Seoul: Unjusa, 2013. 1st. Hardcover. First edition. 8vo. 655pp.Index. Full color photographic illustrations. Glossy illustrated hardback; illustrated dust jacket. All edges neat and clean; dust jacket corners lightly bumped. Near fine. "When it comes to the composition of this encyclopedia, nearly all parts relevant to Buddhism are contained: history, tradition... More
London: Zed Books, 2014. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo; (vi), 214pp. The book has library markings but is new and unread. Asian Arguments series. "Contrary to main claims made in the media, women in China have experienced a dramatic rollback of rights and gains relative to men. [This book] lays... More
Boston: Birkhauser, 2014. 1st. Hardcover. Octavo; xiv, 761-1009pp. Bibliography; Index. New, unread copy in illustrated boards. 'The Theory of the Top was originally presented by Felix Klein as an 1895 lecture at Gottingen University that was broadened in scope and clarified as a result of collaboration with Arnold Sommerfeld. The... More
Lund: Slaviska Institutionen Lunds Universitet, 1955. 1st. Original wrappers. First Edition. Octavos; 117pp and 181pp in original grey printed wrappers. Slaviska Och Baltiska Studier. 2 & 3 In German. Light wear and age toning else near fine. More
Lund: Slaviska Institutionen Lunds Universitet, 1962. 1st. Original wrappers. First Edition. Octavo; 65pp in original grey printed wrappers. Light wear and age toning else near fine. Slaviska Och Baltiska Studier. 5 In German. More
Gottingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2011. 1st. Paperback. First Edition. Octavo; 448 pages. Fine, unread copy. Text in German and English. This volume illuminates different constellations of Jewish History, which is viewed from a pluralistic perspective, as a seismograph for shifts in the broader terrain of historical developments. More
Geneva: Librarie Droz, 2014. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo; 170pp in original red cloth letterd in gold. Text in French. Travaux d'Humanisme et Renaissance No DXXVI. Fine condition; as new. "The consistory was the institutional foundation of the French Reformed Churches during the early modern period. Every local church had... More
Point Roberts, WA: Hartley & Marks Publishers, 1991. 1st. Hardcover. Octavo; xviii, 181pp. A Fine copy (light spots on upper page edges) in near fine dust jacket (minor wear to extremities). "Tschichold was a lifelong student, teacher and practioner of typography, passionately concerned with the broadest principles and tiniest details... More
New York/Toronto: Reinhold Publishing Corporation / Cooper & Beatty, Limited, 1967. 1st. Hardcover. Octavo; 94pp, First Edition in English. A Fine copy in a very good dust jacket (light fading to lettering on spine; slight rubbing, 1" closed tear to upper panel and faint evidence of price label) In original... More
Milan: La nuova Italia, 2001. 1st. Paperback. First Edition. Octavo; 435pp. Bibliography; Index. A Fine copy, inscribed on the title page in 2002. Text in Italian. Biblioteca di storia; 89. The book addresses some of the crucial knots of the regime's history: the single party and fascist codification, assistance and social... More
Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (Ediciones Doce Calles), 2010. 1st. Paperback. Large octavo; 723pp. Index. Fine copy, unused. Historia de la República Dominicana is the second volume of the collection History of the Antilles, begun in 2009 and whose first volume was dedicated to Cuba. This new work of... More
Choisy le Roi: la barque d'or, 2014. 1st. Paperback. Octavo; 236pp. Fine copy; text in French. About literature, philosophy and modern times... Le Vigan deals with innumerable subjects. He goes from the tango to the notion of time related to depression in our society, the city and its urbanism, sexuality... More
7 1/4 x 9 3/4". Black & white original photograph of Don Lorenzo Hubbell standing by a tree in front of his home in Ganado, Arizona. From his appearance, the photograph most likely was taken ca. 1920. Pencil notations on the verso indicate that Hubbell’s wife is buried near the... More
Philadelphia: American Friends Service Committee, 1963. 4th. Original wrappers. Fourth Edition. 8vo. 15 pp. Illustrated staplebound wrappers in near fine condition (light age toning; minor wear to extremities). Also known as the 'Letter from Birmingham City Jai'l and 'The Negro Is Your Brother',this pamphlet is an open letter written on... More
Chicago: University of Missouri Press, 1982. 1st. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo. 94 pp. Stiff illustrated wrappers in near fine condition (minor wear to extremities; slight spine leaning). Winner of the Associated Writing Programs' Award Series in Short Fiction for 1981. The collection includes "Lieberman's Father," "Things I Did to Make... More
Chula Vista: Denrich Press, [1910]. 1st. Original wrappers. First Edition. Oblong 8vo. [42] pp, unnumbered. Illustrations and decorations by Virginia Goodrich. Stiff tan wrappers with illustration of Ramona's courtyard on front cover. Light staining to covers; wear to extremities else near fine. A charming history of Casa de Estudillo on... More
London: Printed by J. M'Creery and Sold by J. Edwards, 1795. 1st. Leather bound. First Edition. Two volumes. Vol.I: Frontispiece engraved portrait with tissue guard, [2], [1], (ii- xxvi), 320 pp; 136 pp Appendix. Vol. II: [3], 4-312; BOUND With 'Poesie Del Magnifico Lorenzo de Medici, Tratte da Testi a.... More
New York; Chicago: 1937-1959. Six typed letters to Kenneth Brown SIGNED on Rudy Vallee's personalized stationary and one autograph letter SIGNED on Vallee's personalized stationary from his lodge in Lake Kezar. 9" x 7" black & white original photograph of a young Rudy Vallee INSCRIBED "To Ken, In friendship, Rudy... More
Buffalo, NY: International Railway Company, 1911. 1st. Original wrappers. First Edition. 8vo. 17 pp. Photo-plates; car floor plans. Stiff gray wrappers with black lettering with light wear to extremities and short closed tear to lower rear cover. a near fine copy of an elusive and early American transportation title; only... More
[San Diego]: Shell Oil Company, 1935. 1st. Double-sided color lithograph pictorial map illustrated by Don Bloodgood (1897 - 1989), an American illustrator and graphic cartographer. This map is his first known work. 31 x 22" Fold lines with small holes at fold corners; minimal slight age toning. One side of... More
Palo Alto, CA: Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce, ca. 1940s. 1st. Original wrappers. First Edition. Birdseye pictorial map of the San Francisco Peninsula, with prominence on Palo Alto. 17 1/4 x 22" folding to pamphlet 9 1/2 x 4"; text and pictorial insets on verso. Map and text in red... More
San Francisco: Sunset Magazine Homeseekers' Bureau, [1910]. 1st. Original wrappers. First Edition. 8vo. 63 pp. Color and black & white photographic illustrations; full-page map. The front cover displays a birdseye pictorial view of Monterey Bay, showing Pacific Grove, Del Monte, Del Monte Heights and Seaside. Color illustrated wrappers in very... More
San Francisco: Sunset Magazine Homeseekers' Bureau, (1901). 1st. Original wrappers. First Edition. 12mo. 31 pp. Photo-reproductions; 2 full-page maps. Color illustrated, staplebound wrappers in near fine condition (ink stamp to lower front cover; minor wear). An uncommon promotional booklet, as of 4/16 only 4 copies located in online institutions. Tehama... More
New York and London: F. Tennyson Neely, 1898. 1st. Original wrappers. First Edition. Neely's Historical Library, No. 2, June 1898. Small oblong 8vo. [32] pp. Full-page photographic illustrations with captions. Photo-illustrated staplebound wrappers in very good condition (lower spine split to bottom staple; light wear and age toning). An uncommon... More
Carmel-by-the-Sea: Pine Cone Press, 1925. 2nd. Original wrappers. Second printing. INSCRIBED by the author "For: Lncoln Steffens, Esq. who gazed upon Carmel before it was quite spoiled. S.A.R." 8vo. 44 pp. Photo-illustrations; advertisements. Yellow staplebound wrappers with blue lettering a nd photo-illustration affixed to front cover. A unique association with... More