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192670839E-398: Clarendon Press. Good. 1926. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Oxford at the Clarendon Press Oxford UK. 1926. Xxxviii 191 pgs 345 b/w illustrations 19 bw plans and diagrams. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. This seminal work by Gisela Richter explores the development design and craftsmanship of furniture in the ancient Greek Etruscan and Roman cultures. Drawing on archaeological findings artistic depictions and historical texts Richter provides a comprehensive analysis of ancient furniture's aesthetics functionality and cultural significance. E-398; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 191 pages . Clarendon Press hardcover
189788173Westminster London: Archibald Constable and Company 1897. First Edition. First impression. Two tall octavo volumes 24.5cm. Publisher's gilt-pictorial blue-green cloth; xvi510; xvi671pp; gravure frontispiece to both volumes plus 125 unnumbered leaves of plates sixteen in color after Nansen's original sketches; the remainder in halftone or gravure mostly from original photographs; four color-printed folding maps. Collated complete. Contemporary gift inscription to front endpaper of v.1 dated 1897. Scattered mild foxing to texts; mild external wear and some wrinkling to cloth at spines; together a complete sound Very Good set of what is arguably the greatest 19th-c. narrative of polar exploration. ARCTIC BIBLIOGRAPHY 11983. PMM 384 the Norwegian edition. Archibald Constable and Company unknown
18221357889London: T. Cadell 1822. Hardcover. Octavo vii 548 pages with 15 plates. In Good condition. Bound in contemporary leather. Surface somewhat marked and scratched with wear to spine edges and corners and some chipping to top of spine. Binding tight. Text block age toned with foxing throughout. An ex-library copy with usual markings including a bookplate to front pastedown institutional stamps to several pages and call number written in pencil. Fifteen plates present and intact including one plate opposite title page. MF Consignment. 1357889. Special Collections. T. Cadell hardcover
1719060509Paris: E Typographia Regia 1719. Book. Very Good. Full-Leather. 3rd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Complete in two 3 volumes in two bindings uniformly bound in full brown leather borders ruled in gilt 5 raised spine bands w/ gilt-decorated compartments title and volume labels lettered in gilt on brown fields marbled endpapers speckled/mottled text block edges. Stated 3rd ed. vixxxiixvi695 vii58489 plates pp. Imperfect copy with plates bound thus: II 1-254; III 255-364 262 and 263 reversed 437-489 365-436 lacking pl. 24 93-95 97 102 109 133 151 164 167 194-196 230-231 256 307 411 412; Vol. II engraved half-title inexplicably bound in between pl. 2 and 3. Leather shows a few areas of minor rubbing creased along joints with mild rubbing to corners; book plate mounted inside front cover of each volume. Vol. I engraved half-title detached with some raggedness along edges. Plates generally clean and fully intact. E Typographia Regia Hardcover
1934864H4567London: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited. Fair. 1934. First English Edition. Hardcover. xiii 3 362 6 ads pages. Twenty-one black and white photographic plates. "Based on material collected by the World Committee for the Relief of the Victims of German Fascism." - subtitle. Madden describes this work as a "Marxist publication which concludes that the Nazis burned the Reichstag. An appendix claims to list 747 proven cases of murder committed by the Nazis. Above-average but not excessive wear and soiling to publisher's faded red cloth. Binding intact. The only markings begin at page 231 and continue to the end. Small handwritten fore-edge stickman images become moving pictures if you quickly flip through to the back of the book. Quite harmless actually although such a playful excercise seems oddly inconsistent with the content of the book. Dust jacket not included. Kehr & Langmaid 1090 Madden p.180 Weiner Library Catalogue No. 7 - 189.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Reichstag Fire Nazi Party Adolf Hitler Germany - History . John Lane The Bodley Head Limited hardcover
1738r2781bStockholm: Joh. L. Horrns. G : in good condition. 19th century binding. Cover rubbed with edge wear. Fep missing. Occasional foxing and darkening. 1738. Third Edition. Brown hardback half-leather cover with marbled boards. 170mm x 100mm 7" x 4". viii 282pp 62pp 118pp viii. Eighteenth century edition of Palmberg's Swedish herbal. . Joh. L. Horrns hardcover
acs12Published by G-3 I & E Section & Public Relations Office under the direction of Major Paul L. Bogen Asst. G-3 I & E. Printed in Germany Steinbeck-Druck Aschaffenburg. Octavo original contents rebound in full-leather hardcover gilt lettering viii 288 pp 69 Maps 74 pp fold-out map enclosed in rear envelope. Fine. Photographs gladly provided upon request. hardcover
224 pages. Frontis black and white photographic plate of author. Several pages of black and white photographic plates insterspersed through text. Map front endpaper. "... Mrs. Manning was the first woman to be employed in an official Geodetic Survey of the Far North. This book is her on day-to-day record of this Arctic adventure." - from dust jacket. Unmarked. Average wear to book. Binding intact. Somewhat above-average wear to dust jacket which bears some chipping and closed 1" tear at top edge of front panel. Jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. Sound copy. Book
197487702New York: Milpatron Publishing Corp 1974. Facsimile Edition reproduced from original work a Six Volume Set with Double Volumes I&II and Volumes III&IV across Four books. Two Oblong folio volumes 30.5cm x 46cm and two Quarto volumes 28cm; navy blue cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in gilt on spines and front covers; viii119 plates197 plates1pp; ii82 platesii93 platespp; x12-69v12-47v12-50iv12-38iipp; xii149115pp; full-page plate illustrations with black-and-white photographic halftones and illustrations throughout volumes. This set is from the library of noted poet translator and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn 1928-2024 with his pictorial bookplates to front pastedowns of all four pastedowns. Volumes I & II Volumes III & IV and Volume VI all have modest shelf-wear with light shelf-soil to covers and edges of textblock; Very Good. Volume V has modest shelf-wear and -soil to covers and edges of textblock; Good. <br /> <br /> First published as a private issue 1879-1915 this Facsimile Edition includes a new introduction by Francis Robicsek and focuses on the natural history of Mexico and Central America. The first two collections Volumes I & II and Volumes III & IV include plate illustrations Volume V provides text description on each of the previous volumes of plates and Volume VI concludes the set with its appendix. 87702. Milpatron Publishing Corp unknown
1957c00852George Allen & Unwin 1957. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Dustwrapper a bit shelfworn and browned <br/> <br/> George Allen & Unwin hardcover
1933C70736London 1933. First Edition Thus. Hardback. Dust Jacket. A very good copy with toned edges and foxing to top edge. Very good boards with a slight lean sunning to spine rubbing to corners and spine ends. Good minus dust jacket with toned spine and losses tears and creases to edges. 8vo. Pp: 192. First edition thus. Combines The House of Hidden Places first published 1895 and The Book of the Master first published 1898. Original dust jacket with black and red text. Blue buckram boards with black lettering to spine. Previous owner's bookplate Roland Y. Mayell with motto of the Lindsay family in latin: ""The stars my camp God my light and protection"". hardcover
19712080502106503917University of Tokyo Press 1971. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 University of Tokyo Press paperback
166538171Basel, Emanuel König u. Sohn, 1665. 4°. Titel in Rot u. Schwarz m. Holzschn.-Vignette. Mit einigen Holzschn.-Vignetten bzw. -Initialen. 35 Bll., 1272 Sp., 10 Bll., 754 Sp., 7 Bll. (das erste weiß), 406 Sp., 4 Bll., 158 Sp., 40 Bll., 2 Bll., 236 Sp., 7 Bll., Blindgepr. Schweinsldr.-Bd. d. Zt. a. 4 Bünden über Holzdeckeln m. handschriftl. Rückentitel, dreiseitigem Farbschnitt u. einer (von 2) Schließe.
250 pages. Index. Author inscribed and signed the front free endpaper with the name 'Kenny'. Laid inside front cover is a letter from author to a friend apparently affiliated with the Salt River Valley Water Users' Association. This interesting letter is also signed "Kenny." According to the letter, it would appear that a total of three unnamed authors are responsible for this work. True to its title, this excellent reference includes the following chapters, most of which are broken down into many sub-chapters: Well Designs (gravel envelope, naturally developed); The Engineer's Decision - Selection of Design; General Considerations; Scope of Work and Qualifications; Casing and Screen; Drill Fluid; Drilling and Logging; Formation Stabilizer and Filter Pack; Preliminary Well Development; Development and Test Pumping; Logs and Records; The Owner, The Engineer, and the Well. Appendix A - Preparing Specifications. Appendix B- Casing Collapse Strength. Book clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Light wear to dust jacket which is preserved in a Brodart cover. An extra special copy of this otherwise rare and highly technical yet thorougly practical work. Book
1889009116London: George Bell and Sons 1889. Book. Very Good. Cloth. Autograph Letter Signed. New and Enlarged Edition. Wide 8vo. Autograph Letter Signed by author of appendix and noted English shipbuilder J. Wigham Richardson attached at front end page dated 30 March 1889 on his Newcastle on Tyne stationery and adressed to prior owner of the book W.E. Adams. 4 1/2" x 7" note card single fold with writing on all 4 sides. " I have forwarded your letter to Miss Gatty requesting her to give effect to it. Yes I sent you that volume but not in your editorial capacity." W.E. Adams 1832-1906 was editor of the Newcastle Weekly Chronicle. Richardson goes on to talk about his embarrassment at having been given authorial credit for his contribution particularly ".had I known what Miss G. was going to do I should have omitted the verse at the end." The book is Very Good in original quarter beige buckram over pale red buckram gilt lettering bit of soiling rear end page page block uniformly browning light wear to boards at corners and spine ends. George Bell and Sons Hardcover
193228247New York: Harcourt Brace & Company. 1932. First Printing. Hardcover. No. 214 of 260 signed and hand-numbered copies 250 of which were placed on sale. Mild foxing to spine very good. Price sticker or something similar stuck to rear of frontispiece was removed roughly and has thinned the page of the frontispiece without breaking through but the stain has offset to the page before the frontispiece. Another price sticker was successfully removed from the front free endpaper but its stain affects the front pastedown and the verso of the front free endpaper. Finally a third sticker on the verso margin of the colophon page has bled through to the blank margins of the colophon page as well as to its facing page the verso of the front free endpaper. Essentially there are 3 sticker stains all on blank areas of the preliminary leaves. The book is partially unopened and very good with foxed spineThe slipcase is present and while it has tears there is no splitting of the joints. A very acceptable copy of an uncommon book signed by both Sandburg and Angle.; Small 4to 8 1/2 x 11; 357 pp . Harcourt, Brace & Company hardcover books
1932123119London: Jonathan Cape 1932. First edition of Thomas' first edition second impression of Thomas' famed work on the Arabian Peninsula. Octavo original cloth very fully illustrated with maps charts diagrams and illustrations. Foreword by T. E. Lawrence. Appendix by Sir Arthur Keith. Very good in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition. Ownership name. English diplomat and explorer Bertram Thomas undertook a number of expeditions into the Arabian desert and became the first European to cross the Rub' al Khali from 1930 and 1931 a journey he recounted in Arabia Felix with detailed descriptions of the animals inhabitants and culture. "A great work of travel a book that is at once a record that will fascinate every imaginative literary explorer and a reference book for the footslogger who may follow in Mr. Thomas' tracks" Norman Collins. Jonathan Cape hardcover books
196982802Milano - Paris : Rizzoli Editore - Robert Laffont 1969. 420x360mm. 50 planches en couleurs photos couleurs et n/b contrecollÂŽes in texte reliure d'ÂŽditeur sous jaquette. Avec emboitage toilÂŽ. Exemplaire sur papier vergÂŽ pour le texte. TrÂs bel exemplaire comme neuf. 6100 Rizzoli Editore - Robert Laffont unknown
19662111902160201330Suwa Education Society 1966. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Suwa Education Society paperback
19172110502150402557Haneda Kiyotsugu 1917. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Haneda Kiyotsugu paperback
1879614344London: Edward Stanford 1879. From an enormous collection which belonged to a deceased ex-customer of ours for over 40 years. A retired civil servant with an academic interest in philosophy and history of science particularly Victorian around the generation of Darwinism. Hundreds of books in these genres being catalogued and shelved daily. Cloth hardcover with gilded pictorial front board and spine no dust jacket in very good condition for its age. With illustrations and several fold out maps neaty reinforced with white tape in some areas. Boards are slightly scuffed and marked. Spine is sunned and a little cocked. Edges corners and spine ends are bumped and rubbed with small tears at the spine ends. Page block is tanned and blemished. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Foxing on the endpapers and spots of foxing and the occasional mark on a few of the pages which are otherwise clear. Hinge and gutter breaks noted however binding remains sound. LW. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Used. Edward Stanford Hardcover
1913007520Paris Eugène Figuière & Cie 1913 In-4 Reliure cartonnage décoré Edition originale
304 pages. Signed by author upon title page. Index. Extensive list of oral history sources. A superb reference abundantly illustrated with black and white archival photographs. Chapters include: The Coastal Forest; Beginnings; Early Steam Power; Yarding Them Out; The Railway Era; The Birth of Truck Logging; Final Mechanization; Postwar Conversions; Modern Logging. Appendix - B.C. Coastal Log Production. Prior owner's name atop front free endpaper and half-title page else unmarked. Average wear to book. Light wear to handsome dust jacket which is now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A quality copy. Book
In-4 (cm. 31.30), 5 volumi, mezza pelle editoriale, titoli in oro al piatto ed al dorso, custodia, pp. (10), 868; (10), 802, (4bi.); (10), 814, (2bi.); (10), 827, (5bi.); (10), 1045, (19), con illustrazioni in bianco e nero nel testo e fuori testo, alcune a colori e qualche carta ripiegata fuori testo. Due carte iniziali dei primi due volumi con difetti editoriali e rappezzi adesivi a tre custodie di cartone; peraltro, volumi in ottimo stato (nice copy).
1892BOOKS351444Harrisburg PA: Edwin K. Meyers State Printer. Good/NO DUSTJACKET. 1892. . Hardcover. Sm 4to. 187 p.p. Shelf wear; head and tail of spine and corners of cover bumped and frayed; cracked inner hinge; shelf lean; previous owner's inscription on first front free-end paper; edges of cover rubbed; top page edges soiled; top right corner of pastedown torn; spine faded; pages clean and unmarked. . Edwin K. Meyers, State Printer hardcover