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
Turnhout: Brepols, 2009. 1st. Octavo; 608 pages. New, unused copy. More
Leningrad: The Academy of Sciences Press, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Tall octavo; 107, viipp. Near Fine copy in later green leatherette; original printed wrappers bound in at rear. Text in Russian, Chinese and partial English; 3-page English summary at rear. Transactions of the Marr Institute of Language and Mentality Vol..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1942. 1st. First Edition. Large 8vo. 298 pp. Black & white photographs by the author. Tan cloth in photo-illustrated dustjacket. Wartime news clippings, some about the author, affixed to rear pages; owner bookplate & name; some foxing else very good in god dustjacket (fading to..... More
Costa Mesa CA: Mazda Publishers, 1998. 1st. Hardbound. Octavo, (xvi)< 578pp. Laid in is a letter from the author to a colleague. More
France: Tome 1 - Du Littoral a L'Arriere Pays, 1997. 1st. Hardcover. Large square 8vo. [124]pp, unpaginated; most pages color plates. Text in French, English and Japanese. SIGNED by the artist. A fine copy in fine color illustrated dustjacket. Scarce monograph on the work of Andre Bourrie, foremost master of..... More
Princeton University Press, 1988. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition octavo; xi, 624pp. Fine copy in dust jacket. INSCRIBED on ffep 'For Dick Lyman,/Whose insights, directness,/good sense and courage have/such lasting effects on me,-/and whose friendship/is very special./With warmest regards,/Bill Bowen/Feb. '88'. More