Madras, India: Ganesh & Co., 1969 & 1970. Fourth edition. Hardcover. Two clean, tight 8vos, 441 & 512pp respectively. Light shelf wear, dust jackets are lightly bumped and edges slightly chipped. Forner owner stamp on the ffe of each volume. Books have red cloth covers and front tips are lightly..... More
Colorado: Sonlight Curriculum Division of Penguin Books, Inc., 1996. Second edition from the first edition in 1937. Softcover. Very scarce, collectible. Clean, tight 4to, 95pp. Very light shelf wear. Newberry Award winner with original lithographs by Daugherty. A really well-written biography for middle school age on up to adullt about..... More
Belize: Tropical Research Foundation, Ltd., 1992. First edition. Softcover. Clean, tight pamphlet in wraps, 71pp. A very scarce booklet with a small circular glue stain on the front cover and a small green (paint?) smudge on the back at the top of the spine. Central American jungles have given the..... More
Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1982. Mabel Morrow. Second printing. Softcover. Scarce, clean, tight folio, 242pp, has one small scuff to tip of spine tail, very minor shelf wear, appears unread. The preparation and use of of rawhide from pre-Columbian North America. The design, styles, and uses of rawhide implements..... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2015. First edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight, brand new, still in sealed plastic cover. A comprehensive overview of more than 280 well-known medicinal and poisonous plants with more than 350 full-color illustrations. More
New York: Vendome Press, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight folio, 128pp, very slight shelf wear to the dust jacket. A delightful photographic essay w/text of the very democratic Lord Ganesha who appears everywhere in India - his whimsical apperance charms everyone with his elephant head, chubbly-bellied man's body, many..... More
New York: Crescent Books, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight folio, 112pp. American Art Series. Book is near fine and dust jacket shows only very, very minor shelf wear. Contains 80+ of Alfred Steiglitz's (1864-1946) black and white photographs. His prolific, elegant photography and his technical advances put him in..... More
London: Zandra Rhodes Publications, Ltd. & Michael O'Mara Books, Ltd., 1992. Second printing. Hardcover. Clean, tight square 4to, 240pp. The book is in superb condition. The mylar printed jacket is very slightly shelf worn with a few tiny dent and scuffs. Zandra Rhodes is a world famous fashion designer. Her..... More
New York: Metro Publishing, 2012. Hardcover. Clean, tight, oblong 4to, 360pp, fully illustrated/photographed in color. Dust jacket has a number of small, neatly taped tears to edges, some scuffs and chips. Some curling to edges, also. The book has a slight bump to the spine top, otherwise in great shape..... More
New York: Whitney Library of Design/Watson-Guptill, 1986. Later printing. Hardback. Clean, tight, heavy folio, 622pp. Book is in near fine condition, the dust jacket is very good except for a few small, neatly reapired closed tears on the top and bottom edges and a slight curl to the bottom edge..... More
California: IDG Books Worldwide, 2000. Hardcover. Clean tight, 5-metal ring binder. Very light shelf wear to cover, small neatly taped crack in the skin of the cover at the top of the spine; otherwise all tabs intact and all recipes extant. One of the most classic of American cookbooks, but..... More
Hanover & London: Brown University Press, 1966. Third printing. Softcover. Clean, tight 8vo, 311pp. A few neatly penned margin notes on 3-4 pages, mid-book. The diary of a sea captain's wife; a rarely-told story told with style and interest. A study of the whaling industry from a woman's point of..... More
Utah: Gibbs Smith, Publisher, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight square 4to, 160pp. Very light shelf wear to the edges of the dust jacket, otherwise it would be fine. The designs in this book were inspired by William Morris, Gustav Stickley and Greene & Greene architects.. Homes and cabins that..... More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1949. California Centennial Edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight, fat 4to, 794pp, very light scuffing to tips. Forner owner name neatly penned on the 2nd fe "Watmore Hodges, Jr., 11 July, 1951." A fascinating tome containing Bruff's commentary on his journeys from Washington City to Raft River..... More
Austin, TX: University Of Texas Press, 1994. First edition. Softcover. Clean, tight 4to, 323pp. Cover has very light shelf wear to the edges and the bottom front tip is slightly scuffed. There are occasional neatly penned notes in the margins and a very few very neatly highlighted sentences in the..... More
Massachusetts: Commonwealth Fund Book, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Scarce, clean, tight, 571pp. Off-white buchram cover with black graphics and titles. Negligeable shelf wear. This is a fascinating history of wounds and the history of their care throughout the ancient world including the milestones in would treatment; Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Arabia..... More
Honolulu: Bess Press, 1980. Aimee A. Kudlak. First trade paperback edition. Softcover. Fairaly scarce. Clean, tight 8vo, 220pp. Back of book has a tip that is slightly bent and a small scratch on the bottom edge. A book designed to let young Hawaiians know about their history and heritage; not..... More
San Francisco: The Colt Press, 1940. first limited edition of 500. Hardcover. Rare Book. Clean, tight tall 8vo, 115pp, rough cut edges. Tiny bookstore sticker on bottom inside of ffe. Slight toning to bfe. Extremely scarce collectible book. The true story of Omai's voyage to England in 1774 with Captain..... More
Quintessence Publications, 1987. author. First edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight 8vo, 504pp. Book is signed by the author on the verso of the ffe. Lightly bumped on the tail, otherwise in great condition. An historical novel of the Rancheria Massacre. Though a novel, it tells the story of a true event..... 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
Paris: Jacques Lanore Publisher, 1969. First English language edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight 4to, 272pp. The book is in excellent shape except the spine strip is missing (price is 'as is'. It has been repaired very neatly with sturdy, clear packing tape. A good reading and useable copy. Very scarce comprehensive..... More
England: Journal of Chinese Medicine Publications, 2007. Hardcover. Clean, tight, heavy (7 lbs) 4to, 675pp. Very light shelf wear, bumping to head and tail of spine. A very scarce scholarly tome. Contents include all the channels and collaterals, point categories, selection, location and needling, and body area illustrations, a glossary..... More
London: Luzac & Co, 1927. not noted. Softcover. Scarce! Clean, tight 8vo, 80pp. Disclosing the Sumero-Phoenician parentage of our letters, ancient & modern with plates and illustrations. The ancestry of the alphabets, pre-dynastic and early-dynastic Egypt, Suerian origin of the alphabet, names of the letters and objects pictured, orderof the..... More
London: George Newnes, Ltd., 1903 (MDCCCCIII). J.A. Shepherd. Appears to be a first edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight small 4to, 215pp. Cover is lightly soiled at the spine, spine edge is somewhat rubbed. Cloth is lightly soiled, especially along the eges, tips are scuffed and lightly bumped. Art deco picture of..... More
