Shanghai: Chinese National Committee on Intellectual Co-operation, December, 1936. First Edition. Large 8vo. [205] - 263 pp. General Bibliography and Index. Text in English and Chinese. Grey printed wrappers in very good condition. Includes Notes & News; Selected Publications, Books in Chinese and Books in Foreign Languages; Index and Postscript..... More
Austin: The Encino Press, 1972. First Edition, Limited to 1000 copies. SIGNED by Jeff Dykes. 8vo. vii, 32 pp. Title-page drawing by Will Crawford. Brown paper covered boards with gilt lettering to spine and illustrated paper label affixed to front cover. A fine copy in publisher's mylar dustjacket. Includes 88..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1936. First Edition. Tall 8vo. 20, [1] pp. With 25 plates drawn & engraved by the author. Grey cloth spine over gilt lettered grey paper coverd boards. Minor wear to extremities else a fine copy. Frederic W. Goudy was the third most prolific designer of..... More
Lunenburg, VT: The Stinehour Press, 1995. First Edition, Limited No. 106 of 258 copies. 4to. 62 pp. Frontispiece portrait and illustrations. With a memoir by John F. Peckham & William J. Glick. Publisher's prospectus laid in. Stiff orange wrappers in fine condition. Harold Hugo's career at Meriden Gravure, one of..... More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1960. Revised American Edition, Sixth printing. Small 8vo. 1178 pp. Text in English and Chinese. Green paper covered boards in publisher's printed dustjacket. A very good copy. More
Shanghai: The Commercial Press, 1926. First Edition. 8vo. 48 pp, Introduction and Method in English; [25] pp, 12 specimens in English and Chinese. Brown leatherette in fine condition. The Four-Corner Method is a character-input method used for encoding Chinese characters into either a computer or a manual typewriter, using four..... More
Los Angeles; London: The Science Society; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1931. First Edition. 8vo.40 pp. Illustrations. Blue cloth in very good condition. Japan adopted the practice of using year names of "Nengoh" during 645 A D (the first year of Taikwa). Since then the accession of a new..... More
Chicago: October House, 1949. First Edition, Limited to 1000 copies. Tall 8vo. 72, [4] pp. Illustrations of type face. Blue cloth in pale blue printed dustjacket. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. Bruce Rogers was a renowned designer of fine books and the designer of the Centaur typeface as well..... More
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Chicago: Published by the author, 1923. First Edition. 8vo. 91 pp. Supplement is titled: The Standard Silver Dollar: With or Without the Aid or the Consent of Congress; 20 pp. Illustrations. Silver Bullion is bound in grey cloth with black lettering; Supplement is grey printed wrappers. Very good copies. More
Hsien-hsien: Catholic Mission Press, 1927. Second Edition, Enlarged and Revised according to the fourth French edition. Complete in one volume. 8vo. 820 pp. Text in English and Chinese. Illustrations. Later brown leatherette. A very good copy. Dr. Wieger, renowned French Sinologist, gathers together and integrates the traditional Chinese research on..... More
Waverly, NY: Mei Foo, 1940. First Edition, Limited to 5000 copies. 8vo. 104 pp. Text in English and some Chinese. Illustrations. Accompanying the book are 4 large (11" x 17") puzzle sheets (pink, goldenrod, blue, & white) titled Arithmetic, Timetable, Man, and Zoology (2 sheets). Publisher's order sheet laid in..... More
Boise, ID: oise State College, 1972. First Edition, LImited to 500 copies. SIGNED by Wallace Stegner. Small 8vo. 48 pp. Tan illustrated wrappers in fine condition, as new. No. 4 in Boise State College's Western Writers Series. (Colberg Appendix No. 38). More
Sanbornville NH: Wake-Brook House, 1957. First Edition. SIGNED "Sincerely Yours, A. G. Warshawsky". Quarto; 116pp. Color and black & white illustrations. Forward by Paul Scott Mowrer. Fine copy in publisher's 1/4 grey linen and paper-covered marbled boards in very good grey-green slipcase (edgewear, light staining to rear of slipcase) with..... More
New York: Teachers College Press, 1999. First Edition. Inscribed on ffep '2/99/Steve-/This has been/a long time in the/works and I'm pleased/to share it with/you./Best,/Steve' Laid in is a TLS from the author to Dr. Gould in which he says'... Many thanks for your help on this project. I am deeply..... More
Clarkston, MI; Mission Viejo, CA: A.S.A.P., 2005. First Edition, Limited #2 of 50 copies specially bound for "M" is for Mystery bookstore in San Mateo, CA. SIGNED by Box; Ken Bruen (Introduction); and Phil Parks (Illustrator) on colophon. 8vo. 34 pp. Color photograph frontispiece of Box; 4 tipped-in black &..... More
Eyvind Earle Publishing, 2011. 1st. Paperback. First Edition. 12" x 13"; opens to 12" by 26". Printed on FSC certified paper with soy-based ink. Striking color serigraphs, 1 full page for each month. A fine copy still in shrinkwrap. This calendar's images represent a unique selection of works by Eyvind..... More
San Francisco: California Historical Society, 1945. LImited to 300 copies printed by Lawton & Alfred Kennedy at the Westgate Press. 8vo. 8vo. xi, [1], 23, [3] pp. 4 folding maps in rear pocket. With an Introduction and Notes by George R. Stewart. Red cloth with pictorial title label mounted to..... More
Monterey, CA: Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, 1986. First Edition. 4to. 72 pp. color and black & white illustrations. Essays by Roger Aiken and Richard Lorenz. Stiff color illustrated wrappers in fine condition (small own. The uncommon catalog for a retrospective exhibition held at the Monterey Museum of Art in..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1942. First Edition. Octavo; xii, 374pp; illustrated with 5 plates. A Near Fine copy in publisher's red cloth, spine lettered in gold; illustrated dust jacket has minor wear with closed tears at crown of spine. Notes, extensive Bibliography, Index. 'Relates in detail a dramatic episode..... More
Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1969. First Edition. Large 4to. 504, [14pp Bibliography & Index]. Illustrations throughout. Compiled and designed by Joseph Feher; accompanying text by Edward Joesting for Part One and by O. A. Bushnell for Part Two.Mustard color buckram with brown decoration to front cover & brown lettering to..... More
Ramsen: Heribert Tenschert, 2000. First Edition. Large 4to. 568pp. Text in German & English. Profusely illustrated in color. Green cloth in color printed dustjacket. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. 34 works of French manuscript illumination from Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods. This is a heavy volume and may require..... More
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2010. 8vo. xix, 471 pp. Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index. 4 maps; photo-reproductions. Tan cloth in color illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy. A engrossing biography on Tiburcio Vasquez who along with Joaquin Murrieta is America's most infamous Hispanic bandit. More
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Yosemite National Park & Boston: Virginia Adams, Best's Studio & Houghton Mifflin, 1950. First Edition. 4to. Cream stiff glossy bi-fold (11" x 8 1/2", folded), photo-reproduction inside rear cover titled "China Cove;" 2 pp glossy single sheet describing the book, single sheet order form and return envelope laid in. Minor..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1864-65. First Edition in Book Form. Leather bound. 8vo. (iii-viii), 320; (iii-viii), 320 pp. Complete in 40 black & white etched & wood-engraved & plates (including frontispiece with tissue guard in each volume); by H.K. Browne ( Phiz ) and Miss Taylor. Lacking half-titles in each..... More
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Bath, ME: Bath Iron Works Corporation, 1942. First Edition. Folio (17 1/2" x 12"); ~ 40 leaves of newspaper articles, photographs, etc. (most loose) in three-ring binder. Black leatherette with gilt lettering on front cover (U.S.S. Conway. Christened by Mrs. Frank E. Beatty). Light wear to extremities; light stain to..... More