DISCOVERY, The Story of The Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition.
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 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
Andrew Heb: London, 1637. 57 double-page maps; other illus. include coins and one of Stonehenge, 13.25 x 8.5", half leather; marbled boards, 822pp; 233pp; Xxxx-Bbbbb7, covers heavily worn and soiled, front cover detached but present, extremities chipped, first and last few pp soiled and heavily toned (esp title page), MISSING..... More
St. Pauls-Press: Manila, 1993. Hardcover. Illus., 12 x 9", blue boards, blue pict dustjacket, 259pp. Very good condition, dustjacket has light wear and creasing. On the foreword, the signature of the club president, Leonard W. Kendrick has been affixed above his printed name, probably not original. FIRST EDITION, SCARCE. More
Evert Duyckinck: New York, 1798. Hardcover. 6.5 X 4", full leather, dark red spine label, (1)-417. Covers and spine extremely well worn, scuffed/scraped, front cover almost detached, rear cover detached, lacks ffep and frontis, ink name (David Dayton), contents toned, foxed with a few tears. Textblock still tight. Donald Campbell..... More
London 1849-1857. 9x5.5", nice 3/4 brown morocco with gilt stamped spines, top edge gilt, some interior staining, spines sunned with some water spotting darkening a few parts of spine, tipped in MS. Note in v.2, extremities worn. More
2 Vols in One. Edmonston & Douglas: Edinburgh 1863. 8 x 6", cloth, 322; 322, index, rebound, lacks plates and map, ink owner's name. First edition. More
Canadian Pacific, 1929. 7 x 4.5", stiff printed wraps, (8)pp, covers a bit rubbed and darkened else a nice, clean copy. Includes "Ten Important Points" about shore excursions, a short description of Padang, and the short "Programme" for the excursion dated January 28, 1930. More
Canadian Pacific, 1929. 7 x 4.5", stiff stapled wraps, (16)pp, covers a bit worn and darkened and soiled, contents nice with three ink time changes in schedule portion. Includes "Ten Important Points", baggage info for Palestine and Egypt, schedule for Dec 24-27th (Jerusalem or Nazareth), etc. Interesting. Jerusalem trip includes..... More
The Knickerbocker Press: NY, 1906. Photos; fold-out map, 8.25 x 5.5", rebound in half cloth; marbled boards, 214pp with index, covers worn and darkened, extremities bumped and fraying, spine cover spotted, hinges loose, pp toned and soiled. SCARCE title. More
Hodder & Stoughton: London, 1902. Illustr, 8.5 x 6, green decorative cloth, 285 pp. Light scratches and rubbing to covers, corners and spine tips bumped and worn, spine cocked, front inner hinges cracked and cover loose, frontis detached, text block cracked, light toning, staining at inner margin of a few..... More
Hickling, Swan and Brown: Boston, 1855. Hardcover. Frontispiece, 8 x 5", rebacked cloth with original spine laid-on, 299pp, covers a bit rubbed with some spotting, extremities bumped, contents toned with some minor edge wear to pp else a nice copy of the FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. More
Argonaut, Inc: Chicago, 1970. Frontis portrait, 9 x 6, cloth, 74 pp + notes and charts, covers a bit shelfworn else a nice, tight copy. Second edition. More
Cassell and Co.: London, 1923-1927. 2 vols. Photos, 9.5 x 6.25", gilt-pict brown cloth, 231pp with Index + plates, covers quite worn, spines darkened, extremities bumped and fraying, spine ends torn a little, rear inner hinge of vol. 2 cracking, bookplates ("Westbury"), pp toned with some spotting, vol. 2 a...... More
np, nd (c. 1860). Hardcover. 19 mounted black and white litho plates, 19 x 14", green cloth, gilt lettering, aeg, unpaginated. Covers waterstained, warped, worn, spine torn and peeling, inner hinges cracked, waterstaining to endpapers, pages have toning, light wrinkling, creasing, edge tears, scattered spotting, the mounts have light soiling..... More
Chicago 1916. Illus, 8x5", boards, 182 w/index, spine ends chipped, covers darkened. FIRST EDITION. More
Aspects of Philippine Culture: National Museum 1967. Illus, 9 x 6", stapled pict wraps, 20pp, minor wear. Fourth in a series of lectures. More
Arione, Messima, Italy. 2002. 11 x 8.5, softcover, 125 pp, well illustr, a clean square copy, no creasing. Second edition. More
J.B. Millet Co.: London and Boston, nd. Hardcover. Full page portraits numbered LXI to CXX, 13.5 x 10.25", 3/4 leather; marbled boards, 158pp, covers heavily worn, extremities bumped and chipping, outer hinges starting, rear inner hinge cracking, pp toned, spotted and with finger soiling (including portrait pages); volume two only!..... More
Editions Ouest - France. nd. Illustr, 12 x 9.5, pict boards w/ pict dust jacket, (140 pp). Dust jacket has a few scratches else very good. In French. More
L'Erma di Bretschneider: (Rome), (2002). Illus., 11.5 x 8.5", red cloth, 264pp, covers a little extremity-rubbed, hinges loose else a nice, clean, fresh copy in a lightly rubbed and edge-worn dustjacket. In Italian. Palatine Hill. More
Privately printed. 1994. 9.5 x 6, cloth, 384 pp, illustr, bib, index, vg in vg jacket, a clean, sound, near fine copy. Armenian historical figures. FIRST ED. More
Religious Tract Society: (London) 1886. Illus, 5.5x4", wraps, 192pp, READING COPY ONLY, lacks front cover, spine perished, loose, bad cigarette burn through p10 affecting type on frontis, title and first page of intro, etc. SWAF. More
PublishAmerica: Baltimore, 2004. Photos, 9 x 6, pict wraps, 77 pp, covers with a little wear but still a nice, fresh copy. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, WITH AN ADDITIONAL SIGNATURE FROM AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. A real book, made of paper; no batteries required and no need to..... More