First Editions, Collectible from Ravenroost Books

San Francisco: Paul Elder and Company, 1917. ix.74pgs. Very Good condition hardcover, tan boards with purple cloth decorated spine, matching top of textblock and decoration to front board. Dust jacket present only as a chipped fragment of the front panel and flap, preserved and functional in an archival sleeve. Pages are untrimmed, very faint age toning to extremities, minimal edge… Read more about this item

NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2001. 8vo. 264 pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine jacket, clean and unmarked. First printing of authors first novel. The history of chocolate is interwoven within this historical fantasy tale of a Spanish conquistador. ISBN 0060184817. #2631.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1998. 8vo 119pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine jacket, idecorative boards and endpapers, color photographs throughout. An informative and visually appealing exploration of various lavender species in the garden as well as for crafting, aesthetics, aromatic oils and culinary uses. Sections: Introduction, The Botany of Lavender, Choosing a Lavender, Planting and Cultivating Lavenders, Lavender in Fragrances, Crafts… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son & Co., Inc., 1930. x.218pgs. Very Good condition brown cloth hardcover. Pages slightly aged-toned, binding sound, clean and unmarked. Illustrated with drawings and black and white photos. Vintage text on hair diseases, health and treatment. Index of Illustrations. Sections: Preface, The Arrangement of Human Hair, Ectodermal Defects, Development, Abnormalities of Development, Scarring Alopecia, Seborrhoea capitis,… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1928. xv.500pgs. Very Good condition blue cloth hardcover. Some rubbing to cloth at edges and corners. Owner name on free front endpaper, for which there are several small tears where ir overlays the binding, which is firm and intact. A dense and thorough reference in early to mid 20th century hair and skin anatomy, physiology, disorders,… Read more about this item

New York and Boston: H.M. Caldwell Co., 1900. 178pgs. Very Good+ condition, very attractive little green cloth hardcover, bright gilt lettering and decoration to front and spine. Top edge of text block also gilt, sides and bottoms of pages untrimmed. Binding tight, barely discernable shelfwear to cloth at spine ends. Publisher's insignia for Oliver Goldsmith on front endpaper. [See also… Read more about this item

Hartford, CT: J.R. Burr and Hyde, 1871. xvi.665pgs. Good condition brown cloth hardcover. Case narratives of Civil War era New York police detective. Gilt decoration to front and spine, spine faded, edges and corners rubbed and frayed, with a one inch closed tear to upper left corner of front cover. Binding weakened but holding under front endpaper, sewn signatures remain… Read more about this item

Timber Press: Timber Press, Incorporated (Dioscorides Press), 2003. Fine condition 2 Volume Hardcover boxed set with CD-ROM and also includes the complementary softcover "Flora's Plant Names". All are in as new condition, and unused. Lavishly illustrated throughout with striking color photography. Page edges have alphabetized tabs for quick searching. The companion volume "Flora's Names" encompasses 20,000 entries indexed by… Read more about this item

Oregon: Timber Press, 2000. 8vo. 327 pgs. Fine hardcover in fine dust jacket. First Edition. The title says it all. A brilliant, clear feast of blues. Color photographs throughout. A preface is followed by "Is That really A Blue Flower?" which features color wheels and charts, descriptions of the Munston color system and it's attributes of hue, value and chroma.… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. Fine boxed set of softcovers. Box and books in pristine condition. Contains the saga of both Eragon and Eldest in one set. ISBN 9780375842405. Book# 2569.. First Edition Thus. Boxed Set of Softccovers. Fine. Illus. by John Jude Palencar. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Portland, OR, U.S.A.: Timber Press, Incorporated (Dioscorides Press), 1994. 4to. 421 pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine jacket, clean, crisp, unmarked. Illustrations by Marion Sheehan are botanically exact and beautifully rendered. Distribution maps of epiphytic and terrestrial orchids on front and rear endpapers. By the authors of "Orchid Genera Illustrated", this book has been expanded to include almost 100 new genera.… Read more about this item

New York: HarperPrism, 1998. xi.371 pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine jacket. Pristine condition. Writer and clinical psychologist Katherine Ramsland goes underground to personally investigate the vampire culture as it exists in the world today. Author has also penned biographies of Anne Rice and Dean Koontz, consulted for the television show CSI and co-authored with Anne Rice. Her works include Prism… Read more about this item

Oregon: Timber Press, 1993. 8vo. vi.139 pgs. Near Fine hardbound in Fine dust jacket. Very faint shelf rubbing to bottom edges, else fine. Illustrated throughout with water colors by Fay Anderson and line drawings by Margo Branch. Concise yet systematic study of these South African perennial irises. Contents include: preface, introduction, history, morphology, characteristics, phylogeny and evolution, geology,… Read more about this item

Chicago: Nelson-Hall, 1980. 163pgs. Very Good hardcover in Very Good jacket. Clean and unmarked but for a small faint shadow from a former sticker on front endpaper. Binding tight, light wear to bottom edge of spine. Jacket has slight darkening to paper of spine, no chips or tears. Following the text is a very readable and intriguing notes and sources… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1946. 222 pgs. Good to Very Good hardcover, green boards, red cloth spine. General wear to cloth and boards at edges and corners, lettering to spine somewhat faded, rubbing to paper edges and shallow scuffing of boards. Binding sound, internally clean and unmarked. Contents: Foreword by Deems Taylor, Stephen Collins Foster by John Tasker Howard,… Read more about this item

New York: Harcourt Brace and Co., 1998. First American Edition, translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa. A beautiful, mysterious and highly-skilled stranger approaches fencing maestro Don Jaimes and requests that he teach her the art of the unstoppable thrust. By the author of The Club Dumas and The Seville Communion. ISBN 0151001812. #2508.. First American Edition. Hard… Read more about this item

New York: Delacorte Press, 1994. 344 pgs. Sept. 1994 First Edition, first printing. Debut novel of James Elliott, pseudonym for author and screenwriter J.C. Pollock. Intricate procedural and psychological suspense novel starring former CIA agent Mike Culley reenlisted by the CIA to capture serial killer on a Virginia campus. Other titles written by Pollock under this pseudonym include: Nowhere… Read more about this item

Rockefeller Center, New York: Pocket Books Incorporated, 1949. 292 pgs. Good to Very Good condition vintage paperback. May 1949 first printing of first Pocket Book edition, with Gertrude the kangaroo logo design inside covers and red text block edges, #586 on spine. Binding sound, light rubbing along spine edges and margins, pages are clean and unmarked, with uniform age darkening… Read more about this item

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999. 215 pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine jacket, first printing of first edition in pristine condition. A classic read for book lovers, sellers and collectors alike. The authors of Used and Rare continue their adventures in their quest for rare and out-of-print books, delving into ephemera such as Bram Stoker's notes for Dracula, ,… Read more about this item

New York: HarperCollins, 2009. 340 pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine jacket, As New condition, clean and unmarked first printing of first dition. Illustrated with finely detailed drawings by Laura Westlake. By the author of Hawk Hill. If you enjoy reading about wildlife rehabilitation and the dedicated rehabbers who make it possible, this well written personable and poignant chronicle… Read more about this item