Havana, Cuba: Empresa Cubana Del Tabaco, 1980. 1st. Hardcover. 4to. 124pp. Color photo-illustrations by Gianni Costantino. Bibliography. Brown cloth with gilt lettering in color printed dustjacket. A beautifully illustrated history on the production of Cuban cigars. More
Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Co., 1902. First Edition. 8vo. 393 pp. Index; folding color map at rear. Illustrated plates with titled tissue guards. Elaborate gilt decorated maroon cloth; ribbon marker; top edge gilt; in publisher's maroon cloth gilt-lettered dustjacket abd maroon slipcase. Offsetting from dustjacket to endpapers else a...... More
San Antonio: The Naylor, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. TLS tipped to ffep, in presentation to the president of Stanford University. 8vo. 454 pp. Index. Blue cloth, map endpapers in publisher's color illustrated dustjacket. Light wear to extremities; bump to lower front corner; stain along upper front edge else a near..... More
Cuba: Edicion Jordi, (ca. 1923). 46 color illustrations on (32) pp., unpaginated. Text in English inside front cover and in Spanish inside rear cover. Color illustrated staple-bound wrappers housed in publisher's printed brown envelope. A very good copy (individual pages separated from staples; light wear to extremities; lower spine split..... More
Moncalieri: Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerche sul Viaggio in Italia, 2013. 1st. Paperback. Octavo; [viii], 1275-1810pp. First Edition, Near Fine copy in Italian. More
Tientsin: La Librairie Francaise, 1925. 1st. Original cloth. First Edition. 8vo. xxvii, 401 pp. Three large folding maps at rear. Black & white illustrations. Publisher's tan cloth with black lettering. A very good copy (bumping & light wear to extremities; some rippling & soiling to covers). Karamisheff, was a Russian..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1968. 1st. First Edition. Quarto; 711 pages. Very Good copy in dust jacket (owner name and pencil note to ffep, some edgewear; jacket has closed tears and snag to spine). More
London: Frank Cass & Co. Ltd., 1966. First Edition. inscribed on ffep 'To Heshmat Moayyad/with best regards/and thanks/Nikki Keddie.' Octavo; xx, 163pp. A Near Fine copy in publisher's green cloth in dust jacket (minor wear to extremities). In this book Keddie gives an excellent account of the events and implications..... More
Berlin-Wittenau: Privately published, 1957. First Edition. Presentation copy INSCRIBED on title page 'To Mr. H.F. Bowker/with best regards for precious help/Dr. Arnold Keller'. Quarto; [1], 110; [1], 111-210pp (hectograph, printed rectos only), complete in 2 volumes, bound as one. A Fine copy in maroon boards lettered in gold at spine;..... More
New York: Vantage Press, 1993. 1st. Hardcover. Small 8vo. vii, 152pp. Photo-illustrations. Translated by William H. Kern and Ursula Hoede. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. A story not often told... that of a German infantryman during World War II. More
Hong Kong: K. Weiss, 1953. First Edition. Original boards. Small 8vo. 151 pp. Bibliography; illustrations. Red cloth spine over grey printed boards in publisher's color illustrated dustjacket. Near fine (offsetting from dustjacket flaps) in good dustjacket (wear to extremities; short closed tear; some paper loss on spine). Includes regulations and..... More
Kyoto: Shinshindo Publishing Co., 1973. First Edition. Large square 4to. 89 color plates; [72] pp text; black & white illustrations. Although not indicated, this book is from the library of Ms. Huguette Clark's advisor in building historically accurate miniature Japanese houses and temples; with a SIGNED gift note from Ms..... More
Hong Kong: 1905. Hardcover. Quarto; 2 preliminary leaves, 4, [3], 500pp. Later 3/4 red leatherette and grey boards,spine titled in gold. Extremities are somewhat worn, lacks frontis, final leaf reinforced with tape, otherwise a tight, sound copy. Printed by Man Yu Tong, Limited, Hongkong. Tipped in is a sheet listing..... More
[Sydney, Australia]: K.P.M., ca. 1919. 1st. First Edition. (7 1/4" x 9 3/4"). 62 pp. With numerous illustrations from photographs; many color maps, including folding map of the Netherlands East Indies (now Indonesia). Illustrated title page signed (in the print) J.H. Pateman and dated '19 (assuming this is 1919). Original..... More
New Delhi: McGraw-Hill, 2008. Second edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 301pp. Index. Fine in fine dust jacket. More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1971. Second Printing. Octavos; xxviii, 1-492pp; xii, 493-963pp. Fine copies in publisher's maroon cloth, illustrated endpapers, lettered in gold, black panels on spine; dust jackets have light extremity wear. More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1970-1977. First Editions. Octavos; xviii, 257pp; xxi, 1-392pp; xii, 393-764pp. Fine copies in publisher's green cloth, illustrated endpapers lettered in gold, black panels on spine; dust jackets have light extremity wear. Book One is 'The Visual Arts;' Book Two 'The Literary Arts;' Book Three 'The..... More
London: Macmillan & Co., 1894. 1st. Original cloth. First Edition. Complete in 2 volumes. 8vo. xxvi, 512; xxi, 477, [2] pp. Frontispiece portrait with tissue guard; 3 fold-out maps; plan. Publisher's maroon cloth with gilt lettering; dark green endpapers. Minor wear to extremities; small mark on spine of Vol. II;..... More
London, Paris, New York, Edinburgh: Goupil & Co, 1900. First Edition, Limited No. CLI of CCL copies. Large thick 4to. vii, 300 pp. Striking hand colored frontispiece (& second gravure plate); 47 gravures(including 40 in two versions) with titled tissue guards. Printed on Japanese paper. Armorial bookplate of William Strang..... More
Durham: Duke University Press, 2013. 1st. Hardcover. First edition. 8vo. xix, 326pp, including notes, bibliography, and index. Black & white illustrations; photographs; charts. Illustrated hardback. Ex-library with usual markings, otherwise new and unread. This book "is an innovative study of student activism during Brazil's military dictatorship (1964-85) and an examination..... More
New York: Doubleday, 1935. First U.S. Trade Edition. 4to. 672 pp. Index. 48 plates (including frontispiece portrait), 4 folding maps printed in black & red, 2 full-page and 4 in-text illustrations. Brown cloth with gilt decoration and lettering in original tan illustrated dustjacket with black & red lettering; housed in..... More
London: William Ball & Co, 1841. First Edition. 8vo. xii, 342 pp. Woodcut frontispiece & in-text illustrations. Publisher's blindstampedbrown cloth with gilt illustration of a Chinese person on front cover; gilt illustration on spine. A good copy (2 1/2" loss of cloth at spine head; splitting of cloth along front..... More
Portland, Maine: Leighton & Frey Souvenir View Co., ca 1890s. 1st. Original cloth. First Edition. 7 1/2 x 5 3/4". Fanfolded view book with 26 vignettes on 12 leaves. Map of the City of Quebec inside rear board. Black cloth spine over maroon boards with elaborate gilt decoration & lettering..... More
Bogota: ACEP, 1982. First Edition. Softcover. 8vo. Volume I: La Realidad Colombiana, 207pp; Volume II: Las Trabajadoras del Agro, 320pp; and Volume III: Socieded Subordinacion y Feminismo, 267pp. Extra foreign shipping charge will apply. More
Paris: E. Plon, Nourrit Et Cie. (1889). 1st. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. 250pp. Hundreds of in-text color illustrations by Jules Garnier. Pictorial grey-brown cloth with gilt lettering & illustration; AEG. Color design of bare-back rider on two horses to front board. A very good copy (light rubbing & soiling to..... More