New York: Jenkins & Thomas, Printers, 1881. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 8vo. 139pp followed by ads. Printed wraps. 7 plates as called for. The rear wrap repeats the plate of Sitting Bull. Wraps somewhat soiled and with old tape reinforcement within and without, else this is a very good copy..... More
(London): Longmans & Co., 1849. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. Leather spine embossed in blind and with the publisher's ornate boards on heat-stamped wood. 34 thick pages printed on both sides in chromolithography and with every other page highlighted in gold. The text is taken from the Book of Ecclesiastes, sometimes..... More
London: The London Printing and Publishing Company Limited, n.d. (1858). Hardcover. Thin small folio. Red cloth blocked in gilt. Letterpress text of 50 pp. preceded by 24 full page engravings and an engraved title page all from sketches by Thomas Allom. The binding is soiled and well worn, the gilt..... More
Cleveland: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1915-1925. First editions. Hardcover. Three volumes. 8vo. Red cloth, gilt spine titles, top edges gilt. 394, 403, 419pp. Indices; maps and plans included in the pagination. A near fine set showing only traces of wear. Ownership name in pencil on front free endpapers. An..... More
New York: McLoughlin Bros. n.d., ca. 1880. Hardcover. Large thin 4to. Upper board in full color chromolithography; rear board in single color and listing the five books in the Pantomime Series. 10pp of text, with the two remaining blanks serving as front and rear pastedowns. With a full color chromolithographed..... More
Chicago: Charles H. Kerr & Company, 1906-1909. First US editions. Hardcover. Three volumes, 8vo. Red cloth blocked in gilt on the spines. Volume I is the 1906 US firs tprinting; Volume II is the 1907 US first printing; and Volume II is the 1909 US first printing. Volume II spine..... More
n.p. Japan Dyeing Education Study Group, n.d. (ca. 1980). Hardcover. Elephant folio portfolio 15 by 25 inches containing 11 leaves on card with mounted specimens and instructions for creating shibori, or Japanese tie-dyeing. The portfolio is covered in red cloth, gilt title, orange ties, and with the title on a...... More
Kyoto: Tanaka Nao Senryōten, 1975. Limited edition. Loose plates. Portfolio containing 150 samples of Japanese weaving mounted onto think handmade paper and with the names of the weaves and weavers. The samples are arranged by locale, from Kyushu to Okinawa, ten areas in all. In fine condition. The protective portfolio..... More
Leipzig: J. G. Bach's Verlag, 1882. Hardcover. Second edition. Folio. xii, 104 in brilliant chromolithography compiled, drawn and lithographed by Albert Kretschmer. Red leather binding intricately blocked in silver, black and gilt. All edges gilt. A fine copy with only traces of wear to the hinges and edges. More
n.p. n.p., 1854. Hardcover. 8vo. Bound diary of blue lined paper on which the author has recorded his trips on sixty-four pages. The first page of the diary lists the ships: the Ship Arvum and the Ship R. B. Forbes. Peirce owned timberland in northern Maine, and did business as..... More
Chicago: Charles H. Kerr & Company, 1909-1933. Early U. S. Editions. Hardcover. Three volumes, 8vo. Red cloth blocked in gilt on the spines. Volume I is the 1909 printing; Volume II is the 1933 printing; and Volume II is the 1909 first printing. Inner hinges of volume I neatly repaired;..... More
Tokyo: Imperial Japanese Government Railways, 1913-1914. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 12mo. Publisher's brown silk finish cloth with titles in gilt on the spine and upper board. With dustwrapper. Illustrated with maps (some folding) and plans. Map endpapers. Top edges gilt. Ribbon Markers. Fine, bright, as new volumes, with the..... More
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, n.d., (1906 or later). Illustrated by Frederic Remington. Hardcover. 8vo. xviii, 242pp. Publisher's deep red cloth, gilt spine title, and with the upper board blocked in a gilt design. Illustrated by Frederic Remington with full page plates protected by printed tissue guards..... More
n.p. Headquarters, First United States Army, 1944. First edition. Wraps. 12mo/ x, 234pp/ Stiff textured printed wraps, bound with string. Each device is given a detailed explanation accompanied by a photograph and diagram. Light wear else a very good plus copy. Mines, Igniters, Mine-Laying Tactics, Fuses, Detonators. Comprehensive Table of..... More
New York: The Humboldt Publishing Co., n.d. (1890). First US edition. Hardcover. First edition printed in America. Tall 8vo. xviii, 506pp. Brick red ribbed cloth blocked in blind on the boards and with a gilt spine title with black lines. Translated from the German by Samuel Moore and Edward Aveling..... More
n.p. (India): Development Commissioner for HAndlooms, n.d. Hardcover. 4to. Bound in decorated cloth boards printed in deep red. Contains text illustrating dye methods, processes and materials. This is followed by 300 mounted samples of cotton thread dyed in vat dyes, reactive dyes, naphthol dyes and miscellaneous. Each sample is accompanied..... More
n.p. (India): Development Commissioner for HAndlooms, n.d., ca. 1980. Hardcover. 4to. Bound in decorated cloth boards printed in white. Contains text illustrating dye methods, processes and materials. This is followed by 400 mounted samples of silk dyes thread, beginning with mulberry silk(1-200) the two samples of each shade in both..... More
Neuchâtel, Delachaux & Niestle, 1916. Limited edition. Hardcover. Folio. Original cream-colored cloth with rounded corners printed in blue, black, red, yellow and green. [2, blank], 130, [4, the final 3 blank] pp. Five tipped-in color plates, six plates in photogravure, 135 illustrations in the text; one plate with reproductions of..... More
Antigua Guatemala: Libros San Cristóbal, 1992. Limited edition. Hardcover. 4to. xviii, (2), 101 plates, (3)pp. Half leather, the spine in four compartments with raised bands. The boards are covered with cloth handwoven in Guatemala and incorporating the title. Marbled endpapers. Printed letterpress, including the plates showing the weaving technique. Many..... More
London: Ward, Lock & Co., 1945. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8v0. 352pp. Rose-colored cloth printed in black on the spine. The spine is significantly sunned for about an inch at the top, The dustwrapper lacks a piece near the top of the spine corresponding to the sunned patch; it..... More
New York: George W. Bricka, (1922). Hardcover. The new and enlarged edition, with 65 reproductions in color and one hundred fifty in monochrome, all tipped-in. 4to. xiv, 370pp. Ref buckram with the spine title in gilt and with a printed illustrated label to the front board. Light wear to the..... More
Chicago: D. Lothrop CompanyE. A. Weeks & Company, 1895. Early Edition. Near fine. 12mo. Deep green ribbed cloth blocked in silver on the spine and on the upper board. 227pp. Lightly rubbed at edges and corners else a near fine copy. Neat inscruption dated 1897 on the front free endpaper..... More
New York: G. W. Dillingham, Publisher, 1896. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 216pp. Blue cloth gilt spine title and gilt author name on upper board. Ten full page photographic plates. A near fine copy. According to a note laid in, Mrs. Dyer's husband, an Indian Agent, was offended by some of..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1898. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. FIrst state, with the author's name misspelled on the front board. Gray cloth blocked in black, silver and gold. Light wear to the hinges and rubbing to the gilt else a very good copy. The cover design is..... More
London: The Corvinus Press, 1936. Limited edition. Hardcover. Folio. Finely printed on Barcham Green "Medway" handmade paper. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe cloth spine, gilt title, handmade paper over boards with the Corvinus device block in gilt on the upper board. A fine copy. In the original strange glassine cover..... More
