Cities and Civilizations.
London: The Folio Society, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. 279pp. Pictorial cloth. Profusely illustrated in color and b&w. A fine copy in slipcase. ; Quarto. More
London: The Folio Society, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. 279pp. Pictorial cloth. Profusely illustrated in color and b&w. A fine copy in slipcase. ; Quarto. More
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. 96pp. Original blue cloth stamped in gold on the front panel. With eight inserted photographic plates and forty-seven foldout plates, some of which are very large. They represent plans of dockyards (Portsmouth, Cherbourg, Dumbarton, Belfast, London, etc.), ships (Riachuelo, Naniwa Kan..... More
Chicago: The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, 1915. Pictorial wrappers. Passenger Department, Santa Fe-Chicago. 230pp + map. Original pictorial wrappers. With illustrations by J. T. McCutcheon, Carl N. Werntz, John W. Norton, James Allen McCracken. Announcement with message by W. J. Black tipped in. Faint crease to front cover..... More
Boston: The Boston Cooking-School Magazine Co., 1928. First Edition. Pictorial wrappers. Includes National Soups and Stews, Menus for Special Occasions in June-July, Seasonable Menus for June and July, and more. Light dust shadow along the top and fore edge of front cover. A bright, near fine copy. ; Quarto... More
Boston: The Boston Cooking-School Magazine Co., 1929. First Edition. Pictorial wrappers. Includes Bonds, Biscuits and Budgets, Hints from a Candy Expert, Picnics and Motor Meals, Seasonable Menus for June and July, and more. Tiny chip to spine else a bright, fine copy. ; Quarto. More
Boston: The Boston Cooking-School Magazine Co., 1929. First Edition. Pictorial wrappers. Includes Menu for Old World Hallow Eve Supper, Reindeer Meat Is Becoming Popular, and more. Faint dust shadow to the top edge of the front cover. A bright, near fine copy. ; Quarto. More
Buffalo Medicine Books, [1998]. First Edition. Hardcover. Special Artist's Edition. Limited to 10 numbered copies, this being #9. Quarter leather over Navajo patterned cloth, spine lettered in gold. Signed by Tony Hillerman and Ernest Franklin on the limitation page. A beautiful original watercolor by Ernest Franklin is bound in before..... More
Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. First state dustjacket with one photo on rear panel. 147pp. Gray cloth lettered in black, decorated endpapers. Collects several short essays. Previous owner's inscription on front free endpaper. A bright near fine copy in very good+ price-clipped dustjacket with..... More
Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Second state dustjacket. 147pp. Gray cloth lettered in black, decorated endpapers. Collects several short essays. A bright fine copy in near fine dustjacket with light rippling. ; Octavo. More
Kent, OH: The Kent State University Press, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Edition limited to 50 numbered copies, this being #12. 79pp. Cloth. Signed by Tony Hillerman on the title page, and with an original watercolor by Ernest Franklin of a young soldier on the front free endpaper. Photos from the..... More
New York: Harper Collins Publishers (HarperCollinsPublishers), 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. 341pp. Cloth backed boards. Signed by Tony Hillerman on the title page and with stunning portrait of the author by Navajo artist Ernest Franklin done in watercolor pencils on the half title page. A fine copy in fine dustjacket with..... More
A special archive comprising more than sixty carefully selected items, including a signed letter, books, periodicals, pamphlets, and more. Some of the items are fairly scarce. Titles as follows: 1) Making Mysteries with Navajo Materials in Literature and Anthropology; Philip A. Dennis and Wendell Aycock, eds.; Texas Tech University Press..... More
Roma: Apud Lazarinum Rev. Cameræ Apost. Typographum, 1802. First Edition. Self-wraps. vii, 56pp. Self-wraps, stitched. Includes a large foldout table with the names of the cathedrals and churches in various French locales, their patron saints and the limits of their dioceses. The papal address concerns, in part, a pact with..... More
New York: Pocket Books, Inc., 1941. First Edition. Paperback. Pocket Book 127. Selections from Dorothy Thompson, John Gunther, Andre Maurois, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston S. Churchill, and others.. A good+ copy. ; Small octavo. More
Washington, DC: Judd & Detweiler, Printers, 1888. First Edition. Printed wrappers. 36pp. Original wrappers. Signed and inscribed by United States Senator Hoar on the front cover: "Prof Putnam / with kindest regards of / Geo F Hoar." ' Prof Putnam' is likely Professor Frederic Ward Putnam, the influential archeologist who..... More
Blue Mountain Lake, NY: Adirondack Museum, 1976-. Softcover. Later printings. All in fine condition in fine slipcase with a small spot to bottom edge. ; Octavo. More
Bristol, RI: Hobgoblin Press, 1995. First Edition. Stapled wraps. Original wrappers. Volume 1 includes a series of articles, letters to Coulson Kernahan, reviews and more. Volume 2 includes three stories: Judge Barclay's Wife, Jack Gray, Second Mate, and The Albatross. Both titles are edited and with an introduction by Sam..... More
Schenectady, NY: C. P. Wyckoff, 1797. First US Edition. Hardcover. xiii, 124pp + 2pp of publisher's advertisements (Wyckoff was one of the first printers in Schenectady; he established the first city newspaper in 1796 and owned a bookstore at the corner of State and Washington). Contemporary quarter leather over paper..... More
New York: J. G. Bennett and J. A. Houston, 1842. First Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes bound in one (Vol. I, No. 1-26 and Vol. II, No. 1- 11). viii, 416pp; 176pp. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Bound with some of the original wrappers. With illustrations. Former library book with..... More
New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc., 1951. Illustrated by Cosgrave, John O'Hara, II. First Edition. Hardcover. One of the Rivers of America series. 370pp. Cloth. Illustrations by John O'Hara Cosgrave II. Mild fading to cloth along the upper edge of the covers else a fine copy in very good price-clipped..... More
London: The Department of Publications World Wide, 1967. First Edition. Paperback. Translator's edition. A touch of wear to edges, text block is slightly age-toned. A near fine copy. The basic book of the theory and practice of Scientology for beginners. ; Small octavo; 136 pages. More
Paris: Olivier Coutau-Bégarie, 2006. Softcover. The catalogue published for the 2006 auction featuring numerous items by Hugo Pratt. In the French language. ; Quarto. More
2007. Magazine. Includes several articles on Corto Maltese and Hugo Pratt: Ses vraies vies, Reportage: sur ses traces en Ethiopie, Do nouveau sur Hugo Pratt, and more. A fine copy. In the French language. ; Octavo. More
Græcii (Gratz): Apud Franciscum Widmanstadium, 1651. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition from this publisher. [16], 436pp + [4]pp of index. Contemporary full calf, spine decorated in gold, gilt edges, marbled pastedown endpapers. Engraved title, engraved coat of arms, forty-six full-page engraved emblems (marked 0 to 45), initials, head-pieces, and tail-pieces..... More
New York: Fawcett Publications, Inc. / Gold Medal Books, 1949. First Edition. Paperback. Gold Medal Book 101. John Dillinger, Pretty Boy Floyd, Barrows Brothers, Bonnie Parker, Ma Barker, Alvin Karpis. Very good. ; Small octavo. More