Death in the Afternoon ~ Hemingway ~ 1932 book Death in the Afternoon by Ernest Hemingway.

Hemingway's non-fiction account of bullfighting as an art form reflects his fascination with the ritual of it, and with death and violence.

Hardcover Binding, Publisher: Halcyon House, New York

Date on copyright page is 1932, however this a Reprint of the original Scribner 1932 First Edition. No "A" on copyright page.

No Dust Jacket. Black moire cloth with Hemingway facsimile signature gold stamped on...
Circa: 1932
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Halycon
Author: Hemingway  

1948 Detzer Signed 1st Edition BOOK Appt on the Hill Autobiography by well-known woman lobbyist, activist,and WWII pacifist, Dorothy Detzer. Ms. Detzer was the National Executive Secretary of the U.S. of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (1924-1946).

At the end of World War I, she spent a year in Austria doing relief work for the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC). After enduring the loss of her twin brother Don, who was gassed during World War I and died from a lingering illness, Ms. Detzer decided to...
Circa: 1948
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Henry Holt
Author: Detzer
Edition: 1  

World of Mathematics Box Set 1956 The World of Mathematics Box Set
Four Volume Set, 1956, published by Simon & Schuster, NY. First printing is stated on copyright page of all of the four volumes.
A small library of the literature of mathematics from A'h-mose the Scribe to Albert Einstein presented with commentaries and notes by James R. Newman. (Commentaries And Notes).

Includes red slipcase for the 4 volumes.
All four volumes are in excellent condition. Slip case has some writing on it, and some tape...
Circa: 1956
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Author: Newman
Edition: 1  

The Pyramid Speaks 1950 BOOK Egypt Egyptian Pyramids The Pyramid Speaks Symbolically
by Mikkel Dahl, Edmonton, Canada.
© 1950. 118 pages including diagrams & charts at back. Paperbound.
Published by the Pyramid Centre, PO Box (probably obsolete) Edmonton Canada.
RARE BOOK ! May have been privately printed.
Excellent condition, only one 1/4" tear in cover at back, and bend in corner of cover.
Book is an interpretation of the geometric relationships of measurements of the Great Pyramid.
Title page says: "Opens a new...
 

Arctic Island Hunter Paul Adams Rare 1961 BOOK OoP Out of Print. London: George Ronald, 1961. 8vo - over 7-3/4" - 9-3/4" tall. Dust jacket scuffed, one small stain front upper right, see photo. 136 pp. Black/white photos and Maps. ...a first hand account of a hunter's life within the Arctic Circle. The account of a winter of isolation in Spitsbergen, (north of Norway) details the polar animals, birds of the tundra and the daily routines essential for preservation of life.

Country of Origin: GB
 

Rare FDR Roosevelt defense campaign button WWII Troops Franklin Delano Roosevelt
For Defense for President Campaign Button
This was probably used for campaigning among the Wartime Troops.
Button with screw on shank and back.
3/4"/18mm dia. Silvery highlight finish on what looks to be a nickel color background.
© symbol in lower right, but no date. Left side has lettering Franklin Delano Roosevelt very small behind head.
Some wear to finish. Guessing this is circa 1944, the election year during the war.
Circa: 1944
Country of Origin: US
 

Japan ~ Daughter of the Samurai by SUGIMOTO 1926 BOOK A Daughter of the Samurai.
By Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto.
314 p., HB 1926. Doubleday, Page & Co. Garden City, New York.
Very interesting story of a daughter of feudal Japan, married an American and came to the USA and became a modern American.
Hard bound copy, front has bend in board, wear at corner covers, partial split in front end paper spine. Original owner signed name inside front cover in ink. Nice copy from the original printing in 1926. Copyright page notes that much of the...
Circa: 1926
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Doubleday
Author: Sugimoto  

Theodore Roosevelt BOOK Letters to his Children 1924 Theodore Roosevelt's
Letters to his Children BOOK, 1924, Charles Scribner's Sons, NY. Original copyright, 1919.
Edited by Joseph Bucklin Bishop, author of "Theodore Roosevelt and his Time".
Hard bound no DJ. 240 pages illustrated with Roosevelt's line drawings and a photo of the President with his four boys opposite title page.. Very entertaining text.

Book is in readable condition with clean pages, but it does have scorch damage on the spine cover...
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons  

Charles Lindbergh book 1928 Autobiography We "We"
by Charles A. Lindbergh.
Famed Aviator of 1920s, the first man to have flown form New York to Paris ...
Autobiography.
No Dust Jacket.
G.P. Putnam's Sons, NY -- London
The Knikerbocker Press 1928
Copyright 1927, 29th printing 1928.

318 pages. Hardbound, blue cloth with gold stamping. Many b/w photos; some are loose from binding.

Break in spine front end paper. Wear at corners of cover. some light staining on pages. A worn copy of this...
Circa: 1928
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Putnam  

BOOK Stringtown on the Pike 1900 John Uri Lloyd Antique book by noted Pharmaceutical Pioneer,
John Uri Lloyd, titled" Stringtown on the Pike: A Tale of Northernmost Kentucky. 414 pg. with b/w photo illust. by Mrs. Lloyd. ©1900 Dodd, Mead & Co. Published by Grosset & Dunlap, NY.

Beige cloth cover has photo pasted on front. Ink signature on front end paper. Break in spine at contents page, but otherwise tight. Spine has some shelf darkening, a stain on the front, and some wear at corners.

This is a collection of stories...
 

Anthology of Irish Literature 1954 An Anthology of Irish Literature

by David H. Greene (Editor)


Part One has translations from Gaelic of medieval Irish poetry and narratives, many of which, thought transcribed in Middle Irish, are from an older oral tradition. The volume also offers examples of Irish lyric poetry of the 17th and 18th centuries and translations from 19th-century Irish poets.

1954 Hardcover. Modern Library, NY. ©1954 Random House. 602 pages. Page size, 4-1/2"x 7". Ex-Library...
 

Archaeology of Old Testament BOOK 1963 ~ Bible study The Archaeology of the Old Testament. By R.K. Harrison. © 1963. English Universities Press Ltd. First Harper Chapel Book Ed. I966.
PB, 162 pg. With index, bibliography and footnotes. Ilust. with maps and b/w photos.
Rubberstamp dedication on 1st pg. Slight wear at edges of cover, rest nice condition.
Good introduction to Historical artifacts of Biblical Times.
 

Rare scholarly BOOK 1894 Author's Public Ancient Times Rare old book, valuable for scholarly researchers, --Titled --

Authors and Their Public in Ancient Times,
Subtitled, A sketch of Literary Conditions and of the Relations with the Public, of Literary Producers, from the Earliest Times to the Invention of Printing.

by George Haven Putnam, author of "The Question of Copyright"

Published by G P Putnam's Sons New York & London. 1894. © 1893.

A general intro to history of development of property in...
 

Antique BOOK United States History 1892 illustrated Antique Book:
The United States -- A History 1492-1892
Columbian Edition 1892.
by
John Clark Ridpath, LLD. original copyright 1876.
Cover is blue cloth, stamped in black and silver with design of Capitol building & Washington Monument in Washington DC.
Published by US History Co., Boston and New York.

Title page says: The most cmplete and most popular history of the USA from the aboriginal times to the present day (book published in 1892).

Page size 7 x...
 

Eastman Kodak 2B Hawkeye Camera folding bellows 120 Antique Eastman Kodak folding camera with bellows.

Really old folding Kodak camera. Bellows seem very stiff. Camera is currently folded up inside its self contained case. Probably stuck in there will be left for you to take out. Leatherette finish on outside has wear and scratches. No handle attached to metal posts.
No guarantee that this camera will work. It is being sold here as decorative, collectible only.
On the I.D. plate in front it states: No. 1 Pocket Kodak Eastman Kodak...
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Kodak