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Publisher's original black cloth with spine lettering gilt, small quarto, pp. 336. Illustrated generously with three sections of black and white photographs. Small old price-sticker shadow on free front endpaper but no stickiness or residue. A little luster lost over the decades through shelf and handling wear, but still GOOD, sound and serviceable. Dust jacket with light shelf wear at spine ends and flap fold points. Jacket now in protective Brodart.

Publisher's woven burlap boards with title and lumber photo on upper board and a paper spine label, octavo, pp. 124 + [1]. Deckle edges. Illustrations. A fanciful, montage-like Georgia business history. Just light shelf wear.

Publisher's glossy card-stock wrappers, oblong 48mo (6 1/2 x 4 inches), pp. 48.

Circa 1950s small WHAM-O Slingshot brochure in GOOD condition and measuring 4 1/2" x 4". Expands into 4 panels, illustrated on each side (8 panels with illustrations and/or text). Light shelf and handling wear. One upper fold point is nicked. Ensconced now in a clear protective display sleeve with white cardstock backing board.

Publisher's original brown back-strip over orange boards, octavo, pp. 64. A nice gift inscription from the author to a previous owner on free front endpaper: " . . . in memory of good times together and an evening of argument on a hellish ride on the train for St. Louis." FAIR-only condition with shelf soiling and wear. Spine ends and board tips worn through. Faint old tide-line near top edge of upper panel. Occasional foxing.

Publisher's original stiff wrappers, octavo, pp. 56. Illustrations. Maps. Foxing and some shelf rub discoloration of front panel and a short stray mark on rear, all of which present themselves more obviously than if publisher had chosen a color other than white. GOOD condition, withal. National Park Service Historical Handbook Series Number 39.

Publisher's decorated brown cloth with gilt spine label, 12mo, pp. 241 plus publisher's ads. Floral patterned end papers. Previous owner name on front paste down. GOOD condition with a neat vertical tear at bottom of free front end paper. Pages are toned with age, as is common with this publisher's "Oxford Edition" series.

Edition limited to 75 copies on Glastonbury antique laid paper, octavo, pp. 25 plus Bibliography of Parker's writing and editing, plus colophon. Light shelf wear. Very good in stiff red French-style wraps with paper label. Ensconced in a clear protective display sleeve with white card stock backing board.

Edition limited to 75 copies on Glastonbury antique laid paper, octavo, pp. 25 plus Bibliography of Parker's writing and editing, plus colophon. Very good in stiff red French-style wraps with paper label. Safely stowed in a clear protective display sleeve with white card stock backing board.

First American edition, in the publisher's blue cloth with spine lettering gilt on a tan panel, octavo, pp. xi, 227. Plates and other illustrations within the text. About Very Good with shelf rubbing at spine ends and board tips. Dust Jacket GOOD-only with shelf wear at flap fold points, notably at upper tip of front panel (see image for our best attempt at a close-up). Jacket now in removable protective mylar.

Publisher's attractive blue cloth with gold upper board lettering. Spine lettering has faded away with the decades. Measures approximately 9 x 6 inches, pp. xv, 284. Illustrated endpapers and many illustrations and headpieces internally by E. H. Suydam. Bottom board tips bumped, else very good and sound.

Publisher's original blue cloth with upper panel lettering gilt and spine lettering and decoration gilt but faded, octavo, pp. xv, 284. Endpaper and other illustrations by E. H. Suydam. Mild shelf wear; upper board tips shelf-bumped; pin-head sized spot on title page under illustrator's name. GOOD condition, withal.

Trade catalogue in the publisher's stapled wrappers, 7 x 4 1/2 inches, pp. 41. Illustrations throughout. Updated 1959 price adjustment leaflet tipped in at first page. GOOD condition with shelf and handling wear. Safely stowed now in a clear protective Ultra-Pro sleeve.

First American edition, octavo, pp. vi, 401 plus a pp. 32 ad catalogue at rear. Publisher's teal colored cloth with upper board and spine lettering gilt and an upper board soldier illustration in black, red, and white, with a nicely done touch of gilt on soldier's hat. Twelve full page illustrations (frontis is tissue-guarded) by Wal Paget. Several maps, one is full page. Dark blue endpapers. All page edges originally decorated in an olive green shade, somewhat faded over the last century. Board tips and spine ends with light bumping and shelf wear. Very Good withal.

Publisher's original stapled wrappers, 12mo (7 1/2 x 5 inches), pp. 16. A bit of a rumpled affair, with uniform bottom-edge creasing throughout. Spine rubbed. Staple has rusted across the decades. A few spots of discoloration. Protected now in a clear display sleeve with white-cardstock backing board. Author (1890-1964) was a member of the U.S. Communist Party.

Publisher's red cloth with spine lettering gilt, octavo, pp. xiii, 250.

Publisher's black cloth with silver spine lettering, octavo, pp. xiii, 208. Illustrated with black and white photographs and line drawings. Very Good condition with shelf bumps at upper board tips. Illustrated dust jacket Very Good and ensconced in a sheet of removable archival mylar.

Publisher's black cloth with silver spine lettering, octavo, pp. xiii, 208. Black and white illustrations. Board tips with some shelf bumping.

Publisher's illustrated wrappers, octavo, pp. 112. Illustrations. Previous owner name on front cover. FAIR condition with erosion at base of spine and short tears on edges. Old tide lines at top corner of the first few leaves. Safely stowed now in a clear display sleeve with white card stock backing board.

Number 1 in the publisher's WYOMING series, in blue/gray cloth with an upper panel decoration stamped in red, black, and gold, octavo, pp. 371. A separate illustration on spine is faded and somewhat darkened. Attractive color-illustrated endpapers. Three black and white plates depicting scenes of wilderness action inserted (NOTE that a New York Public Library digital copy of this book examined by us at the HathiTrust website features a fourth illustration used as frontispiece that this copy does not have.) Faint previous owner signature near top edge of front pastedown. This copy graded FAIR-only, with nicks at spine ends and rubbing to board tips. The paper has become brittle over the many decades, and there are a couple of short tears, no loss or text affected (at fore-edge of pp. 42/43, for example). A substantial tear near gutter of pp. 107/108 from top-edge downward about 30 % of the leaf (see image for our best attempt at a close-up). Again, no loss of paper or text.