Complete Inventory Listing for Kalamazoo Public Library

Clymer, Eleanor. The Trolley Car Family. Washington Square. David McKay Company. 1947. 256 pps. 12mo. First edition. Hardcover. good copy in good dust jacket. DJ is in fair to good condition with minor chipping on the bottom edge and a few bigger chips on the top edge.The deepest chip is 1/2 inch and the longest is about 2". It is price clipped. $100.00 Book #125 from Friends of the Kalamazoo Public Library, Kalamazoo, MI

Crosland, Margaret. Piaf. New York. G. P. Putnams. 1985. 240 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy in very good dust jacket. Ex-library in very good condition. No library markings on the DJ except minor tape residue on the back cover. Library name covered with white sticker on title page.Book in very nice condition with wonderful black & white photos. $12.00 Book #138 from Friends of the Kalamazoo Public Library, Kalamazoo, MI

Dawkins, R.M. The Monks of Athos. London. George Allen & Unwin LTD. 1936. 408 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy in good dust jacket. Account of the monastic republic of Mt. Athos. Illustrations & pullout map. Dust jacket lightly soiled w/ 2 - one inch tears along bottom edge, DJ intact and in mylar cover. Light foxing along edge of pages. Generally book & DJ on good+ condition. $25.00 Book #159 from Friends of the Kalamazoo Public Library, Kalamazoo, MI

Fogert, S.J., Gerald P. Commonwealth Catholicism. Notre Dame, IN. University of Notre Dame Press. 2002. 687 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy in fine dust jacket. "The first complete history of the Catholic Church in Virginia." The author "vividly brings to life the people, places, and events that shaped the Virginia Church." $24.00 Book #154 from Friends of the Kalamazoo Public Library, Kalamazoo, MI

Gerstacker, Friedrich. Wild Sports in the Far West. Durham, N.C.. Duke University Press. 1968. 409 pps. 12mo. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy in very good dust jacket. This is a reprint of the 1st issue, developed from the authors diaries and letters, not the revised edition. Book has very good DJ in library mylar cover, w/ call letters stamped on the DJ spine, checkout pocket on ffep. $20.00 Book #149 from Friends of the Kalamazoo Public Library, Kalamazoo, MI

Griffin, Walter Burley. Selected Designs. Palos Park, IL. Prairie School Press. 1970. 113 pps. Folio. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Very good ex-lib. Brown cloth w/ gilt lettering. Oblong folio. Profusely illustrated. Lib call no. stamped on base of spine. Book is in very good condition. $80.00 Book #148 from Friends of the Kalamazoo Public Library, Kalamazoo, MI

Hemingway, Ernest. Death in the Afternoon. New York. Charles Scribners. 1932. 517 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Good to very good copy. First ed. with Scribners "A" and colophon an copyright page. Color frontis by Juan Gris with tissue guard.Pages very slightly browned. Black boards with gold lettering & design on spine. Slight edgewear on board corners.Previous owners name on ffep. $75.00 Book #143 from Friends of the Kalamazoo Public Library, Kalamazoo, MI

Horvath, Polly. When the Circus Comes to Town. Canada. Harper Collins Canada Ltd.. 1996. 138 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. fine copy in fine dust jacket. Retired circus people come to a small, mid-western town. $10.00 Book #115 from Friends of the Kalamazoo Public Library, Kalamazoo, MI

Langstaff, John. The Two Magicians. New York. Atheneum. 1973. 14 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. very good copy in fine dust jacket. Ex-library, signed by author. Color illustratoins by Fritz Eichenberg. $20.00 Book #50 from Friends of the Kalamazoo Public Library, Kalamazoo, MI

Leonard, Elmore. Dutch Treat. New York. Arbor House. 1985. 568 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. This is a special edition signed and numbered by the author in fine slipcase. This is copy number 334 of 350 copies. With an introduction by George Will, Dutch Treat is three novels in one package. $25.00 Book #156 from Friends of the Kalamazoo Public Library, Kalamazoo, MI

MacDonald, John Ross. The Drowning Pool. New York. Alfred A. Knopf. 1950. 244 pps. 12mo. First edition. Hardcover. good copy in good dust jacket. Book is an ex lib with DJ,has green patterned boards, edge-wear, spine slightly cocked, front and rear pastedowns have remnants of tape marks, expected lib. markings; the DJ is in good condition, not price-clipped, has a white 1" square stcker with an X on spine near the bottom. Hard to find DJ - in good condition otherwise. $50.00 Book #142 from Friends of the Kalamazoo Public Library, Kalamazoo, MI

MacNamara, Brinsley. The Clanking of Chains. New York. Brentano's Publishers. 1919. 262 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Brinsley MacNamara (1890-1963) is considered the originator of modern Irish realism, while still incorporating elements of fantasy and satirical hyperbole. $19.00 Book #85 from Friends of the Kalamazoo Public Library, Kalamazoo, MI

Melville, Herman. Moby Dick. Garden City. Garden City Publishing. 1937. 822 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Blue cloth with gilt cover design and lettering, sunned spine (lettering & design still intact), light cover rubbing, penciled owners name on front paste down, pages lightly tanned. $35.00 Book #152 from Friends of the Kalamazoo Public Library, Kalamazoo, MI

orcutt. The Manual of Linotype Typography. Brooklyn, N.Y.. Mergenthaler Linotype Co.. 1923. 256 pps. 4to. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Tipped-in frontispiece as published. Contains 100's of type styles, borders, head & tail pieces and more. Brown cloth, light rubbing on edges. $50.00 Book #150 from Friends of the Kalamazoo Public Library, Kalamazoo, MI

Pritchard, James. Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testamant. Princeton. Princeton University Press. 1955. 544 pps. 4to. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Red/brown cloth, gilded letters in black title book on spine. Book in very good condition. Heavy book may require extra postage for mailing. $25.00 Book #140 from Friends of the Kalamazoo Public Library, Kalamazoo, MI

Reagan, Ronald. Where's the Rest of Me?. New York. Duell, Sloan. 1965. 316 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. Signed by Author. very good copy in very good dust jacket. Ronald Reagan's first memoir which focuses on his Hollywood days. Signed on title page in ink "Best Regards Bill, Ronald Reagan" below this written very small and in pencil it says "May 13, 1976, Kalamazoo Michigan,Campaigning for Nomination to President, Republican Party...President of the USA, Jan. 20 1981". Very good book and DJ in protective plastic cover. $500.00 Book #146 from Friends of the Kalamazoo Public Library, Kalamazoo, MI

Roth, Philip. Zuckerman Bound. New York. Farrar, Rinehart. 1985. 784 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy in very good dust jacket. "A trilogy & epilogue." Dust jacket in very good plus condition. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine - near fine condition. There is slight foxing on the fore-edge of text block. $50.00 Book #145 from Friends of the Kalamazoo Public Library, Kalamazoo, MI

Sanford, John B. A Man Without Shoes. Los Angeles. The Plantin Press. 1951. 452 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. $10.00 Book #111 from Friends of the Kalamazoo Public Library, Kalamazoo, MI

Sousa, John Philip. Pipetown Sandy. Indianapolis. Bobbs-Merrill Co.. 1905. 383 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Very nice copy of a boy's adventure story with b/w illustrations by Charles Louis Hinton. $20.00 Book #94 from Friends of the Kalamazoo Public Library, Kalamazoo, MI

Taves, Machaluk. The Jules Verne Encyclopedia. Lanham, M.D. & London. Scarecrow Press. 1996. 257 pps. 4to. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. A collection of essays and bibliographic information and pricing for collectors. Dark blue cloth binding w/ gilt lettering, contains 25 plates. Very good to near fine ex-lib w/ call letters on small white label on base of spine and clear library tape on spine. Checkout pocket is on ffep. $100.00 Book #151 from Friends of the Kalamazoo Public Library, Kalamazoo, MI

Tioga County Historical Society. Tioga County Pennsylvania. Virginia Beach, V.A.. The Donning Company Publishers. 2004. 192 pps. 4to. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy in fine dust jacket. Commerates the bicentennial of Tioga County, PA. Profusely illustrated with B&W photos. $25.00 Book #153 from Friends of the Kalamazoo Public Library, Kalamazoo, MI

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