The Oriental Institute: Univ. of Chicago: Chicago, (1975). 2 vols. Each 8 x 8", glossy pict stapled wraps, 13pp; 16pp, covers toned and used, contents nice. More
Christiana: Norway, 1924. Paperback. 2.75 x 4", postcard with U.S. on one side and Norway on the other. Removal marks on U.S. side, some soil and creases. North Pole mail. More
6 x 4, gray bifold identity card, for foreigner in post-war German printed in German, English, French and German, issued to Alexander Popdakunik, a Ukrainian national, provides photo, fingerprints, physical features, etc., at Wasseralfingen District, Bavaria, 24 March 1948, edgeworn. More
np (UK), 1958-1993. 35 vols. 8.5 x 5.5", mostly stapled wraps, most very nice copies. The Venerable Bede. More
np (Japan), nd (c 1902?). Full page colored photos, oblong 6.5 x 8.5 string-tied silk brocade boards with paper label on front cover, covers worn esp at extremities, a loose copy, browning to first and last pp, contents toned, first plate's margi torn at top corner. SWAF. More
Greven's Kolner Adressbuch-Verlag: Koln, 1930. 2 volumes. Ads, diagrams of Gurzenich, Opernhaus, etc., 12 x 9, cloth backed gilt decorated boards, 1181 pp, 400 pp, 845 pp, 195 pp, cover rubbed, soiled with some water staining; spines sunned, extremities bumped, hinges loose, contents toned. Will require extra shipping. More
Harrison and Co.: London, 1794. Hardcover. 8.5 x 5", half red leather; marbled boards, 358pp + Contents; 366pp with index in double columns, covers worn and darkened, contents worn and spotted and finger soiled and toned, top corners of ffep and illus. title torn off, still an interesting survivor. More
np (Paris), 1931. Illustr including tipped in color illustr, 11.5 x 6.75, cloth backed patterned boards, 304 pp, covers worn and darkened, extremities bumped, spine dull, hinges loose, contents a little worn but still nice and clean, with date book in rear (four days per page), includes "12 Cartes Postales..... More
UNESCO: Paris, 1969. Photos, 8 x 5.75, cloth, 196 pp, very minor wear else a nice, sharp copy in lightly worn dust jacket. "5th Impression (second edition)." More
(Paris), (1696). Hardcover. Removed from original volume and rebound, 10.75 x 9.5", brown cloth, pp (1)-14, binding a bit worn with a light splash stain on front cover, bookplate removed, red crayon lines in margins, some toning to pp else a nice example of 17th Century printing; identification of edition..... More
Princeton, NJ & Cairo, Egypt. 11 x 8.5", stapled wraps, some spotting, first issue with insect damage else just ok. The lot. More
np, 5th April 1798. Paperback. 12 x 7.5", (349)-352. Removal marks, creasing, soiling, edge tears. "if any Broker or other Person residing or being in Great Britain...shall knowingly...negotiate...any Dealing prohibited by this Act, every Person so offending shall forfeit the Sum of Five Hundred Pounds..." More
np, 1798. Paperback. 12 x 7.5", (365)-367. Removal marks, creasing, soiling, light staining, pieces missing along side fold (from removing), edge tears else good. "And it be further enacted, That all Non-commissioned Officers and Soldiers shall be entitled to receive their Diet and Small Beer from the Innholders...while on the..... More
J. Dodsley: London 1782. 8.5x5", full leather, covers worn and rubbed, extremities darkened and cracked as if exposed to fire. Spine rebacked with leather and has raised bands and labels w/title and date, new end papers and blank pages. Startys with preface. Lacking title page and any pages prior to..... More
London 1756. 8x5", 76pp, marbled boards and leather spine (with raised bands) which are worn and rubbed, corners bumped, extremities worn, bookplate, front inner hinge cracked, front endpaper loose. Small stain on top edge, bottom edge has some wavy pages, endpapers soiled, spotted and browned with offsetting from bookplate. Blank..... More
Seven booklets featuring a series of lectures presented by the National Museum 1967-68. Illus, 9 x 6", stapled pictorial wraps, in slipcase. Includes: Contemporary Painting of the Philippines, Music of…, Architecture, Mountain Folk Art, etc. More
Seven booklets featuring a series of lectures presented by the National Museum 1967-68. Illus, 9 x 6", stapled pictorial wraps, in slipcase. Includes: Contemporary Painting of the Philippines, Music of…, Architecture, Mountain Folk Art, etc. More
Massada Press: Jerusalem, (1973). 53 loose folding sheets of maps, 18.5 x 13" (folded), nice condition, in two-piece cloth over boards box (a bit worn and lightly stained/soiled), with booklet in English and Hebrew. SCARCE. More
Budapest 1913. Twenty bound issues of this weekly magazine beginning April 13, ending October 5, 1913. Illus, 12 x 9.5", marbled boards, 64pp per issue, covers worn, scratched & abraded, extremities well worn, corners & spine tips bumped & worn, inner hinges cracked, loosed, detached pp, chipping, tears, browning, light..... More
GW Bacon & Co: London, nd (c 1890?). Book 7 x 4.5, embossed and gilt-lettered cloth, with 56 pp with ads, etc., toned, rather loose, roughly opened, worn else good; the map is linen backed, folds out to 40.5 x 26, colored in green and pink, some wear at folds..... More
The Grolier Society: London. nd (c 1900). 82 engraved plates, including 40 colored by hand, one folding family tree, 6 folding facsimiles of playbills and a letter, 9 x 6, dark onlaid crushed morocco by LaLauze, with scrolling foliate borders, red morocco floral onlays at corners and within oval gilt-tooled..... More
Karz-Cohl: Princeton & NY (1983). 8.5 x 5.5", wraps, 136pp, vg. More
Karz-Cohl: Princeton & NY (1983). 8.5 x 5.5", hb in orn & torn dw. More
Far Eastern Advertising Agency: Kobe, Japan, 1918. Photos, 9 x 6", gilt-dec satin, 58pp, covers worn and dull, extremities bumped and fraying, hinges loose, front blanks yellowed, ink signature of former owner (?), protective tissues yellowed, pp with some finger soiling; with a bookseller label inside front cover form a...... More
Np (1972). Photos, 10.25 x 7.5", cloth, 118pp, corners bumped. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY NENA BENITEZ TO G. MENNEN WILLIAMS, US AMBASSADOR TO THE PHILIPPINES AND ONE-TIME MICHIGAN GOVERNOR. More