000054.  Wright, Muriel H.  The Story of Oklahoma.  Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Webb Publishing Company, 1929.  Cloth.  Very Good / No Jacket.  Editorially Assisted by Joseph B. Thoburn.  blue green cloth with black lettering and design on spine and front cover.  some rubbing to front and back covers and edges.  slight creasing to head and tail of spine and a few tears beginning.  spine also slightly discolored and has one small indention towards tail.  very slight discoloration to pages.  339pp.  $100.00

 

000116.  Life of Lone Star Harry, America's Representative Scout, Known As The Revolver King.  New York: Dick's Pub. House, 1894.  First Edition.  Original Wraps.  Very Good / No Jacket.  original pictorial printed pinkish wrappers.  16pp.  $500.00

 

000085.  Taylor, Elmer E.  George Sanders Bickerstaff 1893-1954 "Painter of Pictures".  Glendale, California: The Los Angeles Corral of the Westerners, 1988.  Hard Cover.  Very Good / No Jacket.  gray leatherette.  gilt lettering stamped on front cover.  Published as Keepsake #29 by The Los Angeles Corral of the Westerners.  31pp.  $35.00

 

000100.  Hunt, Robert Lee.  A History of Farmer Movements in the Southwest 1873-1925.  Very Good / No Jacket.  brown marbled wrappers.  tiny chip at tail of spine.  bottom corner creased on rear wrapper.  tiny chips out of pages here and there along with some creased corners.  there are also some holes in page 192 where the wrapper has pulled away from the page around the staples.  still a nice copy.  192pp.  $150.00

 

000103.  Thorpe, Rose Hartwick.  Ringing Ballads Including Curfew Must Not Ring To-Night.  Boston: D Lothrop Company, 1887.  First Edition.  Hard Cover.  Very Good / No Jacket.  original gold stamped pictorial cloth.  gilt edges.  illustrated. 11 plates.  edges rubbed.  corners bumped and rubbed.  head and tail of spine creased, rubbed and beginning to fray.  two small dark stains on rear board.  brown floral endpapers.  slight discoloration to pages and page edges.  some smudges on preliminary blank page.  very nice binding.  115pp.  $100.00

 

000117.  Sackville-West, V.  The Death of Noble Godavary and Gottfried Kunstler.  London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1932.  Original Wraps.  Very Good / No Jacket.  gray decorative wrapper with blue design.  spine darkened.  some creasing and one small stain on spine.  small stain on rear wrapper.  front wrapper beginning to pull away from binding along hinge at top.  some discoloration along hinge on half-title and on the last page with the printing information.  159 pp.  $50.00

 

000006.  Lea, Tom.  The Wonderful Country.  Abilene: Four-O-Imprint, 1995.  Cloth.  Signed by Author.  brown cloth in box.  cream paper labels.  oversized volume.  illustrated.  limited to 250 copies.  some rubbing to cloth. F/F.  $900.00

 

000108.  Raines, C.W.  Bibliography of Texas.  Houston, Texas: Frontier Press of Texas, 1955.  Hard Cover.  Very Good / No Jacket.  Being A Descriptive List Of Books, Pamphlets, And Documents Relating To Texas In Print And Manuscript Since 1536 Including A Complete Collation Of The Laws; With An Introductory Essay On The Materials Of Early Texan History.  Reprint of the 1896 edition.  limited to 500 copies.  black cloth, boxed.  gilt lettering and design on front board.  some rubbing to edges.  bottom right corner bumped.  some rubbing and discoloration to spine.  top edge and fore-edge stained.  very slight discoloration to endpapers.  box is rubbed and discolored and beginning to split in several places.  bottom piece is missing.  268 pp.  $100.00

 

000052.  Corson, Juliet.  Juliet Corson's New Family Cook Book.  New York: George Munro, Publisher, 1885.  Cloth.  Very Good / No Jacket.  green cloth.  gilt lettering on spine.  edges rubbed.  front and back covers rubbed and discolored.  a few tiny tears at tail of spine.  front and back hinges cracked.  very slight discoloration to pages.  light spotting along bottom edge of paste-down endpaper and front free endpaper and along hinge of rear endpapers.  also some light spotting on page edges.  corners bumped.  288pp.  $50.00

 

000072.  Sharpe, Philip B.  The Rifle in America.  Virginia: Odysseus Editions, Inc., 1995.  Hard Cover.  Very Good / No Jacket.  special edition privately printed for the members of The Firearms Classics Library.  black leather.  gilt lettering and design.  raised bands on spine.  gilt edges.  some rubbing to edges and to gilt on bottom page edges.  slight discoloration to paste-down endpapers and free endpapers.  bottom corners bumped.  there is also a slight bump to far right edge of front cover.  $150.00

 

000001.  Mallory, Michael.  Hanna - Barbera Cartoons.  Hong Kong: Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, Inc./Warner Bros., 1998.  Hard Cover.  Very Good / No Jacket.  Oversized Volume Signed by Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera.  Letter of Authenticity laid in.  square cut out on front board with clear plastic insert of cartoon characters in color: Scooby-Doo, The Jetsons, Tom & Jerry, Yogi Bear and The Flintstones.  discoloration to back board.  239pp.  full of illustrations.  $450.00

 

000082.  Twain, Mark.  The Great Landslide Case.  Berkeley: University of California, 1972.  Very Good / No Jacket.  Three Versions.  with Editorial Comment by Frederick Anderson and Edgar M. Branch.  cream paper wrappers.  Number 20 in the Series of Keepsakes issued By The Friends of The Bancroft Library For Its Members.  front and back covers rubbed and slightly discolored.  some small tears and creasing to edges of paper and a few very small stains on front and back covers.  one tiny black dot on page edges.  58pp.  with a Reprint of Page From Daily Call August 30, 1863 inside of back cover.  $75.00

 

000071.  Mumey, Nolie.  The Ute War: A History of the White River Massacre.  Boulder, Colorado: Johnson Publishing Company, 1964.  Very Good / No Jacket.  1/300 facsimile copies.  light green wrappers.  illustrated. spine very slightly cocked.  slight bubbling and some indentions to spine.  some fading and discoloration to spine, front and back covers and edges.  a few smudges to half-title.  green folding cloth box.  box edges heavily rubbed.  slight discoloration to inside of box.  192pp.  $150.00

 

000076.  Lindsay, Jack.  Faces and Places.  Drawings by Norman Lindsay.  Canada: Basilike,1974.  Very Good / No Jacket.  1 of 350 copies.  quarter cloth and marbled boards.  paper label on spine.  $75.00

 

000087.  Forster, E.M.  Battersea Rise.  New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1955.  First Edition.  Hard Cover.  Very Good / No Jacket.  First Edition Privately Printed for the Friends of the Author and His Publishers as a New Year's Greeting.  decorative boards with paper label on front board.  very slight discoloration to edges.  head and tail of spine slightly rubbed.  very small tear at bottom edge of rear board near spine.  some discoloration down front and back hinges.  some creasing to rear paste-down endpaper near hinge.  11pp.  $40.00

 

000118.  Sackville-West, V.  Andrew Marvell.  London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1929.  First Edition.  Hard Cover.  Very Good / No Jacket.  decorative paper boards.  boards darkened around edges and on spine.  corners bumped and rubbed through to boards.  spine very slightly cocked and creased at head and tail.  a few slight bumps to boards along top and bottom edges.  endpapers discolored.  very small stain on preliminary blank page that bled through from front free endpaper.  page edges darkened. 63pp. plus Bibliography.  $100.00

 

000119.  Francis, Dick.  In The Frame.  Harper & Row, 1976.  First U.S. Edition.  Hard Cover.  Inscribed By Author.  Very Good / Very Good.  brown cloth and beige paper boards.  bottom corners slightly bumped and rubbed through to boards.  two tiny brown stains on half-title.  dust jacket rubbed and slightly discolored.  some very small chips and tears along top and bottom edges of dust jacket.  small chip out of dust jacket at head of spine.  230 pp.  $75.00

 

000120.  Phillips, Jayne Anne.  Counting.  New York:  Vehicle Editions, 1978.  Soft Cover.  Inscribed By Author.  Very Good / No Jacket.  one of 500 copies.  inscribed by author on title page.  edges of spine heavily rubbed.  corners slightly creased and rubbed.  indention to back cover.  $175.00

 

000121.  Irving, Washington.  The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.  San Francisco: Charles H. Falk, 1930.  Very Good / No Jacket.  brown paper boards.  gilt lettering.  borders and woodcuts by Judson L. Starr.  #57/229 copies.  pages and page edges slightly discolored.  $150.00

 

000122.  Michener, James A.  A Century of Sonnets.  Austin, Texas: State House Press, 1997.  First Edition.  Hard Cover.  Signed By Author.  Very Good / No Jacket.  Published in celebration of James A. Michener's 90th birthday.  #106/250 copies signed by the author.  leather and marbled boards.  gilt lettering on spine.  marbled slip case.  $200.00

 

000123.  Magee, David.  Jam Tomorrow.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1941.  First Edition.  Cloth.  Very Good / Very Good.  orange cloth.  cream paper label on spine and front board.  some fading and discoloration to spine and front board.  spine slightly cocked.  some discoloration to endpapers.  small sticker on rear endpaper at top near hinge.  dust jacket has some chips and tears along top and bottom edges and at head and tail of spine.  some rubbing and creasing to dust jacket along edges.  jacket protector.  308pp.  $75.00

 

000125.  De Long, Rhoda.  Moon in Splendor.  El Rito, New Mexico:  Sangre de Cristo Press,1959.  Full Leather.  Very Good / Very Good.  brown leather.  endpapers heavily discolored.  hinges beginning to crack.  pages and page edges darkened.  rear paste-down endpaper is splitting near edge.  88pp.  scarce press.  $60.00

 

000043.  Welty, Eudora.  Fairy Tale of the Natchez Trace.  Jackson: The Mississippi Historical Society, 1975.  First Printing.  Very Good / No Jacket.  A Paper Read at the Annual Dinner Meeting of the Mississippi Historical Society.  Limited to 1,000 copies.  light green boards.  paper label on front cover.  fading to spine and edges.  spine slightly cocked with a very slight bump at tail.  $100.00

 

000014.  Haley, J. Evetts.  The XIT Ranch of Texas and The Early Days of the Llano Estacado.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1929.  First Edition.  Cloth.  Inscribed By Author.  Very Good / No Jacket.  1380 copies printed, first edition 1929.  book was withdrawn soon after publication (lawsuit).  Inscribed to George Cook who has lived much more history than I have ever written, from his friend J. Evetts Haley.  green cloth.  gilt lettering and design on spine.  gilt longhorn stamped on front cover.  lower corners rubbed and bumped.  some rubbing to spine at head and tail.  a few very tiny tears beginning at tail of spine.  gilt top edge.  a few small brown stains on back free endpaper -- one is a line, the other is a smear.  there is also an indention around the brown smudge.  spine slightly cocked.  some rubbing to back cover.  261pp.  $1,500.00

 

000016.  Matthews, Sallie Reynolds.  Interwoven: A Pioneer Chronicle.  Austin: University of Texas Press.  Cloth.  Very Good / Very Good.  Third Edition.  Presentation by copyright holder to the publisher of the second edition (Carl Hertzog).  Presentation by the "Carl Hertzogs" (Vivian) to family friend Dorothy Hale with printed thank you from Carl's Widow (Dec '84) which was found in this book.  To Carl and Vivian, with admiration appreciation and affection Watt R Matthews 2-26-74.  And we repeat the same words to go with this book for Dorothy Hale -- Carl Hertzog.  Remember the trip to Lambshead!  brown cloth.  gilt lettering.  brands stamped on front cover.  rubbing to edges.  creasing to tail of spine.  two discolored spots on back cover of dust jacket and some rubbing to edges at head and tail of spine.  one very small tear on top edge of front and back covers and two very small tears along the bottom edge of front and back covers.  jacket protector.  226pp.  $750.00

 

000040.  Sund, Robert.  In Praise of My Ink Bottle.  Poetry Broadside.  Double Elephant Press, 1971.  gray paper.  black lettering and design.  slight fading to edges.  Very Good.  $35.00

 

000045.  Peddie, R.A. (Editor).  Printing: A Short History of the Art.  London: Grafton & CO., 1927.  Cloth.  Very Good / No Jacket.  by E. Crous, G. Fumagalli, Charles Mortet, Maurits Sabbe, James P.R. Lyell, Henry R. Plomer, Lauritz Nielsen, L.C. Wharton, G.P. Winship, Lawrence C. Wroth.  brown cloth.  gilt lettering.  discoloration to cloth, front and back.  some rubbing to edges.  corners bumped.  small crease at head of spine.  discoloration to endpapers, pages and page edges.  very short creases on the first few pages on hinge at top.  $75.00

 

000095.  Adams, Ramon F.  The Horse Wrangler & His Remuda.  Austin: The Encino Press, 1971.  Hard Cover.  Signed by Author.  Very Good / No Jacket.  #235/850.  signed by author.  pictures by William D. Wittliff.  brown paper boards with paper label on front board.  gilt lettering on spine.  51pp.  $100.00

 

000041.  Rumaker, Michael.  Praying Mantis.  Poetry Broadside.  Issued in an edition of 250 copies on the occasion of a reading by the poet at The University of Connecticut Library, April 1, 1976.  cream colored paper.  black lettering.  green illustrations.  slight discoloration to edges of paper.  small crease along bottom left edge of paper.  very tiny wrinkle on left side of paper close to bottom left corner.  Very Good.  $30.00

 

000037.  Peattie, Noel.  Sun Poem.  Poetry Broadside.  1975.  Calligraphy by G. Bosque.  Printed by Quentin Larson for Konocti Books, Winters, Calif.  yellow paper.  red lettering.  crease to bottom right corner.  Very Good.  $35.00

 

000018.  Garrison, Phil.  If Someone Travels Very Very Fast You Can Follow Him By Standing Still.  Poetry Broadside.  Portland, Oregon: Yes! Press, 1972.  #16 in series.  blue paper.  fading around edges.  small crease on far right edge of paper.  Very Good.  $45.00

 

000022.  Martien, Jerry.  Refrigerator Poet.  Poetry Broadside.  cream paper.  signed.  Very Good.  $45.00

 

000024.  Creeley, Robert.  But.  Poetry Broadside.  yellow paper with colorful design.  some creases to paper.  corners slightly bent.  five very light discolored lines on bottom left corner of paper.  Very Good.  $45.00

 

000020.  Sherman, Robert.  Uneasy Omens.  Poetry Broadside.  Barn Dream Press, 1970.  cream paper.  slight discoloration to edges.  Very Good.  $45.00

 

000026.  Bromige, David.  In His Image.  Poetry Broadside.  Twybyl Press.  #41/50.  signed.  blue paper.  black design.  small tear to paper on left edge.  some creases and indentions to paper.  Very Good.  $35.00

 

000126.  Reiger, George.  Zane Grey Outdoorsman.  Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc.  1972.  First Edition.  Cloth.  Very Good / Very Good.  Zane Grey's Best Hunting And Fishing Tales Published In Commemoration Of His Centennial Year.  cloth.  corners bumped.  dust jacket has some chips and tears along top and bottom edges and to head and tail of spine.  some rubbing and discoloration to dust jacket.  349pp.  $40.00

 

000130.  Pushkin, Alexander.  Gabriel: A Poem In One Song. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent.  New York: Covici, Friede, 1929.  Very Good / No Jacket.  Translated by Max Eastman.  Limited Edition.  #300/750 copies.  printed on English hand-made paper and bound in Pergamus Sheepskin Parchment.  some discoloration to parchment paper.  one small tear at tail of spine and front cover.  pages and page edges darkened.  small label on rear endpaper at top near hinge.  rear paste-down endpaper lifting in places.  some occasional foxing.  33pp.  $150.00

 

000127.  Myers. L.H.. The Orissers.  G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.  Hard Cover.  Signed by Author.  Very Good / No Jacket.  #222/250 copies signed by author.  decorative paper boards with paper label on spine and front board.  some darkening to boards.  a few small stains on front board and spine.  two small areas of stains along hinge and along top and bottom edges of boards.  those stains also bled through to preliminary blank pages.  some occasional foxing.  538pp.  $200.00

 

000134.  Thesiger, Wilfred.  Arabian Sands.  New York: E.P. Dutton And Company, Inc., 1959.  First Edition.  Hardcover.  Very Good / Very Good.  blue cloth and paper boards.  pages and page edges slightly discolored.  dust jacket chipped, rubbed and creased on spine and along top and bottom edges of front and rear covers.  dust jacket faded and discolored on spine.  fold out map at rear paste-down endpaper.  326pp.  scarce in dust wrapper.  $100.00

 

000132.  Wodehouse, P.G.  Full Moon.  Illustrated by Paul Galdone.  Garden City, New York: Doubleday And Company, Inc., 1947.  First Edition.  Hard Cover.  Very Good / Very Good.  blue green cloth.  spine slightly cocked.  some creasing and a few very small tears at head and tail of spine.  endpapers discolored.  small black smudge on fore-edge.  dust jacket price clipped.  small chips and tears to head and tail of spine and to front and back edges of dust jacket.  some discoloration to dust jacket here and there on rear cover and along bottom edge of dust jacket.  276pp.  $150.00

 

000137.  Corrigan, Douglas.  That's My Story.  New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1938.  First Edition.  Hard Cover.  Inscribed by Author.  Very Good / Very Good.  with 56 Gravure Illustrations.  blue cloth with red lettering and picture on front cover and spine.  endpapers, pages and page edges discolored.  a few tiny brown dots here and there on front endpapers.  some rubbing to dust jacket.  a few very small chips and tears along edges of dust jacket and at head and tail of spine.  spine discolored.  top corner of dust jacket clipped on rear flap.  book inscribed to J.E. Bain "Wrong way" Douglas Corrigan 1-12-39.  221pp.  $175.00

 

000138.  Meredith, William.  The Cheer: Poems.  New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980.  First Edition.  Hard Cover.  Inscribed by Author.  Very Good / Very Good.  green cloth.  gilt lettering.  slight discoloration to front and rear boards and edges.  dust jacket slightly rubbed on spine.  book inscribed by author on front free endpaper.  62pp.  $75.00

 

000005.  Woolf, Virginia.  The Captains Deathbed and Other Essays.  New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950.  First American Edition.  Cloth.  Very Good / Very Good.  blue cloth.  edges slightly rubbed.  dust jacket has a few very small tears at the head and tail of spine, on the front and back corners and one small tear on top edge of front cover.  discoloration to dust jacket.  jacket protector.  248pp.  $150.00

 

000053.  Pound, Ezra.  A Lume Spento And Other Early Poems.  New Directions, 1965.  First Printing.  Hard Cover.  Very Good / No Jacket.  Half Cloth and Decorative Boards with photograph of San Trovaso, Venice on front cover.  contains the combined works of Pound's first two books.  also includes a number of Hitherto unpublished poems.  very light rubbing to edges.  attractive book.  $150.00 

 

000009.  Dickens, Charles.  The Personal History of David Copperfield.  illustrated by H.K. Browne.  London: Fraser Press, 1970.  Full-Leather.  Very Good / No Jacket.  green leather.  gilt edges.  stamped designs on front and back covers and spine.  slight discoloration on spine and top edges.  a few slight indentions to leather.  some slight scuffs to front cover.  #337/1500.  795pp.  $200.00

 

000139.  Symons, Arthur.  Confessions: A Study In Pathology.  New York: The Fountain Press, 1930.  Hard Cover.  Signed by Author.  Very Good / No Jacket.  #419/542 Signed by Author.  red cloth.  gilt design stamped on front and rear boards.  spine faded.  head and tail of spine creased and heavily rubbed.  slight rubbing to edges of boards.  some discoloration to endpapers and pages.  page edges darkened.  previous owners signature on front free endpaper.  $75.00

 

000141.  James, Henry.  A London Life.  New York: Grove Press.  Limited Edition.  #66/100.  Hard Cover.  Very Good / No Jacket.  brown cloth and gray paper boards.  spine faded.  edges darkened.  cloth discolored.  discoloration to endpapers, pages and page edges.  158pp.  $100.00

 

00143.  Fitzgerald, Edward (Rendered Into English Verse By).  Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayyam.  Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.  New York and London: Hodder and Stoughton.  Hard Cover.  Very Good / No Jacket.  Printed From The Second Edition By Kind Permission Of Messrs. Macmillan & CO., Ld.  cream cloth.  gilt lettering and design on front board and spine.  slight rubbing to boards.  two slightly raised areas on cloth -- one is on spine and front cover and the other is only on the spine.  bottom corners slightly bumped.  a few tiny brown dots on endpapers.  very small tear to endpaper on hinge.  20 color plates tipped in.  unpaginated.  Beautiful Binding and Illustrations.  $750.00

 

000065.  McEwan, Ian.  The Child In Time.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1987.  Uncorrected Proof.  Signed by Author.  Very Good / No Jacket.  spine faded.  tiny brown stain on top edge.  263pp.  $65.00

 

000145.  Stanley, F.  The Apaches of New Mexico 1540-1940.  Pampa, Texas: Pampa Print Shop, 1962.  First Edition.  Hard Cover.  Signed by Author.  Very Good / Very Good.  yellow cloth.  red lettering on spine and front cover.  corners slightly bumped and rubbed.  a few tiny stains here and there on boards.  some discoloration to cloth on edges around front and rear paste-down endpapers.  hinge cracked at copyright page.  rear paste-down endpaper bubbled up and tearing to right of hinge.  tiny stains on top edge and a few smudges on fore-edge.  dust jacket has a small piece cut out on top right corner of flap and the corner is also creased.  spine faded.  449pp.  scarce press.  $200.00   

 

000146.  Hislop, Herbert R.  An Englishman's Arizona: The Ranching Letters of Herbert R. Hislop 1876-1878.  Illustrated by Hazel Fontana.  Tucson, Arizona: The Overland Press, 1965.  Hard Cover.  Very Good / Very Good.  Introduction by Bernard Fontana.  cloth is a mix of green, gold and brown with paper label on front board.  brown cloth spine with gilt lettering.  510 Copies Of This Book Have Been Printed At The Pass Of The North - Carl Hertzog.  slight creasing to pages at top near hinge.  74pp.  $200.00

 

000150.  Nelson, John Louw.  Rhythm For Rain.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1937.  First Edition.  Hard Cover.  Very Good / Very Good.  Illustrations.  black cloth.  slight discoloration to endpapers, pages and page edges.  previous owners name and date written in ink and then marked out with a black marker on paste-down endpaper.  dust jacket price clipped.  edges of dust jacket are heavily creased, rubbed, chipped and torn.  264pp. plus glossary and plates.  scarce.  $125.00

 

000147.  Kipling, Rudyard.  Actions and Reactions.  New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1909.  First American Edition.  Hard Cover.  Fine / No Jacket.  green cloth.  gilt lettering and black sailing ship stamped in on front cover and spine.  gilt top edge.  previous owners book plate on front free endpaper.  324pp.  illustrated.  very fine.  $100.00

 

000149.  Ruark, Robert.  Use Enough Gun: Ruark On Hunting Big Game.  New York: The New American Library, 1966.  First Printing.  Hard Cover.  Very Good / Very Good.  With Drawings by the Author.  Edited by Stuart Rose.  blue and black cloth.  dust jacket slightly rubbed and discolored on spine, corners and edges.  a few very small tears along edges of dust jacket and one small sticker on back cover of dust jacket.  333pp.  $75.00

 

000155.  Banks, Russell. Searching For Survivors.  New York: Fiction Collective, 1975.  First Edition.  Paperback.  Signed by Author.  Very Good / No Jacket.  14 Stories.  signed by author on title page.  $65.00

 

000152.  Wright, Harold Bell.  A Son Of His Father.  New York: D. Appleton And Company, 1925.  First Edition.  Hard Cover.  Very Good / Very Good.  red cloth.  gilt lettering on front cover and spine.  corners and edges rubbed.  some foxing and discoloration throughout.  dust jacket heavily creased and rubbed with some small stains and smudges.  there are also some chips and tears to jacket around edges.  355pp.  $125.00 

 

000161.  Senour, Caro.  Master St. Elmo: The Autobiography Of A Celebrated Dog.  Chicago: The Juvenile Book Company, 1904.  Hard Cover.  Very Good / No Jacket.  Thirty-eight Original Illustrations.  brown decorated cloth.  slight lean to spine.  some stains to front and rear boards.  corners bumped.  edges rubbed and beginning to fray.  some stains here and there on endpapers and pages.  153pp.  $100.00

 

000158.  Haley, J. Evetts.  Men Of Fiber.  Illustrated by Jose Cisneros.  El Paso, Texas: Carl Hertzog, 1963.  Shamrock Edition.  Very Good.  Reprinted From The Shamrock Magazine For The Friends And Customers Of The Shamrock Oil And Gas Corporation Amarillo, Texas.  Designed by Carl Hertzog.  brown wrappers.  one very small tear near staple on front cover.  the rear cover and last two pages have small tears on bottom edge.  some occasional foxing.  39pp.  $40.00

 

000165.  Hemingway, Ernest.  A Divine Gesture.  Aloe Editions, 1974.  Very Good.  orange wrappers.  #210/250 copies.  $100.00

 

000151.  Cheeseman, Bruce S. (Editor).  My Dear Henrietta: Hiram Chamberlain's Letters To His Daughter, 1846-1866.  Kingsville, Texas: King Ranch Inc., 1993.  First Edition.  Very Good.  Edited and Annotated with an Introduction and Commentary by Bruce S. Cheeseman.  brown paper wrappers.  signed by Cheeseman. sticker on front endpaper.  small discolored area near bottom edge of front cover and one tiny stain.  104pp. plus Epilogue.  $50.00

 

000172.  Braine, John.  Room At The Top.  London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1957.  Very Good.  Rough Uncorrected Proof Copy.  lean to spine.  front wrapper is beginning to pull away.  there are a few very tiny tears and some creasing along edges of wrappers.  one discolored area near top right corner of front wrapper.  some discoloration and spotting to half-title and to last page.  256pp.  $1,000.00

 

000167.  Carpenter, G.R.  A Translation Of Giovanni Boccaccio's Life Of Dante.  New York: The Grolier Club, 1900.  Limited Edition.  Hard Cover.  Very Good.  one of three hundred copies.  brown and cream decorative vellum.  boards slightly warped.  a few stains here and there on boards.  floral endpapers.  some foxing throughout.  186pp.  beautiful binding.  $200.00

 

000170.  Wilson, Joyce Lancaster.  The Work And Play Of Adrian Wilson.  Austin: W. Thomas Taylor, 1983.  Limited Edition.  Hard Cover.  Very Good.  A Bibliography with Commentary.  #217/325.  reddish brown morocco and cream linen boards.  gilt lettering on spine.  some stains and discoloration to boards.  black and white photographs and facsimile pages tipped in.  158pp.  $750.00

 

000174.  Hervey, John.  Racing In America 1922-1936.  New York: The Jockey Club, 1937.  Hard Cover.  brown cloth and paper boards.  paper label on spine.  bottom edges rubbed.  corners bumped and rubbed (top right corner very heavily rubbed).  a few stains and discolored areas on front board.  several small tears at head and tail of spine.  front hinge cracking at preliminary blank page.  oversized volume.  293pp.  $600.00

 

000012.  The Fables of La Fontaine.  Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1884.  Very Good.  translated from the French with twenty-five original etchings by A. Delierre.  #120/250 copies.  small rectangular slip tipped in on half title page, numbered and signed by Roberts Bros. Quarter Bound vellum/green cloth.  La Fontaine's Fables in English Verse in gilt lettering on spine with illustrations.  gilt and red illustrations to front board.  cloth beginning to lift up at seam on front board.  edges rubbed.  corners rubbed through to boards.  spine slightly cocked.  hinge cracking.  slight crease on boards at front and back hinges.  some indentions to page edges at bottom (lines).  small space at head of spine between spine and binding.  name and date written in black ink on preliminary blank page.  Beautifully Illustrated.  $450.00 

 

000177.  Quiller-Couch, A. T.  The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales From The Old French.  Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.  London: Hodder & Stoughton.  Hard Cover.  Very Good.  brown cloth.  gilt lettering and design.  30 colour plates tipped in.  boards are slightly warped.  edges rubbed and beginning to fray in one area at head of spine.  front and rear hinges beginning to crack.  some occasional foxing.  some stains and discoloration to endpapers, pages, page edges and fore-edge.  129pp.  $650.00  

 

000171.  Brown, John Henry.  The Indian Wars And Pioneers Of Texas.  Austin, Texas: L.E. Daniell.  Hard Cover.  Very Good.  green cloth.  gilt lettering on spine and front board.  marbled top edge and fore-edge.  some rubbing and discoloration to boards.  corners bumped and rubbed.  slight lean to spine.  floral endpapers.  front free endpaper has a few chips to edge.  crease to bottom corner of first few pages.  some smudges and stains here and there.  rear hinge cracking at index.  762pp.  $1,500.00

 

000175.  Moore, Marianne.  Occasionem Cognosce: A Poem.  Lunenburg, Vermont: The Stinehour Press, 1963.  Limited Edition.  Inscribed By Author.  Very Good. sewn wrappers.  paper label on front wrapper.  This is number 18 of 175 copies of this First Edition printed as a Lowell House Separatum in honor of Elliott And Mary Perkins, May 1963.  Designed by Eric Martin and Laurence Scott.  Inscribed to Richard Thoma by author.  previous owners book plate on preliminary blank page.  $300.00. 

 

000178.  Elkus, Richard J.  Alamos: A Philosophy In Living.  San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1965.  Limited Edition.  Hard Cover.  Very Good.  Photographs & The Written Word.  brown leather and linen sides.  #269/487 copies signed by Richard Elkus, Edwin Grabhorn and Robert Grabhorn.  black and white photographs tipped in.  linen beginning to fray on seam where it meets leather on front and rear boards.  bottom edges heavily rubbed.  a few very small stains on front and rear endpapers.  oversized volume.  $400.00

 

000183.  Conrad, Joseph.  John Galsworthy: An Appreciation.  Canterbury: 1922.  Printed for Private Circulation by H.J. Goulden, Limited.  First Edition, First Issue, without the title page.  limited to 75 copies.  light green stapled wrappers.  wrappers faded.  slight ink stains on inside wrapper from paper laid in.  13pp.  $550.00

 

000181.  Four Fictions:  Joseph Conrad: The Lagoon; Gustave Flaubert: The Legend of Saint Julian; Henry James: The Jolly Corner; Luigi Pirandello: The Annuity.  Illustrated by Blair Hughes-Stanton, Michele Forgeois, Joseph Low, and Paolo Carosone.  Kentfield, California: The Allen Press, 1973.  Limited Edition.  Hard Cover.  Very Good / No Jacket.  A Concise Presentation Of Literature, Book Arts And Crafts Of England, France, United States, And Italy.  1 of 137 copies.  prospectus laid in.  cream and gold boards.  slight discoloration to boards.  some very heavily rubbed areas at head and tail of spine -- rubbed through paper to boards.  a few very small tears to paper on each side of spine at head and tail.  some darkening to some of the pages and page edges.  oversized volume.  $400.00

 

000184.  Trinka, Zena Irma.  Out Where The West Begins: Being the Early and Romantic History of North Dakota.  Illustrated by D.F. Barry.  St. Paul: The Pioneer Company, 1920.  First Edition.  Hard Cover.  Very Good / No Jacket.  black cloth.  gilt lettering and design.  spine and edges faded.  corners and edges rubbed.  floral endpapers.  some creasing to paste-down endpaper near hinge.  small tear on front free endpaper along hinge.  previous owners name and date on preliminary blank page.  a few small stains near top of title page and on tissue paper in front of title page.  folding map has a few tears.  rear hinge beginning to crack.  432pp.  $150.00