[019876] Jellison, Harold; Homel, D. B.. Antique & Collectible Fishing Reels: Identification, Evaluation, and Maintenance. Bellingham, Washington, U.S.A.: Forrest Park Pub, 1996. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. Near Fine ISBN: 1879522136. Generously illustrated for easy identification.144 pp. Yellow pictorial wraps near fine, interior is clean and tight. $45.00
[019877] Easterbrook, Don J.; Rahm, David A.. Landforms of Washington. Bellingham, WA: Western Washington University, 1970. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good Survey of the state's diverse landforms. 156 pp with illustrations, references, and color foldout geologic map of Washington. White pictorial wraps are slightly soiled and worn, interior is clean and tight. $35.00
[019878] Davis, Gene. Life Extension Studies: Reversing the Aging Process Study Course Manual. McMinnville, OR: Life Research Foundation, 1987. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. Plastic Comb. Very Good ISBN: 0961891904. "The purpose of this book is to take the reader through the simple step by step procedure of reversing the aging process in his physical body by upgrading the nature of his thinking," from the introduction. 226 pp with index and glossary. White wraps with brown spine are lightly toned and worn at the extremities, interior is clean and sound. $27.50
[019879] Unknown. Robinson R22 Flight Training Guide. Torrance, CA: Robinson Helicopter Company, 1988. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. Ring Binder. Very Good Private Pilot Rating Rotorcraft Helicopter and Ground Training Syllabus section 85 pp, Maneuver Guide 35 pp, plus safety procedures and notices. Blue ring binder is lightly soiled, interior has some instances of underlining and ink offset. $65.00
[019880] Scheuerman, Richard. The Wenatchee Valley and its First Peoples: Thrilling Grandeur, Unfulfilled Promise. ill. Clement, John. Wenatchee: Wenatchee Valley Museum, 2005. Limited. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Oblong. Hard Cover. Inscribed and Signed By Author. Very Good / No Jacket. Stunning volume on Wenatchee's early history, illustrated with color photographs and archival maps and illustrations, from a limited edition of 1,000. 145 pp, index and sources. Maroon paper boards have barely perceptible wear to the extremities, interior is tight and fresh. Inscribed to Ted. $65.00
[019881] Greenbaum, Michael D.. Icons of the West: Frederic Remington's Sculpture. Ogdensburg, NY: Frederic Remington Art Museum , 1996. First Edition. Folio. Hard Cover. Inscribed and Signed By Author. Near Fine / Good. ISBN: 0965105008. Generously illustrated survey of Remington's life, work and methods. 220 pp with index. Brown cloth boards have very minor shelf wear on spine, interior is clean and tight. Pale yellow dust jacket is very lightly sunned, has 1" tear on bottom front. Inscribed to Jeff and Amy. $250.00
[019882] Barber, Shirley. Shirley Barber's Classic Fairies Jigsaw Book. Victoria, Australia: Five Mile Press, 2003. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall Oblong. Hard Cover. Near Fine / No Jacket. Pink boards are illustrated with fairies courting amid the buttercups, picture features gold accents and a sweet border of wildflowers, baby fairies, mice and birds. Book includes four jigsaw puzzles set in printed borders. Puzzle pieces have never been removed from the board pages. Boards show very slight shelf wear; interior is pristine. $35.00
[019883] . The Art of Final Fantasy (Vol. IX). Indianapolis, IN, U.S.A.: Brady Publishing, 2001. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good / . ISBN: 0744000505. 159 pgs., illustrated in color. White pictorial wraps show light wear and soil, copy is internally clean and sound with some visible stitching noted. $45.00
[019884] Reid, Barry . The Paper Trip II. Fountain Valley, CA: Eden Press, Inc., 1987. 4to. Soft Cover. Very Good "For a new you through new ID." 78 pp. Blue paper wraps are very lightly worn and soiled, interior is clean and sound with light toning. $25.00
[019885] Reid, Barry; Clark, Cathy (editor). The Paper Trip I. Fountain Valley, CA: Eden Press, Inc., 1987. 4to. Soft Cover. Very Good "For a new you through new ID." 78 pp. Yellow wraps are very lightly worn and soiled, interior is clean and sound with light toning. $25.00
[019886] Vitale, Guido. Chinese Folklore: Pekinese Rhymes. Hong Kong: Vetch and Lee Ltd., 1972. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. Collection of Pekinese children's rhymes presented in Chinese with English translations and notes. Reprinted from an 1896 edition. 274 pp with indices to notes and subjects. Blue paper boards are lightly soiled and faded with 1" split on back bottom edge of spine, orange and white dust jacket is scarred, sunned and torn. $85.00
[019887] Halper, Vicki. This Flowering Earth: The Drawings and Etchings of Helen Loggie. Seattle: Frye Art Museum, 2000. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Square. Soft Cover. Stapled Wraps. Near Fine 13 page catalog for 2000 Seattle exhibit of this well-known Bellingham artist. Tan pictorial wraps show very minor edge wear, interior is pristine. $20.00
[019888] Holme, Rathbone; Frost, Kathleen M.. Decorative Art 1952-1953: The Studio Year Book of Furnishing and Decoration. London: The Studio Publications, 1953. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Good / Poor. "400 illustrations of furnishing and decoration," 128 pp, illustrated with black and white photographs and color ads in the back. Green cloth boards stamped in gold ink are lightly soiled and bumped with wear at the spine ends. Interior has light foxing and soil, not tight. Pictorial dust jacket with gray spine has tears and large open chips, tape repair. $45.00
[019889] West, Richard V.. Robert Van Vranken: Silent Paintings, Viewpoints 12. Seattle: Frye Art Museum, 2000. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Square. Soft Cover. Stapled Wraps. Near Fine Slim catalog for 2000 Seattle exhibit, unpaginated. Some of Van Vranken's paintings are framed behind cabinet doors; the doors are printed here as vellum overlays for an open/shut view. Green pictorial wraps show very minor edge wear, interior is pristine. $20.00
[019890] Byrne, Debra J.. The Urbane Cityscapes of Frederick Brosen, Viewpoints 16. Seattle: Frye Art Museum, 2002. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Square. Soft Cover. Stapled Wraps. Very Good Slim catalog for 2002 Seattle exhibit of richly detailed watercolor cityscapes, unpaginated. Gray-green pictorial wraps show very minor rubbing, interior is pristine. $20.00
[019891] Byrne, Debra J.. Dominic Cretara: Portals, Viewpoints 14. Seattle: Frye Art Museum, 2001. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Square. Soft Cover. Stapled Wraps. Signed By Artist. Very Good Slim catalog for 2001 exhibit of paintings that explore the artist's Boston childhood, unpaginated. Purple pictorial wraps signed in gold ink by Cretara show very light wear to the extremities, including small bump at upper right that affects the interior. Pages are clean and tight. $35.00
[019892] Rothstein, Bret. Chimeras: Stephen Fisher. Seattle: Frye Art Museum, 2000. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Square. Soft Cover. Stapled Wraps. Very Good Catalog for 2000 exhibit of prints and drawings, 9 pp. Red pictorial wraps are very lightly bumped and rubbed, interior is clean and tight. $35.00
[019893] Smith, Dean. The Flinn Foundation: The Story of Arizona's Flinn Foundation. Phoenix, AZ: Flinn Foundation, 1996. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Square. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. History of the largest philanthropic endownment in Arizona. 214 pp, with index and black and white photographs. Red cloth boards have very light soil, interior is clean and tight. Red cloth slip case is sound and sturdy with very light soil. $95.00
[019894] Davis, Jefferson; McPherson, James. The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Volumes I & II. New York, New York, U.S.A.: Da Capo Pr, 1990. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good ISBN: 0306804182. Lightly illustrated, each volume is indexed. Volume I has gray wraps that are very lightly bumped and scarred, volume II in tan wraps with minor sunning and shelf wear. Both volumes are clean and sound within. $35.00
[019895] Hindus, Milton. The Broken Music Box. London: Menard Press, 1980. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. 47 pp. Green paper boards have no noted flaws, interior is tight and fresh. Green dust jacket has very minor soil and edge wear. $25.00
[019896] Sparrow, Louise Kidder. Narrative Poems from Journal in Verse. Boston: Branden Press, 1970. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Acceptable. 100 pp. Dark blue cloth boards are very lightly bumped, interior is clean and tight. White dust jacket shows light soil, tears, and very small open chips. $25.00
[019897] Hubbard, Elbert. Respectability: Its Rise and Remedy. East Aurora, NY: The Roycroft Shop, 1905. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good Craft printed on deckle-edged paper in black and rust ink with decorative initial capitals, bound in red suede stamped in gold ink with the title and author name "Fra Elbertus." 122 pp. Suede cover shows very light soil and rubbing, edges have gently creased to conform to the pages, interior is tight with very minor soiling. $65.00
[019898] Crichton, Kyle S.. Law and Order Ltd.: The Rousing Life of Elfego Baca. ill. . Santa Fe, NM USA: New Mexican Publishing Corp., 1928. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good / Good. Colorful biography of a legendary New Mexico lawman. 219 pp, black and white photographs. Brown cloth boards are very lightly bumped and shelfworn, interior is clean and sound, not tight; title page has slight scarring near hinge. White dust jacket is lightly soiled and chipped, has closed tear on top front edge. $275.00
[019899] Humphrey, A. P.; Fremantle, T. F.. History of the National Rifle Association During Its First Fifty Years, 1859 to 1909. Cambridge MA: Bowes and Bowes , 1914. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. 495 pp with index. Blue cloth boards stamped in gilt ink are lightly rubbed and worn at the extremities. Name neatly inked on FFEP, interior is clean and tight with little foxing. $120.00
[019900] Murphy, Joseph. Magic of Faith. San Gabriel, CA: Willing Publishing, 1954. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Good / Good. 127 pp. Maroon cloth boards show very faint shelf wear; interior is sound, not tight, with light highlighting, neat ex libris inscriptions on front end papers, signed "Blessings, Joseph Murphy" on FFEP. Maroon dust jacket is price clipped, shows some rubbing, light soil, and small open chips. $45.00
[019901] Vishita, Swami Bhakta. The Development of Seership, the Science of Knowing the Future: Hindoo and Oriental Methods. Chicago: Advanced Thought, 1915. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Acceptable / No Jacket. 383 pp. Red cloth boards are lightly soiled, worn and bumped. Interior is clean, not tight, has broken back hinge. $25.00
[019902] Jans, Nick. The Grizzly Maze: Timothy Treadwell's Fatal Obsession With Alaskan Bears. New York, New York, U.S.A.: E P Dutton, 2005. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good Plus / Very Good. ISBN: 0525948864. 274 pp with index and bibliography. Blue paper boards with black spine show slight shelf wear and soil on close inspection, interior is pristine. White pictorial dust jacket is very lightly soiled and softly creased, has autographed sticker on front. $35.00
[019903] Jonas, Susan;Nissenson, Marilyn. Cuff Links. Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Harry N Abrams Inc, 1991. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Square. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0810931680. Beautifully photographed exploration of fine jeweled and precious metal cuff links.112 pp with index. Green cloth boards are clean and straight with very light sunning on bottom edge, interior is fresh and bright. Green dust jacket is sunned to blue on the spine, very lightly rubbed. $30.00
[019904] Unknown. United States Submarine Losses, World War II. Washington, DC: Naval History Division, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 1963. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. "Reissued with an appendix of Axis submarine losses, fully indexed." 244 pp, illustrated. Dark blue cloth boards with gold Department of the Navy seal are very lightly sunned and scarred, interior is clean and tight. $35.00
[019905] Teulings, Jozef; Engelbregt, Lactantius. Ter Gedachtenis Aan Mij. Het Jaar: Malmberg, 1939. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. 319 pp, illustrated, text in Dutch. Black cloth boards stamped with red fish insignia are lightly soiled and worn, faded on the spine. Interior is clean and sound. $35.00
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( 2.8 / 12 )Here are our latest acquisitions. These will soon be available on Amazon and ABE.com, but you get the first peek. Any of these books can be ordered by calling us at 360-733-6272 or emailing us at info@michaelsbooks.com.
[019827] Cullen, Countee. Copper Sun. ill. Cullen, Charles. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1927. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Soft Cover. Signed by Author. Good / No Jacket. Signed by author on FFEP, page also has previous owner's name and bookseller's stamp. Maroon flexible leather boards are lightly rubbed at the edges and sides of spine, spine ends are frayed, paper is exposed on roughly 1/2" at the bottom and 1/3" at top, spine has small splits on front. Interior is sound with a few instances of underlining. $250.00
[019828] Cullen, Countee. Color. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1925. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good / No Jacket. 108 pp. Black patterned paper boards with yellow pastedown label are lightly rubbed, chipped and bumped, front board has vertical crease down center. Light green cloth spine shows some soil, paper title label is clear and intact. Interior is lightly shaken and soiled, end papers are lightly toned with small bookseller's label in back. $150.00
[019829] Dunbar, Paul Laurence. The Uncalled. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1901. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. 255 pp. Brown cloth boards with green and black leaf and berry design on front are lightly bumped and worn at the spine ends. Interior is clean and sound. $25.00
[019830] Ward, Ned; Straus, Ralph. The London Spy Compleat, in Eighteen Parts. London: The Casanova Society, 1924. Limited/Numbered. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Reissue of the 1700 edition, numbered 710 in an edition of 1,000. Tan paper boards are lightly bumped and frayed at the corners, brown cloth spine is lightly rubbed and soiled, paper label is toned but sound. Deckle-edged pages are clean and sound with light marginal toning, free end papers are slightly browned, bookseller's label on back end paper. $77.50
[019831] Mapplethorpe, Robert; Shange, Ntozake. Black Book. New York, New York, U.S.A.: Bulfinch Press, 1996. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Soft Cover. Near Fine / Very Good. ISBN: 0821222783. Photographs of African-American men taken from 1977-1983, with introduction by poet Shange. Black pictorial wraps are in excellent condition with barely visible wear, interior is clean and tight. Matching dust jacket is very lightly rubbed and chipped, flaps are slightly yellowed. $25.00
[019832] Clements, Edith S.. Flowers of Coast and Sierra. New York: H. W. Wilson Co., 1950. 3rd Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Near Fine / No Jacket. Guide to wildflowers of the Pacific Coast, with 32 color plates. Black cloth boards are in very nice condition with minimal wear, stamped decoration of red and yellow columbines is bright and crisp. Interior is clean and tight. $25.00
[019833] Farmer, Fannie M.. Food and Cookery for the Sick and Convalescent . Boston: Little Brown, 1907. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good / No Jacket. 289 pp with index and black and white photographs. Green cloth boards are stamped with a pretty luncheon tray design, are lightly bumped and worn at the extremities. Interior is lightly shaken. $45.00
[019834] Townsend, Edward W.. Reuben Larkmead: A Story of Worldlings . ill. Morgan, Wallace. New York: G. W. Dillingham, 1905. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good / No Jacket. 205 pp. Green cloth boards are stamped with a whimsical design of a carrot dropping coins in dark green, red and gilt ink. Interior is clean, lightly shaken. $22.50
[019835] Montgomery, Elizabeth; Bauer, W. W.. Happy Days with Our Friends. ill. Steed, Ruth. Chicago: Scott, Foresman and Company, 1954. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Little sister Sally plays a prominent role in these Dick and Jane stories for early readers. Unpaginated, includes vocabulary list and teaching guide. Light blue cloth boards are lightly soiled and worn at the extremities. Interior has light must, is bright, tight and clean. $65.00
[019836] Bryce, James. The American Commonwealth, Vol. I & II. Chicago: Charles H. Sergel, 1891. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Dark blue cloth boards show rubbing, bumping and wear. End papers are lightly soiled and v. 1 has breaking hinge, both volumes have ex libris inscription and bookseller's stamp, interiors are clean and sound. May require additional shipping. $40.00
[019837] Kincaid, Harrison R.. Election Laws of the State of Oregon. Salem, OR: W. H. Leeds, State Printer, 1897. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Hard Cover. Good / No Jacket. 122 pp with index. Maroon cloth boards are lightly rubbed, soiled and worn at the extremities. Front hinge is splitting, interior pages are clean and tight with very light marginal toning. $50.00
[019838] Nodier, Charles; Dole, Nathan Haskell (translator). Trilby, the Fairy of Argyle. Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1895. First Edition. 12mo - 7 " Tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. 80 pp. Yellow paper boards with black cloth spine are stamped with red decorative swirls and a black fairy silhouette, are lightly soiled and worn at the corners and spine ends. Interior is lightly shaken, clean and unmarked. $35.00
[019839] Montgomery, D. Bruce. Solenoid Magnet Design: The Magnetic and Mechanical Aspects of Resistive and Superconducting Systems . Melbourne, Florida, U.S.A.: Krieger Pub Company, 1980. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 0882759930. 312 pp with index. Gray cloth boards are very lightly soiled and bowed, interior is clean and tight with small spot on fore edge. $175.00
[019840] Hayes, Miles V.. A Unified Field Theory. Lunenburg, VT: Stinehour Press, 1964. Limited. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Hard Cover. Inscribed. Good / No Jacket. From an edition of 500, Green cloth boards are very lightly soiled, cocked, and worn at the extremities. Interior is clean and sound. Inscribed to Jerry M. Redfern. $45.00
[019842] Cowan, Eugene. Basic Electromagnetism. New York: Academic Press, 1968. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. 476 pp with illustrations and index. Blue cloth boards are very lightly soiled and bumped, interior is clean and tight. $45.00
[019843] Whang, Sang. Reverse Aging: Not Science Fiction, But a Scientific Fact. Miami, FL: Self Published, 1990. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good 123 pp with bibliography. Purple wraps have very slight wear, interior is clean and tight. $25.00
[019844] Cady, Walter Guyton. Piezoelectricity: An Introduction to the Theory and Applications of Electromechanical Phenomena in Crystals, in Two Volumes. New York: Dover, 1964. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good Each volume has subject and name indices. White wraps are very lightly soiled, toned and worn, vol. 1 has small marker notation on front; interiors are clean and tight. $65.00
[019845] Percival, Harold. Thinking and Destiny: Being the Science of Man. Dallas, TX: The Word Foundation, 1982. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Near Fine / Good. ISBN: 0911650091. "With a brief account of the descent of man into this human world, and, how he will return to the eternal order of progression." 1021 pp with illustrations, index and glossary. Gold-stamped brown vinyl boards have no noted flaws, interior is clean and tight. White and blue dust jacket is very lightly soiled and creased. $45.00
[019846] Various. The Very Best from the Electrical Experimenter, 1916-1917. Bradley IL: Lindsay Publications, 1989. Reprint. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good Articles from the pages of The Electrical Experimenter magazine, reproduced as they originally appeared complete with illustrations and ads. Includes how-tos, coverage of electricity in medicine, articles about Tesla's work and much more. 105 pp. Light red wraps are very lightly worn, interior is clean and tight. $95.00
[019847] Various. International Tesla Society 1997 Resource Guide. Colorado Springs CO: International Tesla Society, 1997. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. Stapled Wraps. Good Catalog of publications on Tesla research, physics, technology, UFOs and more. Blue pictorial wraps are lightly worn and soiled, interior is clean and tight with very light marginal toning. $20.00
[019848] Hanson, David (editor); Various Authors. Tesla: A Journal of Modern Science Volume VIII, No. 1. Colorado Springs CO: International Tesla Society, 1997. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. Stapled Wraps. Very Good Special Inaugural Issue of the official magazine of the International Tesla Society under this title. The magazine was formerly titled ExtraOrdinary Science. 48 pp, generously illustrated with black and white photos. Tan pictorial wraps show very minor wear and tiny creases near spine, copy is overall in very nice condition. $20.00
[019849] Hanson, David (editor); Various Authors. ExtraOrdinary Science, Volume VIII, Issue 3. Colorado Springs CO: International Tesla Society, 1996. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. Stapled Wraps. Very Good July-Aug-Sept. 1996 issue of the official magazine of the International Tesla Society, the final issue published under this title before the magazine's name changed to Tesla: A Journal of Modern Science. 48 pp, purple pictorial wraps show some light rubbing and soil, interior is clean and tight. $25.00
[019850] Resines, Jorge. Final Reconstruction of the Tesla Magnifying Transmitter, Includes the Paper Pressure Zones. Garberville, CA: Borderland Sciences, 1991. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. Stapled Wraps. Very Good 60 pp, illustrated with line art and black and white photographs. Red wraps are very lightly scuffed and soiled, top corner has small curl. $25.00
[019851] Gallimore, J. G.. Collected Properties and Writings of J. G. Gallimore, Being Volume 2 of Handbook of Unusual Energies. Mokelumne Hill, CA: Health Research, 1977. Limited. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. Plastic Comb. Very Good 250 pp, illustrated, plus several pages of related readings. Green wraps with white plastic comb spine are very lightly soiled, interior is clean and sound. $75.00
[019852] Lane, Richard. Images from the Floating World: The Japanese Print . New York: Dorset Press, 1978. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0880290072. " Written by one of the foremost experts on Japanese prints, Images from the Floating World is an extensive history of the development of ukiyo-e in its sociological context and the lives of its masters," from the jacket. 364 pp, over 900 illustrations, with index and bibliography. Black cloth boards are clean and straight with very minimal corner wear, interior is clean and tight. White pictorial jacket is very lightly soiled, gentle shelf wear and one small closed tear noted on top edge. $40.00
[019853] Manara, Milo. Butterscotch: The Flavor of the Invisible. New York, New York, U.S.A.: Nbm Pub Co, 1994. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. Soft Cover. Very Good ISBN: 1561631094. Erotic comic about the adventures of an invisible man. 62 pp. Blue wraps are lightly soiled and chipped, interior is clean, bright and fresh. $20.00
[019854] Murphy, Joseph. The Meaning of Reincarnation. Marina Del Rey, CA: Willing Publishing, 1954. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Good / No Jacket. 86 pp. Green cloth boards are very lightly shelfworn, interior is sound with underlining, highlighting and small ink blots. $35.00
[019855] Shakespeare, William. 12 Plays, Midget Classics Boxed Set. London: Burgess & Bowes, 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Undated pocket editions of twelve Shakespeare plays, beautifully bound in maroon leather with gilt stamping on the spines, in original box. Includes King Lear, Othello, As You Like It, King Henry V, The Merchant of Venice, Julius Caesar, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Twelfth Night, Macbeth, Hamlet, Taming of the Shrew, and Romeo and Juliet. All volumes have glossaries, several include a selection of sonnets. In excellent condition with very minor wear. Black box is lightly soiled and rubbed, has gold "burgundy" lable on end of lid. $95.00
[019856] Hunting, Marshall T.. Gold in Washington, Division of Mines and Geology Bulletin No. 42. Olympia , WA: State of Washington, 1955. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good Overview of gold mining in Washington with history and notes on prospecting and production, lode and placer locations.157 pp with index, bibliography and foldout map. Tan wraps show very light sunning and soil on close inspection, interior is clean and tight. $125.00
[019857] Roosevelt, Theodore. The Rough Riders. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. 320 pp, illustrated. Brown cloth boards are blind stamped to give an embossed leather appearance and decorated with a gilt ink water canteen motif, show light rubbing and shelf wear at the extremities. Interior is clean and sound with very light toning. $20.00
[019858] Gordon, David Cole. Therapeutic Metaphors: Helping Others Through the Looking Glass. Capitola, California, U.S.A.: Meta Pubns, 1978. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 0916990044. 261 pp with reference list. Cream boards show rubbing and soil, ex libris inscription on FEP, LEP is lightly soiled. Interior is clean and tight. $25.00
[019859] Edson, Lelah Jackson. The Fourth Corner: Highlights from the Early Northwest. Bellingham, WA: Whatcom Museum of History and Art, 1968. Limited/Numbered Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover. Signed by Author. Very Good / No Jacket. Numbered copy of the essential local history of Whatcom County, Washington, written by one of the county's early residents. No. 873, 298 pp with index, illustrations. Blue boards are very lightlyl rubbed and worn at the extremities, interior is clean and tight. $35.00
[019860] Patterson, James E.. Pearl Inlay: An Instruction Manual for Inlaying Abalone and Mother of Pearl . Athens, OH: Stewart-MacDonald, 1991. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good Detailed, illustrated guide to making decorative shell inlays on guitars. Green wraps are lightly scratched and rubbed, interior is clean and sound with minor wrinkling from moisture noted on a few pages. $50.00
[019861] Shannon, M. L.. The Paper Trail: Personal and Financial Privacy in the Nineties. San Francisco: Lysias Press, 1994. 4to. Soft Cover. Good ISBN: 1884451071. 154 pp, illustrated. White wraps have small stains, interior is sound with very light soil on some pages. $22.50
[019862] Gruzinski, Serge. Painting the Conquest: The Mexican Indians and the European Renaissance. France: Flammarion, 1992. Folio. Hard Cover. Near Fine / Very Good. ISBN: 208013521x. 238 pp with glossary, bibliography and index. Black paper boards show extremely light shelf wear, interior is clean, fresh and tight. Red pictorial dust jacket is very lightly rubbed. $32.50
[019863] Biller, Geraldine P.;Sullivan, Edward J.;Rodriguez, Belgica. Latin American Women Artists = Artistas Latinoamericanas: 1915-1995. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A.: Milwaukee Art Museum, 1995. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Oblong. Soft Cover. Good ISBN: 0944110509. 198 pp with bibliography. Blue and red pictorial wraps with white spine are lighly scratched, have 1.5" split at bottom front of spine. Interior is clean and tight with very slight marginal toning. $32.50
[019864] Bridgeman, Thomas. The Young Gardener's Assistant in Three Parts. New York: C. M. Saxton & Co., 1863. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Acceptable / No Jacket. "Containing catalogues of garden and flower seeds with practical directions under each head for the cultivation of culinary vegetables and flowers; also directions for cultivating fruit trees, the grapevine, etc." Brown cloth boards are blind stamped with farm motifs are bumped and chipped, spine ends are worn flush with pages. Interior has one noted gutter and a slightly loose signature, front hinge is beginning to split, pages show light soil and toning. Ex libris inscription on FFEP. $75.00
[019865] Thomas, J. J.. Rural Affairs: A Practical and Copiously Illustrated Register of Rural Economy and Rural Taste, Vol. 1 . Albany, NY: Luther Tucker & Son, 1858. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good / No Jacket. 1855-6-7 edition with 440 engravings. "Including country dwellings, improving and planting grounds, fruits and flowers, domestic animals, and all farm and garden processes." Brown cloth boards are bumped and frayed at the extremities, cloth has 3" split on back of spine. Interior is lightly soiled and foxed, not tight, one page has been repaired with thread, neat vertical pencil lines in margins. $45.00
[019866] United States Geological Survey . Regulations and Instructions of the United States Geological Survey. Washington, DC: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1911. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. 164 pp with index. Red leather boards are lightly soiled and rubbed, spine is frayed at the ends and has fine horizontal split. Interior is generally clean and sound; front hinge is beginning to split. Front end papers have neat pencil and ink notations, back end papers list in ink USGS personnel by name and title for Washington and Oregon survey parties in 1917, 1918 and 1919. $40.00
[019867] Henderson, Bernard; Calvert, C.. Wonder Tales of Old Tyrol. ill. Rowlands, Constance. London: Philip Allan & Co., 1925. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good / No Jacket. 263 pp, illustrated with black and white drawings and color plates. Green cloth boards are clean and straight, spine shows light shelf wear at bottom, chipping, fraying and a 1/2" split at the top. Interior is clean and lightly shaken, first plate is loose. $25.00
[019868] Hanh, Thich Nha. A Guide to Walking Meditation. Nyack, NY: Fellowship Publications, 1985. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall Oblong. Soft Cover. Good "Each step is life; each step is peace and joy." Gray pictorial wraps show some soil and creasing, interior is tight and clean with very light creasing. $65.00
[019869] Lang, John; Davenport, Basil. An Introduction to Islandia. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1942. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. "Its history, customs, laws, language, and geography as prepared by Basil Davenport from Islandia: History and Description by Jean Perrierk first French Consul to Islandia, and translated by John Lang, first American Consul. With maps drawn by John Lang." Companion volume to Austin Tappan Wright's utopian novel Islandia. 59 pp. Cream paper boards with black spine show some soil and bumping, corners are slightly scarred and frayed. Interior is clean with very light marginal toning, binding is slightly loose at top with 1/2" split at front and back hinge, ex libris inscription on FEP. $75.00
[019870] Bishop, Richmond L.. The Philosophy of Natural Science . Boston: Christopher Publishing House, 1918. Third Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. 87 pp. Green cloth boards with title stamped in gilt ink are very lightly soiled, bumped and shelf worn. Interior is clean and sound, gift inscription on FFEP. $45.00
[019871] Lewin, Julius. Studies in African Tribal Law. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1947. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Inscribed and Signed By Author. Very Good / No Jacket. 174 pp with bibliography. Green boards are lightly bumped and worn at the extremities, interior is solid with very minor soil on the end papers. Inscribed to Harry Wickwar, Lake Success, 1984. $85.00
[019872] Gordon, E. V.; Taylor, A. R.. An Introduction to Old Norse. Oxford, UK: Oxford Press, 1974. Second Revised. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. 412 pp with index, glossary, illustrations, foldout maps of 12th century Iceland and the area of Norse expansion. Red cloth boards have very light bumping and shelf wear, 1/4" round scar in cloth covering back board. $45.00
[019873] Douglas, William O.. Strange Lands and Friendly People. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1951. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. "A book of discovery and adventure south of the Soviet border: Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Israel, Greece, Cyprus, India," by the Supreme Court Justice. 336 pp with index and photographs. Black cloth boards with orange spine show only very light shelf wear, interior is clean and tight with gift inscription. Blue dust jacket is lightly rubbed and chipped, with a small tear at top edge. $27.50
[019874] Various Authors. Essentials of Chinese Acupuncture. Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, 1980. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Acceptable. 432 pp with illustrations and index of acupuncture points. Blue paper boards are very lightly worn at the spine ends, clean and straight. Interior is clean and sound, includes red ribbon page marker. Beige pictorial dust jacket is lightly soiled and chipped with foil butterfly sticker affixed to front. $35.00
[019875] McRayde, Edna Rowland; Thomas, Justus M.. Zillah. ill. Robertson, Dorothy Donelson. Zillah, Washington: Lightning Press, 1983. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. Acceptable History of Zillah, WA, home of the Church of God Zillah. Lots of photographs and family stories. White wraps show light soil and creasing, interior is guttered and cribbed where the copy's former owner, Alan Ramerman, has made notes on the Ramerman family pages, ex libris stamp and inscription. $35.00
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( 3 / 10 )Mapplethorpe, Robert; Shange, Ntozake. Black Book. New York, New York, U.S.A.: Bulfinch Press, 1996. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Soft Cover. Near Fine / Very Good. ISBN: 0821222783. Photographs of African-American men taken from 1977-1983, with introduction by poet Shange. Black pictorial wraps are in excellent condition with barely visible wear, interior is clean and tight. Matching dust jacket is very lightly rubbed and chipped, flaps are slightly toned. $25.00
Key Words: Photography, Men, Nudes, African American
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( 3 / 10 )Here are the latest additions to Michael's Books' online catalog of rare and out of print books. These can be ordered directly from our store by calling us at 360-733-6272 or emailing to info@michaelsbooks.com.
[019789] Balcomb, Mary; Branham, Eya Fechin. Nicolai Fechin. San Cristobal, NM: Fechin Art Reproductions, 1999. 3rd. Folio. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. Life and work of the Russian-American painter. Author's name is mispelled "Balcolmb" on dust jacket, errata sticker on back flap. 167 pp with bibliography. Maroon cloth boards are very lightly bumped, interior is bright and fresh. Maroon pictorial dust jacket is slightly rubbed. $95.00
[019790] Dodds, James;Moore, James. Building the Wooden Fighting Ship. Facts on File Publications, 1984. First Printing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Near Fine / Very Good. ISBN: 0871969793. Generously illustrated with photos, maps and drawings. 128 pp with bibliography. Yellow cloth boards are in very nice condition, interior is tight and clean. Black dust jacket is priceclipped, has very minor chipping at the extremities. $35.00
[019791] Berger, Barbara. Animalia: Thirteen Small Tales. Berkeley, California, U.S.A.: Celestial Arts, 1982. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Good / Good. ISBN: 0890873429. Thirteen little stories about animals, beautifully illustrated with Berger's glowing paintings. Includes a color newspaper clipping about the book and an invitation to an exhibit of the book's art at Seattle's Penryn Gallery. Red cloth boards show signs of water on the lower corner near spine, interior is clean and tight. White pictorial dust jacket is very lightly soiled and shelf worn. $35.00
[019792] Brulotte, Frieda Eichler; Potter, Louise Elton. Germans from Russia in the Yakima Valley Prior to 1940. Yakima WA: Central Washington Chapter of the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia , 1990. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Good / Good. 219 pp with surname and village indices. Blue cloth boards are straight and clean with very light wear to extremities, interior is solid with light pencil underlining. White dust jacket shows some soil and wear, with small closed tears and whited-out writing on front flap. $50.00
[019793] Ryan, Allan J.. The Trickster Shift: Humour and Irony in Contemporary Native Art. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: Univ of British Columbia Pr, 1999. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Good / Good. ISBN: 0774807040. Essay, interviews, color plates and black and white photos, 303 pp with index. Black paper boards are very lightly bumped and soiled, interior is sound with light soil. Dark blue pictorial dust jacket is slightly rubbed and creased at the edges, has small scar on front flap. $85.00
[019794] Wildenhain, Marguerite. Pottery Form and Expression. New York: Reinhold Publishing, 1962. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good / Good. Not so much a how-to as a philosophy of technique from a master potter. 157 pp, black and white photos. Brick cloth boards have barely visible wear to the extremities, interior is clean and tight with very light foxing on the end papers. Black and white pictorial jacket with white spine show light soil and wear, top edge is creased and chipped with small tears. $85.00
[019796] Jackson, Ellen. Cinder Edna. New York, New York, U.S.A.: Lothrop Lee & Shepard, 1994. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Inscribed and Signed By Illustrator. Very Good / Good. ISBN: 0688123228. Tale of Cinderella's next door neighbor, a practical sort who chooses her comfortable loafers and takes the bus to the royal ball. Signed to "Darling Darcy" with a picture of a dog wearing glasses. Glossy red pictorial boards have no noted flaws, interior is tight with one noted pencil mark. Red pictorial dust jacket is very lightly soiled and worn. $30.00
[019797] Arden, Harvey;Wall, Steve;White Deer of Autumn. Wisdomkeepers: Meetings With Native American Spiritual Elders. Hillsboro, Oregon, U.S.A.: Beyond Words Pub Co, 1990. Folio. Hard Cover. Signed by Authors. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0941831558. This beautifully designed book is signed by the authors and three of the Native American elders profiled. Includes newspaper clipping about the book signing. 128 pp. Green paper boards with cloth spine are very slightly bumped on top corner and sunned on the edges, owner's inscription appears on FFEP, interior is clean and tight. Tan pictorial dust jacket is very lightly soiled on the back near spine. $75.00
[019798] Grant, Lois M.. Spirit at Work: A Journey of Healing. Fayetteville, Arkansas, U.S.A.: Emerald Wave, 1997. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Inscribed and Signed By Author. Very Good ISBN: 0942531353. 274 pp. Blue pictorial wraps are very lightly worn, interior is clean and tight. Inscribed to Bill and Ann; includes author's brochure. $18.50
[019799] Fothergill, Srajan. Voices of Awakening: Conversations Heart to Heart. Sedona, Arizona, U.S.A.: In Print Pub, 2000. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Inscribed and Signed By Author. Very Good ISBN: 1886966141. 128 pp. Inscribed to Sally and Phil. Purple wraps are very lightly worn and soiled, interior is clean and tight. $12.50
[019800] Carl, Jason;Dansky, Richard E.;Woodworth, Peter;Heinig, Jess. Laws of the Night: Revised Rules for Playing Vampires. Stone Mountain, Georgia, U.S.A.: White Wolf Publishing, 1999. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Good ISBN: 1565045890. 272 pp with index and illustrations. Green marbled wraps are lightly worn, bumped and chipped, interior shows very light soil. $32.00
[019801] Westminster, Johnathan. The 15% Solution: A Political History of American Fascism, 2001-1022. East Satauket, NY: Thomas Jefferson Press, 1996. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good 464 pp with index. Black wraps with white spine are very lightly bumped and chipped, interior is clean and tight. $32.50
[019802] Galenorn, Yasmine. Sexual Ecstasy & the Divine: The Passion & Pain of Our Bodies. Santa Cruz, California, U.S.A.: Crossing Pr, 2003. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Inscribed and Signed By Author. Very Good ISBN: 1580911137. 274 pp with glossary and index. Inscribed to Peter. Purple pictorial wraps with black spine are very lightly soiled and worn, interior is clean and tight. $22.50
[019803] Gabl, Franz X.. Franzl II: From Four Years on the Russian Front, 1941-45, to Standing on the Olympic Podium in 1948: An Autobiography By Franz X. Gabl. Missoula, Montana, U.S.A.: Pictorial Histories Pub Co, 2000. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Signed by Author. Good ISBN: 1575100738. The life of an Olympic skiing champion. 310 pp with photographs. Blue pictorial wraps are lightly rubbed and worn at extremities, copy is slightly curled from storage. Interior is clean and tight; is signed for Alzheimer Association, courtesy of Haggen grocery store. $17.50
[019804] LeWitt, Sol. Arcs and Lines. Lausanne, Switzerland: Editions Des Massons, 1974. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Square. Soft Cover. Very Good "All combinations of arcs from four corners, arcs from four sides, straight lines, not-straight lines, and broken lines." White wraps show very light soil, sunning and wear to the extremities. Unpaginated interior is clean and tight. $77.50
[019805] Steinnes, Kris (editor); Houston, Jean; Allende, Isabel; Lappe, Frances Moore, Bolen, Jean Shinoda, et al. Women of Wisdom: Empowering the Dreams and Spirit. Seattle: Wise Woman Publishing, 2008. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Soft Cover. Signed by Editor. Very Good 344 pp with index and illustrations. Purple pictorial wraps are very lightly rubbed, copy is slightly cocked. Interior is clean and tight. $25.00
[019806] Bushnell, Kelly L.. Kobalt Wars. Pittsburgh, PA: RoseDog Books, 2007. Advance Reading Copy. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Soft Cover. Very Good 354 pp. Black pictorial wraps are are very lightlyl chipped with gentle crease on back corner. Interior is clean and tight. $25.00
[019807] Weingart, George W.. Pyrotechnics. New York: Publishing Company, 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Soft Cover. Very Good How to make fireworks. 244 pp with illustrations, index, and glossary, undated (copyright 1947). Green wraps are very lightly soiled and creased, interior is clean and tight. $35.00
[019808] Griffith, Kyle. War in Heaven. Palo Alto, CA: S/R Press, 1988. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. Plastic Comb. Very Good 192 pp with index. Unprinted blue card covers show very light soil, interior is sound and unmarked. $45.00
[019809] Murphy, Joseph. Telepsychics: The Magic Power of Perfect Living. West Nyack, NY: Parker Publishing, 1973. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Soft Cover. Signed by Author. Good 230 pp. Blue and red wraps are slightly scuffed, chipped, and soiled, interior shows light soil and highlighting/underlining. $25.00
[019810] Murphy, Joseph. Secrets of the I Ching. West Nyack, NY: Parker Publishing, 1970. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Soft Cover. Signed by Author. Good "Gives you answers and guidance for every important matter in your life . . leading straight to financial, romantic, and personal success!" 228 pp. White wraps are lightly soiled and worn, interior is sound and clean with very light marginal toning. $35.00
[019811] Murphy, Joseph. The Cosmic Power Within You. West Nyack, NY: Parker Publishing, 1968. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Soft Cover. Signed by Author. Good 203 pp. White wraps show light soil, creasing and wear to the extremities. Interior is sound with several highlighted passages, name inked on title page. $35.00
[019812] Murphy, Joseph. Living Without Strain . Santa Monica, CA: DeVorss & Co., 1973. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Soft Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good ISBN: 0875161871. 157 pp. Brown wraps are lightly rubbed and creased, white labels have been applied over publications price information on back and inside. Interior is clean and tight with previous owner's name on title page. $35.00
[019813] Wang, Kai;Li, Yu;Sze, Mai-Mai. The Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting = Chieh Tzu Y÷Uan Hua Chuan, 1679-1701: A Facsimile of the 1887-1888 Shanghai Edition With the Text Trans. Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Bollingen Foundation, 1977. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Square. Soft Cover. Very Good ISBN: 0691018197. Materials and methods of Chinese painting. 624 pp with index and illustrations. White wraps are very lightly soiled, rubbed and chipped, interior is clean and tight. $30.00
[019814] Marx, Karl; Padover, Saul K. (translator). On Religion . New York: McGraw Hill, 1974. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Soft Cover. Very Good Volume V in the Karl Marx Library. 276 pp with index. Gold wraps are lightly rubbed and soiled, interior is clean and tight. $18.50
[019815] Marx, Karl; Padover, Saul K. (translator). On Freedom of the Press & Censorship. New York: McGraw Hill, 1974. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Soft Cover. Very Good Volume IV in the Karl Marx Library. 208 pp with index. Gold wraps are lightly rubbed and soiled, interior is clean and tight. $20.00
[019816] Marx, Karl; Padover, Saul K. (translator). On the First International . New York: McGraw Hill, 1973. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Soft Cover. Very Good Volume III in the Karl Marx Library. 623 pp with index. Gold wraps are lightly rubbed and soiled, gentle creases on half title, interior is clean and tight. $25.00
[019817] Marx, Karl; Padover, Saul K. (translator). On America & the Civil War . New York: McGraw Hill, 1972. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Soft Cover. Very Good Volume II in the Karl Marx Library. 298 pp with index. Gold wraps are lightly rubbed, creased and soiled, gentle creases on half title, small spot on inside cover and half title, interior is clean and tight. $27.50
[019818] Danielou, Alain. The Myths and Gods of India: The Classic Work on Hindu Polytheism from the Princeton Bollingen Series. Rochester, Vermont, U.S.A.: Inner Traditions International, Limited, 1991. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good ISBN: 0892813547. 441 pp with index and bibliography. Brown pictorial wraps have very minor rubbing and creasing on back, interior is clean and tight. $30.00
[019819] Barkley, Bruce T.;Saylor, James H.. Customer-Driven Project Management: Building Quality into Project Processes. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2001. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 0071369821. 609 pp with index, bibliography, glossary, and charts. White paper boards show minimal shelf wear, previous owner's name within. Interior is clean, tight and fresh. $25.00
[019820] Lewis, James P.. Project Planning, Scheduling & Control: A Hands-On Guide to Bringing Projects in on Time and on Budget. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2000. 3rd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0071360506. 548 pp with index, glossary, references, and illustrations. Black cloth boards are very lightly worn at the extremities, interior is clean and tight. White dust jacket shows very light soil and shelf wear. $27.50
[019821] Flannes, Steven W. Ph.D.;Levin, Ginger. People Skills for Project Managers. Vienna, Virginia, U.S.A.: Management Concepts Inc, 2001. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 1567260926. 448 pp with index. Teal paper boards are lightly rubbed and worn at the extremities, small ink notations on first end paper. Interior is clean and fresh. $55.00
[019822] Northouse, Peter Guy. Leadership: Theory and Practice. Thousand Oaks, California, U.S.A.: Sage Pubns, 2003. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good ISBN: 076192566x. 340 pp with subject and author indices. Black wraps show very light rubbing and shelf wear, small neat notation inside front wrap, interior is clean and tight. $27.50
[019823] Adams, Ward R.; Sloan, Richard E. (editor). History of Arizona, 4 Volume Set. Phoenix, AZ: Record Publishing, 1930. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Volumes I & II relate the history of Arizona from prehistoric times to publication, while volumes III & IV include biographies of prominent Arizonans, illustrated with portrait photographs when available. Each volume is generously illustrated and has its own index. Black cloth boards are clean and straight with light bumping and shelf wear; interiors show very light soil and marginal toning. Set may require additional shipping. $375.00
[019824] Andersen, Hans Christian; Hersholt, Jean (editor/translator). The Complete Andersen: All the 168 Stories By Hans Christian Andersen. ill. Kredel, Fritz. New York: Heritage Press, 1949. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Near Fine / No Jacket. Treasury of beloved stories presented in three sections: The Fairy Tales, The Shorter Stories, and The Longer Stories. Edition is meticulously indexed and annotated. Each section is printed on a different color--pink, cream, and blue--for easy locating. 430 pp with 47 pages of appendices, illustrated. Light blue patterned paper boards with black cloth spine with barely visible soil and shelf wear, interior is pristine. Yellow slip case is straight and sturdy with light soil, rubbing and wear. $75.00
[019825] Henney, Keith; Dudley, Beverly. Handbook of Photography. New York: Whittlesey House, 1939. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Technical handbook for photographers. 871 with illustrations and index. Maroon flexible cloth boards are very lightly bumped and worn, ex libris inscription on inside cover. Interior is clean and tight. $50.00
[019826] Chestnutt, Charles W.. The Marrow of Tradition. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1901. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Mixed-race author Chestnutt often addressed racial issues in his fiction. This novel is no exception, with a story featuring the real-life white supremacist riot of 1898 in Wilmington, NC. Yellow cloth boards show some soil and light wear to the extremities. FFEP is missing, interior is clean and sound, not tight. $250.00
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( 1 / 2 )Below are the latest additions to Michael's Books online catalog. You can contact us to order a book or get more information at 360-733-6272 or info@michaelsbooks.com.
[019759] Seattle Art Museum; Brown, Steven. The Spirit Within: Northwest Coast Native Art from the John H. Hauberg Collection. New York: Rizzoli/Seattle Art Museum, 1995. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Signed by One Author. Very Good / Good. ISBN: 0932216455. Photographs and essays on the Hauberg collection. 303 pp with index and bibliography. Black boards are straight with very light soil and sunning on the bottom edge. Black pictorial dust jacket is lightly chipped, rubbed and scratched. Pages are clean and sound, title page signed by Steven Brown. $75.00
[019760] Kramer, Samuel Noah. The Sumerians: Their History, Culture, and Character . Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1964. 2nd Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. 355 pp with illustrations, index and bibliography. Red cloth boards embellished with gilt ink and Sumerian characters are lightly bumped and soiled, interior is clean and tight with bookplate on FFEP. Black pictorial dust jacket with red spine shows light rubbing, chipping and soil. $27.50
[019761] Birket-Smith, Kaj. The Eskimos. London: Methuen, 1959. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good / Acceptable. 262 pp with illustrations, bibliography and index. Blue cloth boards are very lightly bumped and shelfworn, interior is sound with several small, neat instances of cribbing. Mauve pictorial dust jacket is price clipped, shows light soil, rubbing, chipping and small tears. $25.00
[019762] Winant, Lewis. Firearms Curiosa. New York: Bonanza Books, 1955. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. "The many strange and freakish gun fabrications that are shown in this book are a tribute to man's inventive energy as applied to the development of arms," from the jacket. Yellow cloth boards are in excellent condition, interior is tight and solid with light soil on the end papers. Black dust jacket with faded yellow spine is lightly rubbed and chipped with small tears. $25.00
[019763] Taylor, John. Pondoro: Last of the Ivory Hunters. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1955. First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. "A small sampling of hunter's lore from John Taylor's thirty years of African adventure," from the jacket. 354 pp with black and white photographs. Gray paper boards with green cloth spine are very lightly soiled and bumped, interior is clean and tight. Whtie dust jacket is lightly soiled and worn with small tears at the edges. $47.50
[019764] McAuley, Paul J.. Red Dust. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1993. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0575054883. 315 pp. Red paper boards have minimal soil, bumping and shelf wear, interior is clean and tight. Orange pictorial dust jacket shows very minor wear. $25.00
[019765] Winterson, Jeanette. The Powerbook. Toronto, ON, Canada: Knopf Canada, 2000. 12 Mo. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good / Good. ISBN: 0676973345. 289 pp. Green paper boards with black spine are very lightly bumped and soiled, with small discoloration on lower front corner. Red and blue pictorial dust jacket is lighlty rubbed and shelfworn with small crease inside front flap. $25.00
[019766] Fillion, Patrick. Mighty Males: Incredibly Hung Adventures. 1000 Berlin, Germany: Bruno Gmunder Verlag, 2005. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good ISBN: 3861876973. These muscular naked comic book heroes are more interested in making time than fighting crime. Pictorial wraps with gray and orange spine are very lighly bumped, clean and unmarked, copy is curved near spine from storage. Interior is bright and fresh. $35.00
[019767] Fillion, Patrick. Heroes. 1000 Berlin, Germany: Bruno Gmunder Verlag, 2005. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Near Fine / No Jacket. ISBN: 3861876868. Fillion's erotic "boytoons" depicted in various states of undress and interest. Light fingerprint smudges on glossy FFEP, no other flaws noted. Unpaginated. $15.00
[019768] Breunig, Robert;Lomatuway'Ma, Michael. Hopi Kachina Dolls. Flagstaff, Arizona, U.S.A.: Museum of Northern Arizona, 1993. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. Stapled Wraps. Good ISBN: 0897341120. History and art of Kachina dolls, illustrated with color and black and white photographs. 32 pp. Black pictorial wraps are lightly bumped, rubbed and chipped, have sticker on back. Interior is clean, bright and sound. $12.50
[019769] United States Gypsum. Sound Control Construction: Principles and Performance. Chicago: United States Gypsum, 1972. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Good 112 pp with illustrations, index and glossary. Blue wraps are lightly soiled and worn at extremities, interior is sound and clean with apparent mild water marks on bottom outer corner. $12.50
[019770] La Lanne, Jack. The Jack La Lanne Way to Vibrant . New York: Prentice Hall, 1960. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good Diet and exercise tips from the father of the American fitness movement. 224 pp with index and illustrations. Includes pull out ideal weight chart. White wpras are slightly soiled and creased, interior is clean and sound. Signed "healthfully yours." $18.50
[019771] Deighton, Len. Ou Est Le Garlic, or Len Deighton's French Cook Book. London: Penguin, 1965. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" Tall Oblong. Soft Cover. Very Good French food and wine for beginners with 50 "cookstrips," recipes presented in comic strip form. 224 pp with index. Green pictorial wraps with black spine are very lightly rubbed, creased and chipped, interior is clean and tight. $35.50
[019772] Nash, Ogden. The Cruise of the Aardvark. ill. Watson, Wendy. New York: M. Evans & Co., 1967. First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Square. Hard Cover. Acceptable / Acceptable. Aardvark the artist decides to get away from it all. Unpaginated, red cloth boards are in nice condition with light ink spots on bottom edge and shelf wear at spine ends. Interior is solid, but some illustrations have been neatly outlined by a tyke with a black marker. Red pictorial dust jacket is lightly rubbed, soiled and chipped, with similar marker embellishment. $22.50
[019773] Rider, John F.. Servicing Superherterodynes. New York: John F. Rider, 1934. 2nd Printing. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. 278 pp, illustrated. Red cloth boards show very light wear and soil, interior is clean and tight. Red and black pictorial dust jacket is lightly rubbed and chipped, with small edge tears. $22.50
[019774] Rector, George. The Rector Cook Book: World Famous Recipes. Chicago: Rector Publishing, 1928. 3 rd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good / Good. Famed New York restaurateur and bon vivant George Rector, who described Diamond Jim Brady as "the best 25 customers I ever had," and played himself in the 1937 Mae West film "Every Day's a Holiday," shares recipes from his Times Square restaurant. 173 pp plus unpaginated index and ads. Gray cloth boards stamped with Rector's winged griffin logo show very light shelf wear, soil on spine ends, interior is clean and sound with slight toning. White dust jacket is lightly toned and soiled, with small open chips. $95.00
[019775] Baker, Margaret; Baker, Mary. The Lost Merbaby. New York: Duffield & Company, 1928. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Sweet story with lovely silhouette illustrations. Even the stickers are adorable: a bookplate with a silhouette depiction of Pan playing his pipes to the animals and a red bookseller ticket from the Boys and Girls Own Book Shop, J. K. Gill in Portland, OR. Blue cloth boards are lightly soiled and bumped, with light wear to the spine ends. Interior is clean and with very light marginal toning and shaking. $115.00
[019776] Mott, Gertrude. A Handbook for Californiacs. San Francisco: Harr Wagner, 1926. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good / No Jacket. Dictionary with pronunciation guide to California place names includes cities, counties, rivers, and historical figures. 104 pp. Brown cloth boards are lightly soiled, bumped and worn, End papers show light soil and toning, 1/2" split on bottom of front hinge, and three separate gift inscriptions dated 1927, 1938, and 1989. Pages are clean and sound. $65.00
[019777] Lewis, Enoch. A Dissertation on Oaths. Philadelphia: Uriah Hunt, 1838. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good / No Jacket. Historical and philosophical examination of oaths from a Quaker perspective by the founder of the Friends Review. 100 pp. Brown cloth boards are lightly bumped, worn and soiled; spine label "Lewis on Oaths" is rubbed but still clear. Interior is solid with light marginal toning, soil and foxing. $75.00
[019778] Ackerman, Irving C.. The Complete Fox Terrier: Wire-Haired and Smooth Coated. New York: Orange Judd Publishing, 1938. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. "A comprehensive and practical treatise upon every aspect of the breed." 312 pp with illustrations and index. Blue cloth boards are lightly bumped and shelf-worn, interior is clean and solid. $45.00
[019779] Merrell-Wolff, Franklin. The Philosophy of Consciousness Without an Object. New York: Julian Press, 1973. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good / Acceptable. 265 pp. Blue boards are lightly bumped and shelfworn, interior is very lightly soiled with former owner's name in inkk.Blue end papers show water damage and several unprinted pages in the back are dented and scarred. Blue dust jacket is lightly chipped and rubbed with small open chips and holes near the spine. $42.50
[019780] Merrell-Wolff, Franklin. Pathways Through Space: A Personal Record of Transformation in Consciousness. New York: Julian Press, 1973. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. 288 pp. Blue boards are lightly soiled, interior is clean and tight. Pink dust jacket has light soil and wear, with 1/2" closed tear and crease on back bottom edge. $27.50
[019781] Boyd, Loree. Spirit Moves: The Story of Six Generations of Native Women. Novata, California, U.S.A.: New World Library, 1996. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Inscribed and Signed By Author. Very Good ISBN: 1880032597. 436 pp. Black wraps are very lightly worn and bumped, interior is clean and tight. Inscribed to Colleen. $27.50
[019782] Momen, Wendi. A Basic Bahai Dictionary. Oxford, UK: G. Ronald, 1989. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0853982309. 261 pp with illustrations and bibliography. Black paper boards are lightly bumped and soiled, interior is clean and tight. Blue dust jacket shows very light soil and rubbing, isbn sticker on back. $75.00
[019783] Hittleman, Richard. Yoga for Physical Fitness. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Prentice Hall, 1964. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good / Acceptable. "Easy to do coordination, strengthening and isometric Yoga exercises expecially designed for office workers and housewives." 255 pp with illustrations and index. Green cloth boards are lightly bumped and shelfworn, interior is clean and tight, light soil on page edge and faint erasure visible on FFEP. Green and yellow dust jacket shows light soil, rubbing, small tears and open chips on edges. $35.00
[019784] Gann, William D.. The Truth of the Stock Tape/Wall Street Stock Selector. Pomeroy, WA: Lambert Gann, 2005. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good / Very Good. Two books bound together; Truth of the Stock Tape is 185 pp, Wall Street Stock Selector 205 pp, unpaginated appendices. Maroon cloth boards are in very nice condition, interior is tight with highlighting. Orange dust jacket is very lightly chipped. $35.00
[019785] Franken, Al. Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot: And Other Observations. New York, New York, U.S.A.: Delacorte Pr, 1996. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Inscribed and Signed By Author. Very Good / Near Fine. ISBN: 0385314744. 271 pp with index and illustrations. Black paper boards with cloth spine have very minor shelf wear, interior is clean and tight. Inscribed to Jeff and Jenny, includes picture of Franken with Jeff. $35.00
[019786] Davis, Stephen; Aerosmith; Tyler, Steven; Perry, Joe; Hamilton, Tom; Whitford, Brad; Kramer, Joey. Walk This Way: The Autobiography of Aerosmith. Dresden, Tennessee, U.S.A.: Avon Books, 1997. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Signed by Authors. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0380975947. Rock 'n' roll autobiography with lots of black and white pictures, signed by all five members on FFEP. 513 pp with bibliography. Gray paper boards with black spine and the band's "winged A" logo are very lightly shelfworn and sunned at the edges, interior is tight and fresh. Black dust jacket is very slightly rubbed on the back. $175.00
[019787] Kruckeberg, Arthur R.. The Natural History of Puget Sound Country (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Classics Ser.). Seattle, WA, U.S.A.: University of Washington Press, 2003. 4th Printing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. VG- / No Jacket. ISBN: 029597477x. 468 pgs. with index and bibliography., illustrated with B/W photographs and drawings, blue pictorial wraps with black spine are lightly chipped, creased and soiled, internally clean with sound binding. $30.00
[019788] Unknown. Bellingham Fire Department: The First 100 Years . Bellingham, WA: Bellingham Firefighters IAFF Local 106, 2004. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Oblong. Hard Cover. Near Fine / No Jacket. ISBN: 1932129758. Historical photographs and remembrances of Bellingham's firefighters, 144 pp. Glossy gray pictorial boards have no noted flaws, white spine is very lightly worn at bottom edge. Interior is pristine. $45.00
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