Board_book. Paisley, Scotland, Printed by J. Neilson for John Millar Bookseller, 1809, Reprint of the original 1678 edition. Small, worn 8vo, 200pp. Green paper on boards with scuffed fabric spine cover. Tips are scuffed and bumped, title is peeled from the spine. Title page is stained, see photo/scan. From the... More
Softcover. Scarce. Payot, Paris; 1939. Written in French. Still bound, 278pp, 8vo, In wraps, wraps are somewhat loose and have several tape marks and have chips along the edges. Avec 2 cartes, 6 croquis et 70 gravures hors texte. Soeur Marie-Andre du sacre-coeur. Des soeurs missionnairres de N.D. D'Afrique (soeurs... More
Hardcover. London, John Murray Publ., 1924, first thus of the thin paper editions. Clean, tight 12mo, 312pp +several pages of book titles by Doyle. Book is is good shape except front hinge is cracking at the half title page. Tips are slightly scuffed. Book is lightly faded. F.O. book plate... 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 York: Bonanza Books, 1963. Hardcover. Tall 4to, 176pp, clean and tight. Minor shelf wear, a couple of minor strips of bubble in the back of the d.j. Andrews was a scholar of the Native American tribes and his book is a compendium of simple, truthful tales taken direct from... More
Berkeley: Howell-north Books, 1970. Second printing. Hardcover. (LH) Tall 4to, 240pp, dust jacket has some slight scuffs to front edge and a small open tear to top front tip. Otherwise clean and tight. 290 photographs, maps, appendix, notes, rosters and index from the Uintah, one of the last narrow gauge... More
Berkeley: Howell-North, 1966. First edition. Hardcover. Tall, 4to, 119pp, clean and tight with only minor shelf wear to dust jacket. A deluxe and thorough presentation of the intriguing subject of snow clearing equipmnt and methods for the old railroad trains. Profusely photographed. More
Softcover. New York, American Museum of Natural History, #57, Anthropological Papaers of 1989, first edition. Clean, tight 8vo, in wraps, 354pp. Signed and inscribed by the Author. Illustrated and containing graphs and charts for the three sites. More
New York: Greenburg Publ. 1945. First edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight 8vo.301pp. The dust jacket is rather damaged with a couple of small open tears, there are other edge tears, slight fading. Book is good with minor fading and bumping to tips. The story of America's "empire" in the Caribbean written... More
Softcover. Wisconsin, Iconografix, 1996, first edition. Clean, tight oblong 4to, 126pp, very slight shelf wear to the cover. The Great Northern Railway propspered in post-World War II America as its rail, trucking, and hotel operations thrived. Contains photos of the GN's postwar years prior to the merger that created the... More
ec-2. Softcover. Woodbury, Minnesota, Llewellyn Publications, 2010, first edition, second printing. Clean, tight 8vo, 224pp, very minor shelf wear. The Lunar Nodes are among the most powerful influences in the natal chart. They are the unseen cosmic forces that shape our destinies, splotlighting our karmic potential and illuninating the true... More
Scarce & collectible. New York; Citadel Press, 1957, first American edition (Citadel Cookbook Series). Clean, tight 12mo, 192pp, dustjacket in Mylar cover has an open chip out of the top edge of the spine and minor stains on the back with a couple of chips to top front edge. Book... More
California: Signature Press, 2000. Second edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight, HEAVY, 4to, 464pp, beautifully photographed. would be fine/fine except for minor bumping to spine tail. Will require extra postage for international shipping. The history of the Pacific Fruit Express - the world's largest owner and operator of refrigerator cars beginning in... More
Hardcover. Chicago: Acme Publishing House Co. 1893, probably second edition (1st in 1887). "Sold by Subscription only." Clean, tight, fat 8vo, 554pp + section in back of illistrations and commercial info. Cover embossing is worn nearly smooth, tips and spine top edge are lightly bumped, bottom spine end is more... More
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2000. First edition. Clean and tight 4to, 466pp. Jacket has some mild rippling consistent with having been damp, however, did not damage book. Bottom front tip is very slightly bumped. The art and craft of the cold kitchen with sauces, soups, salads, sandwiches, curing... More
Hardcover. New York, Doubleday Doran, 1943, First edition. Clean, tight 8vo, 501pp, book shows some fading, shelf wear, and bumping to tips and spine head and tail. Used but not abused. There is a former owner book plate on the ffe and a f.o. stamp as well. A small amount... More
Hardcover. Boston, Thayer & Eldridge, 1861 Second edition (1st is 1856). Very scarce tightbound 8vo, 396pp. Brown embossed cloth. Front hinge is cracked but still attached by the free endpaper and tape, back hinge is okay. Spine cover is 1/4 missing from bottom up. Front bottom tip is scuffed, spine... More
Hardcover. London: The Adventurers Club, 1958, 1st edition. Clean, tight-bound 8vo, 187pp. Dust jacket has small tears across top and bottom edges. Ffe is missing. There is a gift inscription on the half title page with a little Christmas sticker on the top corner. The story of a remarkable expedition... More
Hardcover. Baroda, India: Department of Political Science, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, 1961, 1st edition. Department of Political Science Series Number Three. Clean, tightbound 4to, 387pp + 2 fold-out charts. Small oval stationer's stamp on the ffe. Dust jacket is light color and so somewhat soiled. Edges are a bit... More
New York: Fireside, 2001. Third edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight, heavy 4to, 1114pp. Minor shelf wear to the dust jacket. This Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll is the authoritative volume on the world's music makers from the one-hit wonders to the megastars. This edition is revised and updated for the 21st... More
Hardcover. New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1911, 1st edition. Clean, tight 8vo, 160pp. Cover has some fading, scuffing to lettering and deco cover art. Tips, head and tail of spine and somewhat bumped. A good reading and reference copy. This is the story of a Hindu girl allowed to... More
Hardcover. Connecticut; Greenwood Press, 1977, second edition. Clean, tight, 8vo, 248pp. Contains the history of the Army Engineers in the migration west through roads, railroads, river and harbors, and any other types of engineering that helped with the settling of the western U.S. More
Hardcover. New York, Pretice Hall, 2001, 7th edition. 4to, 388 pp., very clean and tight, very minor bumping to tips. A history and text on the fashion industry in France in the 18th century, and the rest of the world, to the present. Very comprehensive but not dull reading. Includes... More
New York: J.B. Ford & Company, 1873. Second edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo., 413pp, front hinge is beginning to crack, but still tight, rear hinge is fine. Greenwood was actually Sara Jane Lippincott (1823-1904). She was a highly respected writer and journalist, contributing stories and poetry to many publicatons of her... More
Germany: Eugen Diederichs, Jena, 1916. Illustrated boards. Germany, Eugen Diederichs, Jena,1916, no edition stated, probable first. Small 8vo, 363pp + adverts in back. Written in old German. 15 illustrations, frontis of warrior tipped in. Very clean, tanning of pages commensurate with age, former owner stamp on ffe. This is a.... More