HOUSES OF PUEBLA. The Cradle of Mexican Architecture.
New York: The Vendome Press, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. 11 1/2'' X 10''. 223pp. With Bibliography. First edition. Minor wear to dustjacket.
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WALLACE NEFF AND THE GRAND HOUSES OF THE GOLDEN STATE
New York: THE MONACELLI PRESS, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. 11 1/4'' X 9 1/2''. 248pp. with index. First edition. General light wear to dustjacket.
MICHAEL S. SMITH HOUSES
New York: Rizzoli, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. 11 3/4'' X 9 3/4''. 213pp. with index. First edition.
PARRISH HADLEY. Sixty Years of American Design
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. 12 1/4'' x 9 1/4''. 182pp. First edition. Some chips, quarter sized smudge and general light wear to dustjacket.
THE ARCHITECTURE OF DELANO & ALDRICH
New York: W. W. NORTON, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. 12 1/4'' X 9 1/4''. 224pp. with index. First edition. Signed by both authors, also inscribed ''For Adele... with kind regards, Peter [ Pennoyer ].
MAIOFIS: PROVERBS
Nazraeli Press, 2014. First edition. Hardcover. Sq. quarto. Unpaginated. Photographic endsheets and 26 duotone plates, printed on one side of each leaf. Portrait and short text by Karen Sinsheimer, on folded sheet laid-in. Limited to 1000 copies. Shiny black silk cover with mounted illustration and shiny red lettering...
JAPONISME: The Japanese Influence on Western Art in the 19th and 20th Centuries
New York: Harmony Books, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Lg. sq. quarto. 432pp. 1100 illustrations in color and black & white.
THE QUILTS OF GEE'S BEND
Atlanta, GA: Tin Wood Books, 2002. 13" x 11.5". 190pp. incl. index. 195 illustrations, including 162 in full color. "The women of Gee’s Bend—a small, remote, Black community in Alabama—have created hundreds of quilt masterpieces dating from the early twentieth century to the present. Resembling an inland island.....
JEANLOUP SIEFF 1950-1990: Time Will Pass Like Rain
Paris: Contrejour, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 248pp. Profusely illustrated with full page b&w plates of Sieff's iconic work. Limited to 2000 copies. Spine of dust jacket very lightly faded with light wear at ends. Bookplate on front end-paper. In slipcase that has light wear and soiling.
STIRRING SCIENCE STORIES. February, April, June. 1941. (Three issues)
Holyoke, MA: Albing Publications, 1941. Softcover. 9 3/4" x 7". Pictorial wrappers. Three issues of only four ever published. Covers by Hannes Bok and Leo Morey. Featured writers include, David H. Keller, James Blish, Robert E. Howard and Clark Ashton Smith. All have nice bright covers. The February issue is.....
DOC SAVAGE. November, 1942
New York: Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 1942. Softcover. 9 1/4" x 6 1/2". Vol.XX, No.3. Pictorial wrappers. Featuring "They Died Twice " by Kenneth Robeson and "Death's Little Doll," by Alan Hathway. Nice cover. Short split, 1 1/2" to spine fold; rubbing to spine at ends. Toning to verso.....
JUNGLE STORIES. Summer, 1950
New York: Glen-Kel publishing Co, 1950. Softcover. 9 3/4" x 7". Vol. 4, No.11. Pictorial wrappers. Cover art by George Gross. Featuring the Ki-Gor adventure "The Beast-Gods of Atlantis" by John Peter Drummond and "Blood for the Juju," by Alexander Wallace. Light wear and small tears to over-hanging edges.
JUNGLE STORIES. Summer issue, 1949
New York: Glen-Kel publishing Co, 1949. Softcover. 9 3/4" x 7". Vol. 4, No.5. Pictorial wrappers. Featuring the Ki-Gor adventure "Safari of the Serpent Slaves" by John Peter Drummond and "Jackal-Man's Hunger," by Walt Sheldon. Light wear and small tears to over-hanging edges and spine ends. Light creasing on rear.....
UNKNOWN FANTASY FICTION. March, 1940
New York: Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 1940. Softcover. 9 1/4" x 6 1/4". Vol. III, No.1. Pictorial wrappers. Cover Art by Edd Cartier. Featuring "The Reign of Wizardry," by Jack Williamson and "Derm Fool," by Theodore Sturgeon. Very nice cover. Short splits, 1/2" to spine folds at ends. Some.....
UNKNOWN FANTASY FICTION. April, 1940
New York: Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 1940. Softcover. 9 1/4" x 6 1/4". Vol.III, No. 2. Pictorial wrappers. Cover Art by Edd Cartier. Featuring "The Indigestible Triton," by Rene Lafayette and "He Shuttles," by Theodore Sturgeon. Very nice copy with only mild wear. Some toning to verso of cover;.....
G-MEN DETECTIVE. June 1943
New York: Better Publications, Inc, 1943. Softcover. 91/2" x 7". Pictorial wrappers. Vol. XXV, No.1. Featuring "Panama Peril" by Jean Francis Webb. Bright nice cover has edge tears, chips, a light crease and one corner torn off of rear panel. Cover and pages are toned.
LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP, AND OTHER EARLY WORKS.Now First Printed from the original Ms. (Limited Edition)
London: Chatto & Windus, 1922. First edition thus. Hardcover. Octavo. 140pp. Special Edition de Luxe, number 108 from a limited edition of 260 copies. Orange buckram, gilt-stamped lettering on brown leather spine label. t.e.g. Illustrated endpapers. Introduction by G.K. Chesterton. This collection of early Austen writings contains "Love and Friendship".....
THE DEVENDORF FAMILY
St. Johnsville, NY: Reprinted from Enterprise and News, 1932. Hardcover. Octavo. 111pp. plus 8pp. for notes. The Devendorf Family, Tracing the Line of Descent From the Pioneers in Mohawk Valley. Includes Descendents bearing other surnames. INSCRIBED, "Compliments B??? Diefendorf, March 30-1933."Grey cloth stamped in black . Bookplate on front paste-down-is.....
BROKEN HAND. The Life Story of Thomas Fitzpatrick, Chief of the Mountain Men
Denver, CO: The Old West Publishing Company, 1931. First edition. Hardcover. Lg.octavo. 316pp. Illustrated from photographs, old prints, and paintings, plates, portraits with double-page map. Green embossed cloth with gilt titles, is rubbed along bottom edge. Small bookplate on front paste-down. Dust jacket is worn and faded with soiling, tips.....
MY PEOPLE THE SIOUX
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 288pp. With illustrations from drawings by the author and from photographs. Edited by E.A. Brininstool; Introduction by William S. Hart. Orange cloth with decorative brown stamping. Spine is faded. A few pages carelessly opened , leaving ragged edge. Small bookplate on.....
LIFE IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS 1830-1835
Salt Lake City, Utah: Rocky Mountain Book Shop, 1940. Revised edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 284pp. Incl. appendix (reprint of Articles In The Western Literary Messenger In The 1840's) and index. The revised edition, edited by J.C. Alter, arranged by Herbert Auerbach. Fold-out map of region at rear. A few illustrations. Red.....
BY CHEYENNE CAMPFIRES
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 305pp. Illustrated with photographs by Elizabeth C. Grinnell. Red cloth with gilt stamped title on spine. Light rubbing to spine tips and corners. Small bookplate on front paste-down. Mild toning to endpapers.
MASSACRES OF THE MOUNTAINS: A History of The Indian Wars of the Far West
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1886. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 784pp. Incl. index. Illustrated with steel engravings. Fold-out Map of the Indian Reservations. Olive green cloth, with gilt title on spine. Cloth a little mottled. Spine ends rubbed; corners turned. Fore-edge has some stains, and water staining to the edge.....
"UNCLE DICK" WOOTTON: The Pioneer Frontiersman Of The Rocky Mountain Region An Account Of The Adventures And Thrilling Experiences Of The Most Noted American Hunter, Trapper, Guide, Scout, And Indian Fighter Now Living
Chicago, IL: W.E. Dibble & Co., 1890. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 473pp. Illustrated with 40 full-page plates including frontispiece. Brown cloth with pictorial stamping and gilt medallion with Wootton's portrait. Paper is toned throughout as usual. Rubbing to spine ends, edges and corners. Small rubbed hole on spine fold; 2".....
TWO GREAT SCOUTS AND THEIR PAWNEE BATTALION. The Experiences of Frank J. North and Luther H. North, Pioneers in the Great West, 1856-1882, and Their Defense of the Building of the Union Pacific Railroad
Cleveland: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. Lg. octavo. 299pp.,Frontise fold-out map. t.e.g. Red cloth , gilt stamped title on spine. Nice solid copy with some light fading on the spine and across the top of the front cover. A light swish of something on corner. Small.....