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Barre: Barre Publishers, 1971. Limited edition. Cloth over boards. Octavo. [viii], 92, [1] pages. Fine in a near fine glassine jacket.. `. A fine collection of Lamb's essays on fly-fishing for trout and salmon and other outdoor sporting adventures. Edition limited to 1500, this copy is SIGNED by Lamb but not numbered. Lacks the slipcase. <br /> <br /> Ref. HAND L27; BRUNS L12.

Barre: Barre Publishers, 1964. Limited edition. Cloth over boards. Octavo. [vi], 111, [1] pages. Fine in a near fine slipcase with a few minor edge rubs and light stains.. Dana Lamb was one of the 20th century's best writers on fishing. This collection of 33 essays on trout and salmon adventures was limited to 1500 copies. In original slipcase. <br /> <br /> Ref. HAND L25; BRUNS L11.

New York: John Day Company, 1943. First printing. Cloth over boards. Octavo. xvi, 262 pages. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Tiny bump to top fore corner of upper board, a bit of toning to pastedowns at hinges. Jacket spine slightly browned, some minor edge wear and light soil. Bound in maroon cloth over boards with mauve topstain.. With this book, Rose Wilder Lane helped reignite a passion for classical liberal ideas in America. She is considered one of the "Founding Mothers" of Libertarianism, along with Ayn Rand and Isabel Paterson, each of whom published significant books in 1943. <br /> <br /> Lane was the daughter of Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the Little House on the Prairie series of children's books.

[Chicago]: [HMH Publishing Co., Inc.], 1957. First printing. Magazine. Quarto. 12 pages. Glossy pictorial covers over saddle-stapled binding. Some minor extremity rubs, mild wrinkles, and a stamp at top fore corner of front cover.. First appearance of Langelaan's brilliant sci-fi horror short story, "The Fly." The story has been adapted to film twice--first in 1958 and again in 1986. <br /> <br /> This is the complete issue of Playboy in which "The Fly" first saw print, and includes numerous other features, articles, and photos as well as great vintage advertising.

New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885. 1st Edition. Original cloth. Octavo. 366 pages. Very Good+. Bound in original dark green cloth over boards with spine and upper board stamped in black and gilt. Some rubs and minor fading to cloth covers, a few shallow bumps to board fore corners and spine ends. Hinges not cracked. Housed custom cloth and board folder in half morocco slipcase.. A very nice first edition of one of the most important books in American literature. Hemingway believed that "American writing comes from that. There was nothing before. There has been nothing as good since." This copy has the important issue points at pages (13), 57, and 143. A very handsome copy.

[Liverpool]: [City of Liverpool], 1974. Single sheet. 16" x 18. Fine, with original fold creases. Slight toning along portions of a few folds.. This scarce pictorial map is a guide to all sites of Beatles interest in their native city of Liverpool. It is featured in the book "A History of the 20th Century in 100 Maps," by Tim Bryars and Tom Harper, who call it "the first 'official' Beatles souvenir item specifically produced for Liverpool." <br /> <br /> The map was commissioned by Liverpool's Public Relations Office as part of a promotional souvenir pack that launched Liverpool's Beatles tourism industry in 1974, albeit 4 years after the band had broken up. Here they are locked in 1968, in the style of their animated film ,"Yellow Submarine." The map was designed by the commercial art studio McCaffrey and Sharp of Liverpool. <br /> <br /> Ref. Bryars and Harper, pp. 166-167.

(danville, Ill): (Illinois Printing Co. ), 1907. First Edition. Full cloth. 9½" x 8". [23 ] pages. Near Fine. Black and White Drawings. James Judson Lord's poem, read at the dedication of Abraham Lincoln's tomb and memorial in 1874. Printed on rectos only. Illustrated with sketches by W. Jerome Willoughby. MONAGHAN #1538. Bound in black cloth over boards with gilt-stamped title on upper board. Top fore corners bumped, moderate extremity rubs. Front free endpaper has a cleanly repaired tear at lower fore corner. Prior owner name penned neatly along top edge of front pastedown.