Pasadena: William Carey Library, 1983. 1st. Softcover. Octavo; (xx), 245 pages. 'Provides a useful summary of the early Christian beginnings in Japan.' Inscribed 'To Dr. G.D. Percy,/with warm personal/greetings and best/wishes./Edward E. Bollinger/June 21, 1983'. More
Shenandoah, Iowa: World Publishing, 1963. 1st. Paperback. Limited #131 of 1000 copies. 8vo. 29 pp. Introduction by Otha Donner Wearin. Illustration by Robert M. Templeton. Stiff tan wrappers with black lettering & illustration to front cover. slight darkening else a fine copy. A paper read before TheContemporary Club in Davenport..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1931. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 8vo. xix, 552pp. Photo-illustrations; maps (one large fold-out). Blue cloth with gilt lettering in scarce double dustjackets (cream illustrated with crest and lettering; plain brown paper). Single sheet, folded, Prospectus from the publisher, laid in. A fine copy in near..... More
London: Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, and Jones, 1820. 1st. Hardcover. 3 volumes bound in one. 8vo. 378; 455; 420pp. Three-quarter black pebbled leather over marbled boards; 5 raised bands and gilt stamping & lettering to spine. Minor wear to extremities else a near fine copy of this scarce history. Louis..... More
London: Schott & Co., 1972. Reprint of second edition with new preface. Hardcover. Small octavo. 388pp. Photo-reproductions of musicians; illustrations of extracts from original compositions. Red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front board; gilt vignette on front board; black endpapers. A fine copy in near fine original glassine..... More
Paris: Reunion des Musees Nationaux, 2000. 1st. Paperback. First edition. 4to. 378pp. Color and black & white illustrations. Stiff color printed wrappers. Minor bumps to bottom edge else fine. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 20th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon..... More
Fresno, CA: Pioneer Publishing Company, 1975. Revised Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 180pp. Illustrations by Ernest Morris. Light brown cloth in illustrated dustjacket by Ernie Morris. A fine copy in near fine dustjacket (price-clipped; fading to spine). Autobiography of a California cattleman. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 15th year - all domestic..... More
Leicester: Edgar Backus, 1936. Limited Edition to 550 numbered copies (this copy not numbered). Hardcover. 8vo. 63 pp. Illustrations by A.E. Christopherson. Printed by Falconer Scott at the Garswood Press. Yellow cloth spine over illustrated boards in yellow illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy in near fine dustjacket (some browing to..... More
Beijing: China Intercontinental Press, 2009. 1st. Paperback. Octavo; 171 pages. New copy. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 15th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request. More
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1983. 1st. Hardbound. Quarto, 58 pages. One of 518 copies printed by the Greenwood Press with an original leaf with a woodcut "Aesop and the Impertinent Fellow" 'With an original leaf from the first edition (1818) of The Fables of Aesop and a new..... More
Santa Barbara: Corral of the Westerners, 1979. 1st. Paperback. 8vo. 17 pp. Illustrations. Tan pictorial staplebound wrappers in fine condition. Front cover Illustration titled "The Westerner" by Edward Borein with another sketch on page 9. The two articles titled "Santa Barbara's Latent Asset: The Royal Presidio" and Boyhood Adventures in..... More
London, Leipsic: T. Fisher Unwin, 1912. 1st. Hardcover. Tall 8vo. 282 + [4] pp publisher's advertisements. Index. 48 photographic plates. Translated from the Dutch By C. Thieme. Blue cloth with gilt lettering; elaborate gilt design of foo dog perched on a platform; TEG. From the library of Payson J. Treat..... More
New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1971. Early Reprint. Hardcover. 8vo. 189pp. Drawings by Thomas Winding. SIGNED by Mr. Borge. A near fine copy (slight cocking) in near fine dustjacket (light fading to spine, minor wear to extremities, price-clipped). SIGNED studio photograph (8" x 10") of a young Mr. Borge..... More
North Pomfret, VT: Trafalgar Square Publishing, 1991. 1st. Softcover. Octavo. 127pp. Index. Illustrations of chess diagrams. Color printed wraps in near fine condition (minor wear to extremities). More
Rome: "L'Erma" di Bretschneider, 2006. 1st. Original boards. First Edition. Folio; 48 pages plus 31 plates. List of volumes tipped to front pastedown. Russia Fascicule XI; The State Hermitage Museum Fascicule IV. More
London: Pickering & Chatto, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; xii, 235pp. Index. Library markings, otherwise a fine, as new copy. "This volume of essays attempts to identify the shared experiences of disabled children and examine the key debates about their care and control. The essays follow a chronological progression while..... More
[Venice]: N.p., 1860. 1st. Original wraps. First edition thus. 4to. Etched title page and 48 full page etchings of Italian street vendors, signed in the plate, by Eugenio Bosa (1807-1875), Italian sculptor & painter. Blue-grey wrappers housed in folding cloth & paper covered portfolio. Light foxing to some pages; wear..... More
Delhi: Oxford University Press, USA, 1997. 1st. Hardcover. Octavo; xiv, 322 pages. More
Edinburgh: David Paterson, 1761. First Edition. 12mo; 9100; 410pp. Full brown calf, spine with 4 raised bands. Solidly bound and well worn with scuffing, extremity wear especially to corners and crown of spine; Good. Inscribed on ffep 'Amos Grosvenor/His Book/January 10th/1764/Benjamin H. Grosvenot/Pomfret'. The Grosvenor family was one of the..... More
New York: Doubleday, 1947. First Edition. Lovely two-page original watercolor, signed by David Hendrickson, which spreads across the half title and the opposite blank. Additionally SIGNED by Bosworth and Hendrickson. Small 8vo. 188 pp. The book is in near fine condition with decorative bookplate, in very good dusjtacket (price-clipped; minor..... More
Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2008. 2nd. Hardcover. Second Edition. Quarto; xvii, 941pp. Library markings but absolutely new and unused. More
Five items: two original woodblock prints 1) a rustic farm setting printed in black (5" x 7 1/8" image on 12 1/2" x 8 1/4" handmade Japanese paper folded to 6 1/4" x 8 1/4"); signed 'Seasons Greetings from Jesse and Cornelis Botke' in red 2) a cozy country home..... More
New York: The Womans Press, 1922. 1st. Paperback. 1st edition thus. 4to. 51, [1] pp. Decorative wrappers with cream title label affixed to front cover. Age toning to front cover; minor wear to extremities else near fine. Reprinted from Volume I of Folk Songs of Many Peoples. Next day shipping..... More
San Francisco: Privately printed, 1934. 1st. Boards. 8vo. 15pp (unpaginated). Original oxford grey boards with yellow back and paper label to front cover. A respectful and loving homage to Benson, accomplished poet and author in the early 20th century. (GB 211). More
Paris: Fayard, 1973. 1st. Hardcover. Square 4to. 6pp text in French. Black & white photographic plates. Brown cloth with white lettering in brown photo-illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy in very good dustjacket (short closed tears; wear to extremities). Historical photographs of Paris at the turn of the 20th century. All..... More