Shippensburg, PA (Philadelphia): Printed for John M'Carrell by William M'Culloch of Philadelphia. 8vo (8 x 4 inches approx.), later plain wraps, fair copy with chipping and loss to fore-edges of first five leaves, resulting in the loss of some letters and words to table of contents pages, the music pages.....
Taiwan: Under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution, 1977-1989. Hardcover. 10 folio volumes (over 17 inches tall), very good to fine set, with hundreds of color plates. Includes the 10th unnumbered volume publishing plates for the first time that were prepared for publication but remained unpublished due to Bleeker's death.....
Paris: Hermann, 1939-1971. Paperback. First printings, 1939-1971, mainly in very good condition, of one of the most important contributions to 20th century mathematics. 30 fascicules: the project was ongoing but volumes came out sporadically in the decades after, including revised editions of earlier volumes and additional chapters to previous volumes.....
New York: Amphoto, 1961. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1961. Quarto, hardcover in dust jacket, 90 pp., heavily illustrated, clean unmarked text, Very Good copy in Good dust jacket, some soiling or age-toning to the outer pages, soiling to the book's rear cover, a bit of rubbing or wear to.....
Edinburgh: T.C. and E.C. Jack, 1905. limited edition. Hardcover. SIGNED on the limitation page by Richard Brown. 1905. Limited De Luxe edition number 68 of 250. Hardcover, 4to. in 1/4 tan leather and cloth, gilt title and top edge. 459pp. frontis of George Watson, illustrated. Very good. Spine and head.....
Philadelphia: 1852. 15 pp, bound in plain light blue wraps of the period. Good with some soil and waterstaining, especially to the last few leaves. Rare in commerce. A speech promoting the candidacy of Franklin Pierce for President and mocking his opponent Winfield Scott for his high-handedness and his "Native.....
1916. Original Platinum Print photograph by Elizabeth "Bessie" Buehrmann, 1916. 9 x 7 inches with border and frame to measure 14 x 10.5 inches. A wonderful photo of a boy in a sailor outfit transfixed by a sunroom aquarium. The photograph is signed and dated in pencil below the print.....
San Francisco: Scarab Press, 1980. First printing. Hardcover. Small quarto (11 x 7.2 inches) bound by "R. A. Roaman" in full dark blue niger with inlays in color in a constructivist pattern on both boards, in slipcase. Limited to 2000 copies, beautifully printed. The binding is by a very talented.....
Boston: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1871. First edition. Hardcover. 1871, First Edition. Hardcover, 4to., original green cloth, gilt title. 680 pp. Tissue-covered plates. Near Fine. Half of the top-edges still uncut. A sharp, clean copy with faint foxing to the foredge text-block. Minor bumping to the spine ends.....
Cambridge, England: Cambridge Univ Press, 1981. Hardcover. 24 volume set. All books are similar in condition. No book is worse than near fine. The first 19 volumes are in blue cloth, volumes 20-24 in purple cloth. Minimal shelfwear. No dust jackets. Contents of all 24 books are clean with bright.....
Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd., 1940. Hardcover. 1940 Hardcover cloth 4to, 153pp. Copiously illustrated with black and white plates. VG+ with slight rippling to the spine and an air bubble in the front pastedown. Faint foxing/tanning. In a very good dust jacket with 6 small chips to the edges, none more.....
Dublin: Four Courts Press, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. 1999. First edition. Hardcover, 8vo. in dust jacket. 224pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Price sticker and light edge wear to dust jacket. Contents unmarked.
London: Heinemann, 1923. Limited ed. Hardcover. 21 volumes (1-21) from a set of 30., 1923, the Manaton Edition. Signed by Galsworthy in Volume 1 of the Forsyte Saga. Number 97 of 500 sets. In contemporary full leather bindings by The Harcourt Bindery in Boston. Hardcover 8vos., bound in full deep.....
New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1974. First printing. Hardcover. First edition (with full number line), 1974. Cloth hardcover in dust jacket, 278 pp., clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy in Very Good dust jacket, slight lean to the covers of the book, wear to the tips and edges of the.....
London: B. Law and G. Robinson, 1777. First English language edition. Hardcover. 2 volume set. 1777, First Edition in English. Hardcover 8vos., in recent quarter calf with marbled boards. (xl), 384, 488 pp. Near Fine. Lacks original blanks and half-titles. Otherwise complete. Hint of foxing. Tight, attractive bindings. 2 vols.....
Washington DC: Ice Cream Merchandising Institute, C. 1940. First printing. Paperback. 11 x 8.5 inches, plastic comb binding, stiff color wraps, very good, light wear and soil, 95 pp, illustrated, some in color, some tinted. Advice and tips for soda jerks and those who own ice cream parlors or sode.....
New York: The Century Co., 1893. First edition. Hardcover. RARE IN JACKET! First edition, 1893, hardcover with illustrated paper boards in dust jacket, small quarto, 246pp., illustrated in b&w. Book VG+ with soil, toning, and mild wear to edges of boards and spine, binding tight, map on front pastedown, previous.....
London: Samuel Richards, 1822. Hardcover. Published 1822, 3 volumes, 8vo, maroon morocco gilt by Root, very good, all 12 colored plates collated complete, light wear to joints which are a bit tender but still sturdily attached, Handsome set.
London: Richard Sare, 1716. Hardcover. Vol. ONE only, stated Third Edition, 8vo, old leather, good with wear and rubbing, joints cracked, contents very good, 624 pp, frontispiece, 2 folding maps and 2 folding plates; maps have neatly repaired tears.
Japan: n/a, Koka 5/ 1848. Paperback. Koka 5/1848. Original wraps and title slip, measures 6 by 9 inches closed. 58pp. 54 of fine woodblock prints. Good for age. Loss to title slip, creasing and soil to wraps, some wormage. Contents remain complete and the print impressions bold. Digital images available.....
London: John Murray and T. Holloway, 1798. Hardcover. First edition, 1798, of the last volume of Lavater's work translated into English. Small folio (13.5 inches; 34 cm), rebound in modern leather retaining the original tree-calf boards, paginated 253-437 with index, subscribers' list, directions for the binder for placing the plates.....
Philadelphia, PA: Henry Altemus Company, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. First Edition. c.1930. Hardcover. Cloth spine, illustrated boards. 5-1/2" x 4-1/4". 58pp. + 4pp. publisher's list in the rear. Color illustrations. Very Good+ in Very Good dustjacket. Light rubbing at spine-emds, mild general shelfwear. Light soiling and wear to dustjacket, tiny.....
London: Cadell & Davies, 1808. First printing. Hardcover. First printing, 1808, this volume only, FAIR COPY but EXTRA ILLUSTRATED with many other (older) engraved plates. Disbound, lacking title page, begins with Advertisement page, 294 pp., 1 colored plate and 31 other plates, complete, many double page, including map handcolored in.....
Pittsford, NY: Greenleaf Book Group, 2002. First printing. Hardcover. Large squarish quarto, glossy boards, dust jacket, near fine, mild corner bumping to both book and jacket, contents fine, text and photographic record of the author's frequent visits to Mount Athos and its monastic community. The total immersion and depth of.....
Berlin: G. Reimer, 1882. First printing. Hardcover. 3 volumes--Text Volume + 2 copies of the Plate Volume (one complete with 20 plates, one lacking 2 of the plates). First edition, 1882. Text volume and 1 (of the 2) plate volumes bound in library cloth, other plates volume is original portfolio.....