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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Mark Twain

Tarzana, CA: Barbara J. Raheb, 1981. 31 pp. Approximately 5/8 x 15/16". LIMITED EDITION of 300 copies, this being #165. Burgundy pyroxylin cover with gilt titles and decorations on spine and cover, illustrated, signed on the colophon, in fine condition. (Bradbury, Raheb 329)

Mark Twain's (1835 - 1910) humorous alternate history story, first published in 1889.

Barbara J. Raheb
$ 140.00 USD

A Darkness at Sethanon

A Darkness at Sethanon

Raymond Feist

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1986. 426 pp. Approximately 5 1/2 x 8 1/2". Illustrated dust jacket crisp and clean with only minor wear, unclipped wrapper with price of $17.95 intact, in near fine condition. Blue paper boards with black cloth spine, gilt lettering on spine is sharp, some spotting to top page edges, map endpapers, inscribed on the title page, "For Diane - Keep fighting the darkness. Best. Raymond E. Feist", the Diane in this case refers to Diane Peterson, also known as "The Book Lady" - a well-known antiquarian book dealer in the California Bay Area, in near fine condition.

Raymond E. Feist (1945 - ) is an American author of fantasy fiction, best known for his series of novels called The Riftwar Cycle, this being the finale of that series. As stated on the dust jacket, "This thrilling finale is high fantasy at its very best -- alive with enchantment, romance, and the heady clash of steel on steel."

Doubleday & Company
$ 95.00 USD

A Little Pilgrim

A Little Pilgrim

Margaret Oliphant

Boston: Roberts Brothers 1882, hardcover. SIGNED by "Mrs. Oliphant" on title page. Grey cloth over boards with gilt lettering on cover and spine, cover has some stains, spine is worn with a little tear on the back side, red topstain, previous owner's name on ffep, tanning to pages, otherwise good+ condition.

Born Margaret Oliphant Wilson (1828 - 1897) was a Scottish novelist and historical writer. She usually wrote as Mrs. Oliphant. She often wrote about domestic realism, and historical novels but took to writing supernational fiction in the 1880's. This is a collection of stories that deals with after-death experiences.

Roberts Brothers
$ 95.00 USD

A Tourist In Spite of Himself

A Tourist In Spite of Himself

A. Edward Newton

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1930. 252 pp. Approximately 6 x 9". Limited Edition of 525 copies, this being #71. Signed by the author. Cardboard slip case is in good condition with some splitting to edges, past repairs, paper label on spine indicating title and limited edition number; Blue cloth quarter bound over decorative boards with torn label pasted down to spine, many black and white illustrations by Gluyas Williams throughout, in near fine condition.

A delightful book about a book collector's travels around the world, particularly Scandinavia, London, Paris, Egypt, Jerusalem and Rome, all told from a very humorous perspective. Newton also authored The Amenities of Book-Collecting.

Little, Brown & Co.
$ 115.00 USD

Adlai: The Wit and Wisdom of Adlai Ewing Stevenson

Adlai: The Wit and Wisdom of Adlai Ewing Stevenson

Jane Baird

Sausalito, CA: Castle Baird Press, 1993. 32 pp. Approximately 2 x 2 1/2 ". LIMITED EDITION of 75 copies, this being #32. Printed paper boards with design and lettering by Susan Acker and Mary McDermott at the Feathered Serpent Press, printed endpapers with the United Nations emblem repeated, US Postage stamp of Adlai Stevenson tipped in at front, Doonesbury cartoon by Gary Trudeau folded in, signed by both the author and publishers, in fine condition. (Bradbury, Castle Baird 3)

A brief but compassionate bio about Adlai Stevenson II (1900 - 1965), a Governor of Illinois, a U.S. Presidential Candidate, and a U.N. Ambassador.

Castle Baird Press
$ 50.00 USD

Adlai: The Wit and Wisdom of Adlai Ewing Stevenson

Adlai: The Wit and Wisdom of Adlai Ewing Stevenson

Jane Baird

Sausalito, CA: Castle Baird Press, 1993. 32 pp. Approximately 2 x 2 1/2 ". LIMITED EDITION of 75 copies, this being #8. Printed paper boards with design and lettering by Susan Acker and Mary McDermott at the Feathered Serpent Press, printed endpapers with the United Nations emblem repeated, US Postage stamp of Adlai Stevenson tipped in at front, Doonesbury cartoon by Gary Trudeau folded in, miniature bookplate of well-known scholar and miniature book collector Kalman Levitan (also the founder and first president of the Miniature Book Society) on front paste-down endpaper, signed by both the author and publishers, in fine condition. (Bradbury, Castle Baird 3)

A brief but compassionate bio about Adlai Stevenson II (1900 - 1965), a Governor of Illinois, a U.S. Presidential Candidate, and a U.N. Ambassador. levitan

Castle Baird Press
$ 55.00 USD

Andrew Smith Hallidie, Originator of Cable Railway Transportation

Andrew Smith Hallidie, Originator of Cable Railway Transportation

Edgar Myron Kahn

San Francisco: Lawton Kennedy, 1940. Softcover, 7 x 10 1/2". 14 pp. Limited edition of 200 copies, this is #59; stapled pamphlet, stiff paper wrap has some soiling and edge wear, b/w frontispiece portrait of Hallidie, inscription by the author on the colophon, very good condition.

This is a reprint of an article that first appeared in the California Historical Society Quarterly, Vol. XIX, No. 2, June, 1940. An interesting read on the originator of the cable car system of San Francisco.

Lawton Kennedy
$ 40.00 USD

Arthur C. Clarke: The Authorized Biography

Arthur C. Clarke: The Authorized Biography

Neil McAleer

Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1992. 430 pp. 6 x 9 1/4"; Pictorial dustjacket in fine condition; Black paper over boards with gilt lettering on spine, signed Arthur C. Clarke bookplate on front paste-down endpaper, many black and white photographs, in fine condition.

Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (1917 - 2008) was the author or more than sixty books and has received many awards for both his science fiction and his scientific non-fiction writing. This biography explores his career and personal vision though candid interviews with Clarke, his friends, family members, and colleagues. The numerous black and white photographs enhance the biography in a delightful way. Bookplate printed "Ex Libris, Arthur C. Clarke" with illustrations of the monolith from his 2001 Space Odyssey series and dolphins from his novel, Dolphin Island.

Contemporary Books
$ 330.00 USD

Assorted Stories: Prose Words

Assorted Stories: Prose Words

Lee Harwood

Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 1987. [20] pp. Approximately 7 1/2 x 7 1/2". LIMITED EDITION of 400 copies, this being #253. Grey handmade Canterbury cover stock with title and illustration on front, paper sewn inside, handset in Ehrhardt type, illustrated by Peter Bailey, signed and numbered on the colophon by the author and artist, in fine conditon.

Travers Rafe Lee Harwood (1939 - 2015), was an English poet, often associatiod with the British Poetry Revival. Except for a brief time in Greece and the United States, he mostly lived in Brighton. He had an involvement with the New York School of poets and was a member of the Poetry Society in Britain. He was a union official and was involved with the Labour Party in its radical years and his political leaning were evident in his poetry in the early 1980s. There is a Rowan Tree planted in his honor in New York City's Central Park as well as a paving stone along the park's Literary Walk. This is an interesting collection of short stories with various titles, such as: Hommage a Beatrix Potter, A Rangoon Creeper, Purple Sheets, Dream Bed, Woolly Rhinoceros, Mosquito Nets, Nautical Business, and Booth's Bird Museum.

Coffee House Press
$ 30.00 USD

Baba Yaga

Baba Yaga

Patricia Sweet

Riverside, CA: Bo Press Miniature Books, 2012. 18 pages. Approximately 1 1/4 x 2 1/2". LIMITED EDITION of 20 copies, this being #20. Decorated slipcase with printed Japanese paper, metallic design elements, and black tanned chicken leather. Printed Japanese paper with black chicken leather quarter-bound, 5 bands on spine, printed label on front cover, signed and numbered on the colophon by the author, black and white illustrations throughout, all contents in fine condition.

The joke in this book is that the slipcase and book use chicken leather and Baba Yaga's hut is perched on chicken legs. Both the book and case showcase Pat Sweet's blend of innovative design elements along with a classical bound style. Based on the Slavic folklore tales of Baba Yaga, these stories reflect her as an old woman who has a benevolent relationship with forest wildlife, as well as a scary witch-woman. No more copies of this edition are currently for sale on the market (as of 9/20).

Bo Press Miniature Books
$ 260.00 USD