Sevilla: John Fulton Short, 1964. First Edition Limited Scribers' Edition #11 of 79 copies SIGNED by the author. SIGNED by Short with an original drawing of a bull and personal inscription from Short to the original subscriber; along with a TLS laid in. Folio. 41 pp. 4 color plates in..... More
Osaka, Japan: Osaka Mainichi, 1938. "Being Special edition of Japan Today and Tomorrow, 1938" Tall 4to (15" x 10 1/4"). 384 pp. Illustrations througought; 18 color plates (most with titled tissue guards, 1 double-sided). Text in English. Color illustrated wrappers in about near fine condition (light general wear; short closed..... More
London: Printed for G. Riley, Bookseller, at the City Circulating Library, St. Paul's-Church-Yard, 1781. First Edition. 8vo. 3 preliminary leaves, [v]-viii, [2], [9]-87, [1 Publisher advertisement] pp. Contemporary calf, neatly re-backed; five raised bands & gilt lettered red leather label on spine. Early bookseller label at rear states "A fine..... More
London & Paisley: Published by Vernor & Hood and H. Crichton, No date, early 1800s. 12mo. iv, [1], 6-180 pp. J. Neilson, Printer. Woodcut frontispiece of a womand playing a lyre; woodcut endpieces. Includes Contents alphabetically listing the poems by the first sentence of each poem with corresponding page number..... More
San Francisco: A. M. Robertson, 1945. First Edition Thus. INSCRIBED "To Rhoda & By, Lots of joy and sunshine to you both. Jo Mora." Color pictographic map (25" x 19"; framed 32" x 26"). This map is matted and framed with archival glass and is in fine condition. Signed maps..... More
[Paris]: Sainte-Catherine at Kapp Printing House, 1945. First Edition Limited #661 of 1000 copies. Small folio. [26] pp; folded loose sheets housed in portfolio. Text in French. Color lithographs throughout, including 4 full-page single sheets by Matisse, Andre Derain, Christian Berard and Van Dongen. Designed by Michel de Brunhoff; composed..... More
New York: Viking Press, 1944. First Edition. SIGNED "Gastronomically, George Markikian". 8vo. 150 pp. Index. Green cloth in color illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy in very good dustjacket (wear to extremities with small loss at spine ends; tape repairs on rear jacket verso); an uncommon SIGNED first edition. A book..... More
Donaldson Brothers, 1895. Large color lithograph (image 16" X 11"; framed 23" x 18") advertising the use of celluoid collars and cuffs worn by three "brownies" after the artwork of Palmer Cox (1840-1924). Cox was a Canadian illustrator and author, best known for The Brownies, his series of humorous verse..... More
Basel, Boston, Berlin: Birkhauser Verlag, 1992. First Edition. Oblong 8vo. 179 pp. concept by Arthur Ruegg; Introduction and Editing by Charles von Burne; Essays by Wolfgang Bessenich and Lucius Burckhardt. Text in English and German. Line drawings and photo-reproductions. Illustratred paper covered boards. Small chip to upper front joint else..... More
Seattle: The Alice Harriman Co, 1909. B.C. Bubb. First Edition. INSCRIBED on ffep 'May some song 'o/mine linger in your/heart,/Alice Harriman' . Slim quarto; 70pp. Illustrated with 17 half-tones and drawings by B.C. Bubb. A Near Fine copy in publisher's 3/4 red cloth and paper-covered boards titled in gold and..... More
[New Orleans]: [The Louisiana Company], (1914). First Edition. 8v0 (9 x 6"). [20] pp, unpaginated. Cream stapled wrappers with embossed green and yellow illustration, and embossed gilt lettering. Color plates and illustrations. Minor soiling to wrappers and recto of frontispiece; slight bumping and small tear to edges; else a near..... More
[New Orleans]: [The Louisiana Company], 1914. 8vo (9 x 6 1/8"). [22] pp. Brown wrappers with embossed orange and green illustration and lettering. Color plates and illustrations. Slight bumping to spine ends else a fine copy of an uncommon title; online institutions locates 6 copies. Beautifully produced booklet promoting Louisiana..... More
St. Paul: W. C. Riley, (1889). First Edition. Oblong 12mo (5 1/2 x 7 1/2"). 71 photo-lithograph views on 23 accordion-fold panels. Engraved by Chas Frey, Frankfurt, Germany from photographs by Ingersoll and Haynes. Gilt-embossed brown cloth covers. Minor wear to extremities, boards slightly bowed; else a near fine copy..... More
Leakey, TX: Published by the author, 1951. First Edition. SIGNED by John Leakey. 8vo. 179 pp. Photographic reproductions. A fine copy in very good dustjacket (price-clipped; short closed tear to spine head; some darkening to covers). "A story of a young man who became a frontiersman in Texas before the..... More
New York: American Art Association, 1914. First Edition. Small 4to (10 1/2" x 7"). [200+] pp, unpaginated. 3 color plates with tissue guards; 18 plates printed in blue; numerous plates and in-text illustrations in halftone. The previous owner (most likely attending the auction) has written in pencil the sell price..... More
London: George G. Harrap and Co. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; 271pp. Very Good copy. An unremarkble book, made remarkable by being owned by prisoner of war Captain Arthur Laurence Fleet during his time in camp Oflag VII-B, Eichstatt,/Bayern. Fleet has inked ffep 'Arthur Fllet/Captain, Royal Marines/Eichstatt,/Bayern/10 - VI- 44' to..... More
Paris: Hachette, 1839. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; 456pp plus [4] folded leaves of plates. A Fine copy in 1/2 brown morocco over marbled paper-cover boards; spine lettered in gold in six panels with raised bands. L'ecole Polytechnique, established in 1794, is one of the most prestigious and selective grandes ecoles..... More
Paris: Chez L'auteur, 1828. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; [6], viii, 5161pp. External joints cracked but strong, else a Fine copy in 1/2 brown calf over marbled paper-covered boards; marbled endpapers and page edges, binding by Hiroe; spine in seven decorated panels with author and title in gold. L'ecole Polytechnique, established..... More
Tokyo, Japan: Syonen Syasin Sinbun Sya, 1963. First Edition. Gift inscription from Henry Miller with his Pacific Palisades, CA address and in his hand "Happy reading! Uri - I think this is great stuff, for kids or grownups, don't you? HM." Small 4to. 31, [1] pp. Text in Japanese and..... More
New York: John Lane Company, 1913. Will Crawford. First Edition thus. 12mo; 80p; frontis and 2 other illustrations by Will Crawford. Both books are bound in red cloth titled in gold with green leaf motif and are in Very Good condition. The dummy includes the 3 illustrations and 16pp of..... More
Medina OH: A.I. Root, 1892. 12mo; 148pp plus diagrams, illustrations; Table of Contenes, Index and 7pp ads at rear. Brown illustrated wrappers. Near Fine copy (light edgewear). William Isaac Chamberlain was Ohio's seventh Secretary of Agriculture; in 1886 he became the fourth president of Iowa State College (now Iowa State..... More
[San Juan]: The San Juan Mission News, 1920. First Edition. Oblong 12mo; 16pp; illustration. A Near Fine copy in beige stapled wrappers, titled in black. 'Small-calibered historians have written badly of the wonderful missionaries; Catholic and non-Catholic learned students have nothing but praise for them...' Quite scarce (3 copies located..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1984. First Edition. Octavo; xvii, 297pp. A Fine, unread copy in like dust jacket. "The narrative follows the pathos-filled collapse of the Ming dynasty from the suicide of the Ch'ung chen emperor in Pei-ching in 1644 through the elimination in Yun-nan of the last pretender..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1954. First Edition. Octavo; xiv, 384pp. A Near Fine copy in 1/2 ivory linen over brown paper-covered boards, spine lettered in brown. A Near Fine copy in dust jacket with light edgewear and a few small closed tears. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. First Edition. Large 8vo, pp xxiv, 334, [2], xvii. Index. With 11 maps (some folding; one large); 66 Illustrations. Black cloth in orange and black dustjacket. A near fine copy (some pencil underling on first 80 pages) in very good dustjacket (fading to spine..... More