Illinois: The Free Press, 1958. Facsimilie reprint of the original 1922 edition. Hardcover. Tall, thin 8vo, 96pp. The autobiography of the monk, Peter Abelard, 1079 – 21 April 1142. He was a medieval French scholastic philosopher, theologian and preeminent logician as well as a music composer. He has been described..... More
London: Kessinger Publishing, Llc, Not stated. Legacy facsimile reprint of the 1897 original text. Softcover. Clean, tight, 8vo, 352pp with very minimal shelf wear. Book discussing the Celtic legend of rebirth or reincarnation with appendices: The Transformations of Tuan Mac Cairill, the Dinnshenchas of Mag Slecht. More
New Jersey: t.f.h. Publications, 1985. 28th edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight, fat, heavy 8vo, 608pp. Several update pages laid in. Anything you could need to know about exotic aquarium plants, tropical fishes, and aquarium management. More
Hardcover. New York; Hyperion Books, 1993, first edition. Clean, tight 8vo, 263pp. Some slight mustiness, very light shelf wear to jacket, otherwise in excellent condition. An unconventional, riveting portrait of one of America's legendary underground writers; i.e. Naked Lunch, Junky, and the Soft Machine. More
New York: Tudor Publishing Company, 1936. fourth printing. Hardcover. Clean, tight 8vo, 558pp, 204 illustrations. Dust jacket has multiple small open and closed tears and chips along the edges and one 3" closed tear to top edge from the spine head. Book is in very nice condition with only minor..... More
P.G. Napolitano. Hardcover. Los Angeles, CA., Southwest Museum, second printing, 1974 (first in 1965). Clean, tight 8vo, 281pp. A rather scarce history of the Medica (herbalist/healer) in the Hispanic culture as well as a comprehensive and beautifully researched herbal describing the plants and their uses in the Upper Rio Grande..... More
Hardcover. Virginia, Nevada (now called Virginia City), F. Boegle Bookseller & Stationer, 1889, first edition. Clean tight 12mo in an orange cloth cover, 158pp. Appears to have been rebound at some point. Title page and page158 (last page) have had some sophisticated repair of tears, a small closed horizontal tear..... More
California: Comstock Bonanza Press, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight 8vo, 427pp. Signed andinscribed by the author. Light toning to the edges of the d.j. otherwise near fine. Several newspaper articles about the author laid in. This book is one of a trilogy that chronicles the lives of real, down..... More
Hardcover. Palo Alto, CA: Pacific Books, 1948 Second edition (1st-1936). Clean, tight 8vo, 307pp. Top edge of the dust jacket is chipped and has a long open tear across the top. Lightly toned and rubbed on front.. Book is in very nice condition. Tells of the days when Gold Hill..... More
New York: Henry Holt & Co, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight 8vo, 485pp. Some slight foxing to the three edges. Some shelf wear to the jacket. The story of Henry H. Lightcap's advance through life, recounted during a 3500 mile journey with his dying dog, Solstice, from the arid..... More
Hardcover. New York; Harpercollins, 1991, first edition. Clean, tight 8vo, dust jacket shows minor shelf wear. Book is near fine but has a small note neatly penned on the verso of the bfe. The untold story of the longest running legal fight in American history; the Sioux nation's one hundred-year..... More
New York: Lamson, Wolffe and Co., 1898. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo, 290pp, clean and tight. Interesting drawings by the author. Book is shelf worn and sun-faded on spine cover, and lightly bumped with some scuffing. Good reading copy. A war correspondent's field note book kept during four months with the..... More
Hardcover. Michigan, Fox Publ. 1997, first edition. Part 1, Clean, tight 4to, 80pp, signed and dated by the author. Part 2, clean, tight 4to, 160pp, signed and dated by the author. Both are near fine condition. Sold only as a set. The two-part story of the history of the Sountern..... More
Softcover. Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 2003, first UMP edition. Clean, tight 4to. The Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book Series. The history of the railway that serviced the nation's largest iron ore deposits in Minnesota. In the 1880s and 1890s the Duluth and Iron Range, and the Duluth, Missabe and Northern..... More
Hardcover. Washington, D.C.; Counterpoint Publ. 1997, 1st edition, Clean, tight oblong 4to, 119pp. "A Welcoming Life captures in photographs and text the remarkable life of one of America's most beloved writers, M.F.K Fisher. Gathering more than 240 family snapshots with extended selections from her writings, this photographic biography shines with..... More
Los Gatos, CA: The Talisman Press, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight, tall, 8vo, 524pp. The most comprehensive published work on California imprints from the beginning of printing in Mexican California through the year 1862. More
1996, 1st ed., Macmillan, 0028603974. HB, 4to, 542pp, VG/VG, gift quality. The ultimate resource for everything a gardener could ever want to know. More
Salt Lake City, UT: Western Epics, Inc., 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight 8vo, 142pp + bibliography + Index. Very light shelf wear to the dust jacket. Signed by the author on the ffe. A book full of legends and tall tales of Nevada, it's famous and infamous historical figures..... More
Hardcover. Tokyo, Japan; Tokyo New Service, first printing, 1964. Clean, tight, 8vo, 386pp. Jacket is price clipped and has a few small chips and several small open tears to edges. This book on the three-century-old puppet theatre of Japan is in three parts. The first is the description of the..... More
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Hardcover. Scarce. Florida, Jordan Enterprises, 1986, first edition. Clean, tight, 8vo. All sorts of recipes and household tips for living in tropical areas, on islands, and in hot countries. Really interesting and Yummy! More
California: Qpuncture, 2009. First edition. Softcover. Clean tight spiral bound 12mo, 406pp +blank pages for memos. Shows very light shelf wear. Contains information about most types of Oriental medicine including: Diagnosis, Diseases, Acupuncture, Herbs, formulas, Biomedicine, and Miscellaneous types of treatment, Korean Medicine, Tung style acupuncture, reflexology, Mien Shiang, food..... More
Oakland, CA: Other Times Productions, 1987. Third printing. softcover in wraps. Clean, tight 4to, 200pp, fully illustrated. An illustrated design book of costumes from the Elizabethan Age. More
Berkeley: University Of California Press, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight 8vo, 246pp +24 plates with color pictures of hundreds of beautiful butterflies. Dust jacket shows very mild shelf wear and is price clipped. Where to find butterflies and skippers from the tiny Pygmy Blue to the Two-Tailed Swallowtail. Also..... More
Hardcover. Simon & Schuster, N.Y., First Edition, 1966. Clean, tight large 470424pp. Dust jacket has a number of small open tears to the edges and spine ends. Light soiling. Tips and spine ends are very lightly scuffed. Book has a auto-signature of Twain/Clemens on the sfe, but this is NOT..... More
New Delhi: B. Jain Publishers, 1993. Export Edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight-bound 8vo, 1455pp plus 76pp index. Cover is slightly crackced on the outside front but neatly re-enforced on the inside. Some scuffs and bumps to the tips and spine ends front and back. There is a former owner name neatly..... More