Recent Arrivals from Quaint Book Shop, IOBA

Victor Gollancz, London, 1934. 2nd Printing. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good- Condition/No Dust Jacket. From the blurb on the dust jacket (missing from this copy): "As the British-born tutor to the Dragon Emperor, Johnston was the only foreigner in history to be allowed inside the inner court of the Qing Dynasty. Johnston carried high imperial… Read more about this item

Outing Publishing Company, New York, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good- Condition. Book An important early study of the residents of the Appalachian Mountains captured at a time before the influence of external culture. From the entry in Wikipedia: "Inspired by the years Kephart spent among the inhabitants of the remote Hazel Creek region of the… Read more about this item

Simon and Schuster, New York, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover (Printed Boards). Fine Condition/Near Fine. Book This is #14 of the first 16 Little Golden Books, released in April 1943, with a blue paper spine, dust jacket and 42 pages (later printings were reduced to 28 pages). It is in excellent condition, having been carefully stored and… Read more about this item

Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover (in Slipcase). Near Fine Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: N.C. Wyeth. Book Signed by Author and Illustrator. This is a beautifully presented copy of the limited, double-signed Arundel Edition of the book kept in the original slipcase. The book and the separate packet of 14 plates of N. C.… Read more about this item

His Majesty's Stationary Office, London, 1943. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Book Signed by person(s) connected with book. At first glace, this is a pretty standard WWII technical publication: Air Publication 1762, first issued in 1939, printed in 1940 and then reprinted in 1943. At closer inspection, it is signed in red pencil by its owner:  A.… Read more about this item

The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Book A seminal study in what has become the field of Eye Movement. Buswell began his research by tracking eye movement when one is reading. The importance of this book is well stated by Wade, in his 2020 review of Busell's research… Read more about this item

The Grolier Club, New York, 1925. Softcover (Stiff Boards). Very Good- Condition. Book This is a play with two characters: Pierrot and a Moon Maiden but the content is less significant than the person who printed this little book. From the limitation page: "The Committee of Publications of THE GROLIER CLUB Certifies that this copy of… Read more about this item

Simon and Schuster, New York, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover (Printed Boards). Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. Illustrator: Gustaf Tenggren. Book This is #15 of the first 16 Little Golden Books, released in April 1943, with a blue paper spine, dust jacket and 42 pages (later printings were reduced to 28 pages). It is in excellent condition, having… Read more about this item

Gannett Books for the Kenneth Roberts Centennial Commission, Kennebunk, ME, 1985. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Near Fine. Book Signed by person(s) connected with book. This is copy #130 of the 200 copies that include the 38 p. bibliography of Roberts' works compiled by Philip C. Monahon, "one of the country's leading Roberts collectors and scholars," making… Read more about this item

William Morrow & Co, New York, 1947. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Lynd Ward. Book The copyright notice only lists the 1947 publication date, but the price on the dust jacket is $4.50 rather than the $2.50 which seems to have been the price for the first printing. From the blurb… Read more about this item

Doubleday, Doran & Co, Garden City, NY, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Lynd Ward. Book Knight wrote several books on dogs serving in the military in World War II. In this story, the puppy of a soldier's K-9 dog helps him deal with his blindness from a wartime injury. From… Read more about this item

Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Very Good+. Illustrator: Lynd Ward. Book A first edition (same date on title page and copyright notice) of the third book in Dawson's time travel series. Illustrated by Lynd Ward, described by the Royal Academy of Arts as an “American artist and storyteller, known… Read more about this item

Hudson & Goodwin, Hartford, CT, 1810. 2nd Connecticut printing. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Book Hills 179, O'Callaghan 1810-7 (p. 101). Hudson & Goodwin published the first Bible printed in Connecticut the previous year (Hills 168, O'Callaghan, 1809-6, pp. 95-96). This second printing is identical to the first (including the error in I Tim. 4:16… Read more about this item

Mill-Cliff Publishing Co, Dayton, OH, 1989. Hardcover. Fine Condition. Book An annotated listing of 590 items "which were printed, or which are presumed to have been printed, in Ohio before 1821," with an index to Ohio printing points and index to printers, publishers and presses. This is one of 900 copies of the updated printing of… Read more about this item

Henry Z. Walck, New York, 1960. Later Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Lois Lenski. Book This set includes the 1960 printing of the book and a homemade plaque created by pasting the illustration of the fire truck from an earlier dust jacket onto wood and cutting it out with a jigsaw Size: 12 mo… Read more about this item

Oxford University Press, New York, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fine Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Lois Lenski (Illus.) & Clyde Robert Bulla (Music). Book A very nice collectible copy of the songs to go with Lenski's Mr. Small stories Size: Small Quarto (9-11"). Item Type: Book. Text block is tight, bright and unmarked. Fine hardcover bound… Read more about this item

Oxford University PressOxford, New York, 1944. Eighth Printing. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Lois Lenski. Book This is a set of two copies of Lenski's book, one published by Oxford University Press in 1944 in a dust jacket and one published by Random House in 2003. The pictures in the 1944 printing are… Read more about this item

Doubleday, Doran & Co, New York, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Poor. Book After Roberts had provided a volume of the original source material used in his research in the limited edition of "Northwest Passage," his readers requested he provide the sources for his first novel, "Arundel." The blurb on the front flap… Read more about this item

Doubleday, Doran & Co, Garden City, NY, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Book Size: Octavo (8-9"). 709 pages. Item Type: Book. Text block is bright and unmarked but shaken. The binding is cracked between pp. 378-379 and pp. 682-683, exposing the webbing. Has the misprint point for a first printing:… Read more about this item

Doubleday, Doran & Co, Garden City, NY, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Very Good. Book The fourth book in Roberts' Chronicles of Arudel series of novels Size: Small Octavo (7 1/2-8"). 310 pages. Item Type: Book. Text body is tight, bright and unmarked. The text is followed by one leaf with blurbs for… Read more about this item