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University of California Press, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Berkeley First edition. Inscribed by Quandt to U.S. Ambassador Philip C. Habib on the front flyleaf. A renowned career diplomat, Habib (1920-92) was an authority on Southeast Asia, President Ronald Reagan's personal representative to the Middle East, and a special envoy to some of the world's most dangerous flash points. In 1982, Habib was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. Red buckram binding, with gilt lettering. Some general minor sunning and rubbing to the dust jacket; otherwise a crisp, very good copy. Inscribed by Author.

San Jose, California: Anthony Quartuccio, 1984. First Edition. Trade paperback. Near fine. Inscribed by Quartuccio on the half-title, with a printed note from the author laid in. Oblong octavo. Original pictorial paper wrappers. Near fine.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1948. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 243 p. Reprint. Octavo. Original brown cloth binding, with dark brown titles. Tiny bookseller's label (Bullock's Wilshire) to the rear pastedown. The dust jacket is moderately edgeworn, with some shallow chipping to the spine head and a lengthy tear to the front panel that has been mended with tape on the verso. A very good copy.

Philadelphia and New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1944. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 238 p. Drawings by E.A. Watson. Second printing. Octavo. Original green cloth binding, with dark green stamping. Some creasing to the half-title, with a small crease to the front flyleaf. The dust jacket is moderately shelfworn, with a one-inch chip to the spine head; otherwise very good.

Album. Very good. An elaborately annotated photo album created by Harold Roberts "Bobs" Quinney (1900-72) chronicling his life between 1919 and 1923, including his move to the United States from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, travel aboard a merchant ship, life in New York, and his home in Los Angeles. The album is filled with 192 black and white images measuring 2 x 2 1/2". Each of the images is held in place with black paper inset matting and accompanied by handwritten captions written in white pencil. The photo album opens in 1919 with Quinney's trip to New York. There are four photos showing a large gathering of military on the street labeled "the homecoming 1919" referring to soldiers returning from World War I, pictures of the Bronx Zoological Park, Grant's Tomb, Coney Island, and other New York sights. In 1920, it would appear he joined the crew of a Standard Oil tanker and visited Mexico, the Brazilian Coast, and Argentina. A series of 12 photos show travel through the Panama Canal. The album also… Read more

Los Angeles: Pied-Piper Press, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Inscribed by Quintero to the prolific radio producer C.P. MacGregor on the front flyleaf. Little is known about Quintero or this conspiracy novel, which pits a maverick inventor against big business. Small octavo. Original red cloth binding, with a pictorial title label on the front and gilt titles on the spine. Some minor edgewear; otherwise very good.