Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1992. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Michael Balfour's lavishly illustrated history of Alfred Dunhill Limited. Fine in dust jacket, protected by slipcase. Slight wear to slipcase. 240pp. 12.5 x 10"
The Grand Chapter Royal Arch Masons of Washington, 1955. Soft cover. First edition of 1955. Slight wear to sturdy red covers, certification page filled out in 1957, interior clean and unmarked. 112pp. 5.5 x 3.75"
The Grand Lodge of Washington, 1952. Soft cover. Thirteenth edition of 1952, illustrated, compiled originally by Thomas Milburne Reed, P.G.M. Ornamented black covers, all edges stained blue, certification page filled out in 1957. A very attractive copy. 184pp. 5.75 x 3.75"
New York: The Viking Press, 1950. Rayburn, Herb. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Second printing of 1951, scarce in jacket. Martin's dramatic story of life in prehistoric times. The unclipped jacket has wear and small tear to the edges, with a small loss to the back panel and an old sticker to.....
Signature Press, 2005. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. The second edition, with added photographs, 12 in color. Glossy jacket, bright blue cloth covers, interior bright and unmarked. iv, 188pp.
Shade Tree Books, 2008. Soft cover. Glossy soft covers, 128 unmarked pages. Volume 14 in Strapac's study of Southern Pacific Historic Diesels. From his introduction: "Over the span of a quarter century, SD45T-2s were modified and abused, repainted and exalted -- assigned to the rsilroad's most demanding tasks." Illustrated in.....
Scottish Rite Research Society, 2011. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Second edition, second printing of de Hoyos' edition of Pike's Esoterika. Slight wear to the edges of the dust jacket, with fading and wear to the spine. Blue cloth covers are bright, the interior clean and unmarked. [i]-lxvi, [67]-501pp. 9.5 x 7.5".....
Lewis Masonic, 2008. Hardcover. SIGNED by Arturo de Hoyos. From the jacket: "This book gives full transcriptions of all of [Robert Benjamin Folger's] rituals, an analysis of their place in Masonry and biographies of Folger and his major contemporaries in his Masonic work. An enthralling work of Masonic history which.....
Oso Publishing, 2002. Hardcover. Fine hardcover of Jack Bowden & Tom Dill's history of the Modoc Line, "from the roots of the narrow-gauge Nevada-California-Oregon Railway in 1880 to the final operation of a through train by Union Pacific on June 30, 1997" (from the back cover). No jacket as issued.....
Signature Press, 2004. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A fine copy of Robert J. Church's lavishly illustrated and thoroughly researched history of the Southern Pacific Daylight Locomotives. The jacket, boards , and pages are bright and unmarked. ix, [1], 424pp. 11.5 x 8.75". As a large, heavy book, this order will be.....
1984. 1st Edition. Soft cover. The first issue of the MACWORLD magazine, published in February 1984. 144 pages of articles and advertisements celebrating the launching of the Macintosh computer. From Andre Fleugelman's opening article: "Imagine how the fifteenth-century explorers felt as the first news from the newly discovered Western Hemisphere.....
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1916. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing, in jacket. Brown jacket with $1.50 prince on spine and "Books of Timely Interest" on the rear panel. Red cloth with gilt titles. Cole & Vale (A44). Wear to jacket, with loss to head and tail.....
Surrey: Jane's Information Group, 1989. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Stated first edition of Jane's Battlefield Surveillance Systems, 1989-90. The Foreword outlines the editor's decision to, for the first time, divide Jane's Weapons Systems into eight more specialized yearbooks. With perforated stiff blue order form. 218pp. 11.5 x 8.5"...
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San Francisco: A.M. Robertson, 1909. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A guide to gardening in California by John McLaren, Superintendent of Golden Gate Park. The "Author's Autograph Edition", printed on Strathmore Japanese Vellum paper in a three quarter leather binding. Number 22 of 100. The bookplate of Jennie A. Crocker, a member.....
Turner Publishing Company, 1994. Hardcover. A collection of recollections, diaries, records and photographs of the 31st Bomb Group, compiled and edited by Ken Stone. Glossy hard covers with slight bumping to corners, 199 unmarked pages, illustrated endpapers. 11.5 x 8.5"
J. Kriz Publishing Enterprises, 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, third printing, published and printed in the Philippines, SIGNED by Corazon Cojuangco Aquino, while in office as President of the Philippines. A long gift inscription from a family member congratulates "Mike" upon his birthday: "It must feel great to know.....
New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885. Hardcover. Grant's memoirs in the publisher's green cloth with gilt medallions. Written in the final year of his life and published posthumously by Mark Twain's publishing company. From the Preface: "Although frequently urged by friends to write my memoirs I had determined.....
Stuttgart: K. Thienemanns, 1930. Gekle, Peter Anton; Chomton, Werner. 1st Edition. Soft cover. A German work on womens' health and beauty from 1930, offered as part of the publisher's "New Housekeeping" series. "Color? Makeup? Neither, You are the Most Beautiful!". Illustrated by P. A. Gelkle with instructions for exercise, diet.....
Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1947. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Publisher's review copy of Captain Miles P. DuVal's second work on the Panama Canal. As the unclipped jacket promises, "Intense drama, historical soundness, appreciative firsthand observation, and study characterize the Panama Canal histories of Captain DuVal begun while the author was.....
The Folio Society, 2011. 1st Edition. Hardcover. An attractive Folio Society edition of Livy's THE WAR WITH HANNIBAL, translated by J.C. Yardley with an introduction and notes by Dexter Hoyos and a preface by Alessandro Barbero. Fine in slipcase, with gilt illustrations to spine and front cover, map endpapers, twenty.....
London: Printed for J. Collins at his Shop under the Temple-Church, and S. Lownds at his Shop by the Savoy-gate, 1681. 1st Edition. Hardcover. ESTC R25463. First edition of 1681, lacking the engraved six-paneled title page and errata page. An influential early work "concerning witches", as Glanvill addresses in turn.....
Los Angeles: Westerlore Publishers, 1956. 1st Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED "July 17, 1956, To My friend Barbara Sterts [?] and family, Walter Knott". Previous owner's name and addresses in Oakland on the fixed endpaper, likely the same Barbara under a married name. Slight wear to the illustrated overs, with bumping to.....
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1946. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Stated first edition of the American edition of Malaparte's disturbing vision of Europe during World War II. Unclipped jacket with $3.75 price, small tears and loss to upper left corner of rear panel (see photos), splitting at seam.....
Chronicle Books, 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A beautifully photographed and extensively researched work on the wardrobe of Frieda Kahlo, begun after the unsealing of her personal dressing room. From the jacket: "Frida Kahlo brought the same rule-breaking genius and eye for vivid color to her personal appearance that she did.....
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1925. Hardcover. A classic work on hat making from 1925, offering to provide the amateur with a working knowledge of the "practical and technical principles of millinery", promising that "any home girl or woman with average good taste and judgment can very quickly learnto copy.....