Search Results: Titles starting with A from Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse

Chicago, IL: Hazlitt & Walker, 1910. Hardcover. Good. Chicago, IL: Hazlitt & Walker, 1910. 7 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches: pp. 378, [14]. Original burgundy cloth with titles stamped in gold gilt on cover and spine. Plus 14 pages of period advertisements. Decorated endpapers, Over 250 text figures, one foldout. Some frays to head and tail of spine, corners rubbed and bumped, titles bright. Bookplate inside front cover. Name and location written in pencil on upper edge of title page. Some light foxing, toning. Text clean, unmarked. Binding solid.

Garden City, New York: Venus Book Club, 2004. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Garden City, NY: Venus Book Club, 2004. 8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches: pp. 171. Green Photographic paper jacket with dark green, white and black type. Black cloth boards with silver gilt type. Dust jacket has light wear, scuffing, a couple of deep scratches on front panel. Pages are age toned, but unmarked. Binding tight. Part 3 of The Office trilogy.

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1972. 9 1/4 x 12 inches: pp. 144. White, photo-illustrated dust jacket with black type. Gray cloth with spine titles stamped in gold gilt. Over 100 photographs in black and white. Dust jacket which has the front flap detached. Jacket has a crease, edge wear, and a few small tears. Corners square, nice bright cover. Interior clean, no marks. Binding tight.

London and New York: Routledge, 1993. First Edition. Trade paperback. Good. London and New York: Routledge, 1993. First edition. 9 1/4 x 6 inches: pp. xii, 321. Red stiff cardboard covers with illustration by Hunt Emerson and white, yellow and black type. With appendices, notes, bibliography, index. Edge and corner wear, scuffing, scratches, creasing to cover. Handling wear. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. An international history of comics for older readers, covering the end of the nineteenth-century to the early '90s.

Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1981. Full leather. Near Fine. Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1981. 9 x 6 1/4 inches: pp. xxvi, 764. This Easton Press Limited edition is bound in black-color, genuine leather with elegant 22-karat gold accents. Gilt lettering on classic hubbed spines of two raised bands dividing three panels. All edges gilt to protect against dust and moisture. Rich light brown-colored moire endpapers, and sewn-in silk ribbon book mark. Pages are thread-sewn for strength and durability, have long-lasting, acid-neutral, archival quality paper, and a handsome, readable typeface. Some light scuffing on gilt on all edges. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. "A definive text, corrected and edited by Edgar W. Smith, with an Introduction by Vincet Starrett, and illustrated with a selective colation of the original illustrations by Frederic Dorr Steele, Sidney Paget and others." Contains A Study in Scarlet; The Sign of the Four; the twelve adventures originally published as "The Adventures… Read More

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1924. First edition. 8 7/8 x 5 7/8 inches: pp. xviii, 353. Green cloth with titles in red gilt. Frontis, 44 pages of illustrations. Some chafing to corners, general wear, soiling, scuffing to covers. Bookstore sticker on bottom corner inside front cover - Emily Mundy's Book Shop, Syracuse, New York. Text clean and unmarked with light toning and foxing to pages. Binding tight, sound. Sir Toby Alfred Robinson [1867-1934] was a sportsman [he was on the polo team in the 1900 Olympic Games], an aviator, motor racing enthusiast and also served as a British intelligence officer. This book chronicles the state of affairs at the end of World War I. In particular, he gives accounts of Turkey after the Russian withdrawal and the beginnings of the Turkish nationalist movement.

New York: Golden Press, 1971. Second Printing. Hardcover. Good. Giannini. New York: Golden Press, 1971. Second printing. 12 x 10 1/2 inches: pp. 60. Glossy pictorial covers with black, red and purple type. Rubbing to extremities. Sticker residue to upper corner of front cover, some wear, soiling to covers in general. Small crack at bottom front hinge. Previous owner's name to top of front pastedown. Text is unmarked. Binding solid. 60 pp. of colorful, positive, still-innocently frolicsome adventures of a puppy and a kitty.

New York: Pocket Books, 1983. First Edition. Mass market paperback. Good. Kevin Eugene Johnson. New York: Pocket Books (Timescape), 1983. First edition, first printing. 7 x 4 1/4 inches: pp. 192. Red illustrated cardboard covers with red, white and black type. Edge and corner wear, Creasing, lean at spine. Bottom corner of back cover is torn off. Pages are age toned, but unmarked. Binding tight. Sword and sorcery short story and novella collection, penned by feminist science fictiona and fantasy writer, Russ, featuring Alyx the assassin and thief.

Los Angeles, California: Black Sparrow Press, 1975. First Edition. Pamphlet. Very good. Los Angeles, CA: Black Sparrow Press, March1975. 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches: pp. 16. Tan paper wraps with black type. First edition. Faint age-tanning to edge, and bump to lower corner. 8 Poems by Charles Bukowski: Solid State Marty; Interviews; Face of a Political Candidate on a Street Billboard; Yankee Doodle; Blue Moon, Oh Bleweeww Moooon How I Adore You!; Nothing Is As Effective As Defeat; Success; Africa, Paris, Greece. "SPARROW appears monthly. It prints poetry, fiction, essays, criticism, commentaries & reviews. Each issue presents the work of a single author. The poet is prophet." (from front cover).

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1971. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1971. First edition, limited to 450 copies. 10 3/4 x 7 1/4 inches: pp. 84. Brown cloth over illustrated paper boards, paper spine label. Original brown paper dust jacket. Color woodcuts by Mallette Dean. Introduction by Oscar Lewis. Dust jacket has some minimal toning at edges. Corners square, nice bright cover. Interior bright and clean. Some foxing. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. LACKS Prospectus. Selected from articles written by Hunt and published in the weekly New York Independent Magazine, this is Publication number 137 of the Book Club of California.

New York: McClure, Phillips and Company, 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. New York: McClure, Phillips and Company, 1905. First edition. 8 x 5 3/4 inches: pp. xiv, [2], 330, [2]. Green cloth with spine and cover titles in gold gilt, embossed ribbed pattern encircles cover titles. Foldout map of Alaska at rear. Index. Frontis photo of miners, 92 photo illustrations. Cover has a light stain on front, deep scratch on back, and some rubbing to spine, which affects title. Interior very good, clean in sound binding. The author traveled with a government committee through Alaska. Chapters include: The "Inside Passage"; Phases of Life on Beiring Sea; Nome and the Gold Fields of the Seward Peninsula; The Seal Islands; Alaskan Fisheries; Indians of Alaska, etc. Excellent period photos.

Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1898. First edition. 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches: pp. 256. Pictorial dark blue cloth with titles and decoration in gilt on front cover and spine. Rear cover has pictorial of snow-covered mountain. 16 plates. Cover shows light wear to corners and at top and bottom of spine. Previous owner's name on front endpaper, otherwise a nice bright and clean copy in strong binding. Copy does lack the folding map.

Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1898. First edition. 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches: pp. 256. Pictorial dark blue cloth with titles and decoration in gilt on front cover and spine. Rear cover has pictorial of snow-covered mountain. 16 plates. Light wear to corners and at top and bottom of spine. Previous owner's stamps to both front and rear pastedown endpapers. Number written in pen at the top of page 35. Otherwise a nice bright and clean copy. Binding started on page 16, next to plate, but is intact. Copy lacks the folding map.

London: William Kimber, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. London: William Kimber, 1955. First Edition. 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches: pp. 202. Red, black and white photographic paper dust jacket with red and black type. Red cloth with spine titles in goldgilt. Plus 6 pages of publisher catalogue. Translated by Mervyn Savill. Corners nudged, cover and titles bright. In dust jacket with closed tears at top and small chip and one inch chip at bottom. Stain across bottom rear of jacket and staining to inside of jacket. The jacket is in a mylar protector. Boards have some scuffing. Interior unmarked with toning, foxing. Binding tight. The author, a Luftwaffe pilot and squadron commander begins his narrative in 1944.

Evanston, IL: Row, Peterson and Company, 1936. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good. Hoopes, Florence and Margaret. Evanston, IL: Row, Peterson and Company, 1936. Second Edition. 8 x 6 inches, pp. 156. Yellow and blue lettering and illustrations to spine and front board of red cloth-covered boards. With word list. Full color illustrations to every page. Previous owner's name, in neat ink, to front pastedown, Along with penciled names Lynn, Larry, Tommy B., James, Lois, David, Kathy to front, and Angela, Sam, Gjevne, to rear). Moderate rubbing to extremities (this book USED by Children). Soiling on fore edge and on some page edges. Tight binding. The Alice and Jerry Books Reading Foundation Series. Contains: Alice and Jerry; The Surprise; Animals; Betsy Lee, Mr. Carl and Jack; and The Organ Man and the Monkey.

Buenos Aires: Paul Link, 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Buenos Aires, Paul Link, 1949. 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches: pp. 100. Color illustrated paper covered boards with black type. Bibliography. Illustrated throughout with photographs and text figures. Published by Paul Link - With the compliments of Nilssen, Olsen & Cia. Ltda. S. A., Wool Exporters, Buenos Aires. Edge wear, some slight bumping to boards. Text clean, unmarked. Binding tight. The author was Professor of Textile Industries of the National Industrial College of Buenos Aires. Economic and geographical look at sheep and wool production in South America and how it pertains to the United States.

Hartford: Oliver D. Cooke & Sons, 1823. First Edition. Leather_bound. Fair. Hartford: Oliver D. Cooke & Sons, 1823. First edition. 7 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches: pp. viii, 207, iv. 178. Full leather with gold gilt lettering and etchings on spine. Eleven pages of woodcuts. Boards scratched and chafed at edges, spine dull with wear at head and tail of spine. Textblock square, hinges strong, binding tight. Interior foxed throughout, endpapers torn and chipped. Last page of appendix has been torn out of the book. Introduction states that "In compiling the work it has been the aim to render it instructive and interesting; to treat the numererous sects in such a manner as to avoid giving just cause of offense."

New York, Toronto and London: The Macmillan Company, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. New York, Toronto and London: The Macmillan Company, 1970. First edition, first printing. 11 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches: pp. 191. Black photographic paper dust jacket with white lettering. Black cloth with rust red type. Ex-library copy. Dust jacket has edge wear, some creasing. Bottom portion of spine on dj has been clipped - where library call number sticker was. Boards have edge wear, light fading at upper edges. Tape outlines on inner flaps of dust jacket and inside front and back cover. Some library markings. Page 3/4 has a piece cut out from the top - no text is affected - and a pattern cut out in lower middle portion of the page - text is affected on lower first column in the preface (see photo). Otherwise interior contents are clean, unmarked. Binding tight. "...a sensitive and astute penetration in depth into the new commune culture of the 1970s, from its roots among the young dropouts in… Read More

New York: Greenwillow Books (HarperCollins), 2001. Early Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Vera B. Williams. New York: Greemwillow Books, 2001. 9 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches: pp. 72. Lavender illustrated dust jacket with multi-colored type. Boards replicate the same layout as dust jacket. Very light shelf and handling wear. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. Black and White and Colored Pencil drawings, and a lovely and compelling story.

New York: George Braziller, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Good. New York: George Braziller, 1963. First edition, first printing. 9 1/4 x 7 1/8 inches: pp. 128. Burnt sienna illustrated paper dust jacket with black and white type. Black cloth over gray, marbled boards with white and red type over spine. With Notes to the text, Biographical note and Index. Dust jacket in Brodart wraps. Edge wear, rubbing, light chipping, sun fading at exterior edges of dust jacket. Red sticker dot over original price on inner flap. Light edge wear to boards. Some foxing on edges. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. An examination of the specific artistic qualities that remain peculiar to the North American continent.