Search Results: Authors starting with A from The Book Shelf

Corvallis, Oregon: Oregon State Univ Press, 2011. First Edition . Trade Paperback. Fine. Clean unmarked copy very nice. Illustrated with photographs, index, 207 pages.

Merrifield, Virginia: Rare Book Republishers, 1997. Reprint Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. The Cook's Own Book is a valuable reference for Civil War re-enactors and Living History cooks. Addendum to the preface tipped-in on front free endpaper, inscribed by the publisher " I hope you enjoy this rare glimpse at early America! With warm regards- Edmund Stewart". Dust jacket flaps creased else fine.

Blue Ridge Summit, PA: Tab Books, 1983. First Printing Stated . Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Clean unmarked copy, close to new, not an ex-library copy. Profusely illustrated with photographs and drawings, glossary, index, 343 pages.

Perth, Australia: West Australian Newspapers Ltd., 1959. First Edition . Spiral Bound. Very Good +. Edgar Dell. Spiral bound hardcover with leather covers, housed in cloth slipcase. Beautifully illustrated in color with original paintings by Edgar Dell and photographs by the author. Includes index and glossary, 164 pages. Errata on page 155. Solid, unmarked copy, leather has a touch of wear at head of spine, slipcase cloth badly faded, mild fraying to one edge, condition good. Edited by H.F. Parkinson

London: A. I. Coffin & Co., 1900. Eleventh Edition . Hardcover. Very Good +. Green cloth, titles stamped in gilt on front cover, publisher's address label on front endpaper, no date but circa 1900, small format booklet, index, 199 pages. Includes price list of goods, and Dr. Coffin's Specialities. Clean unmarked copy, solid binding, strong hinges, well preserved copy, very nice. Scarce item.

Mount Prospect, Illinois: Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen, 1976. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Letter from the Railroad Brotherhood and membership card laid-in.

Boston: Little Brown, 1930. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. Gluyas Williams. First impression of the trade edition. Pictorial cloth, illustrated with drawings, 252 pages.

New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

Springfield, Illinois, U.S.A.: Illinois State Museum, 1951. Stapled Wraps. Very Good. Story of Illinois No. 8. Illustrated with photographs, 32 pages.

Hopewell, New Jersey: Bookmoll Reprints, 1971. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Reprint of the 1862 edition by Harper & Brothers. Clean unmarked copy, cloth binding, bottom corners bumped, numerous illustrations, 420 pages.

New York and Boston: Simon & Schuster, 2011. Fourth Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Inscribed by the author on the title-page in red pen "Roger/Ali # 6/J.A. Jance". This is the sixth Ali Reynolds mystery by Jance. Clean unmarked copy, very nice, dust jacket in a new mylar sleeve. Fourth printing of the first edition. No remainder marks, not price clipped, not a book club edition.

New York: William Morrow, 2001. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed on the title-page by the author. Nice clean unmarked copy, first edition stated with 1 in the numberline, price on dj flap $24.00. Dust jacket in a new protective mylar sleeve.

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1952. First Edition Stated 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Introduction by Captain A.T.A. Ritchie, O B.E., M.C. Illustrated with photographs. The startling and true adventures of one of the last and greatest of Africa's professional white hunter.Nice clean copy, shows light wear, former owner's name and address on front endpaper otherwise unmarked.

London: Fourth Estate, 1991. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Forword by Garrison Keillor and Mark Singer. Nice clean copy, former owner blind stamp at bottom of title page, sticker shadow on front pastedown, dust jacket has some light impressions on rear panel.

Cleveland, Ohio: James F. Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation, 1948. Second Printing . Hardcover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. Clean unmarked copy, solid binding. Fully illustrated, 431 pages.

New York: Edwin A. Scott Publishing Co., 1934. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good-. Illustrated with drawings, photographs, color temperature chart, tables, index, 375 pages plus 3 pages of ads. Light bump to top corners, damp stain to top of text block otherwise clean and unmarked, solid binding.

Anaheim, California: The Main Street Press, 1978. Revised Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Clean unmarked copy, solid binding. Illustrated with photographs and maps, 80 pages.

Philadelphia: Aetna Publishing Company, 1890. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Gilt decorated cloth binding, patterned endpapers, illustrated with three steel engravings with tissue guards plus 12 other plates, 634 pages.Clean unmarked copy, mild rubbing to the gilt, rear cover lightly soiled.

London: British Museum [Natural History] and Cornell University Press, 1933. Third Edition Revised . Sewn Wraps. Very Good. Clean unmarked copy, solid binding, minor crease to bottom corner of front cover. The most important revisions to this the third edition relate to early woodcut and block-books, but numerous small changes and additions have been made throughout, illustrated, 52 pages.

New York : Exposition Press, 1962. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Inscribed on a front endpaper "To George Harper with Best Wishes Ozzie Washburn". Dust jacket has large chips at top and bottom of spine, several short tears, ceases and some rubbing, dj now preserved in a new protective mylar sleeve. The true story of the life and death of a great American hunting dog. Foreword by Doug Knight.