Recent Arrivals from Book Happy Booksellers

Cleveland, OH: The United Publishing Corporation, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good-. Cloth in DJ; 208pp; DJ slightly age-toned, edgeworn & protected by mylar sleeve, boards square, clean & bright, glossy author photo pasted to front pastedown, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG+/VG- condition. Inscribed & Signed by Author. 1962 veterinarian conference program laid in. Scarce, vintage text on… Read more about this item

Boston, MA: Meador Publishing Company, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/None. 180pp; No DJ, red cloth boards with gilt titling to front & spine, minor staining to boards, previous owner's name to front pastedown, Clymer Motors stamp to FFEP, FRONTISPIECE PHOTO IS MISSING (all other photo plates present), text unmarked, binding is tight, Fair condition (due to missing frontispiece). Scarce, vintage… Read more about this item

New York: Mills Music, Inc., 1957. Softcover. Very Good. 9" x 12" Wraps; 24pp; Store stamp to front cover, else covers clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Scarce, vintage songbook containing 11 boogie woogie compositions for the piano. Contents: Clowning Around; Jitterbug Jive; Buckin' Bronco Boogie; Soft Shoe Boogie; Barbecue Boogie; Boogie Fun; Rock-A-Way Boogie; The… Read more about this item

Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1970. First Edition. Paperback. Fair. 288pp; Covers & spine creased, tape to spine, pages age-toned, last page (index) partially glued to back cover, text unmarked, binding is sound, reading copy, Fair condition. Compilation of Keel reports on all kinds of monsters and strange phenomena, including flying saucer occupants, psychic phenomena, phantom killers, bigfoot, giants of… Read more about this item

New York: Mills Music, Inc., 1956. Softcover. Very Good. 9" x 12" Wraps; 12pp; Covers clean & bright with very slight age-toning, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Scarce, vintage sheet music for piano. Contents: School's Out; Go Mow the Lawn; Sand is Hot; Cousins by the Dozen; Back to School Blues.

New York: Donald I. Fine, Inc., 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in DJ; 394pp; DJ clean & slightly age-toned, boards square & bright with minor staining to top edge, pages age-toned, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG/VG condition. Stunning survey of Thompson's writing beginning with the earliest magazine work of the 1920s and ending with his last… Read more about this item

Los Angeles, CA: The Conference Press, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+/None. 160pp; No DJ, black cloth boards with red titling to front & spine, boards edgeworn, wear to spine ends, pages slightly age-toned, very small stain to fore-edge, text unmarked, binding is sound, Good+ condition. Early story collection by the prize-winning novelist, playwright and short story writer. Contents: Introduction; Preface;… Read more about this item

New York: Columbia University Press, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in DJ; 295pp; DJ clean & bright, boards square, clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG/VG condition. First-hand account by noted paleobiologist of the discovery and mystery of Ediacarans, a marine life form that appeared approximately 600 million years ago. Illustrated with diagrams, photos and… Read more about this item

New York: Joseph Vince, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. Cloth in DJ; First Edition; 53pp; DJ age-toned, edgeworn, price-clipped & protected by mylar sleeve, boards square, clean & bright, previous owner's name to front pastedown, text unmarked, binding is sound, VG/Good+ condition. Scarce, vintage guide to foil fending. Illustrated with diagrams & frontispiece author photos.

New York: Leeds Music Corporation, 1941. Softcover. Good+. 9" x 12" Wraps; 24pp; Previous owner's stamp to front cover, covers age-toned with moderate wear to spine, text unmarked, binding is sound, Good+ condition. Scarce, vintage jazz piano songbook by legendary jazz pianist, arranger and composer Mary Lou Williams (1910-1981). Contents: Mary Lou Williams Photo; Biography; Mary Lou Williams Blues; A… Read more about this item

New York: Robbins Music Corporation, 1943. Softcover. Good+. 9" x 12" Wraps; 44pp; Covers sunned with handling wear but clean & bright, pages age-toned, text unmarked, binding is sound, Good+ condition. Scarce, vintage boogie woogie piano songbook by legendary jazz pianist, arranger and composer Mary Lou Williams (1910-1981). 15 songs including: Roll 'Em; Stompin' at the Savoy; Lullaby in Rhythm;… Read more about this item

Portland, OR: Binfords & Mort, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Cloth in DJ; 148pp; DJ chipped & edgeworn with minor staining & protected by mylar sleeve, boards square, clean & bright, previous owner's address label to front pastedown, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG/Good condition. Signed by Author. Biography of the "grand old man of Oregon," George H. Himes… Read more about this item

Chicago, IL: Sound Money Press, Inc., 1935. Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Cloth in DJ; 344pp; DJ edgeworn with surface tears to front & rear panels & protected by mylar sleeve, boards square, clean & bright, pages slightly age-toned, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG/Good condition. Right-wing Depression-era critique of the U.S. monetary system. From front flap: "Until Americans learn… Read more about this item

New York: Belwin Publications, 1944. Softcover. Very Good-. 9" x 12" Wraps; 32pp; Covers age-toned, pages slightly age-toned, store stamp to title page, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG- condition. Scarce, vintage boogie woogie songbook for piano. Contents: Apache (France); Arkansas Traveler (U.S.A.); Boogie Czardas (Hungary); Boogie Polka (Slovak); Canadian Medley (Canada); El Choclo (South America); Krakowiak (Poland); Loch Lomond… Read more about this item

New York: Columbia University Press, 1996. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 237pp; Covers clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Conducts a systematic review of the terrestrial vertebrae biota and reveals that the newest fossil evidence shows no single cause for the radical changes of the Cretaceous period. Illustrated with diagrams.

Chicago, IL: Hub Electric Company, Inc., 1962. Softcover. Very Good. 8-1/2 x 11 Wraps; 32pp; Small penned diagram to back cover, else covers clean & bright, three-hole-punched for binder, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG- condition. Principles of remodeling and turning small spaces into little theatres, based on the design practices of James Hull Miller, Theatre Designer. Illustrated with photos… Read more about this item

New York: Ballantine Books, 1953. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good-. Ballantine Books #33; 214pp; Covers clean & bright with slight edgewear & small nick to fore-edge, spine lightly creased, store stamp to flyleaf, small nick to fore-edge of first few pages, pages age-toned, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG- condition.

Blaine, WA: Hancock House, 1986. Softcover. Very Good-. 128pp; Covers clean & bright with light creasing to back cover, pages age-toned, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG- condition. Story of the Okanagan Lake monster the Indians called Naitaka, but was later renamed Ogopogo. Lloyd's of London offered $1 million for conclusive proof of the monster's existence. Illustrated with photos.

Chicago, IL: P. F. Volland Company. Softcover. Near Fine. 5-1/2" x 11" Softcover; Covers clean & bright with gilt and color illustration to front, bound at top with pink cord with tassels, slight crease to back cover, text unmarked, binding is tight, Near Fine condition. Scarce, vintage collection of dinner recipes and menus with instructions for formal and informal dinner… Read more about this item

Sag Harbor, NY: The Permanent Press, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Cloth in DJ; First Edition; 166pp; DJ clean & bright with crease to rear flap, boards square, clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, Fine/VG condition. From DJ flap: "A mystery of both memory and mistaken identity, UnderSurface is a starkly written, haunting novel about double lives,… Read more about this item