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1. Abbott, Geoffrey. RACK, ROPE AND RED-HOT PINCERS A History of torture and it's Instruments. Brockhampton, London, 1993, 1993. First Edition. ISBN: 1860197957. Book. Pictorial glossy hardbound. 243pp. Illust. Chronology. Index. Bibliography. "the gruesome history of torture , restraint and punishment from the days of the Normans to the late nineteenth century.". The author was Yeoman Warder of HM Tower of London. Fine in dj. Fine in Near Fine dust-jacket. Hardcover. $ 2. Abella, Irving; Millar, David (Editors). THE CANADIAN WORKER IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1978. 1st Canadian Edition. ISBN: 9780195402506. Book. 1st printing. Pictorial wraps. 310pp. Bibliographical Note. Front cover corner creased, but vg. Very Good. Paperback. $ 3. Abernathy, John R. CATCH 'EM ALIVE JACK The Life and Adventures of an American Pioneer. NY: Association Press, 1936. First Edition. Book. Cloth with gilt-stamped spine.

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1 1. Abbott, Geoffrey. RACK, ROPE AND RED-HOT PINCERS A History of torture and it's Instruments. Brockhampton, London, 1993, 1993. First Edition. ISBN: 1860197957. Book. Pictorial glossy hardbound. 243pp. Illust. Chronology. Index. Bibliography. "the gruesome history of torture , restraint and punishment from the days of the Normans to the late nineteenth century.". The author was Yeoman Warder of HM Tower of London. Fine in dj. Fine in Near Fine dust-jacket. Hardcover. $ 2. Abella, Irving; Millar, David (Editors). THE CANADIAN WORKER IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1978. 1st Canadian Edition. ISBN: 9780195402506. Book. 1st printing. Pictorial wraps. 310pp. Bibliographical Note. Front cover corner creased, but vg. Very Good. Paperback. $ 3. Abernathy, John R. CATCH 'EM ALIVE JACK The Life and Adventures of an American Pioneer. NY: Association Press, 1936. First Edition. Book. Cloth with gilt-stamped spine.

2 224pp. Illustrated with photos. Modern owner's signature & date on ffep. Abernathy's autobiography encompassing his many years on the Oklahoma frontier, where he was for a while Marshal in Oklahoma Territory. He was noted for catching wolves by roping them & impressed his friend, Teddy Roosevelt, with his skill. Front hinge was once cracked & has been re-glued. Else fine; no dj. Herd 3, 6-guns 3. Very Good. Hardcover. $ 4. Abrahall, Frances (Ed.). CLUB WOMEN OF NEW YORK 1933 - 1934. NY: Club Women of New York Company, 1933. First Thus. Book. 1st printing of this edition. Gilt-decorated red cloth. 291pp. Illustrated with ads. Frontispiece is a lovely b/w portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt (Mrs. Frankly D. Roosevelt), who wrote the Preface or greeting. Beginning on p155 is an exhaustive directory of members. At the end is a Directory of Advertisers. & a photo of Women's University Club on 106 East 52nd St. The front paste down bears the small custom bookplate of Terry Turner.

3 There are quite a number of pencil check marks in the book. Else very good. The back cover has an applied color litho advertising Chesterfield cigarettes, a well-dress young woman who says, "I really don't know if I. should " etc. There is a scratch near one edge of it. A scarce issue. Very Good. Hardcover. $ 5. Acito, Marc. How I Paid For College: A Novel Of Sex, Theft, Friendship & Musical Theater Signed). New York, New York, : Broadway Books, 2004. ARC. ISBN: 0747574235. Book. Advance reading copy. Trade pictorial wraps. 328pp. A funny &. well-written novel. Fine, like new. As New. Paperback. $ 6. Adam, Christina. LOVE AND COUNTRY. Little Brown, Boston, (2003), 2003. ARC. Book. Publishers advance. 4to pictorial, plastic bound wraps. 265pp one side. Publisher's letter bound in. A novel based in Idaho. Fine, as new. As New. Paperback. $ 7. Adams, Ansel, with Alinder, Mary Street. ANSEL ADAMS An Autobiography.

4 Little, Brown & New York Graphic Society, Boston, 1985, 1985. First Edition. ISBN: 0821215965. Book. 4to cloth. 400pp. Stunning photos by Adams. A great book. Fine, as new in dj. As New in As New dust-jacket. Hardcover. $ 8. Adams, Ansel. POLAROID LAND PHOTOGRAPHY MANUEL A Technical Handbook. NY: Morgan & Moran, 1963. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. Cloth. 192pp. Index. Illus (partly with Adams' photos). Owner's ink name stamp on ffep & rear Bookseller's label on rear paste down. Else fine in dj with 1" x " scrape on upper right of front panel (as if price sticker torn off). A. few very short edge tears to dj. (a few very short/tiny edge tears & a short mark on upper right of front panel. Fine in Good dust- jacket. Hardcover. $ 9. Adams, Ansel. POLAROID LAND PHOTOGRAPHY MANUEL A Technical Handbook (Signed). NY: Morgan & Moran, 1963. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. Cloth. 192pp. Index. Illus (partly with Adams' photos).)

5 Neatly signed by Adams on t-p (title page). Laid in is Adam's booklet (not signed), Polacolor Film (color pictorial wraps; 15pp) which came with the book. On rear paste down is bookseller's label, "Best's Studio Yosemite Valley", with acorn vignette. Best's has represented Adams' work since 1902. Fine in vg+ dj (a few very short/tiny edge tears & a short mark on upper right of front panel. This Adams' title quite scarce signed. Fine in Very Good dust-jacket. Hardcover. $ 10. Adams, E. Lee. THE STRIPPER. Privately Published, , 1954, 1954. First Edition. Book. Gilt-stamped cloth. 379pp. Gift inscription on front paste down. Frontispiece portrait of Adams on his horse. "A fictitional (sic) portrayal of the opening, settlement, and development of the Cherokee Strip", but based largely on the author's own experiences & those of people he knew. He was, among other things, newspaper editor in Augusta, Okla, & filed on a homestead near Buffalo, Cover corners slightly bumped, else fine in chipped dj.)

6 Very Good in Good dust-jacket. Hardcover. $ 11. Adams, Eugene H. et. al. THE PIONEER WESTERN BANK FIRST OF DENVER: 1860-1980. Denver, 1984., 1984. First Edition. Book. Attractive 4to gilt & blind-stamped hardbound. 219pp. Illustrated with lots of good, old Colorado photos as well as color & b/w ones of old currency & coin. Quality book. No dj as issued. Fine. Hardcover. $ 12. Adams, Ramon F. COME AND GET IT The Story of the Old Cowboy Cook. Norman: OU, 1952. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. Cloth. 170pp. Ilustrated by the great Nick Eggenhofer. Fine in near fine dj. Herd 12. Fine in Near Fine dust-jacket. Hardcover. $ 13. Adams, Ramon F. THE COWMAN SAYS IT SALTY. Tucson: U of Arizona, 1971. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. Gilt- stamped cloth. 163pp. Illustrated with drawings by Donahue. A book on the "picturesque speech of the " Fine in near fine dj (tiny chip or two). Fine in Near Fine dust-jacket. Hardcover.

7 $ 14. Adams, Ramon F. A FITTING DEATH FOR BILLY THE KID (Signed). Norman: OU, 1960. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. 310pp. Illus. Index. 2 line inscription & then signed by Adams to no one in particular. From Adams' Prologue: "Surely it is time we learned the truth about Billy the Kid." Fine in dj. 6-guns 9. Fine in Fine dust-jacket. Hardcover. $ 15. Adams, Ramon F. THE LEGENDARY WEST. Dallas: Library of the DeGolyer Foundation & Friends of the Dallas Public Library, 1985. First Edition. Book. Colorful decorated glossy wraps. (64pp). Illus. A useful reference booklet describing 47 rare Western books exhibited at the library. Slight nick at top affecting a few leaf edges, else fine. Near Fine. Paperback. $ 16. Adams, Ramon F. THE OLD - TIME COWHAND. Macmillan, NY, 1961, 1961. Limited/Numbered. Book. Ltd to 350 copies. Pictorial cloth. 354pp. Illustrated with drawings by the incomparable Nick Eggenhofer.

8 Signed & both Adams & Eggenhofer. One of the great modern treatments of the subject. Fine in original labeled slipcase which has a couple of marks & bit of fading. Dykes 50. p134. Fine. Hardcover. $ 17. Adams, Ramon F. THE RAMPAGING HERD A Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets on Men and Events in the Cattle Country. OU, Norman, 1959, 1959. First Edition. Book. Cloth. 462pp. Several title-page illustrations. Index. Former owner's name, date, & price he paid written in red ink on the ffep. An indispensable bibliography for range books up to publication date. Even after almost fifty years the outstanding work for collectors of the subject. 2,651 entries. Fine in dj with slight wear. The dj has on the underneath side a list of OU books in the Civilization of the American Indian Series, a few of which the former owner also checkmarked in red. Reese 4. Fine in Very Good dust-jacket. Hardcover. $ 18. Adams, Ramon F.

9 THE RAMPAGING HERD A Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets on Men and Events in the Cattle Country. Zubal, Cleveland, 1982, 1982. Reprint. Book. Cloth. 463pp. Several title-page illustrations. Index. An indispensable bibliography for range books up to publication date. The outstanding work for collectors of the subject. 2,651 entries. Fine, like new in dj. Reese 4. As New in As New dust-jacket. Hardcover. $ 19. Adams, Ramon F. THE RAMPAGING HERD A Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets on Men and Events in the Cattle Industry. Norman, 1959., 1959. First Edition. Book. Cloth. 463pp. Essential information on 2,651 entries. An indispensable bibliography. Fine in very slightly worn dj. Reese 4, Dykes 50 p8. Fine in Very Good+ dust-jacket. Hardcover. $ 20. Adams, Ramon F. SIX - GUNS AND SADDLE LEATHER A Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets on Western Outlaws and Gunmen. Cleveland: Zubal, 1982. Reprint. ISBN: 0939738066.

10 Book. Fine reprint edition, Revised & Expanded. Cloth. 808pp. Introduction. Acknowledgements, extensive, to both editions. Index. This is one of the all-time set-the-standard bibliographies of Western books. 2491 entries. Fine, like new in dj. As New in As New dust-jacket. Hardcover. $ 21. Adams, Ramon F. SIX-GUNS AND SADDLE LEATHER A Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets on Western Outlaws and Gunmen. Norman: OU, 1969. First Thus. Book. New Edition, Revised & Greatly Enlarged. Cloth. 808pp. Index. 2,491 items. Fine in dj with faded backstop (typical for red jackets). Very Good in Very Good dust-jacket. Hardcover. $ 22. Addiego, John. Islands of Divine Music (Signed). Denver: Unbridled Books, 2008. ARC. ISBN: 1932961542. Book. Uncorrected Proof. Trade pictorial glossy wraps. 241pp. Signed & dated by Addiego. A first novel. "Five generations of an immigrant family journey through the new world in a sometimes bewildering and often surprising search to discover both who they are and where they belong.


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