Search Results: Books from Else Fine Booksellers

New York: Alfred H. King, 1932 Book. Very Good. Cloth.

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1961 Book. Very Good. Cloth. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Signed by Kittinger on the front endpaper. Additonally on the f.e.p. is a Sierra Engineering Co. presentation label with Col. Guy Townsend as the recipient and a business card from the same company stapled between the signature and label. Townsend was a fellow test pilot of note. In 1960 Kittinger ascended to a record height(10 miles) in a balloon and proceeded to complete the highest sky dive in history, which would hold up for 50 years. Losing consciousness for a time, free-falling at speeds of 450-600 miles an hour, this jump from the edge of space is singular in a time of pre-space travel aviation. Rubbing to the extremities and edges, especially the rear hinge, a few small soil spots on the edges. Impression from the stapled card shows on the next eight pages. Dust jacket is chipped and creased along the edges- no tears, small fold on the upper front flap. Extremely rare association copy..

New York: Carrick & Evans, Inc., 1938 Book. Very Good. Cloth.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1941 Book. Illus. by Frech, Howard. Very Good. Cloth. 316 pages, 8 blue and white illustrations, extensive glossary. Author's first book, scarce original edition. Slight rubbing to the corners, faint sunning on the spine. Binding is square and tight, A speck or two of soiling on the edges; otherwise, clean. Rear flap of the jacket(all that remains) laiid in. Overall, near fine..

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1897 Book. Illus. by Yeats, J. B.. Good. Cloth.

Los Angeles: philosopical Research Society, 1944 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Blue cloth boards, gilt on spine, embossed eagle and phoenix rising from the fire emblem on the front board, 200 pages, illustrations. Stated first edition. Very light bumping to the lower corners, minor rubbing at the spine ends, pages lightly tanning, indentation from the front board embossing on the first few pages. The dust jacket is whole except for a little loss at the spine ends and corner tips, rubbing on the front panel mainly, small tear on the lower front edge with a few lateral creases intersecting. $2.00 price intact on the front flap. Text clean, binding sound. This edition scarce with the dust jacket..

Gillette, NJ: Heptangle Books, 1977 Book. Very Good. Cloth. Limited edition, 378/450. Signed by the editor. Spine faded, text clean. Dust jacket is stained and wrinkled on the back panel on the upper and lower thirds, general light creasing to the jacket all around..

Aeon Sophia Press, 2013 Book. Very Good. Full-Leather. 1st Edition. Limited first edition, #3/12, hand numbered on the limitation page. 246 pages, table of months, bibliography. Black leather binding with gilt foil stamped illustrations on the front and spine. Minor rubbing to the rear corners and small bumps scattered about the edges, general shelf wear on the rear board, a couple of tiny soil marks on the upper and lower edges. The binding is fine, text clean. Quite scarce, only 12 copies in this edition. Pictures upon request..

Istanbul: Dunya Kardeslik Birligi Mevlana Yuce Vakfi (World Brotherhood Union Mevlana Supreme Foundation, 1995 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 9789505312. 1111 pages, glossary. Purple cloth boards with gilt lettering and raised gilt design. Upper rear spine bumped, more minor bumps to the lower edges and corners, occasional small scratch or blemish, slight scuffing to the gilt edges, binding starting at the rear in the glossary section..

Cwmbran, Gwent: Siebe, Gorman & Company LTD, 1981 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 8th edition. Xvi, 693 pages, unpaginated index, introductions to the 4th through 7th editions, b&w diagrammatic fold-out, color fold-out of the British Isles. No wear but the jacket is a little mis-aligned..

Boston: Lee and Shepard, Publishers, 1872 Book. Good. Cloth. First published in 1871. A scarce 2nd printing, blue cloth boards, gilt designs on spine depicting a bat and baseball, publisher's ads on the pastedowns and flyleaves, 4 illustrations, 244 pages. Fourth published novel to include baseball content. rubbing to the board and spine edges, slight fraying at the spine ends, minor rubbing to the board surfaces as well. pen scribble over notations at the top corner of the front flyleaf. Several creased page corners, slightly starting in the rear gutter, text clean..

West Nyack, NY: Parker Publishing Company, 1980 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. From the Church and School of Wicca, New Bern, NC, 217 pages, ilus. Light foxing on the edges, slight shelf wear. Minor chipping on the edges and extremities, two small closed tears on the upper rear flap and upper rear edge..

Madison: University of Wisconsin, 1987 Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Center for Southeast Asian Studies Bibliography Series No. 10. 433 pages, appendix, glossary, indexes of titles and performers. Black printing on gray wraps. Lokananta is the mythical name of the mythical first gamelan created by the god Bathara Guru. Extremely scarce..

Aeon Sophia Press, 2014 Book. Illus. by Worthless. Very Good. Full-Leather. 1st Edition. Limited edition, 12/50. Dark blue leather, gilt stamping on the front and spine, 339 pages, bibliography, illustrated, tarot cards from the Rider-Waite-Smith Deck. Minor wear to the boards, smalls dents on the front and back, long black streaks on the top edge, small soil spots on the other edges.Text clean. Scarce..

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1889 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Illustrated from the antiquities discovered in mounds, cairns, and bogs, as well as from the ancient sagas and eddas. 591 and 562 pages respectively, appendix, index. 1366 illustrations and map. Both volumes bound in dark blue cloth with beautiful gilt designs, lettering and ruling on the front boards and spines. Minor rubbing at the corners, spine ends rubbed and lightly pressed. Small wrinkle on the spine of volume 1, bulge to the spine of the second volume. Bindings are strong and the text clean. A comprehensive anthropological history. Very Good+..

Philadelphia: The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, 1944 Book. Good. Hardcover. 486 pages, 2 appendixes, bibliography, index. Boards and spine edges rubbed, corners rolled/bumped, light soiling. No loose or missing pages, text clean, classy previous owner's bookplate on the front paste-down, type script review from Natural History Magazine, 1945 taped to the front endpaper- the tape has left residue on the front paste-down..

Suffolk: Neville Spearman, 1983 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 186 pages, references, map. Only light sunning to the jacket spine and a inch swath of the front panel. No wear, nor tears. Text bright and clean..

Aeon Sophia Press, 2019 Book. Very Good. Full-Leather. Limited Edition. Limited edition, 49/50, 288 pages, of which the last 10 are blank notes pages. Edited by Emma Doeve. Blue leather with gilt designs and lettering on the upper board and spine. The front board is marred by a long intermittent scratch, slightly diagonal from the upper edge to the lower edge. Crossing this, from the fore edge to the lower is a straight line impression- from pressure presumably, else near fine. Text clean. Scarce..

Academic Press, 1998 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 472 pages, appendix, bibliographic sources, indexes. Small bump to the upper rear corner, light wear along the upper edges of the jacket. Tight, square binding, clean text..

E. P. Dutton, 1961 Book. Good. Cloth. First Edition. 249 pages. Sunned spine, light foxing on the top edge..