Americana from JWMah

Seattle: Documentary Media, 2012. (USA) Stated first edition. There was a 4 line owner's inscription to corner of the dedication page which has been obliterated with white-out, no other markings, about Fine otherwise. Wraps with flaps, 183pp, mostly colour photos and illus. Space Needle: The Spirit of Seattle, an illuminating new book about Seattle s iconic needle, was released… Saber más sobre este artículo

North Vancouver: Whitecap Books, 1982. (CAD) Stated first edition, No markings, slight toning of page edges, otherwsie Fine in price-clipped Fine dust jacket. Dark blue leatherette hardcover, 151pp, colour photos. Galpin has photographed 82 works from 8 major Arctic artistic centres as well as Greenland and several smaller communities. A lovely book on Inuit stone sculpture. A heavy book… Saber más sobre este artículo

Chicago: J.G.Ferguson and Associates, 1948. (USA) The DeLuxe edition of 1948; the copyright is 1946 No markings, end paper edges toned, Near Fine used copy; no dust jacket. Red pebbly hardcover with gold titles, 339pp, small line drawings in text. DeBoth is here described as internationally known lecturer and a consultant in Home Economics. Her introduction… Saber más sobre este artículo

NY / London: Verso Books, 2000. (USA) Presumed 1st edition. No markings, but two tiny spots to the front endpaper, thus Near Fine in Fine dust jackdt Hardcover, 239pp, B&W photos. From the jacket : A practising architect and urban planner, as well as an important architectural critic, Chase explores a myriad of locales and examines their architectural features—from the… Saber más sobre este artículo

NY: E.P Dutton & Co, 1978. (USA) Stated first edition to copyright page without the number line and a blind embossed maple leaf to the corner of the back cover, thus Book Club edition. No markings, Very Good in Good (-) onoy dust jacket with 3|" closed tear and a crease to the top of the front panel; DJ is… Saber más sobre este artículo

NY: Random House, 1981. (USA) There is a blind embossed square to the corner of the back cover, thus Book Club edition. Owner's inscription and date of 1981, no other markings, Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Hardcover, red boards with ochre cloth spine, 147pp. This was her second collection of comedic essays by Fran Lebowitz.… Saber más sobre este artículo

NY: International Magazine Company, 1934. (USA) Wear to edges at apine and at lower corners, pages clean, a bit dog-eared, some edge tears and faults to the cover edges, about Good only used copy. Paper cover with colour illus of two kids and a dog illustrated by Mrs Vernon Thomas, 220pp, B&W photos and illus with some… Saber más sobre este artículo

NY: New Yorker / Random House, 2005. (USA) Stated 1st edition. This items consists of a folder with a 123 page paperback book entitled Highlights from the New Yorker and a fold0out holder for 8 DVDs. No markings, the folder has a touch of rubbing to the corner tips and a scuff mark to the back cover, the book… Saber más sobre este artículo

UK: Doubleday, 2013. (USA) 1st printing. No markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Boards, 557pp, index, B&W photos. In this hugely entertaining book, Bill Bryson spins a story of brawling adventure, reckless optimism and delirious energy of America in 1927. The book centers on the early aviators and their attempts to fly across the Atlantic but there is a lot… Saber más sobre este artículo

Fort Benton MT: River Press Publishing, 1976. (USA) Presumed 1st edition, No markings, but at some point there was a label adhered to the back cover which haas been removed leaving an outline of residue, the pages are clean and tight, thus Good; no dust jacket possibly as published. Brown leather with gold titles and gold outline of wagon with… Saber más sobre este artículo

UK: The Authors, 2002. (UK) Presumed 1st edition, SIGNED BY AUTHORS, no other marking, Fine. Glossy wraps, 116pp, maps, B&W photos. Ashurst Bridge is a community in Hampshire. This is a local history. Uncommon. (1.8 JM HOZ 403/b6. Signed by Authors. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

NY: Atheneum, 1984. (USA) 2nd printing, 1984. No markings, Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Boards, 234pp, index, B&W photos and illus. This book looks at America's brief, but glorious age of high society through rare illustrations from family scrapbooks, a portfolio of Charles Dana Gibson drawings, and reproductions of invitations to "at-homes" and elite balls. (2.5 JM HOZ 403/b2.… Saber más sobre este artículo

NY: William Morrow & Co, 1993. (USA) 1st printing. No markoings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Navy cloth with gold titles, 160pp, colour reproductions of paintings of the American west and of the Civil war, some fold-out pages.Lovell's paintings thoughtfully conceived, intensively researched, and superbly drafted reconstruct scenes and stories of the American West and of the Civil War with… Saber más sobre este artículo

Metuchen NJ / London: Scarecrow Press, 1993. (USA) Presumed 1st edition. Remainder mark to top edge of pages, amd to the bottom edge of pages, no other markings, faint small smudge of ink to top corner of pages, solid Very Good; no dust jacket as published. Black cloth, with gold titles, xvi, 806pp, index, no illus. This book includes a… Saber más sobre este artículo

Santa Rosa Beach FL: South Walton three Arts Alliance, Inc., 1998. (USA) 3rd printing, 1998. No markings, small crease to corner of front cover, slight colour fading to spine, otherwise Very Good. Wraps, 181pp, B&W photos. This book encompasses the areas of Santa Rosa, Mack Bayou, 331 Bridge, Point Washington, Miramar Beach, Fur Mile Village, Dune Allen, Grayton Beach,… Saber más sobre este artículo

Berkeley: Heyday, 2012. (USA) 1st printing. INSCRIBED BY AUTHORS: " Thanks for supporting PAN/ Ken Light/ Melane Light", no other markings, Near Fine in about Fine dust jacket with top edge not quite crisp. Boards, 154pp, B&W photos of agricultural workers and laborers in the San Joaquin Valley in California. A heavy book. (3.0 JM HOJ 302/1. Inscribed By… Saber más sobre este artículo

Charlottesville VA: University of Virginia Library, 2000. (USA) Printed in an edition of 3000 copies. No markings, Fine, Wraps, 64pp, B&W photos. This is a history of African-American public school education in Henrico County, Virginia. (1.4 JM LVR 204/b1. Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

NY: Oxford University Press, 2010. (USA) 2nd printing. Remainder stamp to top edge of pages, no other markings, there is small patch of waviness to the lower corner of pages 137 /38 from a drop of liquid, some page corners have been folded down, otherwise Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Red boards, 422pp, index, B&W photos. Claiming… Saber más sobre este artículo

Koln: Taschen, 2002. (GER) Presumed 1st eidtion. No markings, Fine; no dust jacket as published. Glossy boards, 448pp, full colour reproduction of pin-up art by leading artists of this genre. The text is in English, German and French. A heavy book. (4.0 JM HOJ 300/b1. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

USA: Chesterfield Historical Society, 1977. (USA) This is the new edition published by the Chesterfield |Hitorical society in an edition of 500 copies (this is copy number 252). The book was originally publihed in 1882. No markings, some rubbing to cover edges, (mistly along spine edges), otherwise about Very Good; no dust jacket perhaps as published. Dull red… Saber más sobre este artículo