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19629070Oxford Clarendon Press. 1962. Hardcover. Very Good in Good dust jacket. Djs are chipped and browned with a few tears. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover of Volume I. Volume I book in NF condition. Vol. 2 book in VG condition bottom corners bumped - back inner hinge has crack along pastedown but hinge is solid. Vol. 3 is in Fine condition.; 3 Volume Set complete . Corrected reprint of 1950 edition.; 3 Volume Set COMPLETE. . Oxford Clarendon Press hardcover
1948AG-10068<p>Shanghai: Published by The English Monthly Publishing House printed by Kaiming Bookstore. This monthly was mainly for high school English teachers and English learners to improve their English abilities. Edited by professors at universities the first issue was published in 1945 this group comprises 10 issues: 1948: No. 31-38; 1949: No. 43 45. 12mo 71 pp; paper wrappers with a few small repairs slight tears but overall very good condition. This includes English texts selected from the writings of Pearl Buck Carl Sandberg A A Milne &c.<br /></p><p><b>è‹±è¯æœˆåˆŠ</b></p><p>ã€Šè‹±è¯æœˆåˆŠã€‹æ‚å¿—ç”±è‹±è¯æœˆåˆŠç¤¾å‡ºç‰ˆï¼Œå¼€æ˜Žä¹¦åº—å°è¡Œå°åˆ·ã€‚æ‚志创刊于1945å¹´ä¸Šæµ·ï¼Œç”±å¤§å¦æ•™æŽˆç¼–写,旨在æé«˜å›½å†…è‹±è¯æ•™å¸ˆå’Œé«˜ä¸ä»¥ä¸Šå¦ç”Ÿçš„英è¯èƒ½åŠ›ã€‚æœ¬ç»„å…±10期,13×17.5cm,有两本书皮ç¨å¾®ç ´æŸç¼ºå¤±ï¼Œå…¶ä»–å“相éžå¸¸å¥½ã€‚</p> The English Monthly Publishing House paperback
1867WRCAM45602New York 1867. 274pp. Original brown publisher's cloth stamped in blind and gilt. Extremities worn library call number on spine. Bookplates on each pastedown several ink stamps on outer leaves. Text clean. Good plus. For use among the missionaries in Africa. Mpongwe was spoken along the Gabun and Ogowe Rivers in French Equatorial Africa. hardcover books
1920032723Prague Czechoslovakia: Nakladatelstvi Antonin Sveceny / Ustredniho delnickeho knihkupectvi a nakladatelstvi Antonin Sveceny Central Workers' Bookstore and Publishing House 1920. Book. Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Six 6 volumes uniformly bound in tan cloth illus. in green brown red and black lettered in black. All volumes show light shelf wear with slight rubbing to front cover illustration. Firm bindings clean interiors beyond ownership stamps on front pastedowns and main titles. Text blocks a bit toned by age. Assembled set of the first six volumes in the Tarzan series published in Czechoslovakia text in Czech consisting of Tarzan of the Apes 1920 The Return of Tarzan 1920 The Beasts of Tarzan 1920 The Son of Tarzan 1921 Jungle Tales of Tarzan 1921 and Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar 1921 all originally published in English 1914-18. All probable 1st editions. 244 2524 192 2852 308 224 pp. Copyright page information: "Tato kniha / vysla jako # svazek / Romanove Knihovny / nakladem / Ustredniho delnickeho / knihkupectvi a nakladatelstvi / Antonin Sveceny. / Vytiskla / Lidova knihtiskarna / A. Nemec a spol. / v Praze II. / Hybernska / 7" This book published as # volume / Romanov Libraries / Central Workers' / Bookstore and Publishing House Antonin Sveceny. / Printed at Folk Printing Office / A. Nemec et al. / Prague II. / Hybernska / 7th. Extremely scarce. Nakladatelstvi Antonin Sveceny / Ustredniho delnickeho knihkupectvi a nakladatelstvi (Antonin Sveceny) [Central Workers' Boo Hardcover
1732EB5681Dublin: E. Dobson 1732. HB. Translated into English from the Greek and illustrated with notes historical geographical and critical." Printed by and for E. Dobson Bookseller at the Stationer's Arms in Castle Street. Rebound in brown cloth gilt lettering on spine 8vo. lvi 320 pp. Dedicated to Hugh Boulter 1672-1742 Archbishop of Armagh. With list of subscribers and errata. First two pages of dedication loose front and rear covers scuffed at bottom. No marks in text binding solid. With armorial bookplate of Jeremiah Milles DD 1714-1784 noted eighteen century scholar Dean of Exter and President of the Society of Antiquaries. Book condition VG-. E. Dobson hardcover
189616078Boston: Little Brown & Company 1896. Translated by Katherine Prescott Wormelye these 40 volumes were published between 1896 - 1899 as The Novelists Library Edition de Luxe in a limited edition of 500 numbered sets. This set is # 29. Illustrated by many different French artists including A.P. Laurens Pierre-Georges Jeanniot Georges Cain and others. All illustrations reproduced in lush tissue-guarded heliogravure plates. All 40 volumes bound in matching three-quarter crushed burgundy levant morocco over moss-green cloth boards with matching green-marbled endpapers sewn-in green velvet textile bookmark top edges gilt. Six raised and finely tooled spine compartments with gilt lettering; in the second compartment WORKS OF BALZAC followed by the individual titles in the third compartment. Spines and leather edges are rubbed and in many of the 40 volumes the front cover has neatly detached from the spine due - I would venture - to excessive dryness. The books show virtually no sign of handling are clean and have no inscriptions or bookplates. Except for the mentioned detached covers this is a Good and complete set. A professional bookbinder would be able to reattach the covers. Scans available upon request. First Thus. Good. Little , Brown & Company hardcover
1950005068Saint Michaels AZ: St. Michaels Press 1950. 372 pages. Book in English and Navajo with two beautiful fold-out color reproductions of sandpaintings. SCARCE especially so in such lovely condition. Near Fine small date in ink front endpage spine a bit bowed. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. St. Michaels Press Paperback books
1952008983Wiesbaden Germany: Otto Harrassowitz 1952. Vols. I and II published 1952 Vol. III 1955. Hauer's classic Manchurian-German dictionary RARE in the First Edition. Three volumes in original printed wrappers Very Good small tears and wear ay spines. pages uniformly browning chips at wrapper corners of Vol. III. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Otto Harrassowitz paperback books
188414414Wien & Leipzig: Urban & Schwarzenberg. Very Good. 1884-88. Hardcover. Clean blue cloth. Maroon spine label with gilt titles. Texts tight clean & intact. Medical biographical dictionary. Approx. 4000 pages. 80000 physicians listed. International in scope. Erster Band: 1884 718pp. Lindsley - Revillon. Zweiter Band: 1885 712pp. Chavet - Gwinne. Dritter Band: 1886 718pp. Haab - Lindsley. Vierter Band: 1886 718pp. Lindsley - Revillon. Funfter Band: 1887 718pp. Revolat - Trefurt. Sechster Band: 1888 1056pp. Treiber - Zypen. Nachtrage und Erganzungen. Und unter Special Redaction Dr. E. Gurlt. Volume #1 pages 416 - 465 are age toned. A few lightly age toned edges at the beginning & ending of the other volumes. German text. Rare Section; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall . Urban & Schwarzenberg hardcover
1877007997Oxonii: E Typographeo Clarendoniano 1877. RARE edition not found at WorldCat. Text entirely in greek. 562 with 2 pp. publisher's ads. Book measures 9 1/2" x 7 1/2". Bound in contemporary crushed red morocco five raised bands and gilt lettering gilt leaf decorations to covers top edge gilt marble end papers binding stamped in gilt J.R. Gray & Son Cambridge. Near Fine spine faded to brown. . First Edition. Crushed Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Wide 8vo . E Typographeo Clarendoniano Hardcover books
1831007941London: Longman Brown and Co.; T. Cadell; J. M. Richardson Whittaker and Co. Etc. 1831. SCARCE< the 8th Edition 1831. In two volumes Vol. I Spanish and English; Vol. II Ingles y Espanol. "Thoroughly revised greatly improved enlarged by the addition of many thousand words and the two parts most carefully collated by M. Seoane M.D.". Finely bound in signed Riviere contemporary binding of full calf the backs ornately tooled in gilt with gilt lettering on red and brown morocco labels marbled end papers all edges gilt. Very Good Plus early expert repair rear cover Vol. II covers lightly rubbed moderate toning to end papers only. A quite handsome set. . 8th Edition. Full Calf. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Longman, Brown and Co.; T. Cadell; J. M. Richardson, Whittaker and Co., Etc. Hardcover books
1945008507New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1945. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on presentation bookplate "This book is especially Autographed by the Author signed H.L. Mencken in ink Kroch's Bookstores Chicago". Near Fine small corner bumps toning from bookplate glue at front end pages in a Very Good dust jacket small chips at spine ends and corners. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Alfred A. Knopf Hardcover books
190318383Berlin: Weidmann 1903. A beatuiful and crisp set in 4 half-leather and cloth bindings with matching gilt lettering on spine. Unread and including all the maps in rxcellent condition with only a few minor scratches on the leather spine. Includes Band I:Bis Zur Schlacht von Pydna.Elfte Auflage Band II:Von Der Schlacht von Pydna Bis Auf Sullas Tod.Zehnte Auflage Band III:Von Sullas Tode bis zur Schlacht von Thapsus.Zehnte Auflage Band V:Die Provinzen von Caesar bis Diocletian.Sechste Auflage. Volume 4 was never published. Includes all 10 maps in volume 5 and i map Militaerkarte von Italien in volume 1. No inscriptions . Gold lable from a bookstore in Stettin. Text all in German. Special shipping rates for international shipping. Please inquire before ordering. Near Fine. Weidmann hardcover
1913008969Berlin: Verlag Der Konigl. Akademie Der Wissenschaften 1913. RARE. 111 pages with 2 plates. Cloth spine over printed paper covered boards. Near Fine wear at spine ends and corners prior owner inscription in ink top edge front cover. Friedrich W.K. Muller 1863-1930 was " a scholar of oriental cultures and languages who confronted with the texts discovered by the four German expeditions to Central Asia 1902-1914 was able to make groundbreaking discoveries about many languages hitherto almost unknown and to make a major contribution to the establishment of the philological and historical study of texts in Middle Iranian and Old Turkish and the study of original Manichaean texts. He is considered "the founder of the study of the Parthian and Sogdian languages as well as of Manichaean Middle Persian.Encyclopaedia Iranica. No copies found at auction or in current commerce. . First Edition. Paper Covered Boards. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Verlag Der Konigl. Akademie Der Wissenschaften Hardcover books
1875WRCAM52981New York: American Bible Society 1875. 92pp. 12mo. Contemporary three-quarter roan and marbled boards spine gilt lettered t.e.g. Front hinge cracked spine and corners worn boards scuffed. Shelf label at foot of spine Ayer gift bookplate on front pastedown institutional ink stamps on titlepage and second leaf. Several front endpapers detached. Light tanning. Good. A scarce translation of the Gospel of Matthew into Muskogee published by the American Bible Society. This is the third edition of the work originally translated by R.M. Loughridge and published by the Park Hill Mission Press. This copy was given by Edward Ayer to the Chicago Historical Society in 1901 and was subsequently released as a duplicate. AYER INDIAN LINGUISTICS MUSKOKI 8. PILLING PROOF-SHEETS 2327. American Bible Society hardcover books
1876WRCAM52979New York: American Bible Society 1876. 32pp. 12mo. Contemporary three-quarter sheep and marbled boards spine gilt lettered t.e.g. Front hinge cracked spine and edges worn boards scuffed. Remnants of shelf label at spine foot Ayer gift bookplate on front pastedown institutional ink stamps on titlepage and second leaf. Front endpapers detaching. Light tanning. Good. A scarce translation of three New Testament epistles published by the American Bible Society. This is the first edition of the work translated by principally by Ann Eliza Worcester Robertson. This copy was given by Edward Ayer to the Chicago Historical Society in 1901 and was subsequently released as a duplicate. AYER INDIAN LINGUISTICS MUSKOKI 18. PILLING PROOF-SHEETS 3322. American Bible Society hardcover books
1875WRCAM52978New York: American Bible Society 1875. 73pp. 12mo. Contemporary three-quarter sheep and marbled boards spine gilt lettered t.e.g. Front hinge cracked light edge wear corners and spine ends worn. Shelf label at spine foot Ayer gift bookplate on front pastedown institutional ink stamps on titlepage and second leaf. Front endpapers detaching. Some tanning. Good. A scarce translation of the Gospel of John into Muskogee published by the American Bible Society. This is the second edition of the work translated by the Reverend W.S. Robertson and his wife. This copy was given by Edward Ayer to the Chicago Historical Society in 1901 and was subsequently released as a duplicate. AYER INDIUAN LINGUISTICS MUSKOKI 12. PILLING PROOF-SHEETS 2335. American Bible Society hardcover books
1880WRCAM52980New York: American Bible Society 1880. 99pp. 12mo. Contemporary three-quarter sheep and marbled boards spine gilt lettered t.e.g. Front board detached corners and spine ends worn boards rubbed. Shelf label at spine foot Ayer gift bookplate on front pastedown institutional ink stamps on titlepage and second leaf. Front endpapers detaching. Some tanning. Good. A scarce translation of the Gospel of Luke into Muskogee and the only stand-alone edition of Luke produced in the language according to Ayer published by the American Bible Society. "A small portion of this work was translated originally by Rev. Mr. Ramsay with the help of an incompetent interpreter. It was retranslated by Mrs. A.E.W. Robertson with the assistance in correcting of Rev. Thos. W. Perryman and N.B. Sullivan" - Pilling. This copy was given by Edward Ayer to the Chicago Historical Society in 1901 and was subsequently released as a duplicate. AYER INDIAN LINGUISTICS MUSKOKI 10. PILLING PROOF-SHEETS 3325. American Bible Society hardcover books
1930008986Berlin: Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften 1930. RARE. Published 1930-32. "On the Medicine of the Uighurs". Text in German.Two volumes bound in contemporary quarter cloth over marbled boards gilt lettering back beige end papers original wrappers bound in at rear. 2 25 2 plates 2 50 pp. 3 plates wrappers. From the collection of noted Inner Asian Studies scholar Denis Sinor 1916-2011 his bookplate front paste down and his signature at each title page. Sinor founded and directed the Asian Studies Research Institute at Indiana University and served as editor of the Journal of Asian History. Near Fine light wear at head of spine. . First Edition. Quarter Cloth. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften Hardcover books
1810009881London: Printed for F. C & J. Rivington et al 1810. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SCARCE OCLC locates only two copies of this edition worldwide in institutions no copies found in current commerce. viii 643 p. Bound in contemporary quarter calf over cloth boards Very Good the armorial bookplate of H. B. Stuart front paste down and later from the collection of noted medieval scholar and polyglot James W. Marchand with his name stamp front end page the boards rubbed moderate toning throughout German institutional stamp front end page. Printed for F. C & J. Rivington et al Hardcover
197212227Arcata CA: Humboldt State University. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1972. First Edition; First Printing. Plastic comb binding. Some soil to the covers and a crease down the center of the front. The interior is very good to fine. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 354 pages . Humboldt State University unknown
1896008980Helsingfors: mprimerie de la Société de Littérature Finnoise 1896. 224 pp. text in French. SCARCE in the First Edition. Near Fine small loss of paper at head of spine top corner crease rear wrapper. Vilhelm Ludwig Peter Thomsen 1842-1927 was a Danish linguist and Turkologist considered one of the greatest linguists of all time. His successful translation of the Orkhon inscriptions opened the window into the Old Turkic alphabet. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. mprimerie de la Société de Littérature Finnoise Paperback books
1879009933Leipzig: Breitkopf and Hartel 1879. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxiv 485 1 pages. The First Edition of this classic study of Sanskrit grammar handsomely bound in 20th c. full blue pebbled morocco silver lettering at spine. With distinguished provenance the name stamp of Clyde Pharr noted American classicist at title page and the ownership signature in ink and name stamp of James W. Marchand noted medieval scholar linguist and polyglot at front end page. Fine with marginal notations and some underlining in red ink noted in only the first 33 pages of text likely in Pharr's hand as Marchand did not typically mark in his books. SCARCE in commerce and no auction records found for 1st ed. copies at RBH. Breitkopf and Hartel Hardcover
Hardcover in acceptable condition. No jacket. Text in French. Third edition. Volume one only. Front board and two early blank pages are detached from binding. Rear board detached. Abrasions, marks and scores on worn boards and spine. Leading corners and edges are split. Spine head is chipped and partially detached. Gilt page block is marked. Pastedown hinges have been reinforced. Minor inked writing and ink stamp on early blank pages. Two centimetre tear on leading edge of frontispiece. Pages are marked and tanned, with some nicks and creases. Contents remain clear throughout. HCW Used
1914217801Berlin, de Gruyter, 1914-49. Geb. u. brosch. Teils leicht beschabt. St. u. Sign. a. Tit. Teils stockfl.