Recent Arrivals from Crooked House Books & Paper

Whittlesey House / McGraw-Hill, 1965. Hardcover. Near fine/Good. Signed. 9th printing. Near fine in good jacket with chipped spine ends. Inscribed by Jesse Stuart to "one who has listened to the hounds" & dated 1965.

Paris: Jean Petit [Johanis Petit], 1521. Hardcover. Very Good. Vellum spine over paper-covered boards, hand-lettered on spine. Rebound, probably in the 20th century, with new endpapers, I suspect the vellum is new, page edges speckled. They've been trimmed but lightly: the outside margin is about 7/16", top margin about 1/4", and bottom margin about 1-1/16". Faded or washed… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio. Pyle, Howard. Cloth spine over paper-covered boards with painting paper onlay to front board, 12-1/4" x 9-1/4", illustrated throughout with color and black and white (mostly b/w.) A lovely copy with just light edgewear and soiling. Additional postage required for priority or international shipping.

Paris: Editions des Quartre Chemins, 1928. Paperback. Like New. 4to. Mauny, Jacques. Near fine in like jacket; with presumed original glassine, 10-1/4" x 8-1/4", 19 pp. text. followed by 8 b/w plates. Dry point frontis plate; plates with tissue guards. Text pages unopened. Published two years before his first solo exhibition in the United States.

Pantheon, 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 5x1x8. Signed by Author(s). First edition stated & with full number line. Signed (name only) on half title page. DJ with "autographed copy" sticker on front panel, store price sticker on rear; minor bump to head of spine.

Tor, 2022. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Two first trade editions, each with complete number lines, page edges undecorated, not signed. Just very nice & clean copies of the first two books in this popular series.

Pantheon, 1987. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9x7x0. Signed by Author(s). Inscribed by Bocuse on half-title page, dated 2000. White glossy boards under white dust jacket, 87 pp., well illustrated with color photos. Small blemish to rear panel of jacket. Known as "the pope of gastronomy", Paul Bocuse was one of the most prominent chefs of the nouvelle cuisine… Read more about this item

Seven Locks Press, 2007. Soft cover. Near Fine. Five trade paperbacks, near fine condition. A matching set of the popular history of Oregon from the Native American perspective. Extra postage required for international or priority shipping.

New Cavendish, 1989. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9x1x12. Blue illustrated boards under pictorial dust jacket. Near fine copy with just slight wear. A fantastic resource for these model kits, including reproductions of their original advertising material. Appendices & index for easy reference. Additional postage required for international shipping; 4 pounds packed.

Collector Books, 1996. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8x0x11. Trade paperback, illustrated wraps, 4to. An impressive compilation of model kits & their original packaging, includes index for easy finding. Slight wear to edges of cover.

Southwest Publishing Company, 1946. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed by Author(s). Brown cloth boards lettered in black. Inscribed "Regards" by author on front endpaper. A classic of lost mine literature. Light wear to edges of boards, bump to bottom of spine, but clean & solid.

Collector Books, 1987. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 11x8x1. Red boards under pictorial dust jacket. Near fine copy with one small tear to edge of front flap of DJ. Now owned by Coca-Cola, Moxie was one of America's first mass-produced sodas. This is an exhaustive history of the drink & the company, profusely illustrated. Extra postage required for international… Read more about this item

Random House, 1944. 1st Edition. Hardcover. New/Fine. First edition stated. Blue cloth boards under brown illustrated (by Curtin) dust jacket. Owner's small stamp to front endpaper else fine in fine jacket. A darkly comic mystery, on the verge of being a bibliomystery. Mr. Bowling is a killer who buys newspapers after he murders in order to stay up… Read more about this item

The John Day Company, 1926. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Underwood, Leon. Hardcover, full black cloth with paper label to spine, housed in original slipcase. Toning to front endpaper from former newsprint being laid in; small smudge near colophon; Slipcase good only with wear to all edges. This was the first book published by John Day Co.; printed… Read more about this item

Collins, 1964. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Full red cloth binding under white pictorial dust jacket. Crease to bottom corner of front endpaper. A well-illustrated overview of the period; delightful to browse through. Extra postage required for international or priority shipping.

Hong Kong: Local Printing Press, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Pictorial tan cloth, 4to, 111 pages, black and white illustrations; faint wear to extremities, ownership inscription in front free endpaper. A very nice copy. This has "Fandango Fiesta Legend" & ox decoration to rear cover--I feel like the last time we had this, the rear board… Read more about this item

University of Cincinnati by Princeton University Press, 1956. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Full blue cloth boards with silver lettering. No flaws to note. Five lectures from the Charles Phelps Taft Memorial Fund: Primitive Money in Primitive Europe; The Dollars of the Middle Ages; The Big Problem of the Petty Coins; Ghost Moneys; Prices and Civilization.

Viking Press, 1965. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Grey cloth boards under white & pink illustrated dust jacket, 6-3/4" x 5". Promotional letter from publisher laid in; presumably a review copy though not marked as such. Bottom of front flap clipped, but price intact at top.

University of Nebraska Press, 1985. Soft cover. New. 5x0x8. Overstock from the warehouse of a former book distributor. Multiple copies available at time of entry. Fine unused copy.

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Ness, Evaline. Blue buckram binding with pictorial front board, under white & pink pictorial dust jacket. Oddly, the publisher's name at the bottom of the jacket just reads "Scribn" -- the rest is cut off. Reinforced library binding but not ex-library. Tear to foot of DJ spine panel, price-clipped,… Read more about this item