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American Commercial Law Series 9 Volumes - Alfred Bays (1911-13 Antique 1st Edition Hardcovers) Lawyer Reference Bookset
Volume I - Contracts
Volume II - Negotiable Paper
Volume III - Sales of Personal Property
Volume IV - Agency; Partnership
Volume V - Corporations
Volume VI - Insurance; Suretyship
Volume VII - Debtor and Creditor; Bankruptcy
Volume VIII - Banks and Banking
Volume IX - Property
Copyright 1911 (volume I and II), 1912 (volume III through VII), and 1913 (volume VIII and IX), published by Callaghan Company (Chicago). Each volume has publication dates that match their respective copyright dates making this a first edition bookset. NO dust jackets. Red/maroon hardcovers show bumped and worn corners, tanning and sunfade, soiling, nicks to the edges, small bubbles to the covers, bumped spine head and tail, edge-wear, and shelfwear. Of the volumes, volume I shows the most wear. Hard creases in several areas of the books. Tanned textblocks and spots to the foreedge. Aside from previous owner's… Read More

Anne Belinda – Patricia Wentworth (1st Edition 1928 Hardcover) Mystery WWI Romance Novel Historical Fiction British Literature
Copyright 1928, published 1928 by J. B. Lippincott Company (Philadelphia). 304 pages. No dust jacket. 1st Edition as determined by the matching copyright and publication date of 1928. Light green hardcover shows wear to include substantial spine lean, scuffs and spots/stains, soiling, wrinkled spine backstrip, bumped corners and edges, torn spine head and tail, and the boards are bowed. The book has numerous cracks and hard creases throughout such as pages 14, 144, 176, 302. The publisher's top stain is faded, the textblock and pages are tanning, and the edges have stains. Page 304 has a 2-inch tear at the bottom and pages 63-65 have a scotch tape repair. There are small pencil markings, smudges, and scuffs throughout the text (most notably at front endpaper, title page, 36-37). Overall, this book is in Acceptable/Fair condition.

The Astonishing Adventure of Jane Smith – Patricia Wentworth (1st US Edition 1923 Hardcover) Debut Mystery Novel Crime Fiction Adventure Thriller Golden Age Suspense Heroine
The first mystery novel written by Patricia Wentworth. Published 1923 by Small, Maynard & Company Publishers (Boston). First American Edition. 313 pages. No dust jacket. Mustard/Yellow hardcover shows heavy wear to include heavy scuffs and spots/stains to both boards, soiling, substantial spine lean, sunfade and tanning (particularly the spine), bumped corners and edges, torn spine head and tail, and the boards are bowed. The book has numerous cracks (such as pages 8, 58, 122, 170) and hard creases throughout. The publisher's top stain is faded, the textblock and pages are tanning, and the edges have foxing and stains. Pastedowns and endpapers have discoloration and tanning from the publisher's glue, and the rear pastedown shows a fluid stain outline that impacts the last three pages. The page after the copyright page is torn… Read More

Auction for Two or Three - Milton Work (1921 Vintage Hardcover) Card Game Rules Laws Two-Handed Three-Handed
Subtitle: "With a New Code of Laws for these Games. Including an Appendix Giving Improved Methods for Two-Handed Rum, Two-Handed Canfield and Russian Bank."
222 pages. Copyright 1921, published 1921 by The John C. Winston Company (Philadelphia), first printing with matching publications dates. No dust jacket. Light blue hardcovers show wear such as bumped corners and edges, scuffs, tanning, scratches, and a large nick to the rear foreedge and topedge. Spine has sunfade. Gilt is starting to fade on the front cover and spine labels. Textblock and pages are tanning with light foxing starting to appear. Textblock has scratches and spots/smudges. The book has a large crack on page 96 and 112. The front endpaper has several markings, but there does not appear to be any other writing in the text. Overall, the book is in Good condition.

Burning Bright - John Steinbeck (First Edition 1st Printing 1950 Hardcover w/ Original DJ) Novel Play
Subtitle: "A Play in Story Form."
Copyright 1950, published by The Viking Press (NY). 159 pages. Goldstone & Payne, A29a. Stated 'First published by The Viking Press in November 1950' on the copyright page with no subsequent printings listed. Original dust jacket has $2.50 on the front inside flap and is in a protective mylar cover. Dust jacket has dark smudges, stains, marks, soiling, scuffs, heavy sunfade, large chips and nicks to the edges (particularly above the spine head), as well as pencil markings on the rear inside flap. Tan hardcover shows wear to include edgewear, shelfwear, scratches, nicks, and a torn spine head & tail. Orange publisher's top stain has several specks on the topedge. All three sides have nicks to the textblock. Overall, it is in Good Plus (G+) condition.

Carnival of Souls - Neal Holland Duncan (1st Edition, 2007 HC w/ DJ)
ISBN: 1419659693
1st Edition, copyright 2007, published by IMP BOOKS (United Stated). Stated 'First Edition' on the copyright page. The dust jacket has $27.95 on the inside flap and shows minimal wear to include swirl marks and impressions. Deep blue hardcovers have minimal wear. Unverified author's personal inscription to a previous owner is on the front endpaper in permanent marker. There is no other writing or markings in the book. Overall, it is in As New condition.

Doctor Hudson's Secret Journal - Lloyd C. Douglas (1939 Hardcover w/ DJ) 1st Edition
Copyright 1939, published by Houghton Mifflin Company (Boston); same date on the title and copyright pages indicating a first edition. Dust jacket has $2.50 printed on the front inside flap. The jacket has significant wear, to include sizeable nicks, chips, and tears along the edges; the rear bottom edge has a tear along the width of the book and up to 1-inch in height. It also has soiling, impressions, scratches, and wear along the edges. Tan hardcovers have minor wear along the edges. Binding has moderate spine lean. Red publisher's top stain on the top of the textblock. Ex-libris sticker on the front paste-down and inscription on the front free endpaper; no other writing or markings. Overall, it is in Good Plus (G+) condition.

Emergent Man - A Religion & Ethic of Liberty - Dwight D. Murphey (1962 Softcover)
Copyright 1962, published by Bradford-Robinson Printing Company (Colorado); stated 'First Edition - August, 1962' on the copyright page. Softcover shows wear along the edges and creases down the spine, with the hard crease originating from page 182. Hard crease at pages 182 and 183. Slight creases at the top of pages 182 through 192 from a paper clip. Tanned pages. Inscription on the front free endpaper from the author; Overall for a softcover of this age, it is in Very Good condition.

For Richer, For Poorer - Harold Armstrong (1922 Hardcover) Fiction Novel Literature
308 pages. Copyright 1922, published August 1922 by Alfred A. Knopf (New York), first printing with matching publications dates. No dust jacket. Black hardcovers show wear such as bumped and worn-through corners and edges, scuffs, tanning, nicks, and scratches. Spine head and tail are torn, and the spine labels in gilt are fading. Textblock and pages are tanning. Textblock has scratches and spots/smudges, especially on the bottom edge. There is a bookstore sticker on the rear pastedown. There does not appear to be any writing in the text. Overall, the book is in Good Plus (G+) condition.

The Grandfather Medicine: An Oklahoma Mystery - Jean Hager (1989 1st Edition Vintage Hardcover w/DJ) Fiction
ISBN: 0312029233
Copyright 1989 and published by St. Martin's Press (New York). First edition with full numberline on the copyright page. Dust jacket has $16.95 on the front flap. Jacket shows wear to include wrinkles, sunfade, tanning to the edges, nicks, chips, and shelfwear. Most noticeably, the jacket has a bumped spine tail, torn spine head, and the front flap top corner is torn a couple inches at the hinge. Black hardcovers show wear such as bumped corners, sunfade to the top edge, nicks to the edges, scratches, and shelfwear. The textblock is tanned with minor spots. There does not appear to be any writing in the text. Overall, this book is in Very Good minus (VG-) condition.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets – J. K. Rowling (1999 Hardcover 6th Printing)

ISBN: 0439064864
Copyright 1999, published 1999 by Arthur A. Levine Books / Scholastic Press (NY) as a 6th printing as shown on the copyright page numberline. Dust jacket has $17.95 on the front inside flap, is missing the "Year 2" marking on the spine, fits loosely, and shows wear to include wrinkles, creases, edgewear, shelfwear, and brown spots/stains on the rear of the jacket. Blue diamond boards with green cloth spine and includes the "Year 2" marking. Hardcovers show heavy wear to include loose hinges, edgewear, shelfwear, scratches, nicks, and a compressed spine head & tail. Book has spine lean. Binding is loose and there are numerous hard creases and small cracks forming throughout the book. There are spots, stains, nicks and scratches to all three sides of the textblock. Former owner's name on the front endpaper. The first several chapters (particularly Chapter 4) have marks, similar to that of a clip-on… Read More

He and She A Book of Them - James Moffatt (1st Editions 2 Volumes 1933-35 Hardcover w/DJ) Literature Quotations Commentary Criticism
Copyright 1933 and 1935, published 1933 and 1935 by Hodder and Stoughton (London). Stated "First Published 1933" for Volume I and "First printed August 1935" on Volume II of the copyright page.
Dust jackets show 12/6 NET on the front inside flap. Jackets fit loosely and have several large pieces missing, large chips and several tears greater than 3-inches, significant soiling, wrinkles and creases, heavy sunfade and tanning (particularly the spine), heavy nicks and scratches, edgewear, and rubbing marks from shelfwear.
Hardcovers show wear such as different shades of blue cloth, sunfade to the spines and edges, heavily bumped corners and edges, bumped spine head and tail, scratches, and shelfwear. Volume I is heavily cracked in multiple locations such as pages 80-81 and 160-161. Hard creases in both volumes (notably pages 94-95 and 174-175 of Volume 1, pages 142-143 in… Read More

A History of the Indians of the United States - Angie Debo (1971 Signed 1st Edition 2nd Printing Vintage Hardcover w/DJ) Non-Fiction Illustrated
ISBN: 0806109114
From the Civilization of the American Indian Series, noted as volume 106 on the rear jacket. Copyright 1970 and published 1971 by University of Oklahoma Press (Oklahoma). First Edition, 2nd Printing as stated on the dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page. Dust jacket has $8.95 on the front flap with pencil marks crossing out the price. Jacket shows wear to include small wrinkles, sunfade, nicks, chips, small tears, and shelfwear. Brown cloth hardcovers show wear such as light foxing, sagging textblock, wavy textblock signatures, tanned top edge, scuffs, scratches, and shelfwear. Foreedge textblock shows foxing and there is a brown spot on the bottom edge. Ex-libris sticker on the front pastedown and former bookstore sticker on the rear pastedown. There does not appear to be any writing in the text. Overall, this… Read More

The Immigrant Upraised - Andrew Rolle (1968 1st Edition Vintage Hardcover w/DJ) Italian American History
Subtitle: "Italian Adventurers and Colonists in an Expanding America."
Copyright 1968, published by The University of Oklahoma Press (Oklahoma). Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Dust jacket has $6.95 on the front flap. Jacket shows wear to include creases, sunfade (particularly the spine), tanning to the edges, nicks, chips, tears, scuffs, and shelfwear. Most noticeably, the jacket has several brown spots and stains on the rear. Red hardcovers show wear such as spine lean, bumped corners and edges, nicks to the edges, shelfwear, and bow upward at the front cover. The textblock shows where a dark fluid stain impacts the foreedge for at least a few signatures towards the rear. There does not appear to be any writing in the text. Overall, due to the stain, this book is in Good condition.

The Indians of the Southwest - Edward Everett Dale (1951 1st Edition 2nd Printing Vintage Hardcover w/DJ) American History Non-Fiction
Subtitle: "A Century of Development under the United States."
Copyright 1949, published 1951 by The University of Oklahoma Press (Norman, Oklahoma). Stated "Second Printing, March, 1951" on the copyright page. Dust jacket has been price clipped and the other flaps are clipped as well. Jacket shows wear to include large chips and tears, creases and wrinkles (such as the hinges), sunfade (particularly the spine), tanning to the edges, spots, nicks, scuffs, and shelfwear. Hardcovers show wear such as spine lean, bumped corners and edges, bumped spine head and tail, nicks to the edges, and shelfwear. Aside from a previous owner's inscription on the front endpaper, there does not appear to be any writing in the text. Overall, this book is in Very Good minus (VG-) condition.

Lester The Official Biography - Dick Francis (Limited Signed First Edition 1986 Leather Hardcover w/Slipcase) Biography Jockey Horse Riding Lester Piggott Great Britain
ISBN: 0718112555
Copyright 1986, published 1986 by Michael Joseph (London), printed and bound in Great Britain. The signature sticker in the book states:
"This signed, hand-bound volume of 'Lester - The Official Biography' by Dick Francis is one of a limited edition of 1,000 such books. Each one was embossed in gold, and the personal signatures below, of both the author and the Champion Jockey, certify that this book is a true and faithful first edition, published in England, on the 28th Day of March, in the Year One Thousand Nine Hundred and Eighty Six. The volume number is 301."
Maroon slipcase shows minimal wear such as nicks, scratches, and shelfwear. Maroon hardcover features gilt spine labels, gilt textblock, satin endpapers and matching colored satin bookmarker. Maroon leather hardcover shows minimal wear and appears unread.… Read More

Localized History of Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma to 1907 - Charles Mooney (1971 Signed 1st Edition Vintage Hardcover) Ghost Towns Non-Fiction History Illustrated
Subtitle: "A history of Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, including the personalized accounts of the 64 "Ghost Towns", the Ten Existing Towns and the names of many that made up the citizenry and drama of this episodic era of those 74 communities all established before Statehood in 1907."
Copyright 1971 and distributed by Thunderbird Industries (Oklahoma). Stated "First Edition - March 1971" on the copyright page. Red hardcovers show wear such as bumped corners, tanning, nicked edges, scuffs, scratches, and shelfwear. Protruding spine backstrip at the bottom. Pastedowns and endpapers show discoloration/dark staining from the binding glue. Pages and textblock are tanned throughout. Inscribed and signed by the author on the front endpaper, otherwise there does not appear to be any writing in the text. Overall, this book is in Very Good minus… Read More

The Menace from Earth - Robert A. Heinlein 1st Edition Gnome Press 1959 Hardcover w/DJ
Copyright 1959, published by The Gnome Press, Inc. (New York); stated 'First Edition' on the copyright page. Dust jacket has soiling, foxing, as well as significant nicks, chips, wrinkling to the spine, and tears up to 1" along the edges, especially on the top-edge. The DJ flap does not have a price on the inside flap (as originally issued) and the rear of the jacket lists other science fiction books and their prices by Gnome Press. Yellow endpapers. Black hardcovers have slight spine lean and several nicks on the top-edge and others on the fore-edge of the boards. Heavily tanned pages. No writing or markings. Overall, it is in Good Plus (G+) condition.

The Moon is Down - John Steinbeck (1st Edition 2nd Issue 1942 Hardcover w/ DJ) War Story Military Occupation Fiction G&P A16b
Copyright 1942, published by The Viking Press (NY). Goldstone & Payne, A16b. Stated 'First published in March 1942' on the copyright page with no subsequent printings listed. Second issue or state per the corrected error on page 112, line 11 (there is no period between the words talk and this). Dust jacket in protective mylar cover and is price-clipped on the front flap, and all other flaps are clipped as well. Jacket shows wear to include heavy tanning and sunfade (particularly the spine and top edge), nicks, large chips, tears, and shelfwear. Blue hardcovers show wear such as sunfade to the top edge, nicks to the edges, scratches, shelfwear, and dark spots/foxing to the top edges. The textblock is tanned with spots and foxing (particularly the top edge). There does not appear to be writing in the text. Ex-libris sticker on the front pastedown. Overall, it is in Good condition.

My Story - Art Moore with Snorkel Economy Belt Buckle (Snorkel #1 Fire Fighting 2016 Hardcover w/DJ)
ISBN: 9780692479216
Copyright 2016, published by Snorkel (United States). Stated 'First Printing, 2016' on the copyright page. Dust jacket has $35.00 on the rear cover and shows shelf-wear, such as swirl-marks. Black hardcovers are nicked on the front cover at the fore-edge. No writing or markings. Overall, the book is in Like New condition. Also, comes with a belt buckle by Snorkel that has a few minor scratches along the bottom and back.