Die Bibel, oder die ganze Heilige Schrift des alten und neuen Testamentes, nach der Deutschen Ueberfezung D. Martin Luthers
by no author
Anstalt: 1816. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Thick 8vo. Rebound in modern black & gilt boards. Interior heavily browned, some bookworm damage to early and rear pages. In German script, double column text. Religion. REL/3043.
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Early Days; or, the Wesleyan Scholar's Guide. March, 1860. Volume XV
by no author
London: John Mason, 1860. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Very good in original green wrappers. 24mo. Two engravings; clean w/bright text. In wraps. Religion. REL/4283.
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Early Days; or, the Wesleyan Scholar's Guide. April, 1860. Volume XV
by no author
London: John Mason, 1860. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Very good in original green wrappers. 24mo. Two engraved images; clean w/bright text. In wraps. Religion. REL/4283.
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Souvenir de Genes: 30 Vues
by [no author]
Genova, 1900. Hardcover. Good +. Hardcover. Good plus red cloth backed red decorative paper covered boards with glit and black stamped designs and title on front board. Wear to edges of exterior includes chipping. Rubbing to boards. 30 tourist sites, pages connected with descriptions in 4 languages (including English) on back. Travel. TRA/4233.
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Een Rumoerige Soiree: Dada in de Residentie
by [Carlinapers Press] Various authors
Haarlem: Carlinapers, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. 104 of 110 copies. "Met uitzondering van bladzij 7 - wij meenden te handelen in de geest van Schwitters en Van Doesburg door op deze pagina de lezer te stimuleren tot een eigen creatieve bijdrage - is de tekst van een artikel in het dagblad De Telegraaf van 11 januari 1923."... Read More
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Harrison's British Classicks Eight Volumes
by [Various authors]
London: Harrison and Co, 1787. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. First edition of James Harrison's eight volume compendium of important eighteenth century periodicals with essays by such figures as Samuel Johnson, Richard Steele, Joseph Addison, George Lord Lyttelton, Launcelot Temple, Isaac Bickerstaff, and Adam Fitz-Adam among others. As is evident in the reprinting of these essays, letters, and newspaper... Read More
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Oxford Slavonic Papers: New Series, Volume VII
by Auty, Robert and Fennell, J.L.I. (editors)
Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1974. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. Hardcover. Vg/Vg Dj/Library of Congress surplus/thin tape stain to front flyleaf, no other markings/8vo./123 pp. Russian History. RUS3/2132.
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Examen
by Aveline, Claude
La Haye: A.A.M. Stols, 1925. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Number 23 of 100 copies. Signed by the author and printer. This was the 7th book printed by A.A.M. Stols for his friends. This copy was printed for Eugene Keuchenius. Claude Aveline was the pen name of Evgen Avtsine (1901 - 1992). He was a French author, publisher, and... Read More
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A catalogue of the Maxwell Anderson collection at The University of Texas
by Avery, Laurence G., compiler
Ausstin: University of texas, 1968. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Hardcover. This renowned collection includes manuscripts of Anderson's plays, poems, and essays, both published and unpublished works, as well as letters and diaries. It is the largest assemblage of his papers preserved in one place. Bound in brown cloth with gilt title to spine. In near fine condition in... Read More
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The Mechanic's Friend; A Collection of Receipts and Practical Suggestions relating to Aquaria, Bronzing, Cements, Drawing, Dyes, Electricity, Gilding, Glass Working, Glues, Horology, Lacquers, Locomotives, Magnetism, Metal-Working, Modellling, Photography, Pyrotehny, Railways, Solders, Steam-engine, Telegraphy, Taxidermy, Varnishes, Waterproofing, and Miscellaneous Tools, Instruments, Machines, and Processes Connected with the Chemical and Mechanical Arts
by Axon, William E. A. (editor)
New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1875. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Includes numerous diagrams and woodcuts. Very good in purple cloth boards with gilt title to front board and spine. The spine and edges of the boards have faded to light brown. Minor wear to spine ends and edges of boards. There are a few small dark spots to... Read More
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The Inaugural Address of Andrew J. Bacon, Mayor of Chelsea, to the City Council, January 5, 1880
by Bacon, Andrew J.
Chelsea: H. Mason and Son, 1880. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. SCARCE. Very good in beige paper wraps with black title to front wrapper. Minor chipped and creasing to corners. Text is clean and bright. 34 pages. American History. Massachusetts. MA309251.
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Siam: The Land of the White Elephant as it was and is
by Bacon, George B. compiler and arranger; Frederick Wells Williams, revisions
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1893. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. This interesting book was issued as part of the publisher's Illustrated Library of Travel. Wiilliams writes in his reviser's note that he aimed to revise this little volume leaving untouched, so far as possible, Bacon's compilation, omitting only such portions as were inaccurate or obsolete, and addingrather sparingly... Read More
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The Legend of Quincibald
by Bacon, Leonard
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. First Edition. Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Leonard Bacon (1887–1954) was an American poet and literary critic. In 1923, he started publishing poetry in the Saturday Review of Literature under the pseudonym 'Autholycus'. Bacon won the 1941 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his satiric poems Sunderland... Read More
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Seventeenth Century Maryland: A Bibliography
by Baer, Elizabeth; Lawrence C. Wroth, introduction
Baltimore: The John Work Garrett Library, 1949. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1 of 300 copies printed by The Anthoensen Press. This important bibliography of Maryland imprints up to and including 1700 was compiled by Elizabeth Baer, the Librarian of The John Work Garrett Library. It was based on a checklist compiled by John Work Garrett, who donated his... Read More
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The Old Virginia Gentleman and Other Sketches
by Bagby, George W.. Thomas Nelson Page [editor]
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911. Hardcover. Good +. Hardcover. Ex Libris. Brown cloth covered boards with gilt title to front board and to spine. Library number in white to food of spine. Minor bumping and chipping to spine ends and slight soiling to rear board. Book plate to front paste down as well as previous owner's signature... Read More
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Proceedings, Electron Microscopy Society of America: Forty-Third Annual Meeting, 1985
by Bailey, G.W. (editor)
San Francisco: San Francisco Press, 1985. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hardcover. 8vo. Near fine in blue cloth covered boards with silver lettering to front board and to spine. Pristine interior with many illustrations throughout. 760 pages. Science. SCI/5202.
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Proceedings, Electron Microscopy Society of America: Forty-Fifth Annual Meetings, 1987
by Bailey, G.W. (editor)
San Francisco: San Francisco Press, 1987. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Near fine in blue cloth covered boards with silver lettering to front board and to spine. Pristine interior with many illustrations throughout. 1017 pages. Science. SCI/5202.
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Les Chasseurs de Fourrures
by Bailleul, L.; Guerin, Emile (editor)
Paris: Librairie de Theodore Lefevre et Emile Guerin, 1890. Hardcover. Good +. Hardcover. VERY SCARCE IN THE U.S. Title translates to The Fur Hunters. In red cloth boards with gilt title to spine and elaborate gilt and black decoration to spine and front board. Interesting illustration of a bear attacking three men to front board. Light rubbing to... Read More
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Saving Our Kids from Delinquency, Drugs, and Despair. 1st Edition
by Baker, Falcon
New York: Harper-Collins, 1991. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. Hardcover. SIGNED, PRESENTATION COPY. "Our educational system is failing, drug use is rampant, violence in the streets is commonplace. Juveniles commit about half of all property crimes and one-third of violent crimes."(Dust jacket) Is this 2024? No, this is 1991. How much has changed over 33... Read More
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A Trade Union Library. Selected Book List and Sources of Current Information for the Trade Union Executive
by Baker, Helen [Prepared by]
Princeton, NJ: Industrial Relations Section Princeton University, 1935. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. 8vo. Off-white side stapled paper wrappers with black title to front wrapper. Interior is clean and bright. Index, 23 pages. BOB/101614.
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Cabin in the Clearing
by Baker, Jim
Cincinnati: Miniature Book Society / Mosaic Press and Flying Pig Press, 2002. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Published as a keepsake for the Miniature Book Society Conclave XX held in 2002. A miniature book about pioneers who settled in Ohio - told through comic style drawings which originally appeared in the daily "Columbus Dispatch" as "The Ohio Adventure." The artist... Read More
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Exploration of the Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia. The Sources, Supply, and Overflow of the Nile; The Country, People, Customs, etc. Interspersed with Highly Exciting Adventures of the Author. Among Elephants, Lions, Buffaloes, Hippopotami, Rhinoceros, etc. Accompanied by Expert Native Sword Hunters
by Baker, Sir S. W.
Hartford, CT: O.D. Case & Co, 1868. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. First American edition of this indeed very exciting account of Samuel Baker's 12-month expedition on the Blue Nile. Sir Samuel White Baker (1821 – 1893) was an English explorer, officer, naturalist, big game hunter, engineer, writer and abolitionist. He also held the titles of Pasha and Major-General... Read More
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Ismailïa: A Narrative of the Expedition to Central Africa for the Suppression of the Slave Trade. Organized by Ismail, Khedive of Egypt
by Baker, Sir Samuel W.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1875. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. This is the first edition of the American edition of this title. The first edition of Sir Samuel W. Baker's book, Ismailïa: A Narrative of the Expedition to Central Africa for the Suppression of the Slave Trade, was published by McMillan & Co. in London in 1874. The... Read More
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Hubert von Herkomer R.A.: A Study and a Biography
by Baldry, A.L. [Hubert von Herkomer]
London: George Bell and Sons, 1901. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Herkomer (1849 - 1914) was a German born painter, who lived mostly in England but spent many summers in his native Bavaria. He was known for painting scenes of poor people and also the Queen on her deathbed. He was also an early film director and composer. Sadly,... Read More
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The Fire Next Time
by Baldwin, James; Steve Schapiro, photographs; John Lewis, introduction; Gloria Karefa-Smart, afterword
Taschen, 2017. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Number 1641 of 1963 copies signed by the photographer. This is the collector's edition with each copy printed in letterpress and signed by Steve Schapiro (1934 - 2022). Winner of the 2017 Lucie Award, Book Publisher of the Year for a Limited Edition. In their review of this powerful and troubling book, The... Read More
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