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Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1956. Inside pages clean and tightly bound. Dust jacket shows original price of $3.50. 109 pages. Graphic, common sense approach to the understanding of weather. Dust jacket has light wear along edges, now protected in Brodart mylar. First Edition. Dust Jacketed Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Danny Books 24 pages with full color full page illustration on one side and story opposite. Printed in Sweden. Glossy pictorial cover. Spine bumped. Inside pages clean and tightly bound.. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Ann Justina. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Argus Books, 1929. 1929 on copyright page. 1930 on title page. 294 pages. Gilt-decorated cloth with beveled edges shows some wear and fraying at edges. Deckled page edges. Inside pages clean and tightly bound. All illustrations are protected with bound in embossed web-patterned guards. This edition limited to 2000 copies. A collection of short stories, either sensual or erotic. Cloth Hardcover. Good+. Illus. by Illustrated by John Austen. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Doubleday and Company, 1938. Story Takes Place in Northern Michigan. Inside pages clean and tightly bound. Dust jacket is clipped, yet price of $2.95 remains. There are some red marks on the dust jacket and small edge tears too. Beautiful illustrations, many in full color.. First Edition. Dust Jacketed Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

Simon and Schuster 1946 wear at spine. Dust jacket missing front and end flap and has many tears and foxing 11th printing 42pgs Little Golden Book #8. Dust Jacketed Hardcover. Very Good/Poor.

Alba House / Pallottine Fathers, 1963. Nihil Obstat and Imprimatur dated 1962. The author's purpose was to reveal the internal spirit of a new saint canonized by Pope John XXIII on January 20, 1963. The book is not a biography, but an exploration of his spiritual thoughts, words and deeds. 184 pgs. Dust jacket is wrinkled frm moisture. Book is excellent and unaffected by same. Dust jacket shows original price of $3.95. Dust Jacketed Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Los Angeles, 1927. Cloth binding shows wear at edges. Gold stamping on front still bright. 175 pages. Library stamps ( American Merchant Marine library on Wall St. NYC) on endpapers and title page. Otherwise free of any marks. Laid in "This book is being sent yu with the compliments of the Author and signed by same (most likely not "real" signature). Opposite title page is a page of info about the author's new home in Los Angeles ( the largest city west of St. Louis with 1,200,000 people). The book is written with "simplified spelling", a movement that started in the US in 1898. Illustrated with photographs and some may be considered Quack apparati such as Dr. White's filteray Pad. Semi Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over… Read More

Exposition Press, 1966. After an introductory historical review of fairs, festivals and carnivals in general, McCullough takes us through world's fairs held in this country, all the way from New York's Crystal Palace of 1853, supervised by master showman P. T. Barnum, right up to Expo 67, scheduled for staging in Montreal,… Read More