n.p. n.p., 1994. Hardcover. Thick folio. Bound in maroon faux leather, gilt spine title. This is the Acquisition 'Bible', containing all of the documents relating to the purchase of the stock of Heritage from Quaker State by G. E. Capital in 1994. Documents are tabbed for convenient access. Laid in..... More
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1940. With Illustrations by Howard Willard. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo. viii,(2),337pp. Beige colored buckram, spine printed in dark red. Map endpapers. Black and white illustrations in text. Light aging else a near fine copy. Signed by the author on a preliminary..... More
Hermosillo: Los Talleres de Impresora y Editorial, S. A. de C. V., (1960). Wraps. 4to. 93,(3)pp. Printed wraps, with the Sonoran coat of arms on the upper cover. Wraps lightly soiled and unevenly sunned else this is a very good copy of what appears to be budget report as ewell..... More
México, D. F. Manuel Porrúa, S. A. Librería, 1978. First edition. Softcover. 8vo. 57,(9)pp. followed by 10 full page plates of the Mayan Codex. Printed wraps. Light wear but a very good copy. One of 1000 copies. The plates show the entire codex, and the text of D. Martínez explains..... More
México: Ecuador, 1966. Wraps. Facsimile of the 1789 edition published by Pedro Bombelli in Rome. 8vo. Unpaginated. Each page is an engraving with a text caption depicting the life of Blessed Sebastian . Printed wraps. A very good copy. In Spanish. Sebastian de Aparicio y del Pardo (1502 – 1600)..... More
New York: Comet Press Books, (1956). Illustrated by Barbara Koski. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo. (vi),234pp. Orange cloth, spine title printed in black. A fine copy. The dustwrapper is not clipped, but it is rubbed in places and with a stain on the back panel. Still presents a very..... More
China: n.p., 1924. Hardcover. 8vo. Accordion book bound in Asian style. Brown silk cloth boards, lettering panel on the upper board. Title page in Chinese and English. This is followed by 10 sets of two pages, the right hand page with the story of Mu Lan in Chinese and English..... More
London: Joseph Robins, 1838. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong 8vo (5 by 6 inches, but extending to nearly 10 feet when opened). Green cloth boards printed in black and gilt, endpapers in non-pareil design. A very good copy showing only light wear, and protected in a custom clamshell case. This panorama..... More
London: Printed for Henry Lintot and John Osborn, 1746. Hardcover. Folio. Extracted from third edition of Churchill's Voyages, VI, pp. 187-255. The full page engraved plate of the Draught of the Harbour of Praya (Cape Verde) is present. Bound to style with leather spine, marbled paper boards, leather lettering label..... More
var. Fine Press Book Association, 1999-2007. Wraps. Seven issues of this delightful journal: Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 13. Generally very good to fine condition. More
London: Printed for Henry Lintot and John Osborn, 1746. Hardcover. Folio. Extracted from third edition of Churchill's Voyages, pp. 709-742. Translated from the French from a Dutch original. Bound to style with leather spine, marbled paper boards, leather lettering label, gilt. Light foxing, else a very good copy. The..... More
London: Printed for Henry Lintot and John Osborn, 1746. Hardcover. Folio. Extracted from third edition of Churchill's Voyages, VI, pp. 161-186.Bound to style with leather spine, marbled paper boards, leather lettering label, gilt. A fine copy. The author traveled to Virginia in 1649 with two others. After encountering storms..... More
China: n.p., n.d., ca 1920's. Hardcover. 8vo. Accordion book bound in Asian style. Brown silk cloth boards, lettering panel on the upper board. Title page in Chinese and English. This is followed by 10 sets of two pages, the right hand page with the story of Mu Lan in Chinese..... More
Philadelphia: David McKay Company, (1934). Illustrations by Montfort Amory. First edition. Hardcover. Square 8vo. 124pp. Red cloth printed in black on the spine and with a full color paste-on on the upper board. Corners and spine tips worn, light scratch on rear board, small piece missing at bottom of p...... More
North Hills, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1975. Limited edition. Hardcover. Oblong 4to. 60 finely printed letterpress pages including full page paste-paper samples. One of approximately 215 numbered copies; this is copy 87. The text is set in Centaur and Codex types, and printed on Hodgkinson hand made B...... More
London: Longmans, Green, Reader & Dyer, n.d., ca. 1870. Hardcover. New edition. Illustrated by George Scharf, Jun. with original drawings and drawings from the antique. Bound by Mudie of London. Half dark green morocco, spine in six compartments with raised bands, gilt. Marbled paper boards, endpapers and edges in a...... More
London: The Argonaut Press, 1935. Limited edition. Hardcover. 4to. cxxix,(1),197,(3)pp. Vellum spine, gilt; red cloth boards with a coat of arms in gilt and silver on the upper board. Ribbon marker. Illustrated with plate and maps, some folding. A fine copy. One of 475 copies, of which this is 179..... More
Paris: Bachelier (Succcesseur de Mme. Ve. Courcier), 1827. Hardcover. Fifth edition. 4to. xx,188pp. followed by 28 fold-out engraved plates, Leather spine of marbled sheep, gilt spine titles, decorated paper over boards. A fine copy, with a trace of foxing to the first couple of pages, and light rubbing at edges..... More
Cambridge: At the University Press, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xviii,(2),202pp. Reddish-brown cloth, gilt spine title. Index. Genealogical chart. A fine copy. The dustwrapper is in fine condition. There is a from Cambridge Books on the front flap (40/-). Wolfram's 13th century recreation of Chrestien de Troyes is here..... More
London: Henry Lintot and John Osborn, 1746. Folio. An extract of pp. 467-478 of Vol. VI of the third edition of Churchill's Voyages. Bound to style in quarter leather, red leather lettering piece, gilt; marbled paper boards. A near fine copy. Translated from the High-Dutch original. Backhoff traveled from..... More
London: Henry Lintot and John Osborn, 1746. Hardcover. Folio. An extract from the third edition of Churchill's Voyages, pp. 307-346, Nicely bound to style with a leather spine, marbled paper boards, leather lettering label, gilt, on the upper board. Smith traveled to Gibraltar, was a pirate in the Mediterranean, fought..... More
Tokyo: Kairyu-do, 1936. Stiff card wraps. Panorama. Accordion style, 8 inches high by about 80 inches fully opened. Printed in full color on one side of the page, b&w on the other, and with the publisher's brown, black and white pictorial wrappers. Index. Each page is filled with pictures grouped..... More
San Francisco: Kneedler-Fauchère, n.d. (1950's). Hardcover. Folio. Black cloth spine bound with cloth ties; printed paper over boards. Text contain three pages of explanation and illustrations of Japanese papermaking, as well as samples of the three basic materials: Khozo (Broussonetia kijinoki), Mitsumata (Edgeworthia papyriferae) and Gampi (Wikstroemia sikokina). This is..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1942. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 12mo. Blue cloth, silver spine title, blind embossing on upper board. A near fine copy with only a trace of aging on the edges and endpapers. First state, with the point on p. 112. The dustwrapper is not price..... More
New York: Philip C. Duchnes, 1963. Later edition. 8vo. 493(1)pp. Soft red cloth, gilt titles on spine and upper board. Gilt lightly darkened, trace or corner wear else a near fine copy. One of the must-have fine press references. More
