Complete Inventory Listing for Coast Community Library

"BB". The Little Grey Men: A story for the young in heart. London. Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1962. 255 pps. 12mo. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Illustrated by Denys Watkins Pitchford. $17.00 Book #39 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Adhemar, Jean. Toulouse-Lautrec: His Complete Lithographs and Drypoints. Secaucus, New Jersey. Wellfleet Press. 1964. 370 pps. Folio. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy in good dust jacket. Includes bibliography and list of plates. Original price clipped from dust jacket. Dust jacket also shows some shelf wear and has half inch tear in middle of spine. Inquire about shipping cost as this is a large and heavy book. $30.00 Book #163 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Agrippa, Cornelius. The Ancient & Modern Ladies Oracle. Los Angeles. Price/Stern/Sloan. 0000. 165 pps. 16mo. First edition. Softcover. good copy with no dust jacket. Sub-titled "Being an Infallible Prophet of the Male Sex." Back cover describes as "A CHARMING VICTORIAN PARLOR GAME; Newly published for non-Victorian players." No copyright date. Price clipped from top right corner of cover. Beginning to yellow, all pages intact. $20.00 Book #238 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Alcoholics Anonymous. Alcoholics Anonymous. New York. Works Publishing. 1948. 400 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. good copy with no dust jacket. Twelfth printing. Pages yellowed due to age. Tight binding. Second flyleaf page opposite title page beginning to come loose. Corners slightly frayed on both ends of spine. Top edge of front cover show signs of being wet. $250.00 Book #245 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Allitt, Patrick. Catholic Converts. Ithaca, NY. Cornell University Press. 1997. 343 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy in fine dust jacket. Subtitled British and American Intellectuals Turn to Rome. An investigation of the impact on Catholic intellectual life by converts such as Thomas Merton, John Henry Newman, G.K. Chesterton and Dorothy Day. Footnotes, and index included. Book is in new condition. $15.00 Book #150 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Ameen, Rihani. Maker of modern Arabia. Boston. Houghton Mifflin. 1928. 370 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. good copy with no dust jacket. Previous owners name on title page. Minor wear on top and bottom of spine and corners of book .Erratum on page XIV tipped in. Illustrations, index. $80.00 Book #72 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Atlantic Monthly. The Atlantic Monthly , A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics. Boston. Ticknor and Fields. 1864. 780 pps. 4to. First edition. Hardcover. reading copy with no dust jacket. Volume XIII, January 1864, No. LXXV. Paper boards, green leather on spines and corners. Edges and corners frayed. Binding is tight, but pages have darkened due to age. Some foxing. Original owners name on front endpaper. $40.00 Book #177 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Atlantic Monthly. The Atlantic Monthly , A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics. Boston. Tichnor and Fields. 1866. 772 pps. 4to. First edition. Hardcover. reading copy with no dust jacket. Volume XVIII. Loose binding, half of spine missing, foxing. $20.00 Book #189 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Audubon, John James. Birds of America. Spain. Wordsworth Editions. 1997. 504 pps. Elephant Folio. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy in very good dust jacket. "The complete collection of 435 illustrations from the most famous bird book in the world." Colored plates Includes notes for each plate. Please inquire about shipping charges as this is a large, heavy book. $35.00 Book #237 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Barker, Juliet. The Brontes: A Life in Letters. London. The Folio Society. 2006. 442 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. A reprint of the first edition published in 1997 with minor emendations. Binding is decorative print cloth. Illustrations, Indexed, including names of correspondents. $25.00 Book #68 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Bartholomew, J. G.. The Times Survey Atlas of the World. London. The Times. 1922. 112 pps. Atlas Folio. First edition. Hardcover. reading copy with no dust jacket. Selfridge edition of 112 plates of world maps with index, pronunciation guide,gazeteer and indexing frame. Covered in red cloth. Last two pages of gazeteer beginning to come loose from binding, which is still tight. Some water damage on bottom of front and back cover, corners worn. A very heavy book, please inquire about shipping charges. $80.00 Book #141 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Bechtel, Helmut; Cribb, Phillip; Launert, Edmund. The Manual of Cultivated Orchid Species. Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT Press. 1981. 444 pps. 4to. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy in good dust jacket. First MIT Edition. Illustrated. Dust jacket has 3 small tears on back, minor shelf wear on top and bottom of jacket. $15.00 Book #83 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Beeton, Isabella. The Book of Household Management. London. Ward, Lock, and Tyler. 1869. 1139 pps. 12mo. Reprint. Hardcover. reading copy with no dust jacket. Includes information for the mistress, butler, footman, upper and under housemaids down to wet and sick nurses. Illustrations. Spine missing, front cover detached, pages yellowed with age. Printing date not given, but possibly 1869 $100.00 Book #99 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Berg, et al, Kare. Norwegian Maritime Explorers and Expeditions. Oslo, Norway. Index Publishing As. 1999. 175 pps. 4to. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy in fine dust jacket. The only mark in book is "Oslo, Norway 8/2000" on front flyleaf. First edition September 1999. This book is the second edition December 1999. Black and white and color photographs and illustrations. End papers illustrated with maps of the world and photographs of Norwegian explorers. $29.00 Book #223 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Berger, Diane. DA ATHOS: Riviera Style. London. Scriptum Editions. 1999. 213 pps. 4to. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy in very good dust jacket. Life Style and interiors of the Riviera from St. Tropez to Capri. Color and black and white photographs. Very good to fine copy. $25.00 Book #229 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Bernier, Olivier. Venice II. New York. Vendome Press. 1985. 142 pps. 4to. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy in very good dust jacket. ISBN 0-86565-056-X. Coffee table size book, about 15 inches wide with 142 color photographs and illustrations of Venice. Dust jacket slightly yellowed on spine and tops of flaps. $17.00 Book #175 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Boesiger, W. Le Corbusier 1910-65. New York. Frederich A. Praeger. 1967. 351 pps. 4to. First edition. Hardcover. good copy with no dust jacket. A good copy covered in light beige cloth which is moderately soiled. Binding is tight, but the bottom corners of cover and spine are slightly worn from shelf wear. Black, white and color illustrations. Text in three columns, written in French, English, and German. $21.00 Book #208 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Boesiger, W. Le Corbusier 1952-1957. Zurich. Girsberger. 1957. 223 pps. 4to. First edition. Hardcover. good copy with no dust jacket. Bound in a light beige color tweed type cloth, printing on spine and cover in red ink. Covers soiled and corners frayed. Pages yellowing with age. Binding is tight. Text is three columns written in English, French and German. $61.00 Book #215 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Bourdieu, Pierre. Distinction. Cambridge, Massachusetts. Harvard University Press. 1984. 613 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy in good dust jacket. Originally published in 1979 by Les Editions de Minuit, Paris as La Distinction: Critique sociale du jugement. Includes statistical tables, notes, credits, and index. Very good to fine condition. Dust jacket enclosed in mylar cover minor shelf wear on edges. $42.00 Book #156 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Bowen, Elizabeth. A Day in the Dark and Other Stories. London. Jonathan Cape. 1965. 320 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Gilt printing on spine. Grayish brown paper boards. Very clean and tight binding. $20.00 Book #185 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Brewer, Chris. Historic Kern County. San Antonio, Texas. Historical Publishing Network. 2001. 160 pps. Folio. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy in very good dust jacket. An illustrated history of Bakersfield and Kern County. Binding tight and clean. Dust jacket has minor shelf wear on edges and 1 1/2" tear on top back corner. $25.00 Book #155 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Brouws, Jeffrey. Twentysix abandoned gasoline stations. Santa Barbara, California. Handjob Press/National Gas-N-Go Publication. 1992. 36 pps. 12mo. First edition. Softcover. Inscribed by Author. fine copy in fine dust jacket. Copy No. 79 of 1000 copies printed in February, 1992. Inscription on back page reads "For Cousin Ed, All my Best, JH Brows 1992." The dedication page reads "This book is dedicated to and inspired by Ed Ruscha and his original twentysix gasoline stations, first published in 1962. For Katie Mills" Black and white photographs of various gas stations in California from that era. $100.00 Book #242 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Carlyle, French. The French Revolution: A History. New York. A. L. Burt. 1900. 851 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. good copy with no dust jacket. Volumes I and II. Date of publication not given, only an estimate as A. L. Burt moved several times and was at the address printed in these volumes from 1900-1912. Tight bindings in green cloth with gold leaf printing on spines. Corners frayed. Pages yellowed due to age. $35.00 Book #219 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Carneal, Drew St.J. Richmond's Fan District. Richmond, Virginia. The Council of Historic Richmond Foundation. 1996. 240 pps. Folio. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy in fine dust jacket. ISBN 1-889569-02-X. A pictorial history of the Fan District, a residential area of 19th and 20th century houses, it's decline and rebirth. Shipping prices may vary due to size and weight of book. $22.00 Book #164 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Chandler, David G. The Campaigns of Napoleon. New York. Macmillan Pub.. 1966. 1172 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy in very good dust jacket. Volume I. Map illustrations. Appendices, References, Bibliography, Glossary of Military terms, and Indexes. Tight binding. Dust Jacket shows slight wear on front top edge and 1/4" tear on top front corner. A very clean copy. $20.00 Book #153 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Chandlery, , P. J. Pilgrim Walks in Rome. New York. The Messenger. 1903. 468 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. ex-libris copy with no dust jacket. Illustrations. Fair condition. Endpaper loose from spine at back of book; spine intact but split and frayed. Edges worn. $32.00 Book #117 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Cheiro. Cheiro's Language of the Hand. London. Rand McNally. 1900. 162 pps. 4to. Reprint. Hardcover. good copy with no dust jacket. Sixteenth Edition. London Publishing Co. affixed to title page. White binding is tight, with black cover and white lettering. Some darkening due to age. Illustrations. $35.00 Book #73 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Chibnall, Bernard. The Organisation of Media. London. Clive Bingley & Linnet Books. 1976. 80 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Includes references and index. Very good to fine condition. Previous owner's name written on front fly leaf. $25.00 Book #157 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Christies. A Magnificent Collection of Jewels and Watches from a Royal House. Geneva. Christies. 2006. 311 pps. 4to. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy in fine dust jacket. Auction catalog for Tuesday November 2006 in Geneva. Cover is black depicting a four strand necklace of pearls and diamonds. $73.00 Book #222 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Chung, Tai Hyun. Illustrated Flora & Fauna of Korea: Vol 5, Tracheophyta. Korea. Samhwa Publishing Company. 1965. 1824 pps. 4to. First edition. Hardcover. good copy with no dust jacket. Illustrated. Index of Scientific names. Written in Korean language. Binding has two inch break at front flyleaf. $65.00 Book #121 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Clary, William W. Fifty Years of Book Collecting. Los Angeles. Zamorano Club. 1962. 49 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. A talk Mr. Clary gave to the Zamorano Club in Los Angeles about his fifty years of collecting books. Illustrated. $15.00 Book #59 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Cobb, Sanford H. The Story of the Palatines: An Episode in Colonial History. New York. G. P. Putnams. 1897. 319 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Softcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. very good to fine condition. facsimile reprint by Heritage Books, Inc.,1988. A history of the Palatine immigration to America. $20.00 Book #106 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Codling, David. Jamieson's Sheltland Knitting Book 2. Petaluma, California. Unicorn Books and Crafts. 2002. 112 pps. Folio. First edition. Softcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. 21 handknitting designs in pure Shetland wool. Colored illustrations, size charts. Includes list of stores where Jamieson wools can be found; a page for knitter's notes and a recipe for Scottish Shortbread with pecans. $18.00 Book #232 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Cowen, M. P. Doctrines of Development. London. Routledge. 1996. 554 pps. 4to. First edition. Softcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Co-author is R. W. Shenton. Very good to fine copy. Examines the idea and practice of development from early nineteenth century to late twentieth century, including case histories from Australia, Canada, Kenya, India, Latin America and Austria. Notes, bibliography and index included. $25.00 Book #198 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Crisan, Ion Horatiu. Burbista and His Time. Socialiste Romania. Editura Academiei Republicii. 1978. 253 pps. 4to. Reprint. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author. very good copy in good dust jacket. Inscription in German on title page, dated Bonn, 22,02'85. Gilt printing on spine and gilt decoration of a chalice on front cover. Footnotes throughout text and list of abbreviations included on pages 251-153. Dust jacket shows shelf wear. $27.00 Book #182 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

David, Andrew, et al, eds. The Malaspina Expedition 1789-1794: Journal of the Voyage by Aleyandro Malaspina. London. Hakluyt Society. 2003. 511 pps. 4to. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy in fine dust jacket. Volume II, Panama to the Philippines; Third Series No. 11. Illustrations, including maps on endpapers showing proposed and actual routes of the expedition. Bibliography included. $22.00 Book #65 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Davis, Adelle. Let's get well. New York. Harcourt, Brace & World. 1965. 580 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. good copy in poor jacket. Blue cloth binding. Lower 2 inches of front cover looks like it has been chewed.Pages darkened with age. Binding tight and no marks on pages. Includes medical references, daily dietary allowances and index. $20.00 Book #186 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

De Finod, J. A Thousand Flashes of French; Wit, Wisdom and Wickedness. New York. D. Appleton and Company. 1888. 251 pps. 12mo. First edition. Hardcover. good copy with no dust jacket. Indexed. Four additional pages of D. Appleton publications. Pages darkened due to age.Minor fraying on corners and bottom and top edges of spine. $25.00 Book #197 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

De Hartmann, Thomas. Our Life with Mr. Gurdjieff. New York. Cooper Square Publishers, Inc.. 1964. 130 pps. 4to. Reprint. Hardcover. good copy with no dust jacket. Author de Hartmann writes about his relationship with Russian composer Gurdjieff. black cloth binding, gilt printing on spine and cover. Shelf wear on corners and top and bottom of spine. Small watter stain on top corner inside of back cover. $22.00 Book #191 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Desai, Mahadev. The Gospel of Selfless Action or The Gita According to Gandhi. Ahmedabad, India. Navajivan Publishing House. 1951. 392 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. reading copy in poor jacket. Translation of the original in gujarati, with an additional introduction and commentary. Binding is intact, quality of paper poor. A good reading copy however. $20.00 Book #108 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

de Unamuno, Homenaje A Don Miguel. La Torre. Revista General de la Universidad de Puerto Rico. San Juan. Universidad de Puerto Rico. 1961. 636 pps. 4to. First edition. Softcover. reading copy with no dust jacket. Ano IX-Nums. 35-36, Julio-Diciembre 1961. Fair condition in plastic cover. Binding intact. $75.00 Book #136 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Dubin, Lois Sherr. The History of Beads, from 30,000 B.C. to the present. New York. Harry N. Abrams. 2000. 364 pps. Folio. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy in very good dust jacket. Very good to fine copy. Black and white and color illustrations. Includes notes, bibliography, index. $35.00 Book #230 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Dunham, Donald. Envoy Unextraordinary. New York. John Day Company. 1944. 166 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. good copy with no dust jacket. President Franklin Roosevelt's 1943 Christmas message to the American Foreign Service. Good to very good copy. Minor shelf wear to spine edges and corners. Minor foxing on edges and some darkening of pages due to age. Binding is good, no loose pages. $45.00 Book #166 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Dunning, ed., John B. CRC Handbook of Avian Body Masses. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press. 1993. 371 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Include three parts: I. Body Masses of Birds of the World; II. Body Masses and Composition Migrant Birds in the Eastern United States; III. Literature cited and an index. Previous owners name written on inside of front cover, otherwise in perfect condition. $75.00 Book #16 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Eckman, Jeannette. Crane Hook on the Delaware: 1667 - 1699. Newark. Institute of Delaware History and Culture. 1958. 143 pps. 4to. First edition. Softcover. good copy with no dust jacket. Subtitled An Early Swedish Lutheran Church and Community With the Historical Background of the Delaware River Valley. Illustrations, maps pasted in front and back. Bibliography and Index. Previous owner's name written on front cover. $20.00 Book #200 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Edwards, Clayton. The Story of Hiawatha. New York. Hampton Publishing. 1910. 313 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. good copy with no dust jacket. Adapted from Longfellow, includes the original poem. Illustrated with colored plates. Blue binding with colored illustration pasted on front cover. Gilt printing on spine. Some fraying on corners, top and bottom edges of spine. The two front flyleaf pages loose at spine. $15.00 Book #152 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Emmerson, Richard K. Who's Who in the Middle Ages. London. Routledge. 2006. 1037 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy in fine dust jacket. A two volume set in slipcase in new condition. Includes 587 entries from an eight volumes, previously published in Routledge Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages series. $20.00 Book #112 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Evans, Roland. Seeking Wholeness: Insights into the Mystery of Experience. Hygiene, CO.. SunShine Press Publications. 2001. 239 pps. 8vo. First edition. Softcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. ISBN: 1888604182. Very good to fine copy. $61.00 Book #207 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Foote, Shelby. The Civil War; A Narrative: Red River to Appomattox. New York. Random House. 1974. 1106 pps. 4to. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy in good dust jacket. ISBN 0-394-465121-I (v.3)Dust jacket shows shelf wear top and bottom, including the spine. Small tear in bottom right and middle of front cover Smudges on bottom right edges. Binding is tight. Endpapers contain maps of the theater of war 1864-1865. $40.00 Book #204 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Foote, Shelby. The Civil War; A Narrative: Fort Sumter to Perryville. New York. Random House. 1958. 840 pps. 4to. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy in good dust jacket. Eleventh printing. Dust jacket has 1/2" tear at bottom of front cover, 1/4" x 3" tear on top of front cover. Endpapers show maps of the theater of war 1861-1862. $40.00 Book #205 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Foote, Shelby. The Civil War; A Narrative: Fredericksburg to Meridian. New York. Random House. 1963. 988 pps. 4to. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy in good dust jacket. Dust jacket shows shelf wear, top and bottom, small tears top and bottom corners. Endpapers show maps of the theater of war 1862-1864. $40.00 Book #206 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Forward, David C. A Century of Service: The Story of Rotary International. Evanston, Illinois. Rotary International. 2003. 354 pps. 4to. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy in very good dust jacket. Very Good to fine copy. Discard is stamped on front flyleaf. A thank you note from a past president hand written on back of front flyleaf opposite title page. Illustrations and index included. $25.00 Book #192 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Freeman, Alwyn. Responsibility of States for Unlawful Acts of their Armed Forces. Leyden Netherlands. A. .W. Sijthoff. 1957. 242 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. good copy with no dust jacket. Discusses the behavior of troops stationed in foreign countries and the responsibility of the states they are from to monitor them. Includes extensive bibliography of international law; appendixes; table of cases and indexes. Broken hinge at title page. $30.00 Book #236 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

G. Rex Smith. A traveller in thirteenth-century arabia. London. The Hakluyt Society. 2008. 341 pps. 4to. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy in fine dust jacket. Black and white illustrations. Includes Appendix A: The routes of Ibn al-Mujawir; Appendix B: Genealogical and Dynastic Tables; Appendix C: List of Literary works quoted in the text; Glossary; Bibliography; Index. $41.00 Book #147 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Gagro, Bozidar. Ivan Mestrovic. Zagreb, Yugoslavia. Globus. 1987. 317 pps. Folio. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy in very good dust jacket. Contains mostly photographs of the artist's sculptures. Artist's signature imprinted on blank page following the foreward about him. Front flyleaf has handwritten note to an individual who received this book as a gift. Shipping charges may vary due to size and weight of book. $30.00 Book #171 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Gindley, Anton. History of the Thirty Years' War. New York. G. P. Putnams. 1884. 456 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. reading copy with no dust jacket. Vol I of American Edition, translated by Andrew Ten Brook. Front hinge of binding loose. Previous owner's name pasted on colored map of Germany at the introduction. $20.00 Book #201 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Greene, Graham. Brighton Rock. London. The Folio Society. 2003. 289 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Very Good to fine copy in a fine slipcase. Green cloth, pictorial binding. Black and white illustrations. $24.00 Book #243 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Griswold, Rufus Wilmot. The Prose Writers of America. Philadelphia. Parry & McMillan. 1856. 552 pps. 4to. Reprint. Hardcover. reading copy with no dust jacket. Binding tight. Hinge on back cover beginning to split. Cover scuffed. Foxing. Decorative endpapers. $20.00 Book #187 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Hammond, Joyce D. Tifaifai and Quilts of Polynesia. Honolulu. University of Hawaii Press. 1986. 116 pps. 4to. First edition. Softcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Black and white illustrations with color plates. Bibliography and index. A clean copy. $38.00 Book #142 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Hedleston-Crane, Florence. Flowers and Folk-lore from Far Korea. San Francisco. Sahm-Bo Publishing. 1970. 92 pps. Folio. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Illustrated with 45 color plates. Third edition. Book in very good to fine condition, enclosed in slip case. A large heavy coffee table size book which will require extra postage to ship. $15.00 Book #119 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Hedleston-Crane, Florence. Flowers and Folk-lore from Far Korea. Seoul. Korea. Sahm-Bo Publishing. 1969. 93 pps. Folio. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Number 62 of a limited edition of 1,000 copies. Illustrations, 45 plates. Index of botanical names. $62.00 Book #122 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Hilles, Frederick Whiley. The Literary Career of Sir Joshua Reynolds. New York. Macmillan Company. 1936. 318 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy in good dust jacket. Dark blue cloth cover with tight binding. Book does appear to have had much use. Fading on dustjacket spine. Some shelf wear to top edges of dust jacket. $22.00 Book #77 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Hofmann, Armin. Graphic Design Manual: Principles and Practice. Lucerne, Switzerland. Reinhold Publishing. 1965. 172 pps. 4to. First edition. Hardcover. good copy with no dust jacket. Black and white illustrations. Book slightly warped, tight binding. Musty smell. Gift message on front endpaper. $25.00 Book #137 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Hoppenfeld, Stanley. Physical Examination of the Spine and Extremities. Norwalk, Connecticut. Appleton-Century-Crofts. 1976. 276 pps. Folio. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Glossy green paper binding. Black and white illustrations. Index included. Previous owner's name on attached bookplate on front end paper. Very good to fine copy. $35.00 Book #216 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Jackson, ed., C. Ian. The Arctic Whaling Journals of William Scoresby the Younger. London. The Hakluyt Society. 2008. 308 pps. 4to. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy in fine dust jacket. Volume II. The voyages of 1812, 1815, and 1816. With appendix by George Huxtable. Bibliography, index and index of whaling vessels. $70.00 Book #202 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Jung, C. G. Mysterium Coniunctionis. Princeton, N.J.. Princeton University Press. 1970. 702 pps. 4to. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Second Edition. Bollingen Series XX. Translated by R.F.C.Hull. Includes Appendix of Latin and Greek texts, Bibliography, Index, Correlation of Paragraphy Numbers and the Collected Works of Jung. A number of pages have underlining. $15.00 Book #129 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Kaiser, Roman. The Scent of Orchids: Olfactory and chemical investigations. Basel,. Roche. 1993. 259 pps. Folio. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy in very good dust jacket. Color and black and white illustrations. Contents includes Part One: Introduction to the World of Scents; Part Two: Interdisciplinary Discussion of Orchid Scents; Part Three: The Chemistry of Orchid Scents; Appendix; References; Bibliography; Index and Acknowledgements. $122.00 Book #146 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Krapp, ed., George Philip. The Paris Psalter and the Meters of Boethius. New York. Columbia University Press. 1932. 239 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. This appears to be a reprint although no other date is given, of this collection of the Anglo-Saxon metrical translations of the Psalms, commonly known as the Paris Psalter. The book is in excellent condiation. $17.00 Book #107 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Lambert, Douglas. Fundamentals of Logistics Management. Boston. Irwin McGraw-Hill. 1998. 611 pps. 4to. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Co-authors: James R. Stock, Lisa M. Ellram. ISBN 0-256-14117-7. Illustrations, Credits, Name, subject and corporate indexes. $17.00 Book #169 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Lefebvre d'Argence, Rene-Yvon. Chang Dai-Chien; A Retrospective Exhibition. Japan. Kodansha International Ltd.. 1972. 130 pps. 4to. First edition. Softcover. good copy with no dust jacket. Illustrations of "a selection of fify-four works painted by the Master from 1928 to 1970" Compiled by the Center of Asian Art and Culture, the Avery Brundage Collection, San Francisco. Includes a preface and bibliography. $69.00 Book #241 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Lenski, Lois. Strawberry Girl. Philadelphia. Lippencott. 1945. 194 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. good copy with no dust jacket. Pages darkened with age. Phone number written on front paste down. Minor fraying on edges on corners and about a half inch tear at top of spine. $20.00 Book #196 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Long, John Luther. Madame Butterfly. New York. The Century Co.. 1898. 224 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. reading copy with no dust jacket. A collection of five stories, i.e. Madame Butterfly; Purple Eyes; A Gentleman of Japan and A Lady; Kito; and Glory. Paper boards with floral decoration,soiled with corners worn. Page with picture of Madame Butterfly opposite title page is loose. Binding on back of book loose. Rest of pages, clean and intact. $25.00 Book #234 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Manning, Paul. Martin Bormann, Nazi in Exile. Secaucus, New Jersey. Lyle Stuart. 1981. 302 pps. 4to. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy in poor jacket. Book like new, dust jacket shows shelf wear with tears on corners and a two inch v-shaped piece torn out of the top of jacket on the spine. Illustrated with black & white glossy photos. $30.00 Book #239 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Marks,, Robert W. The Dymaxion world of Buckminster Fuller. New York. Reinhold Publishing. 1960. 232 pps. 4to. First edition. Hardcover. ex-libris copy with no dust jacket. A presentation and interpretation of the life and work of Buckminster Fuller as seen by the author, a close friend of the architect. Black cloth binding, hinge at front of book starting to separate, corners and edges of cover worn, black repair tape covers spine. It has the usual library markings. $20.00 Book #213 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Martin, editor, Leni. Zimbabwe: The Beautiful Land. London. New Holland. 1991. 80 pps. 4to. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy in good dust jacket. Color photographs of wildlife and landscape of Zimbabwe. $50.00 Book #160 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Mason, Augustus Lynch. The Romance and Tragedy of Pioneer Life. Cincinnati, Ohio. Jones Brothers and Company. 1883. 1032 pps. 4to. First edition. Leatherbound. reading copy with no dust jacket. Accounts of the heroes and adventurers who settled the new world, their encounters with the native population and taming the wilderness; from John Smith's stories of Powhatan and Pocahontas to the histories of Daniel Boone and Kit Carson. Book is in poor condition, spine missing, front and back covers loose, some foxing. Original owner's signature on a front flyleaf. $50.00 Book #176 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Maurois, Andre. Fattypuffs & Thinifers. London. Bodley Head. 1968. 96 pps. 4to. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Front, back and spine illustrations in red, black, yellow, white. Black & white illustrations in text. Illustrated by Fritz Wegner. $50.00 Book #183 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Melville, Herman. Moby Dick; or, the Whale. Berkeley. University of California Press. 1981. 576 pps. 4to. Reprint. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author. very good copy in very good dust jacket. Inscribed to Nathaniel Hawthorne. ISBN 0'520'04354'5. Black & white illustrations. Statement on title-verso page states: "The text of Moby-Dick used in this edition is based on that being prepared by Harrison Hayford, Hershel Parker, and G. Thomas Tanselle for inclusion in the critical edition of Melville's works published by Northwestern University Press and The Newberry Library." Alinder Collection stamped on front flyleaf. Minor shelf wear to top edges of dust jacket $35.00 Book #184 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Meyer, Franz S. Meyer's Handbook of Ornament. London. Omega Books. 1987. 548 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy in very good dust jacket. Illustrations show details of various decorations, interior and exterior. $17.00 Book #80 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Mitchell, Edgar. The Way of the Explorer: An Apollo Astronaut's Journey through the Mateial and Mystucal Worlds. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Richter Artes Graficas. 2001. 238 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. Signed by Author. very good copy in very good dust jacket. An updated edition of the 1996 book. Signed on title page by the author. Bibliography and index included. Very good to fine condition. Dust jacket does have a small tear on front cover near spine; corners have minor shelf wear. $40.00 Book #139 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Morita, Toshitaka. Cherry Blossoms. Tokyo, Japan. Creo Corporation. 1999. 112 pps. 4to. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy in very good dust jacket. ISBN 4-906371-39-6. Fourth Printing. Glossy photographs of cherry trees at various Japanese locations. Japanese text. A beautiful book. $21.00 Book #217 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Murphy, Joseph. The Power of your subconscious mind. Englewood Cliffs. Prentice Hall. 1963. 224 pps. 4to. Reprint. Hardcover. good copy in poor jacket. Tight binding. Musty odor. Dust jacket slightly mildewed on top of rear flap; shelf worn top and bottom. $35.00 Book #218 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Musick, John. Hawaii: Our Possessions. New York. Funk & Wagnalls Company. 1897. 534 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. reading copy with no dust jacket. Front hinge by the preface is loose. Page 79 separated from binding, otherwise the binding is tight. Covered in red cloth with picture of surfer on cover in black,red and gold. black and white illustrations. $75.00 Book #220 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Naylor, Gillian. The Arts and Crafts Movement. London. Trefoil Publications. 1990. 208 pps. 4to. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy in very good dust jacket. A study of the arts and crafts movement, its sources, ideals and influence on design theory. Color and black and white illustrations. Includes a select bibliography, sources and notes, index.Condition very good to fine. Mylar covering on dust jacket. $20.00 Book #148 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Newman, James W. Release Your Brakes. Thorofare, New Jersey. CBS. 1977. 295 pps. 4to. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy in very good dust jacket. Sub-titled The Pace: Owner-operator Manual for the Human System. The author explains how one can take charge of their life through such things as goal setting, examening attitudes, and learning to relax. $20.00 Book #224 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

No, Lee Yeong. Illustrated Flora & Fauna of Korea. Korea. Samhwa Publishing. 1976. 893 pps. 4to. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. In very good slipcase. Illustrations. Published in Korean, with forward,preface,index and appendex in English. Extra postage required due to size of book. $70.00 Book #120 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

No, Lee Yeong. Illustrated Flora & Fauna of Korea: Vol. 18 Flowering Plants. Seoul, Korea. Samhwa Publishing. 1976. 893 pps. Folio. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. very good copy with no dust jacket. Illustrations. Published in Korean with forward, preface, index and appendix in English. Extra postage required due to size and weight of book. $75.00 Book #132 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Oberg, ed., Erik. Machinery's Handbook. New York. The Industrial Press. 1931. 1592 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Leatherbound. good copy in poor jacket. A reference book for the mechanical engineer, draftsman, toolmaker and machinist. 8th edition. Includes mathematical tables, weights and measures, screw thread systems. Indexed. Gilt edged. Front end paper has owner's name and date Feb. 13/39. Clean pages. Tight binding. some discoloration due to age. Dust jacket covered with a waxy type paper with front cover detached. $60.00 Book #167 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Outerbridge, Paul. A Singular Aesthetic. Laguna Beach, CA. Laguna Beach Museum of Art. 1981. 238 pps. 4to. First edition. Softcover. ex-libris copy with no dust jacket. Photographs & drawings 1921-1941.Published on the occasion of an exhibition organized for the Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, California November 21, 1981-January 10, 1982. Usual library markings. Binding week in center of book. Some shelf wear on bottom edges. $30.00 Book #154 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Peixoto, Jose P. Physics of climate. New York. AIP Press. 1992. 520 pps. 4to. First edition. Softcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Very good to fine copy. Forward by Edward N. Lorenz, Professor Emeritus of Meteorology, MIT. Illustrated, name and subject indexes, appendixes, references. ISBN 0-88318-712-4. $30.00 Book #165 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Perez-Tibi, Dora. Dufy. New York. Harry N. Abrams. 1989. 335 pps. Folio. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy in very good dust jacket. Illustrated critical analysis of Raoul Dufy's works. Includes bibliography and index. Inquire about shipping charge as this is a large and heavy book $38.00 Book #162 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Perry, Richard L. Sources of our liberties. Chicago. American Bar Foundation. 1990. 466 pps. 4to. Reprint. Leatherbound. fine copy with no dust jacket. Special edition privately printed for members of The Legal Classics Library. Black leather binding, gold decoration, satin book mark. Gilt edges. $39.00 Book #203 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Philby, H. St. J. B. Arabian Oil Ventures. Washington, D. C.. Middle East Institute. 1964. 134 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. black and white photos, maps of Arabian Peninsula and oil fields and facilities, with a forward by Fred A Davies. $30.00 Book #105 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Piccigallo, Philip R. The Japanese on Trial: Allied War Crimes Operations in the East, 1945-1951. Austin, Texas. University of Texas Press. 1979. 292 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket covered with mylar, previous owners name on fly leaf. Includes illustrations, notes, bibliography and index. $100.00 Book #69 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Plisson, Philip. The Sea: Day by Day. New York. Harry N. Abrams. 2003. 184 pps. 4to. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy in fine dust jacket. 365 full color photographs on glossy photo type paper. Very good to fine copy. Dust jacket has minor shelf wear on bottom edges. Inquire about shipping cost as this is a heavy book. $17.00 Book #158 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Poliakoff, V. Mother Dear:; the Empress Marie of Russia and her Times. New York. D. Appleton. 1926. 334 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. The story of the consort of Alexander III, Emperor of Russia. An ex library book, in fair to poor condition. Binding is tight, but spine is frayed on top and bottom, with a one inch tear on top of spine, near front cover. Pages are yellowing due to age. $37.00 Book #244 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Ponge, Francis. The Voice of Things. New York. McGraw Hill. 1972. 190 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy in good dust jacket. First U.S. edition, edited and translated with introduction by Beth Archer. Gold seal on dust jacket printed with Neustadt International Prize 1974, Books Abroad. Dust jacket has small tear on top back and minor shelf wear to top and bottom. $22.00 Book #82 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Pope-Hennessy, John. The Complete work of Paolo Uccello. Plaistow, Great Britain. Phaidon Publishers. 1950. 173 pps. Folio. First edition. Hardcover. good copy in poor jacket. Black and white and color plates. Jacket torn at top left corner near spine and bottom corner on front, also darkened with age. $20.00 Book #193 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Rapoport, Amos. Human Aspects of Urban Form. Oxford, New York, et.al. Pergamon Press. 1977. 438 pps. 4to. First edition. Hardcover. good copy in good dust jacket. Sub-titled "Towards a Man-Environment Sub-titled "Approach to Urban Form and Design." Urban and Regional Planning Series, Volume 15. Book in very good condition with the exception of pencil underlining and some written notes in in the text. Previous owner's name on front fly-leaf. Dust jacket show signs of shelf wear and a 1-2 inch tear on bottom right corner. $38.00 Book #240 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Richardson, James D., editor. A Compilation of the messages and papers of the presidents. New York. Bureau of National Literature. 1897. 9123 pps. 8vo. First edition. Leatherbound. very good copy with no dust jacket. A twenty volume set of presidential papers, including 2 index volumes of Presidents George Washington to Warren G. Harding. Black leather with gold stamped presidential seal on front covers and gold stamped spines. Volumes 1-12 show a 1897 copyright date, volumes 13-18 no copyright date. Volumes XIX and XX have copyright dates of 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1916, 1917, 1922. Black and white and color illustrations. Pages 8177/8178 appears to have been folded during binding and some text missing. The set shows little use other than yellowing due to age. Slight musty odor, Some insect droppings on covers of the indexes. Please inquire about shipping costs. $125.00 Book #149 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Rickett, Harold William. Wildflowers of the United States. New York. McGraw Hill. 1971. 666 pps. Folio. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Volume 5, part one and two, publication of The New York Botannical Garden. Geographic areas covered are Washington and Oregon west of the Cascade Range and California southward to the the deserts. Illustrations, indexed in Part Two. Cloth covered, in sturdy slipcase. Check for shipping costs as these are large, heavy books. $35.00 Book #124 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Riefenstahl, Leni. Leni Riefenstahl's Africa. London. Collins/Harvill. 1982. 232 pps. Folio. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy in very good dust jacket. Inscription on fly title. Photographs $42.00 Book #97 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Rindge, Frederick Hastings. Happy Days in Southern California. Anaheim, California. KNI Incorporated Book Publishers. 1984. 199 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Life in Southern California in the late 1890's. Originally published in 1898, reprinted in 1972 and rededicated in 1984 to the memory of the author. A short biographical sketch of author is also included. Green cover decorated with California poppies. Some pencil marking on front endpapers and two or three pages. $20.00 Book #199 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Roberts, Thomas S. The Birds of Minnesota. Minneapolis. University of Minnesota Press. 1932. 691 pps. 4to. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Former owner's name on flyleaf.Illustrations. A number of color plates at end of book. Volume I. $25.00 Book #84 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Rose, Jerome G. Legal Foundations of Land Use Planning: Textbook/Casebook and Materials on Planning Law. New Brunswick, New Jersey. Center for Urban Policy Research. 1980. 541 pps. 4to. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Indexed. $41.00 Book #144 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Saint Ignatius College Preparatory. Alumni Directory 2006. Chesapeake, Virginia. Harris Connect. 2005. 439 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. An Alphabetic listing of alumni from Saint Ignatius College Preparatory School in San Francisco, California. Includes history of Saint Ignatius; a biographical section which includes occupation; a class year section and a geographical section by residence (state) address. Does not appear to have been used. $30.00 Book #235 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Sand, George. The Master Mosaic-workers and The Devil's Pool. Boston. Little, Brown & Co.. 1895. 197 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Red binding. Gilted top edge . Yellowing due to age. Minor fraying on top and bottom of spine. Front endpaper has pasted stamp titled "A Tribute to Genius" dated 1812-1912, picture of Charles Mead. Previous owner's name on back endpaper. $38.00 Book #178 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Sand, George. Francois the Waif. Boston. Little, Brown & Co.. 1894. 243 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. good copy with no dust jacket. Good to very good copy. Handy Library Edition. Red cloth binding. Gilt pringing and decoration on spine. Top edge gilt. Edges on top back and front corners frayed. Pasted stamp on front endpaper titled "A Tribute to Genius" dated 1812-1912 with picture of a Charles Mead. $20.00 Book #179 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Sand, George. The Miller of Angibault. Boston. Little, Brown & Co.. 1899. 320 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. good copy with no dust jacket. Handy Library Edition. Good to very good copy. Red Cloth binding. Front endpaper has pasted stamp titled "A Tribute to Genius" dated 1812-1912 with picture of a Charles Mead. Previous owners names on front and back endpapers. $20.00 Book #180 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Sand, George. Mauprat. Boston. Little, Brown & Co.. 1898. 324 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. good copy with no dust jacket. Handy Library Edition. Red cloth binding, somewhat soiled. Gilt printing and decoration on spine, top edge gilt. Minor Fraying on top and bottom of spine. Pasted stamp titled "A Tribute to Genius" dated 1812-1912, picture of Charles Mead. $25.00 Book #181 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

San Lazzaro, G. Di. Homage to Henri Matisse. New York. Tudor Publishing. 1970. 126 pps. Folio. Reprint. Hardcover. good copy in good dust jacket. Special Issue of XX siecle. Illustrations. Good to very good copy and dust jacket. Some shelf wear on top and bottom of book and dust jacket. $18.00 Book #172 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Schneider, Michael S. A Beginners Guide to Constructing the Universe. New York. HarperCollins. 1994. 351 pps. 4to. First edition. Hardcover. good copy with no dust jacket. Sub-titled The Mathematical Archetypes of Nature, Art, and Science. ISBN 0-06-016939-7. Black cloth on spine shows wear. bottom corners on covers slightly worn. $35.00 Book #190 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Scott, Walter. The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte. Edinburgh. Ballantyne and Co.. 1827. 3403 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. reading copy with no dust jacket. A 9 volume set. Poor condition, but bindings are intact. Foxing throughout. Volume 9 include appendix. Requires additional postage. $200.00 Book #134 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Sedej, Ivan. Lakovic'. Beograd. Jugoslovenska Knjiga. 1986. 136 pps. 4to. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. First English edition. A critique of Croatian Ivan Lackovic's art. Included are colored illustrations of the artist's work; lists of one-man and selected exhibitions. Also prizes, articles and catalogues of one-man exhibitions. $20.00 Book #210 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Shakespeare, William. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare. Roslyn, N. Y.. Walter J. Black. 1965. 1312 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Shakespeare's complete works in 3 volumes: Volume I Comedies; Volume II Histories; Volume 3 Tragedies. Published for the Classics Club,in 1937, reprinted 1965. Cloth binding, fine condition, doesn't appear to have been read. Owner's signature on front paste downs, $36.00 Book #173 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Sheldon, W. H. The Varieties of Temperament. New York. Harper & Brothers. 1942. 520 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. good copy with no dust jacket. Minor foxing, pages darkening due to age. Previous owner's name and where book was purchased on fly leaf. Illustrations, appendices, index. $24.00 Book #67 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Sibley, Charles G. Phylogeny and Classification of Birds: A Study in Molecular Evolution. New Haven, CO. Yale University Press. 1990. 976 pps. 4vo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy in very good dust jacket. Illustrated with figures and tables. Extensive bibliography and index. $70.00 Book #17 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah. Black and White Magic: its Theory and Practice. London. Octagon Press. 1975. 231 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy in very good dust jacket. Illustrations, index. $56.00 Book #98 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Smaridge, Norah. the Big tidy-Up. New York. Western Publishing Company. 1971. 26 pps. Folio. Reprint. Hardcover. reading copy with no dust jacket. Illustrated by Les Gray. Pages intact, no loose pages. Pages clean, no marks. Shows age, frayed corners and at top and bottom of spine. $25.00 Book #194 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

smithson, ed., Alison. team 10 primer. Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT Press. 1974. 112 pps. 4to. First edition. Softcover. good copy with no dust jacket. First MIT Press paperback edition. ISBN 0 262 69047 0. Previous owner's name stamped on title page. $30.00 Book #188 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

smithson, ed., Alison. team 10 primer. Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT Press. 1968. 112 pps. 4to. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy in good dust jacket. The views of international architects about the commitment architects need to "build a more a more effective twentieth century environment". Dust jacket has a 2 inch tear on back near the top. A clean copy with tight binding. $75.00 Book #212 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Sotheby's. Fine Books and Manuscripts including Americana. New York. Sotheby's. 1998. 498 pps. 4to. First edition. Softcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Catalog for auction on June 26, 1998. 627 items listed including guides for prospective sellers, buyers, and absentee bidders. Illustrations in black and white. Inquire for shipping charge as this is a heavy book. $30.00 Book #209 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Sotheby's. Robert & Angelique Noortman Collection. Amsterdam. Sotheby's. 2007. 263 pps. 4to. First edition. Softcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. An auction catalog of the Robert & Angelique Noortman art Collection in Amsterdam on 17 and 18 December 2007. $27.00 Book #221 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Sotheby's. Dal Piano Nobile di Palazzo Contarini di Corfu Scamozzi, Venezia. Milan, Italy. Sotheby's. 2009. 114 pps. 4to. First edition. Softcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Furniture and art objects for auction in Milan, Italy 23 June 2009. Text in Italian. $35.00 Book #225 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Sotheby's. Important Furniture, Silver, Ceramics and Clocks. London. Sotheby's. 2009. 135 pps. 4to. First edition. Softcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Catalog for auction in London Tuesday 7 July 2009 at 3PM. Includes a catalog of French furniture from 1640-1800 at tge Victoria and Albert Museum Collection. $25.00 Book #226 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Sotheby's. Furniture, Clocks and Decorative Arts. Amsterdam, Netherlands. Sotheby's. 2008. 304 pps. 4to. First edition. Softcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Text in Dutch and English. Catalog for auction in Amsterdam Tuesday 20 May 2008. Includes guide for prospective buyers, Sotheby's authenticity guarantee and list of their international offices. $88.00 Book #227 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Stocking, Charles Francis. Modern Parables. Chicago. Maestro Co.. 1931. 186 pps. 12mo. First edition. Hardcover. good copy with no dust jacket. A collection of four stories: Felipa Isabel, The Fountain of Youth, Suzanne's Self, Babha Ben Buta. Pages have some yellowing due to age. $15.00 Book #111 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Suhrawardi, Sheikh Shahabuddin. A Dervish Textbook From the Awarifu-L-Ma'arif. London. Octagon Press. 1990. 168 pps. 4to. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy in very good dust jacket. Translated for the first time from Persian into English by Lieut. Col. H. Wilberforce Clarke, Royal Engineers. Except for minor shelf wear on top edge of dust jacket, book is in excellent condition. $35.00 Book #100 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Taylor, Mary Linley. Chain of Amber. Sussex, England. Book Guild Ltd.. 1992. 309 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. very good copy in very good dust jacket. Illustrations. Book appears to have some coffee stains on some edges and top edge of the back inside flap of dust jacket. Front flyleaf shows the stamp of small private library and its discard stamp. Price clipped from dust jacket. Other than what has been noted the book is in remarkably good condition. $50.00 Book #151 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

The Century Company. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine. New York. Century Co.. 1910. 958 pps. 4to. Reprint. Hardcover. good copy with no dust jacket. Bound edition of monthly magazine dated November, 1909 to April, 1910. Illustrations. Binding intact, minor fraying on top and bottom of spine and corners. $20.00 Book #113 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

The Century Company. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine. New York. The Century Co.. 1910. 962 pps. 4to. First edition. Hardcover. good copy with no dust jacket. Bound edition of the magazine issues dated May to October, 1910. Binding intact, normal wear at corners, minor rubbing on ends of spine. $17.00 Book #114 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Thurmond, Margaret. Neurotic Trends of Sir Willoughby: An Analysis of George Meredith's Characterization in The Egoist. Los Angeles. Lorrin L. Morrison. 1966. 30 pps. 8vo. First edition. Softcover. Inscribed by Author. very good copy with no dust jacket. First two front flyleaf pages coming loose from binding. Covered with clear mylar as a dust jacket. $19.00 Book #159 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Tolkien, J.R.R. The Lord of the Rings; The Two Towers; The Return of the King. Boston. Houghton Mifflin. 1965. 1214 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy in very good dust jacket. A three volume set in fine slipcase, second editions revised. $47.00 Book #123 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Trigger, ed., Bruce G. Handbook of North American Indians. Washington. Smithsonian. 1978. 924 pps. 4to. First edition. Hardcover. ex-libris copy with no dust jacket. Illustrated. Volume 15. Northeast tribes. Includes contributors, bibliography, index. Very good condition. Very few library markings. Inquire about shipping cost as this is a large heavy book. $25.00 Book #161 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Tsosie, Dennison R. and Teddi M. Journeys of the Spirit; Teachings of the Grandfathers through a Navajo Shaman. Not given. Self-published. 1993. 63 pps. 4to. First edition. Softcover. good copy with no dust jacket. A typewritten copy with pages and cover stapled together. Ink drawing of a Shaman on the cover. $37.00 Book #131 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Vavra, Robert. Such is the real nature of horses. New York. William Morrow. 1979. 238 pps. Folio. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy in very good dust jacket. Text and 340 color pictures. $20.00 Book #195 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

W. O. Blake. The History of Slavery and the Slave Trade. Columbus, Ohio. J. &. H. Miller. 1857. 832 pps. 4to. First edition. Leatherbound. reading copy with no dust jacket. Sub-titles: Ancient and Modern. The Forms of Slavery that Prevailed in Ancient Nations, Particularly in Greece and Rome. The African Slave Trade and the Political History of Slavery in the United States. The last 10 pages is the Supreme Court decision of the Dred Scott case. Edges of cover worn, spine detached from front cover, which is loose at the hinge. Foxing throughout. $117.00 Book #88 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Walsh, Gene, ed. "Images at the Horizon". Chicago. Facets Multimedia. 1979. 39 pps. 8vo. First edition. Softcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. A transcription of a workshop with Werner Herzog conducted by Roger Ebert at Facets Multimedia Center, Chicago, April 17, 1979. Transcribed, annotated and edited by Gene Walsh. Includes a filmography of Werner Herzog films. Illustrations. $48.00 Book #70 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Warhol, Andy. 25 cats named Sam; Holy Cats. New York. Panache Press. 1987. 38 pps. 4to. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Two fine copies of color and black and white drawings of cats in excellent slipcase. Pages are not numbered but each book has approximately 20 pages each. $60.00 Book #214 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Wasley, Gerald D., ed. Animal Tissue Culture: Advances in Technique. Baltimore. Williams & Wilkins. 1973. 192 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy in good dust jacket. First published in England 1972. Book plate pasted to front endpaper shows previous owner's name. Dust jacket has one inch tear on back cover near top of spine and small tear on bottom near spine, otherwise normal wear. $17.00 Book #94 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Watson, Lucilla. Understanding Antiques. New York. Viking Press. 1987. 193 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy in fine dust jacket. ISBN 0-670-81808-9. Subtitled "An Introductory Guide to Furniture, Ceramics, Glass, Timepieces, and Silver." Color and black and white illustrations. Includes glossary and index. Dust jacket covered with mylar and price clipped. $24.00 Book #174 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Weissbort, , Daniel. The Poetry of Survival: Post-War Poets of Central and Eastern Europe. New York. St. Martin's Press. 1991. 384 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy in fine dust jacket. Anthology of poetry translated from foreign languages. Bibliography, index of titles, an apendix of interviews with selected poets included. $25.00 Book #138 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Wilson, John Dover. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare. London. Octopus Books, Ltd.. 1981. 1181 pps. 4to. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Dark green boards with gilt lettering and gilt around all pages. Heavy book, ask about postage. $20.00 Book #74 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Woolf, Virginia. Kew Gardens. London. Hogarth Press. 1999. 21 pps. 4to. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Decorations on the cover and text by Vanessa Bell. A facsimile edition of a 1927 edition, limited to 500 copies. This is number 438. A short message on the flyleaf to the individual who received the book as a gift, otherwise a very clean copy. $43.00 Book #104 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Young, Randy; Young, Betty Lou. Street Names of Pacific Palisades & Other Tales. Pacific Palisades, California. Pacific Palasades Historical Society Press. 1990. 77 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. very good copy in very good dust jacket. Illustrated with photographs of the development of Pacific Palisades. $30.00 Book #81 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

Zdravkovic, Mirjana Postolovic. Josip Generalic. Zagreb. Jugoart. 1988. 256 pps. Folio. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy in very good dust jacket. English and Croatian text. Black, white, and colored illustrations. Dust jacket shows some minor shelf wear.Includes bibliography and chronology. $27.00 Book #228 from Friends of Coast Community Library, Manchester, CA

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