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THE COMPLETE WORK OF RAPHAEL.
NY Reynal & Co (1969) Original beige cloth, folio (11 x 15 inches), 649pp. Profusely illustrated incolor and b/w. A fine copy, book and dustjacket are clean and unworn
Price: USD 60.00 other currencies   order no. 7698   details     inquire
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THE COMPLETE WORK OF MICHELANGELO.
NY Reynal & Co (1967) Original beige cloth, folio (11 x 15 inches), 597pp. Profusely illustrated incolor and b/w. A very good copy, clean and unworn, in moderately edgeworn dustjacket. Please note: shipping for this massive (14 pound book) will be as much as $12.00 depending on UPS zone.
Price: USD 75.00 other currencies   order no. 7699   details     inquire
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Hall, Gertrude. THE WAGNERIAN ROMANCES.
NY Knopf 1925 Original blue cloth, octavo (5.5 x 8 inches), pp (xiii), 414. A very good copy, cleanand unworn.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 7707   details     inquire
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Neese, Robert. Foreword by Erle Stanley Gardner. PRISON EXPOSURES: First Photographs Inside Prison by a Convict.
Philadelphia Chilton (1959) Second printing Original gray boards, small quarto (7.5 x 10.5 inches),135pp. B/w photos throughout. Text and photos by the author. Slightly musty, but about very good in fairly edgeworn dustjacket. Photo essay on life in the Iowa State Prison at Fort Madison.
Price: USD 30.00 other currencies   order no. 7718   details     inquire
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Medlicott, W. N., Douglas Dakin, and M. E. Lambert, editors. DOCUMENTS ON BRITISH FOREIGN POLICY, 1919-1939. Second Series, Volumes XIV: The Italo-Ethiopian Dispute; XV: The Italo-Ethiopian War and German Affairs; XVI: The Rhineland Crisis and the Ending of Sanctions.
London HMSO 1976-77 First editions 3 volumes, original black cloth, large octavos (6.75 x 9.75 inches), pp lxix, 790; lxiv, 791; lxi, 811. All fine in near fine dustjackets; clean and unworn. The first volume deals with British policy relating to the beginnings of the Italo-Ethiopian dispute down to the outbreak of the war; the second volume covers the continuing war and the planning of economic sanctions against Italy, as well as the growing uncertainty over Hitler's intentions; the third volume documents the final stages of the Italo-Ethiopian war and the new crisis of German re-militarization.
Price: USD 75.00 other currencies   order no. 7721   details     inquire
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Briggs. Verses by Wilbur D. Nesbit. WHEN A FELLER NEEDS A FRIEND.
Chicago P. F. Volland (1914) First edition Original brown cloth and tan pictorial boards, quarto (9x 11.5 inches), 45 full-page cartoons printed in 2 colors with accompanying verse on facing page. Rubbing to edges of covers, embossed line running across bottom of first few pages (not in image), but about very good. A humorous look at child life in America in the teens of the 20th century.
Price: USD 85.00 other currencies   order no. 7723   details     inquire
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Aristophanes. THE ELEVEN COMEDIES: Now for the First time Literally and Completely Translated from the Greek Tongue into English.
London Athenian Society 1912 51 of 600 copies 2 volume set, 1/2 vellum and green cloth, tall octavos (7 x 10 inches), pp 392; 476. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Erotic plate by Bosschere pasted to front fixed endpapers. Moderate wear to covers, but a very good set. Translator not identified.
Price: USD 150.00 other currencies   order no. 7724   details     inquire
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Colacello, Bob. HOLY TERROR: Andy Warhol Close Up.
NY HarperCollins (1990) First edition Original black cloth and purple boards, octavo (6.5 x 9.5 inches), pp xii, 514. B/w photo plates. A fine copy, book and dustjacket clean and unworn. The public and private life of the popmeister, by an insider.
Price: USD 15.00 other currencies   order no. 7728   details     inquire
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McGloin, John Bernard. ELOQUENT INDIAN: The Life of James Bouchard, California Jesuit.
Stanford University Press (1949) First edition Original navy blue cloth, octavo (6.5 x 9.5 inches),pp xvii, 380. 24 monochrome plates. A very good copy, clean and unworn, in moderately edgeworn dustjacket.
Price: USD 40.00 other currencies   order no. 7729   details     inquire
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Miss Read. OVER THE GATE.
Boston Houghton Mifflin (1965) First US edition Original maroon cloth and printed boards, small octavo (6 x 8 inches), 236pp. B/w illustrations by J. S. Goodall. Owner name to front fixed endpaper, but about very good in dustjacket with some soiling to blank white rear panel.
Price: USD 30.00 other currencies   order no. 7740   details     inquire
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Waddell, Helen. PETER ABELARD.
NY Henry Holt (1947) Original black cloth, small octavo (6 x 8 inches), 277pp. B/w illustrations byLaszlo Matulay. A very good copy, clean and unworn, in moderately worn dustjacket.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 7741   details     inquire
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Lanciani, Rodolfo. PAGAN AND CHRISTIAN ROME.
Boston & NY Houghton, Mifflin & Co 1893 (1892) Early reprint Original red and white cloth, large octavo (7 x 9.5 inches), pp ix, 374. Top edge gilt. 26 monochrome plates, many illustrations in the text Bookplate to front fixed endpaper, ink stamp to a few pages (not library), else a very good copy, quite clean and unworn An archaeological, historical, and cultural study of pagan and early Christian Rome. Well illustrated
Price: USD 45.00 other currencies   order no. 7746   details     inquire
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Batissier, L. HISTOIRE DE L'ART MONUMENTAL: Dans L'Antiquite et au Moyen Age, Suive d'un Traite de la Peinture sur Verre.
Paris Furne et Compagnie 1860 Second edition Original 1/4 dark green leather (niger oasis), quarto (7.5 x 10.75 inches), pp iv, 719. All edges gilt. Profusely illustrated with 100's of engravings in the text, 4 chromolithograph plates of stained glass. Moderate wear to corners and spine head, but a very good copy, quite sturdy and presentable, and fine internally. A detailed and marvelously illustrated study of monumental architecture, focusing primarily on the classical era, but including the Middle East, Muslim Spain, celtic remains, the Americas, Russia, etc.
Price: USD 150.00 other currencies   order no. 7753   details     inquire
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Breton, Ernest. MONUMENTS DE TOUS LES PEUPLES: Decrits et Dessines De'Apres les Documents les plus Modernes. (2 volumes in 1).
Paris Libraire Ethnographique 1846 Second edition Original 1/4 green morocco, quarto (7.5 x 10.75 inches), pp vi, 7-272; 213. 131 engraved plates and many illustrations in the text by the author. Some rubbing to edges of boards, but a very good copy, internally fine. Text in French.
Price: USD 150.00 other currencies   order no. 7754   details     inquire
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Lubke, Dr. Wilhelm. Edited by Clarence Cook. OUTLINES OF THE HISTORY OF ART: A New Translation from the Seventh Grman Edition.
NY Dodd, Mead & Co 1878 Second printing 2 volume set, original green cloth with titles and decorations in gilt, large octavos (7 x 10 inches), pp xvii, 571; xiv, 695. Top edges gilt. 550 engraved illustrations, including large folding plate of the Sistine Chapel ceiling. Minor rubbing to covers, but a bright, clean, tight, and sturdy set; quite attractive and near fine.
Price: USD 85.00 other currencies   order no. 7756   details     inquire
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Whitney, Elliott. THE BLIND LION OF THE CONGO.
Chicago Reilly & Lee (1912) Later printing, circa 1920 Original brown pictorial cloth decorated in black and orange, octavo (5.25 x 7.75 inches), 266pp. B/w frontispiece by Dan Sayre Groesbeck. Small chip to top of front free endpaper, else a fine copy, entirely clean and unworn. No d/j.
Price: USD 25.00 other currencies   order no. 7760   details     inquire
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Cudraka (Sudraka). Translated from the Sanskrit by Paul R... LE CHARIOT DE TERRE CUITE: Drame Sancrit Attribue au roi Cudraka, Traduit et Annote des Scolies Inedites de Lalla Dikshita par Paul Regnaud.
Paris Ernest Leroux 1876 First edition thus 4 volume set, original printed wrappers, 12mo (4.5 x 6.75 inches), pp (xxxvi), 105; 131; 90; 98. Moderate staining and wear to covers, a few minor stains internally, but about very good for this fragile set. The "Mricchakatika" - in English "The Little Clay Cart" is attributed to the classical Indian dramatist Sudraka, of whom very little is known. In the play itself, he is identified as a king, who lived for over one hundred years. The principal characters of the play are Carudatta, a penniless Brahmin; Vasantasena, a wealthy courtesan; and the brahmin thief Carvilaka.
Price: USD 80.00 other currencies   order no. 7790   details     inquire
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PACIFIC ADVENTURES NUMBER ONE: The King of California; an Excerpt from an Eighteenth Century Account of Drake's Voyage Around the World.
Book Club of California 1940 First edition Original printed wrappers, octavo (6 x 9.5 inches), 12pp. Slight fading to covers near fore-edge, but a very good copy, mostly unopened. 650 copies printed by Wilder & Ellen Bentley at The Archetype Press in Berkeley.
Price: USD 30.00 other currencies   order no. 7797   details     inquire
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Shelvocke, Capt. George. A DESCRIPTION OF THE SOUTHERNMOST PART OF CALIFORNIA. ("Pacific Adventures" series #2).
Book Club of California 1940 First edition Original printed wrappers, octavo (6 x 9.5 inches), 18pp. Engraved frontispiece. Slight fading to covers, but a very good copy. 650 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press.
Price: USD 30.00 other currencies   order no. 7798   details     inquire
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Rhodes, W. H. THE CASE OF SUMMERFIELD. (Six California Tales series Number 2).
Book Club of California 1939 First edition thus Original printed wrappers, octavo (6 x 9.5 inches),24pp. A very good copy. 650 copies printed by the Windsor Press. Illustrations by James Johnson.
Price: USD 25.00 other currencies   order no. 7802   details     inquire
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Ehrhart, Margaret J. THE JUDGEMENT OF THE TROJAN PRINCE PARIS IN MEDIEVAL LITERATURE.
Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Press 1987 First edition Brown cloth, tall octavo (6 x 9 inches), 290pp. Fine, in like d/j; a completely clean, unworn copy. The author traces the history of the myth of the judgement of Paris, then examines how the myth was used in various ways by medieval writers. Part of the Middle Ages series.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 7821   details     inquire
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Cheney, Warren and Harry Dix (text), H. W. Hansen and Car... YOSEMITE ILLUSTRATED IN COLORS: Thirteen Full Page Chromo Lithographs.
San Francisco H. S. Crocker & Co. 1890 First edition Rebound in dark brown linen with decorative portion of original leather cover inlaid on new front cover, folio (11 x 14 inches). 13 chromolithographs after original watercolors by H. W. Hansen, 13 pages of descriptive text by Warren Cheney, 13 poems by Harry Dix printed on tissue guards facing chromos. Descriptive text and chromos printed on a heavy card stock. Some foxing to tissues, but quite clean and unworn. Attractive and appropriate rebind for this scarce Yosemite item. Cowan p699
Price: USD 500.00 other currencies   order no. 7858   details     inquire
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Hunt, P. Francis. THE ORCHID.
London Octopus 1978 First UK edition Original white leatherette, folio (10 x 13.5 inches), 207pp. Superb color photos throughout by Takashi Kijima. A fine copy, clean and unworn, in original red silk slipcase with fading to spine and front.
Price: USD 40.00 other currencies   order no. 7883   details     inquire
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James, Henry and Louis Auchincloss. QUOTATIONS FROM HENRY JAMES SELECTED BY LOUIS AUCHINCLOSS.
University Press of Virginia 1984 First edition, limited to 500 copies Original green cloth and marbled boards, octavo (6 x 9 inches), pp xiii, 167. Frontispiece. A fine copy, clean and unworn, in fine slipcase.
Price: USD 35.00 other currencies   order no. 7884   details     inquire
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Hitchcock, Henry-Russell. IN THE NATURE OF MATERIALS: The Buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright.
NY Duell, Sloan and Pearce (1942) Fourth printing Original brick-red cloth, small quarto (8.5 x 8.5inches), pp xxxv, 143 pp. + 313 b/w photos, plans, and drawings. Color frontis photo of Taliesin West. A fine copy, entirely clean and unworn, in lightly worn dustjacket
Price: USD 60.00 other currencies   order no. 7887   details     inquire
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Evans, Joan. ENGLISH ART, 1307-1461. (Oxford History of English Art series).
Oxford at the Clarendon Press 1949 First edition Original blue cloth, octavo (6.5 x 9.5 inches), ppxxiv, 272. 96 b/w photo plates, 13 figures, including folding plan. Owner name lined out at top of front free endpaper, endpapers foxed, but a very good copy, quite clean and unworn, in lightly edgeworn, but very good dustjacket. 5th volume in the series, though the first to be published.
Price: USD 50.00 other currencies   order no. 7894   details     inquire
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Clark, Kenneth (introduction), David Finn (photographs), ... THE FLORENCE BAPTISTERY DOORS.
NY A Studio Book/Viking Press (1980) First edition Green cloth, tall quarto (9.5 x 12 inches), 328pp. 321 illustrations, including 42 color plates by David Finn. Fine, in a near fine d/j; very slight sunning to d/j spine and rear panels, otherwise a completely clean, unworn copy. Exquisite photographs show the detail and masterful art of the Baptistery of Florence Cathedral.
Price: USD 65.00 other currencies   order no. 7904   details     inquire
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Phillips, David R. THE WEST: An American Experience.
Chicago Henry Regnery Company (1973) First edition Black cloth, folio (10.5 x 13.5 inches), 232pp. Profusely illustrated with b/w photographs. Near fine, in a price-clipped, very good plus d/j; a clean, unworn copy. Commentary by Phillips and Robert A. Weinstein. A fabulous collection of photographs showing life in the West.
Price: USD 45.00 other currencies   order no. 7905   details     inquire
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Durrell, Lawrence. THE GREEK ISLANDS.
NY A Studio Book/Viking Press (1978) First edition Blue cloth, quarto (7 x 10 inches), 287pp. Colorand b/w illustrations; maps. Very good, in like d/j; front cover lightly scuffed, otherwise a clean, unworn copy.
Price: USD 30.00 other currencies   order no. 7911   details     inquire
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Harvey, P. D. A. THE HISTORY OF TOPOGRAPHICAL MAPS: Symbols, Pictures and Surveys.
NY Thames and Hudson (1980) First edition Blue cloth, quarto (7.5 x 10 inches), 199pp. 116 illustrations, including 10 in color. Very good plus, in like d/j; a clean, unworn copy. Examines the early development of topographical maps, including those in ancient Egypt, medieval Europe, Colonial America, and by the Native Americans.
Price: USD 30.00 other currencies   order no. 7916   details     inquire
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Myers, Jacob M. (Translation and commentary). I AND II ESDRAS.
Garden City, NY Doubleday and Co. 1974 First edition Orange cloth, quarto (6 x 9.5 inches), 384pp. 8 b/w plates. Fine, in a very good d/j; dustjacket spine lightly faded, lightly soiled rear panel, otherwise a fresh, unworn copy. Introduction also by Myers. Part of the Anchor Bible series.
Price: USD 22.50 other currencies   order no. 7932   details     inquire
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Parrish, Carl. A TREASURY OF EARLY MUSIC: An Anthology of Masterworks of the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the Baroque Era.
NY W. W. Norton (1958) First edition Red cloth, quarto (6.5 x 9.5 inches), 331pp. Fine, in a lightly edgeworn d/j; a clean, bright copy. A collection of 50 pieces of music illustrating the progression of musical style from the early middle ages to the middle of the 18th century. Excerpts of musical scores are included along with Parrish's commentary and notes. Dr. Parrish was professor of music at Vassar College.
Price: USD 25.00 other currencies   order no. 7941   details     inquire
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Herschell, William. SONGS OF THE STREETS AND BYWAYS.
Indianapolis Bobbs-Merrill (1915) First edition Original red cloth with titles in gilt, small octavo (5.5 x 7.5 inches), (148)pp. 35 b/w photos. A very good copy, very slight cover wear, bookplate partially removed from front fixed endpaper.
Price: USD 30.00 other currencies   order no. 7945   details     inquire
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Borrow, George. ROMANTIC BALLADS, Translated from the Danish; and Miscellaneous Pieces.
NY G. P. Putnam's Sons 1913 Facsimile reprint of the 1826 edition, #213 of 300 copies Original plain boards and snakeskin-patterned spine, octavo (6 x 9 inches), pp xi, (193). Moderate wear to edges of covers, endpapers darkening, but a very good copy.
Price: USD 40.00 other currencies   order no. 7956   details     inquire
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Burnell, Marcia. HERITAGE ABOVE: A Tribute to Maine's Tradition of Weather Vanes.
Camden, ME Down East Books (1991) First edition Blue cloth, quarto (8.5 x 11 inches), pp xii, 84. 88 beautiful color plates showing the weather vanes. Fine, in a fine d/j; bookplate to front pastedown, otherwise a clean, unworn copy. Photography also by Marcia Burnell.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 7971   details     inquire
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Fabre, Josep Palau I. PICASSO EN CATALUNA.
Barcelona Ediciones Poligrafa (1966) White cloth, square quarto (10 x 10.5 inches), 256pp. Numerouscolor plates and b/w illustrations. Near fine, in a very good d/j; d/j has 2 closed tears on front panel, otherwise a clean, unworn copy. Text in Spanish, English, French and German. A beautifully illustrated book of Picasso's work while in Barcelona and other areas in Catalonia. The text partially draws from the author's interviews with Picasso in 1965 and 1966.
Price: USD 30.00 other currencies   order no. 7972   details     inquire
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Johnson, Martin. THROUGH THE SOUTH SEAS WITH JACK LONDON (Inscribed and signed by author).
NY Dodd Mead 1913 First edition Original brown cloth octavo (6 x 8.5 inches), pp xi, 369. Frontispiece and 32 b/w photo plates. Spine lettering effaced, else very good; a clean and tight copy. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front free endpaper: "To Mr. James Goldsmith, In sincere appreciation, from Martin Johnson, New York City, May 6th, 1915." Scarce first edition of the account by the young Martin Johnson of his tour of the South Seas on Jack London's "Snark." Johnson was hired by Jack London to serve as cook aboard the Snark. The 19 year old midwesterner had never sailed, and possessed no training or experience as a cook, but London selected him over many other fully qualified applicants. This was Johnson's first of many books based on his travels in remote parts of the world.
Price: USD 1,250.00 other currencies   order no. 7978   details     inquire
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Maugham, W. Somerset. THE MAKING OF A SAINT: A Romance of Medieval Italy.
Boston St. Botolph Society (1922) First St. Botolph Society edition Original green cloth, small octavo (5.5 x 7.5 inches), 351pp. Owner name to front free endpaper, else a fine copy, entirely clean and unworn, in dustjacket with wear to corners, piece missing at spine head. Fairly scarce Maugham title, originally published in 1898.
Price: USD 75.00 other currencies   order no. 7999   details     inquire
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Stuart, Lady Lousa. Edited by James Home. LADY LOUISA STUART: Selections from Her Manuscripts.
NY Harper & Brothers 1899 First edition Original pale green cloth with gilt lettering and dark green decoration, octavo (5.5 x 8.5 inches), pp xi, 310 + (2) adverts. Top edge gilt. Owner name to front free endpaper, but a very fine copy, quite clean and unworn. Lady Louisa Stuart was the youngest daughter of John, third Earl of Bute, the Prime Minister at the beginning of Gerge III's reign's. Her life spanned the years 1757-1851. Her writings and correspondence offer an interesting window into the period.
Price: USD 45.00 other currencies   order no. 8006   details     inquire
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Ward, Adolphus William. A HISTORY OF ENGLISH DRAMATIC LITERATURE: to the Death of Queen Anne. (3 volume set).
NY Frederick Ungar (1970) Facsimile reprint of the 1899 second edition Original blue cloth, octavo (6 x 8.5 inches), pp xiii, 575; xii, 766; xiv, 599. Fine copies, clean and unworn, in lightly worn dustjackets.
Price: USD 65.00 other currencies   order no. 8007   details     inquire
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Gray, Milner and Ronald Armstrong. LETTERING FOR ARCHITECTS AND DESIGNERS.
NY Reinhold (1962) First edition Original light green cloth, quarto (8.5 x 10.5 inches), 160pp. Profusely illustrated in b/w. Alphabet and symbol in relation to entrances and interiors, public places, civic buildings, road signs, corporate image, exhibitions, etc.
Price: USD 45.00 other currencies   order no. 8008   details     inquire
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Millay, Edna St. Vincent. TWO SLATTERNS AND A KING: A Moral Interlude.
Cincinatti Stewart Kidd (1921) First edition Original printed wrappers (paperback), 5 x 7.5 inches,18pp. Slight dust soiling to covers, small sticker adhesion spot to half-title page, but a very good copy. Scarce.
Price: USD 85.00 other currencies   order no. 8010   details     inquire
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Abert, James W. (edited by John Galvin). THROUGH THE COUNTRY OF THE COMANCHE INDIANS IN THE FALL OF THE YEAR 1845: The Journal of a U. S. Army Expedition Led by Lieutenant James W. Abert...
San Francisco John Howell - Books 1970 First edition Limited to 5000 copies Original beige cloth, folio (10 x 14 inches), pp xi, 76. 26 color illustrations by Abert; two folding maps. A fine copy, entirely clean and unworn in original plain paper jacket Designed and printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy on lovely cream paper. The sub-title continues:... of the Topographical Engineers. Artist extraordinary whose paintings of Indians and Their Wild West illustrate this book. Galvin had previously edited Abert's original diary from his second journey west 1846-47; this book presents writings and pictures from Abert's first trip in 1845.
Price: USD 60.00 other currencies   order no. 8020   details     inquire
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Delavan, James. NOTES ON CALIFORNIA AND THE PLACERS: How to Get There, and What to do Afterwards.
Oakland, CA Biobooks 1956 Limited to 700 copies; printed by Lederer, Street and Zeus, Berkeley, CA Blue cloth, quarto (7 10.5 inches), 156pp. Very good; a clean, unworn copy. No d/j. Foreword by Joseph Sullivan. Delavan's memoir was first issued in 1850 in New York; this edition reprinted from a copy housed in the Bancroft Library.
Price: USD 35.00 other currencies   order no. 8022   details     inquire
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Peters, F. E. THE HAJJ: The Muslim Pilgrimage to Mecca and the Holy Places.
Princeton Princeton University Press (1994) First edition Original black cloth, octavo (6.5 x 9.5 inches), pp xxiv, 399, 3 maps, 26 b/w illustrations. A fine copy, book and dustjacket are clean and unworn.
Price: USD 30.00 other currencies   order no. 8025   details     inquire
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Brackenridge, Hugh Henry and Philip Freneau. FATHER BOMBO'S PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA.
Princeton Princeton University Library (1975) Hardcover, tall octavo (6 x 9 inches), pp xxxii, 97. 4 b/w plates. Very good; a clean, unworn copy. No d/j. Considered by some as possibly the "first American novel,' this text was written as a humorous satire by two Princeton undergraduates in 1770. Both men went on to become important American writers. Edited and introduction by Michael Davitt Bell.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 8033   details     inquire
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Walker, Leo. THE WONDERFUL ERA OF THE GREAT DANCE BANDS.
Garden City, NY Doubleday and Co. 1972 Originally printed in 1964 Blue and yellow cloth, quarto (8.5 x 11 inches), 315pp. Profusely illustrated with b/w photographs. Very good plus, in a worn, rubbed, good plus d/j; internally clean and unworn. The period covered is approximately from WWI to the fifties. A comprehensive, well-illustrated reference.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 8039   details     inquire
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Karolevitz, Robert F. NEWSPAPERING IN THE OLD WEST: A Pictorial History of Journalism and Printing on the Frontier.
NY Bonanza Books (1965) First Bonanza reprint Yellow cloth, quarto (8.5 x 10.5 inches), 191pp. Profusely illustrated with period photographs and illustrations. A very good copy, quite clean and unworn, in near very good dustjacket (moderate edgewear). A comprehensive and fascinating history of newspapers in the old west and in frontier towns.
Price: USD 22.50 other currencies   order no. 8076   details     inquire
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Celebonovic, Aleksa. SOME CALL IT KITSCH: Materpieces of Bourgeois Realism.
NY Abrams n.d. (1974?) Original purple cloth, quarto (10 x 12.5 inches), (200)pp. 170 illustrations, including 41 color plates. Inner hinges appear to be reinforced with cloth hinge tape, but a very good copy, clean and unworn, in very good dustjacket.
Price: USD 35.00 other currencies   order no. 8092   details     inquire
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Finn, Dallas. MEIJI REVISITED: The Sites of Victorian Japan.
NY Weatherhill (1995) First edition Original red cloth, quarto (8 x 10.5 inches), pp ix, 276. 86 b/w photos and illustations, map. A very fine copy, book and dustjacket as-new.
Price: USD 25.00 other currencies   order no. 8097   details     inquire
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France, John. WESTERN WARFARE IN THE AGE OF THE CRUSADES, 1000-1300.
Ithaca Cornell University Press (1999) First edition Original black cloth, octavo (6 x 9.5 inches),pp xv, 327. 4 b/w illustrations,2 maps. A very fine copy, book and dustjacket as-new.
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Lucas, St. John (chosen by and introduction). THE OXFORD BOOK OF ITALIAN VERSE: XIIIth Century - XIX Century.
Oxford at the Clarendon Press 1910 Plum-colored calf and gilt, duodecimo (4 x 7 inches), 575pp. Very good; spine moderately faded, extremities lightly rubbed, a few pages lightly foxed, front endpaper darkened, otherwise a clean, unworn copy. Introduction in English; verses in Italian.
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Aronson, Joseph. THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FURNITURE.
NY Crown Publishers (1973) Eighth printing of the third revised edition Original black cloth and blue boards, quarto (9 x 11 inches), 484pp. 2000 b/w photos and illustrations. A fine copy, entirely clean and unworn, in price-clipped very good dustjacket. An excellent reference to antique furniture.
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Wilkinson, Rupert. GOVERNING ELITES: Studies in Training and Selection.
NY Oxford University Press 1969 First editon Original beige cloth, octavo (6 x 8.5 inches), pp xviii, 231. Owner name stamp to front free endpaper, else a fine copy, clean and unworn, in dustjacket with slight fading to front panel. An anthropological study of how societies select and train their elites, with examples drawn from Aztec, Inca, Ancient Greek, Cheyenne Indian, and other societies.
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Mansfield, Katherine. THE DOVE'S NEST AND OTHER STORIES.
NY Knopf 1929 Sixth printing Original green cloth, small octavo (5.5 x 7.5 inches), 242pp. Slight fading to paper title label on spine, owner name at top of front free endpaper, else a very good copy, clean and unworn.
Price: USD 15.00 other currencies   order no. 8193   details     inquire
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Mansfield, Katherine. THE LITTLE GIRL AND OTHER STORIES.
NY Knopf 1931 Third printing Original green cloth, small octavo (5.5 x 7.5 inches), 243pp. Slight fading to paper title label on spine, owner name at top of front free endpaper, else a very good copy, clean and unworn.
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Omura, Bunji. THE LAST GENRO: Prince Saionji, The Man Who Westernized Japan.
Philadelphia & NY J.B. Lippincott (1938) First edition Original red cloth, octavo (6.5 x 9.5 inches), 442pp. Frontispiece photo.. Owner name to front free endpaper, else a fine copy, clean and unworn.
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Green, Peter. ALEXANDER OF MACEDON, 356-323 B.C.: A Historical Biography.
Berkeley University of California Press (1991) Third printing Original gray, octavo (6 x 8.5 inches), pp xxxvii, 617. 14 maps and plans. Gift inscription to half-title page, else a very good copy, book and dustjacket are clean and unworn.
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Busch, Wilhelm. WILHELM BUSCH ALBUM: Ein Heiteres Hausbuch.
Munchen Sud-west Verlags n.d Original red and cream cloth, octavo (7 x 9.5 inches), 400pp. Slight rubbing to edges of front cover, else a very good copy, clean and unworn.
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Ryder, David Warren. MEN OF ROPE: BEING THE HISTORY OF TUBBS CORDAGE COMPANY; Together with an Account of some of the Collateral Activities in which its Pioneer Founders Engaged.
San Francisco Historical Publications 1954 First edition Original brown cloth, octavo (7 x 9.5 inches), pp xviii, 146. Monochrome photo plates, illustrations. A very good copy, clean and unworn, no dustjacket.
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Giono, Jean. THE SONG OF THE WORLD.
NY Viking Press 1937 First US edition Original beige cloth with pictorial scene printed in blue, black, and yellow, octavo (5.5 x 8.5 inches), 312pp. Very faint soiling to covers, small stain to bottom edge, but a very good copy. Lacking dustjacket. Translated from the French by Henri Fluchere and Geoffrey Myers.
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Nakayama, Masatoshi. Translated by Herman Kauz. DYNAMIC KARATE: Instruction by the Master.
Tokyo & Palo Alto Kodansha International (1967) Second printing Original beige cloth, quarto (7.5 x1o.5 inches), 308pp. Color frontispiece photo, b/w photos in the text. A fine copy, clean and unworn. No dustjacket.
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Tomlinson, H.M. ALL OUR YESTERDAYS.
London William Heinemann (1930) First edition Original black cloth, octavo (6 x 8.5 inches), 539pp.A fine copy, clean and unworn, in lightly worn, but very good, dustjacket.
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Tomlinson, H.M. ILLUSION: 1915.
London William Heinemann 1929 First edition Limited to 525 copies signed by the author, this is #236 Original brown cloth and batik boards, octavo (5.5 x 8.5 inches), 539pp. A fine copy, clean and unworn, in white dustjacket with the usual soiling.
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Tomlinson, H.M. THE SNOWS OF HELICON.
London William Heinemann (1933) First edition Original blue cloth, octavo (5 x 7.5 inches), 539pp. Spotting to fore and top edges, else a fine copy, clean and unworn, in moderately edgeworn dustjacket.
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Tomlinson, H.M. GALLION'S REACH: A Romance.
London William Heinemann (1927) First edition Original blue cloth, octavo (5 x 7.5 inches), (293)pp. Slight foxing to endpapers, else a fine copy, clean and unworn, in dustjacket with substantial foxing.
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Tomlinson, H.M. OUT OF SOUNDINGS.
London William Heinemann (1931) First edition Original green cloth, octavo (5 x 7.5 inches), 273pp.Very slight cover wear, but a near fine copy in very good dustjacket with chips to top of spine panel. Autographed by the author on front free endpaper.
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Tomlinson, H.M. THE SNOWS OF HELICON.
NY Harper & Brothers 1933 First edition Original black cloth, octavo (5.5 x 8.5 inches), 267pp. A fine copy, entirely clean and unworn, in moderately worn, but near very good dustjacket.
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Tomlinson, H.M. BELOW LONDON BRIDGE.
NY Harper & Brothers 1935 First US edition Original black cloth, octavo (6 x 9 inches), 71pp + 47 b/w photo plates, each with facing page of descriptive text. Photos by H. Charles Tomlinson. Brief gift inscription to front free endpaper, small spot to rear cover, else a very good copy. No d/j. The UK edition had only 36 photos.
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London, Jack. Danish translation. I NORDENS SKOVE. (Children of the Frost).
København & Oslo Martins Forlag 1918 First Danish edition Later half red leather and marbled boards, octavo (5.5 x 7.5 inches), 185pp, (4)pp ads. Owner name and date (1920) to half-title, else a fine copy, clean and unworn. We're presuming this to be a first translation into Danish. Woodbridge (Jack London: A Bibliography) does not note a Danish translation of this work, though translations of the work into 10 other languages are catalogued. The 10 stories from the original 1902 CHILDREN OF THE FROST are all included in the same order in this Danish translation, though the collection is retitled, taking its name from the title of the first story; "In the Forests of the North."
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London, Jack. Danish translation. DEN LILLE FRUE I DET STORE HUS. (The Little Lady of the Big House).
København & Oslo Martins Forlag 1922 First Danish edition 2 volumes in 1, later half red leather and marbled boards, octavo (5.5 x 7.5 inches), pp 160; 159, (4)pp ads. Owner name and date (1926) to half-title, else a fine copy, clean and unworn. We're presuming this to be a first translation into Danish. Woodbridge (Jack London: A Bibliography) does not note a Danish translation of this work, though translations of the work into 15 other languages are catalogued.
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Chelkowski, Peter J. MIRROR OF THE INVISIBLE WORLD: Tales From the Khamseh of Nizami.
NY Metropolitan Museum of Art (1975) Maroon cloth with a pictorial paper inset, quarto (8.5 x 12 inches), 117pp. Gorgeous tipped-in color miniatures painted in the 16th century. Internally fine; covers slightly rubbed, otherwise a clean, unworn copy with very fresh plates. No d/j. Text includes the history of the works illustrated and English adaptations of the tales by Chelkowski. Essay by Priscilla P. Soucek; foreword by Richard Ettinghausen.
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Gostelow, Mary. THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO NEEDLEWORK: Techniques and Materials.
Secaucus, NJ Chartwell Books 1984 Second printing Original blue cloth, quarto (9 x 12 inches), 224pp. Profusely illustrated in color and b/w. A fine copy, book and dustjacket are clean and unworn.
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Broughton, James. THE PLAYGROUND.
San Francisco Centaur Press 1949 First edition, 1000 copies designed and printed by Kermit Sheets Original brown cloth, octavo (6.5 x 9.5 inches), unpaginated. Illustrated with drawings by "Zev" (Dan Harris). INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR and with an original drawing by Zev below his inscription on front free endpaper. A fine copy, clean and unworn, in lightly edgeworn dustjacket. "Inscribed especially for Kenneth & Zane / with my special affection / James Broughton" and "To Zanette (?) / with my sincerest / affectations / Zev 1/29/49"
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Hunter, Dard. PAPERMAKING: The History and Technique of an Ancient Craft.
NY Knopf 1947 Second edition, revised and enlarged Original blue cloth, octavo (6 x 9 inches), pp xxiv, 611, xxxvii. 317 b/w illustrations, large folding map A very good copy, quite clean and unworn. No dustjacket
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Chalmers, Irena. AMERICAN BISTRO.
Chicago/NY Contemporary Books (1986) Blue cloth, quarto (8.5 x 11 inches), 176pp. Lavishly illustrated with color photographs. Very good, in a very good d/j; a clean, unworn copy. A cross-country tour of new American restaurants, with beautiful photographs of interiors, chefs, and recipes. Chalmers portrays the new thinking about the fresh and creative new American style of food.
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THE BRITISH NUMISMATIC JOURNAL, Including the Proceedings of the British Numismatic Society: Volume XXXVI, 1967 - Volume XLIX, 1979. Including the British Numismatic Journal Special Volume for the 70th Birthday of C.E. Blunt. 14 volumes in all.
n.p. (British Numismatic Society, printed at the Dublin University Press) 1967-79 First editions Original green cloth, quartos (7.5 x 9.5 inches). About 150 pp per volume, each has about 25 monochrome plates as well as illustrations in the text. All are very good or better; quite clean and unworn. 14 sequential numbers of the Journal, with Vol. XII a second number for the year 1972, in celebration of the 70th birthday of Journal editor Christopher Evelyn Blunt.
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CATALOGO GENERAL DE LA MONEDA ESPANOLA: Felipe V (1700) - Isabel II (1868).
Madrid Jose A. Vicenti 1970 Original brown cloth, octavo (6 x 9 inches), 404pp. Profusely illustrated. A very good copy, clean and unworn, in worn dustjacket. Text in Spanish.
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Askew, Gilbert. THE COINAGE OF ROMAN BRITAIN.
London Seaby 1951 First edition Original brown cloth, octavo (6.5 x 9 inches), 95pp. Illustrated. Avery good copy, clean and unworn, in worn dustjacket.
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Davenport, John S. EUROPEAN CROWNS AND TALERS SINCE 1800.
n.p. n.p. 1967 Appears to be a Taiwan reprint edition Original blue cloth, octavo (6 x 8 inches), pp vi, 423. Illustrated. A very good copy, clean and unworn, in worn dustjacket.
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Cutler, Carl C. GREYHOUNDS OF THE SEA: The Story of the American Clipper Ship.
NY G. P. Putnam's Sons 1930 First edition Original blue cloth, quarto (8 x 10.5 inches), pp xxvii, 592. Top edge gilt. 118 illustrations, including 8 color plates, 4 photogravures, and 32 halftone plates. Spine gilt a bit dulled, owner name stamp to top of first page of text, minor soiling to rear cover, else a very good copy, tight and unworn.
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Dillon, Millicent. A LITTLE ORIGINAL SIN: The Life and Work of Jane Bowles.
NY Holt (1981) First edition Original brown cloth and tan boards, octavo (6 x 9.5 inches), pp xii, 464. B/w photos. A very good copy in very good dustjacket.
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Pattou, Albert Brace and Clarence Lee Vaughn. FURNITURE: Furniture Finishing, Decoration and Patching.
Chicago Drake (1944) Original burgundy cloth, small octavo (5 x 7.5 inches), 551pp. Profusely illustrated with b/w photos. Very slight browning to war-time paper, but a fine copy in fine dustjacket, both are clean and unworn.
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Handley-Read, Charles, editor. Critical evaluation by Eri... THE ART OF WYNDHAM LEWIS.
London Faber & Faber (1951) First edition Original salmon-pink cloth, quarto (7.5 x 11 inches), 109pp + 48 monochrome plates, 4 color plates. Owner's embossed stamp to front free endpaper, slight sunning to front cover at d/j chip, else a very good copy, clean and unworn, in d/j with chip and closed tear at spine head.
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