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Barker Books is a purveyor of fine quality rare, out-of-print, new & used books serving the greater Seattle area for over a decade. Areas of interest include but are not limited to, Sporting Books, Modern Firsts, Signed Editions, Christianity, Science, Art & Literature. We carry books of diverse interest and are constantly adding stock with a discerning eye for quality copies. Try us & we're confident you will not be disappointed. 

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Featured Items

First thus, very good + with some rubbing to edges and a couple of soil spots to page edges in very good jacket with light edge wear including a couple of closed tears. Includes 289 illustrations. Very attractive reprint of the classic "treatise on technological chemistry, mining, geology and engineering of early modern times". Translated by Herbert Clark Hoover and Lou Henry Hoover. De Re Matallica Translated From The First Latin Edition Of 1556
Agricola, Georgius.
Dover Publications , 1950. First thus, very good + with some rubbing to edges and a couple of soil spots to page edges in.. more
Price: $75.00
Paperback Original, Very good fine to about fine with expected light browing to pages, barely a trace of edge wear, couple of faint remainder marks to top page edges, couple of tiny wrinkles at top corner of cover and some fading at page edges. This is a very nice, tight, clean copy with great cover art. The author's first book of what was to become a prolific career that included works such as The Shrinking Man & I Am Legend. Someone Is Bleeding.
Matheson, Richard.
Lion Books, 1953. Paperback Original, Very good fine to about fine with expected light browing to pages, barely a trace of edge wear,.. more
Price: $200.00
First thus, fine in near fine jacket with just a trace of wear. Terrific copy of this "first time a major director has a allowed a book to be recreated directly from his film. Contains 384 pages with 700 photographs. Really nice looking copy of this unique collectible. A Clockwork Orange.
Kubrick, Stanley ; Burgess, Anthony.
Abelard-Schuman, 1972. First thus, fine in near fine jacket with just a trace of wear. Terrific copy of this "first time a.. more
Price: $250.00
Near fine with light soil to pastedowns, end-papers & page edges in very good minus jacket with browning to back flap, noticeable edgewear including shallow chipping at corners along with some closed tears, some rubbing (light scarring) and soil, and clip to bottom of front flap (2.50 price remains at top). A solid and attractive copy of this bio of the Babe printed shortly after his death. 280 pages with a few black & whites. Babe Ruth.
Weldon, Martin.
Thomas Y. Crowell, 1948. Near fine with light soil to pastedowns, end-papers & page edges in very good minus jacket with browning to back.. more
Price: $125.00
First thus, vintage paperback, about fine copy with just a hint of wear. Fabulous copy of this work published originally by Harper & Brothers. Nothing More Than Murder.
Thompson, Jim.
Hillman, 1949. First thus, vintage paperback, about fine copy with just a hint of wear. Fabulous copy of this work published originally.. more
Price: $200.00
First printing, about fine copy with just a hint of wear of this paperback original. #428. Fabulous copy of this important work from the highly regarded Goodis. Barye Phillips cover. Street Of No Return.
Goodis, David.
Gold Medal, 1954. First printing, about fine copy with just a hint of wear of this paperback original. #428. Fabulous copy of this.. more
Price: $200.00
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