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

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1972. Fourth printing. Hardcover. Very good/Good. Fourth printing. Octavo (8 3/4" x 6"): pp. [6], 231. Black photographic paper dust jacket with gold and white titles. Blue-green cloth over boards, with bright gilt lettering to front and spine, with red underline device to both. Sunning to dustjacket with edgewear and darkening to edges, some light chipping, and one small tear to bottom of back panel. $6.55 price tag to front flap. Very slight rubbing to extremities. Text block lightly age-tanned with tiny (3/8") stain to top edge. Unmarked text, tight, bright. INSCRIBED to front free endpaper.: "May 2, 1974 / With all best wishes from the author/Sincerely/Louis Auchincloss" "The absorbing story of a man who succeeds honestly as a lawyer and a politician in the scramble of metropolitan society only to succumb to temptation at the height of his career. Tony Lowder's story is a modern study both of guilt and expiation and of the relationships between the inner and… Read More

Bend, Oregon: Maverick, 1989. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Bend, OR: Maverick, 1989. First edition. 10 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches: pp. [8], 294. White photographic cardboard cover with black type. Illustrated throughout with maps, photographs.. Inscribed and signed by the author. Light edge and corner wear to wraps. interior clean, bright and unmarked in tight binding. Excellent period history, based on numerous personal accounts.

Tokyo: The Ishi Press, Inc, 1973. First Edition. Paperback. Good. Tokyo: The Ishi Press, Inc., 1973. First edition, first printing. 7 1/8 x 5 inches: pp. 152. Pink pictorial cardboard wraps with black and white type. With 1 page catalog of other Ishi Press titles. Light edge and corner wear. Sun fading at spine. A few pages with yellow highlighting. Binding tight. In depth analysis of the various opening game play strategies for the game of Go.

Indianapolis: Carlon & Hollenbeck, 1880. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Indianapolis: Carlon & Hollenbeck, 1880. First edition. 7 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches: pp. xxiv, 516, (2). Green cloth with engraved patterns and borders on covers and spine, black ink in the patterns on front board and spine, and gold gilt titles. Frontispiece illustration of John Brant, Mohawk chief, and illustration of Pocahontas facing Chapter 1. Significant rubbing wear to boards and spine. Heavy rubbing on upper corners of boards and upper rear spine join - board is exposed. Small tear, possibly sticker damage, on bottom corner of free facing end page. Toning. Text is unmarked. Front hinges is cracked but still intact. Binding solid overall. Early Native American account of the encounters of Native American tribes and white settlers in the 19th century, a series of essays which explores particular conflicts and encounters from the perspectives of Native Americans defending their land against the encroachment of expansion. it… Read More

Philadelphia: Lindsay and Blakiston, 1860. Hardcover. gGood. Philadelphia: Lindsay and Blakiston, 1860. 7 1/2 x 5 inches: pp. viii, 284. Forest green pebbled cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Several plates. Spine cracked but holding. Some wear to boards, light bumping. Text is unmarked, but with minor foxing. An interesting scientic curio from the 18th century.

Tokyo: Daiyamondo Jigiyo Kabushiki Kaisha, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good Dust Jacket and Good Slipcase. Tokyo, Japan: Daiyamondo Jigiyo Kabushiki Kaisha, 1937. First edition. 9 x 6 inches: pp. xix, iii. (3), ii, 399 pages. With original thin paper dust jacket which is chipped at top, has tears and is toned. Blue cloth, large octavo with titles in gilt and family crest design on cover in gilt. Housed in original cardboard slipcase with black titles on spine. 17 pages of photos. Corners sharp, cover bright, textblock square. Interior clean, binding tight. Some foxing, soiling to edges. Slipcase has wear, rubbing at edges. Shibusawa [1840-1931] founded the first modern bank in Japan and helped move Japan into the modern capitalist age by founding joint stock companies and also encouraging foreign trade and international relations.

Pennsylvania: A.G. Halldin Publishing Company, 1990. First Edition. Paperback. Good. Pennsylvania: A. G. Halldin Publishing Company, 1990. 8 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches: pp. vi, 170. White with some red illustrated wraps with black type. Notes, appendices. Three maps, six photos. Light cover wear, creasing. Some scuffs to rear wrap. Interior clean, bright and unmarked. Binding tight. Well documented military history. The author served in the 99th Infantry Divison.

Bombay: The Times Press, 1917. First Edition. Good. Bombay: The Times Press, 1917. First edition. 7 1/2 x 5 inches: pp. [87], 142. Blue cloth with titles in gilt. Corners and spine bumped, textblock square, some spotting to rear board, titles bright. Text clean, previous owner's name on front endpaper, small printed stamp from commercial company in Bombay on front pastedown. Otherwise pages are age toned, but unmarked. Binding tight. C.A. Kincaid [1870-1954] was a high court judge in Colonial India and author.

Pearl Harbor: High Commissioner: Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, 1950. First Edition. Staplebound. Very Good. Amelia Ten Kotte. Pearl Harbor: High Commissioner: Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, 1950. 7 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches: pp. 43. Tan wraps with with wicker pattern and title in black. Unnumbered vocabulary page at end. Side stapled. Some rubbing to spine. Gift inscription, looks to be from the author and her immediate family, dated Christmas 1950 on title page. Otherwise clean, unmarked. Binding firm. First level reader. Cheerful color illustrations on each story page.