F as in flight
New York: William Morrow & Co., 1948. 1st ed. presumed; no subsequent printings indicated. Hardcover. Orange cloth 12mo; 248 pages ; 20 cm. Man-woman relationships. Mate selection. Murder. Investigation. Mystery fiction. More
New Arrivals
El mundo alucinante
Barcelona: Montesinos, 1992. 1. reedición. Paperback. Grey full-color illustrated stiff glossy paper wrappers. 251 pages ; 20 cm. In Spanish ll El Sur series 4 ll Spanish-American literature. Cuba. Fiction. Biographical fiction. Novels. More
Vision in spring
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1984. 1st ed, 2nd printing. Hardcover. Quarto in polished maroon cloth in a pink illustrated DJ; 88 pages; b/w illustrations ; 26 cm. Love poetry. More
Everyday genius; self-taught art and the culture of authenticity
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004. 1st (presumed). Paperback. Multicolored illustrated octavo; 328 pages : b/w illustrations; 23cm. Uncorrected page prooof. Outsider Art. Self-taught artists. Folk art. More
Swimming with crocodiles; a true story of adventure and survival
New York: Arcade Publishing, 2009. 1st North American ed. Hardcover. Green cloth quarto with green illustrated DJ; 300 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm. Contains color photographs and plates. ll Adventure. Crocodiles. Wilderness survival. Travel. More
The admiralty chart; British naval hydrography in the nineteenth century
Edinburgh: The Pentland Press, 1995. 2nd. Hardcover. Black cloth octavo with blue illustrated DJ; 444 pages; illustrations, maps; 21cm. Signed by author ll Contains maps and b/w illustrations. ll Written by Rear Admiral G.S. Ritchie, Hydrographer of the Navy 1966-1971 ll Introduction by Lieutnant Commander Andrew David, R.N. ll British..... More
THE HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY FROM HERSCHEL TO HERTZSPRUNG
Cambridge: Cambridge Universty Press, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Medium Octavo in grey illu sDJ; 220p, b/w illus plates; notes, bibliography, chronology, indices. A very nice copy. More
Force et Sante: Pour Grandir et Devenir Fort (Strength and Health: To Grow and Become Strong)
Annemasse (Haute-Savoie): Institut Moderne, [1940s]. Paperback. Duodecimo in tan wrappers; 61p.; 35 of 36 illustrated loosely-bound cards. In French. More
Franco :; a biography
London: HarperCollins, 1993. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Octavo in a dark blue DJ; xxi, 1002 p, notes to pages, sources, index, [32] p. of b&w plates : ill, maps, ports, facsim. ; 24 cm. Biography--Spain--History. More
Feu et sang : bref episode d'une grande bataille; [by] Ernst Jünger ; traduit de l'allemand par Julien Hervier.
Paris: Christian Bourgois, 1998. First French-language edition? Paperback. Octavo in glossy, color illus stiff wraps; 186 p. ; 21 cm. French translation of: Feuer und Blut : ein Kleiner Ausschnitt aus einer grossen Schlacht : Kriegsausbruch 1914. Text in French // Great War. World War I; World War, 1914-1918 --..... More
The Barefoot book of faeries
Cambridge, MA: Barefoot Books, 2009. Newey, Gail. 1st printing (full number line). Hardcover. Multicolored illusrtated quarto; 63 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.). Contains color illustrations and a CD narrated by the author ll Uniform Title: Child's book of faeries..... More
Pablo Neruda; poet of the people
New York: Henry Holt and Co., 2011. Paschkis, Julie. 1st printing (full number line). Hardcover. Multicolored illustrated quarto; 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm. Contains color illustrations ll Describes the life and times of the Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet. ll Poets, Chilean. 20th century. Biography. Juvenile literature..... More
Tales from Celtic lands
Cambridge: Barefoot Books, 2008. 1st edition (stated). Hardcover. Multicolored illustrated quarto; 80 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm + 2 CDs. Contains color illustrations + 2 CDs narrated by Niamh Cusack. ll Abstract: An illustrated collection of traditional Celtic stories, blessings and rhymes, accompanied with notes on each story..... More
Actes du Colloque international sur l'art de Fontainebleau; Fontainebleau et Paris, 18, 19, 20 octobre 1972
Paris: Editions du Centre national de la recherche scientifique, 1975. 1st (presumed). Paperback. White illustrated quarto; 266 pages : b/w illustrations ; 27 cm. Errata sheet laid in. Contains b/w illustrations ll In French ll Colloque international sur l'art de Fontainebleau (1972 : Fontainebleau and Paris) ll Descriptor: Art. France..... More
Le château d'Ecouen; Musée national de la Renaissance
Paris: Éditions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, 1988. 1st (presumed). Paperback. Multicolored illustrated quarto; 109 pages : chiefly color illustrations, plans ; 29 cm. Contains color illustrations and photographs. In French ll Musées et monuments de France series ll National Museum of Renaissance art. Art Catalog. Renaissance Art. France..... More
The castaways
Lincoln: Absence of Ink Comic Press, 2002. Callejo, Pablo G. 1st (presumed). Paperback. Illustrated paperback quarto, 1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations (b/w) ; 24 cm. Graphic novel, b/w illustrations ll A maudl-o-drama in five parts ll Thirteen-year-old Tucker Freeman, driven from his home in 1932 by his mean, spinster..... More
Finding the walls of Troy; Frank Calvert and Heinrich Schliemann at Hisarlik
Berkeley: Univ. of Calif. Press, 1999. 1st printing (full number line). Hardcover. Black quarto with green illustrated DJ; 409 pages, b/w illustrations, maps; 24 cm. Contains b/w illustrations, photographs, maps. More
The first dog
New York: The Trumpet Club, 1988. Brett, Jan. Second printing. Paperback. Illustrated paperback quarto; 34 pages; color illustrations ; 29 cm. Inscribed, signed and dated by author in handsome calligraphy. ll Contains full page color illustrations by the author ll Reading rainbow book series ll Kip the Cave Boy and..... More
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[Unpublished Letters of Richard Wright to R. Mugo Gatheru]
Paris: N.P., 1959. A collection of eight single-sided typed letters signed (TLS) by Richard Wright (on his printed letterhead) to Kenyan writer R. Mugo Gatheru, dated August 27 through December 21, 1959. Eleven sheets total of India (air mail) paper. Stapled at upper left corner. Nine separate letters, one of..... More
Blair: Poetry
New York: Not Stated, 1968. 1st (presumed). Paperback. Black and white illustrated octavo; 71 pages; 21c, Stapled beige wrappers. Collection of poems by Ed Blair ll Introduction by Robert Nichols. New York poets Auto-didacts. Self-published. Socialism. American Socialists. Published posthumously by his wife. Uncommon. Mostly confessional and testimonial poetry with..... More
Laments for the living
New York: Viking Press, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Orange-brown polished cloth octavo; 5 preliminary leaves, 237 pages, 2 leaves, 22 cm. Short stories. More
The smokehouse boys
Berkeley: Heyday Books, 2005. First printing (full number line). Paperback. White and blue illustrated octavo; 63 pages ; 22 cm. Excellent narrative and confessional poetry by this gifted Native American woman. McCovey's first book. "Anchored in the mountains and forests of northwestern California, yet at the same time transcending boundaries..... More
Mostly true; collected writings & drawings of Brian Andreas
Decorah, IA: StoryPeople, 1993. 1st editon, fifth printing. Paperback. Black and white illustrated octavo; 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 23 cm. Mostly true series ll b/w illustrations ll Collected writings and drawings of Brian Andreas ll Children's stories. More
Still mostly true
Decorah, IA: StoryPeople, 1994. 1st ed., first printing. Paperback. Black and white illustrated octavo; 1 volume (unpaged) : b/w illustrations ; 23 cm. Collected stories & drawings of Brian Andreas ll b/w illustrations ll Children's stories. More