Complete Inventory Listing for Southfield Public Library

Andersen, Hans. Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen. Garden City. Garden City Publishing. 1932. 272 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Lower edge of back cover has a small frayed spot. Otherwise the binding is in good condition with miner bumping on corners. The picture on the cover is remarkably well preserved. There is a child's signature in pencil insde the front cover. The book is illustrated in color and black and white by Kay Nielsen. Includes 16 stories. $30.00 Book #40 from Friends of the Southfield Public Library, Southfield, MI

Borst, Ronald. Graven Images: The best of Horror, Fantasy, and Science-Fiction Film Art from the Collection of Ronald V. Borst. New York. Grove Press. 1992. 240 pps. 9.75" x 12". First edition. Hardcover. fine copy in fine dust jacket. The book is in fine condition. Dust Jacket is price clipped, but otherwise in fine condition. Edited by Ronald V. Borst, Keith Burns, and Leith Adams with an introduction by Stephen King and including personal reminiscences by Forrest J Ackerman, Clive Barker, Robert Block, Ray Bradbury, Harlan Ellison, and Peter Straub this is a one-of-a-kind volume for collectors and casual fans, alike. The volume features a stunning selection of more than 500 of the finest vintage films of all times. $30.00 Book #55 from Friends of the Southfield Public Library, Southfield, MI

Campbell, Colin. Design of RAcing Sports Cars. Cambridge, MA. Robert Bentley, Inc.. 1976. 257 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy in very good dust jacket. This book analyses the design of the basic components of the racing car. The tires, the susupension, the frame and body, the brakes, the engine and the transmission are examined and discussed. There is a detailed discussion of the Porsche Type 917 in Appendix 1. The entire book is well illustrated with black and white photos and design layouts. $15.00 Book #49 from Friends of the Southfield Public Library, Southfield, MI

Carter, Charles Frederick. When Railroads Were New. New York. Simmons-Boardman. 1926. 324 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. good copy in good dust jacket. Book Description: Centenary Edition, dust jacket has a few chips as befits its age. Former owner's name is in pencil on the inside front page. The author, an old railroad man, tells of the beginnings of railroading and early history of the Erie, the Pennsylvaina lines, the Baltimore and Ohio, The New York Central, the first Pacific railroad, the Santa Fe, the Rio Grande, and the Canadian Pacific. The book is fully indexed and illustrated with black and white photographs. $15.00 Book #33 from Friends of the Southfield Public Library, Southfield, MI

Chung, Ed., Chihua Judy. Harvard Desing School Guide to Shopping: Harvard Design School Project on the City. Spain. Taschen GmbH. 2001. 800 pps. 8" x 9.75". First edition. Softcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. First edition of this mammoth volume, bound in original black flesible wrappers with spine and back cover lettered in gold with front cover bearing gold drawing of an escalator with a welcome mat before it and rays pointing to dollar signs above it. The volume includes 400 color and black and white illustrations including Architectural Plans and Drawings,Drawings and Photographs. Edited by Judy Chihua Chung, Jeffrey Inaba, Rem Koolhaas and Sze Tsung Leong and essays by many contributers. The study explores spaces, people, techniques,ideologies and inventions by which shopping has so dramatically refashioned the city. $70.00 Book #57 from Friends of the Southfield Public Library, Southfield, MI

Coffin, Frank Barbour. Factum Factorum. Little Rock, ARK. Haven Press. 1947. 190 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. good copy with no dust jacket. Book Description: Blue Cloth with a small gilt figure on the front cover. Illustrated with photos(potraits). Under his photograph it is signed "yours faithfully F.B. Coffin. There is a notation on the inside cover page "Little Rock Author/ Only book of poetry & verses ever written by a Mature Negro Author". The inside binding is cracked between two pages in the front of the book. Otherwise the book is in very good condition. $50.00 Book #32 from Friends of the Southfield Public Library, Southfield, MI

Cote' , Charles J. A Practice of Anesthesia for Infants and Children: 3rd Edition. Philadelphia. Saunders, Imprint of Elsevier. 2001. 777 pps. 9" x 11". Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Edited by Charles J. Cote', MD, I. David Todres, MD. John F. Ryan, MD and Nishan G. Goudsouzian, MD, this book includes information from 49 distinguished contributors. ISBN = 0-7216-7286-8. The book is in excellent condition with no signs of use. $40.00 Book #47 from Friends of the Southfield Public Library, Southfield, MI

Cruse, Harold. Rebellion Or Revolution?. New York. William Morrow. 1968. 272 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy in good dust jacket. The author examines the impact and relevance of writers, thinkers and performers such as James Baldwin, Albert Camus, Booker T. Washington and Josephine Baker. He discusses Afro-Americanism and Afro-American culture, Black nationalism, Black Power, Marxism and revolutionary nationalsim. The book is in very good condition. There is the name of the previous owner on the inside cover. The dust jacket has minor damage and spotting on the spine. $10.00 Book #28 from Friends of the Southfield Public Library, Southfield, MI

Cullen, Tony. Jane's Armoured Fighting Vehicle Systems 1988-89. Alexandria, Virginia. Jane's Yearbooks. 1988. 480 pps. Folio. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Edited by Tony Cullen and Christopher F. Foss this stated first edition contains many advertisments from the time stated. It also includes a sewn in bookmark from "Computing Devices Company" in the shape of its "SECOND GENERATION Digital Fire Control Computer." The information is arranged by country and includes many photographs. The book is free of writing or markings. $35.00 Book #60 from Friends of the Southfield Public Library, Southfield, MI

Currier, Rev Charles Warren. HISTORY OF RELIGIOUS ORDERS. New York. P. Murphy & Son. 1913. 684 pps. 7.5" x 10". First edition. Hardcover. good copy with no dust jacket. The title page also denotes the subtitles "A compenious and popular sketch of the rise and progress of the principal monastic, canonical, military, mendicant, and clerical orders and congregaions of the eastern and western churches, together with a brief history of the catholic church in relation to religious orders." Brick red textured boards, with gold gilt lettering, page edges speckled. Illustrated with black and white photographs of the members of the different orders and colored plates of the stations of the cross. Previous owners name is on the reverse of the illustration of the Rev. Currier. The inside of the front binding is cracked at the title page. Otherwise the book is in very good condition. $40.00 Book #44 from Friends of the Southfield Public Library, Southfield, MI

Dahl, Roald. Disney's James and the Giant Peach. New York. Disney Press. 1996. 48 pps. 8.25" x 11.25". First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. fine copy with no dust jacket. Fine copy in brown cloth decorated in gilt, in a Fine matching slipcase with a full color pictorial label on the front panel. First limited edition (1,000 copies of which this is #260, signed by illustrator Lane Smith and screenwriter Karey Kirkpatrick on the limitation page.) This is the Disney movie storyboook adapted from Roald Dahl's original story. Illustrated in full color throughout. $78.00 Book #50 from Friends of the Southfield Public Library, Southfield, MI

Editor, Advance Pattern Co. Advance Patterns June 1950. New York. Advance Pattern Company, Inc.. 1950. 1098 pps. Folio 13" x 23". First edition. Hardcover. good copy with no dust jacket. This pattern book shows how our mothers and grandmothers dressed in 1950. The styles are divided into 11 sections. Many cinch waisted ladies must have lived in the 1950's. There are several pages of apron patters, a "Junior Miss" section for teens, an import adptations section as well as all the regularly expected groupings - (11 tabbed sections in all). The numbering is odd in that after the cover and another page, it begins at page 29. Other areas include additional unnumbered pages between consecutively numbered pages. It does not appear that any pages have been removed. The book has seen wear and probably was a part of a fabric store or tailor's collection. In general the condition is good. The cornors and edges are worn through. Pages are not torn, marked, etc. Illustrated in color. $300.00 Book #45 from Friends of the Southfield Public Library, Southfield, MI

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. All The Sad Young Men. New York. Charles Scribners. 1926. 267 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. ex-libris copy with no dust jacket. This is a solid reading copy of this important collection of short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It is from the "Circulating Library of the J.L. Hudson Company." There is a annotated paste down on the verso of the front cover. Pages are yellowing ( as natural). There are a few pages that have darkened areas. Otherwise, the book is in pretty good condition. $15.00 Book #48 from Friends of the Southfield Public Library, Southfield, MI

Frackelton, Dr. Will. Sagebrush Dentist. Chicago. A.C. McClurg & Co.. 1941. 246 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy in good dust jacket. Sagebrush Dentist (as told to Herman Gastrell Seely) tells the story of a "tenderfoot dentist who saw the last days of the winning of the West." Characters such as Calamity Jane, Buffalo Bill, Indians of the Custer Massacre, veterans of Fort Kearny and a host of others were still on the scene. This is the real "he-man story" of the life of a man who had to establish his professional life as much through his fists, guns and main strength as by his dental skill. $20.00 Book #27 from Friends of the Southfield Public Library, Southfield, MI

Guthrie, A.B. The Big Sky. New York. Pocket Books, Inc.. 1947. 436 pps. 6.75" x 7.75". First edition. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. This "Collector's Edition" has decorated boards w/green leather quarter binding and gilt trim. There is a raised banded spine strip with gilt lettering & decor to title boxes. There is no writing in the book. There is a half title page, a double mapped title page and ads for other Collector's Editions in the back. $10.00 Book #29 from Friends of the Southfield Public Library, Southfield, MI

Haggard, H. Rider. The Days of My Life: An Autobiography. London. Longmans, Green and Co.. 1926. 580 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. good copy with no dust jacket. Presumed first edition. These books are a detailed autobiography of Sir Rider Haggard's life, including the time that he spent in South Africa. Volume I - 294 pp., Volume II - 286 pp., including an index. Both volumes also include photographic illustrations. Both volumes have the previous owner's "Ex-Libris" paste down on inside cover and a small stamp with his name in the front and at the top of the first page of each volume. These are the original red cloth stamped titling on fronts, gilt on spine. There is some fading as would be expected from books this age. $65.00 Book #35 from Friends of the Southfield Public Library, Southfield, MI

Harper, Irene Mason. Shera of the Punjab. New York. Friendship Press. 1938. 120 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy in very good dust jacket. Shera of the Punjab is the story of a boy of junior age who lives in Northern India. The book was writen to be used by leaders of children. Shera, the main character was born into an outcaste family. He finds life in his native village difficult and fearsome. When he and his family become Christians and move to a new community his outlook brightens. Illustrated by Margaret Newton this book is in very good condition. The dust jacket has a few miner tears on the top of the spine and on the back upper edge. $11.00 Book #22 from Friends of the Southfield Public Library, Southfield, MI

Hatch, Eric. My Man Godfrey. Boston. Little, Brown & Co.. 1935. 243 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. ex-libris copy in good dust jacket. Stated published October, 1935. This ex-library copy is in very good condition for it's age. The dust jacket is affixed to the book with a library backing. The dust jacket has some discoloration and thinning on the edges of the spine, but is otherwise in good condition. This book is the basis for the classic 1936 comedy staring William Poswell and Carole Lombard. $50.00 Book #34 from Friends of the Southfield Public Library, Southfield, MI

Henderson, Alice Corbin. Cinderella or The Little Glass Slipper. Chicago. Rand McNally. 1914. 60 pps. 5.25" x 6..75". First edition. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. This is a part of "The Bye-Lo Series." It is translated by Alice Corbin Henderson with pictures by Blanche Fisher Wright. The front has a color picture of Cinderella looking out of a flower decked window. The back has a candle design. The spine is slightly cracked and the cornors are showing rubbing, but otherwise the book is in excellent condition. $15.00 Book #14 from Friends of the Southfield Public Library, Southfield, MI

Hershenson, Bruce. Hollywood Posters at Auction (Hollywood Posters I-VI). New York. Christie's East. 1994. 500 pps. 8.25" x 11". First edition. Softcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Hollywood Posters Catalogs 1 - 6. Six Christie auction catalogs dating from December, 1990 to December, 1994 of 2,000 posters and lobby cards, with a list of prices realized. These six catalogs are a visual encyclopedia of the very finest movie posters. Also included is a separate booklet containing history, prices and index. The books are housed in a black publisher's illustrated slipcase. $65.00 Book #56 from Friends of the Southfield Public Library, Southfield, MI

Kuhn, Oscar. Atala by Chateaubriand. Boston. D.C. Heath & Co.. 1905. 120 pps. 4 1/2" X 6 1/2". First edition. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. This member of Heaths Modern Language Series in in very good condition. There is no writing in the book. There is some light fading on the back and apine. Cover is grey with blue lettering. The book is in French, but the introduction is in English by Oscar Kuhns. $35.00 Book #18 from Friends of the Southfield Public Library, Southfield, MI

Marx, Karl. On America & The Civil War. New York. McGraw Hill. 1972. 298 pps. 8vo. First edition. Softcover. good copy with no dust jacket. Edited and Translated by Saul K. Padover this is the second volume of the The Karl Marx Library. There is a stamp on the inside cover and the front has a tear that has been repaired with tape. Otherwise the book is in good condition. $15.00 Book #59 from Friends of the Southfield Public Library, Southfield, MI

Ney, Richard. Making It in the Market. New York. McGraw Hill. 1975. 557 pps. 8-" x 10-". Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy in very good dust jacket. Clipped dust jacket is in very good condition. Green with brown speckled end papers. Both front and back show facsimile of his signature. This is the author's "Low-Risk system for stock market Inverstors. A key to the secrets of the stock market for every lamb ever fleeced by Wall Street." $15.00 Book #38 from Friends of the Southfield Public Library, Southfield, MI

Obermeyer, Rosemary. Golden Apples of the Sun. New York. E. P. Dutton. 1944. 282 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy in very good dust jacket. The book is in excellent shape: dustjacked, which is in a Demco protector has a few chips missing. $10.00 Book #19 from Friends of the Southfield Public Library, Southfield, MI

Schardt, Hermann. Paris 1990 Masterworks of French Poster Art. New York. G. P. Putnam's Sons. 1970. 184 pps. Folio. First edition. Hardcover. ex-libris copy in good dust jacket. This presumed first American Edition contains 72 superb mounted color plates of original lithographs from the Josef Voggenauer collection of the turn of the (nineteenth) century French posters. Opposite each illustration is a detailed description -- artist, title, date, colors, size in centimeters, signature details and printer. Twenty-nine artists are represented. As this is an ex-library edition it contains stamps and markings of the library. The dust jacket is in mylar and attached to the book. The binding shows wear and some cracking of the spine is apparent. In all this is a good reading copy with excellant illustrations. $50.00 Book #43 from Friends of the Southfield Public Library, Southfield, MI

Seamans, George. This is the Road to Stock Market Success. Chicago. Seamans-Blake. 1946. 1946 pps. 7" x 10". Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. The binding is tan/brown & gold cloth. This is the second printing of the revised edition. A good clean copy. The cornors show some wear. Otherwise the book is in exellent conditon. $20.00 Book #30 from Friends of the Southfield Public Library, Southfield, MI

Smith, Adam. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. London. J. M. Dent. 1931. 896 pps. 4.5" x 7". Reprint. Hardcover. good copy in good dust jacket. This edition of Adam Smith's classic is in two volumes of the Everyman's Library series printed in 1931. The introduction is by Prof. E.R.A. Seligman. Both volumes are in the original blue wrappers. An extensive index is found in volume II. $10.00 Book #37 from Friends of the Southfield Public Library, Southfield, MI

Starrett, E.V. Miss Fifi Duverall. Minneapolis, MN. T. S. Denison & Company. 1968. 32 pps. 8.75" x 11". First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author. very good copy with no dust jacket. Illustrated by Mary Kleitz this book is not a former library book. There is an inscription, "To Gordon Heinrich, good luck always. E.V. Starrett" $12.00 Book #23 from Friends of the Southfield Public Library, Southfield, MI

Trott, M.D., Alexander T. Wounds and Lacerations: Emergency Care and Closure (Wounds & Lacerations: Emergency Closure). St. Louis. Mosey Year Book. 1990. 332 pps. 9.5" x 7.5". First edition. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. (ISBN: 0801651549) This book is the definitive book on emergencey treatment of the patient from the arrival in the ER through Patient Discharge and Follow-up Care. The book is in excellent condition with no writing or other markings. $20.00 Book #53 from Friends of the Southfield Public Library, Southfield, MI

Willemse , Jan. Cooking for Henry. Virginia Beach, VA. The Donning Company. 1993. 159 pps. 4to. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. fine copy with no dust jacket. This book is coauthored by Eleanor Eaton. The cover depicts Fair Lane, the last home of Henry and Clara Ford and was hand colored by Eliza Midgett. Chef Jan Willemse,a young immigrant from Holland, was introduced to Henry Ford by Henry's son, Edsel. He became pastry chef at the Dearborn Inn in 1931. The forward is written by Jan's three sons. The book includes photographs of historical interest and many recipes including an entire section of soybean recipes. The book is in excellent condition with no dust jacket. It is an enjoyable read and a nice piece of history. $35.00 Book #26 from Friends of the Southfield Public Library, Southfield, MI

Yochelson, Bonnie. Berenice Abbott: Changing New York. New York. New Press. 1997. 400 pps. 19.8" x 18.6". First edition. Hardcover. fine copy in very good dust jacket. A Wall Street Journal, Business Week, and Newsday Best Book of the Year originally published by The New Press in 1997 to stellar reviews and great acclaim. This volume was called "the definitive visual record of the city as it was during the Depression" by the Washington Post. The foreward is written by Robert R. Macdonald, Director of the City of New York. Berenice Abbot, a Midwesterner who first came to New York in 1918, was one of the twentieth century's most important photographers, and her images have come to define 1930s New York. In 1921, she moved to Paris and worked as Man Ray's darkroom assistant. Inspired by the great French photographer EugĂ ne Atget, she returned to America in 1929 to photograph New York City. With the financial support of the WPA's Federal Art Project from 1935 to 1939, she was able to realize her ambition to document a "changing New York. "This deluxe hardcover edition features more than 300 duotones;the complete WPA project;and 113 variant images, drawings, and period maps, as well as an explanatory text on Abbott's life and work. $35.00 Book #58 from Friends of the Southfield Public Library, Southfield, MI

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