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New York: Random House, 1972. First Edition Stated . Hard Back. Very Good/Good. 5 3/4" x 8 1/2. Steadman, Ralph - Drawings. 206 Pages. First Edition stated below number line 97532468 There is a hint of fading at the top and bottom of the gray boards and foxing predominately on top page edges. Dust jacket has spots and small (1/2") tear top spine . Dust jacket has been protected with Gaylord vinyl covering and 5.95 flap price is unclipped. Heralded as the best book on the dope decade, Hunter Thompson's documented drug orgy through Las Vegas would no doubt leave Nancy Reagan blushing. Under the pseudonym of Raoul Duke, Thompson travels with his Samoan attorney, Dr. Gonzo, in a souped-up convertible dubbed the Great Red Shark. In the trunk, they hide two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half-full of cocaine and a whole galaxy of multicolored uppers, downers, and screamers. A quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a… Read More

New York: Stackpole Sons, 1938. First Editiion . Hard Back. Very Good/Good. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2. 265 Pages. First edition of a first novel. Blue-green cloth with orange spine lettering and embossed title on front board. Slightly cocked spine. No marks or stamps and interior text pages are near flawless. Dust jacket $2.50 flap price is unclipped and the top of the spine area and corner is jagged and as much as 3/8 inch is missing. Jacket currently has a vinyl covering. Laid in is a hand-written (1988 and 1991) post card and an envelope/letter both signed by Joyce Fante the author's wife addressed to a San Francisco friend. Her Los Angeles Times 2005 obituary is also laid in. In the little Italian-American home in Colorado are five souls- passionate, Latin souls of poverty stricken people caught in tragedy and superstition. Svevo Bandini is the father's name, and he loves his white saint of a wife, Maria, and he puts his whole heart into the masonry which is his profession; but he yields to… Read More

Denver Colorado: The American Horologist, 1940. First Edition Assumed . Hard Back. Very Good. 8 3/4" X 11 1/4. 311 Numbered Pages. As New condition. A solid 2½ inch book with black boards and gold lettering on the spine. The interior text and illustration pages are free of marks and flawless. The student blanks have not been filled in. At the end of most of the 26 lessons are illustration pages that are un-numbered and not included in the page count. The actual page count is more like 450 or so. Contents in Three Sections: Basic Mechanics, Clock Repairs, and Watch Repairing. Each of the 26 lessons has a title page and most have a copyright of 1940 however there is a consistent paragraph numbering 1 thru 154 for the Lessons 1 thru 24. Lesson 25 is labeled Unit Q I-5 #21547. Lesson 26 consists entirely of eight illustration pages from the American Horologist with dates of 1946 and 1947. An example of Lesson Contents is this from Lesson 9: Pin-Wheel Escapement, Alarm Clock Mechanism,… Read More

Binghamton New York: Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies, 1983. Hard Back. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. 6 1/2" X 9 1/2. Hiller, Catherine M.. 449 Pages. Red cloth with gold spine lettering and decoration. Beautiful as new gift quality condition. No defects noted. Interior text pages are flawless. From Page Four - My lords, this book tells and devises the fine adventures, the great deeds of chivalry, and the noble tournaments done in the time of King Uter Pandragon and the barons of the Tavola Vecchia, three hundred years and more after the death of our lord Iesu Cristo, son of the true and living God. Also it tells of the other deeds of chivalry done in the time of King Artu and the brave knights of the Tavola Nuova, especially by Sir Tristano, Sir Lancilotto, Sir Galasso, and Sir Palamidesso, and generally by all the other knights errant of the Tavola, and by foreign knights and those from far countries who at that time were proving themselves in deeds of arms. And also we will show the… Read More

Poole, Dorset, England: Redfern Natural History Productions Ltd, 2013. First Editions Assumed . Hard Back. Fine/Fine. 10" X 12. Koh, Kelvin - Fontispiece. 501 Pages in Volume 1 and 661 pages in Volume 2 for a total of 1161 pages and are sold as a set of two. These are September 2013 Editions. Orchids represent probably the largest of all flowering plant families on Earth and are renowned the world over for their exquisite flowers. Their remarkable blooms occur in all manner of size and shape, and orchid flowers range from some of the smallest and most diminutive in the plant kingdom to some of the largest and most flamboyant. Historically, the most popular orchids in cultivation have been those with large, showy flowers, however a significant proportion of known orchid species are far smaller. Within this group lie the true jewels of the orchid family, the miniature orchid species, which can produce some of the most unusual and often spectacular flowers of all. This two-volume work, A… Read More

Hartford, CT: American Publishing Company, 1873. Hardcover. Very Good. Three books and one autograph. Roughing It 1873 edition Rebound 591 pgs pencil mark title page, brown mark interior where the autograph lay and small piece of very old scotch tape on page 353, text and illustrations very clean...Sketeches 1883 edition original binding, 320 pages, little edgewear to lower spine...The Prince And The Pauper 1893 edition289 pgs, by Charles Webster and CO NY, smudges and smears on covers, owners name and date (Collier Gringo Dec 25th/94) inside front cover, slight foxing and spinecock. This listing includes all three books, one autograph card and orginal recipients envelope with 1908 postmarked envelope from S.L. Clemens, Redding, CT