[Lebanon?]: Astowatsashownchi Miats eal nkerowt iiner, 1981. Hardcover. Large quarto in dark green cloth titled and illus. in white; 1218, 346, [6] pages : maps ; 22 cm; bibliographical references. In Armenian "Western Armenian Bible, M63" / Armenian language -- Texts. West Armenian dialect -- Texts. Arménien (Langue) -- Textes..... More
Mexico: [No publisher], [no date; circa 1960s-1980s?]. Paperback. Octavo (7 x 5.5 inches) in bark paper illustrated wraps, with no title text; two orange satin ribbons supprting a codex-like accordion binding, with accordion-style leaves comprising 28 hand-numbered pages; hand-cut and glued figurative paper cuts to approximately every other page. Hand-written..... More
Paris: Le Prieu, 1808. Hardcover. Two volumes, 12mo, full calf; frontis to volume 1; 384, 380pp. In French. Handsome little plates. More
Cobham, Surrey, England: Distributed by Brooklands Books, 1975. Paperback. Large quarto in dark brown illus wraps; 100 pages : illustrations (b&w photos) ; 28 cm. A compilation of articles and reviews from three continents. Very detailed. Road Tests - Comparisons - Specifications - Recollections - New Model Intros - History..... More
ca. 1880. Paperback. Small octavo with burgundy stiff paper cloth-covered boards. Lined pages. 16 cm. About 20 pages inscribed on with structural plans and information on coal and metal mining. || Blank books, vintage. Notebooks, antique. More
Tokyo: Matsuda Collection, 1981. Hardcover. Folio in silver photo-illus jacket; 77 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm. Chiefly color photos. Text in English and Japanese. / Automobiles -- Collectors and collecting. / **A large-format book. Extra shipping charges may apply for international & expedited orders. Please inquire.**. More
1950: Cowles Magazines, Inc., Des Moines. Paperback. Paperback white and red orange 12mo. 64 pages, b/w illustrations, 15 cm. Published weekly by Cowles Magazines, Inc. - Publisher of Look, Quick, Fair || "5 Ways to Avoid Sex Crimes"-front cover. || Arturo Toscanini: Miracle on Main Street || This Week's Biggest..... More
London: G.G. Harrap, 1935. First edition (stated). Hardcover. Large red octavo, gilt to spine, 319 pages, 32 unnumbered leaves of plates, b&w illustrations, portraits, 25 cm. Soviet Union -- Description and travel. Photography, Russian Revolution. Communism. Bolsheviks, Bolshevism. More
New York: Dodd & Mead, 1874. Presumed First edition. Hardcover. Hardcover octavo in decorated red cloth boards with faded gilt spine and gilt front cover. viii, [7]-350 pages : b/w frontispiece, plates ; 19 cm. Scarce || Series: His American pioneers and patriots; || Contents: Parentage and childhood -- Youthful..... More
Princes Risborough: Shire Publications, 2002. Paperback. White octavo, color illus to front cover, 72 pages, b&w illustrations, 21 cm. Although Britain has nothing of the Roman architecture left that once dominated the islands, there are many museums in which hoards of coins and precious objects can be viewed. Richard Abdy..... More
Miami Beach, Florida: The Wolfsonian-Florida International University, 2012. First edition (stated). Paperback. Red folio, 143 pages, color illustrations, one b&w, 31 cm. Working class in art -- Exhibitions. More
Varanasi: Indica Books, 2004. 2nd ed. Hardcover. Large red cloth octavo in pale yellow illus jacket; 372 pages ; 22 cm. Uncommon. In English & Sanskrit. § Classical commentary on Bhagavadg t , Hindu philosophical classic; Includes Sanskrit text with English translation Early works. Kommentar. Bhagavadg t -- Criticism, interpretation, etc...... More
New York, E.B. Treat and Company, 1904. First ed. Hardcover. Octavo in dark blue cloth; 240 pages; b&w photo plates & illustrations,bibliographical references (page 233), bib ref. Scarce. Abrams was Prof. of Pathology and Diretor of the Medical Clinic at Cooper Medical College, San Francisco (later became Stanford University's School..... More
Amman, al-Urdun: Maktabat al-Aqsa, 1981. al-Tabah 1. Paperback. Small octavo in blue and white paper wraps; 51 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. Bibliography: p. 77-78. In Arabic. Scarce. Series: Silsilat al-naqd al-adabi al-tatbiqi, 1. // Ka`b ibn Zuhayr. Banat Su`ad. Rera wrapper states title in English translation: Aesthetic Appreciation..... More
La Habana: Editorial nacional de Cuba, Ministerio de Educación, 1965. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Octavo in color illus stapled wraps; 64 p., illus., 23 cm. Documents the Polish-Cuban Speleology Expedition of 1961. Rare. Only one copy listed in WorldCat. In Spanish. || Geology -- Cuba. Caves..... More
Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2013. First edition. Paperback. xvi, 400 pages: illustrations ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-387) and index. Paperback Original / Contents: Part 1. The last shall be first ; Do it yourself ; Beer for its own sake ; Eden, California ; TV dinner land..... More
New York: Nan A. Talese, 1998. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Large Octavo in an illustrated DJ (black and white spine) ; x, 447 p, sources, index, : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. Great Britian--Biography--Theology. More
[Seattle]: Acme Publications, 1961. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Large black quarto or small folio, 96 pages, color illustrations. Century 21 Exposition (1962 : Seattle, Wash.) || United States, Urban Studies. More
Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990. Quarto in pale yellow illus jacket; xii, 461 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm; bibliographical references (pages 391-443) and index. Cambridge Studies in Ecology (series). / Salt marsh ecology. Écologie des marais littoraux. Salt marsh ecology. Seemarsch Vegetation Halophyten Zoutmoerassen. Ecologie..... More
[Milano]: Editoriale Domus, 1945. "Prima edizione: luglio 1945." Hardcover. Small octavo in pale blue pictorial jacket; 247 pages, xvi plates (including portraits, facsimiles) on 8 leaves 16 cm. In Italian. Collana "Uomini," diretta da Dino Villani. I. Musicians -- Italy. Musiciens -- Italie. Musicians. Publishers. Ricordi, Giulio, 1840-1912. Ricordi, Giulio..... More
Warminster, England: Aris & Phillip, 1974. Paperback. Folio in purple illus glossy wraps; xx, 87 pages illustrations, plans (on lining papers), 48 plates 31 cm ; bibliographical references (page xix). Catalogue of objects in the Petrie Collection in the Dept. of Egyptology, University College London. || Contents: [v. 1. Catalog..... More
London: Clarke, Beeton, [1853]. Presumed first UK edition. Hardcover. Octavo in ornamental blindstamped dark green cloth; [v]-xii, 388 pages ; 18 cm. Slavery -- United States. Esclavage -- États-Unis. Slavery. Souther U.S. ; South Carolina. Fiction. More
Chicago: Childrens Press, 1951. Hardcover. Hardcover folio in light brown DJ. 1 volume (unpaged) illustrations, 34 cm. Illustrated by Pauline Adams and Phoebe Erickson. || "A Big Silver Star Book" More
N.p. Hayes School Publishing. 1976. Paperback. Quarto in red & black printed stapled illus wraps; 18p single-sided in duplicate [for mimeograph]; 2p of adverst at rear. These old mimeograph items are now surprisingly scarce. Word search puzzles for vocabulary-building. Series: No. SE129. More
Accra: Woeli Publishing Services, 2011. Paperback. viii, 105 pages ; 22 cm. Scarce item. Collection of the author's writing on contemporary life in Ghana and Africa. Journalism -- Ghana. Media -- Aspect social -- Gh na. Journalism -- Ghana. Manners and customs. Mass media -- Social aspects. More