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Paris: Librairie des Sciences Politiques et Sociales, 1928. Octavo, burgundy cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, 290 pp. Near-Fine.

HarperCollinsPublishers, (2007). First Edition. Octavo, black & purple boards (hardcover), gilt letters, xii, 260 pp. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. From dust jacket: Bestselling author and master storyteller Neil Gaiman here presents a breathtaking collection of tales that may chill or amuse readers -- but always embrace the unexpected: A teenage boy who has trouble talking to a girl finds himself at a rather unusual party; A sinister jack-in-the-box haunts the lives of the children who owned it; A boy raised in a graveyard makes a discovery and confronts the much more troubling world of the living; A stray cat fights a nightly battle to protect his adopted family from a terrible evil. These eleven stories illuminate the real and the fantastic, and will be welcomed with great joy by Neil Gaiman’s many fans as well as by readers coming to his work for the first time.

London: Collins, 1956. Octavo, black boards (hardcover), gilt letters, 255 pp. Near-Fine, with bookplate, in a Very Good, mylar protected dust jacket with hairline tear and lightly rubbed edges. From dust jacket : This is the story of the opposite numbers to the men who fought the Battle of Britain -- the members of a German Fighter Command Group when the Luftwaffe was fighting in defence of its homeland with the war irretrievably lost. Over-taxed, outnumbered, under-equipped, they cannot yet realise that all the victories they have won no longer have any meaning, that the end is certain. The daily round goes on as before-- battles over land and sea, rest, play, postings, death -- and there is no reason to face the truth which the battered Squadron leader at length grimly announces...

Xlibris LLC, (2014). Octavo, softbound (slick, stiff wrappers), 480 pp. Fine. From lower cover: You drive down a road for the hundredth time and notice a house you’ve never noticed before. You look at a picture and never saw that green spot before. You pick veggies or fruit and think you’ve cleared the area, then go back and see all the ones you missed. It’s all in your point of view. There’s a new perpective, a different angle -- and you see things differently. And that’s where The Announcement comes in. It provides that different point of view, that new perspective, that different angle, and does so with a purpose. It’s for anyone who would like to see the world be a better place, but will challenge your ideas of what better is. And when you’re done, and have had a chance to absorb The Announcement, think of others who would hate this book. Then give it to them and cajole, bribe, beg or whatever you have to do to get them to read it because they are the ones who desperately need it. Read More

Durham: Duke University Press, 1977. First Edition. Octavo, cloth (hardcover), 358 pp. Near-Fine, in a chipped and tape repaired dust jacket.

London: Oxford University Press, 1933. Royal octavo, tan illustrated cloth (hardcover), illus. endpapers, [120] pp. Very Good, with some spotting to upper cover, small former owner inscription dated 1933 to ffep.

London: Treasure Press, (1984). Quarto, full-color illus. boards (hardcover), 160 pp. Former-owner bookplate; otherwise, Fine. From lower cover: This history is a concise introduction to the great developments in aviation from its origins to modern times. The splendid achievements of Sir George Cayley, Otto Lilienthal, the Wright brothers and the many other pioneers are engrossingly portrayed. The importance of the two world wars to the aviation story is recognized and a chapter is devoted to each. The reader is broght up to date with innovations such as the Soviet MiG-25 Foxbat, the Rockwell International B-1 bomber, the largest variable-geometry aircraft flying, and the Panavia Tornado and the F-16, the fighters of the 1980s. The book is fully illustrated with more than 170 photographs.

Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, (2000). Medallion Edition. Octavo, hardcover (slick, full-color illus. boards), 63 pp. Illustrated in full color. Fine (As New). From lower cover: Hernando de Soto was a brave Spanish soldier and a daring horseman. He became rich when he helped lead the Spanish conquest of the Inca Indians in South America in 1536. He hoped to gain even more riches by exploring in the New World. For three years, de Soto led a party of Spanish soldiers through the unexplored region called La Florida -- today the southern United States -- on a quest for gold and glory. He and his men wandered through a large area, discovering the Mississippi River along the way. Although Hernando de Soto did not succeed in his quest for gold, his name lives on. He is remembered as one of the most famous early explorers of America.

Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc., 1995. Royal octavo, full-color illus. laminated boards (hardcover), full-color illus. throughout, [24] pp. Very Good, appearing unread and as new, other than a nick to upper cover. From lower cover: Deep within the ice cap called Antarctica, lies the primordial landscape known as the Savage Land, where the Jurassic Age is alive and well. Or, at least it was. From what his sources tell Professor Xavier, a mutant code-named the Pacher, is now prowling the Savage Land capturing and killing some of the most endangered species on earth! The X-Men must put a stop to this. So they travel to the Savage Land to track down the poacher. A ferocious battle erupts and eventually the X-Men prevail, saving the endangered creatures!

Strasbourg, France: Editions du Signe, [1999]. Quarto, glossy full-color illus. boards, 152 pp. Fine (As New). Full-color illus. Contents: The Discoverers, 1513 to 1563; The Settlers, 1565 to 1763; A Farewell to Florida, 1763 to 1821; Coming of Age 1821 to 1877; Twenty-Four Years Under the Sun, 1877 to 1901; Extending the Faith, 1902 to 1913; Strength and Courage, 1913 to 1921; Priest and Bishop, 1922 to 1940; Patriot Bishop, 1940 to 1967; A Wealth of Experience, 1968 to 1979; Entering the New Millennium, 1979 to present; Chronological Listing of Parishes of the Diocese of Saint Augustine.

Clearwater, FL: Robert Drapkin, (2007). Quarto, hardcover (slick, b&w photo illus. boards), v + [278] pp + [viii]. Fine (As New). Contents: Collection of Souls: Daguerreotypes, 1840s-1860s; Color Plates: Salt and Early Albumen Prints, 1840s-1860s; A Historical Account of 19th and 20th Century Stereographs, 1850s-1880s; Color Plates: Western Scences, 1860s-1870s; Color Plates: Civil War Photographs, 1860s; Creative Portraiture in 19th Century Carte de Visites and Cabinet Cards; Color Plates: Scientific Photographs, 1870s-1980s; Photography in Meiji Japan; Color Plates: American Indian Photographs, 1870s-1920s; Photogravure in the Early 20th Century; Pictorial Photography: Encouraging Artistic Endeavors; Vernacular Photographs; Margaret Bourke-White: Photojournalist; Photographs from the mcCarthy and HUAC Hearings; Pop Photographica & Vernacular Expression; Color Plates: Panoramas, 1890s-1930s; The Eye of the Beholder; Aaron Siskind and his Pleasures and Terrors of Levitation; Checklist of… Read More

London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1930. This Edition is limited to one thousand and twenty-five copies for sale in Great Britain and Ireland, 891. [Number 891 of 1025]. Signed by the Author. Octavo, vellum (animal skin, hardcover), uncut, 51 pp. Near Fine, with some darkening to vellum; in a Good slipcase with title inked to spine and light fraying.

Savannah, GA: Review Publishing & Printing Company, 1923. First Edition. Octavo, paperbound (stiff, brown wrappers), vii pp + 302 pp + xi pp. Very Good, with wear to covers. From Foreword: We look back on the customs and standards and ideals of the men of former generations with critical eyes, sometimes with amusement twinkling therein, all too frequently with condemnation wrinkled on our faces. The quickly passing years have made it most difficult to put ourselves in their places, to understand their surroundings, the social atmosphere in which they lived, to visualize the spirit of their times. Perhaps it would be better, before we criticise, if in all humility we studied the customs and standards and ideals of to-day, and asked ourselves, what will future generations think and say of them and of us? It is not necessary to endorse duelling to emphasize that in some of the cardinal elements of high manhood the forefathers of Savannah, who believed in and fought duels, do not suffer by… Read More

Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1980. Octavo, black boards, (hardcover), gilt letters, 159, 164 pp. Near-Fine, with former owner embossed stamp.

Oxford University Press, (2010). Royal octavo, softbound (slick brown stiff illustrated wrappers), 230 pp. From lower cover: This is the first scholarly art-historical appraisal of Anglo-Saxon coinage, from its inception in the late sixth century to Offa’s second reform of the penny c. 792. Outside numismatic circles, this material has largely been ignored because of its complexity, yet artistically this is the most vibrant period of English coinage, with die-cutters showing flair and innovation and employing hundreds of different designs in their work. By analysing the iconography of the early coinage, this book intends to introduce its rich legacy to a wide audience. Anna Gannon divides the designs of the coins into four main categories: busts (including attributes and drapery), human figures, animals and geometrical patterns, presenting prototypes, sources of the repertoire and parallels with contemporary visual arts for each motif. The comparisons demonstrate the central role of coins in… Read More

New York: Henry Holt and Company, jA John Macrae Book, (2001). First Edition. Octavo, black & gold boards (hardcover), gilt letters, 339 pp. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. From dust jacket: At last, the full story of the Pearl Harbor attack -- a groundbreaking and authoritative reappraisal of the pivotal event that thrust an isolationist nation into war. For sixty years, myths about Pearl Harbor have proliferated. One oft-repeated tale has President Roosevelt so intent on drawing the nation into World War II that he was willing to sacrifice the Pacific Fleet. Another equally untrue but even more tenacious explanation -- the “at dawn they slept” scenario -- identifies military incompetence at Pearl Harbor as the reason behind the Japanese tactical victory. After six years of intense research, naval historian Michael Gannon has finally separated fact from fiction to re-create the dramatic events surrounding that fateful December morning when more than 2,400 Americans were killed, eighteen U.S.… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. First Edition. Square octavo,, hardcover (white cloth & blue boards), gilt letters, plates, uncut, [160] pp. Very Good+, with light foxing (age darkened spotting) to covers; in a Very Good+ dust jacket with lightly rubbed edges and slight sunning to spine. From dust jacket: For the children who love his fairy tales, for the adults who have read and admired his novels from Grendel to October Light, the prodigious and celebrated John Garnder here creates a magical and mysterious world, a world of tales spun within tales, of dragons and talking babes and kings who have twelve daughters, each more beautiful than the last, a world of sudden transformations and hidden significances...

St. Petersburg: Little Bayou Press, 1983. First Edition. One of 1,000 Copies. Octavo, green cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, xv, 220 pp. Fine (As New), in a Fine (As New), mylar protected dust jacket. Includes Chronological, Title, and Subject & Locale Indexes.

Cleveland: The World Syndicate Publishing Co., (1914). Octavo, blue cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, vi + 294 pp + [iii] pp ads. Near-Fine.

N.l.: First Books Library, [2002]. Inscribed and signed by the author. Octavo, softbound, x, 353 pp. Very Good.