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1931124063Philadelphia David McKay C1931 1931. David McKay Edition. Hardback. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling and light rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. ; 129 pages; Description: xv 1 129 p. Front. plates. 26 cm. Subjects: Burton Richard Francis Sir 1821-1890. Philadelphia, David McKay [C1931] hardcover
1931017658Philadelphia/Washington Square: David McKay Company Inc. 1931. First Thus . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Pogany Willy. The only poetical work of its kind in the English language which retains the meter refrain & stanzaic structure & thought of the original Arab. Translated & Annotated by his friend & pupil19th-century British poet & scholar Sir Richard Burton with dramatic woodcut illustrations by Willy Pogeny. "Not only a poem but the life-philosophy of a thoughtful man of action'' the Kasidah can be roughly translated as "testament." In pages with extensive explanatory Notes by Burton Introduction by Dhan Gopal Mukerji. Orig. published in this is the First Printing of David McKay's edition from . With cloth-over boards lettered in to front & spine the book is in Good condition: generlly very clean binding strong & straight hinges secure pages creamy white with age-appropriate tanning completely unmarked. exterior show rubbing to extremities bumped corners with some fraying at both ends of spine & all corners. No DJ. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays Pacific time; later orders weekends & holidays ship very next business day. <br/> <br/> David McKay Company, Inc. hardcover
193175950Philadelphia:: David McKay 1931. First trade edition. publisher's black cloth stamped in silver with applied illustration on front panel. . Bookplate; slight tanning/use to the fore-edge of one plate which has been re-inserted; light use to spine extremities and rubbing to the applied illustration; tight and sound. 4to. Illustrated by Willy Pogany. David McKay, hardcover
193110532New York: David McKay 1931. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Book condition is Very Good in boards. Faint stain at rear panel some minor rubbing to exterior. Text is clean and unmarked illustrated. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. David McKay hardcover
193159999Philadelphia:: David McKay 1931. First trade edtion. publisher's black cloth stamped in silver with applied illustration. Slight rubbing at the corners of the cloth; otherwise very nice. 4to. Illustrated by Willy Pogany. Translated and Annotated by His Friend and Pupil Sir Richard Burton. Introduction by Dhan Gopal Murkerji. Inscribed on the half-title: "To my son Peter with best love from his Father -- 1931--" and at the top of the same page "This is my copy given to me by by Father Willy Pogany Peter Pogany Scott." David McKay, hardcover
193151422Philadelphia:: David McKay 1931. No. 16 of 250 copies signed by Willy Pogany and Dhan Gopal Murkerji. 3/4 black morocco over marbled sides; gilt spine t.e.g. by Bennett of New York. . Very slight rubbing at the tips of the corners; otherwise a fine copy in a handsome binding. 4to. Illustrated by Willy Pogany. David McKay, unknown
193151505Philadelphia:: David McKay 1931. First trade edition. publisher's black cloth stamped in silver with applied illustration on front panel in clear wrapper and publisher's two-part box with printed paper labels. . A fine copy in a box with some light use and a split at one of the short joints. 4to. Illustrated by Willy Pogany. David McKay, hardcover
193153317Philadelphia:: David McKay 1931. First trade edition. publisher's black cloth with applied illustration on front panel in glassine and publisher's two-part box with printed paper label. A fine copy in chipped glassine. Two of the short side joints of the box top are split; edges and corners rubbed. . 4to. Illustrated by Willy Pogany. David McKay, hardcover
1931Z1-C003-SADT1931. Hardcover. Good. 1st ed thus McKay 1931. Black cloth silver border surrounding paste-on cover illustration. Generally average external wear staining bumps chips - rear cover rather more worn and stained. Pages yellowed with occasional foxing minor blemishes. Binding reasonably firm. 1933 gift inscription to front endpaper. hardcover
1931402885Drexell Hill Pa. : Bell 1931. 1st edition. Hardcover. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description: xv 129 pages 12 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations frontispiece ; 26 cm. Notes: ""Illustrations reproduced in Beck Gravure by the Beck Engraving Company Philadelphia."" Subjects: English poetry 19th century; Sufi poetry English; Qasidas; Sufism in literature. Drexell Hill, Pa. : Bell hardcover
1931SKU2010031238David McKay 1931. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dustjacket . First Thus. Bound in red gilt-blocked cloth. The only poetical work of its kind in the English language which retains the meter refrain & stanzaic structure & thought of the original Arab. Translated & Annotated by his friend & pupil19th-century British poet & scholar Sir Richard Burton with dramatic woodcut illustrations by Willy Pogeny. Not only a poem but the life-philosophy of a thoughtful man of action the Kasidah can be roughly translated as testament. With extensive explanatory Notes by Burton Introduction by Dhan Gopal Mukerji. David McKay hardcover
193112315Philadelphia: David McKay 1931. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Fine. Square small quarto 129pp. First Pogany-illustrated edition. A fine crisp copy in the publisher's black boards stamped in silver with applied illustration to front board. In a clear contemporary dust jacket which may or may not be original; rippled with some large tears and the rear flap detached and laid-in. In the publisher's original box spotted with some stains and pencil notes on the interior; sound but good or slightly better only. A beautifully illustrated edition of Burton's classic. David McKay hardcover
1930402086London Bombay Sydney : George G. Harrap & Company Ltd. 1930. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Stains to cover. Foxing to prelims. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description; 316 p. : col. front. col. plates ; 22 cm. Subjects; Fairy tales Ireland. Children's stories. Juvenile literature. 20th century children's fairy tales. 20th century Irish literature. London, Bombay, Sydney : George G. Harrap & Company Ltd. hardcover
1991Q-0679401458Pantheon 1991-04-23. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Pantheon hardcover
1992Q-0385423608Anchor 1992-07-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Anchor paperback
193016467Longmans Green and Co. Good with no dust jacket. 1930. Hardcover. Mounted pictorial cover is worn at corners but clean bright and in good condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages have sparse modest foxing but clean and in very good condition. . . Longmans, Green and Co. hardcover
193245946Philadelphia:: David McKay 1932. First edition. publisher's black cloth stamped in silver with applied illustration on front panel; in publisher's two-part box with printed silver labels. A bright fine copy. The top half of the box is splitting along the short joints and rubbed at the corners with some tiny chips light rubbing to the silver labels. . 4to. Illustrated by Willy Pogany. David McKay, hardcover
193218586Philadelphia: David McKay 1932. First edition thus. Hardcover. Orig. black cloth silver front cover panel with cloth inset illustrated by Pogany. Fine. 192 pages. 25 x 20 cm. Illustrated in black and white by Will Pogany. Signed presentation copy "To Herbert Morrison from his old friend Hollywood 1937." Morrison Life Peer Baron Morrison of Lambeth was a member of the Labour Party serving as Foreign Secretary 1951 and as a Deputy Prime Minister. During World War II he served as Home Secretary. Morrison also created the London greenbelt system and was responsible for the unified London transport system. Crisp fresh and very bright copy. No dust jacket but believe not issued by publisher. David McKay hardcover
19321145092Philadelph: David McKay Company 1932. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Cloth. Bright copy fine if not for small blemish on back cover. Broken gift box. Previous owner's name handsomely inscribed on the back of the frontispiece. David McKay Company hardcover
195261130New York: Viking Press 1952; 1955. Two vols. 1st - 8vo. x 361 1 pp. With text illustrations by Gustav Wolf. Brown embossed publisher’s cloth gilt lettering on spine w/ d.j. cover art by Carl Cobbledick minor edgewear rubbing price-clipped still NF/VG copy; 2nd - x 293 1 pp. With text illustrations. Gray-green publisher’s cloth gilt lettering on spine w/ d.j. cover art by Bill English minor scuffing edgewear rubbing still VG/VG copy. Second printing of the first and 1st edition of the second both of these odd and unusual excursions through the wonders of ancient to modern natural history and zoological wonders by the famed scientist. The first includes sections on mythical creatures of unicorns dragons and the Kraken as well as the extinct giant sloth and Dodo along with explorations of the Abominable Snowman or Yeti the “Man-Eating Trees†of Madagascar and giant tortoises. Viking Press, hardcover
1948047965New York: Viking Press 1948. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First printing. A NF copy in a VG price-clipped dust jacket with the $ sign still visible. Scarce especially in dust jacket. . Viking Press Hardcover
1941102925L<p>Book is in Very Good condition; a little rubbing at spine ends light dust soiling to top of page block endpapers very lightly foxed previous owner's name small in ink on ffep no other defects noted. No other marks to interior binding tight and secure. Jacket is in Good- condition; tattered and chipped along edges 3" closed tear along spine lightly soiled. Not price clipped $2.75. See photos.</p> Modern Age Books hardcover
1948930882<p>A cryptozoological classic by a German legend of the field. Living-dinosaur proponent Ley is better known as a rocketry pioneer who advised Fritz Lang during the filming of Woman in the Moon and is the namesake for a crater on the dark side of the moon. </p><p>Tight square spine. Clean unmarked interior. A turned corner and some very gentle shelf-wear but book is in great shape overall. Jacket has some moderate to heavy chipping and edge-wear. 361 pp. Featured Rare & Collectible. </p> The Viking Press hardcover
19472330191Basle Switzerland: Amerbach Publishing Comp 1947. Full-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Rebound in full leather originally published in printer wrappers which are not included here. Pages lightly toned boards lightly rubbed and slightly discolored with a golden tinge to the red on both front and back possibly transfer from another binding or document but this seems unlikely given the color. 1947 Full-Leather. 11 1 24 pp. Red leather marbled endpapers. A short volume providing historical context for the imagery contained in the Weingartner manuscript along with color reproductions of all 24 figures. The Weingarten Manuscript German Weingartner Liederhandschrift is a 14th-century illuminated manuscript containing a collection of Minnesang lyrics. It is currently in the Wurttembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart with the shelf-mark HB XIII 1. In Minnesang scholarship it is referred to as Manuscript B. Along with the Codex Manesse MS. C and the Kleine Heidelberger Liederhandschrift MS. A it is one of the major sources of Minnesang texts from the beginnings around 1150 to the end of the 'golden age' around 1230. Amerbach Publishing Comp hardcover
2000x-0792361121Kluwer Academic Pub 2000. Hardcover. New. 9.50x6.25x1.00 inches. Kluwer Academic Pub hardcover
