Albany: Hoffman & White, 1834. Second edition. Leather bound. 400pp. Octavo [22 cm] Original full leather boards. New leather spine professionally done. Leather spine label. Good. General wear and rubbing to the surfaces and extremities. Missing a folding frontispiece depicting Indian relics. With black and white illustrations; one black and..... More
New York: Cornelia Prime, 1903. Limited Edition. Leather bound. 406pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] 3/4 blue leather with gray paper over boards, raised bands and gilt stamped titles on the spines, single gilt ruled borders on the covers, and gilt stamped fleur-de-lis designs on the front covers. Top edges gilt. Volume..... More
Swinton, Manchester: Neil Richardson, [1984]. Reprint. Hardcover. [22]; 36; 64pp. Quarto [30.5 cm] Red cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title on the front cover. Very good. There are very sporadic notations and markings on the pages. An illustrated reprint of the first Manchester and Salford Directory, a reprint..... More
New York: W. W. Norton, 2019. First edition. Hardcover. 273pp. Octavo [24cm]; black paper boards with gilt title on spine. For Chinese immigrant Wong Chut King, surviving in San Francisco meant a life in the shadows. His passing on March 6, 1900, would have been unremarkable if a city health..... More
New York: The Century History Company in collaboration with the John C. Rankin Company, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo [25 cm] 3/4 red leather with marbled paper covered boards. The spines have been amateurishly rebacked with simple red cloth tape. Each volume has a circular gilt illustration of a sunrise..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1886. Leather bound. 496pp. Quarto [27.5 cm] Light brown leather with black leather gilt stamped title labels on the spine. Gilt rolled edges. Marbled edges and endpapers. Good. The leather covers are rubbed and slightly mottled. There are several dark stains on the rear..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1884. Leather bound. 504pp. Quarto [27.5 cm] Light brown leather with black leather gilt stamped title labels on the spine. Gilt rolled edges. Marbled edges and endpapers. Good plus. The leather covers and spine are rubbed and mottled, and have multiple light stains. There..... More
New York: Leavitt and Allen, 1854. Leather bound. 310pp. Quarto [25.5 cm] Original brown leather with ornate gilt stamping and embossed designs. All edges gilt. Pale yellow endpapers. Very good. Gently rubbed at the extremities. The endpapers are a bit discolored, and there is a prior owner's label on the..... More
New York: 1938. Reprint with addenda. Hardcover. 657pp. Octavo [21 cm] Brown cloth over boards with the title stamped in gilt on a black ink stamped panel on the backstrip. Map pastedowns. Very good condition. The top edges of the endsheets are just a little sunned, and the front pastedown..... More
London: Folio Society, 2001. Later printing. Hardcover. 316; 428; 448pp.Bound in marbled blue paper with gilt title on spine and design on boards. In a navy paper covered slipcase adorned with gilt title and illustration. Top edge of slipcase is moderately scuffed. Each volume contains an appendix of genealogical trees..... More
Heidelberg: Keysersche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1959. Hardcover. 513pp. Octavo [24 cm] Sea green cloth covered boards with gilt stamped titles on the spine and front cover. Very good. The spine ends and edges of the covers are very subtly bumped and faded. There is a small label on the front pastedown. The..... More
York: Printed by Thomas Wilson and Son for J. Mawman, Poultry, and Pall-Mall, 1809. Second edition. Hardcover. 400pp. Quarto [29 cm] 1/2 parchment vellum with recent and original paper over boards. Top edge trimmed; other edges deckled. Fair condition only. Large areas of the underlying boards are exposed on the..... More
San Francisco: California Printing Co., 1920. Second edition. Hardcover. 269pp. Small quarto [24.5 cm] 1/4 olive green cloth with brown paper covered boards and paper title labels mounted to the spine and front cover. Deckled fore edges. Very good. The edges of the covers are lightly rubbed and bumped. There..... More
El Paso, Texas: Texas Western Press, 1968. Fourth printing. Hardcover. Two volumes: Volume I: 1529-1917; Volume II--1918-1980. Several black and white illustrations. 467, [2]; 140, [8] pp. Near fine with like dustjackets. Slight soiling and wear to dustjacket panels and extremities. Not price clipped. Internally fine. More
Paris: E. De Boccard, Editeur, 1952. Original edition. Paperback. 454pp. Quarto [28 cm] Printed wraps. Very good. The pages are browned. Uncut pages. Part of the L'Agriculture a Travers Les Ages series founded by Emile Savoy. More
Dublin: A. Moor, 1730. Leather bound. 264pp. Octavo [20 cm] in full brown calf Cambridge binding with blind-embossed details and gilt-tooled spine. Good only. Spine scorched and flaking, rubbing and loss to boards, joints cracked through (but holding); Contemporary owner's initials and date on front flyleaf, large but unobtrusive dampstain..... More
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London: Macmillan & Co., 1940. First edition. Hardcover. 411; 414pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] in blue cloth with gilt-stamped spines, ruling in blind on boards. Rubbing and light wear to boards, spines lightly toned, 1/2" tear to front joint at top of Volume II, light dampstaining to front board of Vol..... More
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1995. Collector's Edition. Leather bound. 237pp. Octavo [22 cm] Brown leather with raised bands, a gilt stamped title on the spine, and gilt stamped designs on the spine and covers. All edges gilt. Patterned endpapers. Publisher's leaflet tucked in. A previous owner's Easton Press bookplate..... More
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1990. Collector's Edition. Leather bound. 379pp. Octavo [24 cm] Red leather with raised bands, a gilt stamped title on the spine, and gilt stamped designs on the spine and covers. All edges gilt. Patterned endpapers. Publisher's Notes from History tucked in. A previous owner's Easton..... More
Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics Books, 2017. First edition. Hardcover. 253pp. Folio [31cm]. Printed paper covered boards. New. "An oral and visual history of the inframous and ubiquitous Rubin, 'Did It!' is the first ever biography of the co-founder of the Yippies, Anti-Vietnam War radical, Chicago 8 defendent , New Age/Self Help..... More
London: John Murray, 1844. Second edition. Leather bound. 514; 516; 614pp. Octavo [22 cm] Brown leather with 6 gilt stamped spine compartments. Gilt turn-ins. Marbled endpapers and text block edges. All plates are present. The extremities are rubbed. The front free endpaper of volume 1 is detached, but present, and..... More
Richmond, VA: Time Life Books, 1998. First printing. Hardcover. Quarto [31 cm] Black paper over boards. With the dust jackets, and in the slipcase. All are in as new condition. Will require extra postage due to weight. A celebration of the twentieth century with a collection of 150 commemorative stamps..... More
Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. 293pp. Oblong octavo [20 cm x 22 cm] Red cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. Very good. There is a red remainder stamp on the bottom edge of the text block. In a very..... More
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1990. Collector's Edition. Leather bound. 279pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] in decorative gilt-stamped maroon leather with raised spine bands, all edges gilt, moire endpapers, bound-in pagemarker ribbon. Collector's Notes laid in. Bookplate on front pastedown, else As New. More
Birmingham, AL: The Legal Classics Library, 1989. Reprint. Leather bound. 707pp. Octavo [23cm] in full dark red gilt-stamped leather with raised spine bands. All edges gilt, bound-in pagemarker ribbon. Inked-out name on provided bookplate on front pastedown. More