Complete Inventory Listing for San Diego County Library, Valley Center Branch

Abbey, Edward. Desert Images. New York. Gallery Books (W.H. Smith). 1987. 239 pps. Folio. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy in fine dust jacket. Massive volume, 10 1/2 by 17", with 163 beautiful glossy photos and eloquent text about exploring the American Southwestern desert on heavy-weight paper. Eleven themes beginning with lyrical photo essay on sand dunes. First edition of 1987 publication by Gallery Books. DJ in like-new condition; minor wear to cover and some loosening at front endpapers to spine. Weight of book will require additional shipping charge. $60.00 Book #253 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Agajanian, James T. Autobiography. Gardena, CA. Payne Publishing Company. 1965. 175 pps. 4to. First edition. Leatherbound. Signed by Author. very good copy with no dust jacket. Agajanian, born in Armenia, wrote his story for friends and family. It was published in a limited edition of 1,000. Chronicles youth, immigration to American, marriage, family, hardships, success. Excellent condition except for minor wear at ends of spine and slight foxing on endpaper. Inside is pristine. $45.00 Book #237 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Anduze, Aubrey. Reminiscence II. St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. None. 1944. 68 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Softcover. Signed by Author. good copy with no dust jacket. Reminiscences in rhyme of a lonely soldier. Some foxing on edges and occasional page, with minor rust marks. Tight binding with pages inside otherwise clear and clean. Apparent first edition, but not states. $30.00 Book #217 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Arnett, Robert. India Unveiled. Columbus, Georgia. Atman Press. 1996. 215 pps. 4to. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author. very good copy in very good dust jacket. Prize-winning book, all on glossy paper, and with at least as many glorious pictures as sections of text. "A heart-warming portrait of the people, landscape and multi-hued culture of India....acclaimed as one of the most insightful and revealing books written on India by a foreigner in forty-five years." Only sign that it was library copy is card holder on endpaper and 2 library name stamps. Minor cracking at binding on endpapers and wear to edges of both book and dj, with small tear at upper spine edge of dj. Inscribed by author. $30.00 Book #252 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Austin, Cyril. Little Blue Rabbit and his Adventures. New York. E. P. Dutton. 1873. 52 pps. 12mo. First edition. Hardcover. good copy with no dust jacket. Beautifully illustrated by Hilda Austin, and published in London by Ernest Nister and EP Dutton in New York. Part of Little Mother Stories. Undated, but apparently 1st ed. Unpaged. Original boards. Pages foxed, but clear. Binding (sewn) loose. Covers worn and soiled byt intact. Bookplate of original owner on pictorial endpapers; Signature of same owner dated 10-5-1908 on following page. $40.00 Book #244 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Baker, Sidney. The Australian Language. Milson's Point, NSW, Australia. The Currawong Press. 1978. 517 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy in fine dust jacket. The meanings, origins and usage of the Australian language from convict days to the present. Front endpaper corner cut off, tiny edge missing on rear endpaper, & edges & corners worn; otherwise fine. Classic of Australian literature. $14.00 Book #135 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

bar Yochai, Rav Shimon. The Zohar. New York. Kabbalah Centre International. 2003. 9999 pps. 4to. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. 23 vol. set, actually 10,531 pages. 2003 revised edition of 1st ever unabridged English translation with commentary. In Hebrew and English. Includes The Sulam Commentary by Rav Yehuda Ashlag. Edited and compiled by Rabbi Michael Berg. 13 vols. in Fine Condition, many like new. Others VG. Minor cover scuffing or nicks on some covers; a few underlines in pencil or notes in some; owners name in pencil in one. $240.00 Book #284 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Berg, Philip S. Time Zones. Richmond Hill, New York. Kabbalah Centre. 1993. 256 pps. 4to. Reprint. Softcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Astronomy, cosmos, parallel universes, etc. according to the Kabbalah and Zohar. If purchased with other Berg books (total of 4), will charge one shipping price. $2.00 Book #285 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Berg, Philip S., Rabbi. Miracles, Mysteries, and Prayer: Volume I. Richmond Hill, New York. The Kabbalah Learning Centre. 1995. 217 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Softcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Original edition, 2nd printing, illustrated. Looks unread. Minor cover cornerwear. Price includes Vol. 2. Will ship all 4 Philip S. Berg PBs for one shipping price if purchased all at once. $5.00 Book #286 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Berg, Philip S., Rabbi. Miracles, Mysteries, and Prayer, Volume 2. Richmond Hill, New York. Research Centre of Kabbalah. 1993. 224 pps. 8vo. First edition. Softcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Fine copy, no dj as issued. Price includes Vol 1. We will ship all 4 Phillip Berg volumes in our listings for one shipping price if purchased all at once. $5.00 Book #287 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Berg, Philip S., Rabbi. To the Power of One. New York. Research Centre of Kabbalah. 1991. 288 pps. 8vo. First edition. Softcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Inside pages Fine (unread); Back cover and last few pages bent at corner. Get Michael Berg's CD Becoming Like God and shipping price of one book if all Philip Berg books in our listings purchased at one time. $4.00 Book #288 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Blanck, Jacob. Peter Parley to Penrod. New York. R.R. Bowker. 1956. 153 pps. 8 vo. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Bibliographical description of American juvenile books: "...a list of those outstanding books which have withstood the years of change in reading tastes and are favorites still. Certain of the books are seldom read in these days but are included because of their position as milestones in juvenile reading during the past century. " $25.00 Book #45 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Borbals, S. Sketchbook by S. Borbals. None. None. none. 186 pps. 8 1/4 x 11 3/4. First edition. Softcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. A collection of 174 b/w sketches by Latvian artist and architect S. Borbals of places he visited around the world. No publishing information or date. Sketches dated from the 1940's through 1990. $19.00 Book #227 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Borbals, Stanley. Memories and Sketches. None. None. 1991. 224 pps. 4to. First edition. Leatherbound. fine copy with no dust jacket. These are the memories and b/w sketches of Stanley Borbals, who grew up in early 20th C. Latvia, with its occupations by Russia and Germany, and then lived through WWII as well, until he and his wife were able to escape. Privately printed by Vista Copy Service and bound in dark red leather. Julia N. Dexter is given as "author" and Astra Moors as editor. Interior clean and perfect, minor corner wear and scratch on leather spine at base. $20.00 Book #226 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Bosanquet, Mary. Saddlebags for Suitcases: Across Canada on Horseback. New York. Dodd Mead. 1942. 251 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. good copy with no dust jacket. Unstated 1st edition; good plus because of worn cover with fraying at bottom of spine and corners. Interior clean and tight except for browning from age, slightly loose hinge at one corner, and minor cracking at one place inside. Otherwise clean and tight. $12.00 Book #264 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Boxer, Mark, Ed. The Paris Ritz. London. None. 1991. 176 pps. Folio. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy in fine dust jacket. Like new copy with erratum slip and elaborate Ritz Paris note card. Apparent 1st Ed. with no publisher noted except The Ritz Hotel, no edition markings or date except copyright, 1991, and information that it was typeset in Great Britain and printed in Japan. May be edition prior to commercial publication. Magnificent volume with stunning color photographs and older b/w. "The intriguing history of the Ritz is traced from its immediate success at the turn of the century, through two World Wars, and during the hectic whirl of the Twenties and Thirties" with anecdotes of famous visitors. Introduction by Pierre Salinger. $75.00 Book #185 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Brooks, Jonathan. Varsity Jim. Indianapolis. Bobbs-Merrill. 1939. 320 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Follow-up to first Jimmy Byers book, on demand of readers. For high school boys, especially those interested in sports. Rare book. Previous owner's name and address written on endpaper. No dj, but clean and tight. Some minor foxing on endpapers and wear at corners of binding. $30.00 Book #211 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Brown, DeSoto. Hawaii Goes to War. Honolulu, Hawaii. Editions Limited. 1989. 160 pps. 4to. First edition. Softcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. This is a first edition of the original printing of a many times reprinted book. It is soft-covered, but made to seem hardcover with dj by heavy material and dj-styled cover. It is the story of Hawaii pre-war and during the war years and chock-ful of wonderful b/w pictures and quotations of life on the island. Pictures and text are mainly light-hearted aspects of war-time life. Excellent condition except for some wear at the top and bottom of spine. $15.00 Book #219 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Calhoun, Frances Boyd. Miss Minerva and William Green Hill. Chicago. Reilly & Lee. 1909. 279 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy in good dust jacket. 55th Edition. Green cloth with Pictorial cover. Book has very slight separation on front hinge; fep has unsigned bookplate. DJ is slightly worn, tiny tear on spine; edgeworn. 272 pages plus publisher's note on the author. Illustrations are b&w. Inside clean and tight. $15.00 Book #82 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Canty, Donald. American Architecture in the 1980s. Washington D.C.. AIA Press. 1990. 342 pps. 4to. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy in very good dust jacket. Fine in very good dust jacket. Black cover w/white lettering. DJ slightly edgeworn and rubbed. Profusely illustrated. Articles from Architecture magazine. 9.5" x 12.25". First Edition 1990 $15.00 Book #63 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Capa, Robert. Capa: Cara a cara. New York. Aperture Foundation. 1999. 201 pps. 8vo. First edition. Softcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Astonishing black and white photographs of war and the Spanish country-side and people during the Spanish Civil War by Robert Capa, from the 1999 exhibition. Includes historical essays by Juan Aizpurua, Richard Whelan, and Catherine Coleman. Also poetry by Pablo Neruda and others. Text all in Spanish. $40.00 Book #197 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Carandell, Josep. Barcelona Viva. Madrid. Luna Wennberg. 1982. 246 pps. 8 1/4 x 12. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author. fine copy in very good dust jacket. Inscribed (perhaps) by author Carandell? 1982-83 First edition fine coffee table photos and text about the city. BOXED instead of normal dust jacket. 8 1/4 x 12 with minimal wear. Copiously Illustrated. The Artistic, Historic And Popular Attractions Of The City Of Barcelona. Box very slightly bowed, beginning of crease on front, very minor scratches. $20.00 Book #95 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Carpenter, Edward. The Drama of Love and Death: A Study of Human Evolution and Transfiguration. New York. Mitchell Kennerley. 1912. 299 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Tight, well-kept volume with binding intact and wear only at corners and edges of cover. Some foxing and slight darkening of pages, but clear heavy paper. Edition not noted. Starts with the beginnings of love and moves on through love as an art, death, after-death, reincarnation and the mystery of personality. $18.00 Book #257 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Carter, David E. Trade Marks/9 The Annual of Trade Mark Design. New York. Art Direction Book Co.. 1984. 0 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. 1984 First Printing. Embossed orange hard cover, with some darkening and dirt. Trade marks illustrated with names of owners and designers. Clean and bright except for a few pages with large bent corners and some foxing on 1st and last couple of pages. $20.00 Book #229 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Churchill, Winston. History of the English Speaking Peoples. New York. Barnes & Noble. 1993. 2000 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. This set of 4 hardcover volumes was licensed from Dodd Mead and sold by Barnes & Noble. Bound in black cloth spines over red covers, stamped in gilt and red. Issued without dutjackets in a slipcase. Both the books and the slipcase are in fine condition and seem unused. $30.00 Book #200 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Connelly, Michael. The Brass Verdict. New York. Little, Brown & Co.. 2008. 422 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. fine copy in fine dust jacket. Like new book and dj, except for crease on foldover of dj. Signed on title page. $20.00 Book #255 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Crane, Walter. Mr. Michael Mouse unfolds his tale. New York. Merrimack. 1956. 0 pps. 12 mo. First edition. Softcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. VG+. Wraps very lightly soiled. No other flaws. A facsimile reproduction of Walter Crane's original illustrated manuscript. $20.00 Book #41 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Croft, Terrell. Wiring for Light and Power: A Detailed and Fully Illustrated Commentary on the More Important Portions of the National Electrical Code. New York. McGraw Hill. 1917. 426 pps. 12mo. First edition. Hardcover. good copy with no dust jacket. A guidebook for wiring and other electrical work based on national code, as of 1917. A unique copy with library book card (American Library Association War Service) and activity slip intact from World War I. Pages clean and tight though slightly yellowed with age; cover well worn but gold lettering on spine clean and clear. Inside front cover has upper left part of lining torn off and endpapers foxed, slightly soiled and marked with property of U.S. Army stamp. $14.00 Book #259 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Curry, Jesse. JFK Assasination File. Dallas, Texas. American Poster and Printing Co.. 1978. 135 pps. 4to. Reprint. Softcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Retired Dallas Police Chief reveals his personal JFK Assassination File. May be unstated first edition. Marked Limited Collectors Edition. Many photos of documents and other items. Purchased at John F. Kennedy Museum. Some wear to cover, with glue showing somewhat at endpapers. $45.00 Book #191 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

de la Hurst, Victor. Alice in Durban: A Fantasy in Advertising. Durban, South Africa. Knox Printing and Publishing Co.. none. 184 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. good copy in poor jacket. This is a delightful spoof on both Alice in Wonderland and advertising, but at the same time, an advertisement for the city of Durban. Each page spread has a text about Alice and one or more other characters needing to do or buy something in Durban, with a pictorial ad including the characters on the facing page. Only the introduction is dated (1948), and there is no indication of reprinting, but this is not a stated first edition. DJ considerably torn with some soiling and minor parts missing, but picture on cover intact showing Alice, the city and the white rabbit plus a costumed pedicab puller. Book binding is cracked in places with some tears but tight inside. Inside endpapers stained at edges, with minor staining on edge of an occasional page. Rare. $240.00 Book #167 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Delaunay, Charles. Hot Discography. New York. Commodore Record Co.. 1943. 416 pps. 12mo. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. This is the 1940 French edition, corrected and reprinted in the U.S. The 1st serious jazz reference, with index. Foreword by Walter Schaap about Charles Delaunay, whose rooms were HQ of Hot Club of France. Introduction in French & English on facing pages. Cover worn and faded, but intact. Gilt lettering worn and gone in a few places. Endpaper with owner's name & address in ink & soiled. Interior clean and tight, slightly browned. Coupon to be sent to publisher for supplement has been cut out. $9.50 Book #263 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Delta Line. Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina. New Orleans. Delta. 1955. 35 pps. 4to. First edition. Softcover. Inscribed by Author. very good copy with no dust jacket. Autograph and memory book from Delta Line South American cruise, signed by captain and dozens of passengers. Color and b/w photos. Very good condition, corners bumped, slight soiling front cover. $20.00 Book #56 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Denson, R.B. Destiny in Dallas: On-the-Scene Story in Pictures. Dallas, Texas. Denco Corporation. 1964. 65 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Softcover. good copy with no dust jacket. A very rare early collection of photographs, with text, on the assassination of JFK and its aftermath, including the trial of Jack Ruby, from Dec. 10, 1963 to Mar. 15, 1964, compiled by a member of Jack Ruby's defense team. Courtroom sketches and a hand-drawn map included. Edition or printing not specified, but date given is 1964. Cover is worn, with some cracking and tear at one staple, but inside clean and tight. $90.00 Book #182 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Doll, Danielle. Holly Hobby & friends: A Lesson in Friendship. New York. Simon & Schuster & American Greetings. none. 0 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Children's book, but with no content, a unique publisher's blunder. Cover content and decoration complete. Glossy blank pages inside. $10.00 Book #278 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Dorr, Robert F. and Donald, David. Fighters of the United States Air Force. New York. Military Press. 1990. 224 pps. 4 to. Reprint. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author. fine copy in fine dust jacket. Inscribed and dated (1994) by author.Survey of every fighter used by Army Air Corps and U.S.A.F. from beginnings to Stealth Fighter. First Amer. ed. 500 illus. in color and b/w. Slightly edgeworn at spine. Dj has a few, hard-to-see, sharp-object indentations on back. $15.00 Book #48 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Driggs, Laurence La Tourette. Heroes of Aviation. Boston. Little, Brown & Co.. 1919. 301 pps. 12mo. Reprint. Hardcover. good copy with no dust jacket. No edition displayed;dated 1919. Air aces of allied nations in WWI, many photographs. Tight and clean, inside and out, with original owner's ex libris. Minor discoloration of endpapers; edgewear to cover. $20.00 Book #242 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Drinkwater, John. The Outline of Literature. New York. G. P. Putnams. 1923. 1136 pps. 4to. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. All three of 3 volume set, blue with gold lettering on covers. First Volume July 1923 second printing. Second Volume first edition 1923. Third Volume first edition 1924. Some fading of spine lettering, especially vols 1 & 2. All three bumped edges, First Vol very small tear top center of front cover. Interiors clean and tight, over 500 illustrations. $30.00 Book #80 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Edens, Cooper. Nineteen Hats, Ten Teacups, an Empty Birdcage & the Art of Longing. New York. Green Tiger Press. 1981. 39 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. very good copy with no dust jacket. #1707 of 2000 signed copies. Nearly fine copy, top and bottom of spine slightly bumped. $20.00 Book #83 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Evelyn, John. The Diary of John Evelyn. Washington, London. M. Walter Dunne. 1901. 746 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. good copy with no dust jacket. 2 volume set of Evelyn's Diary edited by William Bray with his introduction and special introduction by Richard Garnett. Deluxe edition with color plates, vellum, rough edges. Covers worn. Inside clean and tight. Vol I has some separation at hinge. $13.00 Book #262 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Feldman, Jay. When the Mississippi Ran Backwards, Empire, Intrigue, Murder, and the New Madrid Earthquakes. New York. Free Press. 2005. 307 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. Signed by Author. fine copy in fine dust jacket. Vivid history, involving earthquakes, other disasters, crimes of Jefferson's nephews and war of 1812. Pristine copy and dust jacket. Signed. Probable first edition, later printing. $16.00 Book #173 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Field, Mrs. Frederick. "I Didn't Hear" or Alice Leonard. New York. Leavitt and Allen. 1870. 227 pps. 12mo. Reprint. Hardcover. good copy with no dust jacket. 1870 edition with gift inscription dated 1874. About family of unusual children; suitable reading for adults or older children. Cover is well worn, tearing at corners, and cracking at front inside, but textis tight and clean, except for occasional occasional minor spots and overall browning. New 2007 reprint sells for $28 to 53 dollars. This is original. No edition specified, but original edition. $20.00 Book #258 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Fletcher et al., Gustav. Unifed Physics. New York. McGraw Hill. 1936. 662 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Very Good+/No Jacket. Owners name and address top inside front cover, very slightly edgeworn, otherwise clean and tight. $18.00 Book #59 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Freeman, Douglas. George Washington. New York. Charles Scribners. 1948. 2500 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Six volume matching set with gilt lettered spines, coat of armss embossed on front of each volume "Exitus Acta Probate". All First Editions: 1948 (volumes 1 & 2); 1951 ( volumes 3 & 4); 1952 (volume 5); 1954 (volume 6), ALL with Scribner's A on copyright page. All VG to VG+, except volume 1 binding in tact, but a little loose. No previous owner indicia except for 2 penciled page references on second end paper on volume 2 and one on volume 5. Volumes 3 & 4 in original slipcase with publication information and Washington portrait on back; slipcase rubbed, some very minor closed tears on edges. Volume one has slight mark of a small feather at pages 112-113, feather still present. Volume 6 spine lightly faded. All corners lightly bumped, otherwise clean and tight. Wonderful complete set by famous biographer of Robert E. Lee (see our item #199, 4-volume set) and Washington. $300.00 Book #205 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Freeman, Douglas. Lee's Lieutenants. New York. Charles Scribners. 1942. 2500 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. good copy with no dust jacket. Three-volume matched set. Vol 1: Manassas to Malvern Hill, pub 1942. 773 pp, 9 illustrations & 29 maps. Vol 2: Cedar Mountain to Chancellorsville, pub 1943. 760 pp, 8 illustrations & 32 maps. Vol 3: Gettysburg to Appomattox, pub 1944. 862 pp, 8 illustrations, 45 maps + fold-out at rear. All volumes G+, black boards with gilt. Spines faded, corners bumped, but no previous owner indicia. No djs nor slipcase, but all appear to be First editions, volume 3 with Scribner's A. Volume 2 front bottom right corner bent but in tact, one inch from bottom (perhaps touched lightly by paint brush) light mark, even lighter mark similar size and type between title and author's name on front cover. NB: this set will incur a higher postage. $36.00 Book #206 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

French-Sheldon, M. Sultan to Sultan:Adventures among the Masai and other Tribes of East Africa. Boston. Arena Publishing Co.. 1892. 435 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author. reading copy with no dust jacket. Certificate # 384, signed by H.H. Boyce, Business Mgr. Poor condition, but worth repair. Cover hinges broken, separated, pages loose with some separated, but intact from foreword on, except for back endpapers. Wear to cover, especially spine, frayed. Pages slick paper, clean and intact. $50.00 Book #273 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Friendland and Zellman, Roger & Harold. The Fellowship: The Untold Story of Frank Lloyd Wright & the Taliesin Fellowship. New York. Regan, Harper Collins. 2006. 690 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy in very good dust jacket. Well illustrated with b/w and color pictures, this biography is full of stories andinteresting details. This is a probably unread ex-library book covered with mylar, and carrying only a card-pocket and spine label to show its origen. $20.00 Book #212 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Gonda, Thomas. Dying Dignified: The Health Professionals Guide to Care. Menlo Park, CA. Addison-Wesley. 1984. 317 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. fine copy in very good dust jacket. Caring for terminally ill patients and their families. Clean copy. DJ edgeworn, slight tears and soiling. Signed by author. $15.00 Book #70 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Goolrick and Tanner, William K. & Ogden. The Battle of the Bulge. Alexandria, Virginia. Time-Life Books. 1979. 208 pps. 4to. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy in very good dust jacket. Book like new; DJ like new except for some surface rubbing and 1 scratch. Part of Time-Life series, World Ward II, earliest printing. $18.00 Book #271 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Guirard, Greg. Cajun Families of the Atchafalaya: Their Ways and Words. Louisiana. Greg Guirard. 1989. 88 pps. 11.25X9"oblong. First edition. Softcover. Signed by Author. very good copy with no dust jacket. B/W photos with descriptive captions and text on glossy paper. Quotations and photographs from interviews author did in the Atchafalaya (Louisiana). Environmental perspective. Precursor of publication of entire transcripts of interviews and full tapes. Signed by author on title page. $18.00 Book #250 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Hafiz. The Divan of Hafiz. Tehran, Iran. Gooya Art House. 2006. 528 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. A collection of the poems of Persian poet Hafiz, in English and Persian. Collected by Ismail Salami from the best translations, with some retranslated by him. Elaborate pages of illustration front and rear of book. Slick paper, elaborately illustrated cover and endpapers, and framing on each page. Second edition. $20.00 Book #268 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Harper's. Harper's New Monthly Magazine. New York. Harpers. 1868. 864 pps. 8vo. First edition. Leatherbound. good copy with no dust jacket. Harper & Bros. Publ., 1868, Volume XXXVII of the magazine, June to November, 1868. Marbled boards rubbed - b+w ills - covers in tact - interior Good+ - Leather binding shows some wear. Pages tanned, water stains at top and along front edge of two pages preceding title page and title page. and ttop bottom and edge of pages 263-4 and following two end pages. No markings in text except former owner's name and Martinsburg W. Va in pencil on page 621. Hinges and binding tight. Leather spine nicked at head of spine3/8" chip & 1/2" tear front free endpaper fore-edge, o.w. clean & tight. NO ink names, bookplates, etc $20.00 Book #207 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Harris, Levitt, Furman, Smith, Middleton, Morris, Roger, Erne. The Black Book. New York. Random House. 1974. 206 pps. 4to. First edition. Hardcover. good copy in poor jacket. First Edition of this scrapbook style pictorial history of Black life in the United States with abundant b/w and a center section of color pictures. Lots of text in newspaper column form: stories, newspaper stories and ads, anecdotes, bits of information, etc. Clean and beautifully kept, but a few small underlines and check marks, some areas of loose binding and one separated page. Owner's name written on front endpaper. Well used. $50.00 Book #228 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Hawley, Walter A. Oriental Rugs, Antique and Modern. New York. John Lane. 1913. 320 pps. 4to. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Good plus condition. Profusely illustrated 1913 first edition. Covers worn, front hinge starting to split,owners name on fep,some water staining on some pages. Color illustration foldout frontis. $50.00 Book #61 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Hayes, Derek. Historical Atlas of California. Berkeley. Univ. of California Press. 2007. 256 pps. Folio. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy in very good dust jacket. Combination of pictures and texts on slick paper with fine color. As new, shelf rubbing on back of dj. $20.00 Book #276 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Hinshaw, David. Herbert Hoover: American Quaker. New York. Farrar, Straus. 1950. 469 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. fine copy with no dust jacket. Pristine book, # 700 of edition of 1,500, signed by author, in good slipcase. Frontispiece is glossy portrait of Hoover. "Sympathetic, interpretive, biography of a fellow Quaker" by an expert on the "American political scene." $25.00 Book #249 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Hogan, Ben. Five Lessons, the modern fundamentals of golf. New York. A. S. Barnes. 1957. 127 pps. 4to. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy in very good dust jacket. Edition not marked, but inscription on end paper by gift giver to previous owner is dated 1972. Articles from Sports Illustrated by Ben Hogan with Herbert Warren Wind, editor of Sports Illustrated and illustrator Anthony Ravielli. Book is clear and clean, in excellent condition. DJ has minor wear to edges and small tears at base of spine. Rare to find in good condition with dj. $28.00 Book #238 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Hornibrook, Isabel. Camp and Trail: A Story of the Maine Woods. Boston. Lothrop Publishing Co.. 1897. 365 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Rare book. Worn, frayed at edges but binding intact and gilding and printing on cover clear abd bright. Some browning and minimal soiling (fingerprints?). Story of adventures in the woods of northern Maine intended to let boys know the joys of such adventures without involving hunting and killing. $100.00 Book #256 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Hull, Suzanne W. Chaste Silent & Obedient: English Books for Women 1475-1640. San Marino, California. Huntington Library. 1982. 247 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy in very good dust jacket. An examination of the roles, duties and lives of women in Renaissance England through the books they read. Minor wear at corners and edges, and a few specks of foxing. Unstated first edition. Published by the Huntington Library with b & w illustrations. $20.00 Book #172 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Hutchings, Margaret. Toys from the tales of Beatrix Potter. New York. F. Warne. 1973. 315 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy in very good dust jacket. Diagrams, photographs and patterns to make Beatrix Potter characters and accessories. First American Printing. DJ edgeworn with two small tears, slight soiling. Contents like new. $20.00 Book #50 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Jameson, Sheilagh S. Chautauqua in Canada. Calgary, Alberta. Glenbow-Alberta Institute. 1979. 161 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. fine copy in very good dust jacket. 1979 Cloth NF in VG jacket. This copy has been signed by both the author and collaborator Nola B. Erickson. Very Nice condition, but very slight bumps on spine ends, and gift inscription from friends to owners. Dustjacket has two small tears on the top front edge. Illustrated throughout with b&w photos. A history of the Chautauqua in Canada and it's founders, John and Nola B. Erickson. $20.00 Book #84 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Johnson, Roy. Red River Valley. Moorhead, Minnesota. Red River Valley Historical Society. 1982. 442 pps. 4to. First edition. Softcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Selection of historical articles first printed in The Forum from 1941 to 1962, edited by Clarence Glasrud. Numerous photos and maps of Minesota history. Inscription by former owner on fep, partial coffee cup mark top right, and several faint coffee spots bottom, front cover, otherwise clean and tight. $15.00 Book #99 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Jones, Rufus. Spirit in Man. Stanford. Stanford Univ Press. 1941. 70 pps. 12mo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy in good dust jacket. Stanford University Press 1941 First Edition. Small bump bottom spine; discolored two facing pages (last page Forward/Table of Contents) from bookmarker, otherwise clean and tight. DJ price-clipped, edgeworn, browning edges. $20.00 Book #90 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Keim, Jean. La Tour Eiffel. Paris. Editions "Tel". 1950. 53 pps. 11 3/4 x 8 1/4". First edition. Softcover. very good copy in poor jacket. First Edition, VG+ in white flexible cardboard wrappers with French flaps in a poor, but original, glassine dust jacket (chips on bottomand top, up to 2-inch tear on parts of top front of glaassine). The dust jacket is also lightly toned. A very attractive copy. Contains 49 gravure photographic illustrations after photos by Brassai, Boucher, Sougez, Foucault et al. depicting the "birth and life" of the Eiffel Tower. Text in French with English translation at the rear. $20.00 Book #195 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Kinsey, Pomeroy, Martin, Gebhardt, Staff Inst for Sex Research, Indiana U, Alfred, Wardell, Clyde, P. Sexual Behavior in the Human Female. Philadelphia. Saunders. 1953. 872 pps. 12mo. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Very significant book, a first in the field. Second of studies, males first. No edition stated, only date. Some wear to cover, especially ends of spine; inside clean, clear and tight, some discoloration from age and period. $30.00 Book #293 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Kiyooka, Chiyono Sugimoto. Chiyo's Return. Garden City. Doubleday, Doran Co.. 1935. 342 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy in poor jacket. Beautifully written and illustrated memoir of a young girl who goes to pre-war Japan, the land of her ancestors and many relatives, after 10 years of school in the United States, the land of her birth. Clean and tight except for some foxing, primarily on endcovers and early pages. Illustrated by Bunji Tagawa in the fashion of Japanese woodcuts, complete with a collection of amusing vignettes on the endcovers. Dj is missing about half of the spine area and a small portion of the back, but the book and dj are protected by a paper cover beneath the dj and full mylar covering. $28.00 Book #209 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Koechlin and Migeon, Raymond and Gaston. Oriental Art: Ceramics, Fabrics, Carpets. New York. Macmillan Pub.. none. 120 pps. 4to. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. No date or edition given. Probably 1928. Probably original edition. Sectional introductions by Koechlin or Migeon, French authorities in the fields. Translated by Florence Heywood. Foxing on endpapers and minor amount on internal pages of introduction. Tight and clean with beautiful glossy plates, protected by tissue with descriptive information, in perfect condition. Gift giver's signature on endpaper in 1972. Green boards with gilt decoration. 20 pages of introduction and 100 plates. $20.00 Book #251 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Krivine, J. Juke Box Saturday Night. Secaucus, New Jersey. Chartwell Books. 1977. 160 pps. Folio. Reprint. Hardcover. Signed by Author. very good copy in very good dust jacket. Illustrated history of juke box, from Edison's phonograph throughn nickelodeon days to heyday of lavish machines. Dj intact but minor edgeware and some soiling at top and bottom. Foxing on endpapers, slight browning at page edges. Otherwise clean and bright, especially period color photographs. $25.00 Book #236 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Kushner, Tony. Angels in America. New York. Theatre Communications Group. 2003. 292 pps. 8 1/2 x 5 1/4. First edition. Softcover. Signed by Author. fine copy with no dust jacket. First Combined Paperback Edition, September 2003 of Part One: Millennium Approaches and Part Two: Perestroika of Pulitzer Prize winning play. Pristine paperback, flatsigned by the author, with "autographed copy" stamp on front cover. $75.00 Book #192 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Lance, Evelyn. A Letter to Santa Claus. Buffalo, N..Y.. Berger Publishing Company. 1907. 24 pps. 12mo. Reprint. Hardcover. good copy with no dust jacket. No edition or printings noted, just 1907 copyright. May be 1st ed. Cover well worn with cracks and small bits missing on spine and stain on rear. Picture and decorations clear. Bookplate of original owner. Printed pages and pictures clean and clear, though somewhat browned. Endpapers somewhat foxed, and worn. Unpaginated. $20.00 Book #243 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Lee, Harper. To Kill A Mockingbird. Norwalk, Conn. Easton Press. 1997. 296 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Leatherbound. very good copy with no dust jacket. Bound in rich HUNTER GREEN full leather - extensive gilt decoration on spine and both boards - 4 raised bands on spine - aeg - archival quality paper - GOLDEN SALMON MOIRE SILK end papers and GOLDEN SALMON SATIN ribbon book mark. GREAT BOOKS OF 20TH CENTURY Bookplate pasted in fep, but no handwriting. One bumped corner, two small spots on gold-edged pages, otherwise like new. $60.00 Book #203 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Lee, Wright. Not as Briefed: Memoirs of a B-24 Navigator/Prisoner of War 1943-1945. Spartanburg, S.C.. Honoribus Press. 1995. 234 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Softcover. Signed by Author. very good copy with no dust jacket. No edition noted, but likely first. Cover and first few pages show some wear at corners and bend at front cover bottom corner, but after that tight and unbroken; apparently unread. $28.00 Book #281 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Lewis, Sinclair. Babbitt. Norwalk, Connecticut. Easton Press. 1999. 342 pps. 8vo. First edition. Leatherbound. fine copy with no dust jacket. Easton Press Collector's Edition, part of Great Books of the 20th Century. Dark green leather binding with 22kt gold embossed design and lettering. Archival paper with pages gilded on three sides, moire endsheets and bound-in satin bookmark. First edition thus. Specially commissioned illustrations by Jeff Fisher. Unused special bookplate and Collector's Notes included. Like new. $45.00 Book #153 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Lindop, Edmund. The First Book of Elections. New York. Franklin Watts. 1968. 63 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author. good copy with no dust jacket. Illustrated instructional book for older children about U.S. elections and their vagaries. Illustrated by Gustave E. Nebel in b/w drawings. 6th printing. Clean & tight inside. Front endpaper worn with small hole and cover somewhat soiled. Picture cover drawing of child at political rally presenting flowers. Inscribed 1967, copyright 1968. $10.00 Book #221 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Lowrey, Janette Sebring. In the Morning of the World, The Story of the Greek Myths. New York. Harper & Brothers. 1944. 168 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. good copy in poor jacket. An introduction to the Greek myths for young people told as a story, with the theme of man's growth from a lump of clay to a thinking, sensitive being. B/W illustrations. A wartime book subject to all the regulations, therefore foxing and browning. Some slightly loose pages at the beginning. Dj worn and torn at edge with small missing pieces. Especially rare with Dj. $20.00 Book #213 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Loyd, Doyal T. A History of Upshur County, Texas. Gilmer and Waco, Texas. The Gilmer Mirror and Texian Press. 1966. 144 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author. good copy with no dust jacket. Detailed history of Texas small town with many photographs. Rare. $40.00 Book #290 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Luhan, Mabel Dodge. European Experiences. New York. Harcourt Brace. 1935. 461 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Mabel Dodge Luhan took pages from volumes called "Intimate Memories," picture of her world over the last 50 years. This is the second published collection. Foxed endpapers and slight yellowing inside. Owner's name in pencil, dated 1935. B/W glossy photograpic illustrations.Corner wear and modest wear on spine edges. Front cover marks and gilt gone. Present on spine. $20.00 Book #261 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

MacCann, Donnarae. The Child's First Books. New York. H.W. Wilson. 1973. 135 pps. 4 to.. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. "A Critical Study of Pictures and Texts." Many illus., including a few color fold-outs. White cover slightly soiled; bumped corners. Prev. owner's name printed on pastedown. $15.00 Book #38 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Macdonald, Alexander. The Pearl Seekers. London. Blackie & Son. ND. 363 pps. 12mo. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. No Date: 1920s reprint? Original blue pictorial cloth. Very good copy. Bumped edges,pages browning with age. Illustrated with a frontspiece (page loose)and six black and white plates. $40.00 Book #122 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

MacDonald, Norman H. The Clan Ranald of Knoydart & Glengarry. Scotland. Privately printed. 1979. 199 pps. 8vo. First edition. Softcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Privately printed and sold by Norman MacDonald FSA Scot. Interior pages clean and tight, but lower right corners bent. Cover and title page smudged and scratched. Gift inscription on inside cover to a MacDonald. $75.00 Book #223 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Madgic, Bob. Shattered Air, A True Account of Catastrophe and Courage on Yosemite's Half Dome. Short Hills, New Jersey. Burford Books. 2005. 265 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author. fine copy with no dust jacket. Rare collectible, without dj, but in fine condition except for very slight shelf ware at corners. Written with Adrian Esteban, "a primary player" in the incident, and illustrated by William L. Crary. 5 hikers in 1985 chose to climb Yosemite's Half Dome in lightening and thunders, with tragic results. $20.00 Book #233 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Mann, Thomas. Bashan and I. New York. Henry Holt. 1923. 247 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. good copy with no dust jacket. This is the first American edition, printed in Great Britain from British plates, probably first printing, of book Thomas Mann wrote about his dog during WWI "as a refuge and relief," according to translator Herman George Scheffauer. Translator calls it "a delectable symphony of human and canine psychology, of love of nature and of pensive humour." Inside is clear and bright with just a few pages missing corners or turned down and minor foxing on endpapers. Cover is heavily worn with edges missing blue overlay, lettering on spine barely readable with coloring gone. Small stain on front cover. Previous owner's name in ink on front endpaper and in pencil on rear endpaper. $21.00 Book #239 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

McCullers, Carson. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter. Norwalk, Connecticut. Easton Press. 1999. 356 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Leatherbound. fine copy with no dust jacket. Easton Press Collector's Edition, bound in dark-gray leather with 22 ct gold embossed gilt cover design and lettering. Archival paper gilded on all three edges, moire endpapers and bound-in satin book mark. Specially commissioned illustrations by Peter Fiore. Unused special bookplate and Collector's Notes included. $68.00 Book #152 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

McGovern, John. Collected Essays of Sir William Osler, Vols I-III. New York. Classics of Medicine Library Division of Gryphon E. 1985. 1600 pps. 4to. Reprint. Leatherbound. fine copy with no dust jacket. Classics of Medicine Library 1985 Special Edition Leather. Publisher's Preface Birmingham Alabama); Complete 3 large octavo volumes; 497 + 454 +642pp (including index and some illustrations); no dust jackets; Immaculately Fine gilt-stamped decorated full brown leather with gilt page edges; marble front and rear end papers; bound-in brown ribbon place marker. Books are like new, unread with no signs of shelfwear; a clean tight beautiful set. $125.00 Book #101 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Meek, Margaret & Warlow, Aidan & Barton, Griselda. The Cool Web: the Pattern of Children's Reading. New York. Atheneum. 1978. 427 pps. 8 vo. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy in very good dust jacket. Main theme is stories are central to a child (and adult's) experiences. Fifty essays by distinguished authors and critics. Divided into 5 sections. Printed and bound in Great Britain, first American edition. $15.00 Book #21 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Meyerowitz, Joel. Redheads. New York. Rizzoli. 1991. 98 pps. 4to. Reprint. Hardcover. good copy in very good dust jacket. Some soiling and corner wear on dj, no tears. Sewn pages separated from back; can be reglued. No damage. Gift inscription to former owner on endpaper. Plates in fine condition including foldout. $20.00 Book #283 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Miller and Rodriguez, Frank and Robert. Frank Miller's Sin City: The Making of the Movie. None. Troublemaker Publishing. 2005. 272 pps. 11" x 11". First edition. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Slick paper picture-book style account of the making of the movie "Sin City," with never published Miller drawings and other graphic materials, including fine art, storyboards, and photos, plus interviews and pages of dialogue. Fine, except for some bending of outside corners. Graphic picture on cover. $35.00 Book #218 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Mitchell, Margaret. Gone with the Wind. New York. Macmillan Pub.. 1986. 963 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. This is the 50th Anniversary edition created for the 60th anniversary of the Book of the Month Club. Fine except for very minor shelf wear at corners of slipcase, and slight waving in pristine pages within. Introduction by Tom Wicker. Red cloth binding with gilt lettering. $20.00 Book #234 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Moe, Richard. The Last Full Measure. New York. Henry Holt. 1993. 345 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. fine copy in fine dust jacket. The story of the First Minnesota Volunteers, thus the story of the Civil War in the 1st 3 years. First owner's name and date on endpaper; minor staining on flyleaf along with author's signature. Maps of battlefields and 8 pp of photographs on glossy paper. $12.00 Book #149 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Montague, Sydney. Riders in Scarlet. Evanston, IL. Row, Peterson. 1941. 64 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author. very good copy with no dust jacket. Pictorial Cover with very slightly bumped edges. This 1941 edition SIGNED and INSCRIBED by the author is in VERY GOOD+ condition. Light soiling to bottom third of front and back end papers, otherwise is clean and unmarked. Pictorial boards show small closed tear to top spine edge, otherwise without defect, crisp edges, square, clean and unmarked. Binding is tight and solid. $20.00 Book #94 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Moore, Henry. Shelter Sketch Book. New York. Wittenborn and Company. 1940. 90 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. very good copy with no dust jacket. Very good grey cloth bound at top of pages. No DJ n.p. Gilt on spine slightly faded, black and gilt title block on front cover bright. Signed 'Henry Moore October 1940'. Facsimile signature? 1st Amer edition. $50.00 Book #216 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Morrison, Toni. Beloved. Norwalk, Connecticut. Easton Press. 1998. 275 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Leatherbound. fine copy with no dust jacket. Part of Easton Press's beautiful leather-bound series of Collector's Editions, with specially commissioned frontispiece by Paul Bachem. Bound in black leather with gold embossed design on front and rear covers and spine. Bound-in silk bookmark matching silk moire endpapers. Archival paper. Like new, feels unopened. No dustjacket as issued. $40.00 Book #155 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Morton, Harold C. Trials of a Trial Lawyer. None. None. 1972. 220 pps. 8vo. First edition. Leatherbound. Inscribed by Author. fine copy in good dust jacket. Privately printed for family and close friends after being urged to write about his interesting court trials. Printed in Los Angeles by Smith Pacific. Bound in full red leather with padded covers, and parchment-looking dj. Book is like new, and unread, but dj is edgeworn and somewhat discolored, with tears at spine edges. $30.00 Book #214 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Muir, Percy. English Children's Books: 1600-1900. New York. Frederick A. Praeger. 1969. 255 pps. 8 vo. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy in very good dust jacket. Some edgewear, worn spine tips. Dj shows edgewear, a few v. small tears, slight crease along spine. Prev. owner's name inscribed on pastedown. Interior clean, tight. Both color and b/w illus. $15.00 Book #34 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Nabobov, Vladimir. Ada. Taiwan, China. None. 1969. 589 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. A curiosity for Nabokov fans or collectors: probably an early pirated edition. Published in 1969 (year of 1st publication), according to title page, in Taiwan China, with no publishing information on spine or title page. Printing or publishing information on page following last printed page, in Chinese, except for "No. 136" at beginning and "1188" at end, printed in small square on blank page. Includes "Family Tree" and list of Nabokov books. Green binding with silver letters on spine, and thin paper. No dj. Condition very good except for some staining on endpapers and sun-faded spine. $15.00 Book #136 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Nabobov, Vladimir. Lolita. Norwalk, Connecticut. Easton Press. 1999. 317 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Leatherbound. fine copy with no dust jacket. Collector's Edition from the Easton Press. Beautiful edition, printed on archival paper with gilded edges, and bound in red leather with gilded patterns on covers and spine and gilded title and author. Silk moire endpapers and matching bound-in bookmark. Unread, with Collector's Notes included. $60.00 Book #158 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Neuburg, Victor E. The Penny Histories. New York. Harcourt, Brace & World. 1969. 227 pps. 16 mo. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy in fine dust jacket. Fine copy in mylar-protected dj. One bumped corner. Minor edgewear and bumped spinetip on dj. $15.00 Book #25 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

None. Glory and the Games. Salt Lake City, Utah. Commemorative Publications. 1996. 224 pps. 4to. First edition. Leatherbound. fine copy with no dust jacket. Commemorative publication for the Atlanta cames. Special gold-embossed leatherette binding in dark red with matching heavy endpapers and glorious full color and b/w photographs. Subtitle is "Overcoming Adversity in Pursuit of Olympic Excellence." $15.00 Book #159 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

None. Athens to Atlanta: 100 years of glory. Salt Lake City, Utah. Commemorative Publications. 1996. 276 pps. 4to. First edition. Leatherbound. fine copy with no dust jacket. Sub-title is: "Great Achievements at the Summer Games." Special gold-embossed dark read leatherette binding with matching heavy endpapers. Commemorative publication by the U.S. Olympic Committee. History of the games, with full-color and b/w photographs from earlier Olympics. $25.00 Book #160 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

none. The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor. New York. Booadside Press for Holiday House. 1939. 71 pps. 12mo. First edition. Hardcover. good copy with no dust jacket. Beautiful little book printed on heavy beige art paper with colored woodcuts (one on cover), and handset by artist John B. Reed in 1939 edition limited to 1500 copies. Darkening and minor spots on cover plus wear at corners and edges. Memento inscription by original owner on endpaper. $45.00 Book #169 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Oates, Joyce Carol. You Must Remember This. Franklin Center, PA. The FranklinLibrary. 1987. 436 pps. 8vo. First edition. Leatherbound. Signed by Author. fine copy with no dust jacket. A signed first edition for The Franklin Library Signed First Edition Society, with a new preface for this edition by Joyce Carol Oates. Bound in gilt-embossed green leather with bound-in satin book mark, decorated endpapers and gilded page edges on all three sides. Special frontispiece by Milt Kobayashi, as well as section frontspieces. As new. $22.00 Book #151 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Orwell, George. The Road to Wigan Pier. New York. Harcourt Brace. 1958. 308 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy in good dust jacket. Condition would be fine except for small tear top edge of rear endpaper. DJ price clipped,worn at spine edges and tears at rear edge. $50.00 Book #267 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Paine, Albert. Th. Nast: His Period and His Pictures. Princeton. Pyne Press. 1974. 583 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy in very good dust jacket. Hard Cover w/Dust Jacket. DJ edgeworn, two scratches on front, o.w. clean, bright & tight. Facsimile of the 1904 Macmillan Edition. $20.00 Book #72 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Patteson, S. Louise. Pussy Meow: The Autobiography of a Cat. Philadelphia. George W. Jacobs & Co.. 1903. 254 pps. 12mo. First edition. Hardcover. good copy with no dust jacket. Written as if cat's autobiography. Cover worn at edges and faded, with some staining on front endpapers and minor discoloration of pages, but remarkably good condition for its age with clean, clear pages and tight binding. "Practical suggestions" for care of cats "blended in." $20.00 Book #245 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Plutarch. Loves of Illustrious Men, Vol. I. London. Chatto and Windus. 1878. 614 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. reading copy with no dust jacket. This is a "New Ndition with Numerous Portraits" and Preface to This Edition. Worn but collectible. Includes "Notes Critical and Historical" by John and William Langhorne. Inside somewhat browned and soiled at edges, but binding intact except for one partial break; some foxing on endpapers and last few pages; cover (faux leather) badly worn at corners, with tears at end of spine, bottom worse than top. $10.00 Book #289 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Potter, Beatrix. Dear Ivy, Dear June. Toronto. Other Press. 1977. 166 pps. 12mo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy in good dust jacket. First Edition. In orange slipcase with some splitting, bumped edge. Book itself fine, like new. A collection of over fifty letters from Potter to her friend Ivy Steel and her daughter June, dating from 1924 to 1943. Published for The Friends of the Toronto Public Library; contains 8 full page illustrations, text drawings, a biography of Beatrix Potter, notes and bibliography. $30.00 Book #51 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Price, Leontyne. Aida. San Diego, CA. Harcourt, Brace & Javanovich. 1990. 32 pps. 4to. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. very good copy in fine dust jacket. Beautiful, lavishly illustrated Aida, as told by Leontyne Price. Signed by Leo and Diane Dillon, the illustrators. They have provided not only color illustrations on every other page but page borders and varying heading designs. Elaborate design on endpapers. Fine except for very slight edgeware. $29.00 Book #235 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Rand, Ayn. The Fountainhead. Norwalk, Connecticut. The Easton Press. 1989. 741 pps. 6 1/4" by 9 1/4. Reprint. Leatherbound. fine copy with no dust jacket. From Great Books of the 20th Century Series. Full blue leather binding with gilt decoration and titles on covers and spine & gilt page ends. As new; no dj as issued. 1st thus. Full color frontispiece & b & w illustrations by Victoria Vebell. 1 vol. complete. Silk moire endpapers & silk bookmark bound in. Printed on archival paper. $70.00 Book #127 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Rayburn III, Jim. Dance Children, Dance. Wheaton, IL. Tyndale House. 1984. 210 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author. fine copy in very good dust jacket. Written by his son, this is the story of Jim Rayburn, founder of "Young Life," a very successful but unconventional nministry to "unchurched high school kids, whose vision and success contrasted with a troubled life. Copy inscribed to Mr. and Mrs. Ken Botts on 10/10/84. Book is stated First Printing and seems unread, perhaps unopened. DJ has one small tear and very minor wear to corners. $20.00 Book #175 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Reis, Jim. Then and Now Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky. Gibsonia, Pennsylvania. Scripps Howard. 1995. 112 pps. Folio. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy in very good dust jacket. A history through photographs going back to the 1880's, both bl & w and color, sometimes of the same site "then" and "now." Printed on slick paper for better images and sewn binding. $25.00 Book #162 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Reitmeister, Louis A. A Philosophy of Time. New York. The Citadel Press. 1962. 452 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. very good copy in good dust jacket. Signed and inscribed 1st edition, in marbleized green, quarter-backed leatherette, with slight wear at corners. DJ worn at edges with tears at top & bottom of spine & minor missing edge at bottom. The nature, meaning & value of time in various cultures from primitive times to the present. $15.00 Book #134 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Rigan, Otto B. James Hubbell's Palace Doors of Abu Dhabi. Palo Alto, California. Hidden House. 1982. 126 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Softcover. Inscribed by Author. very good copy with no dust jacket. Signed by the artist James Hubbell, in 1996. Beautiful color photographs of the doors, plus introductory text with b/w photos. Poems and inscriptions included. Fine except for minor corner wear and rubbing on spine. No wraps. $20.00 Book #230 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Rissel, Carol, ed. The 1982 U.S. Open Book. Pebble Beach, CA. Pebble Beach Foundation. 1982. 132 pps. 8 1/2 x 11 1/2". First edition. Hardcover. fine copy in fine dust jacket. Fine copy with minor tears on dj and slight wear to binding corners. Glossy pages filled with photographs and a few drawings. Description and photo of each hole at Pebble Beach with Hale Irvin. $12.00 Book #150 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Routledge and Sons, George. A Dog's Dinner Party. Toronto. Toronto Public Library. 1969. 6 pps. 4to. Reprint. Softcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Limited Edition facsimile of a late 19th century "Shilling Toy Book". Full page color illustrations. Interior pages fine, inside back cover some staining and signature top right front. $20.00 Book #68 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Runbeck, Margaret Lee. Our Miss Boo. New York. D. Appleton-Century Co.. 1942. 226 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author. good copy with no dust jacket. First edition stated (1 on last page). Clean tight inside, with slight discoloration of paper. Worn on outside, especially at corners of binding, with one edge end worn through. Gift inscription early in 1942, with author's inscription & signature dated March 10, 1955. $20.00 Book #220 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Salway, Lance. A Peculiar Gift. Harmondsworth, Middlesex. Kestrel. 1976. 573 pps. 8 vo. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy in very good dust jacket. "Nineteenth Century Writings on Books for Children." Collection includes Dickens, Ruskin, Lang, Conrad, Stevenson, Thackeray. Slight cock to spine, slight soil on edges. Dj edgeworn w/ some soil and chipping on spine. $12.00 Book #35 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Sandburg, Carl. Abraham Lincoln The War Years (4 Vol. Set). New York. Harcourt Brace. 1939. 2800 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. good copy with no dust jacket. Good + copy of 4-volume set, blue-greycloth boards. Corners bumped, spine lightly faded. Prior owner's five page references on fep, vol 1. 1939 publication, Fifth Printing, December 1941. $25.00 Book #204 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Shimomura, Junichi. Art Nouveau Architecture, Residential Masterpieces 1892-1911. San Francisco. Cadence Books. 1992. 180 pps. 4to. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy in fine dust jacket. Like new,First US Edition; 180pp, 183 color photographs. Photographic study of ten key buildings exemplifying the full range of Art Nouveau design vocabulary, esp. C. R. Mackintosh's Hill House, Gaudi's Casa Batllo & the Maison Horta. Keywords: Architecture $20.00 Book #85 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Shipway, Verna Cook and Warren. Mexican Homes of Today. New York. Architectural Book Publishing Co.. 1971. 270 pps. 4to. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy in good dust jacket. Classic book on Mexican architecture and decoration. Book has interior in fine condition, clean and tight, sewn. Wear to cover corners and spine edges. DJ worn at edges with small tears and some soiling on back. $18.00 Book #269 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Siepmann, Charles A. Radio's Second Chance. Boston. Little, Brown & Co.. 1946. 296 pps. 12mo. First edition. Hardcover. good copy in poor jacket. An Atlantic Monthly Press Book; an analysis of radio broadcasting, and its relationship with democracy, among other things. Diagrams. Soiling on cover; inside clean and tight, some discoloration as expected by age and period. Dj in 3 pieces. Bibliographical footnotes. $17.50 Book #292 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Sloane, William. Children's Books in England & America in the Seventeenth Century. New York. King's Crown Press. 1955. 251 pps. 8 vo. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Hardback in Very Good condition, spine slighly faded, without dust jacket.Octavo, 251 pages; Second Printing. A History and a Checklist, Together with The Young Christian's Library, the First Printed Catalogue of Books for Children $20.00 Book #4 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Solzhenitsyn, Alexander. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. Norwalk, Conn. Easton Press. 1988. 160 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Leatherbound. fine copy with no dust jacket. Bound in rich WINE RED full leather - extensive gilt decoration on spine and both boards - 4 raised bands on spine - aeg - archival quality paper - PALE PEACH MOIRE SILK end papers and CREAM SATIN ribbon book mark - NO WRITING - NO SIGN OF PRIOR OWNERSHIP - flawless. Collector's Edition. Full Leather. Fine/None As Issued. Illus. by Sparks, Richard. Collector's Notes and blank bookplate laid in. $80.00 Book #202 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Sontag, Susan. The Volcano Lover. Franklin Center, Pennsylvania. The Franklin Library. 1992. 423 pps. 8vo. First edition. Leatherbound. Signed by Author. fine copy with no dust jacket. Leatherbound in dark blue with gilt lettering and decoration, all edges gilt. Special introduction by author. No jacket, as issued, Limited signed 1st edition, 8vo. Very fine, like new. Marbled endpapers, blue ribbon bookmark bound in. Full color frontispiece, black and white illustrations preceding chapters. $40.00 Book #116 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

St. John, Judith. The Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books. Toronto, Canada. Toronto Public Library. 1964-75. 1190 pps. 4to. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Set of 3 pieces, 1st,"The Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, 1476-1910," published 1958 and reprinted in 1966 with corrections, 2nd, a pamphlet (vellum cover)titled "A Chronicle of Boys and Girls House and A Selected List of Recent Addditions to The Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books 1542-1910 and The Lillian H. Smith Collection 1911-1963," published 1964,and 3rd, "The Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, 1476-1910," Volume II. Books are catalogued by type, e.g. "Nursery Stories and Fairy Tales," "Travel and Geography," etc. The 1st volume includes colored and b/w plates, the 2nd b/w illustrations. Endpapers in green to go with covers, which have pictures of items from stories. 1st vol. has minor foxing on front of page edges, plus minor corner wear and name printed on front endpaper. Pamphlet has some soiling at top right of cover. Vol.II has small tear and soiling at top right of front endpaper. Edges with slight soiling. Insides perfect. $150.00 Book #265 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Stanford, Ann. The Countess of Forli. Canoga Park, CA. Orirana. 1985. 63 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Immaculate copy,with frontisp, by Jennifer Jo Smith. Limited to 440 copies. $30.00 Book #71 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Stockdale, Jim and Sybil. In Love & War. New York. Harper & Row. 1984. 472 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author. fine copy in very good dust jacket. First Edition, First Printing.Dj has 1/4-inch closed tear at top, otherwise book and cover clean and tight. FEP has hand-written inscription, signed by both authorss and dated September 1984. Includes laid-in letter from the Director of the Hoover Institution at Stanford dated September 27, 1984 to the Board of Overseers, presenting the personnaly autographed book. $50.00 Book #208 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Thomson, Ruth. History of the Alpha Phi Fraternity. Norwood, Mass. Alpha Phi International Fraternity. 1943. 0 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Volume One of the 30-year history of the women's fraternity, from 1872-1902. Signature of owner on FEP, otherwise clean and tight. Binding very slightly faded. $12.00 Book #198 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Vavra, Robert. Curro: Reflections of a Spanish Youth. Seville. Imprinta Sevillana. 1975. 278 pps. 4to. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author. fine copy with no dust jacket. Memoir filled with b/w photos of bullfighting, Spanish culture. First edition, one of 800 copies. Inscribed by author, and two bull-fighters (subject Curro Camacho and American John Fulton), with pen drawing of bull by Fulton. Very slight soiling front cover. Slipcase has some wear, bumping. $225.00 Book #55 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Warfield with Miller, William & Alton. William Warfield: My Music & My Life. Champaign, IL. Sagamore Publishing. 1991. 235 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author. fine copy in fine dust jacket. Inscribed by Warfield to fellow Lyric Board member, with owneer's bookplate & phone number under Warfield's name. Price intact. $12.00 Book #272 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Waterman with Carpenter, Waldo Dean with Jack. Waldo Pioneer Aviator: A Personal History of American Aviation, 1910-1944. Carlisle, Mass.. Arsdalen, Bosch. 1988. 502 pps. 8vo. First edition. Softcover. Inscribed by Author. fine copy with no dust jacket. Unread copy, tiny paper flaw on title page. Personal story with many photo illustrations, including picture with Amelia Earhart on back cover. Complete with Jack Carpenter's address label for ordering and enclosed sheet describing his other aviation history. $18.00 Book #277 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Weisman, John. Soar, a Black Ops Novel. New York. William Morrow. 2003. 304 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. fine copy in fine dust jacket. A Rogue Warrior Novel about a daring hostage mission, told as if he was there. Like-new edition, not price-cut, not remainder marked. $12.00 Book #274 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Wenner, Hilda. Here's to the Women. Syracuse NY. Syracuse Univ Press. 1987. 313 pps. 4to. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author. fine copy in very good dust jacket. Pristine copy. Inscribed by co-author Elizabeth Freilicher to Remington Club friends, 11/88, with companion Remington Club Library stamp, otherwise unmarked. DJ closed tear top of spine, very small tear bottom of back cover, vsry slight rubbing on back. $20.00 Book #93 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Wharton, Edtih. The House of Mirth. Pleasantville. Reader's Digest Association. 2008. 377 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Classic part of American literature. As new; clearly not read; no dj as issued.Part of "The World's Best Reading" series. Blue covers with red spine and overlay and gilt letting and decoration. Heavy paper. $11.00 Book #294 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Wharton and others, Edith and others. Stories of New York. New York. Charles Scribners. 1893. 214 pps. 4" x 5". Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Collection of stories recently published in Scribner's Magazine. First of set of six, including some of "the best and most entertaining stories." A "little book" The hardcover edition has gilt top and rough edges and a few b/w illustrations. Tight and clean sewn pages, some foxing, inside front cover worn off where someone tried to remove former owner's signature. Probable frontispiece cover missing. Not First, but probably dated 1893. $30.00 Book #260 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Wheeler, Keith. Bombers Over Japan. Alexandria, Virginia. Time-Life Books. 1998. 208 pps. 4to. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy in very good dust jacket. Time-Life series, World War II, Collectors Edition. Like new except for minor loss of finish on dj. Lavishly illustrated with b/w & some color photographs. History and role of B29 bombers in World War II, including adventues of crew forced to bail out over remote China. $20.00 Book #270 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Williams, Gardner. Hydraulic tables. New York. John Wiley & Sons. 1933. 115 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Spine slightly faded, corners very lightly bumped, otherwise clen and tight. Owners name inside front cover. $25.00 Book #75 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Wise, Jennings. The Long Arm of Lee. Harrisburg, PA. Achive Society. 1995. 496 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Archive Society 1995 facsimile edition of J. P. Bell 1915 1st Edition. Gray Cloth Boards, marbled endpapers, gilt edging in fine condition. Interior clean and binding solid This is Volume 1 only, of two volume set. $20.00 Book #103 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Wright, Richard. Native Son. Norwalk, Connecticut. Easton Press. 1998. 359 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Leatherbound. fine copy with no dust jacket. Easton Press Collectors' Edition, illustrated by Alan Reingold. Tan leather binding with gold-embossed design on covers and spine, and gilded page ends. Silk moire endpapers with matching gold satin placemarker. Printed on archival paper. No dj as issued. In as new, unopened condition. $50.00 Book #157 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

Yee, Chiang. Birds and Beasts. London. Country Life Limited. 1939. 19 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Twelve beautiful plates of Yee's Chinese brush paintings in fonessepia, black and white, Plus introduction by Chiang Yee, living in London. Plates are in perfect condition; Cover and folder cover for plates are well worn and torn in small areas at corners, and discolored. No edition noted. Wide octavo 8 3/4 x 11 inches. $50.00 Book #224 from Friends of the Valley Center Library, Valley Center, CA

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