Collectible Books
| Dorthy L Pilsbury, Adobe Trilogy, all three books are
autographed:
Roots in Adobe, University of New Mexico Press, 1959, Library of Congress Catalog Card No 59-13409 Adobe Doorways, University of New Mexico Press, 1952, Library of Congress Catalog Card No 52-11521, second printing 1953 No High Adobe, University of New Mexico Press, 1953, Library of Congress Catalog Card No 50-10958, Third Printing |
Fiction
| Airport, Arthur Hailey, Doubleday & Co, 1968, I presume this is a 1st edition, hardback with dust cover - some shelf wear on dust cover $5 |
| Wheels, Arthur Hailey, 1971, hardback, no dust cover, I presume this is 1st edition, $4 |
| Hotel, Arthur Hailey, 1975, hardback, no dust cover, I presume this is a 1st edition, $4 |
| The plays of J.M.Barrie - The Admirable Chrchton - Charles Scribner & Sons - 1923, hardback with dust cover - dustcover is brittle and coming apart wtih age, book is in good condition $3 |
| Farmer takes a wife, John Gould, 1948, paperback $1 |
Children/Young Adult
| Echoes of War - J.M.Barrie - the old lady shows her medals, the new world, Barbara's Wedding, A well-remembered Voice - Charles Scribner & Sons - 1920 |
| Menagerie, Mary Britton Miller, Macmillan Co, 1928, children's rhymes about animals with nice woodblock prints, hardback |
| Runaway Rhymes - Alice Higgins & Tom Lamb - P.F. Volland Co, 1931, 127 pages, hardback - children's rhymes |
| Bob Son Of Battle - Alfred Ollivant - Illustrated Ed, Grosset and Dunlap, Copyright 1898 - I think this is a newer edition, but I don't find a publishing date - this is a story about a dog - hardback with dust cover, $4 |
| Kidnapped, Robert Louis Stevenson - Allyn and Bacon, 1925 (has receipt inside dated July '27) hardback, very good condition, hardback $4 |
| Best Stories, Marjorie Hardy, the Child's Own Way series, Wheeler pub, 1935, hardback, no dust cover $5 |
| Cross Creek, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Grosset & Dunlap, 1942, hardback no dust cover $5 |
| The Swiss Family Robinson, johann Rudolf Wyss, the Windermere series, Rand McNally, 1930 edition, hardback, dustcover has been cut and pasted onto craft paper - $5 |
| Famous children of Story Book Land, Laura A Large, Platt & Munk, 1935, 222 pgs, hardback, no dust cover $4 |
| The Jolly Tinker and other tales, Leonard S Hill, J.B. Lippincott, 1929, 187 pgs, hardback, no dust cover $4 |
| I wonder Why - Milton Goldsmith 1939 plat & Munk - hardback with dust cover, very nice condition (books for an inquisitive child) |
| Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes, illustrated by Edna Cooke, Cupples & Leon co, NY, 1930, hardback, no dust cover |
| Joe and Sally, or A good Deed and its Fruits, American Tract Society, New York - quite old, no date, probably 1880 or thereabouts, 96 pgs, good (not perfect) condition, hardback |
| Penrod, His Complete Story, Booth Tarkington, Doubleday, 1931hardback with dust cover $5 |
Non-Fiction
| IVORY - Geoffrey Willis, 1968, First American edition published in 1969 by AS Barnes and Co, Library of Congress Catalog Card No 68-27235. Discussion of all sorts of Ivory, the types of materials, history and its uses, etc. hard back, excellent condition, with dust cover $6 |
| Moving Millions - an inside look at mass transit, Stanley L Fischler, first edition, 1979, ISBN 0-06--11272-7, hardback with dust cover - a couple of small tears in dust cover $5 |
| LIFE SCIENCE LIBRARY - three books - Wheels, Energy, The Poles, 1967, 1967, 1962, hardback large format $10 for all 3 |
| The complete book of Composting - J. I. Rodale and staff of Organic Gardening and Farming magazine, 12th printing Nov 1971, Standard Book Number 87596-064-2 |
| Flowers of the Holy Land - 25 reproductions of original water colors, Bertha Spaffort Vester, Hallmark Cards, 1964, Library of Congress Catalog Card No 62-14859, 80 pages, hardback with dust cover, good condition, some sun fading of dust cover |
| America's Quilts and Coverlets, Carleton L Safford and Robert Bishop, Weathervane Books, 1974, Library of Congress Catalog 72-82707, hardback with dust cover, 313 pages, many illustrations in color and B&W, large format |
| Frontier Days, Oliver G Swan, Grosset & Dunlap, 1928 (presumably a first edition) - hard back, nice cover, 250 pages |
| Literature and Life - Book Three - Greenlaw-Miles, 1923 - very good literature text, nice condition - $5 |
| Ghost Town Album - Lambert Florin, Bonanza, Superior Publishing Co, Seattle, Library of Congress card 62-21937. 184 pgs, hardback with dust cover, nice condition, coffee table book with lots of photos 8 1/2" X 11" |
Pamphlets, advertising, catalogs, etc
| scouting skills exposition, Feb 1,2 1958 $2 |
| oil island of Long Beach (CA) aprox 1980 $2 |
| ants in the home and garden, US Dept of Agriculture, Bulletin 28 $1 |
| where to write for Marriage Records, US Dept of Health Education and welfare, 1964 $2 |
| Where to write for Birth and Death Records, US Dept of Health Education and welfare, 1964 $2 |
| Automobile Batteries - consumer publication of general services administration, 1971 $1 |
| Tires - a comparison of tire reserve load for 1974 passenger cars, V 4, part 2, Nov 1974, US DoT $4 - covers most cars, even Porsche!!! |
| Background information on Recycling Waste Paper - American Paper Institute 1971 $1 |
| Respiratory protective devices approved by the bureau of mines as of Dec 31, 1968, Circular 8436 $1 |
| Walk through metal detectors - JILECJ-STD-0601.00, June '74 $1 |
| Factors in selecting and applying commercial explosives and blasting agents, Bureau of Mines circular 8405, 1968 $1 |
Business and Technical
| Teach Yourself C++ in 24 hours - Jesse Liberty - 450 pages - book only - SAMS publishing - 1997, ISBN 0-672-31067-8 $5 |
| National Formulary (official copy), 1947, American Pharmaceutical Association, with supplement $15 |
| Stouffer, et al - The American Soldier, two books, "Combat and its aftermath", and "Adjustment during Army Life" paperback, first science editions printing 1965, original copyright 1945. Two copies of each, $10 per pair, very clean, undamaged, look unread |
| Stouffer, et Al, Measurement and prediction - as above, the last volume of this series. $4 |
| Microcomputer Software for Management Science and Operations Management - Barry Render & Ralph M Stair, Jr, includes disk of software for IBM PC, 1986, paperback $4 |
| Experimental Statistics Handbook 91, US Department of Commerce, Issued Aug 1, 1963, hardback, excellent condition $8 |
| Strategic Management, Case Enrichment Portfolio for selected cases in, Samuel C Certo & J Paul Peter, 1990, McGraw Hill $4 |
| Fatigue of Workers, Its relation to industrial production, by Committee on work in Industry of the National Research Council, Reinhold Publishing Company 1941, hardback $2 |
| Human problems of an industrial civilization - Elton Mayo, Viking compass book, paperback, 6th printing 1968, original copyright, 1933 $4 |
| The industrial worker, 1840 to 1860, Norman Ware, printed 1964, original copyright 1924, paperback $4 |
| The protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism, Mad Weber, Schribner edition, paperback, 1958 |
| Men at Work, William Foote Whyte, 1961, Dorsey Press, hardback, first printing June 61 |
| Dynamic Administration, Metcalf and Urwick, Harper & Brothers pub, 1940 |
| Simulation and analysis of Industrial systems, Schmidt and Taylor, 1970, Richard D Irwin Inc pub, hardback |
| IBM PC applications for the industrial engineer and manager, Jerry Banks/J P Spoerer / R. Lee Collins, Prentice Hall 1986, paperback, 608 pgs |
| "Physical Measurements" by Ralph S Minor, dated 1947,
part I "mechanical properties of matter, heat, and sound", and part II "magnetism and electricity, sound and light" A laboratory manual in general physics for colleges, by Ralph S Minor, professor of physics, University of California, original copyright 1916, this is 4th ed. vol 1 is 212 pages, vol 2 is also 212 pages Both volumes are paperback, $8 for both |
| The National Plan for Emergency Preparedness, edited and published by OEP - office of emergency planning, executive office of the president, Dec 1964, 139 pages, paper, good, 3 hole punched. $5 |
| Wood crate design manual, Agriculture handbook no 252, US dep of agriculture, Feb 1964, 131 pages, good condition $5 |
| Wood: a manual for its use as a shipbuilding material, Vol 1 and Vol IV, NAVSHIPS 350-336, Department of the Navy, Bureau of ships, 1957 (vol 1) and 1962 (vol IV). Vol 1 is 63 pgs, vol IV is 144 pgs $12 for both |
| Planning your Farmstead Wiring and Lighting - US dep of agriculture, Rural Electrification Administration, Misc. Pub no 597, 1950, 31 pgs |
| Redwood decks - 1975, Redwood Fences (no date, probably also '75) - pamphlets approximately 10 pgs each by California Redwood assoc - $4 both |
| Building Materials and structures, Report BMS66, Plumbing manual - Report of subcommittee on plumbing Central housing committee on research, design, and construction, National Bureau of Standards, 1940 - 70 pgs $5 |
| The materials use survey - housing and home finance agency, March 1953 - a study of the national and regional characteristics of one-family dwellings built in the United States in teh first-half of 1950, 26 pgs $4 |
| Crawl Spaces - housing and home finance agency - 1950 16 pgs $3 - lots of good info on what can go wrong and what to do about it |
| Basements vs No Basements for Houses - parts I II III - housing and home finance agency, 1950, 23 pgs $4 |
| Basic principles of Modular Coordination -- housing and home finance agency, Dec 1953 $2 |
| Wood floors for Dwellings, Agriculture Handbook no 204, US Department of Agriculture, Sept 1961 - 44 pgs $4 |
| Deflection characteristics of residential wood-joist floor systems, - housing and home finance agency, Housing Research paper 30, April 1954, 64 pgs $4 |
| Tilt-up concrete walls, Portland Cement Association, 1970, 16 pgs, $2 |
| Peripheral circulation for Low-cost central heating in old houses, Production research report no 124, agricultural research service, US Department of Agriculture, July 1971 $2 |
| Material and labor analysis - house framing systems, housing research paper 33, - housing and home finance agency, April 1954, 125 pages $5 |
| Paints for exterior masonry walls, building materials and structures report BMS110, US Department of Commerce, national bureau of standards, 1947, 19 pgs $4 |
| NBS Technical note 231, Solar heating, radiative cooling and thermal movement - their effects on built-up roofing - William C Cullen, US Department of Commerce, Dec 16, 1963 |
| Planning your home lighting - home and garden bulletin 138, US Department of Agriculture, April 1968, 22 pgs $4 (I have two copies of this) |
| Low-cost wood homes for rural America - Construction Manual, US Department of Agriculture, agricultural handbook no 364, May 1969, 112 pgs, $5 |
| Performance of Masonry Chimneys for Houses, Housing and Home Finance Agency, Housing Research paper 13, Nov 1952, 46 pgs $5 |
| New life for Old Dwellings - Appraisal and Rehabilitation - US Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Handbook no 481 1975, Gerald E Sherwood, 99 pgs, $5 |
| Designs for Low Cost Wood Homes, US Department of Agriculture, Nov 1969, 28 pgs $2 |
| Selecting and Financing a home, US Department of Agriculture, house and garden bulletin 182, 24 pgs, $2, April 1972 |
| Carpet and Rugs, CIS 12, consumer publication from the General Services Administration, 1970, 32 pgs $3 |
| A demonstration of new techniques for low cost small home construction, Housing and home Finance Agency, Housing Research Paper 29, April 1954 $5 |
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