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Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. xii,387 pages. Bibliography, index. Blue cloth with spine titles in gilt. Corners sharp, textblock square. Very light stain at bottom front 6-inch vertical tear to dust jacket .Some edgewear Jacket is in a mylar protector. Interior clean and bright. Previous owner's..... More
France: Temps Actuels, 1981. Hardcover. In French. Tome 1: De l'Algerie des origines a l'insurrection; LE TORRENT SOUTERRAIN par Henri Alleg; LES OCCASIONS PERDUES par Henri-J. Douzon. 602 pages; Tome 2: Des promesses de paix a la guerre ouverte; L'INCENDIE par Pierre Haudiquet; A LA RECHERCHE DU DERNIER QUART D'HEURE..... More
London, England: Printed for T. Cooper, at the Globe in Paternoster-Row, 1742. First Edition. Pamphlet. Octavo. Stringbound pamphlet (8 1/2 in. x 5 1/4 in.). (22 cm.) Two stains to title page. 64 pp. An attack on Walpole and George II, ostensibly a translation but probably an original work. Manuscript..... More
London, England: J. Owen; F. and C. Rivington;, 1796, 1797. Hardcover. Octavo. Contemporary half-tan calf over marbled boards.8 7/16 in. X 5 1/2 in. Four separate pamphlets bound into one hardcover binding. Letter I: On the Overtures of Peace.; Letter II: "On the Genius and Character of the French as..... More
Frankfurt, Germany: Claudius Marnius, 1603. Second Edition. Hardcover. Folio, pp [12], 898, [31], [1, printer's device], 2 full page woodcuts of portraits of kings of England and Normandy, bound in modern paper boards, text lightly browned throughout and with occasional waterstains, SECOND EDITION, an exact re-issue of the first of..... More
London. Unknown, 1724. First Edition in English. Leather-bound. 1st edition in English. Large 4to. Full Contemporary polished leather, 13 1/2 in. x 9 in. Both boards double-ruled in gilt, within, a surrounding border, tooled in blind. Gilt decorated spine. 6 raised bands (seven compartments) , with fine gilt motif to..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 82 Cliff Street, 1836. Stereotype Edition. Hardcover. 16mo. Brown(ed?) paper-covered boards with black lettering in black ruled frame. Volume I (of II). Front board all-but-detached. Some peeling with loss of paper to spine. Catalogue of entire Harper's Family Library printed on rear, very sunned. Rubbing..... More
Paris: Chez Daniel Horthemels, [1687] 1688. Cornelis Vermeulin. Second Edition. Leather-bound. In French: NOTE: LACKS TITLE PAGE (probably because it was a banned book (Index Librorum Prohibitorum), and like other such books throughout history, it was dangerous to be found with the "wrong" book, bible, etc. Published in Leyden in..... More
New York: Gramercy Publishing Co., 1949. Revised. Hardcover. Octavo Blue cloth-over-boards (8 1/4 in. x 5 1/2 in.). Black lettering to spine. Photographs, a map and reference notes at rear. "This book is an attempt to demonstrate several distinct and novel propositions. These are: 1. That there once existed in..... More
Dublin, Ireland: Luke White, 1792. Third Edition. Leatherbound. Octavo, 8.5 in x 5.5 in., pp. lxix, 393 (Vol I); [16], 429 (Vol II); cx, 450, [16] (index) (Vol. III). Full mottled calf with decorative gilt roll to front. Gilt title on black spine label, with decorative gilt designs. Several chips..... More
London, England: R. Willock, at Sir Isaac Newton's Head, in Cornhill, 1755. Hardcover. Octavo. 8.3 in, x 5.2 in., pp. xxxii, 319. Quarter tree calf over marbled boards. Gilt title on burgundy panel, and seven gilt bandlines to rebacked spine. Original spine laid down. Scars to corners of boards (book..... More
London, England: W. Wilde, [1598] 1696. Fourteenth Edition. Leather-bound. Halfbound leather with stunning marbled paper boards. Rebacked in deep red leather.Two volumes in one binding. Hand-Inked first title page. A few pages mounted, patches of which are, extraordinarily, painstakingly filled in by hand as well as the last leaf, bearing..... More
London, England: W. Strahan, for the author, 1742. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 8 in. x 4.8 in.. pp. vi, 234, [5] (index), [1] (errata), 40. Inexpensive, sturdy rebinding in green cloth with white title to spine. Illustrated with frontis and fold-out map of "The Moghol Empire and Part of Tartary"..... More
New York: New Amsterdam Book Co., 1897. First American Edition. Hardcover. THIS IS AN ORIGINAL BOOK FROM 1897 Thorough account of the failed insurrection led by British colonialist Leander Jameson against Paul Kruger's Transvaal Republic (Orange Free State & The South African Republic) over the New Years 1895-1896. Preceded only..... More
London: Creek and Williams at the Green Dragon an;d Crown in Saint Pauls. 1655. Seventh Edition. Leather-bound. NOTE: Book 3 (Archaeologiae Atticae Libri Septem. Seaven Books of the Attick Antiquities...) missing PAGES 149-216, which have been torn out, (as evidenced from the stubs). 12mo, 7.25 in. x 5.75 in. Three..... More
Cincinnati, OH: The Bloch Publishing and Printing Co., 1896. Hardcover. Octavo, 8 oin. x 5.4 in. pp. vii, 3-280. Brown cloth bpards with black cursive title and horizontal lines stamped to front. Rubbing to extremitiesCorners lightly nudged and just showing. Previous owner's lengthy and touching Bar Mitzvah gift inscription, dated..... More
London, England: Charles Knight and Co., 1836. First Edition. Hardcover. Matching set of two: Octavo, 8.1 in. x 5 in., Volume I: pp. xxiv, 402, [2] (errata); Volume II: pp. 419. Illustrated with 107 illustrations on 27 plates and in the text. Brown cloth boards with frame and decorative symbol..... More
London, England: Jonathan Cape, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 9.4 in. x 6.5 in., pp. 446. Illustrated with tissue-guarded frontis of T.E. Lawrence and fifteen additional portaraits and drawings. Fold-out tissue-guarded map (9.5 in x 17.6 in.) printed in red and black of the Middle East laid in at rear..... More
New York: J. Oakes, No. 140 Maiden Lane, N. York, 1849. Map. Uncolored map of the narrowest portion of the Isthmus of Panama, highlighting "Aspinwall & Co. proposed line of Rail Road" connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and two additional proposed rail lines. Also indicates proposed breakwater and canal..... More
London: Printed for Samuel Smith Bookseller, at the Prince's Arms in St. Paul's Church-yard, 1684. Second Edition. Leather-bound. Full brown panel calf, (13 1/4 in. x 8 3/4 in.)with inner panels bordered in blind, and leading edge in gilt roll. Rebacked in smooth calf, with five raised bands (six compartments)..... More
London, England: W. H. Allen &: Co., 1885. Second Edition (with an additional chapter). Hardcover. Octavo. Red, cloth-covered boards, ruled in blind at top/bottom of boards. xxvi + pp.462 + 6 (ads); Gilt lettering to spine. Rubbing to extremities (edges and corners). Shelf-scuffing to boards and one 2 in. x...... More
London. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1890. Hardcover. Folio. 12 3/4" x 10 3/4". Quarterbound thick card covers with black binding. Browning to edges of covers. 73 pp. 26 pl. Twenty-Six plates to rear. Constitutes the Seventh Memoir of THE EGYPT EXPLORATION FUND (Extra Volume for 1888-1889). "Describes those..... More
Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1995. Hardcover. Octavo 505 pp. Brand new. Unopened. Several small punctures in publisher's shrink wrap along fore-edge. Author's detailed demographic study of decline of indigenous populations in Ecuador, on one hand predicated by infection from colonist-introduced diseases. to forced relocations, More
Honolulu, HI: Bishop Museum Press, 1985. Second Printing. Softcover. Trade paperback, Oblong octavo, 8.25 in. x 10.75 in., pp. 229. Inscribed and signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Pictorial covers of a painting of workers on a sugar plantation, with title..... More
London, England: Bickers & Son, 1892. New and Revised Edition. Leather-bound. Octavo, 9 in. x 5.8 in., pp. xxiv, 713. Full calf with gilt frame and school's motto and emblem in gilt to front. Gilt title on black panel, and five raised bands, to spine; gilt decoration in spine panels..... More