Recent Arrivals from Bluebird Books

New York: Weathervane / Random House Value Publishing. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1981. Hardcover. 0517210363 . An American reprint edition presenting the complete novels of England's Jane Austen. The novels include: Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion and Lady Susan. With an introduction by Claire Booss. Includes black… Read more about this item

London: The Folio Society. Near Fine. 1990. Hardcover. A compact, deluxe Folio Society edition presenting the love poetry of the English poet and cleric John Donne (1572-1631). Per the introduction by Kingsley Hart, Donne's ". . .love poetry is considered by many to be the finest in the language." Includes an index of first lines at rear… Read more about this item

New York: Chatham River Press / Arlington House, Inc.. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1983. Hard Cover. 0517415143 . A selection of poems by the eminent American poet Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) in a handsome reprint edition. Includes an introduction by George Gesner and several prefaces by different authors, including one by literary critic and close Dickinson… Read more about this item

London: The Folio Society. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2010. Hardcover. Full title: Roxana, The Fortunate Mistress: or, A History of the Life and Vast Variety of Fortunes of Mademoiselle de Beleau, Afterwards Called the Countess de Wintselsheim, in Germany, Being the Person known by the Name of the Lady Roxana, in the Time of King… Read more about this item

New York: Delacorte Press. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Stated First Printing. Editor Earl Parker Hanson has compiled excerpts from accounts left by various explorers of South America, from Christopher Columbus to Charles Darwin. The accounts were edited by Hanson, with his annotations and his introduction. Includes numerous maps by Adrienne… Read more about this item

Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing Co., Inc.. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1952. Hardcover. The famous grouping of love poems known as the Rubaiyat, were ". . .attributed to Omar Khayyam (1048–1131), dubbed the Astronomer-Poet of Persia" (per Wikipedia). With six color plates bearing the illustrations of Edmund Dulac; translated into English by Edward… Read more about this item

Boulder, Colorado: Johnson Publishing Company. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1972. Hardcover. Fourth printing, 1972, signed by author. Incredible quantities of gold were mined in and about Central City, Colorado in the years following the discovery of the mineral there in 1859. Caroline Bancroft's history of the area and the mines includes numerous b&w plates… Read more about this item

New York: The Modern Library. Fair with no dust jacket. [c.1931-36]. Flexible cloth. 0394605039 . Virginia-born and Nebraska-raised, Willa Cather (1873-1947) often wrote of pioneer life in the West. "Death Comes for the Archbishop" is set in the Territory of New Mexico and concerns the first bishop and his vicar who are sent there to establish the… Read more about this item

New York: E. P. Dutton and Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1955. Hardcover. Stated tenth printing, October 1955 of François Sagan's first novel, published when she was just 18. This work was very successful and was made into an Otto Preminger movie. Translated from the French by Irene Ash. --- In full red paper-covered boards… Read more about this item

Denver: Big Mountain Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1964. Hardcover. A signed history of Empire, the Colorado mountain town which is near the eastern end of the Continental Divide-crossing Berthoud Pass. Author Louise C. Harrison tells the town's story from the early mining days through more modern times with such advancements as the building… Read more about this item

New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1956. First US Edition. Hardcover. A first US edition (so indicated by publisher's circled 'R' on copyright page) of Corvette-Captain Fritz-Otto Busch's account of the sinking of the German battleship Scharnhorst during World War II. The ship had been very effective in sinking Allied… Read more about this item

Denver: Sage Books / Alan Swallow. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. A first edition (so indicated by lack of additional printings) of a look at fifteen famous Denver families and the homes in which they lived. Professional photographers Sally Davis and Betty Baldwin have provided over 200 black & white photos… Read more about this item

Denver: Historic Denver, Inc.. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1973. Hardcover. A comprehensive guide to 19th Century architecture in and around Denver, and to the architects who designed the buildings. With over 300 illustrations showing exteriors, architectural details and layouts, many from Colorado historical societies and libraries; as well as contemporary photos by Bart… Read more about this item

Denver, Colorado. Near Fine. [c.1975]. Hardcover. A signed, limited edition of a work marking the centennial of Denver's Saint Mark's Episcopal Church. First opening in 1875 (a year before Colorado statehood), the church and location made a few changes before the last building was built at 12th and Lincoln in central Denver in 1889. This commemorative… Read more about this item

Niwot, Colorado: University Press of Colorado. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1991. Hardcover. 087081219X . First edition, first printing with full number line on copyright page. Authors Richard Ellis and Duane Smith tell the history of Colorado using black & white photos, many not previously published. With 250 pictures showing all manner of historic… Read more about this item

Denver: Historic Denver Inc.. Very Good. 1981. Softcover. A paperback edition of Denver historian Tom Noel's look at the history of Larimer Street, a main thoroughfare in downtown Denver. With many historic black & white photos accompanying the author's text as he goes block-by-block, and door-to-door, presenting the often seamy past life of the various buildings… Read more about this item

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. 0806120045 . Stated first edition. Noted Colorado author Sandra Dallas traveled around the state of Colorado and asked people at the various towns she visited, "Where's the best old house in town?" The result was this tour of the state, showing… Read more about this item

New York: The Illustrated Modern Library. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1946. Hardcover. Ex-library. A rather scarce Illustrated Modern Library edition of the classic novel by Miguel de Cervantes, said to be the first modern European novel. Includes the sometimes alarming, always whimsical illustrations of Salvador Dali, including 10 two-page color pictures and numerous black &… Read more about this item

Boulder: Pruett Publishing Company. Near Fine. 2005. First Edition. Softcover. 0871089378 . First edition. A pictorial guide to some of the impressive mansions that were built in Denver, Colorado from the 1870s through 1938. Some of these handsome structures did not escape the wrecking ball, but many did. With plentiful black & white photos showing exteriors, interiors… Read more about this item

Palmer Lake, Colorado: Filter Press, LLC. Near Fine. 2010. Softcover. 086541095X . Author Pat Werner has compiled profiles of 37 historic Colorado homes which were later made into museums. The rich history of the State of Colorado is greatly enhanced with the stories of these homes and the families who lived in them. With black & white… Read more about this item