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Suwannee County, Florida: Board of County Commissioners, (1958). Quarto, paperbound (stiff, illustrated, stapled wrappers), 64 pp. Damp staining and edgewear to covers, light dampstain to first couple of pages.

Magdeburg: Westarp Wissenschaften, 1996. 3rd revised edition. Octavo, softbound, 156 pp. Photos, illus. Fine.

New York: Gallery Books, [1990]. Quarto, white leatherette & navy blue board (hardcover), gilt letters, [365] pp. Fine, in a tape repaired (though still attractive) dust jacket. Provides a fascinating perspective on the almost five hundred years of the American experience, from 1492 through the 1980s. With over 4,000 facts and more than 340 archival photographs and vintage prints in a day-by-day format.

New York: John Wiley, 1929. 1st edition. Octavo, red cloth, xii, 203 pp. Illus. Very Good; spine slightly faded, former-owner signature.

New York: Harper & Row Publishers, (1986). Octavo, green cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, 223 pp. Fine in Fin e dust jacket. From dust jacket: It’s a decidedly upbeat and affirming social history, a kind of Gulliver’s Travelogue of the latter half of the 20th century. All the disparate characters are tied together like some masterfully wrought bracelet, stones that make less an impression apart suddenly dazzle when they reflect one another. Serving as narrator is Trudy, a mad bag lady who has befriended aliens from outer space here to take a look at “a planet in puberty.” She is alert to the wonders of the universe (because she practices “awe-robics”). “Language,” she says, “developed out of our deep inner need to complain... What’s reality, anyway? Nothin’ but a collective hunch.” Trudy threads her way through the play, giving it an oddly appealing spirituality...

Novato, California: Underwood-Miller, 1989. First Edition. Signed by a contributing author. Octavo, burgundy cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, 704 pp. Fine; in a Fine, mylar-protected dust jacket.

Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1969. First Edition. Octavo, cloth, 268 pp. Frontis., illus. Fine in dust jacket.

Bern, Switzerland: Berbandscruckerei , [1952]. 1st edition. Octavo, brown cloth, 198 pp. Illus. Very Good; foot of spine badly frayed.

Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, Publishers, 1961. First Edition. One of a Limited Edition of 2,070 copies. Octavo, black cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, 186 pp. Near-Fine, with neat former-owner stamp to ffep.; in a Near-Fine, mylar protected dust jacket that is age darkened. From dust jacket: Although it is fifteen years since a collection of ghost stories bearing the byline of H. Russell Wakefiled has been offered to the reading public, it is evident from the first page to the last of this new book that the skilled hand of this master teller of tales has lost none of its art. With considered judgement, the distinguieshed poet-critic John Betjeman recently wrote in the London Daily Telegraph, M. R. James is the greatest master of the ghost story. Henry James, Sheridan LeFanu, and H. Russelll Wakefiled are equal seconds. Mr. Wakefield is now certainly the dean of ghost story writers, and only a writer thoroughly a master of his craft could have turned out such memorable tales as Immortal… Read More

Tallahassee: Florida Department of Agriculture, 1967. Bulletin No. 188, Revised May 1967. Octavo, softbound, v, 216 pp. Photos, illus. Very Good.

Department of Agriculture, State of Florida, 1962. First Edition. Octavo, paperbound (stiff, b&w photo. illus. white wrappers), v pp + 203 pp + [viii] pp. Very Good, with light foxing (age darkened spotting) and edgewear. Contents: Foreword; Introduction; Breeds of Light Horses: Arabian, Thoroughbred, American Saddle Horse, Standardbred, Morgan, Tennessee Walking Horse, Hackney, American Quarter Horse, Palomino, Pinto, Appaloosa, Pony of Americas, Shetland Pony, Welsh Pony; Selecting and Judging Light Horses; Age and Weight of Horse; Blemishes and Unsoundnesses; Gaits; Nutritional Requirements of a Horse; Feeding Horses; Pastures; Reproduction and Fertility in Horses; Color Inheritance in Horses; Care of Stallions; Care of Broodmares; Care of Foals and Weanlings; Training Horses, The Stock Horse; Diseases of Horses; Internal Parasites; External Parasites; Care, Management and Shoeing of Equine Foot; Light Horse Equipment; Equitation; Appendix.

London: Thomes and Hudson, (1978). World of Art Library. Octavo, softbound, 128 pp. Eight color plates, 189 b&w plates, illus. Near-Fine.

New York: Viking, 1946. First Edition. Octavo, illustrated cloth (hardcover), 255 pp. Illustrated endpapers. Journey up the Cuyuni River into the jungle of British Guiana. Very Good in a slightly chipped dust jacket with a mylar protector.

Linlithgow: A Waldie, 1894. 4th edition. Duodecimo, terra-cotta cloth, 131 pp. Illus. Very Good; light rubbing along spine.

Charleston, SC: Arcadia, n.d. [ca. 2000]. First Edition. Octavo, softbound, 128 pp. Photographs throughout. Fine.

New York: Duffield and Company, 1912. Octavo, cloth backed illustrated boards (hardcover), gilt decoration to upper cover, illustrated endpapers, uncut, 167 pp. Good, with edgewear that includes bumped corners. Interior bright and tight, with numerous illustrations. Photographs gladly provided upon request.

Dublin: Printed by P. Wogan, 1798. Octavo, full calf (hardcover, leather), calf label, xx, 77, [1], [unpaginated] pp. Fair; lacks front endpapers, rear leaf supplied in facsimile, front joint tender, shelf worn.

Pittsburg: Published by R. Patterson and Lamden, 1818. [Bound with]: New York: Collins and Hannay, 1818. Octavo, original sheep (hardcover, leather), calf label, xcvii, [3], 875, [1] pp. + 103 pp. Fair; shelfwear; rear joint tender, front joint nearly detached, interior holding strong.

Published by the authors, (1947). Signed by both authors on title page. Octavo, spiral bound (white plastic spiral), green boards, 73 pp. Photographs. Near-Fine, with light rubbing to upper cover.

Plainfield, N.J.: Walker-Turner Co., Inc., (1934). Oblong octavo, color-illustrated wrappers, stapled, 39 pp. Illustrated throughout. Includes woodworking and metal working lathes, jig saws, bench saws, planers, jointers, drill presses, band saws, shapers, and various chisels, bits, parts, and motors. Very Good.