The Navaho Missile Project: The Story of the "Know-How" Missile of American Rocketry
by Gibson, James N.
Atglen, PA: Schiffer Military / Aviation History, 1996. Softcover. Paperback. 95pp. Quarto [28 cm] Illustrated wraps. Fine. From the back cover- "The Navaho program is the least known, yet the most important of the United States early missile programs.
Offered by Ken Sanders Rare Books
Feather Masterpieces of the Ancient Andean World
by Gibson, Thomas (Introduction)
London: Thomas Gibson Fine Art, Ltd, 1990. Paperback. VG+. Oversized wraps. Exhibit book - Feather Masterpieces of the Ancient Andean World - 26th September to 2nd November 1990. Black spine and rear cover; colorful photographic front cover with vibrant feather design. Fair amount of rubbing at the head and tail of the spine and at the tips of... Read More
Offered by Ken Sanders Rare Books
Report of Three Nights' Public Discussion in Bolton, Between William Gibson, H. P., Presiding Elder of the Manchester Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and the Rev. Woodville Woodman, Minister of the New Jerusalem Church. Reported by G. D. Watt
by Gibson, William; Rev. Woodville Woodman
Liverpool: Franklin D. Richards, 1851. Pamphlet. Paperback. 46pp. Thin octavo [21 cm] Disbound. Very good. The pages are browned. There are very occasional small light stains on the pages. Flake 3561. Subjects of discussion: First night. What is God?... Second night. The Godhead; are the Father and the Son two distinct and separate persons... Third night. The true nature... Read More
Offered by Ken Sanders Rare Books
The Dr. Seuss Zoo Set
by [Toys] [Dr. Seuss] [Theodor Giesel]
Revell, 1959. Very Good. Toy set with three booklets tucked in. Thousands of Seuss Animals can be made with this set.
Offered by Ken Sanders Rare Books
Formula for Death E=MC² (The Atom Bombs and After)
by Gigon, Fernand; Translated by Constantine Fitz Gibbon
London: Allan Wingate, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. 223pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] Pale blue cloth effect paper over boards. Very good. The spine is rolled back, and the edges of the spine and covers are rubbed. The pages are tanned. In a very good dust jacket, with subtle age-toning and rubbing, and barely perceptibly chipped edges. From the dust jacket-... Read More
Offered by Ken Sanders Rare Books
The Tale of the Bunny Picnic
by Gikow, Louise; Diane Dawson Hearne
1987: Scholastic, New York. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good +. Diane Dawson Hearne. Unpaginated. Quarto [23.5] Illustrated laminate paper over boards. Some chipping and tearing to dust jacket. The first in a series of Jim Henson presents storybooks. A delightful story following Bean Bunny's experience at the titular Bunny Picnic. Includes delightful illustrations by Henson company... Read More
Offered by Ken Sanders Rare Books
L.A. Noir
by Gilbar, Steven (Editor); Peter Treadwell (Photographer)
Chico, CA: Positive Press, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. SIGNED. Unpaginated. Oblong sextodecimo [13.5cm x 17cm]. 1/4 black cloth over illustrated boards. Bit of toning and soiling to the extremities. A post-Chandler portrait of Los Angeles in the words of the fictional private eyes, cops, shamuses and detectives who've prowled its mean streets. With black-and-white... Read More
Offered by Ken Sanders Rare Books
Winners on the Pass Line
by Gilb, Dagoberto
El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos Press, 1985. First edition. Paperback. SIGNED. 93pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Illustrated wraps. Very good. The covers are mildly rubbed. The rear cover is slightly age-toned. A couple of pages have very small stains. Gilb's short fiction won California's James D. Phelan Award for Literature. Signed by Dagoberto Gilb on the title page.
Offered by Ken Sanders Rare Books
Report on the Geology of the Henry Mountains (Department of the Interior U. S. Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region)
by Gilbert, G. K.; J. W. Powell
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1880. Second edition. Hardcover. Good +. 160pp. Quarto [30 cm] Brown cloth covered boards. The text block is cracked here and there, however the book remains very sturdy. The cloth is slightly frayed at the edges of the backstrip. There is a glue stained area on the front pastedown. Despite the toning, rather... Read More
Offered by Ken Sanders Rare Books
Report on the Geology of the Henry Mountains (Department of the Interior U. S. Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region)
by Gilbert, G. K.; J.W. Powell
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1880. Second edition. Hardcover. Very good. 170pp. Quarto [30 cm] in original black cloth with gilt spine title. Extremities a bit dinged. Backstrip gently sunned. Text block cracked here and there, but still very solid. With the 5 fold out plates at the rear (crisp and clean). Subjects include Pulpit Arch, Early History... Read More
Offered by Ken Sanders Rare Books
Lake Bonneville - Department of the Interior Monographs of the United States Geological Survey Volume 1
by Gilbert, Grove Karl; J. W. Powell (Director)
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1890. Original Department of the Interior Monograph. Leather bound. Good. 438pp. Quarto [29.5 cm] 3/4 brown leather with brown cloth over boards, with moderate wear to the extremities, including a couple of chips to the leather at the foot of the spine. The text block is cracked here and there. Plate XXVIII is... Read More
Offered by Ken Sanders Rare Books
Hurry Sundown
by Gilden, K. B. (pseud. of Bert and Katya Gilden)
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/good. 1046pp. Octavo [24 cm] in black cloth. Light toning and a few short tears to jacket; board lower corners lightly bumped, binding slightly mobile, else very light wear; interior is unmarked. From the jacket: "A contemporary masterwork--bold and living in itscharacterization, striking in its force... Read More
Offered by Ken Sanders Rare Books
The Swing
by Gildner, Gary
Boise, ID: Limberlost Press, 1996. First edition. Paperback. As NEW. Letterpress poetry edition. Handmade string bound wraps with decorative end sheets. Limberlost Press is a fine press and bindery out of Idaho. Since 1986 they have issued forty-one completely handmade lettered press editions. Idaho poet Gary Gildner has been awarded a Pushcart Prize, the Robert Frost Fellowship and... Read More
Offered by Ken Sanders Rare Books
Vertebrate Paleontology in Utah
by Gillette, David D.
Salt Lake City, UT: State of Utah, Department of Natural Resources, Utah Geological Survey, 1999. Paperback. 554pp. Quarto [28 cm] Colorful illustrated wraps. Very good, with minor edge wear. The spine and covers are very lightly creased. Miscellaneous Publication 99-1 Utah Geological Survey, a division of Utah Department of Natural Resources. Contains 52 papers which vary in content from... Read More
Offered by Ken Sanders Rare Books
Eric Gill: A Bibliography
by Gill, Evan; D. Steven Corey; Julia MacKenzie
Detroit: Omnigraphics, Inc, 1991. Second revised. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. 368pp. Octavo [24cm]. Royal blue cloth over boards. Title stamped in silver on spine. Dust jacket is mildly soiled. Contents include books and pamphlets written by Gill, books and periodicals to which he contributed and books and other publications which he specifically illustrated with wood engravings, title pages, initial... Read More
Offered by Ken Sanders Rare Books
The U.S. Naval Astronomical Expedition to The Southern Hemisphere, During the Years 1849-'50-'51-'52. Volume II
by Gilliss, J.M.
Washington: A.O.P. Nicholson, Printer, 1855. Leather bound. 300pp. Quarto [29.5 cm] 3/4 calf over marbled boards. Very good. Backstrip has been replaced. Minor rubbing to the extremities. Name (contemporary) in ink on front free endsheet. Sporadic foxing throughout. Blind stamp on title page. Includes thirty-seven plates, seventeen in full color. Fold-out map present.
Offered by Ken Sanders Rare Books
The U.S. Naval Astronomical Expedition to The Southern Hemisphere, During the Years 1849-'50-'51-'52. Volume I. Chile: Its Geography, Climate, Earthquakes, Government, Social Condition, Mineral and Agricultural Resources, Commerce, &c, &c (33d Congress, 1st Session. House of Representatives. Ex. Doc. No. 121)
by Gilliss, J. M. (James Melville)
Washington: A.O.P. Nicholson, Printer, 1855. Original edition. Leather bound. Very good. SIGNED. 556pp. Quarto [30 cm] Dark brown leather with raised bands, a gilt stamped title on the spine, a gold vignette on the front board, and embossed decorative borders on the covers. Beveled edges. All edges gilt. Original owner's name stamped in gilt on the front board.... Read More
Offered by Ken Sanders Rare Books
Thumbcap Weir
by Gillmor, Frances
New York: Minton, Balch & Company, 1929. Second printing. Hardcover. 305pp. Octavo [19.5 cm] Dark red cloth covered boards with dark blue ink stamped titles on the spine and front cover. Illustrated endsheets. Very good. The edges of the text block are gently soiled, and there are multiple small dark stains on the fore edge of the text block.... Read More
Offered by Ken Sanders Rare Books
Why I Lie; Stories
by Gills, Michael
Reno: University of Nevada Press, 2002. First printing. Paperback. As NEW. Trade paperback, 127 pp.
Offered by Ken Sanders Rare Books
Abolition Geography: Essays Towards Liberation
by Gilmore, Ruth Wilson
New York: Verso, 2023. Reprint. Paperback. New. 506 pp. Octavo [21 cm]. Illustrated wraps. From the publisher: "Gathering together Ruth Wilson Gilmore's work from over three decades, Abolition Geography presents her singular contribution to the politics of abolition as theorist, researcher, and organizer, offering scholars and activists ways of seeing and doing to help navigate our turbulent present. ... Read More
Offered by Ken Sanders Rare Books
Enduring Navaho
by Gilpin, Laura
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. SIGNED. 263pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] Pale green cloth with the title stamped in silver against a black background on the backstrip. The spine and boards show very minor edge wear. In the dust jacket, with numerous light scratches to the surface and gentle rubbing... Read More
Offered by Ken Sanders Rare Books
Howl and Other Poems
by Allen Ginsberg
San Francisco: City Lights, 1959. Reprint. Paperback. NEW. 57 pp. White and black wrappers. City Lights Pocket Poets Series #4.
Offered by Ken Sanders Rare Books
Graphic Winces [Broadside]
by Ginsberg, Allen
1989. Broadside. Signed broadside [14 1/2" x 22"] The edges are just a bit creased, and there are 4 small moisture stains in the bottom left corner. This broadside was printed in an edition of 750 copies to celebrate a reception for Allen Ginsberg at Shaman Drum Bookshop and a benefit concert by Mr. Ginsberg and the composer Philip... Read More
Offered by Ken Sanders Rare Books
Reality Sandwiches; Traduit de l'americain par Mary Beach et Claude Pelieu
by Ginsberg, Allen
France: Christian Bourgois Editeur, 1972. First french edition. Paperback. Very Good. 174 pp. Octavo [20 cm]; Brown paper wraps.Edges are gently rubbed, corners are gently bumped. There is general rubbing to covers, and three small nicks to the spine where there is a negligible loss of material. This book presents Ginsberg's "Reality Sandwiches" in side-by-side English and French.... Read More
Offered by Ken Sanders Rare Books
Howl and Other Poems
by Ginsberg, Allen
San Francisco: City Lights Pocket Bookshop, 1956. Second edition. Paperback. Very Good Minus. 44pp. Slim sextodecimo [15.5 cm] Black and white saddle-stitched wraps, with toning and a couple of moisture rings on the front wrap. Internally clean. "Second Edition" on rear wrap. Dowden pgs. 4-7. The Pocket Poets Series Number Four. Introduction by Ginsberg's mentor, William Carlos Williams. ... Read More
Offered by Ken Sanders Rare Books