Recent Arrivals from Boojum and Snark Books

First edition. Quarto, full limp cowhide. One of the finest and rarest of Texas imprints, and one that has been referred to as the 'black tulip' of western fine printing. Of legendary rarity and highlighted in Al Lowman's The Printing Arts in Texas, this copy is accompanied by a letter from the author to Dudley Dobie concerning the book's origins… Read more about this item

F. A. Davis, Philadelphia, 1898 A good copy of an early edition, published in 1898 (the first edition/first printing was in 1896). Brown cloth-covered boards, gilt spine and front board lettering (still bright), 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches, 399 pp., index, "Illustrated with 16 Full-Page Chromo-Lithographic Plates and 115 Wood-Engravings in the Text". About good (backstrip starting, neatly repaired;… Read more about this item

Macmillan, New York, 1943 A good plus copy of the second edition (revised), 1943 printing. Green cloth-covered boards, gilt spine lettering (faded), 11 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches, 73 pp., index, 28 figures. Modest edgewear; mild foxing, endpapers; previous owner's name and date (August 1943) in neat script, front free endpaper; otherwise, pages clean and binding strong and square. (K077).… Read more about this item

Agricultural Experiment Station, South Dakota State University; Brookings, South Dakota, 1968 Softcover, stapled wraps, 9 x 6 inches, 111 pp., 55 figures. Very good. (K086). 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good.

Gibbs Smith, Salt Lake City, 1996 An exceptional, new hardcover copy of the first edition/first printing, with dustcover: book and dustcover flawless (only removed from shrinkwrap to catalog). Light tan boards, gilt spine and front board lettering, 10 1/4 x 8 7/8 inches, 160 pp., extensively illustrated (color photos). (K064). 1st Edition. Hardcover. New/New.

The Summit Publishing Group; Arlington, Texas, 1996 An excellent hardcover copy of the first edition/first printing, with dustcover: book and dustcover fine. Tan paper-covered boards, off-white cloth-covered spine, gilt spine lettering, 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches, 198 pp., b/w photo illustrations. (K036). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

Disney Press, New York, 1998 An exceptional hardcover copy of the first edition/first printing, with dustcover: book and dustcover as new, flawless. Glossy color-illustrated boards (with dustcover recapitulating these illustrations), 10 3/8 x 10 1/4 inches, 96 pp., index, extensively illustrated in color. No marks of previous owners; pages clean and binding tight and square. Dustcover not price-clipped. (K079). 1st… Read more about this item

A.S. Barnes; Cranbury, New Jersey, 1970 First American edition. Book very good plus, dustcover very good. Black cloth-covered boards, gilt spine lettering, 8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches, 162 pp., b/w photo illustrations. (K061). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

Crossroad Pub Co, New York, 1990 An exceptional hardcover copy of the first edition/first printing, with dustcover: book and dustcover as new. Black paper-covered boards, gilt spine lettering, 9 1/4 x 6 3/8 inches, 217 pp., index, b/w illustrations. Pages clean and crisp, binding tight and square. Dustcover in mylar jacket, not price-clipped. (K074). 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New.… Read more about this item

Everton Publishers; Logan Utah, 1971 Brown cloth-covered boards, gilt spine and front board lettering, 9 1/4 x 6 3/8 inches, 264 pp. Book near fine, dustcover very good plus. Dustcover in mylar jacket; not price-clipped. "A Survey of American Church Records is an invaluable addition for the libraries of serious students of American genealogy and for genealogical libraries throughout the… Read more about this item

Clarion Books, New York, 1994 An exceptional hardcover copy of the first edition/first printing, with dustcover: book and dustcover as new. Glossy color illustrated boards (recapitulating the dust cover illustrations), 10 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches, unpaginated, beautiful color illustrations on every page. No marks of previous owner's. Dustcover not price-clipped. No flaws. "Mbeku, the greedy tortoise, gets himself invited… Read more about this item

Stonehill Publishing, New York, 1976 First edition/first printing hardcover with dustjacket, inscribed and SIGNED by Hoffman ("Abbie"), with an interesting autograph letter signed by Hoffman ("chicot") laid in. The book is comprised of letters between Hoffman and his wife while he was underground. This is the hardcover issue, near fine in dust jacket, inscribed/signed by the author and with an… Read more about this item

Victor Daily Record; Victor, Colorado, 1904 This is the true first edition, and rare thus. (The Great Western Publishing Co. editions are second editions.) Green cloth-covered boards, gilt front board lettering and decoration (bright), 8 1/8 x 6 5/8 inches, 248 pp, decorated endpapers, frontispiece b/w photo of the author ("Yours Truly, Mrs. Emma F. Langdon") with tissue guard, multiple… Read more about this item

Macmillan, New York, 1938 First edition/first printing, inscribed and SIGNED by the author on the front free endpaper. Red cloth-covered boards, gilt spine lettering (substantially faded), gilt front board decoration, 8 1/8 x 5 1/2 inches, 468 pp. Fair. Spine slant; foxing, edges of book block; sunning, spine; spotty staining, front board; damp staining, lower fore-edge corner bleeding into lower… Read more about this item

Shelby County Civil War Cenntennial Committee; Shelbyville, Indiana, 1961 Near fine copy inscribed and SIGNED by the Chairman of the Shelby County Civil War Cenntennial Committee, John R. Wetnight on the front pastedown. Blue cloth-covered boards, gilt front board lettering, 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches, 56 pp., illustrations (drawings, photos, maps). No date, but circa 1961. Contents: Introduction; General… Read more about this item

Random House, New York, 1969 A very good hardcover copy of the first edition/first printing, without dustcover. Black cloth-covered boards, gilt spine lettering, blind-stamped front board, 8 1/4 x 5 5/8 inches, 153 pp. A little staining, rear board; binding tight and square; pages clean with small, minor exceptions. A nice hardcover copy of the first printing, without dustcover. (K075).… Read more about this item

University Park Press, Baltimore, 1972 This was Ferid Murad's copy (with his ink-stamped name on the front free endpaper). Ferid Murad is the distinguished physician and pharmacologist who was a co-winner of the Nobel prize in physiology or medicine in 1998. Murad won the Nobel Prize for his discovery concerning nitric oxide as a signalling molecule in the cardiovascular system.… Read more about this item

Southern Methodist Univ Press, Dallas, 1984 Softcover, 9 x 6 inches, 220 pp. including index. Fourth printing (1984). Near fine. (K086). Soft cover. Near Fine.

Facts on File, New York, 1991 An excellent hardcover copy of the first edition/first printing, with dustcover: book and dustcover fine. Grey paper-covered boards, black cloth-covered spine, gilt spine lettering, 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches, 273 pp., bibliography. Book near fine (remainder mark, bottom edge of book block, else fine). Dustcover fine (in mylar jacket; not price-clipped). "This dictionary… Read more about this item

University of Queensland Press, 1978 A good reading copy of the first edition/first printing. Brown boards, 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches, 218 pp. including bibliography and index, b/w photo illustrations. Good (moderate edgewear and rubbing, boards; pages clean and binding tight/square). No dustcover. (K086). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.