1.
SCANDINAVIAN ARTS
by Hans Hildebrand. Published
by Chapman and Hlll, London,
1892.
Part of South Kensington Museum
Art Handbook Series. No dust
jacket. Hard covers slightly
marked and rubbed. Interior
Good, tight. Book plate and
inscription. 129 black and
white illustrations, mainly
woodcuts, of ornamental work
- oh, how they loved jewelry
- dating from Stone Age to
Later Iron Age, and chiefly
found in Norway and Denmark.
Interesting and informative
text.
Opening
bid $5.
2.
COOK'S VOYAGES ROUND THE WORLD
by A. Kippis. Published by
Hurst & Co., New York.
Pencilled inscription dated
1882. (Orig. published 1778)
No dust jacket. Covers Good.
A few pages bent back or have
slight tears; otherwise interior
Good. Low quality paper slightly
browned due to age but a very
good copy overall. Wonderful
descriptions of places, people
and activities - for example,
on one island, crew were able
to trade one 4-inch nail for
20 coconuts - as Lieutenant
Cook becomes Captain Cook
and takes 3 lengthy voyages
from 1768 to 1779, much of
it traversing virtually unknown
areas of the Pacific.
Opening
bid $15.
3.
FISH AND GAME CODE
compiled by J.S. Hunter, Chief
of Bureau of Game Conservation,
State of California, 1943-1945.
(Governor: Earl Warren)
If you are taking a more local
hunting or fishing trip this
year, you might be interested
to compare current rules with
those of 70 years ago. You
will probably consider those
were "the good old days."
Opening
bid $5.
4.
A GALLERY OF CALIFORNIA MISSION
PAINTINGS by Edwin
Deakin, LA County Museum of
Natural History, Ward Ritchie
Press, 1966.
Dust jacket torn, book Very
Good. This series of paintings
was begun in the 1870's and
each of the 21 missions is
represented by a photograph
in full color of the "picturesque
style" painting of the
mission. With each photograph
is a short history and note
on its location within the
state.
Opening bid $10.
5.
AROUND THE WORLD
by William H. Danforth (Chairman
of the Board of Ralston Purina
Company) Privately Printed,
1937.
No dust jacket. Some marks
on the boards. Interior Good.
Fine and colorful map on endpapers
shows his 100 day trip (on
luxury ship with 100 passengers)
mainly in Southern Hemisphere,
starting and ending in New
York with a stop off to see
the Coronation of George VI
in London in May 1937. There
have been so many changes
in the world since Danforth
wrote. It's fascinating now
to read some of his commentaries
- he was, it would seem, intelligent
but unsophisticated - and
most of the leaders he met
were "fine fellows,"
and Franco a "brilliant
leader." Still, a good
read - many of the places
and customs sound like 1837,
rather than 1937 - some cannibalism
for example, but not the done
thing on their ship!
Opening bid $5.
6.
CONQUEST OF MEXICO
by William Prescott. 2 volumes.
International Book Company,
New York, Popular Edition,
circa 1890.
Some rubbing on boards but
otherwise all in good shape.
No dust jacket. Epic descriptions
by one of America's foremost
historians of the 19th century,
but heavy going. Use index
to dip into some of the highways
and byways and also useful
for research of specific historical
events.
Opening bid $15.
7.
CONQUEST OF PERU
by William Prescott. 2 volumes.
Lippincott, New York, 1883.
New Popular Edition.
Slight rubbing of boards;
otherwise all in Very Good
shape. These 2 vols. plus
the 2 vols. in #6 make a very
good set. They are often printed
together and often quoted
together.
Opening
bid $15.
8.
SCENES FROM EVERY LAND
(Third Series), by Gilbert
H. Grosvenor, National Geographic
Society, Washington D.C.,
1912.
No dust jacket - pretty good;
one torn page, separation
of one section. Wonderful
black and white and colored
photos; views and human geography
with short explanatory notes
under each one. Of particular
interest, some fine tinted
color photographs of Japan
and Korea throughout.
Opening bid $15.
9.
THREE MEN IN A BOAT TO SAY
NOTHING OF THE DOG,
by Jerome K. Jerome, Limited
Editions Club (#1613 of 2000),
NYC, 1975.
Signed by John Griffiths,
the illustrator. If you enjoy
"messing about in boats"
- cf. A.A. Milne - you'll
enjoy this romp on the Thames.
This is a relatively modern
edition of the 1889 classic,
but faithfully done. All in
very fine shape.
Opening
bid $20.
