Complete Inventory Listing for San Diego County Library, Vista Branch:

Baring-Gould, William S. & Ceil. The Annotated Mother Goose. New York. Bramhall House. 1962. 350 pps. 4to. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy in very good dust jacket. The complete text and illustrations in a fully annotoated edition. ' This ample gathering, containing more than one thousand separate rhymes from the earliest surviving publications to the present day, is the most complete collection ever assembled.' with illustrations by Caldecott, Crane, Greenaway, Rackham, Parrish and historical woodcuts plus chapter decorations by E.M. Simon. $55.00 Book #321 from Friends of the Vista Library, Vista, CA

Crowe, Cameron. Fast Times at Ridgemont High. New York. Simon & Schuster. 1981. 253 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy in fine dust jacket. Book is a 1st edition in as new condition. Crowe's first book and basis for film by same name. To conduct his research, Crowe, whose youthful appearance belied his age of 22, was able to pass as a high school senior at a Southern California public school. $350.00 Book #281 from Friends of the Vista Library, Vista, CA

Editors of American Heritage. The Birds Of America. New York. American Heritage. 1966. 500 pps. 13 1/4" x 10 3/. First edition. Hardcover. good copy in good dust jacket. 431 Exact Reproductiions in Full Color from the Original Collection of John James Audubon, including the artist's marginal schetches and notes. The pages are not numbered - the book is about 2 1/2" thick.The introduction is by Marshall B. Davidson. $50.00 Book #63 from Friends of the Vista Library, Vista, CA

Glasstone, Samuel. The Effects of Nuclear Weapons. Washington, D.C.. U.S. Atominc Energy Commission. 1962. 728 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Softcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. VG copy with slight tears to top and bottom of tan spine and slight yellowing to wrapper front and back otherwise book is in very good condition. Has color frontispiece of the first thermonuclear explosion; b&w photos, charts, graphs and illustrations throughout. Included is pocket affixed to inside back cover containing instructions for using included - RARE - nuclear bomb effects computer. All of this is in MINT condition. $300.00 Book #309 from Friends of the Vista Library, Vista, CA

Gosse, Philip. The History of Piracy. New York. Tudor Publishing Co.. 1934. 349 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. First American edition. Black cloth cover with red decorated lettering on front and spine. Front end papers are a map of the voyages of John Cox. b&w illustrations and maps throughout. Minor checking to upper spine otherwise book in fine condition $100.00 Book #297 from Friends of the Vista Library, Vista, CA

Jordan, David Starr. Fishes. New York. D. Appleton. 1925. 773 pps. 7" x 10 1/2". Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. " In this volume the writer has tried to compress all that an educated man is likely to know, or to care to know, about fishes." Green cloth cover with gilt lettering and artwork on spine pages are top edge gilt. Handsome volume. $85.00 Book #310 from Friends of the Vista Library, Vista, CA

L. Frank, Baum. The Annotated Wizard of Oz. New York. Clarkson N. Potter. 1973. 384 pps. 8 1/2 x 11. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy in very good dust jacket. A beautiful book presented in landscape format (appx. 8.5"h x 11"w) Has wonderful color endpapers and an exact color facsimile of the first edition of the Wizard of Oz issued in 1900. Book is clean and tight with the text block in Fine condition. The dust jacket looks better in mylar and is nice with one small closed tear at the bottom of spine. The art work that there is on the jacket remains intact and bright. The front inner hinge has started, but hinges remain very tight. A bright, attractive copy. $70.00 Book #266 from Friends of the Vista Library, Vista, CA

Thackery, William Makepeace. Vanity Fair. Norwalk, CT. The Easton Press. 1979. 759 pps. 8vo. First edition. Leatherbound. fine copy with no dust jacket. Illustrated with over Two Hundred drawings by the author from the First Edition. Pale blue silk moire endpapers. All edges gilt. Original pale blue page ribbon. Original bookplate from the Easton Press, not filled in. 4to. Original full blue leather binding with gilt borders and lily-of-th-valley gilt designs on both boards. Gilt decorated and lettered spine with raised bands. Hardbound. Very beautiful, crisp copy. This Collector's Edition is published in advanced for the subscribers of the Easton Press collection of "The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written". $100.00 Book #315 from Friends of the Vista Library, Vista, CA

Tom Dunn. The Pipe Smoker's Ephemeris. College Point,New York. The Universal Coterie of Pipe Smokers. 1995. 825 pps. 11 1/4'x 8 3/4". First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. very good copy with no dust jacket. This is book II and is the 20th copy of 500 signed copies.Gilt lettering on cloth hardcover.It is the bound edition covering the second 15 years of T.P.S.E.Title page poem - "Give a man a pipe he can smoke, Give a man a book he can read, And his home is bright with a calm delight, Though the room be poor indeed" by James Thompson. This book is a privately published. $500.00 Book #119 from Friends of the Vista Library, Vista, CA

Williams, Ted. The Science of Hitting. New York. Simon & Schuster. 1971. 94 pps. 8 1/2 x 11. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy in good dust jacket. First edition in near fine condition with good dj - has small closed tears along upper back edge. 1st Printing. This baseball classic has a blue photo illustrated dj with a white spine and black spine lettering. This is a clean, tight, unmarked copy of this book's first printing--The Splendid Splinter shares his tactics and techniques in the batter's box, illustrated with great color and black-and-white photographs and diagrams throughout. 94 pages. $200.00 Book #286 from Friends of the Vista Library, Vista, CA

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