U-Boat In The Hebrides
Canada: Wm. Collins Sons, White Circle. 1942. paperback. "A superb story of the wartime adventures of Lieut. Peter Ramsay of the Naval Intelligence branch. His descriptions of the end of a German U-boat is a masterpiece."
Non-Fiction
Warren Spahn, Immortal Southpaw
New York: Bartholomew House, Sport Magazine Library. SPL9. 1961. paperback.
Scandal!
New York: Click Publishing Company. 1956. staplebound. Topics include President Harding's secret romance, the Fatty Arbuckle case, the William Hearst/Marion Davies scandal and more!
Universal Dream Book
Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing. 630. 1940. paperback.
The Great Change Robbery
Hollywood, California: K D S Publication, Century Book. CB0008. 1965. paperback. Is there a "mint" in coin collecting? The real story about the sham and subterfuge of the international coin cartel.
Sunset, April, 1909
San Francisco, California: Southern Pacific Company Passenger Dept. 1909. Cover illustration by W. Hull Bull. softcover. "San Francisco three years after the Great Fire. The story of the City's substantial rebuilding." Rebuilding illustrated with numerous photographs and illustrations.
Sunset, September, 1907
San Francisco, California: Southern Pacific Company Passenger Dept. 1907. Cover illustration by Charles Dickman. softcover. This Sunset Magazine issue includes drawings and photographs of new buildings after San Francisco's 1906 earthquake and the development of the Peninsula including the Stanford campus. Numerous advertisements.
The New Geishas
Berkeley, California: Ten Speed Press. 1973. Cover art by Kim Deitch. softcover. Expose of the California massage parlor in the seventies.
Crime Scientist
London: W. H. Allen & Co., Star. 1980. paperback. An account of murder and malpractice. A memoir of Dr. Thompson's years as the Director of the Police Forensic Science Laboratory in Salisbury, Rhodesia. Includes b/w photos. First paperback printing.
Drag Racing Pix Dix
Glendale, California: Bomar. 1970. softcover. A-Z color photo drag racing dictionary.
General Report on the Tokachi-Oki Earthquake of 1968
Tokyo, Japan: Keigaku Publishing Co.Ltd. 1971. Hardcover in slipcase. Extensive English language report on Japanese earthquake.
The Laundry Industry
New York: Harper & Brothers. 1950. Hardcover in DJ. Scarce book about the laundry business published under the joint sponsorship of the American Institute of Laundering and Troy Laundry Machinery Division, American Machine and Metals, Inc. Photo illustrated.
Handbook for the Use of Electricians, in the Operation and Care of Electrical Machinery, and Apparatus of the U.S. Seacoast Defenses
New York: D. Van Nostrand Company. 1904. 1st. Hardcover. Prepared under the direction of the Lieutenant General Commanding the Army.
Outlaw Queen
Derby, Conneticut: Monarch Books, Americana Series. MA303. 1960. paperback. The wickedest woman in the West was called the "Petticoat Terror of the Western Plains".Belle Starr earned her reputation for wildness and wickedness from first-hand experience.
Drinking in the Bay Area
San Mateo, California: G. Tully Publications. 1978. Wrappered, staplebound. Scarce guide to the bar scene in the SF Bay Area circa 1978.
The Day The Toilet Caught On Fire
Madrid, Spain: Guidepost Publications. 1962. paperback. The poignant and sometimes spine-chilling experiences of an American newspaperman and his family in Madrid. The opus, stark, brutal, funny , is another slice of life in the raw as lived, or rather endured, in the outwardly tranquil Madrid suburb Chamartin.
Fuji Trading Co., Ltd. History of the Fifty Years 2003
Tokyo: 2003. Hardcover with slipcase. Lavish history of the company illustrated with color photos, 461 pages, text in English and Japanese. Unusual.
Broad Axes
Los Altos, CA: Tanro Company. 1986. squarebound paperback wrappers. Illustrated book about broad axes.
Yellow Kid Weil - Con Man
New York: Pyramid Books. G280. 1957. paperback. A fabulous, dapper rascal who managed to stay one step ahead of the police! In his long and checkered career as a confidence man, "Yellow Kid" Weil mulcted the public of over $8,000,000. The unvarnished truth as told to W. T. Brannon.
Public Enemies
London: Andre Deutsch. 1993. softcover. Photo essay along with written interviews of British far right skinheads in the 1990s.
Epose / Independent 55 Newspapers From 1953 to 1964
New York City: Lyle Stuart. 1953. Newspapers. Large group of issues of the important freedom of speech newsletter published by Lyle Stuart. Contributions at various times by Paul Krassner, Albert Ellis and many others. Krassner took on many powerful people and organizations including The Catholic Church, big tobacco, the insurance.....
My Naughty, Naughty Life!
Hollywood, California: Century Publishing. CB001. 1964. paperback. Mamie bares all in her outspoken biography. Her lovers, her dreams! Includes 32 full color picture inserts.
Confessions of an Abortionist
Kansas: Haldeman-Julius Publications. 1939. staplebound. Intimate sidelights on the secret humor, sorrow, drama and tragedy in the experience of a doctor whose profession is to perform illegal abortions.
Sherman's 1966 Catalog
New York: Nat Sherman Company. 1966. staplebound. Smokers catalog from Nat Sherman, Tobacconist to the world. Includes photos of pipes, cigars, cigarettes and other smoking paraphernalia. 51 pages.
La Restauration Des Alpes
Paris: Ministere de L'Agriculture. 1931. Reprint, fine binding. French book about the geology of the French Alps. This edition was presented to Everett Levasseur Hamilton of California, mostly likely around 1931. It is bound in three quarter leather with marble boards and raised, banded spine. The title page and Abbreviations.....