THE VANISHING TRIBES OF KENYA.
Philadelphia 1925. Illus; maps, 8.5x5.5", cloth, 284 w/index, EX-LIBRARY, usual markings, spine slightly discolored, rear inner hinge cracked. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. More
Philadelphia 1925. Illus; maps, 8.5x5.5", cloth, 284 w/index, EX-LIBRARY, usual markings, spine slightly discolored, rear inner hinge cracked. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. More
(Institutum Romanum Finalandiae: Rome), 2002. Illus.; photos, 10.5 x 8", pict wraps, 305pp with index, covers a little rubbed and edge-worn else a nice, clean copy. Rome. More
Honolulu, Hawaii 1941. Illus, 8.5x6", cloth, 208 w/index, EX-LIBRARY, usual markings, corners bumped, spine sunned. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. More
London 1897. 3 folding maps, 9x6", cloth, 604 w/index, EX-LIBRARY, usual markings, hinges broken, covers well worn, half title torn. FIRST EDITION. More
Rubin Mass: Jerusalem, 1939. Paperback. 7.25 x 5.25", blue patterned stapled wraps, 44pp, covers a bit rubbed and finger soiled, cover edges a bit worn and creased, contents nice. Regarding a Jewish state. More
London 1920. Maps; illus, 8.5x5.5", pict cloth, 246 w/index, EX-LIBRARY, usual markings, corners bumped, covers a bit worn. More
Jacobi Chalmers: Abredoniae [Aberdeen], 1762. 8 x 5", full leather with five raised bands, 617pp + Index + 50pp DE JURE REGNI APUD SCOTOS, Dialogus by Buchanano, covers a bit worn and chipped, extremities bumped, faded spine with vertical creasing through spine cover, hinges loose, front blank cut out, ink..... More
Thos. Cook & Son: London, 1921. Hardcover. Photos, illus; folding maps, 7 x 4.5", gilt-lettered limp red cloth, 956pp, covers rubbed and darkened, ink name of former owner on front blank, pp toned, textblock cracked near end, but still a good, usable copy with the folding map in back pocket..... More
Research Associates School Times: np, 2010. Paperback. Illus., 8.5 x 5.25", glossy pict wraps, 336pp, covers with just minor edge-wear else a nice, clean, fresh copy of this facsimile of the 1928 edition. More
Phaidon Press: (Oxford) 1980. Illus, 12x8", cloth, 444+index, inner front hinge cracked else good in price clipped dw. FIRST EDITION, with T.L.S from president's office of Commission of the European Coounities presenting this book. Also book has signature which might by President Gaston Thom's. More
Robert Hale: London, (1960). Hardcover. Photos, 9 x 5.5", green leather(ette?), 195pp, spine a little cocked else a nice copy in a nice dustjacket. Undated Facsimile Reprint, LIMITED TO 750 NUMBERED COPIES (this is copy #60), SIGNED BY ELLEN ENZLER-HERRING of Trophy Room Books in Agoura, CA. With prospectus, and..... More
Heraldry Today: London. 1984. 10 x 6, cloth, 1185 pp, 090045538X, facsimile reprint of 1842 London ed, red cloth, scattered smudging to edges, owner's blind stamp to front free endpaper else clean and sound, vg, no jacket. Reprint. More
Eastburn, Kirk and Co., et al.: NY, 1813. 2 volumes, 8.5 x 5.5, half leather, marbled boards, 588 pp, 622 pp, covers well worn, hinges broken, extremities bumped and fraying, spines chipped, contents heavily foxed and toned. SWAF. More
George Bell & Sons: London and Bombay, 1898. Hardcover. Illus., maps, 9 x 6", red cloth, gilt spine lettering, homemade brown paper dustjacket, 305pp. Covers very well worn, soiled and stained, spine missing pieces, outer/inner hinges and textblock cracked, contents toned. Burleigh covered the war in Sudan, the Boer War..... More
Edward Arnold: London, 1902. Hardcover. Illus., foldout map, 9 x 5.5", pict light blue cloth, gilt spine lettering, 156pp + ads. Covers worn, soiled and stained, spine darkened and lettering faint, corners and spine tips bumped and worn, bookseller ticket (Harold T. Storey, London), offsetting to blank pages, scattered foxing..... More
London, 1724/1734. Hardcover. 14.5 x 9", full leather, decorative blindstamping, raised bands, gilt spine lettering, (12)836, (20)765. Front covers and endpapers detached, covers/spine very well worn/scuffed/scraped and missing pieces, rear hinges cracked and becoming detached, minor worming, occasional light smudging and spotting, slight waviness to pages, bookplates (Robert Prescott, Esq.)..... More
Printed for the Author: Dublin, 1775. 8 x 5, full leather, raised bands, 504 (10). Disbound, text block split in two, covers fair/poor, sticker on front cover, "bookplate," contemporary ink notes on front pastedown, pencil notes on rear pastedown, bottom of title page cropped, toning, staining, soiling, whiteout/white tape (book..... More
Tylston and Edwards: London, 1893. 2 vols. Photo portrait of Isabel, full page illus. (including color); folding map and plan, 8.5 x 5.5", gilt-pict black cloth, 436pp, 479pp with index, covers heavily worn & rubbed with old ring stains, extremities bumped and fraying, outer front hinge of vol. 2 cracking..... More
Printed for Private Circulation: np, nd (c. 1800s). Hardcover. 7 x 5", gilt-lettered and gilt-dec blue cloth, 98pp, covers a bit rubbed and darkened near the top, extremities bumped and worn, small tear on foredge of front fly, contents a bit toned but still a nice copy. Possibly masquerading as..... More
G.P. Putnam's Sons: NY, 1938. Hardcover. Decorations by Richard E. Harrison, 8.25 x 5.75", blue cloth, 296pp, covers sunned unevenly, former owner's bookplate inside front cover, old photocopied article and catalog description tipped in on rear endpapers, pp toned, but FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING (NAP), WITH PAGE SIGNED BY THE..... More
G.P. Putnam's Sons: NY, 1930. Photos, folding map, frontis portrait of author, 9.25 x 6.25, gilt lettered blue cloth, 422 pp with index, covers heavily worn, spine darkened, extremities bumped and fraying, inner hinges cracked, pages edge toned with one tear cello-taped, ink date-stamp and former owner's address label inside..... More
G.P. Putnam's Sons: NY, 1930. Hardcover. Photos, 9.5 x 6.25", gilt-lettered and gilt-pict blue cloth, 422pp with index, extremities bumped and worn, spine a little soiled, pp toned, former owner's bookplate on half-title page else a good copy of the FIRST EDITION. WITH: "Byrd Prize Letter Contest!" slip; a little..... More
G. P. Putnam's sons: NY 1935. Illus, 9.5 x 6.5", cloth, 405 w/index, spine badly faded, covers well rubbed, foxing to ends. FIRS EDITION, SIGNED BY BYRD. More
G.P. Putnam's Sons: NY 1930. Illus; map, 9.5 x 6.5", cloth, 422 w/index, covers moderately spotted, hinges loose. FIRST EDITION, WITH BOOKPLATE OF GEORGE BOOTH (OF CRANBROOK, DETROIT NEWSPAPER OWNER). More
John A. Blair, Springvale, (1884). 8.75 x 5.75", gilt-lettered cloth, 448pp in double columns, covers rubbed, extremities bumped and lightly fraying, spine wrinkled, hinges loose, inner hinges cracking, ink names of former owners on prelims, pp a bit toned and used. The Folk-Lore Society XV. More