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New York: Parents' Magazine Press. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth. Bumps to the upper corners, light wear to the spine ends. Former owner inscription to the front blank. The interior pages are otherwise unmarked and tight. The dust jacket has a 2" tear to the upper, front, chips at the spine ends and corners. A 2" piece missing from the lower, rear edge. Not price clipped. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall .

Tu Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2012. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 9781600608872 . Purple boards. Signed by several of the contributors at their appearances, including Pon, Bacigalupi, Van Eekhout, Wilson, and Buckell. An excellent copy but for a bump to the upper spine end. The dust jacket is also near fine and not price clipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .

Leipzig: Karl Baedeker. Very Good. 1931. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth, ribbon marker, marbled endpapers, illustrated with numerous color folding maps, 366 pp.; 16mo 6" - 7" tall .

Viking Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1946. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0670479403 . Tan cloth. Illustrated by Ruth Gannett. The upper corners are bumped but little other wear. Owner name to the upper free endpaper. A small erasure to this same area. The dust jacket has a 1/2" chip and some wear to the upper spine; a bit more wear along the spine. Minor chips to the corners. Price clipped. No Newbery Medal on the jacket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 120 (3) pages .

Bakersfield, Ca.: Kern County Historical Society. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1962. Second Edition. Hardcover. Orange cloth, minor edgewear, bump to upper spine end, map endpapers, illustrated with photos. Dust jacket has tiny chips at corners and upper spine end, spine a bit faded, 2" x 1/8" chip along upper rear edge. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 81 pages .

Amsterdam: Mulder & Zoon. Very Good. (1957). First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto pictorial boards. There is a photograph of Baker surrounded by a group of children to the front pastedown. Illustrated in color throughout. Bumps to the spine ends. The upper spine is bumped fairly hard and has a couple of splits to the corners. The interior is very tight and unmarked. Pages are toned. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Sydney: William Applegate Gullick, Government Printer. Very Good-. 1920. Second Edition. Hardcover. Original brown cloth, lettered in gilt to the front. There is a new spine in green cloth, lettered in gilt. New endpapers. With many plates, some in color. Also includes many in-text illustrations with line drawings. There is some wear and chips along the upper and lower cover edges. Very tight and without names or bookplates. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Los Angeles: Privately Printed for Members of the Zamorano Club. Very Good+. 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue boards, gilt lettering to the spine. Folding map. Limited to 300 copies, of which this is #97/150 prepared for membership of The Zamorano Club. There is a pinhead-size indent to the rear, spine edge. The spine is also very slightly sunned. ; Scraps of Californiana IV; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 51 pages .

New York: Harper & Brothers. Fair. 1863. First American Edition. Hardcover. Pebbled purple cloth. With frontispiece and many other illustrations from engravings. Folding map is present. Wear, chipping to the spine ends. Corners are worn with the boards showing. Missing front free endpaper. Leaves 111-112 and 113-114 have evidence of an old drip which caused those pages to stick together and there is now some text missing to a few lines on each page. Illustration facing page 114 is missing the lower corner, not affecting the image. Former owner name and date to a couple of blanks. Text somewhat shaken. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 397 pages .

The Somesuch Press. Fine. 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Full goatskin. #5/300, signed by Bantock. Illustrated with tipped-in plates by Bantock. A Fine copy. ; Miniature Less than 3" tall; Signed by Author .

Viking Books for Young Readers. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1995. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0670858048 . Illustrated glossy boards. With the complete number line. An excellent copy in like dust jacket. Jacket with a little rubbing but otherwise quite nice. Not price clipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Viking Juvenile. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. 0670874922 . Pictorial boards. Banyai has signed in silver ink on the copyright/title page. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. ; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; Signed by Author .

Richard G. Badger, Publisher. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. (1928). First Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth. Illustrated with photographs. Non-authorial inscription to Admiral R. H. Leigh on Navy Day, 1944. Leigh was Commander-in-Chief of the U. S. Fleet in the 1930's. Bumps to the upper corners. Some light-colored spotting to the covers. Foxing to the upper page edges. Some browning to the upper front endpapers, at the spine hinge. The dust jacket is tanned at the spine, light overall soiling. Light edge wear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 422 pages; Signed by Associated .

New York: Oxford University Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth stamped in white. Very minor bumping to the spine ends and corners. It is otherwise without names, bookplates or markings. The dust jacket is also quite clean. A bit of wear to the corners and spine ends. $2.00 to the front flap. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 32 pages .

New York: Doubleday. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1966. 1st Edition stated. Hardcover. A nearly fine copy with foxing on all page edges. Otherwise a very clean, tight copy. LONG, PERSONAL INSCRIPTION BY BARKER ON THE HALF-TITLE PAGE. This is dated 1966. The dut jacket has some sunning on the spine and edges. Light wear at the top spine and corners. Light edge wear. Not price clipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 255 pages; Signed by Author .

Alfred van der Marck. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. 0912383305 . Folio gray cloth. Signed, inscribed by Barnbaum on the front free endpaper. Scattered light foxing, some staining to the endpapers and first and last blanks. Bump to one lower spine corner. There is a very faint odor from being in a damp environment. The dust jacket has fading to the spine area. Price clipped. No tears. A LARGE BOOK THAT MAY REQUIRE EXTRA POSTAGE. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; Signed by Author .

London: Hodder & Stoughton. Very Good-. N.D.. Early Printing. Hardcover. Orange cloth with stamping in black and blue. With twelve tipped-in color plates and many more illustrations in black & white. With an early owner inscription to the front pastedown dated 1925. There are two more short inscriptions to the front free endpaper. There is some wear to the spine ends with bumping to the lower spine. Splits to the upper edges of the spine. The corners are bumped. Very tight. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 320 pages .

Grosset & Dunlap. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth and illustrated boards. Wear to the edges. Interior is unmarked and tight. The dust jacket is very worn, chipped, and torn. A 2" piece missing from the lower, rear edge. Price clipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Candlewick Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2017. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0763691216 . Blue boards. Signed by the author on the title page. Not inscribed. There is a bump to the upper spine end, otherwise about fine. The dust jacket has light crimps to the upper spine end, otherwise fine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .

Washington: Printed By A. Boyd Hamilton. Very Good. 1852. First Edition. Hardcover. Rebound in blue cloth, leather label on the spine. Contents include the Boundary Survey Commission and mapping of the headwaters of the Gila. There are six folding maps bound in at the rear, including the extract of Disturnell's Treaty Map in the Vicinity of the Rio Grande and Southern Boundary of New Mexico. Maps are all nearly fine with a few minor extra corner creases. Text exhibits some various degrees of foxing throughout but it is largely quite minor. There is a very thin damp stain to the extreme upper page edges, intruding into the margin at most 1/8". The covers have some sunning to the spine but very good and very tight. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 515 pages .