Alfredo Prior: !Un mundo maravilloso!
Buenos Aires: Centro Cultural Recoleta, 2000. 1st. Softcover. Quarto, 27 pages. More
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Mirza Malkum Khan. A Study in the History of Iranian Modernism
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1973. First Edition. Octavo; x, 327pp. Index. Fine copy in dust jacket. "Among the figures whose lives exemplified early stages of Westernization in Iran, Mirza Malkum Khan was perhaps the most significant. Writing in favor of political, social and economic reform, he disseminated many of..... More
A Cultural History of India During the British Period
Bombay: D.B. Taraporevala Sons & Co., 1940. 1st. Hardbound. Octavo; (vi), 334 pages. Bibliography. Lower corners bumped & worn, else Very Good in chipped dust jacket. More
Back to the Quran, Back to Muhammad. Arise! Advance!
Lahore: M. Hussain Khan, 1926. 1st. Paperback. Presumed first edition. 8vo. 32pp. Staple bound green wrappers. Light wear & sunning to edges and corners; ex-library with usual markings; from the personal library of J. Heyworth-Dunne with his bookplate affixed to front cover. Very good. "This is Ahmadiyya Movement - its..... More
Ansel Adams: 50 Years of Portraits (SIGNED by Ansel Adams)
Carmel, CA: Friends of Photography, 1978. 1st. Paperback. INSCRIBED by Adams to Irene Lagorio, noted California modernist, Laguna Beach artist and member of the Carmel Art Association. Square 8vo. 54 pp. 26 black & white photographic plates. Stiff glossy photo-illustrated wrappers. Foxing to covers else a fine copy. Introductory essay..... More
Ansel Adams: The Eightieth Birthday Retrospective
Monterey, CA: Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, 1982. First Edition. 4to. [16] pp. 10 black & white photographic images by Ansel Adams. Introduction and acknowledgements by Thomas J. Logan; Essay by Mary Alinder. Photographic cream wrappers. A fine copy. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran February 19 through April..... More
Unique Theatre: High-Class Vaudeville Santa Cruz, California
Santa Cruz, CA: Unique Theatre, 1905. First Edition. Small 8vo. [12] pp. Illustrations. Pink printed wrappers in near fine condition (short closed tear to upper edge of first two pages; minor wear to extremities; a bit of fraying to page edge of rear cover) An unusual and early Santa Cruz..... More
Mapping Ancient Landscapes in Northamptonshire
Swindon: English Heritage, 2007. 1st. Quarto; viii, 171 pages. New, unread copy. More
Compliments of W.H. Alkire
Hollywood CA: Alkire Aviaries, 1915? First Edition. 12mo; 23pp; 14 illustrations. A Near Fine (rusted staples) promotional piece in grey wrappers lettered in brown, oval diecut to front wrapper revealing an illustration of a pheasant. Sections incluse 'Pheasants' (11 varieties), 'Waterfowl' (3 varieties), 'Aviary Birds' ('Owing to the constant changing..... More
Lightning Strikes Once
New York: Robert M. McBride, 1944. 1st. Hardcover. First edition. 8vo. 285pp. Blue cloth covered boards; blind stamped border decoration to front board; gilt titles to the spine. Minor wear to extremities; tiny chip to spine end else a fine copy. Doug Allan interviewed hundreds of people from all over..... More
Kaddish and Other Poems 1958-1960 (SIGNED by Ginsberg & Hoffman)
San Francisco: City Lights Books, January 1986. Nineteenth printing. SIGNED and dated '5/20/88' by Ginsberg; additional SIGNED by Abbie Hoffman with his initials 'AH'. 12 mo. 99, (5) pp. Black and white glossy softcover in near fine condition. On May 20, 1988, Ginsberg gave a poetry reading in San Jose..... More
Action at Aquila
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1939. 1st. Hardcover. Octavo; (xii), 369 pages. '... a romance of the Civil War.'. More
Stewart's Hand Book of the Pacific Islands: A Reliable Guide to all the Inhabited Islands of the Pacific Ocean...For Traders, Tourists and Settlers, with a Bibliography of Island Works
Sydney, New South Wales: McCarron, Stewart & Co., 1921. Early printing. 8vo. xlii, 536, xlii-xliv pp. Illustrations; business advertisements; large folding map at rear. Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine; original color printed wrappers bound in. Front hinge cracked; short tape repair to left edge of map; a very..... More
Believe in Thyself as well as in Others (SIGNED illuminated poem)
Los Angeles: 1904. SIGNED and dated by Alliot. Color illuminated manuscript poem on cream stiff paper (8 1/2 x 11"), mounted on brown mat paper, simple gold frame. The backing paper on the backside is lacking; laid in an envelope is a hand colored title piece from the backing indicating..... More
June Allyson (SIGNED)
New York: Putnam Pub Group, 1982. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 262pp. Photo Illustrations. INSCRIBED by Ms. Allyson. SIGNED 8x10" MGM publicity photograph of a young Ms. Allyson laid in. Fine in Fine dust jacket. All domestic orders are fully trackable - Images available upon request. More
A Discipline Divided: Schools and Sects in Political Science (SIGNED)
Newbury Park: Sage, 1990. 1st. Hardcover. INSCRIBED by the author. First edition. 8vo. 348pp, including index. Black cloth covered boards; gilt titles to the spine; original dust jacket. All edges neat and clean. Near fine. More
Rural Development in Meru, Kenya; Economic and Social Factors in Accelerating Change
Stanford, CA: The Author, 1974. 1st. Hardbound. Quarto, 277 pages. INSCRIBED pn ffep 'to Cliff/Sue Almy' (anthropologist Clifford Barnett was Almy's Principal Advisor) The author's PhD in anthropology dissertation. Maps, tables, tipped-in photographs. More
The Echo; and other poems
(New York): Printed at the Porcupine Press by Pasquin Petronius, 1807. 1st. Leather bound. First Edition 8vo. xv, [1], 331, [11] pp. Illustrated with 8 engraved plates, including frontispiece and title page. Contemporary brown leather with gilt decoration & lettering on red label to spine. Wear to extremities; rubbing to..... More
D. Alt: Impressions of an Impressionist (SIGNED)
Salt Lake City: University Services Corporation, 1988. 1st. Special Limited Edition Serial Number 179. Folio. 124pp; fold-out list of Gallery Exhibitions; 5 photo-reproductions. Color plates. SIGNED by the artist. Grey leather spine over grey cloth with color plate adhered to front board in publisher's grey cloth slipcase. A fine copy..... More
The Life Works of Joseph Barrett, 2003
Lambertville NJ: Jim's Antiques Fine Art Gallery, 2003. First Edition. Quarto; 54pp. Invitation to the July 25 - September 15, 2003 exhibition and full price list laid in. A Fine copy in glossy color illustrated wrappers. 'This catalog showcases our fourth annual "Life Works of Joseph Barrett" painting show and..... More
Fruit Flies: Biology and Management
New York: Springer Science+Business Media, 1993. 1st. Paperback. Octavo; xxxiii, 492 pages. Library markings but new and unused. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 20th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request. More
L'Apport Arabe a la Civilasation de L'Eau et a la Renaissance Europeenne (622 J.-C. - 2000)
Rabat: L'Academie Du Royaume Du Maroc, 2006. First Edition. 8vo. 310pp. Maps and charts. Text in French. Glossy printed softcover in fine condition. More
Les Memoires d'un Hydrologue du XXe Siecle
Rabat: L'Academie Du Royaume Du Maroc, 2006. First Edition. 8vo. 344pp. Maps and charts.Text in French. Glossy printed softcover in fine condition. More
Tay-Holbrook Genral Catalogue No. 31
San Francisco: Tay-Holbrook Inc., 1931. 1st. Hardcover. 1st edition. Quarto; xxx, 494 pp. Near Fine copy. Numerous in text illustrations, including a number in color in the 'Colored Plumbing Fixtures' section. More
Chinese Porcelains Semi-precious Mineral Carvings - Paintings - Early Dynastic Bronzes - Screens - Japanese Buddhistic Shrines and Lacquer
New York: American Art Association Anderson Galleries Inc, 1933. Octavo; (viii), 102pp; 42 plates. Listing of 469 items. Public Auction Sale February 2 and 3. Yellow wrappers in very good condition. More