MICHIGAN FOLK ART, Its Beginnings to 1941. August 29 - October 10, 1976.
East Lansing: Michigan State University, 1976. 104, 11" x 8 1/2", softcover, many illustrations, very good.
East Lansing: Michigan State University, 1976. 104, 11" x 8 1/2", softcover, many illustrations, very good.
New York: Bonanza Books, (1958). 160p, 10 1/4" x 7 1/2", cloth, illustrated, very good in dust jacket with edge tears. Reprint.
Cleveland, Ohio: The Western Reserve Historical Society, 1980. No pagination (56p), illustrated wraps, many photo illustrations, a little light foxing on rear wrap and margin of one page, o/w very good. First edition. Foreword by Olivia J. Martin, introduction by John J. Grabowski.
No Place: The Merten Company, (1989). 231p, 11" x 8 1/2", softcover, many illustrations (some in color), very good. Footnotes, bibliography. Extensive list of furniture makers.
No Place: The Merton Company, (1984). 190p, 11" x 8 1/2", softcover, many illustrations (some in color), very good. Footnotes, bibliography. Extensive list of furniture makers.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1975). 114p plus 30 pages of illustrations of A Portfolio of the Sketches and Models of Edwin Tappan Adney (1868-1950), cloth, fine in very good dust jacket. First Printing.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (1965). 144p plus 24 pages of photographs, cloth, free endpapers slight off from original publisher's binding, previous owner's name on endpaper, vg in dust jacket with slight soiling and faded spine. First Printing.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1969). 150p, cloth, vg+ in dj with a small tear. 1st printing.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (1966). 148p, cloth, illustrated with photographs, vg+ in slightly soiled dust jacket. First printing. Inscribed by Frank L. Boyden.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (1967). 149p, cloth, vg+ in dust jacket. First edition.
Akron, Ohio: Buchtel Books, 2012. 220p, 11" X 8 1/2", pictorial wraps, illus., light, very good. This collection by the Akron Beacon Journal columnist is a treasure trove of this historic region. The real-life stories range from quirky to poignant, from humorous to tragic and all points in between.
Washington, D.C. By the Author, 1911. 143p, decorated cloth, illustrated, light wear to edges, good. Includes section on aviation.
Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs & Co.:, 1907. 262p, illustrated cloth, top edge gilt, illustrated, some soiling to cover, good+. First edition. 5 plates and additional drawings and decorations by Clara Elsene Peck.
New York: Covici, Friede Publishers, (1936). 533p, buckram, endpapers slightly discolored, very good. First edition. Inscribed by Howard Wolf to his editor. Howard was a journalist in Akron and Cleveland; his brother Ralph was a chemist and inventor. Together they wrote the most readable, objective and historically accurate history of.....
London: Chatto & Windus, 1922. 140p, 1/4 cloth with gilt decorated boards, frontis illustration of manuscript page, spine faded, light rubbing to cover edges, former owner's name written in pencil on fly leaf, good - very good. First edition. Color illustrated endpapers by C. E. (Cassandra) Austen.
Sugarcreek, Oh: Carlisle Printing, 2012. 50p, 11" x 8 1/2", boards, many color illustrations, dust jacket, very good+. First edition. Inscribed by author on title page. Maryland decoy maker.
Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 1988. 310p, 11"x8 1/2", boards, illustrated, decorated endpapers, very good in dust jacket with light wear to top edge. First edition. Appendix, index. Introduction by George Knepper. Gieck was from Akron and was a president of the Canal Society of Ohio. Over 500 photographs.....
Austin: Jenkins Publishing Company & Frontier America Corporation, 1978. 82p, illustrated boards, illustrated, light wear and fading to cover, very good. First edition, signed by author. Index.
New-Haven: S. Converse, 1822. 507p, handsomely rebound in full leather, text foxed, library stamp on top edge, name on title page, very good. American Imprints, No. 8601. Reprint of the Boston, 1749 edition (see Howes, USIANA, E56.).
Boston: J. T. Buckingham, 1829. 30p, disbound (lacks wraps, light browning of paper, good.
New York: Times Co., 1927. 32p, 16 1/2" x 11 3/4", self-wrappers, illustrated, folded, some browning of paper and wear to edges, good. Much of the issue commemorates Lindbergh's historic transatlantic flight.
Port Townsend, Washington: Graywolf Press, (1984). 189p, softcover, light wear to cover, very good. Short stories illustrated with drawings by Edward Ardizzone.
Brooklyn, New York: Pathe, 1918. 10 leaves, illustrated self-wrappers, illustrated, light wear to wrappers, good. A listing of new recordings with brief descriptions.
Brooklyn, New York: Pathe, 1918. 10 leaves, illustrated self-wrappers, illustrated, very good. A listing of new recordings with brief descriptions.
Boston: Hilliard, Gray, Little and Wilkins, 1831. 40p, disbound- no wraps, some browning of paper, good.