New York: Limited Editions Club, 1987. Fine. Hafftka, Michael. [2], 53, [5] p., 4 leaves of lithographed plates; 30 cm. (11.5 inches). Sewn and bound in vellum paper wrappers with yapp edges and the author's name printed in black on the spine; sewing bands are visible on the wrapper sides. Clamshell box is covered in light grey cloth with a small printed label on the spine bearing the author's name. Edges of box are black; lined with black felt. This is number 198 of a limited edition of 800 c... more information

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London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1920. Good. 56 p.: color title vignette and illustrations; 25 cm. (10 inches). Beige cloth spine with dark green spine title; color illustrated paper over boards. Color illustrated endpapers with illustrations on both sides of free endpapers. Colophon: "Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans, Ltd. Rose Place, Globe Road, London, E.I." Printed between 1917 and approximately 1939, based on the printer's address. In Good Condition: edges rubbed; cover is lig... more information

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Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1890. Hard Cover. Good. Greenaway, Kate. 63, [1] p.: color illustrations; 24 cm. Blue cloth spine with color illustrated paper over boards. All page edges yellow. Yellow endpapers. "Gravé et imprimé par Edmond Evans, Racquet Court, Fleet Street, Londres"--on recto of back free endpaper. The front endpapers bear the name of former owners Andre Sardou and A. Light. The very scarce French edition of Kate Greenaway's Book of Games. In Good ... more information

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Indianapolis, Ind.: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1905. First Edition. Good. Keller, Arthur I.. [8], 358, [20] p.: frontispiece, 3 leaves of illustrations by Arthur I. Keller; 19 cm. Dark green cloth with gilt-stamped spine title; front cover has gilt- and red-stamped title and decoration. No dust jacket. Title page printed in red and black within single rule border. Copyright statement states "January." Publisher's advertisements on final 20 pages. First Edition of a mystery by an early A... more information

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Kyoto, Japan: Kyoto Shoin, 1992. Fine/near fine. Vol. 5 of 5 volumes (105, [3] p.): 97 color photographs; 26 cm. White hardback with gilt-stamped spine title and cover title. Dust jacket with color photograph on front and back. ISBN: 4-7636-3187-X. Beautiful photographs of the gardens of 11 Kyoto temples, or nunneries, with explanatory text by Ono Masaaki. Gift inscription on front free endpaper from Christmas 1993; otherwise book is in Fine Condition. Dust jacket is in Near Fine Condition: edges sl... more information

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Washington, D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration , 1993. Fine/very good +. Introduction by Roger D. Launius; edited by J.D. Hunley. NASA SP-4105. NASA History Office. xxxii, 389, [7] p.: illustrations; 25 cm. Brown cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Grey endpapers. T. Keith Glennan was the first administrator of NASA; this volume contains his record, largely made at the time, of the period from Jan. 1960 through Jan. 1961. It also contains an extensive app... more information

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London: Henry Colburn, 1826. Very Good. Second edition. 2 volumes (xvi, 349, [1], xii, 367 p.): frontispiece portrait of Michael Kelly, engraved by H. Meyer from a drawing by A. Wivell, 1 double-leaf plate of music; 20 cm. 19th-century binding: half blue polished calf with gilt, blue, and pink marbled paper over boards. Six spine compartments between raised bands with gilt-tooled spine title and volume number, gilt rules on raised bands. Top page edges gilt. Marbled endpapers matching binding. Smal... more information

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Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y,: matter Books, 1967. Very Good. Distributed by The Asphodel Bookshop, Cleveland, Ohio. 4] p., 4-85 leaves; 28 cm. Light blue stapled paper covers printed in brown. First 3 leaves are printed on yellow paper, the remainder on orange. Many of these poems first appeared separately in other publications. Lepper's Bibliography of Seventy Five Post-War American Poets, p. 254, states that this was one of a limited edition of 500 copies. In Very Good Condition: covers lightly s... more information

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London, Eng.: A. Fullarton & Co., 1875. Good +. 8 volumes: 4, 776, [xiii]-xxxvi p., 192 p.: engraved title page, 11 leaves of plates, 17 leaves with tissue-guarded color tartan examples tipped in on captioned pages with gilt borders, 1 double-page 3-color map showing the districts of the Highland clans; 28 cm. Original publisher's red pebble-grain cloth with gilt-, black-, and blind-stamped titles and decoration. Yellow endpapers. Prospectus bound in at front of first volume. "Remarks on the... more information

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Chicago: American Medical Association Press, 1911. xxv, [3], 393 p.: frontispiece portrait of the author, 8 leaves of plates, portraits, in-text illustrations; 20 cm. Dark blue cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Title page inscription: "G.W.H. Kemper, March 3, 1917." Introduction by Alembert W. Brayton. Includes corrections sheet tipped in before the index. A collection of articles previously published in The Journal of the Indiana State Medical Association from 1909 to 1911. In Very Good... more information

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New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1905. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 328 p.; 11 cm. Publisher's flexible burgundy morocco with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles. All page edges gilt. Decorative endpapers. With the original glassine dust jacket. Blank leaf following front free endpaper inscribed: Elizabeth W. Light. "1026" stamped at foot of back free endpaper recto. No date of publication. Thomas Nelson and Sons published several editions of this work; 1905 is the date assigned to this e... more information

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New York: McBride, Nast & Company, 1913. Very Good -. 364 p.: frontispiece, 15 leaves of photographs, many in-text drawings; 20 cm. Dark green cloth with white and black-stamped titles and front cover illustration. No dust jacket. Former owner's name on front fixed endpaper. The author provides detailed information on choosing a boat and a motor. He also explains the rules of the sea, nautical astronomy, knots and other practical details of sailing, and making your boat liveable, concluding ... more information

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Philadelphia, Pa.: Childs & Peterson, 1856. First Edition. Very Good. Volume two only. "Illustrated by upwards of three hundred engravings, from sketches by the author." Vol. 2 only: frontispiece portrait of Henry Grinnell, added engraved title page, 7 leaves of tissue-guarded engraved plates, 2 leaves of maps (1 folded), tables, many in-text illustrations; 23 cm. (9 inches). Full leather with heavily blind-tooled decoration (front and back boards are similar, but not identical). Six spi... more information

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London: John Murray, 1864. Very Good -. xxi, [1], 484 p.: 44 plates of architectural plans (many folded); 23 cm. Original publisher's blue pebble-grain cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and blind-ruled borders on both boards. Dark green endpapers. Wood-engraved title vignette signed Osborne; 19 additional in-text illustrations, and in-text tables. First edition. Includes a history of domestic architecture in England from the 11th century onward, including castles and monasteries, as well as cou... more information

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San Francisco: Collins Publishers, 1990. Fine/fine. Morrison, Reg. Text by Kevin Starr; photography by Reg Morrison. A Wings Over America Project. 256 p.: illustrations; 37 cm. Dark green cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers. Profusely illustrated with color photographs of various locations in California, all taken from the air. In Fine/Fine Condition. ... more information

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Gouverneur, N.Y.: Brothers of the Book, 1899. First Edition. Very Good -. 72 p.; 19 cm. Original green cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles. Title page printed in red and black. This is number 449 of 600 copies privately printed for Laurence C. Woodworth at the Marion Press and issued through the Brothers of the Book in December, 1899. In 1914 Curtis won $4,000 in damages from her first husband, the Rev. Cranston Brenton, for having had her abducted and committed to the Brattleboro Insane As... more information

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London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., 1914. Very Good +. Brangwyn, Frank. 135, [1] p.: frontispiece and 3 additional leaves of color plates; 23 cm. Full red morocco binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with six spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled spine title in second compartment; gilt-tooled decoration in other compartments. Single gilt-ruled border on both boards. Gilt-rolled decoration of board edges and turn-ins. All page edges gilt. Red endpapers with black and gilt pattern. ... more information

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London, Eng.: Temple Sheen Press, 1914. Very Good +. A variorum edition of Edward Fitzgerald's renderings into English verse edited by Frederick H. Evans. vii, [1], 111, [1] p.; 23 cm. Original dark green cloth spine with dark green paper over boards; gilt-stamped spine title. This is one of a limited edition of 300 copies hand-printed by Arthur K. Sabin at the Temple Sheen Press. In Very Good+ Condition: edges lightly rubbed, more so at upper corners; covers lightly soiled; fore-edges and upper e... more information

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Paris: Rue et Hôtel Serpente, 1788. First Edition. Very Good. xii, 344, [4] p.; 20 cm. Signatures: [pi]2 a4 A-X8 Y6 (8vo). Contemporary full tree calf with five spine compartments between gilt-tooled decoration. Red morocco label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: Essais sur le Phlogist. Gilt-tooled decorative border on each board. Blind-tooled decoration on board edges. Marbled endpapers with a horizontal combed pattern. Woodcut title vignette, and head and tail pieces. Includes errata.... more information

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Norman, Okla.: University of Oklahoma Press, 1995. First Edition. Fine/very good. xx, 248 p.: 7 full-page illustrations, 3 full-page maps; 23 cm. Black cloth spine with gilt spinetitle; beige paper over boards. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Cathy Carney Imboden. Includes notes, works cited, and index. First edition. No price listed. The author looks at the successful uprising of the Pueblo Indians of northern New Mexico against their Spanish overlords, a success that was ultimately short-lived, ... more information

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