Each book sale year, the VNSA Used Book Sale offers books from all categories that are unusual or hard to find in a separate, limited access area found in the northwest corner of the Exhibit Hall. Following are photographs of an advance sampling of just a few of the unique and unusual books you will find at the 2010 VNSA Used Book Sale.
All Men are Brothers by Shui Hu Chuan, Translated from the Chinese by Pearl S. Buck. Grove Press, New York, 1937. Two volume set. This is a specially bound limited edition of 100 numbered copies, of which this is copy 20.
Ani Maamin: A Song Lost and Found Again by Elie Wiesel. Random House, New York, 1973. Translated from the French by Marion Wiesel. Copy number 544 of 750 copies. Music for the Cantata composed by Darius Milhaud. Signed by Elie Wiesel and Darius Milhaud.
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. Random House, New York, 1957. First Printing.
Blood on the Dining Room Floor by Gertrude Stein. Banyan press, 1948. This edition is limited to 626 copies, numbered 1 to 600 & A to Z, of which this is number 30. This is one of Gertrude Stein’s rare attempts to create a type of literature which she loved to read – the detective story.
Bottoms Up by Ted Saucier. Greystone Press, New York, 1951. Collection of cocktails featuring color plates in pin-up style of the period, each by a different American artist.
Bunraku: Art of Japanese Puppet Theater Text by Donald Keene and photographs by Kaneko Hiroshi, Published by Kodansha International, Ltd., Tokyo, 1965. In slipcase.
Decameron: Edizione diplomatico-interpretativa dell’autografo Hamilton 90 a cura di Charles S. Singleton. In Italian. by Giovanni Boccaccio. John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1974.
Der Deutsch – Franzosische Krieg 1870 – 1871 Published by Ernst Siegried Mittler und Sohn, Berlin, 1874 – 1881. Pages are good but bindings are not. These books are about the German – French War. There are five volumes plus a folio of maps.
Eddie Elephant by Johnny Gruelle. P. F. Volland, Chicago, 1921. Children’s book illustrated by the author. Bright, colorful illustrations.
Erte at Ninety: The Complete Graphics by Marshall Lee (Editor). E.P. Dutton, NY, 1982. Profusely illustrated throughout.
Astronaut Sally Ride Exploring Our Solar System by Sally Ride and Tam O’Shaughnessy. Crown Publishers, New York, 2003. First Edition. Signed by astronaut Sally Ride. Tour of the solar system, starting with the birth of the sun. Over 120 color photos.
The Flight Across the Atlantic by Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corporation, New York, 1919. First edition. The story of the first Trans-Atlantic flight by U.S. Navy Fighting Boat NC-4.
Healthseekers in Arizona by Robert E. Kravetz MD and Alex Jay Kimmelman. Academy of Medical Sciences of Maricopa Medical Society, 1998. Signed by Bob Kravetz. Chronicles the history of Arizona medicine in this century and the last. Colorful photos.
Hell, I was There! Elmer Keith, His Life Story by Elmer Keith. Peterson Publishing Co., LA, 1979. Scarce and collectible true American west story. He was a cowboy and big game hunter, had an active interest in firearms and was Executive Editor of Guns and Ammo Magazine.
Kachinas: A Hopi artist’s documentary by Barton Wright. Northland Press, Flagstaff AZ with the Heard Museum, Phoenix, 1978. Third Printing. Hopi Kachinas in vivid color by Hopi artist Cliff Bahnimptewa with detailed explanations by the author, Barton Wright, curator of the Museum of Northern Arizona at the time of publication.
The Legend of Useppa by Kerr John Law. Circa 1930’s. Hardback brochure promoting the Useppa Inn, beloved by fisherman in Florida. Small octavo with photos.
The Mysterious City of OO or Adventures in Orbello Land by Charles Lotin Hildreth. Belford Clarke, Chicago, 1889. A lost race novel of Australia. Early Science-Fiction.
Nina Gordon: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston, Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1882. Two volumes in one. Scarce Stowe item.
Norman Rockwell: My Adventures as an Illustrator by Norman Rockwell. Doubleday, Garden City, NY, 1960. With price clipped dust jacket. Signed by author.
The Patriots: The Story of Lee & the Last Hope. by Cryus Townsend Brady. Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1906. Red cloth with Confederate Flag on cover. Love story set in the period of the Civil War. Campaigns of Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia.
The Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railway: The Scenic Line of Arizona by John W. Sayre. Pruett Publishing Company, Boulder, CO, 1990. Fully illustrated with historical photographs.
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse. New Directions, New York, 1951. Deluxe first edition with no dust jacket but slipcase as issued. Photograph by Roloff Beny.
The Spy of the Rebellion Being A True History of the Spy System of the United States Army During the Late Rebellion by Allan Pinkerton. W. D. Dillingham, New York, 1888. Green cloth cover, golden eye.
Story of the Confederate States. History of the War for Southern Independence by Joseph T. Derry. B. F. Johnson, Richmond, VA, 1896. Internal pages clean, rebound.
Thunder in the Desert by Windy McDonald. Win-Di Publishing, Phoenix AZ, 2004. A history and racing pictorial of circle track and auto racing in Phoenix. Black and white photos.
Treason History of the Order of Sons of Liberty, Formerly Circle of Honor, Succeeded by Knights of the Golden Circle, Afterward Order of American Knights By Felix G. Stidger (Editor). Published by the author, 1903. Author was the founder of Deemer, Mississippi and served in three years in Congress. Served in the 15th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry.
United States Incoming Steamship Mail 1847-1875 by Theron Wierenga. Published by Theron Wierenga, Muskegon, MI, 1983. Black and white illustrations.
The United States Ten Cent Stamps of 1855-1859: The plate reconstructions, some postal history and postal markings of the stamps by Mortimer L. Neinken. The Collectors Club, New York, 1960. Cloth hardcover with dust jacket in mylar.
What a Boy Saw in the Army, A Story of Sightseeing and Adventure in the War for the Union 1894 by Jesse Bowman Young. Hunt & Eaton, New York, 1894. Highly decorated cover with mounted soldier. 100 original drawings by Frank Beard.
William Newby: A Civil War Soldier’s Return by G. J. George. William Kennann Publications, CA, 1993. Paperback. “William Newby: Alias Daniel Benton. Alias Crazy Jack. or The Soldier’s Return.” First published in 1893, the book provides a detailed look at the controversial William Newby case.
There are some of our favorite titles from the 2010 Rare and Unusual selection. Please join us on February 13 and 14, 2010, to see these books, and so much more!
