January SALE! All books in Anthropology, Automotive, Aviation, Education, Equestrian, Games & Hobbies, Gardening, Geography, Humor, Hunting & Fishing, Journalism, Medicine, Nature, Political Science, Psychology, Railroads, Science & Technology, Sports, and Women's Studies sections priced at $125 and under are 50% off for the month of January.
This sale excludes artists' books, private press, lots, books on William Morris & the Pre-Raphaelites, items sold on consignment, and newly acquired items.
Many prints & manscripts including framed items are also on sale for 30% off.
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Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. Very good green linen backed green laid-paper boards, paper pastedown label to spine. Browning, light staining to boards and spine. Interior is quite clean w/bright text. Deckle-edge pages; tight binding. Bowman was president of the Johns Hopkins University. 185 pages. Baltimore. BALT/7253. Very Good. More
Mobile, AL: The Friends of the Spring Hill College Library, 1993. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed by the editor, dated 1995. Spring Hill College is a private, Jesuit, liberal arts school in Alabama. It was one of the first colleges to desegregate in the South. Later inscription to bottom of title page indicating that the book was once donated to the Archives of the Society of St. Joseph. Bound in deep purple leatherette boards with gilt title to spine and front board. A notecard with an illustration of the school has been taped on the front free endpaper. A seven page pamphlet including a brief history and a map of the college has been taped on the rear free endpaper. 154 pages. EDU/071520. Very Good / Very Good. More
New York: Paulist Press, (1978). Hardcover. 8vo. Fine in near fine illustrated yellow dust jacket with maroon title to front and spine panels. Minor fading to spine panel. Pristine interior. 229 pages. WOM/032317. Fine / Near Fine. More
London: George Bell & Sons, 1875. Second Edition. A leaf from A History of the Birds of Europe Not Observed in the British Isles, Chromolithograph. Archivally matted. #42784. Very Good. More
Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Co, circa 1900. Hardcover. Scarce. Inscribed by the author "For the mother of Mary Matthews with best wishes of the Author - Alice Brooks / Written by the Great Great Aunt of Mary Matthews." on the front free endpaper. Alice Brooks was a Baltimore author who often wrote under the pseudonym "ALIX." A collection of advice for young mothers, most involving when and how to discipline kids - each with real life examples. The author notes that "most of the articles in this little volume have been published in Parish Visitor. The material, for many of them, has been gathered from the wise teachings of my mother, to whose memory I lovingly dedicate it." Bound with red cloth spine and corners over white cloth boards. Title in black to front cover with silver flower. Dampstaining and discoloration to covers and spine. Minor wear to corners and edges. Clean interior. 119 pages. LIT/041718. Very Good. More
New York: International Publishers, 1938. Hardcover. Vg/Vg Dj/8vo./354 pp. Political Science. POL1/5023. Very Good. More
New York: Workers Library Publishers, (1935). Paperback. 12mo. White side stapled paper wrappers with black title to front wrapper. Interior is clean and bright. 23 pages. AME/012020. Very Good+. More
New York: American Committee for Cultural Freedom, Circa 1950s. Paperback. SCARCE. 8vo. Very good in off-white side stapled paper wrappers with blue title to front wrapper. Minor browning to front wrapper. Interior is clean and bright. 16 pages. POL/102219. Very Good. More
New York: Playboy Press, 1974. Hardcover. 4to. Near fine in very good blue illustrated, price clipped dust jacket with white title to spine panel. Fading to spine panel and wear to edges of dust jacket. Interior is in lovely condition, clean and bright with no yellowing. Many full-color photographic illustrations. Ink inscription to previous owner opposite title page. Index, 214 pages. Nature. NAT/5093. Near Fine / Very Good. More
[New York]: Springer, [2012]. Hardcover. First Edition. Fine in glossy blue paper covered boards with white title to spine and frotn cover. Light rubbing to covers, else fine. Pristine interior. Issued without dust jacket. 217 pages. PSYCH/080912. Fine. More
Rockville, MD: An Aspen Publication, 1986. Hardcover. 8vo. Off white paper covered boards with maroon title to front board and to spine. Minor rubbing to boards. Pristine interior. Index, 329. MED/101717. Very Good+. More
London: George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1877. SCARCE. Hardcover. Tall 8vo. Bound in navy cloth covered boards with original blue paper wrappers bound in as second endpaper. Interior very clean and bright. Volume complete with three appendices, a frontispiece foldout map, and 8 folding illustrations to the rear. Period bookplate to front pastedown. A scarce item in beautiful condition. NAT/070106. Very Good. More
London and New York: Routledge, [2011]. Hardcover. First Edition. Fine in blue paper covered boards with white title to spine and front cover. Light rubbing to covers, else fine. Pristine interior. Issued without dust jacket. 144 pages plus advertisement. PSYCH/080912. Fine. More
Tours: Imprimerie Deslis Freres, 1905. Paperback. In Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. In original light blue wrappers; fading to edges, light chipping along spine. Interior is clean but browned at the edges. Contains several calculations. In French. SCI/021204. Very Good. More
New York: Science History Publications, 1976. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Clean, bright interior. 185 pages. ANTH/093006. Fine. More
New York: Dover Publications, 1959. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown cloth boards with blue title to spine. Clean, tight interior with many fold out maps. Green dust jacket with black title to spine. Minor fading to spine of jacket and minor wear to edges. Index, 743 pages. Geography. GEO/050406. Fine in Very Good dj. More
Cleveland: The World Syndicate Publishing Company, 1939. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey cloth boards with title pastedown to spine and front boards. Slight bump to spine ends; very small tear to head of spine. Interior is very clean with many B&W plates. Tight binding. Orange and black dj with wear/creasing to edges. Chipping to spine ends of jacket. Small open tear to spine of jacket. Price-clipped jacket. 240 pp. PSY/020205. Very Good in Very Good Minus dj. More
Columbia University Press, 1934. Hardcover. Very good in tan cloth with gilt lettering. Spine a bit faded; light soiling. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Education. EDU2/3220. Very Good. More
London: The Institute of Economic Affairs Limited, 1965. Paperback. 8vo. Side stapled yellow and white illustrated paper wrappers with black title to front wrapper. Exterior shows minor wear including creasing and rubbing. Interior is clean and bright and includes ephemera. 64 pages. Science. SCI/092507. Very Good + in Wraps. More
Munich: Verlag von Fr. Bassermann, 1924. Hardcover. With 1500 illustrations. Anniversary edition. Very good in light grey cloth boards with red title to spine and front cover. Minor wear to edges of boards and a few small chips to spine ends. Clean, bright interior with minor browning to margins. Filled with Busch's cartoons. In German. Size: Large quarto. 355 pages. GER/081904. Very Good. More
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Brooklyn, NY: The Albertype Co, 1902. Hardcover. Stab bound with cord in oblong maroon cloth boards with silver title to front cover. Binding remains secure; however, the cloth covered the spine is no longer present. Minor wear and rubbing to edges of boards. Includes photographic illustrations of faculty, football team of 03, academic buildings, special events, and more. Minor browning to edges of pages, but clean and bright overall. Size: 7.25 x 5.25 inches. EDU/122018. Very Good. More
New York: Robert M. McBride and Company, 1922. Hardcover. Thin 8vo. 73 of 360 copies. SIGNED AND NUMBERED BY AUTHOR. Brown cloth boards with faded gilt title to spine. Clean, tight interior with interesting bookplate featuring a goat to front endpage. 46 pages. ANTH/031706. Very Good+. More
Skyhorse Publishing, 2014. Hardcover. First Skyhorse Edition. New in black cloth boards with silver title to spine. In light blue illustrated dust jacket with black title to spine and front panels. Clean and brigt with illustrations. 199 pages. AVI/022315. Fine / Fine. More
Atlanta: Scholars Press, (1988). Paperback. Number 60 from the American Academy of Religion Academy Series. Fine in black and white paper wrappers with green title to front wrapper and and white title to black spine. Pristine interior. "A pioneering and multi-dimensional work, Black Womanist Ethics is at once a study in ethics, gender, and race." 183 pages. WOM/032317. Fine. More
Philadelphia: Chilton Books, 1963. Hardcover. Vg/Vg Dj/8vo./219 pp./an original drawing by Aaron Sopher on front flyleaf Education. EDU11142. Very Good. More