Search Results: Bibliography, Book Collecting, and Printing from Gene W. Baade Books on the West

Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st printing. Cloth. 386pp. 386pp. Illus. Copyright is 1965 but printing was 1984. Armitage, among other professional callings, was a fine book designer, and examples of his work are found liberally throughout the Western Americana field. Fine in dj.

Ontario, Canada: Privately published, 2012. Limited/Numbered. Soft cover. Collectible Fine. Copy #8 of edition of 100 copies in illustrated wraps. Unpaginated (32pp). Attractively illustrated. "Printed on found scraps & recycled paper." "Written, drawn, and published by Tay Evon." "INSIDE THIS ZINE YOU WILL FIND A WHOLE LOT OF DELIGHTFUL THINGS - STORIES, DRAWINGS, TIPS, AND OTHER SHENANIGANS. YOU MAY HAVE BOUGHT THIS ZINE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE DO-IT-YOURSELF CULTURE. OR YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW THIS ZINE GOT INSIDE YOUR BAG (IN THAT CASE, IT WOULDN'T HURT TO CONTINUE READING IT ANYWAY)." Further, "THIS ZINE IS PART OF THE DIY LIFESTYLE PROJECT STARTED BY TAY EVON." If you are a zine collector, this is quite attractive, well-designed and illustrated, and almost impossible to find. The author/publisher most likely worked his craft in upper Ontario, Canada, near St. Catherines & Welland.

Philadelphia: Associated Antiquaries, 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st printing. 4to cloth. 252pp. Illustrated with many facsimiles of maps, human images, etc. Indians, Colonials, nature, etc. Fine in dj. Scarce.

London: Sheila Markham Rare Books, 2014. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st printing limited to 500 unnumbered copies. Cloth. 254pp. Portraits. Index. Appendix. Presentation copy to your bookseller on half-title & signed on title page. The author/editor's second wonderful book for the person who likes to read about the book trade and how various booksellers, most in the UK, see their trade and tell their stories of how they became booksellers. This book covers 31 booksellers. Intriguing reading, humorous at times, and always informative. Fine in dj.

Austin: Pemberton Press, 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 1st printing. 4to pictorial paper over boards. 120pp. Illus. The infamous rare book dealer's account of how he helped catch some Audubon print thieves. Jenkins is the subject of a new book on his life, alleged crimes, rare book wheeling-dealing, and gambling life as "Austin Squatty." This copy has a mild musty odor. As they say "else fine in fine dj.

Spokane: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 2003. Limited/Numbered. Hardcover. Collectible As New. Full gilt-stamped leather bound limited edition to 100 copies, of which this is number 40 signed by the authors. 300pp. Illus. Along with this volume is the matching 37 page booklet, "From Father to Son, and Once Again" signed numbered (#40) and signed by Clark. Fine, unread, as new copies.

Clifton: A B Bookman Pub, 1990. First Thus. Soft cover. Very Good. 1st printing thus of this issue. 4to pictorial wraps. Special issue on Labor History & Fiction. Stapled binding skewed, but still vg.

Clifton: A B Bookman Pub, 1990. First Thus. Soft cover. Very Good. 1st printing thus of this issue. 4to pictorial wraps.

Clifton: A B Bookman Pub, 1990. First Thus. Soft cover. Very Good. 1st printing thus of this issue. 4to pictorial wraps. Special Issue: Fine Arts, Prints & Illustration. Vg.

Clifton: A B Bookman Pub, 1989. First Thus. Soft cover. Very Good. 1st printing thus of this issue. 4to pictorial wraps. Special Issue on the "Music & the Performing Arts. Several pages with straightened out dog-ears; couple of ink marks. Vg.

Clifton: A B Bookman Pub, 1990. First Thus. Soft cover. Very Good. 1st printing thus of this issue. 4to pictorial wraps. Special New York Book Fair Issue. Several ink marks/note by former owner, & his address label on front cover. Vg.

Clifton: A B Bookman Pub, 1989. First Thus. Soft cover. Very Good. 1st printing thus of this issue. 4to pictorial wraps. Inside this issue: Restoration as a Factor in the Pricing of Books. A few stain spots on front cover, but still vg.

Clifton: A B Bookman Pub, 1989. First Thus. Soft cover. Very Good. 1st printing thus of this issue. 4to pictorial wraps. Special Issue on "Fine Arts, Prints & Illustrations" including "The Watercolors and Prints of Orra White Hitchcock." A few pages with straightened out dog-ears; couple of ink marks/notes; one very small page edge tear. Vg.

L. A.: Glen Dawson, 1954. Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine. Fine letter press reprint of item first published apparently in 1951. Pictorial paper over boards. 32pp. This imprint a Keepsake presented at Occidental College. Minor soiling. Near fine.

n.p.: The Clinker Press, 2008. First Edition. Soft cover. As New. Fine, letter press printed wraps with titles in red. (8pp). "Printed for the delectation or detestation of the members of the Zamorano and Roxburghe Clubs..." Fine, like new.

Montclair & London: Allanheld & Schram, 1978. First Thus. Hardcover. Fine/Good. 1st U. S. edition. Cloth. 209pp. "Short Title Lists". Index. One of several fine books on the book trade, hunting, collecting, dealing, cataloging, etc., written by these long time New York City business partners & nearly life long friends. Hardly anybody in the country was better than this two in what this bookseller calls the "old time book trade." Fine in near vg dj, which is lightly spotted on the front panel near the backstrip.

Tipographia de los Huerfanos, Madrid, 1890, 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. Royal 8vo original cloth & boards. 326pp. Index (Indice de Titulos). Extensive introductory material & Appendices. Further stated on title page: "OBRA PREMIADA POR LA BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL en el concurso publico de 1887 Y PUBLICADA A EXPENSAS DEL ESTADO. This appears to be a very important bibliography related to the island of Sardinia, which was primarily under Spanish rule until 1718. The bibliography, with 818 entries, begins with Spanish inculabula. The main bibliographical text is in three sections: "Libros hispano-sardos", "Manuscritos y codices existentes en Cerdena", "La imprenta en Cerdena". Stamp of the Biblioteca Nacional Madrid on blank page facing the title page. Very slight fading to board edges & slightly bumped at cover corners. In vg condition with light browning to leaves & some edge smudges on the title page. Rare.

American Library Assoc., Chicago, 1948, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+. Gilt-stamped cloth. 331pp. Name & Subject Index. Most copies are ex-lib; this one is not. Moderate wear to extremities. Good+.

Cleveland: Burows Brothers, 1907. First Edition. Soft cover. Poor. Original used and rare book catalogue. Printed wraps. 152pp. "With two illustrations and three facsimiles." This catalogue is No. 74 (Part II of Catalogue No. 68). 2,083 entries in the following groups: American Indians, General Americana, Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Rebellion, New England and the Puritans, Central West, Southwest, The West, Mexico and Spanish America, States and Territories, Biography (Collective and Individual), Misc. Each entry has good, even sometimes extensive detail. The booksellers also has ads inside front and back coves. Poor condition. Covers nearly separated; can be minimally secured upon request with thin archival tape. A useful resource for examining book values in the field over100 years ago.

Norwalk: Danny Perez Pub, 1998. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Collectible Good. 1st printing. 4to pictorial wraps. 189pp. Signed by Perez (to no one). A remarkable amount of information is in this volume which has not been surpassed as a Bigfoot / sasquatch bibliography. It is a shame that the author or someone authorized by him couldn't have brought it up to date in the twenty-first century. This copy good only because of long crease to lower front cover, back cover, and varying degrees to lower cover throughout text. It will serve nonetheless as a guide for the researcher.