Zim Herbert, Signed (3 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Owen Vernon Shaffer (illustrator). First Edition. Golden Guide covering the arts & crafts of Native Americans; mostly based on the extensive collections of the Logan Museum of Anthropology at Beloit College, the holdings of the Field Museum in Chicago and the Milwaukee Public Museum, and other museums. The author was Director of the Logan and the illustrator an important local artist and graduate of Beloit College. SIGNED on the title page by the illustrator, with an additional ink note in a different hand noting that the book was a gift from the Shaffers in the year of publication. First edition (first printing) with full letter string on last page. Pocket-sized paperback, color covers. Light wear, minor creasing, light foxing to page edges & title page. Text clean; 160 pages; index, list of specimen locations, color illustrations on almost every page. Size: 4" by 6". Signed by Illustrator.

Softcover. Octavo, 340 pages. In Fair condition. Spine is grey with black print. Price unclipped: "$2.95". Cover is illustrated, blue and black print. Detached front panel taped at front hinge, top rear fore corner torn off, light wear to spine caps and corners. Text block has spotting to edges. Illustrated: color. Inscribed in ink by the Robbins and Zim on the title page. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column P(ds). 1392813. FP New Rockville Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. james Macdonald (illustrator). 1st Edition. Harcourt Brace & Co. New York. 1943. 324 pages. First edition, first printing. Signed without inscription by author Herbert Zim directly to the flyleaf. Book is tight; binding and hinges are strong and sound. Original DJ with $3.00 price intact on flap. Minor faint toning to front gutter. Minor light soiling to page edges. Blue cloth panels shows notable soiling and scuffing. DJ shows rubbing at crown and folds. A history of, and all things navigation related, from celestial navigation to modern cockpit technology as of 1943. A most uncommon signed first edition, first printing of this early title by the eventual founder and editor in chief of the wildly successful Golden Guides Series. Good/VG. Signed. Signed by Author(s).