOTING PRINTS. Unpaged. 74 color
plates with explanatory page of text opposite each. Cloth in lightly
chipped dust jacket. Oblong folio. NY: Knopf, 1972. Fine condition in
very good jacket with protective mylar wrapper. Panoramic pictorial
history of North American hunting as recorded by more than 50 renowned
artists including Audubon, Remington, Russell & Homer. $60.00.

Picasso, Pablo. DESIRE: A PLAY. 63 pgs. Cloth in much chipped black
dust jacket. Octavo. NY: Philosophical Library, (1948). 1st Edition.
Bookplate mounted to front free endpaper; front endpapers & half-title
lightly foxed; otherwise, good+ condition in fair jacket with
protective mylar wrapper. $25.00.

FIFTY AMAZING HAIRBREADTH ESCAPES. 766 pgs. Illustrated. Black cloth
without dust jacket. Octavo. London: Odhams Press, no date, (c.
1920's?) Spine sunned & with small puncture hole; otherwise, very good
condition. An anthology of adventurous escapes by various authors,
including Villiers, Achmed Abdullah, "Taffrail," Seabrook,
Ex-Legionnaire 1384, Lockhart, & many others. $25.00.

Reeves, Richard Stone & Patrick Robinson. THE GOLDEN POST: An Artistic
Study of the Tumultuous Events That Led to the Day When They Ran for
Ten Million Dollars. Unpaged. Color illustrations throughout. Pedigree
facsimiles laid in. Full dark brown morocco with gilt bas-relief
emblem on front cover. All edges gilt. Slipcased. Oblong folio.
Privately printed, (1985). Edition limited to 2000 copies signed by
the authors. Near fine condition in like case. $500.00.

Jefferies, Richard. BEVIS: The Story of a Boy. 465 pgs. Map. Blue
cloth, without dust jacket. 12mo. London: Duckworth, (1920). 5th
impression. Mild shelfwear; inked name & date on front free endpaper;
edges & endpapers foxed; otherwise, good condition. $15.00.

[Exhibition Catalog] THE ANDY WARHOL COLLECTION. 6 Volumes
[Contemporary Art; Americana & European & American Paintings, Drawings
& Prints; American Indian Art; Jewelry & Watches; Collectibles,
Jewelry, Furniture, Decorations & Paintings; Art Nouveau & Art Deco].
Pictorial light gray paper wrappers. Quarto. Slipcased. NY: Sotheby's,
(1988). Very good+ condition in cracked case. $175.00.

Brown, David. AIGA GRAPHIC DESIGN USA: 2. 431 pgs with index. Color &
black & white photos & prints throughout. Cloth in lightly chipped
pictorial white dust jacket. Quarto. NY: Watson-Guptill, (1981). 1st
Edition. Near fine condition in very good jacket with protective mylar
wrapper. The annual of the American Institute of Graphic Arts. $20.00.

[Exhibition Catalog] HANS HARTUNG: PAINTINGS 1971-1975. Unpaged. Color
reproductions througout. Brown paper wrappers. Quarto. NY:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975. Light wear at extremities; inked
name/date on front free endpaper; otherwise, good+ condition. $15.00.

Simpson, C.H. LIFE IN THE FAR WEST; Or, A Detective's Thrilling
Adventures among the Indians & Outlaws of Montana. 264 pgs.
Illustrated. Silver decorative dark blue cloth. Octavo. Chicago:
Rhodes & McClure, (1896). 2nd printing. Inked name/date & paper label
on front pastedown endpaper; 2 small holes in page 11; otherwise,
good+ condition. $35.00.

Viva. SUPERSTAR. Photo frontispiece. White boards in black cloth
backstrip. Octavo. NY: Putnam, (1970). Good+ condition. $15.00.

Kingston, Charles. SOCIETY SENSATIONS. 253 pgs. Red cloth, without
dust jacket. Octavo. NY: Dutton, (1922). 1st Edition. Extremities
rubbed; covers spotted; otherwise, good condition. Accounts of several
19th-century social scandals. $15.00.

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