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199241992Point Reyes Station: Floating Island 1992. First edition. 58 pp. Fine in printed wrappers. Omission slip laid in. Point Reyes Station: Floating Island, unknown books
0436<br/><br/>Lay-Tek. Moyens de locomotion en pays khmer. Dans la legende et dans la realite. Illustrations executees par le lekhanuvat Lay-Tek. Hanoi: Institut Bouddhique Imprime par G. Taupin & cie. 1930. Oblong Octavo. 4pp. l. 2-62pp. incl. 31 col. pl. 16 x 24 cm. Three quarter blue morocco. A fanciful look at the historic means of transportation of the Khmer people which includes flying serpents an elephant on wheels horses ridden by the gods but also rickshaws ballons and carriages of many sorts including ceremonial. Western conveyances used in the regions are also pictured. unknown books
2003186360Jonathan Cape 2003-09-01. Hardcover. Good/Good. Hardcover with rubbed slightly worn dust jacket. Internally the book is clean unmarked and with sound binding. Due to size/weight we can only ship media within the continental US. Jonathan Cape hardcover books
1824WRCAM26137New York 1824. Folding map 51 x 51 inches Backed on linen as issued. Significant foxing. Original portfolio of boards with roan spine expertly rebacked. In a cloth clamshell box leather label. Styled "second edition." Handsome large- scale early map of New York State and part of Pennsylvania and New Jersey and Canada. Boundaries outlined in color with notes on roads forts ironworks and Indian villages. Lay was one of the most important cartographers working in New York and Pennsylvania at the time. hardcover books
2013237480np: Self-published by the author 2013. Pamphlet. 16p. 5.5 x 8.5 inches chiefly illus. very good condition in stapled wraps. Letters to past lovers written and illustrated by the two Asian American artists and animators. Self-published by the author unknown books
37658Leiden and Boston: Brill 2019. Hardcover. 9.5" x 6.25". xii 199 pp. Several illustrations throughout text. Cream illustrated glossy boards. Fine. ISBN 9789004394117 . LikeNew. Hardcover . Brill [2019] hardcover books
1949002551Paris: Nicolas. Societe Anonyme au capital de 1 milliard 50 millions. Printed by Draeger Freres a Montrouge. 1949. First Edition. Wraps with spiral. Fine/Very Good. A catalog that is itself a work of art with this issue drawing inspiration from Japanese woodblock imagery. Harada the artist captures the simplicity elegance and understatement of the Japanese aesthetic in his panoramas and images of birds insects flowers etc. 8vo. 33 1 pp. Nicolas a leading French wine distributor that is still very much in business excelled at producing beautiful books and other printed material over the decades. This copy but for light edge toing on the cover made of a heavy card is close to pristine and the original glassine is preserved although it has moderate wear an one inch or so closed tear and a few other trivial closed tears. Also included is a price list insert. <br/><br/> Nicolas. Societe Anonyme au capital de 1 milliard 50 millions. Printed by Draeger Freres a Montrouge. paperback books
185335219NY: General Protestant Episcopal Sunday School Union and Church Book Society 1853. 12mo. 65 pp. Original printed cream wrappers some wear at extremities. Very good. Fourth edition revised and enlarged. The author was a native of Madison County Alabama and is described on the title page here as a "Presbyter of Alabama." This edition is scarce; OCLC locates two copies Transylvania Virginia. Not in Owen two other works by Lay are described. <br/><br/> General Protestant Episcopal Sunday School Union and Church Book Society unknown books
19821320062New York: Springer-Verlag 1982. Hardcover. Octavo: VG/Hardcover: Yellow spine with black text: Boards are strong and clean general shelfwear light bumping to tail of spine binding solid: Textblock is clean: 239 pp. 1320062. FP New Rockville Stock. Springer-Verlag hardcover books
1996287372West Group 1996. First. paperback. very good. 8vo pr. wrs. N.p.: West Group 1996. Very good<br/><br/> West Group unknown books
1986108391San Francisco: HOC DOI 1986. 174p. illus. wraps. HOC DOI unknown books
1949WRCLIT35190Prairie City: The Decker Press 1949. Gilt cloth. First edition. A couple ink underscores else fine in good somewhat sunned and chipped dust jacket. The Decker Press hardcover books
1992122543Vancouver British Columbia Canada: Or Gallery 1992. First edition. Softcover. 67 pages. Includes numerous color and black and white illustrations. A close to near fine copy with some minor soiling to the front panel and with a rubber stamp from the SF Camerawork Reference Library they sold their books. Or Gallery unknown books
2001115208New York: HarperCollins Children's Books 2001. First edition of this moving book of verse detailing the story of a young Vietnamese girl who is forced to flee Vietnam before the fall of Saigon. Octavo original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Zdenko Basie and Manuel Sumberac. Jacket photograph by Sloane Bosniak. "In this poignant funny and unforgettable novel Thanhha Lai shares in verse how her family escaped Vietnam before the fall of Saigon. American and Vietnamese characters alike leap to life through the voice and eyes of a ten-year-old girl - a protagonist so strong loving and vivid I longed to hand her a wedge of freshly cut papaya. This tenderly told tale transports readers to the time immediately after the Vietnam War and also opens hearts to newcomers displaced by war today" Mitali Perkins. HarperCollins Children's Books hardcover books
197952467Hong Kong:: Joint Publishing Co. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1979. Hardcover. 9620400011 . Translated from the Chinese by Nancy T. Lin. First edition. Previous owner's chop on front endpaper and half-title page else near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . Joint Publishing Co., hardcover books
191258574Warsaw MO: Warsaw Times 1912. First edition thus Lay's contribution was first published in 1876. 8vo. 2 134 pp. Illustrated. Howes L-157 for the earlier publication. Eberstadt 110 183 for the earlier edition: "Discovery and explorations Indians first settlement townships and early courts Warsaw Slicker War Kansas War etc." OCLC locates seven copies of this edition Pomona Public Iowa State Historical Society Kansas City Public Springfield County Public State Historical Society of Missouri Truman State Lubbock Public. Poor quality paper browned but a very good copy. Later black-stamped green cloth. #5887. <br/><br/> Warsaw Times hardcover books
2011219418Los Angeles: UCLA Asian American Studies Center Press and Chinese Historical Society of America 2011. 180p. paperback new still in plastic wrap. UCLA Asian American Studies Center Press and Chinese Historical Society of America unknown books
1836WRCLIT81698Oxford: Printed by W. Baxter . 1836. 18pp. plus blank. Sewn printed wrapper. Edges a bit dust tanned small sliver chip from fore-edge of last leaf otherwise very good. First edition. With the faint round former ownership stamp of Oxford bibliographer and collector Falconer Madan. The '3' in the imprint date at a glance resembles an '8' thus resulting in entries under both 1836 and 1886 in OCLC. The printer died in 1871 and the copies at Oxford Cambridge etc are catalogued under the earlier and almost certainly correct date. COPAC notes: "Published in response to the massive programme of 'Waterloo' church building controlled by the Commission for Building New Churches between 1818 and 1857." OCLC: 244986768. Printed by W. Baxter ... unknown books
200027695Washington DC: National Park Service National Capital Region 2000. First Edition. Wraps. Fine. xx 300 pp. 4to. Small 1/2" tear at head of spine along rear cover. Clean and crisp within. Heavily illustrated with 25 folding maps. National Park Service National Capital Region unknown books
200027694Washington DC: National Park Service National Capital Region 2000. First Edition. Wraps. Fine. xx 300 pp. 4to. Clean crisp copy. Heavily illustrated with 25 folding maps. National Park Service National Capital Region unknown books
1993140251Hong Kong: Golden Harvest 1993. Vintage Hong Kong film poster for the 1993 film. <br/><br/>In a deviation from his typical blend of comedy and action Jackie Chan plays a psychologically tortured police officer in search of a kidnapped businessman. The plot was inspired by the actual kidnapping of businessman Teddy Wang in 1990. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Hong Kong and China. <br/><br/>20 x 30 inches. Near Fine. Golden Harvest unknown books
197347171Hong Kong: Wing Tai Zhang Printing CW 1973. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Hong Kong: Wing Tai Zhang Printing CW 1973. Numerous b/w and full color illustrations. 209 pp. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth. All edges dyed red. Spine heel slightly bumped. Front board stained on bottom. Front and back board slightly bowed. Bottom edge lightly stained. Gilt lettering on front board and spine. Light sunning on top edge. Dust jacket has wear on top edge and light staining on inside of top edge. Very good/Very good. Wing Tai Zhang Printing CW hardcover books
1868847London: Pr. by C. Roworth & Sons for the Church Institution 1868. 8vo. 8 pp. <br><br>Removed from a nonce volume. Foxed. Pr. by C. Roworth & Sons for the Church Institution unknown books
1970016685Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh Ltd 1970. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. vi 55 pages of text. Original blue hardcover cloth binding with minimal shelfwear. The original dustjacket is moderately sunned on the spine with a tiny chip a few small tears and creases and minor shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. Illustrated by Y. T. Kwong. The text is clean and unmarked. Kelly & Walsh Ltd Hardcover books
197891097Hong Kong:: Hong Kong Book Centre. Near Fine. 1978. Paperback. B0006DXTQI . Black and white illustrations. First edition paperback. Near fine in illustrated wraps. . Hong Kong Book Centre, paperback books
