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1. Allman, T. D. MIAMI; CITY OF THE FUTURE. New York: Atlantic Monthly, 1987. First edition. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. $35.00 2. Andrews, Allen H. YANK PIONEER IN FLORIDA. Jacksonville, FL: (self published), 1950. VG+ with no dust jacket. With an introduction by David Fairchild. SOLD 3. Bailey, Harold H. BIRDS OF FLORIDA. Baltimore, MD: Williams & Wilkins, 1925. VG with no dust jacket. SOLD 4. Baker, Jr., Charles H. GENTLEMAN'S COMPANION. New York: Derrydale, 1939. First edition. NF with no dust jacket. Limited: number 1135 of 1250 copies. Two volumes. The gilt lettering on the spines is slightly faded. The slipcase is poor - missing the top panel. The author was a writer for Esquire magazine and lived in Coconut Grove when he wasn't traveling the world gathering recipes for this wonderful cookbook. $400.00 5. Ballinger, Kenneth. MIAMI MILLIONS. Miami, FL: Franklin Press, 1936. First edition. VG+ with no dust jacket, but has some insect damage. Subtitled "The Dance of the Dollars in the Great Florida Land Boom of 1925". Scarce. $300.00 6. Barbour, Thomas. THAT VANISHING EDEN. Boston: Little, Brown, 1944. First edition. VG+ in a VG dust jacket. Prior owner stamped his name in three places in the book. Dust jacket well worn on the edges. Some of the photographs are credited to David Fairchild or Worth (sic) Munroe. $40.00 7. Barcia Carballido y Zuniga. BARCIA'S CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE CONTINENT OF FLORIDA. Gainesville, FL: U. of Florida Press, 1951. VG with no dust jacket. First edition in English. Limited: # 22 of 999 copies. Has a couple of spots on the edge. SOLD 8. Beach, Rex. MIRACLE OF CORAL GABLES. (no place): (no publisher), (no date). First edition. VG-, in wraps. Circa 1926. Printed by Baird-Ward, Nashville, KY. A publicity brocure for the City of Coral Gables. $75.00 8.5. Behar, Roberto M., editor and Culot, Maurice G., editor. CORAL GABLES; AN AMERICAN GARDEN CITY. Paris, France: Editions Norma, 1997. First edition. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. The best current book about Coral Gables. This copy is inscribed on the front free endpaper by the mayor of Coral Gables. $200.00 9. Bickel, Karl A. MANGROVE COAST. New York: Coward-McCann, 1942. First edition. VG+ with no dust jacket. One signature is bound-in ahead of where it belongs; no pages missing. Label on spine is a little faded. With photographs by Walker Evans. SOLD 10. Blackman, E. V. MIAMI & DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA. Chuluota, FL: Mickler House, 1977. NF with no dust jacket. A facsimile reprint of the 1921 edition. 255 pp. With an added index. $100.00 11. Blanc, Giulio, ed. RANSOM-EVERGLADES. Miami, FL: Banyan Books, 1979. First edition. VG with no dust jacket. In wraps. Subtitled "Reflections of a School, 1893-1978". With maps by Ward Arrington. Slight foxing to endpages. SOLD 11.5. Blank, Joan Gill. KEY BISCAYNE. Sarasota, FL: Pineapple Press, 1996. With a foreward by Marjory Stoneman Douglas. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Second printing. $ 25.00 11.7. Board, Prudy Taylor. THE RENAISSANCE VINOY. Virginia Beach, VA: Donning Company, 1999. Subtitled: "St. Petersburg's Crown Jewel". Fine in a fine dust jacket. The history of the resort hotel. $ 20.00 12. Bramson, Seth. SPEEDWAY TO SUNSHINE. Erin, Ontario: Boston Mills Press, 1984. First edition. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. The most complete book about the Florida East Coast Railroad. $250.00 13. Brown, Austin J., etc. MIAMI PROPS. London: Osprey, 1988. NF, in wraps. Photographs of older airplanes at MIA. $20.00 13.5. Browne, Jefferson B. KEY WEST. St. Augustine: The Record Company, 1912. First edition. Very good / (none). Rebound in a library style buckram binding. $200.00. 14. Browne, Jefferson B. KEY WEST. Gainesville, FL: U. of Florida Press, 1973. Fine with no dust jacket. A facsimile reproduction of the 1912 edition. $45.00 15. Buchanan, Edna. CARR: FIVE YEARS OF RAPE AND MURDER. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1979. First edition. NF in a NF dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. The Miami novelist's first book. $240.00 16. Burdick, Thomas and Mitchell, Charlene. BLUE THUNDER. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1990. First edition. VG+ in a VG+ dust jacket. Cigarette boats and murder in North Miami. $80.00 17. Capitman, Barbara Baer. DECO DELIGHTS. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1988. First edition. NF in a NF dust jacket. $50.00 18. Chesney, Ann Spach, etc. MIAMI DIARY 1896. [Miami]: (no publisher), 1996. First edition. VG+ with no dust jacket. $20.00 18.5. Close, Henry T. THE LIGUUS TREE SNAILS OF SOUTH FLORIDA. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2000. First edition. NearFine in a NearFine dust jacket. $65.00 19. Cohen, Isidor. HISTORICAL SKETCHES AND SIDELIGHTS OF MIAMI, FLORIDA. Miami, FL: (self published), 1925. First edition. NF with no dust jacket. One of the few first person accounts of early Miami history. $90.00 20. Cope, Carol S. IN THE FAST LANE. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. First edition. NF in a NF dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. True crime in Coconut Grove. $40.00 21. Coulombe, Deborah A., etc. SEASON OF INNOCENCE. Miami, FL: Pickering Press, 1988. First edition. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. Subtitled: "The Munroes at the Barnacle in Early Coconut Grove". $60.00 22. Crouse, John O. SEARACE. Miami, FL: Crouse Publications, 1989. First edition. NF in a VG+ dust jacket. Excellent book on the big speed boats. SOLD 22.5. Culot, Maurice, etc. MIAMI; ARCHITECTURE OF THE TROPICS. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1993. First edition. Near fine. A trade paperback. $60.00 23. Davis, Karen. PUBLIC FACES - PRIVATE LIVES. Miami, FL: Pickering Press, 1990. First edition. VG, in wraps. There is a little wear to the edges. Subtitled "Women in South Florida - 1870's to 1910's". $30.00 23.5. Davis, Steven M. and Ogden, John C., editors. EVERGLADES: THE ECOSYSTEM AND ITS RESTORATION. Delray Beach, FL, St. Lucie Press, 1994. Near Fine with no dust jacket. SOLD 24. de la Vega, Garcilaso. FLORIDA OF THE INCA. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1951. First edition. Fine in a VG- dust jacket. The dust jacket is missing a chip on the front panel. $80.00 25. Deland, Margaret. FLORIDA DAYS. Boston: Little, Brown, 1889. First edition. VG+ with no dust jacket. Top edge gilt. $80.00 25.5. Dimock, A. W. THE BOOK OF THE TARPON. New York: Macmillan, 1926. Illustrated with photograps by Julian Dimock. Bound in green cloth with black titles. Second American edition after the first 1911 edition. The book was later republished in 1990 and 2004. Fine with no dust jacket. $250.00 26. Dimock, A. W. FLORIDA ENCHANTMENTS. Peekamose, NY: (Self Published), 1915. With photograps by Julian A. Dimock. Second (revised) edition. Bound in dark blue cloth with an onlaid photograph of the author swimming with a manatee on the front cover. VG+ with no dust jacket. Slightly rubbed on the edges. With an inscription by the author dated 1917. This classic book was first published in 1908 and then republished in 1909 (in London), 1915, 1926, 1985, and 2000. $275.00 27. Dorn, Mabel. UNDER THE COCONUTS. South Miami, FL: South Florida Publishing, 1946. First edition. VG, in wraps. Red cover is faded near the spine. Signed by the author. SOLD
28. Douglas, Marjory Stoneman. ADVENTURES IN A GREEN WORLD. Coconut Grove, FL: Field Research Projects, 1973. First edition. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. Subtitled: "the Story of David Fairchild and Barbour Lathrop". Limited to 500 copies. 61 pp. $75.00 28.5 ---. ADVENTURES IN A GREEN WORLD. Coconut Grove, FL: Field Research Projects, 1973. First edition. NearFine in a NearFine dust jacket. Subtitled: "the Story of David Fairchild and Barbour Lathrop". Limited to 500 copies. 61 pp. Signed by the author. $200.00 29. Douglas, Marjory Stoneman. CORAL GABLES. (no place): (no publisher), (no date). VG+, in wraps. Third edition. Circa 1925. A publicity brocure for the Coral Gables Corporation. $240.00 30. Douglas, Marjory Stoneman. EVERGLADES: RIVER OF GRASS. New York: Rinehart, 1947. First edition. NF with no dust jacket. There is the slightest amount of offsetting on the title page. $120.00 31. ---. EVERGLADES: RIVER OF GRASS. Coconut Grove, FL: Hurricane House, (no date). VG+, in wraps. 9th printing. Circa 1969. Inscribed by the author as "Marjory", and scarce thus. $80.00 32. ---. EVERGLADES: RIVER OF GRASS. New York: Rinehart, 1947. First edition. VG+ in a G+ dust jacket. The book has scotch tape remnants on the endpages and the DJ is well worn at the edges. $245.00 33. ---. EVERGLADES: RIVER OF GRASS. New York: Rinehart, 1947. First edition. VG+ in a VG dust jacket. Signed limited: # 96 of an unstated number. There is a repaired tear on page 139, otherwise, a very attractive copy. $500.00 34. Douglas, Marjory Stoneman. FLORIDA: THE LONG FRONTIER. New York: Harper & Row, 1967. First edition. NF in a VG dust jacket. Inscribed by the author. Dust jacket is price clipped, faded on the spine. $160.00 35. Douglas, Marjory Stoneman. HURRICANE. New York: Rinehart, 1958. First edition. VG+ in a G+ dust jacket. Book has a touch of foxing to top edge. Dust jacket is well worn at the edges and missing a chip at the top of the spine. $80.00 36. ---. HURRICANE. New York: Rinehart, 1958. First edition. VG+ in a VG dust jacket. Inscribed to one of the people mentioned in the acknowlegments. Slight foxing to endpapers. $400.00 37. Douglas, Marjory Stoneman. JOYS OF BIRD WATCHING IN FLORIDA. Miami, FL: Hurricane House, 1969. First edition. VG, in wraps. Spine is faded, as usual. Cover shows some rubbing. $50.00 38. ---. JOYS OF BIRD WATCHING IN FLORIDA. Miami, FL: Hurricane House, 1969. First edition. VG, in wraps. Spine is faded, as usual. Signed by the author. $120.00 38.5 Douglas, Marjory Stoneman. KEY TO PARIS. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, (1961). Third printing. VeryGood in a Good dust jacket. The dust jacket is missing some chips on the spine. Warmly inscribed by the author to a close friend and signed "Marjory". Most copies of this book were sold to Junior High School libraries and are thus unavailable to collectors. A rare book. $600.00 39. Douglas, Marjory Stoneman. MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS; VOICE OF THE RIVER. Englewood, FL: Pineapple Press, 1987. First edition. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. Signed by the author. $110.00 40. Douglas, Marjory Stoneman and Dorn, Mabel White. BOOK OF TWELVE. South Miami, FL: South Florida Publishing, 1928. First edition. VG, in wraps. The front hinge has been reinforced with scotch tape. $135.00 40.5 ---. BOOK OF TWELVE. (no place): South Florida Horticultural Society, (no date). A facsimile reprint of the first edition. NearFine, in wraps. Signed by Douglas. $120.00
41. Endicott, Wendell. ADVENTURES WITH ROD & HARPOON ALONG THE FLORIDA KEYS. New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1925. First edition. Near fine with no dust jacket. TEG. $185.00 42. Fairchild, David. EXPLORING FOR PLANTS. New York: Macmillan, 1931. VG in a VG dust jacket. Second printing. Book has a little scattered foxing. Price clipped dust jacket is well worn on the edges. Inscribed by the author. $400.00 43. ---. EXPLORING FOR PLANTS. New York: Macmillan, 1930. First edition. VG+ with no dust jacket. There is a prior owner's name on the paste down endpaper. $120.00 44. ---. GARDEN ISLANDS OF THE GREAT EAST. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1943. First edition. VG+ with no dust jacket. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication. Bound in red-purple cloth. Book's spine is faded. SOLD 45. ---. GARDEN ISLANDS OF THE GREAT EAST. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1943. First edition. NF in a VG dust jacket. Inscribed by the author. In smooth dark red cloth. Dust jacket spine is faded. $250.00 45.5 ---. WORLD GROWS ROUND MY DOOR. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947. First edition. Near fine with no dust jacket. SOLD 46. ---. WORLD GROWS ROUND MY DOOR. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947. First edition. Very Good plus in a very good minus dust jacket. Bound in dark green cloth that shows a little wear. The book was given as a gift by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings to Philip May, Sr. and his wife Lillian and is inscribed to them as "Marjorie". Philip May was Rawlings' friend and personal lawyer who represented her in the Cross Creek trial. Later, May asked Fairchild for his autograph and Fairchild suitably inscribed it to May while noting Rawlings' earlier inscription. $600.00 47. ---. WORLD WAS MY GARDEN. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948. NF in a VG- dust jacket. Later printing. DJ worn at the edges, missing some small chips, price clipped. $60.00 48. Fairchild, David and Fairchild, Marian. BOOK OF MONSTERS. Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, 1914. First edition. Better than VeryGood with no dust jacket. Prior owner's name on endpaper. Corners slightly bumped. The authors' first book. $120.00 49.3. Feldman, Bruce. 'CANE MUTINY. New York: New American Library, 2004. First edition. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Subtitled: "How the Miami Hurricanes Overturned the Football Establishment. $16.00 49.5. Gabriel, Patricia. THE VILLAGERS' BOOK OF OUTSTANDING HOMES OF MIAMI. Coral Gables, FL.: University of Miami Press, 1975. VeryGood with no dust jacket. 159 pp. $50.00 49. Gifford, John C. EVERGLADES AND OTHER ESSAYS RELATING TO SOUTHERN FLORIDA. Kansas City, MO: Everglade Land Sales, 1911. First edition. VG+ with no dust jacket. $170.00 50. ---. EVERGLADES AND OTHER ESSAYS RELATING TO SOUTHERN FLORIDA. Miami, FL: Everglade Land Sales, 1912. VG+ with no dust jacket. Second edition. $120.00 51. Gifford, John C. LIVING BY THE LAND. [Coral Gables, FL]: Glade House, 1945. First edition. VG in a VG- dust jacket. DJ is faded on the spine and missing some small chips on the edges. Inscribed by the author. $120.00 52. Gifford, John C. RECLAMATION OF THE EVERGLADES.. New York: Books, 1935. First edition. VG with no dust jacket. Cover shows wear on the edges. SOLD 53. Gifford, John C. TROPICAL SUBSISTENCE HOMESTEAD. New York: Books, 1934. NF with no dust jacket. SOLD 54. Gillan, John, photographer. PLACES IN TIME. Miami, FL: Florida International University, 1994. NF, in wraps. Subtitled: "Historic Architecture and Landscapes of Miami". $75.00 55. Gregg, William H. WHERE, WHEN, AND HOW TO CATCH FISH ON THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA. Buffalo, NY: Matthews-Northrup Works, 1902. First edition. VG+ with no dust jacket. The book has slight shelf wear, and the spine is slightly faded. Matthews-Northrup was primarily a printer of high quality railroad maps. The beautiful fold-out map in the back of the book of the Florida East Coast railroad system indicates that the book was produced to promote the Flager tourist and real estate interests. $400.00 55.5. Gray, Capt. William B. CREATURES OF THE SEA. New York: Wilfred Funk, 1960. NF in a VG+ dust jacket. Signed by the author on the front free endpage. The author was Director of Collections and Exhibitions at the Seaquarium. $35.00 56. Grey, Zane. TALES OF SOUTHERN RIVERS. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1924. First edition. VG with no dust jacket. Spine is faded, as usual. Fishing in the Everglades. SOLD 57. Hanna, Alfred J. and Hanna, Kathryn Abbey. LAKE OKEECHOBEE. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1948. First edition. VG with no dust jacket. Signed by both authors. Slight foxing to end pages. Prior owner's signature. $50.00 58. Harris, Arthur Jay. SPEED KILLS. New York: Avon Books, 1998. First edition. NF, in wraps - a mass market paperback. Cigarette boats and murder in North Miami. $100.00 59. Harwood, Kathryn C. LIVES OF VIZCAYA. Miami, FL: Banyan Books, 1985. First edition. VG+, in wraps. Inscribed by the author. $70.00 60. Haynes, Jean-Pierre. COCOANUT GROVE. Coconut Grove, FL: Cocoanut Grove Publications, 1989. First edition. NF, in wraps. A guide book to Coconut Grove. 356 pp. The prior owner wrote his name on the endpaper. $40.00 60.5. Heilner, Van Campen. ADVENTURES IN ANGLING. Cincinnati: Stewart Kidd Company, (1922). In blue cloth with titles in gilt. First edition. Very good plus, lacking the dust jacket. Subtitled: "A Book of Salt Water Fishing". This book is a collection of magazine articles. About half the articles are located in South Florida. This is the author's second book. In his youth Heilner was a student at the Lake Placid-Florida School in Coconut Grove. SOLD 61. Heilprin, Angelo. EXPLORATIONS ON THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA AND IN THE OKEECHOBEE WILDERNESS. Ithaca, NY: Paleontological Research, 1972. NF, in wraps. Facsimile reprint of the 1887 edition. SOLD 61.3. Henshall, James A. BOOK OF THE BLACK BASS. Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co., 1881. First edition, second issue with "Robert Clarke & Co" on spine. Very good, has a prior owner's name stamped on the title page. $1000.00 61.5. Holder, Charles Frederick. THE LOG OF A SEA ANGLER. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1906. Third printing. Subtitled: "Sport and Adventures in Many Seas With Spear and Rod. Very good, has a little shelf wear. $70.00 62. Hollingsworth, Tracy. HISTORY OF DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA. Coral Gables, FL: Glade House, 1949. VG+ with no dust jacket. Second edition after the 1936 edition. $120.00 63. Howell, Arthur H. FLORIDA BIRD LIFE. Tallahassee, FL: Florida Dept of Game & Fresh Water Fish, 1932. VG with no dust jacket. $75.00 64. Irving, Theodore. CONQUEST OF FLORIDA. London: Edward Churton, 1835. First edition. VG+ with no dust jacket. Rebound in leatherette. 2 volumes. Slightest hint of wear. Previous owner's stamp on title page. SOLD 65. Jahoda, Gloria. RIVER OF THE GOLDEN IBIS. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1973. First edition. Fine in a NF dust jacket. Looks like it might be signed by the author. SOLD 66. Kaplan, Moise N. BIG GAME ANGLERS' PARADISE. New York: Liveright, 1937. VG+ with no dust jacket. Slight foxing to endpages. $60.00 67. Kearney, Bob, ed. MOSTLY SUNNY DAYS. Miami, FL: Miami Herald, 1986. First edition. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. Subtitled: "A Miami Herald Salute to South Florida's Heritage". Signed by the editor. Foreward by Arva Moore Parks. $30.00 67.2. Kleinberg, Howard. MIAMI THE WAY WE WERE. Tampa, FL: Surfside Publishing, 1989. Later printing. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. $55.00 67.3. Kleinberg, Howard. MIAMI BEACH. Miami, FL: Centennial Press, 1994. First edition. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. This is the current standard history of Miami Beach. $120.00 67.4. Kofoed, Jack. MOON OVER MIAMI. New York: Random House, 1955. First edition. VG+ in a VG+ dust jacket. Stories about Miami by a Miami Herald columnist. $30.00 67.5. La Gorce, John Oliver. A LITTLE VISIT TO MIAMI BEACH. Miami Beach, FL: Alton Beach Realty, (no date). In wraps. VG+. 35 pp. Circa 1925. This is a beautiful boomtime promotional brochure. La Gorce was an editor of The National Geographic Magazine and a friend of Carl Fisher. Uncommon. SOLD 68. Leonard, Irving A. FLORIDA ADVENTURES OF KIRK MUNROE. Chuluota, FL: Mickler House, 1975. NF with no dust jacket. $60.00 68.5. Lilly, John Cunningham. THE MIND OF THE DOLPHIN. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1967. First edition. Fine in a better than very good dust jacket. During the 1960's the US Navy leased the old Coconut Grove Bank building and conducted a secret research project attempting to communicate with dolphins. Dr. Lilly was in charge of this project and later wrote this book. The book only mentions a facility in the U. S. Virgin Islands. $40.00 69. Luer, Carlyle A. NATIVE ORCHIDS OF FLORIDA. New York: New York Botanical Garden, 1972. Fine in a NF dust jacket. Dust jacket is price clipped. $230.00 69.5. Lummus, J. N. MIRACLE OF MIAMI BEACH. (no place): (no publisher), 1944. Very good minus. In wraps. 142 pp. With an introduction by E. Tracy Hollingsworth. The story of Miami Beach by the city's first mayor. Uncommon. $150.00 70. Mahoney, Lawrence. EARLY BIRDS. Coconut Grove, FL: Pickering Press, 1987. First edition. Fine, in wraps. Subtitled: "A History of Pan Am's Clipper Ships". 112 pp. Index. $28.00 71.5 McIver, Stuart B. THE GREATEST SALE ON EARTH. Miami, FL: E. A. Seemann, 1980. Subtitled: "The Story of the Miami Board of Realtors 1920-1980". First edition. Near fine in a better than very good dust jacket. Limited: # 871 of an unstated number. $50.00 71. McIver, Stuart B. ONE HUNDRED YEARS ON BISCAYNE BAY 1887-1987. Coconut Grove, FL: Biscayne Bay Yacht Club, 1987. First edition. Good with no dust jacket. Signed by the author. Has some insect holes in the rear gutter. This book provides a history of the Biscayne Bay Yacht Club, the oldest organization in Miami-Dade County. Unaccountably uncommon. $80.00 72. McIver, Stuart B. YESTERDAY'S PALM BEACH. Miami, FL: E. A. Seemann, 1976. VG in a VG- dust jacket. DJ worn at the edges, missing a small chip on the front panel. SOLD 73. McPhee, John. ORANGES. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1967. First edition. VG+ in a VG+ dust jacket. Book has the prior owner's inked name on the front free endpaper. DJ is price clipped. More than you would ever want to know about Florida's signature fruit. $48.00 73.5. Michener, Edward C. THE EVERGLADES CLUB; A Retrospective 1919-1985. (no place): (no publisher), 1985. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. 128 pp. Evidently published by the Everglades Club in Palm Beach. $150.00 74. Miller, Stewart. FLORIDA FISHING. New York: G. Howard Watt, 1931. VG with no dust jacket. Slight foxing to endpages. There is a handsome prior owner's bookplate. $75.00 74.5. Monroe, Gary, curator. ROMER'S MIAMI. Miami, FL: Miami-Dade Public Library System, 1985. Near Fine with no dust jacket. A trade paperback. An exhibition catalog of the photographs of Gleason Waite Romer. Subtitled: "Romer's Miami Windows to the Past". 127 pp. SOLD 75. Moore-Willson, Minnie. SEMINOLES OF FLORIDA. Philadelphia: American Printing House, 1896. First edition. VG with no dust jacket. Book shows shelfwear, some spotting on the covers. $130.00 76. Muir, Helen. BILTMORE. Miami, FL: Pickering Press, 1987. First edition. NF, in wraps. Signed by the author. $30.00 78. Muir, Helen. MIAMI, U.S.A. 1990. Miami, FL: Pickering Press, 1990. NF in a NF dust jacket. Second edition after the edition of 1953. Limited: # 995 of an unstated number. Signed by the author. 4vo. $50.00 80. Munroe, Ralph M. and Gilpin, Vincent. COMMODORE'S STORY. [New York]: Ives Washburn, 1930. First edition. NF in a VG dust jacket. Signed by Munroe. Slight foxing to the edges. Scarce in a dust jacket. $800.00 81. Munroe, Ralph M. and Gilpin, Vincent. COMMODORE'S STORY. Miami, FL: Historical Association of Southern Florida, 1966. VG+ in a VG+ dust jacket. Second printing. Book has very slight foxing to endpages. Dust jacket is price clipped. $100.00 81.3. Myers, Ronald L. and Ewel, John J., editors. ECOSYSTEMS OF FLORIDA. Orlando, FL: University of Central Florida Press, 1991. Fine with no dust jacket. SOLD 81.4. Naiman, Julius, editor. LEADERS AND PIONEERS OF SOUTH FLORIDA 1945. Miami, FL: Tropicana Publishers, 1945. Better than Very Good with no dust jacket. Bound in dark green leatherette. 183 pp. $200.00 81.5. Nance, Dr. Ellwood C. THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA; A HISTORY. Delray Beach, FL: The Southern Publishing Company, 1963. Three volumes. Better than very good in better than very good dust jackets. The former owner stamped his name on the top edge of the books. $500.00 82. Nash, Charles E. MAGIC OF MIAMI BEACH. David McKay: Philadelphia, 1938. First edition. VG with no dust jacket. Well worn on the edges. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. $ 150.00 83. Nehrling, Henry. MY GARDEN IN FLORIDA. Estero, FL: American Eagle, 1944. First edition. VG+ in a VG dust jacket. Volume 1 only of two volumes. $80.00 84. O'Barry, Richard, etc. BEHIND THE DOLPHIN SMILE. Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books of Chapel, 1988. NF in a VG+ dust jacket. Dust jacket is price clipped. The author worked at the Seaquarium and on the Flipper TV show. $14.00 85. Orlean, Susan. ORCHID THIEF. New York: Random House, 1998. First edition. Fine in a NF dust jacket. $60.00 86. Orlean, Susan. ORCHID THIEF. New York: Random House, 1998. First edition. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. $140.00 87. Packard, Winthrop. FLORIDA TRAILS. Boston: Small, Maynard, 1910. VG+ with no dust jacket. In dark red cloth. Slight wear to top and bottom of spine. Prior owner's name on endpaper. $80.00 88. Parks, Arva Moore. FORGOTTEN FRONTIER. Miami, FL: Banyan Books, 1980. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. 2nd printing. Signed by Parks. $90.00 89. ---. FORGOTTEN FRONTIER. Miami, FL: Banyan Books, 1977. First edition. VG with no dust jacket. Limited edition of 150 copies, bound in brown leatherette, signed by the author. In a VG slipcase. Slight foxing to the endpages. $250.00 90. Parks, Arva Moore, ed. MIAMI MEMOIRS. Miami, FL: Arva Parks, 1987. Fine in a NF dust jacket. Second edition; originally titled: "John Sewell's Memoirs..". With additional material and photographs. Signed by Parks. $80.00 91. Parks, Arva Moore, etc. MIAMI; THE AMERICAN CROSSROAD. New York: Simon & Schuster Custom, 1996. First edition. NF with no dust jacket. In wraps. Signed by Parks. $40.00 91.5. Parks, Arva Moore. MIAMI; THE MAGIC CITY. Miami, FL: Centennial Press, 1991. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. The book states that it is the "official history of the city of Miami". $40.00 92. Patricios, Nicholas N. BUILDING MARVELOUS MIAMI. Gainesville, FL: U. Press of Florida, 1994. First edition. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. Presents the history and architecture of Miami. $125.00 92.5. Peters, Thelma. LEMON CITY. Miami, FL: Banyan Books, 1980. Subtitled: "Pioneering on Biscayne Bay 1850-1925". Second printing. Very good in a very good price clipped dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the title page. $60.00 93. Peters, Thelma. MIAMI 1909. Miami, FL: Banyan Books, 1984. First edition. Fine, in wraps. $40.00 94. Phillips, Craig. CAPTIVE SEA. Philadelphia: Chilton, 1964. First edition. NF in a VG+ dust jacket. Dust jacket is a little worn at the edges. The story of the Seaquarium. $40.00 95. Pierce, Charles W. PIONEER LIFE IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA. Coral Gables, FL: U. of Miami Press, 1970. First edition. Fine in a VG+ dust jacket. Dust jacket is a little faded on the spine. Early years in Palm Beach county. SOLD 95.5. Pierce, Charles W. PIONEER LIFE IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA. Coral Gables, FL: U. of Miami Press, 1990. Second printing. A trade paperback. Near fine. $45.00 96. Popenoe, Wilson. MANUAL OF TROPICAL AND SUB-TROPICAL FRUITS. New York: Macmillan, 1939. VG in a VG dust jacket. Later printing. Slight foxing to endpages. DJ spine is faded. Popenoe worked with David Fairchild. SOLD 97. Portes, Alejandro, etc. CITY ON THE EDGE. Berkeley, CA: U. of California Press, 1993. First edition. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. $30.00 97.5 Rainbolt, Victor. THE TOWN THAT CLIMATE BUILT. Miami, FL: Parker Art Printing, (no date). Circa 1925. NearFine in a VeryGood dust jacket. SOLD 97.7. Randolph, Isham. FLORIDA EVERGLADES:REPORT OF THE FLORIDA EVERGLADES ENGINEERING COMMISSION ... 1913. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1914. About good with no dust jacket. This book was evidently disbound to be photographed. All pages are present. $100.00 98. Redford, Polly. BILLION-DOLLAR SANDBAR. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1970. First edition. VG in a VG dust jacket. A history of Miami Beach. $60.00 99. Ridolph, Edward. BISCAYNE BAY TROLLEYS. Forty Fort, PA: Harold E. Cox, 1981. First edition. NF, in wraps. Subtitled: "Street Railways of the Miami Area". $50.00 100. Roberts, Cecil. GONE SUNWARDS. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1936. Second printing. NearFine in a VG dust jacket. There is a prior owner's name on the endpaper. The book is about a tourist who stays on Leafy Way in Coconut Grove in 1936. Marjory Stoneman Douglas provides an early morning tour of the Everglades. $50.00 101. Roberts, Kenneth L. FLORIDA. Palm Beach, FL: Mizner Development Corp, 1926. First edition. VG with no dust jacket. Mizner version of the Harper & Brothers book. $400.00 101.5. Roberts, Kenneth L. FLORIDA LOAFING. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1925. First edition. VG with no dust jacket. Has some instances of pencil scoring. $400.00 102. Roberts, Kenneth L. SUN HUNTING. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1922. First edition. VG+ with no dust jacket. First state. Gilt on spine is a little faded. Has a prior owner's name on the endpaper. $120.00 103. Rodriguez, Ivan A., etc. FROM WILDERNESS TO METROPOLIS. (Miami, FL): Metropolitan Dade County, 1992. Second edition. Fine, in wraps. With a laid in poster. $45.00 104. Shrader, Welman, etc. FLORIDA - VIA CAMERA. New Albany, IN: Aero-Graphic, 1939. VG+ with no dust jacket. Contains 100 pages of black & white photos, many from the air. In conjunction with Eastern Air Lines. Uncommon. $120.00 105. Silver, Doris S. PAPA FUCHS' FAMILY. Miami, FL: Jane Fuchs Wilson, 1982. First edition. VG+ with no dust jacket. Story of the family that founded Holsom bakery. $70.00 106. Simpson, Charles T. FLORIDA WILD LIFE. New York: Macmillan, 1932. First edition. VG with no dust jacket. The book was varnished at some time. $75.00 107. Simpson, Charles T. IN LOWER FLORIDA WILDS. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1920. First edition. VG+ with no dust jacket. TEG. Two maps. $200.00 108. ---. IN LOWER FLORIDA WILDS. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1920. VG with no dust jacket. Second printing. Book is a little faded on the spine. TEG. Two maps. Signed by the author. $160.00 109. Simpson, Charles T. ORNAMENTAL GARDENING IN FLORIDA. Little River, FL: (self published), 1916. First edition. Fine with no dust jacket. $300.00 110. Small, John Kunkel. FERNS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES. Lancaster,PA: (self published), 1938. VG+ with no dust jacket. The book has some scoring in pencil. $120.00 111. Small, John Kunkel. FERNS OF TROPICAL FLORIDA. New York: (self published), 1918. G+ with no dust jacket. Cover shows insect damage. $60.00 112.5. Small, John Kunkel. FLORA OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. New York: (self published), 1913. First edition. NearFine with no dust jacket. $300.00 112. Small, John Kunkel. FLORA OF MIAMI. New York: (self published), 1913. First edition. VG with no dust jacket. Top and fore edges are darkened. $300.00 113. Small, John Kunkel. FROM EDEN TO SAHARA. Lancaster, PA: Science Press, 1929. First edition. NF with no dust jacket. Spine text is a little faded. $250.00 113.5. Small, John Kunkel. NARRATIVE OF A CRUISE TO LAKE OKEECHOBEE. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1918. An offprint from THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL: pp. 684-700. In good condition. No copies are found on the internet. Small and Charles Simpson go botanizing with a boat and crew provided by Charles Deering. $40.00 114. Small, John Kunkel. SHRUBS OF FLORIDA. New York: (self published), 1913. NF with no dust jacket. Rebound in handsome green cloth. $200.00 115. Smiley, Nixon. KNIGHTS OF THE FOURTH ESTATE. Miami, FL: E. A. Seemann, 1974. First edition. Fine in a NF dust jacket. Subtitled: "The Story of the Miami Herald". DJ spine is slightly faded. SOLD 116. Smiley, Nixon. SUBTROPICAL GARDENING IN FLORIDA. [Coral Gables, FL: University of Miami Press, 1951. First edition. Fine with no dust jacket. Inscribed by the author. $25.00 117. Smiley, Nixon. YESTERDAY'S MIAMI. Miami, FL: E. A. Seemann, 1973. VG+ in a VG+ dust jacket. $80.00 118. Smith, F. G. Walton. ATLANTIC REEF CORALS. Coral Gables, FL: U. of Miami Press, 1971. Fine in a VG+ dust jacket. Revised edition. Dust jacket spine is faded. Inscribed by the author. $30.00 119. Smith, Loran. FIFTY YEARS ON THE FIFTY. Charlotte, NC: East Woods Press, 1983. First edition. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. Foreward by John Underwood. Signed by Underwood. Subtitled: "The Orange Bowl Story". $40.00 120. Stockbridge, Frank P. and Perry, John Holliday. FLORIDA IN THE MAKING. New York: de Bower, 1926. NF in a VG dust jacket. Uncommon in a dust jacket. $100.00 120.5. Stowe, Harriet B. PALMETTO-LEAVES. Boston: James R. Osgood, 1873. First edition, first binding with Osgood imprint at foot of spine. In green decorated cloth. Near fine, slight wear to edges. SOLD 121. Stuart, Hix C. THE NOTORIOUS ASHLEY GANG. Stuart, FL: St. Lucie Printing Co., 1928. First edition. VG+ with no dust jacket. Book's spine is slightly faded. Bank robbers in Broward county. $250.00 121.5 Taylor, Jean. THE VILLAGES OF SOUTH DADE. St. Petersburg, FL: Byron Kennedy, (no date). Near fine in a very good dust jacket. $120.00 122. Tebeau, Charlton W. UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI 1926-1976. Coral Gables, FL: U. of Miami Press, 1976. First edition. VG+ with no dust jacket. Signed and dated by the author in the year of publication. Slight hint of foxing to endpapers. $70.00 123. Thompson, Larry. LIFE WITH CAESAR. Sanbornville,NH: Wake-Brook House, 1961. First edition. NF in a VG dust jacket. The white dust jacket is unevenly faded and has chips on the top edge. Signed by the author and Caesar. Thompson was a columnist at the Miami Herald, Caesar was his Siamese cat. $30.00 124. Turner-Turner, J. GIANT FISH OF FLORIDA. London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1902. First edition. VG+ with no dust jacket. Book shows slight foxing to endpages. The spine is a little faded. SOLD 125. Van Aken, Norman. NORMAN'S NEW WORLD CUISINE. New York: Random House, 1997. First edition. NF in a NF dust jacket. Signed by the author. The author is a chef in Coral Gables. SOLD 125.3. Voss, Gilbert L. SEASHORE LIFE OF FLORIDA AND THE CARIBBEAN. Miami, FL: E. A. Seemann, 1976. 168 pp. First edition. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. The prior owner wrote an inscription on the front free endpaper. $20.00 125.5. Waldin, Walter. TRUCK FARMING IN THE EVERGLADES. (no place): (no publisher), 1910. 139 pp. First edition. Very good with no dust jacket. A notation in ink indicates this book was published in Miami. $140.00 126. Ward, C. H. LURE OF THE SOUTHLAND. (no place): (no publisher), 1915. G+ with no dust jacket. A brochure promoting Miami. There is foxing on the endpages. SOLD 126.5. Weber, Bruce. THE SUN AND THE SHADE; FLORIDA PHOTOGRAPHY 1885-1983. West Palm Beach, FL: Norton Gallery & School of Art, 1983. An exhibition catalog. Near fine; has a prior owner's name on the title page. $200.00 127. Weigall, T. H. BOOM IN PARADISE. New York: Alfred H. King, 1932. First edition. VG+ with no dust jacket. The author worked for the Coral Gables Corporation during the boom. SOLD 128. Whited, Charles. KNIGHT. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1988. First edition. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. Subtitled: "A Publisher in the Tumultuous Century". $20.00 128.5 Whitehead, Charles E. WILD SPORTS IN THE SOUTH or THE CAMP-FIRES OF THE EVERGLADES. New York: Derby & Jackson, 1860. First edition. Very good with no dust jacket. This book has been rebound using the original covers and spine and has new endpapers. $250.00 129. Willoughby, Hugh L. ACROSS THE EVERGLADES. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1898. First edition. VG- with no dust jacket. With gold colored titles. Book has some wear on the edges. TEG. With a fold-out map. Three of the photographs are credited to Ralph Munroe. $450.00 130. Willoughby, Hugh L. ACROSS THE EVERGLADES. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1906. NF with no dust jacket. Fourth edition. In light blue cloth. With a fold-out map. TEG. $275.00 131. Windhorn, Stan, etc. YESTERDAY'S FLORIDA KEYS. Miami, FL: E. A. Seemann, 1975. VG+ in a VG+ dust jacket. Second printing. Prior owner's name inked out on endpaper. Dust jacket worn at the edges. $35.00 132. Wolff, Reinhold P. MIAMI; ECONOMIC PATTERN OF A RESORT AREA. Coral Gables, FL: University of Miami, 1945. VG with no dust jacket. Prior owner's bookplate on free endpaper. $35.00 133. Wylie, Philip. DENIZENS OF THE DEEP. New York: Rinehart, 1953. First edition. VG in a VG dust jacket. Book's pages have typical age toning. Subtitled: "True Tales of Deep Sea Fishing". There is a prior owner's name on the front free endpaper. $60.00 134. Wylie, Philip. GENERATION OF VIPERS. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1942. First edition. VG in a VG- dust jacket. Dust jacket is well worn on the edges, missing some small chips. Has a chapter on Miami's medical and sanitation problems. $140.00 134.5. Wylie, Philip, and Muir, William W. THE ARMY WAY. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1940. First edition. About Fine with no dust jacket. Subtitled: "A thousand pointers for new soldiers collected from officers and men of the U. S. Army". Scarce. $250.00 135. Zuckerman, Bertram. DREAM LIVES ON. Miami, FL: Fairchild Tropical Garden, 1988. First edition. NF, in wraps. Signed by the author. $40.00 136. Zuckerman, Bertram. KAMPONG. (no place): Fairchild Tropical Garden, 1993. First edition. Fine with no dust jacket. Issued without a dust jacket. Subtitled: "The Fairchilds' Tropical Paradise". $40.00 136.5 [Aid Society of the First Presbyterian Church of Miami, Florida]. FLORIDA TROPICAL COOK BOOK. (no place): (no publisher), 1912. First edition. 224 pages plus advertisements. Good with no dust jacket. Frontispiece page has a large piece missing, a replacement page is supplied in facsimile. Scarce; WorldCat locates only three copies in Florida. $500.00 136.6 [The Bank of Bay Biscayne. THE FIRST THIRTY YEARS OF MIAMI AND THE BANK OF BAY BISCAYNE 1896-1926. (No place): (no publisher), (no date). VeryGood minus in wraps. A brochure promoting the Bank of Bay Biscayne. Circa 1926. Cover has some discoloration. SOLD 136.7 [The Florida Editors Association. THE BOOK OF FLORIDA. (no place): The James O. Jones Company, 1925. This massive and handsome publication is an excellent example of the promotional material published during the boom. The first 169 pages extole the marvelous growth statistics of the cities of Florida. The remainder of the 666 pages have biographies of the men of vision who are building up the state. Illustrated with hundreds of photographs and printed on heavy coated paper. In VG condition, shows some wear on the edges. $500.00 137. [Jr. League of Miami. HISTORIC COCONUT GROVE. (no place): (self published), 1988. NF, in wraps. 32 pp., unpaginated. Illustrated by photographs and maps. SOLD 138. [Miami Chamber of Commerce. MIAMI BY THE SEA. (no place): (no publisher), (no date). Circa 1925. VG, in wraps. A colorful advertising brocure produced at the height of the boom. Has a sticker on the cover touting special guaranteed hotel rates (after the hurricane ?). Numerous illustrations. $100.00 139. [Miami Herald. FLORIDA; "THE EAST COAST". Miami, FL: Miami Herald, (no date). VG+ with no dust jacket. 265 pp. Circa 1924-1925. 8" x 11". A boomtime promotional brochure. Uncommon. SOLD 140. [Miami Senior High. MIAHI - 1934. Miami, FL: Miami Senior High School, 1934. G+ with no dust jacket. Book has a little insect damage to the end papers. Features Alfred Browning Parker as a senior. Signed by W.R. Thomas. $50.00 140.5 [United States Sugar. THE EVERGLADES; AGRO-INDUSTRIAL EMPIRE OF THE SOUTH. Clewiston, FL: The United States Sugar Corporation, 1944. Very good in wraps. There is a prior owner's name on the front cover. Although the book states it is a first edition, it is actually a revision of the 1939 publication entitled SUGAR AND THE EVERGLADES. $30.00 140.7 [Villagers. BISCAYNE BIGHTS AND BREEZES. Miami, FL: The Villagers, 1987. Near fine in wraps. Subtitled: "A Cookbook With Loving Memories of Miami". Second printing. $25.00 141. [Compiled by the Workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Florida. PLANNING YOUR VACATION IN FLORIDA; MIAMI AND DADE COUNTY INCLUDING MIAMI BEACH AND CORAL GABLES. Northport, NY: Bacon, Percy & Daggett, 1941. First edition. VG+ with no dust jacket. Slight foxing to endpapers. Introduction by Marjory Stoneman Douglas. This book is familiarly known as "The WPA Guide to Miami". $120.00
142. [Compiled by the Workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Florida. PLANNING YOUR VACATION IN FLORIDA; MIAMI AND DADE COUNTY INCLUDING MIAMI BEACH AND CORAL GABLES. Northport, NY: Bacon, Percy & Daggett, 1941. First edition. VG in a VG dust jacket. Dust jacket worn at the edges. Slight foxing to endpages. Introduction by Marjory Stoneman Douglas. $300.00
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