Los Angeles: New Age Publishing Company, 1958. First edition. 270, [8] pp. with 32 pages of black and white photos. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Very Good with slightly cocked spine, bumped corners, in a price-clipped dust jacket with a small tear at head, tiny chip at foot. An..... More
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1961. First edition. viii, 248 pp. Blue cloth with silver lettering. Very Good+ with strip of sunning along bottom edge of front board, gift inscription on front free endpaper, in Very Good dust jacket with rubbing along edges, light wear and toning, clipped by publisher..... More
London: Philip Allan, 1930. First edition. (Precedes the American edition by four years.) xii, 291 pp. Original blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, maps on paste downs.Very Good+ with some toning to cloth, light foxing to edges, in a rare example of the pictorial dust jacket, unclipped, but missing a...... More
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1934. First edition. xii, 228 pp. Publisher's yellow cloth lettered in red. Near Fine with slightly bumped corners and a hint of bowing to the boards, in Very Good unclipped dust jacket, a little chipped at extremities, spine panel toned, not bad overall and rare thus. The..... More
Aberdeen: Impulse Books, 1970. First edition. xiii, [1], 125 pp. Publisher's blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Very Good+ with former owner's name on front free endpaper, a little foxing to edges, edge-rubbing to cloth, in Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket, a little rubbed and shelfworn. A book about..... More
Jericho, VT: Essence of Vermont, 1999. First edition. 90, [1, ad] pp. Plastic comb binding. Title sticker along comb binding rubbed, else Near Fine. A guide to viewing Champ, the creature that reputedly lives in Lake Champlain, with historical information, a list of "Best Search Dates" for the year, illustrations..... More
Paris: Editions de la Main Jetee, 1951. First edition. 193, [4] pp. Illustrated wraps. Near Fine, slightly rubbed, partly unopened. An important work on jazz. With lengthy and warm presentation inscription by Heuvelmans to Richard Garnett (his bookplate on verso of front wrapper) "ce dernier vestige de ma folle jeunesse..... More
Paris: Plon, 1980. First edition signed by Heuvelmans, inscribed "To Dr. Roy P. Mackal, with my admiration for what he is doing for Cryptozoology. To Roy, with my true sympathy, B Heuvelmans." 672 pp. Illustrated wraps. In Good condition with tidemark along bottom corner of book with some light wrinkling..... More
Wasau & Madison, WI: R.W. Hickey, 1928. First edition. 158 pp. Original dark green cloth stamped in gilt. Presentation bookplate from former owners to college on paste down and gift inscription from a different former owner "from one former lumberjack to another" on front free endpaper, else Fine. In a...... More
Wasau [& Madison], WI: R.W. Hickey, 1928. First edition. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper in pencil, "To The Boy from - Pittsbug [sic] Cade - Mille - Falthia [?] Tommie Newell - [signed] Luke S. Kearney." 158 pp. Original dark green cloth stamped in gilt. A...... More
Stuttgart: Kosmos, 1950. First edition. 80 pp. Original illustrated wraps. Text in German. Slightly toned spine and a little foxing to edges and back wrap, else Fine and unread with publisher's ad laid in. A neat illustrated paperback. A work that anticipated modern cryptozoology, preceding Bernard Heuvelmans' foundational book..... More
London: William Clowes and Sons Limited, 1883. First edition. vii, [1], 103, [1] pp. Original light green wraps. A Good+ copy with chips to wraps along spine, creasing and light staining to front wrap, contents clean, binding holding. An illustrated history of alleged sea serpent and kraken sightings around the..... More
New York: Modern Age Books, 1941. First edition. [xii], 305 pp. Publisher's blue cloth stamped in red. A Very Good+ copy with toned pages, light wear, in an attractive example of the uncommon dust jacket, Very Good, unclipped, chipped at extremities, a few tape mends on verso, small area of..... More
Pound Ridge, NY: Milford House, 1968. Deluxe limited edition. [xvi], 1173, [1], [22] pp. Original cloth lettered in black, housed in publisher's black slipcase. Near Fine with former owner's bookplate and date on paste down and front free endpaper, house in Near Fine slipcase with worn tips. A profusely-illustrated facsimile..... More
New York: Redfield & Lindsay, 1837. First edition. viii, 472 pp. Publisher's half leather with black patterened cloth, gilt ruling and lettering, marbled edges and endpapers. Vol. IV compiling 1836 and 1837 articles. Very Good with rubbing and wear to tips, contents toned and a little foxed. Profusely illustrated. Uncommon..... More
Miami: Pharaoh Production, 1997. First edition. 58 pp. Wraps. A Fine copy. An early work about the famous "goat-sucker" cryptid of the Americas and Caribbean, written and published by the head of the Miami UFO Center. Some black-and-white photos of damage to animals reputedly caused by the monster, their tracks..... More
Philadelphia and New York: Chilton Book Company, 1961. First edition. xv, [3], 525 pp. Gray cloth with black spine lettering. Near Fine with bumped corners and slight sucffing, contents very bright. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket designed by the author. Uncommon in an attractive jacket like this with..... More
New York: James Terry, 1891. First edition. 16, [20] pp. Original stapled wraps. A Good+ copy with edge-chipped and slightly soiled green outer wraps with a few small ink blots, colored pencil underline to author's name on front wrap, foxing and creasing to prelims, corners worn. Rare in the trade..... More
New York: W.H. Freeman and Company, 1992. First edition. Signed by author on title page. xii, 212 pp. Original crimson cloth. Fine in Fine dust jacket with Seattle bookstore signed label on front panel, peeling slightly. An attractive copy. A biology work (not a cryptozoology work but relevant to the..... More
New York: Vantage Press, Inc., 1959. First edition. Photo frontispiece, 140 pp. Gray cloth with black lettering. Near Fine in well-rubbed unclipped dust jacket, chipped at foot, Very Good. An in-depth cryptozoological survey of the survival of the eastern mountain lion. More