Kamal (1st Edition).
New York: Harper and Row, 1982. Hardcover. Vg/Vg Dj/8vo./contents bright & clean/351 pp. Middle East. MID/5152. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. More
New York: Harper and Row, 1982. Hardcover. Vg/Vg Dj/8vo./contents bright & clean/351 pp. Middle East. MID/5152. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. More
London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1923. Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. First Edition. According to the introduction: "The object of this book is to point out the remarkable and terrible results of this extraordinary and mischievous feature of the party system and to suggest a simple remedy ... I have set out facts and arguments in a simple conversational form to make them interesting to and understood by the average reader. As an illustration of certain evil effects of the present system, the story is told of a Fishery Bill (most pernicious adn contrary to public welfare in respect of certain clauses relating to river pollution) in which the late Government made alterations detrimental to public interests for the benefit of certain influential supporters; also of the manner in which a large selection of the public was grossly deceived in respect of the Bill." Bound in green cloth (it is olive green despite the picture above) covered boards with black title to front board and to spine. Publisher's emblem in black to rear board. Minor bumping to spine ends and light browning to spine. Minor creasing and a few closed tears to edges of pages 229-244. Minor browning to rear end page. Else is clean and bright. 256 pages. LIT/012510. Very Good +. More
London: Herbert Jenkins Ltd., 1923. Hardcover. 8vo. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. According to the introduction: "The object of this book is to point out the remarkable and terrible results of this extraordinary and mischievous feature of the party system and to suggest a simple remedy ... I have set out facts and arguments in a simple conversational form to make them interesting to and understood by the average reader. As an illustration of certain evil effects of the present system, the story is told of a Fishery Bill (most pernicious adn contrary to public welfare in respect of certain clauses relating to river pollution) in which the late Government made alterations detrimental to public interests for the benefit of certain influential supporters; also of the manner in which a large selection of the public was grossly deceived in respect of the Bill." Bound in green cloth (it is olive green despite the picture above) covered boards with black title to front board and to spine. Includes 5 laid-in copies of the afterword. Clean, bright interior with minor browning to end pages. 256 pages. LIT/121406. Fine. More
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1886. Hardcover. First edition of the first book of criticism by Archer (1856-1924), a prominent literary and drama critic of his day. Bound in original dark red cloth with gilt title and author to spine and front cover. Some bumping and rubbing, slight chipping to spine corners otherwise in nice condition. Front and rear hinges are somewhat cracked and there are a few loose signatures. Light foxing throughout. Includes full page illustrations of some famous actors of the time such as Henry Irving, Edward Terry, Mary Anderson, and Sarah Bernhardt. 350 pages including index. DRA/071709. Very Good. More
Venice? Felice Valgrisi? ca. 16th century. Three leaves from what has been identified as a 16th century Italian edition of Orlando Furioso. The research of the former owner of the leaves led him to believe that the pages are from an edition printed by Felice Valgrisi in 1574. However, further research does not show Valgrisi printing Orlando Furioso before the 1580s, and that he only began his printing career in 1574. The leaves are for pages 369-370, and 391-394. The pages include decorated initials, Two of the pages have an opening "argomento" - subject - with a pictorial border. There is also a full-page illustration. The leaves pages show aging and the top and bottom margins and right fore-edges are browned. Still very good examples of fine sixteenth century printing. Measures 7 x 10 inches. EPHEM/042423. Very Good. More
Milan: Giovanni Pirotta, 1818. Hardcover. A beautiful version of this great Italian epic poem that first appeared in 1516. It takes place against the backdrop of the war between Charlemagne and the King of Africa, and has many fantastic and magical elements. It was a big influence on later works of literature, including Spenser's Faerie Queene and Shakespeare's Much Ado. Very good in full leather with repairs made using Japanese paper to both joints. The edges of this tissue are coming loose. A small section of modern leather has been added to the front board where there had been a chip to the original leather. The new leather has been tooled and dyed to blend with the original. Light cracking to leather with minimal board-wear. Despite the noted repairs, this is a nice, attractive copy with strong, tight spine and clean interior. Marbled end pages. Bookplate to front end page. Folio. ITA109201. Very Good. More
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1988. Hardcover. 4to. Blue paper covered boards with silver title to spine. Interior is clean and bright. Several color photographs throughout. White and blue dust jacket with slight yellowing to edges. Index, 256 pages. Cooking. COOK/8212. Fine in Near Fine DJ. More
Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1969. Hardcover. Nf/Nf Dj in mylar/illus./112 pp./bright, gorgeous copy. Classical Literature. CLA4/4302. Near Fine. More
Philadelphia: David McKay, 1899. Hardcover. Olive green cloth boards with black title to spine and front cover. Wear to edges of boards, corners, and spine ends. Clean. Size: 6 x 3 inches. 267 pages. CLA/031819. Very Good. More
Reno: University of Nevada Press, 1981. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Large 8vo. Vol I (1858 - 1880) has very clean blue cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Pristine interior with tight binding. Blue & red illustrated dust jackets with minor rubbing to edges. Appendices, Indexes, & illustrations, 421 pp. Vol II (1881-1890) has very clean brown cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Minor wear to corners and rubbing to edges of spine. Pristine interior with tight binding. Appendix, Indexes, and illustrations, 403 pages. BOB/031904 This set may require an extra shipping fee. Fine / Fine. More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1909. Hardcover. Subjects of bulletins include: building of a run-down cotton plantation, conservation of natural resources, silver fox farming, deer farming in US, forage crops fro hogs in Kansas and Oklahoma, Nuts and their uses as food, cotton wilt, harmful and beneficial mammals of the arid interior, game laws for 1908, cropping systems for New England dairy farms, Macadam roads, alfalfa, Declaration for governors for conservation of natural resources, the basket willow, cultivation of tobacco in Kentucky, the boll-weevil problem, some common disinfectants, computation of rations for farm animals by the use of Energy values, repair of farm equiptment, bacteria of milk, dairy industry in south, dehorning of cattle, and experiment stations XLVII - XLIX. Bound in three quarter red leather over red cloth boards with gilt title "Farmers' Bulletins" to spine. The name "Lynden Evans" is printed in gilt on the foot of the spine. Lynden Evans (1828 - 1926) was a teacher, lawyer, and U.S. Congressman from Illinois. Full marbled edges and marbled endpapers. Rear endpaper is present but detached. Minor wear to edges and hinges of boards. Clean interior withillustrations. An attractive book. Each bulletin has its own pagination. SCI/022219. Very Good. More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1910. Hardcover. Subjects of bulletins include: Tuberculosis test of cattle, Nevada mouse plague of 1907 - 8, Experiment Station Work L, Onion culture, Successful Poultry and Dairy Farm, Peanuts, Poultry Management in Maine, Forestry, Canning Vegetables in the Home, Experiment Station LI, Meadow Fescue, Market Hay Value, Use of Milk as Food, Profitable Cotton Farm, Farm Management in Northern Potato-Growing Sections, Experiment Station Work LII, Lightning, Eradication of Bindweed, How to destroy rats, Replanning a Farm for Profit, Drainage of Irrigated Lands, Soy Beans, Irrigation of Alalfa, Experiment Station Work LIII, and Care of Food in the Home. Bound in three quarter red leather over red cloth boards with gilt title "Farmers' Bulletins" to spine. The name "Lynden Evans" is printed in gilt on the foot of the spine. Lynden Evans (1828 - 1926) was a teacher, lawyer, and U.S. Congressman from Illinois. Full marbled edges and marbled endpapers. Front endpaper is present but detached and rear endpaper is no longer present. Minor wear to edges and hinges of boards. Clean interior with occasional pencil markings. An attractive book. Each bulletin has its own pagination. SCI/022219. Very Good. More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1910. Hardcover. Subjects of bulletins include: Game laws for 1909, harmfulness of headache mixtures, exterminating Texas-fever tick, Hog cholera, loco-weed disease, adulteration of forage-plant seeds, experiement station work LIV, LV, LVI, How to destroy English sparrows, boys' and girls agricultural clubs, potato culture on irrigated farms in west, preservation of farm timbers, bread and butter making, pheasant raising, economical use of meat in home, irrigation of sugar beets, habit-forming agents, use of windmillls in irrigation in semiarid west, sixty-day adn Kherson oats, the muskrat, bees, commercial fertilizers, irrigation of grain, and more profitable corn planting methods. Bound in three quarter red leather over red cloth boards with gilt title "Farmers' Bulletins" to spine. The name "Lynden Evans" is printed in gilt on the foot of the spine. Lynden Evans (1828 - 1926) was a teacher, lawyer, and U.S. Congressman from Illinois. Full marbled edges and marbled endpapers. Front endpaper is present but detached. Minor wear to edges and hinges of boards. Clean interior withillustrations. An attractive book. Each bulletin has its own pagination. SCI/022219. Very Good. More
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1902. Hardcover. Preface by Mrs. Wodehouse. 8vo. Very good in white cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Spine darkened. Minor rubbing to boards and wear to spine ends. First edition. Frontis portrait of Arnold. Interior is clean and bright. Poetry. POE2/12290. Very Good. More
South Bend: Regnery/Gateway, 1979. Hardcover. Vg/Vg Dj/8vo./297 pp. Political Science. POL11152. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1978. Hardcover. Vg/Vg Dj/8vo./contents bright and clean/448 pp./Review copy with slip laid-in. Middle East. MID/5212. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. More
Hardcover. G/title page and pp. 121-122 missing/full-leather Religion. REL111201. Good. More
8 titles (9 books) printed in association with the William Morris Society, Grolier Club, etc. Fine. 5 hardcover and 3 paperbacks (as issued). Extra shipping required on international orders. Fine. More
New York: Random House, 1990. Hardcover. Very good+ in very good+ blue dust jacket. 8vo./156 pp. General History. EEUR41082. Very Good + in Very Good + DJ. More
London: Chiswick Press [Privately printed], 1888. Paperback. First Edition. Scarce. Presentation copy inscribed "To F. Coylestone with best wishes T. Ashe Feb. 1888." Thomas Ashe (1836-1889) was a minor English poet who was admired by some, including Michael Field, but his work was not popular with his generation. He has risen far enough to be included in many recent anthologies of mid-to late- Victorian verse. In original paper wrappers. Covers stained, creased on right corner, and chipped along edges. Hinges tender but text block is tight and clean. Very good condition. 84 pages. POE/102714. Very Good. More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1932. Softcover. Number 157 of 420 copies. This is the text of an address given by Frederick Ashley, Chief Assistant Librarian of the Library of Congress at the eleventh National Conference on Printing Educationin in honor of the important collection of 15th century books from the library of Doctor Otto Vollbehr. The Library purchased the collection That included a Gutenberg Bible for over one million dollars. Designed and printed by George Henry Carter, the Public Printer of the United States. Bound in white parchment with black and blue titling to cover and printed on handmade paper with Cloister types in two columns of forty-two lines each and illuminated with handmade initial letters similar to the Gutenberg Bible. Prefaced with three black and white photographs of Dr. Vollbehr and the Gutenberg Bible - the Book of Books. Housed in a worn and soiled light blue slipcase. Book is in very good condition. Measures 10 x 13 inches. Unpaginated [14 pages plue colophon]. PRI/012323. Very Good. More
Nairobi: East African Literature Bureau. The Eagle Press, 1960. Softcover. SCARCE. 8vo. Peach- colored side stapled paper wrappers with brown title to front wrapper. Slight rubbing to exterior. Light yellowing to edges of a few pages. Else is clean and bright. 33 pages. African History. AFR/012020. Very Good+. More
Philadelphia: Charles H. Davis, 1863. Paperback. Eleven issues in wraps from 1863. Foxing and minor wear to corners and edges of all issues. Dampstaining, pen markings, and light soiling to several issues. Issue No. 15 has two large open tears to the last page which effect the text. Most issues are approximately 16 pages. Periodicals. PER1/1242. Very Good. More
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2008. Hardcover. 8vo. Fine in glossy paper covered boards with brown spine panel and white title to spine. Pristine interior with tight binding. Includes several illustrations. 231 pages. MIL/091508. Fine. More
Baltimore: D. Brunner, 1851. Paperback. First Edition. Lacks wrappers. Black title to first page. Light wear with chip to top margin of last page. Clean. 14 pages. REL/060722. Very Good. More