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[Caraway, AR], 1970. 5x8" photograph nicely mounted and framed in wood frame with a chip along top edge. Signed by 10 members including coach Orwell Moore. Stray pen mark along top edge, likely from one of the signers, else nicely preserved. Photograph of the first professional women's basketball team, and the first to be inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame, the All-American Red Heads. Signed by 10, including coach Orwell Moore and his wife and star player, Lorene "Butch" Moore, Red Mason, Barb Hostert, and others.  The photo also features the team's 9-door 1966 Pontiac.   The All-American Red Heads were formed in 1936 by Connie Mack Olson, the team name due to each of the original players sporting dyed or natural red hair, a necessary sort of publicity for the time.  Orwell Moore (1917-2009) bought the team in 1955, growing their popularity, playing in every state as well as Canada and Mexico, and challenging and beating men's teams.  The Red Heads played their last game in 1996, and In… Ler mais

Derwood, MD: The U.S. Deep Caving Team, 1989. First edition. 29x22cm, 29, [3]pp. Rolex ad at rear. Illustrations, photographs, charts, graphs, 3 fold-out maps. Inscribed by Stone to Jim Carter, inventor of the Carter Lift Bag. Pictorial paper boards slightly musty with some light foxing to title page. Boards a bit bumped else very good. Inscribed copy of this fascinating book on the 1987 Wakulla Springs (FL) Expedition, signed by its leader, Bill Stone (b. 1952).  Stone's objective was to continue exploring the deep cave which was believed to consist of a single, massive tunnel of great depth, in which previous expeditions had only reached 400 meters from the entrance.  His team would also test a new computer controlled life support system (the Cis-Lunar MK1 rebreather), and carry out studies of the biology, hydrology, and geology of the great freshwater spring.   The team's base would be a large underwater habitat funded by Rolex and which resembled an ice cream cone.   Despite all the… Ler mais

London: The Bodley Head, 1972. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near fine first edition of this collection from Ayme, translated and with an introduction by Norman Denny. Unread copy in near fine jacket, price-clipped, rubbed at extremities as well as the back panel, small spot of sticker residue to front panel, and with light wrinkling to heel.

Seattle: Waterland Press, 2005. Number 37 of 50 signed copies. 25x17cm, [24]pp. Illustrations. Green Japanese bookcloth with title label mounted on spine and window cut out illustration on front cover. Fine condition. Beautiful example of Northwest fine printing, an illustrated story of the author's walk to Ozette Lake in Olympic National Park.  From the colophon: "Most of the illustrations are archival ink jet prints of my watercolors, printed with Ultrachrome ink on an Epson Stylus Pro 9600. The two images printed on Dark Green Hahnemuhle Ingres paper are also ink jet prints of scanned flora ... The frontispiece is an engraving, scanned from a three color pencil drawing and [letterpress] printed on Kitikata paper, using a Vandercook proof press" Printed by Maralyn Crosetto and Maura Shapley; bound and codesigned by Judith L. Johnson; type composed and cast by Chris Stern; calligraphy by Laurie Cook; digital process assistance by Barbara Robertson. .

Baltimore, MD: Cemetery Dance Pubns, 2018. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First trade edition. Collection of short stories from Little. Fine in fine jacket. Laid in is a bookplate signed by the author.

U.S.A.: Space & Time, 1987. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Sticker residue to front cover, else fine in wraps.

U.S.A.: Space & Time, 1987. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. First printing of this paperback original from the East Texas author, Mayhar. Signed and warmly inscribed by her on the title page. Near fine in wraps with bump at head of spine.

Eugene, OR: Axolotl Press, 1993. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Published by Axolotl (Pulphouse). Deluxe, leather edition, limited to 75 signed and numbered copies. Near fine with a couple minuscule scuffs to back board.

U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First printing, clipped jacket. Front free endpaper removed. Scarce signed copy. Signed and inscribed by Adriana Caselotti, the voice of Snow White, on her introduction page.

Tacoma: Walter's 1897 Press, 1971. Second Edition. 21x14cm, [2], 18pp. Printed in various colors. Beige paper wraps lettered in green with a brown decorative border, yapped edges. Few smudges and bumps to wrappers, clean internally and nearly fine. A lovely collection of type presented in a specimen book by Tacoma News Tribune printer and collector, Walter Lichtenberg.  According to The News Tribune, January 12, 1964, Lichtenberg began collecting old type in 1945 and had over 100 rare fonts which he housed in his basement, along with wooden types, initials, ornaments, line engravings, etc., many of which are shown in this booklet.  The press he used for printing was his own 8x12 Challenge-Gordon.  He published an earlier specimen book under a slightly different title, in 1953.    OCLC locates just a single copy of the 1953 version at Berkeley but does not mention this edition.   .

U.S.A.: Subterranean Press, 1999. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. From the Lost Lansdale series by Subterranean Press. Limited to 1000 signed copies, this copy signed but not numbered.  Near fine in like jacket.  .

U.S.A.: HarperCollins, 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

U.S.A.: Knopf, 1978. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Specially bound, signed, limited edition. Very good with light sunning to spine, in very good slip case with some wear and scuffing.

New York: Grove Press, 2009. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First printing, signed by Alexie on title page. Near fine book in red boards, lightly bumped to bottom edge. Jacket is very good with a scuffed lower corner and a couple small spots of separation of the laminate near heel of spine.

U.S.A.: Doubleday, 1982. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Tor Books, 2010. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Martin on title page, and Joe R. Lansdale at his story. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

New York: Tor Books, 2010. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First printing of this collection. Signed by George R. R. Martin on the title page and signed and inscribed by Joe R. Lansdale at his story. Near fine in like jacket with light wear to top edge. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

London: Head of Zeus, 2019. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed, limited edition from Head of Zeus. Story by Chen Qiufan which has been translated by Ken Liu. Signed by Qiufan on limitation page. First printing, fine condition in fine jacket.

San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1945. First edition of 500 copies. 4to, [9]pp, folded sheets laid in blue paper wraps. Printed in two colors. Some toning to wrappers else near fine. Printed for the occasion of Woodrow Wilson's 88th birthday.  .

Boise, ID: Limberlost Press, 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Early poetry collection from Alexie, published letterpress by Limberlost. This is the signed hardcover edition of 100 copies, this being 58. Near fine with light bump to rear board, near head of spine, and front board, bottom edge, else fine.