Glendale, CA: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1947. 1st. Original cloth. First Edition. Large 8vo. Vol. I: 412 pp; Vol. II: 446 pp; Vol. III: 8 pp plus 76 plates and 3 fold-out maps. Red cloth with gilt lettering; TEG. Slight fading to spines; minor wear to extremities; a near..... More
London: G. F. Cruchley Map Publisher & Globe Manufacturer, [1863]. 1st. Original cloth. 75 x 60 cm. Linen-backed hand-colored fold-out railroad map in gilt-lettered blind-stamped dark green cloth folding case. A near fine copy. This work of 19th-century cartography displays the railroad system in intricate detail, displaying also the steamship..... More
New York: Dial Press, 1948. First Edition. hardcover. 4to. 192 pp. Color plates; black & white illustrations. Translated by Haakon M. Chevalier. Black cloth with gilt lettering & design in color illustrated dustjacket. Near fine in very good dustjacket (wear to extremities; chips & closed tears to spine ends with..... More
Milan: Ulrico Hoepli, 1928. 1st. Hardcover. SIGNED by the author to the half-title page. First edition. 8vo. [xxxvi], 281pp. Large fold-out color map to rear; black & white illustrations; photographs; drawings. Blue cloth covered boards; gilt illustration to front board; gilt titles to the spine; illustrated end papers. Light wear..... More
Boston: Privately Printed, 1876. Original cloth. First Edition. 8vo. (vii) 382pp + 5pp List of Vessels. Press of J. Wilson. Original dark maroon cloth; gilt lettering to spine; black endpapers. Wear to extremities; tears to spine ends; spotting to boards; front hinge partially cracked; minor foxing otherwise good plus. Autobiography..... More
New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1891-1908. Leather bound. The Riverside Edition, complete in 14 volumes. 8vo. Various paginations. Engraved frontispiece portraits with tissue guards in 4 volumes. Dark Blue three-quarter morocco over blue cloth boards; gilt lettering to spines; marbled endpapers; TEG. Engraved previous owner bookplates in each volume else a...... More
Berkeley: [The Gillick Press], 1944. 1st. Original boards. INSCRIBED by awardee Hink on ffep to printer Robertson. "A limited edition of 99 copies of this address/has been printed at The Gillick Press in the month of January, 1944, handset in 18 point Caslon Oldstyle by Will D. Robertson and Ben..... More
Baguio City, Philippines: Monastery Printmaking Studio, 1992. David Jansheski. First Edition. Large quarto portfolio of seven striking color block prints, 8 3/4" x 11 1/2", accordion fold (most separated, but the prints are in Fine condition), in marbled paper-covered boards open at each end and closed with wooden clasps. Colophon..... More
[Jerusalem]: Haberman Institute, 2010. First Edition. Tall octavo; xxii, 466pp. Library markings, else a Fine, unread copy in dust jacket.. 'This volume contains poetic translations both into and out of Hebrew, including some Latin renderings of Hebrew texts, and original compositions in Hebrew and other languages.' - dustjacket flap. More
New York: Macmillan, 1911. First Edition. Original cloth. 8vo. 340 pp. Photographic illustrations throughout. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine; salmon color lettering & rulling to front board. Light wear to extremities; some darkening to spine; else a near fine copy. The exploits of Jack & Charmian London's lengthy..... More
Cambridge: Woodhead Publishing Limited, 2003. First Edition. Ovtavo; xiv, 395pp. New copy in stock, unread. Table of Contents: Introduction: Classifying functional dairy products. Part 1 The health benefits of functional dairy products: Cancer; Coronary heart disease; Osteoporosis; Probiotics and the management of food allergy; Dairy products and the immune function..... More
Traverse City, MI: Countrysport Press, 1992. First Edition, Specially Bound Limited Edition #160 of 500 copies SIGNED by the author. 8vo. 390, [7pp Supplement] pp. Color and black & white illustrations. Red leather with gilt illustration and lettering; top edge gilt; silk ribbon. A fine copy. The biography of Ansley..... More
New York: The Anderson Galleries, 1917. First Edition. Octavo; 100pp; illustrated with 19 plates. Edgewear, leaf 30/31 roughly separated (text & image unaffected), else a Very Good copy in original printed tan wrappers. Lists 365 items 'gathered in Peking by the well-known connoisseur Frederick Moore' auctioned in NY on March..... More
San Francisco: Determined Productions, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED by the author. Square 12mo. [64] pp. black & white illustrations. Book design by Jim Young. Pictorial ictorial boards in publisher's illustrated dustjacket. Minor wear to extremties; light rubbing & creasing to rear cover; else a fine copy. The fifth title..... More
London: Duckworth & Co., 1920. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 301, (2) pp. Index. Green cloth with red lettering and decoration in uncommon publisher's dustjacket. Near fine in very good dustjacket (darkening to spine; light wear to extremities; chips to spine ends). Being the substance of lectures delivered at the..... More
Santa Cruz: Press of E. A. Cook, 1898. First Edition. Small 8vo. 59 pp. Green string tied wrappers with gilt lettering to front cover in very good condition (much of the cover has faded to brown; string tie has separated but still holding the covers & text together). An unusual..... More
Cainsville, MO: Cainsville Historical Committee, 1991. 1st. Hardcover. 4to. iv, 652 pp. Illustrations; maps. Black cloth with red lettering; map front endpapers. Near fine (previous owner name in front and rear; light wear to extremities). An uncommon and extensive history ( with illustrations on most pages) from its beginnings in..... More
Japan: Libroport, 1988. 1st. Hardcover. First edition. 4to. 307; 361 pp.Text in Kanji. Illustrations; diagrams; plans. Cream cloth in cream illustrated dustjackets. Housed in publisher's lightly rubbed slipcases. Fine copies. An important work on theatrical lighting by Toyama Shizuo, a specialist in theatrical lighting at Toho, a Japanese film, theater..... More
Chicago: The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. 784, 958 pp. Photographic plates of homes, buildings and prominent citizens of the county; black & white illustrations. Dark green blindstamped boards with gilt lettering to spines; marbled page edges & endpapers. A very good set (page edges evenly..... More
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1901. First Edition. An emotional manuscript sentiment by Washington "We lift ourselves up in proportion as we lift others, we degrade ourselves in proportion as neglect or oppress others. Booker T. Washington. Oct. 20, 1901" is written on a slip of paper affixed to..... More
Waco, TX: Privately Printed, 1924. 1st. Hardcover. SIGNED and dated by the author. First Edition. Small 8vo. 128pp. Green cloth with black lettering to spine. A very good copy (light spotting to covers; minor wear to extremities; some internal foxing). Short history of the islands from from early Polynesia to..... More
Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh, Limited, 1934. First Edition, Limited to 500 numbered copies, this being #413. Original cloth. Quarto; (xvi), [4], 177, [3], xvii-xxii pp., 5 maps and plans plus 187 special plates, Index. A Near Fine copy (scattered light foxing) in publisher's brown cloth, front cover and spine lettered..... More
New York & Washington: Neale Publishing, 1905. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo, 401 pp. INSCRIBED by the author on title page. Translated from the Russina by the author, with the assistance of madame de Wollant. Publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front cover; TEG; deckled page edges; many pages..... More
London: Yamanaka and Co., Ltd., 1932. First Edition. Large 8vo stapled wraps; 31pp text with 4 plates of b&w illustrations printed recto only interspersed. Catalog of 252 items exhibited. A Near Fine copy in hand made paper covers (yapped edges somewhat ragged); illustration of Item 32 (bottle) and label tipped..... More