Paris: Le Prieu, 1808. Hardcover. Two volumes, 12mo, full calf; frontis to volume 1; 384, 380pp. In French. Handsome little plates. 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
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
(Italy): 1982-1983. Paperback. Five octavo comicbooks in Italian: two Topolino (Mickey Mouse); one Tiramolla; and two Geppo. 19 x 13 cm.; approximately 120pp per book. Color and b&w illus. Tiramolla Anno XXX No 7 Luglio 1982 ; Topolino (Mickey Mouse) N 1392 Arnoldo Mondadori Ed. Agosto 1982 & 16 Gennaio..... 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
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
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
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
New York: Collins Design, 2008. First printing (stated). Paperback. Large green-white octavo, black spine, 187 pages, chiefly color illustrations (some b&w), 25 cm. "Compiled by legendary hip-hop designer Cey Adams, DEFinition: The Art and Design of Hip-Hop is the first comprehensive anthology published in the name of the genre during..... 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
Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago in association with Yale University Press, 2002. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Folio in black color illus jacket; 224 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm ||bibliographical references (pages 216-217) and index. Contents: Foreword / Robert A.M. Stern -- Preface /..... More
Boca Raton: Chapman & Hall/CRC, 1999. Third edition ("First CRC Press reprint"). Hardcover. Red and pink glossy boards; xxi, 455 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm; bibliographical references and index. Multivariate analysis -- Data processing. Multivariate analysis. Multivariate Analysis Electronic Data Processing Analyse multivariée -- Informatique. Analyse multivariée. Informatique. Multivariate..... More
Tripole: Archaiologiko Institouto Peloponnesiakon Spoudon, 2012. Paperback. Quarto in light brown. glossy wrappers; 165 pp.; 37 pages of plates: illustrations of coins; 28 cm. In Modern Greek. || Series: Seira monographion kai didaktorikon diatrivon Tomo 1; Monographs and dissertations Volume 1; very scarce in 5 libraries worldwide (WorldCat). More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1967. 1st Thus. Hardcover. Octavo in blue DJ, 339 pages, 22 cm. DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. || On a sultry summer night in 1915, Jay Follet leaves his house in Knoxville, Tennessee, to tend to his father, whom he believes is dying. The..... More
T ky: INAX; Hatsubai Tosho Shuppansha, 1990. Hardcover. Quarto in off-white illus jacket; 158 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm. Scarce. Highly detailed history of toilets and bathrooms in Japan. Entirely in Japanese. Lavishly in b&w and color. Series: 3 3 . Dai 3 k kan sensho. ||..... More
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1996. Paperback. Square small quarto in color illus paper wraps (yellow spine); xii, 142 pages) : illustrations (some color). Inscribed and signed by author on title page. "Arpilleras are burlap-backed tapestries depicting the experiences and emotions of women whose sons and husbands were arrested..... More
Mexico: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1975. 1. ed. Paperback. 12mo in white printiend wraps; 155 pages ; 20 cm; bibliographical references. Uncommon. In Spanish. Archivo del Fondo 47. / Investments, Foreign -- Mexico. Investissements étrangers -- Mexique. Economic history. Investments, Foreign. 1970-1982 Economic conditions -- 1970-1982. More
London: Viking Kestrel, 1987. First ed., review copy. Hardcover. Small quarto in off-white color-illus jacket; 32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations. Library binding. Review slip laid in. Contents: Clothes horse -- Life savings -- Jack pot -- No man's land -- Night train -- God knows. "A collection of stories..... More