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College Station: The Early West Series, [1981]., 1981. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Brown fabricoid, titles stamped in gold gilt on the spine, pictorial front and rear endpapers, 256 pp., introduction, preface, foreward, acknowledgements, illustrated, portraits, appendices, bibliography, index. Introduction by Stuart Lake. Preface by Glenn G. Boyer. Illustrated by James H. Earle. Presents the testimonies of all who witnessed the events that occurred at the famous gunfight at the O. K. Corral on October 26, 1881. Fine, bright, tight copy in a fine dust jacket. The first printing was an issue of 1,475 copies.

Honolulu: Talei Publishers, Inc., 2006., 2006. First edition. First Edition. Black Cloth. xi, 352pp. Illustrated. Foreword by Leon Metz. Index. Famous for his involvement with events in Tombstone that culminated in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral, This work follows Ike Clanton and his life in the few years that he lived after the gunfight, before he was shot and killed during his attempted arrest in 1887 in eastern Arizona. An interesting work. As New in dust jacket.

Berkeley: Howell-North, 1959., 1959. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Presentation inscription by the author. Affixed to the back side of the front fly leaf is a small envelope which contains a facsimile copy from The Syracuse Post-Standard dated Thursday, April 7, 1988, that details some of the history of the O & W from an interview with the author. Gray cloth, titles and decoration stamped in green, colored pictorial endpapers, xiii [1], 211 pp., frontis., preface, illustrated, plates, portraits, maps, tables, two folded maps in a rear pocket, bibliography, acknowledgments. The O. & W. began operation in 1866, beginning in Oswego, New York and ending in Weehawken, New Jersey, outside of New York City. The railway had the unique distinction of running through many small because the money for the railroad came through the sale of railroad bonds to small towns and villages. The line for many years carried passengers to Catskill mountain resorts, but it's main profit came from carrying… Leer más

N. P: Privately printed, n. d. [1930]., 1930. First edition. First edition of this very rare, and nicely illustrated 1931 dealer's catalogue for the last year of the V-8 Oakland, whose marque would be eliminated in 1932 as the United States descended into the Great Depression, and the demand for their line-up of beautiful V-8 models crashed. 6" x 9" color, printed wrappers, 16 pp. (including covers), illustrated, six color plates, numerous text illustrations, specifications. The Oakland Motor Car Co. was founded in 1907 by Edward Murphy, and purchased by GM with William Durant in 1909, and would grow to be the division which was marketed in the price range above Chevrolet, but below Oldsmobile. After the introduction of the Pontiac brand by the company in the 1920s, the Oakland marque began losing sales ground, and the company began offering electric horns, ignition theft locks, automatic windshield cleaners, spare rim & tires, shock absorbers, stop lights, rear view mirrors, and… Leer más

Oakland: Board of Port Commissioners, 1928., 1928. First edition. 9" x 6" in pictorial wrappers printed in yellow and blue. 48pp. Foreword. Contents. Illustrations. Map. Text printed in brown ink. History of the airport followed by information on air mail and air express, passenger service, airport equipment, the weather reporting service, the Pilots and Operators Association, the Naval Reserve, the Port of Oakland, the Department of Commerce and the War Department, etc. Numerous photographs throughout. At center of book is a 2-page bird's eye view of Oakland Municipal Airport. Attached to inside rear wrapper is a 9" x 15" map of the Port of Oakland, layout of hangars, layout of administration building, layout of restaurant building, a vicinity map showing the location of the Oakland Airport and a map showing highway connections to the Oakland Airport.

[Tempe]: Tempe Historical Museum/Tempe Water Utilities Department, [2007]., 2007. First edition. First edition. Quarto. Pictorial wrappers, [4], 52 pp., double column, illustrated, maps. The concern for water ever since Tempe was settled in the late 1860s has been central to the town's development. In 1902, Tempe built its first municipal water system, and much of the water was used for farm irrigation. Today almost all of the water is for homes, apartments, schools, offices, factories, and parks. Chapters on Pioneer Irrigators, watering the fields of Tempe, the village by the river, from wells to water taps, taming the Salt River, fueling the postwar boom, and much more. As new, unread copy.

Guilford: TwoDot, [2013]., 2013. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Color pictorial wrappers, xiii [blank], 153 [1] pp., acknowledgments, foreword, introduction, illustrated, portraits, afterword, bibliography, index. Back cover promotional blurb says "An entertaining look at the serious business of finding a husband or wife by mail in the wide-open days of the Old West. As new, unread copy.

[New York]: Signet Books, [1964]., 1964. First edition. First edition. Paperback original Signet D 2492.. A college town blazes with suspicion and fear when a professor's book is called obscene by a citizen's committee and becomes the center of bitter courtroom controversy. A few light creases to the covers and with a light reader's crease to the spine, else a very good copy.

New York: The Mysterious Press, [2021]., 2021. First edition. First edition. Signed by the author on the title page. As new, unread copy in dust jacket. A new collection of Sherlockian tales that shows the Great Detective and his partner, Watson, as their acquaintances saw them. From familiar faces like landlady Mrs. Hudson to minor characters like Lomax, Observations by Gaslight―entirely epistolary, told through diaries, telegrams, and even grocery lists―paints a masterful portrait of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson as you have never seen them before. "Nuance, wit, and clever plotting make this a superior version [...] Sherlockians will clamor for a sequel." (Publishers Weekly).

[Montreal, Canada & Liverpool, UK]: Canadian Pacific, n.d. [ca 1948]., [ca 1948]. First edition. First edition. Double Atlas Folio. 30 3/4" x 41", folded to 5 1/4" x 10 1/4." Illustrated on recto and verso, with 6 large color deck plans delineating decks, amenities, cabins, for first class and tourist class passengers, together with black and white photo illustrations. Scarce deck plan for the Empress of Canada (SS Duchess of Richmond) and the Empress of France (SS Duchess of Richmond), after the two 20,400 tons ocean liners had been refitted following World War II. Initially launched as the "Mini-Empresses," but also referred to as the "Drunken Duchesses" as they tended to roll in heavy seas. They were designed to allow travelers to sail further up the St. Lawrence River to Montreal, as well as to those wishing to travel into the Great Lakes. The ships were fitted with enough capacity to hold 400 first class passengers and 300 tourist class passengers.… Leer más

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & CO., 1869., 1869. First edition. First edition. 16mo. 16.8 x 11 cm (6 5/8" x 4 1/4") original brown cloth, titles stamped in gilt 0n the front cover, brown front and rear endpapers, 32 pp., folding map bound-in at the front, advertisement for "Absaraka" at the rear. A rare emigrant guide to Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, California, Montana, Kansas, Nebraska, and Wyoming. These Territories were made accessible by the completion of the Pacific Railroad. Information on snows, eating houses, the railroad track, equipment used for passenger comfort while traveling, Indians, the scenery, the climate, etc. Graff 598 says "Although authorship is attributed to Mrs. Carrington, the General probably wrote this little guide." This is a rare item and we have had only a few copies over the years, Covers lightly rubbed, a small tear to the bottom margin of the map, else a very good copy housed in a leatherette clamshell case with titles stamped in gilt… Leer más

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1931., 1931. First edition. First edition. Fine, bright copy in dust jacket. October House is the name of an estate in the mountains of Oregon, where three women live together in mutual hatred. A tradition of October House is a house party in the month of October. Several strange people arrive, but this year something horrible happens. One of the three women is found murdered in her boudoir. Uncommon Crime Club title.

[London]: MacDonald/Raven Books, [1977]., 1977. First edition. First edition. Author's first book. Signed and dated by the author. Fine in dust jacket. A dangerous job undertaken for $1,000.00 by a man named George Griffin, who always needs money. But this job is different and George doesn't realize what he's agreed to do until he's neck deep in trouble. George expected to be the hunter in his new job, but learned he was the hunted.

London: Michael Joseph Ltd, 1945., 1945. First edition. First edition. Faint evidence of a bookplate removal from the free front fly leaf, else a fine, bright copy in dust jacket. In the aftermath of a botched hold-up, intended to finance the activities of his IRA cell, a wounded Johnny McQueen takes shelter in the back-alleys of Belfast, a shadowy underworld where sanctuary is freighted at every moment with peril. Meanwhile, a vast police manhunt is launched -- a net that closes steadily, remorselessly in upon him. Basis for the Carol Reed film starring James Mason. A top-notch thriller of a book published during World War II and a difficult title.

London: Michael Joseph, [1965]., 1965. First edition. First edition. Inked date on front fly leaf, else fine copy in price-clipped dust jacket with light wear to spine ends and corners. Sid Halley, ex-champion steeplechase jockey, wakes up in a hospital with his stomach full of holes. While convalescing, Sid encounters Howard Kraye, a man determined to take over Seabury Racecourse at any price.

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, [1965]., 1965. First edition. First U.S. edition. Lightly rubbed at base of spine, else fine in dust jacket. Sid Halley, ex-champion steeplechase jockey, wakes up in a hospital with his stomach full of holes. While convalescing, Sid encounters Howard Kraye, a man determined to take over Seabury Racecourse at any price.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, [1957]., 1957. First edition. First edition. Presentation inscription on front fly leaf from the author. Cloth lightly sunned on the spine, a hint of an old tiny water stain to fore-edges of first two pages, page 7 has a repaired tear, else very good in dust jacket with light professional restoration to the spine ends, corners and extremities. One of the first books to feature a black man in a leading role. The book was the basis for the 1959 United Artist's film of the same name and featured Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, Gloria Grahame, Shelley Winters, and Ed Begley in prominent roles. "Two men, strangers but inevitable enemies, meet in the planning of a crime. They violate the laws of society deliberately and gravely; a bank is broken into, a man is killed and the two protagonists are driven to ground in a lonely farmhouse. One of them is bitter and inarticulate, tormented by his inadequacies and failures. His accomplice, a Negro, is clever but in panic… Leer más

[London]: Headline, [2000]., 2000. First edition. First edition. Signed by the author. Fine in dust jacket. Lieutenant Henry Gilpin is searching the country seeking out those who did not do their best for king and country in the Great War. When he reaches the town of Crouden, the name, Jack Aylward, is on the top of his list. As a child, Kitty Aylward spent her days with her closest friends, Billy and Jack. Eventually she married Billy but, before he left for the war, Billy asked one strange request from his wife --- if he should die, she must marry his closest friend. When her husband was killed, Kitty kept her promise, but now she realizes that Gilpin could hold a terrible secret concerning Jack and Billy's deaths.

New York: William Morrow & CO., 1950., 1950. First edition. First edition. Near fine in dust jacket with light wear to the spine ends and corners, a small crease to top edge and bottom edge of front cover and lightly soiled on the back panel. Author's fifth mystery novel. Paul Ballard is the head of Missing Persons Bureau, and his customers are the people of the city who have lost other people and want Ballard to bring them back. But Ballard's prize customer is found dead, and this particular murder tears City Hall wide open. It left him with one crazy thousand-to-one chance of saving all the things he stood for, and his boss was not fooling when he said, "It's your funeral!"

[New York: Tower Books, 1961]., 1961. First edition. First edition, second printing. Originally published in 1960. PBO. Midwood F121. Signed on the title page: "Otto - You really want these? Ah, well ... Larry." Refers to Otto Penzler of The Mysterious Book Shop and Lawrence Block, noted mystery author. Fine, bright copy.