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New York: Banner Books/Exposition Press, 1959. DYNAMO JIM Stiles: Pioneer of Progress- Edward Uhlan- Illustrated-B&W-photos- Banner Books/Exposition Press-NY- 1959- 1st Edition-1st Printing-Stated hardcover:-8vo- Fine/VG++-Near FINE dj in mylar but price-clipped- a nice tight and clean copy- 392pp are clean,, no tears or writing- a multitude of B&W photos- "The story of a newspaper publisher who built a county...and a legend. Stiles was publisher of the Nassau Post, Nassau Daily Review etc."- Non-fiction-biography-media-press-publisher (932). 1st Edition-1st Printing. Cloth. Fine/VG++-Near FINE. Illus. by Illustrated-B&W-photos. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

USA: BASF, 1973. Umberto Giordano- Andre Chenier- Hohepunkte Der Oper in Deutscher Sprache Performances by: Helge Rosvaenge , Kathe Heidersbach and Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender- Chor und Orchester der Staatsoper Berlin, Directed by: Robert Heger Fourth in a series of historical recordings-Historische Aufnahme Aus Dem Jahre 1942- BASF BB21361 Stereo 33 1/3 Vinyl LP- USA Pressing (1973)- Condition:- Gatefold Jacket: VG, minor scuffing and wear, no writing or splits, one tiny nick upper right- LP: Near Mint, no visible surface wear, looks and plays clean- all our LP's come in an outer poly sleeve- SEE PHOTOS- JLP000118) . 1st Edition. Near MINT/VG. 12 Inch 33 1/3rpm.

New York: Newspaper Enterprises Association, 1977 THE GOOD HOUSEKEEPING WOMAN'S ALMANAC- Barbara McDowell & Hana Umlauf- Illustrated- Newspaper Enterprises Association- NY- 1977-1st edition-1st Printing-Stated- Hardcover:-8vo- VG+/ no dj as issued- illustrated pink hardcover with tiny rubs at extremitites, otherwise tight and square- 576pp are clean, no tears or writing- SEE PHOTOS- "The book with all the answers for women."- Non-fiction-almanac-womans-illustrated (2172). 1st Edition-1st Printing. Illustrated Boards. VG+/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Illustrated. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Harper Perennial, 2008. FIRST DARLING OF THE MORNING- Selected Memories of An Indian Childhood- Thrity Umrigar- Harper Perennial- New York- 2008- 1st Edition-1st Printing-US- Illustrated Softcover Wraps:-8vo- FINE/ no jacket as issued- clean, tight, no spine reading creases- 294pp + 18pp PS are clean, no tears or writing- SEE PHOTOS- "Thrity Umrigar, traces the arc of her Bombay childhood and adolescence-from her earliest memories growing up in a middle-class Parsi household to her eventual departure for the U.S. at age twenty-one."- Non-fiction-biography-memoirs-India-Indian-childhood (3400) . 1st Edition-1st Printing-US. Illustrated Softcover Wraps. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London- UK: Daily Mirror, 1938. PIP & SQUEAK 1938 ANNUAL- 'Wilfred as Star Turn at Pets' Puppet Pantomime'- Edited by Uncle Dick at the Daily Mirror-London-UK- Illustrated- 1938-1st Edition-1st Printing- Large Hardcover:-4to- VG/ no dj -original 1/4 red cloth spine and pictorial glossy boards- a very sound copy of a difficult book to find in good condition-light rubbing at extremities with lighty frayed and rounded cover corners- binding square and tight- 4to. 207pp. are clean, no tears or writing-SEE PHOTOS- Pip, Squeak and Wilfred strip cartoon stories in colour and b/w. Colour plates and illustrations. Adventure tales, and various other features. Puzzles unmarked. V.G. in original illustrated paper covered boards- wonderful bit of vintage nostalgia- Fiction-juvenile-stories-games-illustrated (2399) . 1st Edition-1st Printing. 1/4 Cloth & Glossy Boards. VG/No Jacket. Illus. by Illustrated. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988. THE INJUDICIOUS JUDGE- 'A Rosa Epton Mystery'- Michael Underwood- St. Martin's Press-NY- 1988 ISBN 0-312-01447-3- 1st-Edition-1st Printing-Stated- Hardcover:-8vo-FINE/VG++ dj is unclipped, bright and clean with one hairline crease at bottom-now in mylar- 170pp are clean and crisp- SEE PHOTOS- "British lawyer-detective Rosa Epton sets out to solve the brutal murder of Celica Kilby, a judge with many enemies."- Fiction-murder-mystery-Rosa Epton (2970) . 1st Edition-1st Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/VG++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Berlin: Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft- G.M.B.H., 1930. DER BRENNENDE BUSCH (The Burning Bush)- Sigrid Undset- Trnsl. by Julius Sandmeier- Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft- G.M.B.H.- Berlin- 1930- 1st Edition-1st Printing- Hardcover:-8vo-VG++/ no jacket as issued- original publishers brown leather spine and marbled boards with gilt titles on spine-lightly rubbed, but clean, tight and square- 512pp are toned but clean, no tears or writing- light foxing towards ffeps-PO name on ffep- SEE PHOTOS- One of the most prolific and talented writers of her era and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928. Text is in GERMAN--The sequel to Gymnadenia- Fiction-historical-romance-adventure (3390) . 1st Edition-1st Printing. 1/2 Leather & Marbled Boards. VG++/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Berlin: Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft- G.M.B.H., 1929. GYMNADENIA (The Wild Orchid)- Sigrid Undset- Trnsl. by Julius Sandmeier- Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft- G.M.B.H.- Berlin- 1929- 1st Edition-1st Printing- Hardcover:-8vo-VG++/ no jacket as issued- original publishers brown leather spine and marbled boards with gilt titles on spine-lightly rubbed, but clean, tight and square- 462pp are toned but clean, no tears or writing- light foxing towards ffeps- SEE PHOTOS- One of the most prolific and talented writers of her era and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928. Text is in GERMAN-- Fiction-historical-romance-adventure (3389) . 1st Edition-1st Printing. 1/2 Leather & Marbled Boards. VG++/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Princeton: Bloomberg Press, 1999. INVESTING IN SMALL-CAP STOCKS- Revised Edition- Christopher Graja and Elizabeth Ungar- Illustrated-graphs- Bloomberg Press-Princeton- 1999- 2nd Revised-1st Printing- Hardcover:- 8vo- FINE+/FINE dj has on small wrinkle, otherwise unclipped and bright- 311pp are clean and crisp- "The definitive book on this critical sector, updated for today's markets. The most thorough, most practical book on small-cap stocks has now been revised and expanded."- Non-fiction-stockmarket-investment-guide-small Cap Stocks-Illustrated (587). 2nd Edition-1st Printing. Hard Cover. Fine+/Fine. Illus. by Illustrated-graphs. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984 THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK- John Updike- Alfred A. Knopf-NY- 1984- 1st Edition-1st Printing- Hardcover:-8vo- VG++/VG+- dj has afew nicks and rubs on upper spine but is still bright and unclipped- pages were uncut by publisher and a little roughly opened by previous owner, however, not affecting text- "In a small New England town in the late 1960s, there lived three witches. Alexandra Spofford, a sculptress, Jane Smart, a cellist, and Sukie Rougemont, the local gossip columnist. Their supernatural gifts were intriguing, to say the least. Divorced but hardly celibate, content but always ripe for adventure, one day all three witches found themselves under the spell of a new man in town, Darryl Van Horne. His hot tub was the scene of some bewitching delights."- Fiction-fantasy-thriller-movie Tie-in-Filmed with Cher & Jack Nicholson (558). 1st Edition-1st Printing. Cloth. VG++/VG+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986. ROGER'S VERSION- John Updike- Alfred A. Knopf-NY- 1986- 1st Edition-1st Printing- Hardcover:8vo- VG++-Near FINE/VG++-Near Fine dj is unclipped a few rubs but nice and bright- 328pp are clean, no tears or writing- small x on ffep and paper thin on back ep- "As Roger Lambert tells it, he, a divinity school professor, is visited in his office one day by Dale Kohler, a young computer hacker who believes that scientific evidence of God's existence is irresistibly accumulating. The discussions they have, and the stragegies that the professor, a follower of Karl Barth, employs to disembarrass Dale of his faith, form the substance of John Updike's twelfth novel."- Fiction-God-computers-divinity-proof (588). 1st Edition-1st Printing. Cloth. VG++-Near FINE/VG++-Near FINE. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Munich: Kindler Verlag, 1955. Schlachtruf oder: Urlaub bis zum Wecken (Battle Cry)- by Leon Uris- Kindler Verlag, Munich, Germany- 1955- 1st Edition-1st Printing-Thus (German)- Hardcover:- VG++/VG jacket is lightly toned on spine, samll rubs, but clean and complete-book is square and tight- 527 pages are clean, no tears or writing- SEE PHOTO- Fiction-historical-war-WWII (4682). 1st Edition-1st Printing-Thus. Hardcover. VG++/VG. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Doubleday & Co., 1984. THE HAJ by Leon Uris- Doubleday & Co.-New York- 1984- 1st Edition-1st Printing- Hardcover:-8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall- VG++-Near Fine/VG++ dj is unclipped, small chipps at head and heel of dj, otherwise bright and clean- book is tight and square, 566pp are clean, no tears or writing- SEE PHOTOS- Fiction-historical-Middle East-Israel-sequel to Exodus (4042). 1st Edition-1st Printing. Hard Cover. VG++-Near FINE/VG++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

New York-London: Harper & Brothers, 1921. PLAYS FOR ANYCHILD- F. Ursula Payne- Illustrated Frontis- Harper & Brothers, NY-London-(K-V) code- October 1921- Hardcover:-12mo- Good/ no jacket- original illustrated cloth, rubs and bumps, but still square and relatively tight-ex-Grosvenor Library, Buffalo, with their bookplate on inner cover, no pockets- 145pp are clean, frontis has corner missing not affecting photo illustration- SEE PHOTOS- Juvenile play/drama with such characters as Anychild, Anymother, IToldYouSo, Conscience etc. very amusing.- Fiction-juvenile-drama-plays-theatre-illustrated frontis (3799) . 1st Edition-2nd Printing. Illustrated Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Frontis. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library.

New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1997. A Life Wild and Perilous: Mountain Men and the Paths to the Pacific- Robert M. Utley- Illustrated- Henry Holt & Co., NY- 1997- 1st Edition-1st Printing (complet number line)- Hardcover:- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall- AS NEW/ AS NEW dj- an unread copy- 392pp all clean and crisp- SEE PHOTOS- Non-fiction-Americana-frontier-illustrated (4913). 1st Edition-1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. Illus. by Illustrated. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.