1. The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway, Scribner's Sons, New York, 1952. First edition, first printing.  

Dust jacket Good; a few small tears. All first issue points present: Scribner's seal and "A" on copyright page.  Blue cloth with silver lettering. No markings in book from previous owners. The silver lettering on spine is bright with very minor wear.  Cloth boards have almost no fading or soiling. Not book club edition. A nicely preserved copy.This iconic tale of man's struggle with nature and with himself, and the density of discernible themes, will reel you in. They won Hemingway the Pulitzer and no doubt influenced the Nobel Prize, too. You will not find this book at this price again!

Minimum Bid $100  Minimum Raise $10.

2. The Gallery of Engravings, Volumes 2 and 3 (of 3 issued), edited by Wright and Timperley, Fisher,Son & Co.,London, dated by Preface, 1846.  

No dust jackets. Half bound, corner and spines scuffed. Interior has sporadic foxing, browning, but hinges tight. Many distinctive engravings - portraits of famous people, literary scenes, and landscapes - many protected by tissue guards.  Illustrations are juxtaposed with short poems and essays. Two for...

Minimum Bid $25  Minimum Raise $5

3. Lost King of Oz, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Reilly & Lee, Co., Chicago, 1925. #19 of canon.

No dust jacket. All twelve full color plates. Condition

Good. Dorothy is accidentally transported to Hollywood where she meets Humpy, a live stunt dummy, and brings him back to Oz.

Minimum Bid $20  Minimum Raise $5

4. The Giant Horse of Oz, 1st pub.1928. Ruth Plumly Thompson. Reilly & Lee, Chicago.

This may be later printing from 30s. Canon #22.

No dust jacket. No color plates: many black and white illustrations. Features Trot, from the Sea Fairies and Sky Island.

Minimum Bid $15  Minimum Raise $3

5. Lowney's Cook Book, Maria Willett Howard, Lowney, Boston, 1908, revised from orig. ed. of 1907.

No dust jacket. Top and bottom of spine rubbed, otherwise Good. Another early cookbook standby, put out by the Walter M. Lowney Chocolate Co., which later became Hershey's. Along with a well compiled treasury of American/Edwardian recipes, there is much vital information herein, such as: a listing of a butler's duties, and rules for the cover (settings) for the formal dinner - no less than 10 courses, natch. You cannot do without this.

Minimum Bid $7  Minimum Raise $3

6. Victory at Midway, Griffith Baily Coale, Farrah & Rinehart, 1944

No dust jacket. Condition Good. Written and quite luminously illustrated primarily by US Navy artists, who show that there is beauty and hope even in the midst of war. The point of view of the text is unique and the reproduced sketches and oil paintings are stunning in their immediacy. If it is art and/or history you want, both are here in good measure.

As a bonus, here is a copy of the CINCPAC Guide to the Western Pacific, 1945, put out for American forces.

Minimum Bid $12  Minimum Raise $3

7. "I was there" with the Yanks in France, C. Leroy Baldridge, together with verses by Hilmar R. Baukhage, Putnam's Sons, New York, 1919.

No dust jacket. Unstated 1st edition.  Edges chafed, corner tips bumped. Interior Good. Fine, evocative black and white illustrations, with a few in color, by Baldridge (later better known as illustrator Cyrus LeRoy) interspersed with moving verses by Baukhage - both volunteers in the US Army during World War I. A graphic memoir of their time on the Western Front - 1917 - 1919. This is a rare find.

Minimum Bid $20  Minimum Raise $3

8. Three issues of Nam magazine, Marvel Comics, New World Company, New York, all 1987: April V1 #5, June V1 #7, July V1 #8.

Paper, Fair to Good condition. Stories of the Vietnam war. All three for ...

Minimum Bid $10  Minimum Raise $3.

9. The D-Day Experience, Richard Holmes, in association with the Imperial War Museum, Carlton Books, London. 2010.

No dust jacket, as issued. 1st edition. Simply the best-ever short introduction  to the importance of D-Day: 63 pages of photographs, maps, etc. with facsimile documents in pockets that bring these dramatic events to life. Exciting, absorbing.

Minimum Bid $10  Minimum Raise $3

10. Revolt in the Desert, T.E. Lawrence, Black Dog & Leventhal, 2004.

Very Good, dust jacket and Book. Here's a chance to get a great reprint copy of a classic (orig. pub. 1926), at a low cost. (Note: R. in the D. is actually an abridgement of Seven Pillars of Wisdom, also 1926). Lawrence played a significant role in the Arab Revolt against the Turks in 1916 - 1917. His huge range of associations and activities were even more glorified by his own telling of the tale, the sensationalized reporting of Lowell Thomas, and the 1962 film based on his World War I doings. Still - this is very much worth reading, for a greater understanding of Lawrence himself and of tangled Middle East history.

Minimum Bid $5  Minimum Raise $3.

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