Interesting & Odd

Somewhat odd concept here. Andreas is a sculptor and storyteller who creates 2-4 ft. tall wooden sculptures called Story People. The somewhat ether...

A thorough look at the archival restoration of leather book bindings. Very good, with nearly no wear to corners and just a touch of soil to the fro...

A nice clean copy of this title, a first printing, NF in a VG jacket. A little shelfwear, a couple of very faint scrapes to rear jacket panel, easi...

A detailed appreciation of American Carousels, their history, the creators and carvers, the mechanisms, decoration, the dwindling carousels on whic...

Originally published in 1972, this study is dedicated to the surviving speakers of the Dyirbal, Giramay and Mamu dialects. For it's age, quite good...

Profusely illustrated book of antique maps from assorted sources. A fine copy in a fine jacket, protected in Brodart. Gift inscription to half titl...

A very nicely photographed book detailing the collection of toy boats assembled by Forbes magazine. First printing, fine in a VG, price-clipped jac...

A rare fine Advanced Reader's Copy/Uncorrected proof of this runaway hit for first time author Cline. Space Invader's/Adventure -themed wraps, whi...

Unusual memoir of a young woman who traveled to China to work in PR, only to find herself the star of the racy Chinese soap opera from which the bo...

Nice little book detailing the travels of an American academic in India in the 1950s. Near fine in a like jacket, first printing. Hardcover, First ...

Wonderful little collection of vintage travel ads, posters, assorted ephemera mostly from the 50s and 60s. Soft cover. ISBN 3822816264. Taschen 200...

An interesting look at assorted foods of the Hawaii, focused on the cuisine of 13 chefs. First printing stated. Fine. Hardcover with internal spira...

Fascinating look at navigational quirks and errors - tales of islands that were recorded on maps and in histories, but which never really existed. ...

Ex-library with the usual distractions, spine sunned. Otherwise quite good. Paperback. Ballantine 1964. 000616

A very clean copy of this reprint edition of Summers' rather unforgiving look at witchcraft. Fine in a very nearly fine jacket, in protective Brod...

Unusual time travel/love story set in contemporary New York and Renaissance Italy. Fine in a very nearly fine jacket (tiny scuff on rear jacket pan...

First printing of this intriguing novel retelling the biblical story of Noah. Fine in a fine (and unusual) jacket. 3/4 height pictorial wraps depic...

Illustrated by Sis, Peter. A slim volume from Saramago, the winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in literature. Fist printing, fine in a NF jacket (this ...

A mystery about an undiscovered Yeats manuscript, with chapters by 15 irish writers. Includes Roddy Doyle, Frank McCourt, Marian Keyes, Conor McPhe...

Fine copy in fine jacket, this is a Book Club Edition. No flaws. Cloth. Little, Brown and Company, New York, 2003. 000761

Prose's seventh novel of a tabloid writer some of whose unlikely stories turn out to be true. This is a fine copy in a fine jacket, appears unread....

Retelling of the Divine Comedy set in Heaven, Hell, and Minneapolis. This is a near fine copy in a near fine jacket (toning, small closed tear at t...

Daughter of author Anne Roiphe offers an intriguing novel about the relationship between Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodson) and his young frie...

This is the story, the script, and the story behind the beloved episode of the original Star Trek episode. First printing stated--this item was a p...