Various from Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books

Sauk City, WI: Arkham House; Publishers, 1967. First U.S. edition, first printing . Hardcover. Fine/Very good plus. 3045 copies published. Jaffrey, The Arkham House Companion, #100. Dust jacket illustration by Frank Upatel. Fine in very good plus dust jacket with the merest hint of toning to the rear and spine panels. $4.00 price present on the front flap.… Read more about this item

Portland, OR: Pomegranate Communications, Inc., 2006. Reprint edition . Hardcover. As New/Fine. Edward Gorey. An unread, as new copy in like dust jacket.

Portland, OR: Cross & Dimmitt [no date, 1920s]. Postcard. Fine. Nineteen Columbia River Highway postcards. Cross & Dimmitt photo numbers 251, 254, 269, 273, 372, 374, 377, 391, 395, 396, 399, 400, 408, 413, 415, 416, 418, 427, 432. Minimal indication that some were mounted in an a previous album with postage stamp hinges. They are currently mounted… Read more about this item

Peoria, IL: Space Study Unit [1978-1979], 1912. Card stock.. Fine. Entrance K, Section 10, Fourth Day Only. "The party nominated President William H. Taft and Vice President James S. Sherman for re-election for the 1912 United States presidential election. Sherman died days before the election, and was replaced as Republican vice-presidential nominee by Nicholas M. Butler of New… Read more about this item

Chicago: Better Reading Program Inc., 1965. Soft cover. Fine. The boxed set includes the Mechanical Visualizer plus five printed soft cover books, other printed material, and stylus. The books are titled Reader Rater Book One, Visualizer Practice Slides Junior Set: R1-7, Visualizer Practice Sliides Adult Set: A-Reading, Reading Skills, and Visualizer Progress Record, unused. The box corners show… Read more about this item

St. Louis, MO: Woodward & Tierman Printing Co., 1908. Paper. Fine. Entrance A, Section Platform. "The 1908 Democratic National Convention took place from July 7 to July 10, 1908, at Denver Auditorium Arena in Denver, Colorado. It was the first convention of a major political party in a western state. The city did not host another nominating convention… Read more about this item

Green Bay, WI: Bay West Paper Company, 1920. Stiff card cover. Fine. Every Motorist Needs It." A unique wash-up kit in a stiff paper folder containing paper towels and sheets of soap, thin like paper, with instructions on use. A great item for travel or camping. The kit is complete and has never been used. In fine condition.… Read more about this item

Yerba Buena Chapter #1, 1982. First edition . Soft cover. Fine. Golden Jubilee Banquet celebrating the 50th anniversary of the revival of the Order. Wednesday, August 25, 1982, Fort Mason Officers Club, San Francisco, California. Includes menu, and essay on the founding of the order. Two or three what look like tiny food spots on the covers. Eight… Read more about this item

Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society Publishers, Ltd., 1974. First edition First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Robert McCall. Foreword by Edwin E. [Buzz] Aldrin, Jr. 169 pages of text by Isaac Asimov and art by Robert McCall. Fine in near fine silver foil dust jacket lettered and illustrated in blue, black and read.

Cambridge, MA; [2004]: Candlewick Press. First US edition, third printing Third printing. Hardcover. As New. Pienkowski, Jan.. Third printing of this beautiful carousel book tells the story of the first Christmas through a series of five exquisite three-dimensional cutout silhouettes. Paper engineering by Helen Balmer with Lois Bulew Osborne. A fine and bright as new copy. Issued without… Read more about this item

Denver: Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, 1954. First edition . Hardcover. Fine. 302 pages with tables, maps and foldouts, plus four folded maps in the rear pocket. Bound in dark maroon pebbled cloth with gold and blue lettering and illustration. Small neat stamp of Robert B. Schick on the front endpaper and the maps. A fine and bright… Read more about this item

Boston, MA: Wolf R&D Corporation, 1962. Slide Calculator. Fine. Slide calculator to determine position of Friendship 7 over the earth in 1962. 14 x 5 inches. Issued at the Worlds Fair, Seattle, 1962. Includes 10 page illustrated instruction manual. Slide calculator and manual are both fine, unused within a long well worn illustrated paper sleeve.

Rochester, NY;: Vacuum Oil Company, 1917. First edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Topics include Classification, Field of Service, Construction, Principle of Operation, Coooling, Gas, Methods of Lubrication, Oil, and Deposits. 16 pages with illustrations, some with color. Bound in original tan string tied covers with brown lettering, engine illustration in blind. Two letters and numerals stamped in… Read more about this item

New York: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1937. First edition . Magazine. Near Fine. Cigar store stamp to the rear cover. A near fine copy.

New York: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1937. First edition . Magazine. Very good plus. Barely noticeable signature and two tiny stamps to the front cover. A very good plus copy.

San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1992. First edition. first printing . Soft cover. Fine. A collection of interview highlights conversations between people working in art, film, theater, and literature. Interviews with Salman Rushdie, David Salle, Martin Amis, Al Pacino, Kathy Bates, and others. 228 pages with photographs throughout. A fine and bright copy.

US Government Printing Office / GPO, 1970. Soft cover. Fine. Letter of Transmittal and the report. 22 pages with two maps. Some neat red underlining, else a fine copy.

New York: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1937. First edition . Magazine. Near Fine. Barely noticeable signature to the front cover. A near fine copy.

New York: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 1959. First edition Later Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. First printed was in 1957. 52 pages of recipes with 1950's style color illustrations, plus index. A near fine, bright copy. Appears unused.

San Francisco: Gleeson Library Associates / University of San Francisco, 1968. Folded sheet. Near Fine. Two fold sheet with reproduction of the title page and frontispiece of a volume from the Rare Book Room of the Gleeson Library. Near fine,