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New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1949. FIRST EDITION THUS. Hardcover, with the ORIGINAL PRICE-CLIPPED DUST JACKET . NEAR FINE/VERY GOOD PLUS. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents the FIRST EDITION of THE BERLITZ SELF-TEACHER: SPANISH. While this may or may not be the First Printing, 1949 is the year for the FIRST EDITION. "Berlitz says: 'If you speak English, you can speak Spanish--the natural Berlitz way." This is the Full-size (5 1/2" x 8 1/4", 282 pages) hard cover book, with the ORIGINAL PRICE-CLIPPED DUST JACKET. Overall condition of the book is NEAR FINE. Pages (top edges are tinted red) = Near Fine: very slightly yellowed, fep's slightly browned on edges, penciled old pricing on first fep, else very tight, sharp, clear, with no additional markings. Cover (red cloth boards with lack design and black particulars) = Near Fine: sunned top edge of front, somewhat rubbed top of spine, 1/2" scratch on back, else tight, sharp, fresh, square, with original color and print.… Read More

HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents a LIKE NEW, FIRST PRINTING of COOKING WITH FRIENDS by Amy Lyles Wilson, with recipes by Jack Bishop. "Even if you and your friends don't hang out at a neighborhood coffeehouse," this book will inspire you with such recipes as "Chandler's 'Could THIS Be Any More Fattening?' Cheesecake" and "Mashed Potatoes for the Broken-Hearted!" 7 3/4" x 9 1/4", 134 pages including complete index, includes SPOTLESS, AS NEW, ORIGINAL, UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. Pages and Cover are spotless as well--as if you pulled this book off the shelf in the 1995 "Best Sellers" aisle. LIKE NEW/LIKE NEW. PERFECT GIFT!

Chicago: Arrco Playing Card Company, 1953. FIRST EDITION THUS, FIRST PRINTING THUS. Hardcover. Very Good. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents CRAWFORD'S CONTRACT BRIDGE. "AMERICA'S TOP RANKING PLAYER" in the mid Twentieth Century, as printed on the front cover of this book, was JOHN R CRAWFORD. In this RARE FIRST EDITION of his book, Mr. Crawford explains in great detail how to win at contract bridge. There are a number of reprints by Grosset and Dunlap available, but this FIRST EDITION, printed on the presses of a major playing card company to help promote their business, is RARE. 5 3/8" x 8 1/8" hard cover, 367 pages (including index), with no dust jacket. Overall condition is VERY GOOD. Pages = Very Good Plus: lightly tanned, outer edges moderately stained, 1/4" tear on edge of final fep, else tight, sharp, clear, with no marks. Cover (grey cloth boards with particulars and designs in red and black) = Good Plus: spine frayed at top and bottom, spine moderately… Read More

Munich: Suddeutsches Verlags-Institut, 1922. "2 volumes in 1" reprint. Hardcover. VERY GOOD. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER presents DIE FRAU ALS HAUSARZTIN (THE WOMAN AS FAMILY PHYSICIAN). This monumental tome, written in German, fearlessly and expertly covers EVERY aspect of human health and disease at the time, using over 150 illustrations, 42 full-page color plates, and Dr. Fischer-Duckelmann's prose in 1039 pages. The author (1856-1917) was herself a pioneering Austrian doctor, author and reformer. 6 3/4" x 9 5/8" and 2 3/8" deep (oversized, may require additional postage) hardcover with no dust jacket (most likely as designed). Overall condition is VERY GOOD. Pages (beautifully decorative endpapers, all edges colored blue) = Near Fine: mild tanning from age, foxing on Forward and Table of Contents, else very tight, sharp, clear, colorful, with NO MARKS! Cover (Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering and designs and paste-on color plate of a woman taking care of her… Read More

New York: Harmony Books, 1998. FIRST EDITION STATED, FIRST PRINTING VIA NUMBER LINE. Hardcover, with the UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. AS NEW/FINE. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents the FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING of FOODS THAT FIGHT PAIN by NEAL BARNARD, M.D. "...separates the wheat from the chaff in nutritional literature."--Benjamin Spock, M.D. 6 1/4" x 9 1/2", 347 pages, including multiple recipes, charts and an index, together with the UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. Condition of the Book is AS NEW! The cover has quarter bound blue cloth on white designed boards with particulars in white on spine only. The ORIGINAL DUST JACKET (white paper, with photo of the author and particulars in blue, red, white and black) = FINE: very light wear to bottom and top edge, one inch dirt stain and small orange sticker on back, else spotless, shiny, colorful.

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2006. FIRST PRINTING VIA NUMBER LINE. AS NEW.. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents an AS NEW FIRST PRINTING of THE KNOT GUIDE FOR THE MOTHER OF THE BRIDE by CARLEY RONEY, co-founder of THE KNOT wedding consulting business. The book contains real-live advice and insider info from the experts! 6 1/4" x 8 1/4", 108 page hard cover, including index, with the ORIGINAL UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET Overall condition of the book is AS NEW Both reverse covers and first and last fep's have a beautiful 2-tone blue design. Cover is dark blue glossy boards with light blue designs and particulars in silver. ORIGINAL DUST JACKET (silver glossy paper with white and pink illustrated mother and bride, and particulars in white and black) = AS NEW.

HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents MON PETIT DICTIONNAIRE by Marie Reed and Edith Oswald, with illustrations by Richard Scarry. Paris: Cocorico. Copyright 1949 by Simon and Schuster and Artists and Writers Guild, Inc. Printed in France. In French. First edition thus according to Worldcat. Rare as such. "Un Petit Livre d'Or." 6 1/2" x 7 15/16", 28 unnumbered pages (including title page). No dust jacket as issued. Very Good Plus. No marks. Pages = very little tanning, tight, square. Front cover has long, light scrape + is slightly warped. Every page and both covers have numerous, brightly colored illustrations. Background on front board cover is yellow, with particulars in red and black. Back cover has listing of all Cocorico "Les Petits Livre d'Or"series. The perfect introduction to French for a child. Noted book appraiser James Beattie has assigned a value of $25.

New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1967. FIRST EDITION THUS, SECOND PRINTING STATED. Hardcover, with the ORIGINAL PRICE-CLIPPED DUST JACKET. NEAR FINE/VERY GOOD PLUS. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents PAINTING MATERIALS & TECHNIQUES by FREDERIC TAUBES, who was an internationally known artist exhibiting at the METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, and was the American editor of THE ARTIST magazine. 5 5/8" x 8", 160 page hard cover, including index, along with the ORIGINAL PRICE-CLIPPED DUST JACKET. Overall book condition is NEAR FINE. Pages = Fine: slightly yellowed, front reverse cover and first fep foxed, yet very tight, stand-out clear, sharp, with no marks. Cover (blue cloth boards with gold gilt particulars on spine only) = Very Good Plus: some spotting bottom of front and middle left on back, very little rubbing, else tight, sharp, clear print, square. ORIGINAL DUST JACKET (two-toned green glossy paper with superimposed photo of art supplies on front, particulars and… Read More

New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1979. FIRST EDITION THUS, THIRD PRINTING STATED. Near Fine. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER presents the FIRST EDITION, THIRD PRINTING of TYPE, a compendium of 850 typefaces boldly and completely illustrated. A MUST HAVE for publishers and printers, this 9 1/4" x 12" (oversized, may require additional postage) spiral-bound hardcover book has 207 pages with no dust jacket (as designed). The overall book is NEAR FINE. Pages = Near Fine: light foxing to edges, else clear, tight, white, sharp with no marks. Cover (green glossy boards on a spiral metal binding with black and white particulars) = Near Fine: scratches to back and bottom front, rubbing on corners, else shiny, bright, colorful and square with no marks.