New York: E. Weyhe, 1935. Wraps. Limited Edition. Unpag. 8vo. Gray/green dust jacket with some soiling, scuffing, minor chips at edges, and front flap detached but laid in, rear flap starting now in mylar cover. Slight staining to the cover boards, interior has some minor foxing and includes a lithograph, signed by Napolitano, #174/212. [Purcell 7].
An early, more subtle design by Merle Armitage. Also signficant in its use of a portrait by Brett Weston as the frontispiece. Printed in an edition of 212 copies, only 200 were offered for sale. Very Good / Good. More

Johannsen, Oskar. Orono, ME: Pine Cone Publishing Company, 1913. Hardcover. First Edition. 126, [1] pp. 8vo. Burgundy cloth boards with brgiht gold embossed titling to cover as well as an illustration of a scarab on a vase that appears to be Egyptian in origin. Slight bumping to corners and foot of spine. Clean and crisp within. Near Fine overall.
A wonderful little book that teaches about insects in the eighteen short stories that each focuses on one specific insect. Very Good. More

New York: Viking Press, 1987. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. xix, 603 pp. 8vo. Slight wear and soiling to dust jacket, now in mylar cover. Small stains at head of text block, previous owner gift inscription on first free endpaper, clean within. Good / Good. More

New York/Nashville, TN: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc./American Association for State and Local History, 1976. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. xviii, 154 pp. Sharp, tight dust jacket now in mylar cover. Light dust staining across head of text block, clean within.
Unique in that not only is this edition signed by the author on the title page, it also contains his bookplate on the front pastedown indicating it was his personal copy. Very Good / Fine. More

Santa Barbara, CA: Capra Press, 1984. Trade paperback. First Edition. 129 pp. 8vo. Slight darkening to cover from age, minor dust staining to head of text block. Clean within. Very Good. More

New York/London: R. R. Bowker Company, 1968. Hardcover. First Edition. xiii, 227 pp. 8vo. Ex-library with white call number on the red cloth spine. A few stamps within, remnants of the checkout card slot at rear. Very Good. More

Los Angeles, CA: Dawson's Book Shop, 1991. Wraps. First Edition. First Dawson's Book Shop edition. 111 pp. 8vo. Green paper wraps. Clean and crisp within.
A reprint with a new Preface of the book that Powell first published in 1951. Fine. More

San Francisco, CA: The Book Club of California, 1964. First Edition. 75-95 pp. 8vo. Slight darkening to the edges from shelf wear. More

Cleveland, OH: The World Publishing Company, 1958. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 249 pp. 8vo. Originial glassine dust jacket has many chips and tears but still intact. Marble paper boards, red cloth spine with gold titling has minor sunning at head and foot of spine where missing portion of dust jacked allowed the lightening, clean within. Brown paper covered slipcase has slight chipping at edges, wear, but in Very Good condtion.
One of the special edition of 975 copeis produced for private distribution to friends of the publisher. Very Good / Good. More

Albuquerque, NM: Horn & Wallace, Publishers, 1963. Hardcover. First Edition. xii, 91 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.
Signed by Lawrence Clark Powell on the first free endpaper. Fine / Fine. More

Tucson, AZ: Privately Printed, 1988. Wraps. First Edition. 13 pp. 8vo. Printed paper wraps with printed paper label on front cover, French flaps. Very slight scuffing.
Inscribed to the previous owner by Lawrence Clark Powell on the second free endpaper. Produced for the biennial reunion of the Zamorano and Roxburghe Clubs October 1&2, 1988. Very Good. More

Sacramento, CA: California State Library Foundation, 1984. Wraps. First Edition. 30 pp. 8vo. Bump to foot of spine, clean within. One of 2,000 copies.
1986 Coulter Lecture by Ward Ritchie. One of 2,000 copies. Very Good. More

Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1950. Hardcover. First Edition. xv, 576 pp. 4to. Some wear and scuffing to dust jacket from age, sunning to spine has darkened it slightly, now in mylar cover. Red cloth boards with gold embossed titling to cover and spine. Very Good / Very Good. More