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Portland, Oregon: Strawberry Hill Press, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo. Original pictorial boards; issued without a dust jacket. A fine copy.

New York: Cosmopolitan Books, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Foreword by Helen Gurley Brown. Includes short stories by Joyce Carol Oates, Nadine Gordimer, and many others. A fine copy in a lightly edgeworn dust jacket.

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1994. Trade paperback. Fine. Octavo: 494 p. with 13 maps and tables. Original glossy paper wrappers. A fine, unread copy.

New York: Harper & Row, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 192 p. Foreword by Jackie Gleason. Preface by Ken Venturi. Numerous textual photographs and illustrations. Inscribed by both Obitz and Farley on the half-title, with a three-page ALS from Obitz on his letterhead laid in. A very good copy in a very lightly edgeworn dust jacket. Inscribed by Author.

Philadelphia and New York: J.B. Lippincott, 1969. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Third printing. The first published novel in the acclaimed Aubrey-Maturin series, set largely in the era of the Napoleonic Wars. Octavo: 384 p. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt titles. The bottom corner of the text block is bumped. Some mild edgewear to the unclipped dust jacket, with the vestiges of a period price label to the front flap and two small tape mends, including one on the recto; otherwise very good. Scarce.

New York: Stein and Day, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American Edition, first printing. The fourth naval historical novel in the acclaimed Aubrey-Maturin series, set during the Napoleonic Wars and centering on the friendship between Captain Jack Aubrey of the Royal Navy and his ship's surgeon, Stephen Maturin. Octavo: 268 p. Original gray paper-covered boards over a green cloth spine, with gilt titles. A fine, unread copy in a fine dust jacket.

New York: The John Day Company, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. First American Edition (stated). The first novel Patrick O'Brian (1914-2000) ever wrote about the sea, a precursor to the acclaimed Aubrey/Maturin series. Octavo. Original yellow cloth binding, with gray titles. Tiny crease to the top corner of the first two leaves. Some mild toning and wear to the dust jacket, with a small label shadow to the front flap and a very faint stain to the spine heel; otherwise very good.

Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1922. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Includes "The Olive" by Algernon Blackwood and "A Hedonist" by John Galsworthy. Blue cloth binding, with printed paper title labels. Small bookseller's label and an ink signature and date to the front flyleaf. The top edge is a bit dust stained, with some sunning along the spine; otherwise very good.

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Includes "The Undefeated" by Ernest Hemingway and "Travelogue" by Ring W. Lardner, among others. From the library of vagabond, pugilist, and writer Jim Tully, with his signature to the front flyleaf. Octavo. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt titles. Period bookseller's label to the front pastedown. The spine is lightly sun faded. Better than very good.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Includes "After Fourteen Years" by Frank O'Connor and "Fugue" by Sean O'Faolain. Blue cloth binding, with printed paper title labels. A near fine copy.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1932. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Includes "Mrs. Mulger" by Lord Dunsany, "The End of the Party" by Graham Greene, and "Woolly Gloves" by V.S. Pritchett. Blue cloth binding, with printed paper title labels. A bit of dust staining to the top edge, with some sunning along the spine; otherwise very good.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1933. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Includes "The Tommy Crans" by Elizabeth Bowen and "Bones of Contention" by Frank O'Connor. Small color pencil price to the front pastedown. The original dark green cloth binding is a lightly faded along the spine, with some mild wear to the spine ends and corners; otherwise a very good copy.

Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 276 p. Color frontispiece, twelve illustrations, and textual drawings by Kurt Wiese. Octavo. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt stamping. Small bookseller's label to the front flyleaf. The dust jacket is a trifle faded along the spine, with some occasional mild edgwear; otherwise very good.

Boston: G.K. Hall, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 16 plates. An essential reference, covering not only the canon of Lawrence's work but all literature about him as well. Octavo. Original rust cloth binding, with gilt titles. Mild bump to the bottom corner of the front board. The dust jacket is lightly faded along the spine; otherwise a crisp and clean, very good copy.

New York: Bulfinch Press, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Els 4 Gats was a celebrated tavern that served as the main meeting place for avant-garde artists in turn-of-the-century Barcelona. It was the venue for the young Picasso's first one-man exhibition. This exhibition, comprising primarily portraits of his friends and acquaintances, launched Picasso's career. Picasso continued to frequent Els 4 Gats until the tavern closed in 1903. This text publishes Picasso's work from the Els 4 Gats exhibition, along with other paintings and drawings from this pivotal and unfamiliar period in his early artistic life." Quarto. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket - as new, still sealed in the original shrink wrap.

Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Numerous textual illustrations. This provocative account of the modern battleship and its place in American naval history argues that the vaunted battleship was in fact never an effective weapon of war. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt titles. A near fine copy in a lightly edgeworn dust jacket.

San Francisco: A.L. Bancroft and Company, 1881. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Warmly inscribed by O'Connell on the Contents page. A collection of poetry "graced by an Irish sense of love and passing beauty" (Kevin Starr, Americans and the California Dream). Born in County Clare, O'Connell (1849-99) embarked on a career as a professor and journalist in San Francisco after serving in the Royal Navy. He worked for a number of Bay Area periodicals and at various times, edited the Morning Herald, the San Francisco Times, the Bulletin, the Chronicle, the Wasp, the Bohemian, and the Portico. His best work includes "The Thrust in Tierce," a short story written for the Overland Monthly, and a yearly Christmas piece, "quaint, grotesque or poetical," usually describing the serio-comic antics of would-be San Francisco aristocrats with little claim to fame. In 1872 with a group of other Chronicle newspaper staffers, O'Connell helped form the Bohemian Club, and was among the most active early members,… Read more

Eagle Rock, California: L'Image Odier, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 259 p. Profusely illustrated. An exhaustive study, tracing the history of Alcatraz Island from its discovery in 1769 to its current use as a tourist attraction. Signed by Odier on the title page. Quarto. Original black cloth binding. Internally crisp and clean. Some general minor shelfwear to the dust jacket; else very good or better. Signed by Author.

Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Covers mythology and family sagas, as well as less well-known areas, such as oral storytelling, Eddaic verse, and skaldic verse. Octavo. Original black cloth binding, with silver titles. Mild bumping to the corners and tips, with some minor edgewear to the dust jacket; otherwise very good.

Binghamton, New York: Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. A critical edition and an English translation of Hugh of Fouilloy's Aviarium, a mid-twelfth century monastic work of great textual and pictorial charm. Edition, Translation and Commentary by Willene B. Clark. Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies, Volume 80. Octavo. Original red cloth binding, with gilt titles. Issued without a dust jacket. A fine copy.