Alcoholics Anonymous. The story of how many thousands of men and women have recovered from
alcoholism. New and revised edition. Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, 1974. Hard Cover. Book
Condition: Vg+ with fair d.j. This is the 2nd Edition {1955} 16th printing.
Algren, Nelson; Chicago: city on the make; Doubleday, 1951;good/fair; first edition
Anderson, Rasmus B. (Editor-in-Chief) Buel, J.W. (Managing Editor ). Anglo-Saxon Classics; Norroena
Society [15 Volumes] Anglo-Saxon Classics Embracing the History and Romance of Northern Europe .
No. 213/450 “Royal Edition” Poor spines but good, clean, and tight works. (reserve
Asimov, Isaac. Asimov’s guide to Shakespeare. Doubleday, 1970. Stated 1st edition. Near fine copy in
very good d.j. with good slipcase.
Bender, George A. Great moments in medicine. Great moments in Pharmacy. Northwood Institute,
1967. Fine presentation copy with d.j. of two volume set in Near fine slipcase
Bergman, Ribakd A, et, al, Catakig if gynab varuation. Urban and Schwarzenberg, 1984, Spiral bound.
Very good.
Bossert, Helmuth. Encyclopaedia of colour decoration from the earliest times to the middle of the 19th
century. E. Weyhe, 1928. Fair, tight clean copy. No d.j.
Carrasco, David, ed. To change place: Aztec ceremonial landscapes. Colorado, 1991. Fine copy in very
good d.j.
Carroll, Lewis; Alice’s adventures in wonderland printed in the intermediate stage of Pitman’s
shorthand; Pitman publishing 194?; rare copy of hardcover edition. Good copy, poor cover
Charter for the City of Ann Arbor adopted April 9, 1956. Very good condition.
Christian Herald Library. Christian Herald, c. 1896. Set of ten hardcover volumes in a box with a folding
cover, covered with same green cloth as the books and lined in maroon marbled paper. Authors and
titles are: Marion Harland (The Secret of a Happy Home) ; Margaret E. Sangster (Holiday Stories for
Young People) ; Amelia E. Barr (Winter Evening Tales) ; James Clarence Harvey (Recitations for the Social
Circle) ; Orison Swett Marden (How to Succeed) ; John Clark Ridpath (Notable Events of the Nineteenth
Century) ; Mann, Henry (The Land We Live In) ; Klopsch, Louis (Many Thoughts of Many Minds) ; T. De
Witt Talmage (The Wedding Ring) ; Arabella B. Buckley (The Fairy-Land of Science).One volume less than
very geod.
Colden, Cadwallader D. Memoir at the celebration of the completion of the New York canals. University
Microfilms facsimile reprint, 1967. Very good copy of this rare publication.
Cook, William Wallace. Plotto the master book of all plots. Ellis Publishing, 1928. Very Good. First
Edition. Tan cloth boards with leatherette Includes 31 pp. PB "Instruction Book " laid in. Pub. dat 1934.
Country, the music and the musicians edited by Paul Kingsbury and Alan Axelrod. Abbeville Press, 1988.
Stated first edition. Very good in very good d.j.
Cowen, David L. and William H. Helfand. Pharmacy, an illustrated history. Abrams, 1990. Near fine copy
in d.j.
Creswick, Alice. The Fruit Jar Works. Alice Creswick, 1987. A rare two-volume ex-library set in very good
condition. (Auction: $25)
Davenport, Horace W. Not just any medical school; tahe science, practice and teaching of medicine at
the University of Michigan, 1840-1941. First edition. University of Michigan Press, 1999. Near fine copy
in d.j. of this work ($10)
Defoe, Daniel. Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. Frederick Etchells & Hugh
Macdonald, 1919 Binding is hardcover. Spine faded, small spot on cover else fresh in cloth slipcase. No.
273 of 535 copies printed on all-rag paper at Glasgow University Press in the distinguished Haslewood
Books series. Eight pochoir illustrations by E. McKnight Kauf
Diringer, David, The Alphabet, Funk & Wagnalls, Third edition, 1968. Very good boxed set. , 1966
Dostoevsky. Crime & Punishment, Limited Editions, 1948. No slipcase. Good copy.
DuBois, W.E.B. In battle for peace; the story of my 83rd birthday, Masses and Mainstream, 1952.
Dupouy, Walter; Sir Robert Ker Poerter’s Caracas Diary/1825-1842;instituto otto y Magdelena
blom,1966. leatherette in slipcase.
Dupuy, R. Ernest. Perish by the sword; the Czechoslovkian anabasis and our supporting campaigns in
North Russia and Siberia, 1918-1920. Military Service Publishing, 1939. Good tight copy with some
foxing and no d.j.
East of the Sun and West of the Moon—old tales from the North illustrated by Kay Nielsen, Geroge
Doran, early edition circa 1930 Gold with red lettering. All 25 tipped illustrations in tact. Nice copy.
Emma Willard and her pupils or fifty years of Troy Female Seminary. Edited by Mrs. A.W. Fairbanks.
Pub’d by Mrs. Emma Willard, 1898. A good copy of a rare item.
Enclopaedia of colour decoration from the earliest times to the middle of the 19th century. E.Weyhe,
1928. Good, tight clean copy with no d.j.
Farrand, Elizabeth A. History of the University of Michigan. Register Publishing House, 1885. Nice
presentation copy with insert signed by Farrand. New
Feller, Irving and William C Grabb. Reconstruction and rehabilitation of the burned patient. National
Institute for Burn Medicine. 1979. Deluxe, boxed very good edition signed by both Feller & Grabb.
Fine, Sidney. Violence in the model city; the Cavanaugh administration, race relations, and the Detroit
riot of 1967. University of Michigan Press, 1989. A very good signed copy in very good dust jacket
Freeman, John R. On the Safeguarding of Life in Theaters [ President's Address 1906 ] A Study from the
Standpoint of an Engineer. Contained in Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers,
Volume 27 pages 71-170. Very good copy in brown wrapper.
Goldstein, Laurence, ed. Writing Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press. Like new copy.
Goodwin, Maud Wilder et, al. Historic New York. G P Putnam’s 1899. Good copy
Grass, Gunter. Tin Drum. Pantheon, 1962. First edition. Signed on title page. Very good copy with good
d.j.
Gudmundsson, Bodvar. Where the winds dwell. Turnstone Press, 1997. Fine copy of rare work by
Icelandic prize winner. .
Hall, Michael and Patrick Linder. Early days of yeast genetics. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1993. Very
good copy of a rare work.
Hawks, Francis L. Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan.
Appleton, 1856. Poor ex-library binding but intact contents including 11 fold-out maps, nine lithographs
and 67 woodcuts.
Hejduk, John. Mask of Medusa. Rizzoli, 1985. Very fine copy in shrink wrap.
Hinsdale, Buke A. LLD. History of the University of Michigan with biographical sketches of regents and
members of the University Senate. Pub’d by the University, 1906. Poorly bound ex-library copy with
tight clean contents
Huber, Martin & Alan Banbery. Patek Philippe, 1982. Near fine copy. One of 3000 printed
Huyghe (ed.) Le Carnet de Paul Gauguin. Quatre Chemins-Editart Paris 1952. Very good copy of a rare
boxed set.
Jackson, Charles F., Knaebel, John H. Gold mining and milling in the United States current practices and
costs. U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Mines, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1932. Soft
Cover. Book Condition: Good ex-library . Bulletin 363, Green wraps.
James, Douglas A. and Joseph C. Neal. Arkansas birds, their distribution and abundance. University of
Arkansas, 1986 Very good copy in very good, mylar-wrapped d.j. Signed by both authors.
Johnson, Paul-Alan. Theory of architecture. Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1994. Very good softcover edition
Kantor, Mackinlay; God and my Country; World, 1954; good/fair “Review copy; from the estate of
Eleanor Roosevelt”
Law, John Wesley. Home was Alpena; a local bicentennial history. Village Press, 1975. Fine copy of a very
rare work of Michigan local history.
Leary, Timothy. Politics of ecstasy. G P Putnam’s, 1968. Fair to good copy with no d.j.
Life in an English Village. Sixteen lithographs by Edward Bawden with an introductory essay by Noel
Carrington. Penguin Books, 1949. Good except for small split on spin
Lomax, Alan; Land where the blues began; Pantheon, 1993. Very good/very good first edition.
Longus. Pastoral loves of Daphnis and Chloe. The Limited Editions Club, 1934. Book condition is very
good. Ruth Reeves (illustrator). Done into English by George Moore. with etchings throughout.
#1479/1500 with illustrator's signature on the colophon page. Binding is tanned calf with gilt circular
design on cover and gilt lettering on spine. Original slipcover in poor condition.
McCall, Hardy Bertram. Some old families; a contribution to the genealogical history of Scotland.
Facsimile reprint of 1890 edition. Heritage, 2000. A very good softcover copy.
McKeown, Thomas. Modern rise of population. Academic Press, 1976. Very good copy in very good d.j.
Merriman, Brian. The Midnight Court; Mercier Press, 1982. No. 257 of 500 signed copies. Very good/
very good.
Military Medical Manual—4th edition. Military Service Publishing, 1940, 2nd printing, 1941. Includes two
fold outs plus large copy of special map A in original envelope. Good copy. No d.j.
Moonjean, Hank. Bring in the peacocks. Authorhouse, 2004. Near fine, signed copy.
Murphy, Audie. To Hell and Back. Holt, 1949. Good copy in good, unclipped d.j. of “first printing”.
Naef, Weston. Era of exploration; the rise of landscape photography in the American West, 1860-1885.
Albright-Knox art gallery, 1975. Near fine copy.
Nininger, Harvey H. Find a falling star. Paul S. Eriksson, 1972. Good ex-library copy in mylar-wrapped d.j.
($25 reserve)
O’Neal, Hank. Vision shared; a classic portrait of America and its people. 1935-1943. St Martin’s Press,
1976. Good, clean tight copy in poor d.j.
Peel, Lee S. Farmington, a pictorial history. Revised edition. Farmington, 1993. New copy in shrink wrap.
Petrie, W M Flinders. Methods & aims in archaeology. Macmillan, 1904. Fair copy of rare work
Picturesque representations of the dress and manners of the Russians illustrated in sixty-four coloured
engravings with descriptions. Thomas McLean by Howlett and Brimmer, n.d. Fair ex-library copy with
markings, no slipcase.
Picturesque representations of the dress and manners of the Turks illustrated in sixty coloured
engravings with descriptions. Thomas McLean by Howlett and Brimmer, n.d. Fair ex-library copy with
markings, no slipcase.
Pirsig, Robert M. Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance; an inquiry into values. Morrow, 1974. Very
good copy of first edition, first printing in slightly chipped, price clipped d.j.
Plant Book; an encyclopedia of worldwide flora. Mynah, 2003. Very good copy in good dj
Pullman, Philip. The Golden Compass. Knopf, 1995. Signed advance reader’s copy in very good condition.
Rauschenberg, Robert and Walter Hopps. Robert Rauschenberg the early 1950s. Menil collection.
Houston fine art press, 1991
Reimann, Lewis C. Hurley-still no angel. Northwoods 1954. Signed by Reimann. Very good/very good
(auction:
Republican party in convention. Presented by the Friends of the Detroit Public Library to the delegates
attending the Republican National Convention, Detroit, Michigan, 14-18 July 1980. Near fine hardcover.
#(no number) of 100 copies. “Ronald Reagan” signature.
Rose, F. Clifford and W.F. Bynum. Historical aspects of the neuroseciences; a festschrift for Macdonald
Critchley. Raven Press, 1982. Near fine copy in good d.j.
Rubin, William (editor). Primitivism in 20th century art (2 volumes in slipcase) Museum of Modern Art,
1984
Rudiger, Jopien and Bernard Smith. The Art of Captain Cook’s Voyages. Yale University Press 1988. Very
good ex-libray copies of three of four parts (lacks plates of V. 3)
Blake, William. Illustrations of the book of Job. Methuen, 1903. Good copy SA:
Bryan, William Jennings. Fruits of the tree; an address delivered at the sorld’s missionary conference,
Edinburgh, Scotland, June 17, 1910. Fleming H. Revell, 1910? A very good copy of a rare work.
Savage, Anne, translator. Anglo-Saxon chronicles; the authentic voices of England from the time of Julius
Caesar to the coronation of Henry II. CLB, 1997. A fine copy in very good d.j.
Sayler, Oliver M. Max Reinhardt and his theatre. Brentano’s, 1924. Fair to good tight copy of this work.
No d.j.
Shute, Nevil. On the beach. Morrow, 1952. Presumed first. Very good copy in good d.j.
Sixth Report of the Commissioners of Fairmount Park, December 31, 1899. Good copy with three foldout maps. Very rare.
Soldiers of the American army 1775-1941. H. Bittner and Co., NY, 1941. Book Condition is fair ex-library
binding. No Jacket. Kredel, Fritz (illustrator). 24 colored drawings by Fritz Kredel. Descriptive text by
Frederick Todd. Limited to 500 copies signed by Kredel- this #224.
Sorensen, Lorin. The Open Fords, reprinted edition, Motorbooks International,1991. Nice decorated
leatherette
St Andrews Golf Club, 1888-1938.privately printed edition of 500 copies. Poor binding. Fair interior.
Stephenson, O.W. Ann Arbor the first hundred years. Ann Arbor Chamber of Commerce, 1927. Very
good copy with no d.j.
Strong, James. Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible; Methodist Book, 1890. Very good.
Thomas Sheraton’s complete furniture works. Towse (?) 1946. Ex-library copy in poor binding but with
very good contents.
University of Michigan Encyclopedic Survey. Nine parts in four volumes. University of Michigan Press,
1958. Very good set
Wagner, Eduard. Cut and thrust weapons. Spring books, 1967, 1969 second impression. Good copy with
no d.j.
Weiser, Frederick S, Paulette Weiser and Edward Wiser. Weiser families in America; prepared for te
three-hundredth anniversary of the birth of John Conrad Weiser (1696-1760) Penobscot Press, 1997.
Fine two-volume, extensive set of genealogy.
Wethey, Harold E., Alonso Cano—painter, sculptor, architect, Princeton University Press, 1955. Very
good ex-lib copy with d.j. in mylar.
Wright, Thomas. Romance of the shoe being the history of shoemaking. Reissued by Singing Tree Press,
1968. Very nice copy with no d.j.
Additions to Auction – Misc. Items 3-03-2009
1. Old German Inflationary Currency
2. 1921 Silver Morgan Dollar
3. A Silver Walking Liberty Half Dollar with Gold Overlay in a Bezal Chain
4. 1892 Silver Barber Quarter First Year Issue
5. Silver Walking Liberty Cut-out Pendant
6. 1977 Uncirculated Mint Set
7. A 2 Pack of Silver Mercury Dimes
8. 1922 Silver Peace Dollar
9. A collector’s Prestige Book of Lewis & Clark
10. 1971 Eisenhower Silver Dollar
11. A 21 pack of Red Seal $2 Bills 1953 & 1953-A
12. A 4 Pc. Set of Proof Coins: 1980-S Lincoln, 1980-S Jefferson Nickel, 1980 –S Roosevelt Dime
1980-S Washington Quarter
13. 1972 United States Proof Set
14. A 5 Pack of Collector Lighthouse State Quarter Collection in Full Color!
15. A 3 Pack of Wartime Steel Cents
16. A 4 Pack of Westward Series Uncirculated Nickels including a Gold Overlay Nickel
These are consignment items that Auctions by Past Presents will add at the end of our auction.