The Art of Rise of the Guardians
Insight Editions, 2012. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A behind the scenes look at the creation of the film. The dust jacket, illustrated covers, and 155 pages are bright, clean, and unmarked. 11.5 x 10.5"
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Julia Child & Company
New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1978. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A stated first edition, SIGNED by Julia Child and her husband Paul. As the jacket promises: "All the glorious dishes she cooks for company on her new television series. Detailed recipes for everything she demonstrates or even mentions, plus priceless information.....
James Beard's American Cookery
Boston and Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1972. Thollander, Earl. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A lovely SIGNED copy of the cookbook. Stated eighth printing. The colors of the price-clipped jacket are bright, as are the orange cloth covers and the dark orange endpapers. There is crease to the front flap of.....
From Julia Child's Kitchen
New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1975. Child, Paul. Hardcover. Stated first edition, SIGNED by both Julia Child and her husband Paul, who provided the photographs. The jacket is price-clipped, with wear, darkening, and minor loss to the upper edge. Now protected in clear plastic. Front free endpaper is creased on.....
Doctor Dolittle and the Secret Lake
Philadelphia & New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1948. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Stated first edition in clipped dust jacket of the thirteenth Doctor Dolittle book, in which the doctor and his animal friends travel to Africa to save an ancient turtle. Wear and minor loss to the top edge and corners.....
Shrek: The Art Of The Quest
Insight Editions, 2007. Hardcover. A lavishly produced artbook celebrating the first three Shrek films. Some scuffs to the exterior of the slipcase (see photos). The interior, including several mini-booklets and interactive elements, is bright and unmarked. 148 pages. 13.5 x 9.5". As a large, heavy book this order may incur.....
The Art of DreamWorks Animation
Harry N. Abrams, 2014. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Ramin Zahid's 2014 work marks the twentieth anniversary of the founding of DreamWorks Animation, offering behind-the-scenes insight into their thirty films produced during that period: from the traditional animation of "The Prince of Egypt" to the pioneering computer animation of "How to Train.....
The Art of DreamWorks Puss in Boots
Insight Editions, 2011. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the world of DreamWorks' swashbuckling feline hero. Very slight wear with the extremities of the jacket. The illustrated covers and 154 pages are bright and clean. With a foreword by Guillermo del Toro.10.25 x 11.25". As a......
The Art of DreamWorks Megamind: Bad, Brilliant, Blue
Insight Editions, 2010. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A behind-the-scenes look at the creation of DreamWorks' interpretation of the comic book superhero genre. Very slight wear to the extremities of the jacket, while the illustrated cover and 156 pages are wonderfully bright and clean, including the fold-out pages. 10.25 x11.25". As a......
The Art of DreamWorks Kung Fu Panda
Insight Editions, 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. From the dust jacket: "Every page provides an inside look at the making of this knockout film, featuring more than 300 pieces of visual development artwork as well as behind-the-scenes stories and insights from the filmmakers who crafted this stylistic legend." Minor scuffs to.....
Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress. By Boz. With other Tales and Sketches, from Bentley's Miscellany and The Library of Fiction.
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea and Blanchard, 1837. Soft cover. The first appearance of Oliver Twist in America. The first two chapters of Oliver Twist were published in Bentley's Miscellany in February 1837. By April of the same year the American publisher Carey, Lea and Blanchard, eager for new Dickens material, published.....
The Slype
The Dial Press, 1927. Hardcover. First American edition, identified as the "author's edition" on the copyright page, of the thrilling mystery. Lacking the dust jacket. Sunning of the spine and wear to the extremities, very minor darkening of the page edges. 320 pp. Label of the historic San Francisco Newbegins.....
The Poker Manual; A Practical Course of Instruction in the Game, with Illustrative Hands and Chapters on Bluffing, and Jack-Potts
London: Frederick Warne & Co and Mudie & Sons, 1901. Hardcover. Reprint of the 1895 edition (Jessel 1576). This edition not listed in Jessel's bibliography. With a handsome pictorial cover, red and black illustrations of hands, gilt edges and 11 pages of ads: not only for books about card games.....
Playing Cards: History of the Pack and Explanations of Its Many Secrets
London and Melbourne: Ward, Lock & Co., 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A wonderfully illustrated history of playing cards, with 242 illustrations promised on the dust jacket. Unclipped dust jacket in mylar, with 'King of Diamonds' card pasted on, slight loss to tail of spine. Green covers. [i]-vii, 1-195 pp. 9.75.....
The Expert at the Card Table: A Treatise on the Science and Art of Manipulating Cards
Chicago: The Charles T. Powner Co., 1944. Hardcover. The enlarged edition of 1944 of the influential work on magic, in a clipped jacket. Discoloration of the clipped jacket, minor wear to head and tail. Bookseller's label affixed to the rear endpaper (Golden Gate Magic Co., San Francisco Calif.) 218 pp.....
The Law of Gaming and Betting
London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., 1932. Hardcover. Gambling from a legal perspective. Tables of cases and statutes, an historical introduction, appendices. Blue cloth covers with gilt titles, bumping to corners, extremities. With a foreward by The Hon. Mr. Justice McCardie. [i]-xxix, [1], 1-244. 28 pages of publishers ads.....
Secrets of Monte Carlo
New York: G.W. Dillingham Co. Publishers, 1900. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A sensational novel set among the gambling tables of Monte Carlo, once owned by the noted magician C.A. Newmann. Newmann's bookplate is affixed to the front endpaper and his raised stamp to the title page, while a stamp on final.....
The Nok Culture: Art in Nigeria 2500 Years Ago
Prestel Pub, 2006. Hardcover. A hardcover copy of the richly illustrated study of the stunning ancient terra cotta figures discovered in central Nigeria, and what is known about the culture that produced them. As the jacket promises, 156 pages with 141 color illustrations. Light wear to jacket, with scuffs to.....
The Life and Work of Luis Barragán
Rizzoli, 1997. Hardcover. A richly illustrated examination of the life and work of the acclaimed architect. Minor shelfwear to the edges of the jacket. The bright yellow cloth covers and the interior are clean and unmarked. 248 pp. 11.5 x 9.25. As a large, heavy book this order may incur.....
The Infrastructural City: Networked Ecologies in Los Angeles
Actar, 2008. Hardcover. A hardcover copy of "The Infrastructural City". Slight wear to the exterior, interior is clean and unmarked.
Mark Twain's Travels with Mr. Brown
New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1940. Hardcover. Stated first edition in unclipped dust jacket, number 964 of 1,795. Some darkening of edges of pages, loss to head of spine of jacket. Top edge dyed blue. Collects for the first time sketches written by Twain for the San Francisco "Alta California".....
My Father Mark Twain
New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1931. Hardcover. Stated first edition, blue cloth covers with bumping of corners and wear to head and tail of spine. Label of "The Palo Alto Bookshop" on rear endpaper. [xii], 1-292 pp . 9.5" x 6.5"
Mark Twain vs. The Street Railway
Privately Printed, 1926. Soft cover. With an introduction by Charles. J. Finger. Stapled paper wrappers. John Mayfield's account of Twain's conflict with the Metropolitan Street Railway Company over the overcharging of his daughters' fares. With reproductions of Twain's letters and a humorous narrative of Mayfield's discovery of the letters while.....
A Dog's Tale
London: Printed for the National Anti-Vivisection Society, 1903. Soft cover. First separate edition in yellow paper covers of Twain's heart-wrenching story. Octavo, 16 leaves with sub-title, 9 pages of text, three pages of illustrations by W.T. Smedley, and an advertisement for the Anti-Vivisection Society, outlining their policy of amelioration rather.....
Tin Man
Sci Fi, 2007. No Binding. Unused, complete board game produced to promote the 2007 miniseries. Includes dvds with review copies of the complete miniseries distributed to journalists in advance of the premiere, with rough cuts of episodes 2 and 3. Game includes instructions, board, four figurines, die, and set of.....