(stamped pictorial cloth with gilt lettering; no dust jacket) [lovely copy, gilt bright on cover and spine, light wear at extremities, minor soiling to top edge]. INSCRIBED ("To _____________ / with / the compliments of") and SIGNED by the author on the ffep. The author's reverie of life at his old colonial mansion, addressed to an imaginary girl, Evelyn -- the "Only Girl -- A Memory," to whom the book is dedicated. Signed by Author View More...
(price-clipped) [bumping to base of spine resulting in slight cracking of binding at that point, otherwise just lightly shelfworn on the bottom edge, a touch of dust-soiling to top of text block; jacket lightly soiled, shows a little wear along the top edge, spine slightly browned with a couple of tiny stains]. (halftone photo frontispiece) "An authentic historical account of the day when the Livery Stable was one of the hubs of social activity in practically every American community. The arrival of the automobile erased the Livery Stable from the community picture, but here is the accou... View More...
[book has a bit of corner/edge wear, tiny nick in cloth near top of spine, gift inscription on ffep; jacket worn with various chips/tears, 1-1/2" piece missing at fore-edge)]. (color plates) "This book is a biography and historical novel and romance from the discovery of Pikes Peak by Zebulon Pike to the present date." View More...
(no dust jacket, as issued) [clean solid copy, light wear at spine ends, small dent on front cover (blemishing the cover photo a bit)]. (B&W photographs) Pretty much what you'd expect from a wartime college yearbook: lotsa folks in uniform (ROTC and whatnot), and an intense focus on the many ways in which the school and its students were contributing to the war effort. The dedication essay begins: "Surrounded by a seething world at war, Carolina students lost much of their traditional levity this year, and began to make earnest preparations to take their places in their country's service, wh... View More...
(no dust jacket) [ex-library, most markings neatly removed or obliterated (ffep removed), spine turned, minimal wear but front hinge starting]. (The Italian American Experience) Series (B&W photographs) Facsimile reprint of the original (1919) edition, published by Small, Maynard & Co. View More...
(no dust jacket) [solid, nice-looking copy, light wear at extremities; once part of a private (individual's) library, it bears his name and address stamp on the ffep and an additional name and property stamp on the front pastedown; there is also a small label with a number affixed to the spine, but aside from that there are no other markings]. (B&W frontispiece and 15 B&W plates) Classic account by a traveling salesman, imparting to the reader all the wisdom he's accumulated in his travels. "Salesmanship is the business of the world; it is about all there is to the world of business. Ent... View More...
[very nice, clean copy, no discernible wear but previous owner's signature (first name) on ffep and a thin red line (remainder mark?) across top edge; jacket has one very tiny tear at bottom of front panel, otherwise looks like new]. A "funny, touching, bitter, and surprising" memoir about growing up in Brooklyn's Gravesend neighborhood, and specifically about "the myths and misconceptions of being an 'Italian in America.'" View More...
[solid copy with minor shelfwear, slight yellowing/soiling to page edges, gift inscription (non-authorial) on ffep; jacket is somewhat tattered, with several fingertip-size chips and a bevy of smaller ones, although the front panel illustration is mostly intact, as is the spine text]. "This book is partly about a hobby -- button collecting -- and as such it will fascinate all who have felt the collector's urge. It is must more the story of Maine, and of Elinor Graham's love for her home there and for the people who are her neighbors. The author came upon her hobby unexpectedly. Digging... View More...
[soiling and discoloration to covers, some deterioration to spine covering at spine ends, pages age-toned but not brittle; the binding is still solid despite this being a cheaply-made book]. (Teachers' Help Series) Series A classic of its day (although perhaps only in Tennessee), by the "Late Professor of Philosophy of Pedagogics in the University of Tennessee." This small book (just 94 pages) is a compendium of "bad boy" stories gathered from various teachers during a summer institute, which the author has synthesized (without losing its essential anecdotal nature) into a trea... View More...
[minor shelfwear, spine turned; jacket shows mild surface wear, tiny chip at lower left-hand corner of front panel]. (B&W photographs, diagrams) Picks up where the author's first book, "Mouse Tales," left off, "with hundreds more amazing tales bout the fun and hardships of working at the Happiest Place on Earth and what happens when reality invades its protective confines. Plenty has changed in the last few years, as serious cutbacks by management have unfortunately transformed the landscape into a less magical, more dangerous environment. This book is in no way authorized by, e... View More...
(price-clipped) [book moderately shelfworn; white/yellow jacket shows soiling, edge/corner wear, a couple of chips at top of spine]. Nostalgic vignettes of life on the ranch, by this well-known regional California author. View More...
(price-clipped) [minor wear and slight discoloration to cloth at spine ends, otherwise a good solid clean book; jacket is heavily browned at edges and along spine, scuffed on front panel, large ragged piece missing from top of spine, much smaller piece missing from base of spine, several clumsily-executed internal tape-repairs]. (pen and ink drawings) One of the harder-to-find books by Randolph, described in the jacket blurb as "probably the best known collector of authentic Ozark folklore." The book brings together hundreds of tales from a wide variety of sources: many "were contributed by ... View More...
[slight wear at base of spine, gift inscription on ffep; jacket shows a bit of soiling, slight wear at top corners, 1/2" closed tear at top of spine]. Episodic novel (I guess) of farm life in Colorado during the 1930's. (If the author is drawing from her own experiences, it isn't made clear by the jacket text; the narrator is Beth, the next-to-youngest child of the McMurray family.) View More...
[solid copy with strong binding, but showing wear to covers at top and bottom edges, top corners and spine ends lightly bumped, light spotting and dust-soiling to top page edges; jacket intact but worn and soiled, with minor paper loss at spine ends, a couple of tiny holes in spine]. (B&W photographs) "The dramatic story of Jilson Setters, the blind mountaineer....from his little-boy days when he begged Old Doctor piteously 'give me some eyesight,' to his visit to London when sixty-odd. There he sang his Elizabethan 'song ballets' before the King and Queen as one of the last of the rapidly... View More...
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