St. Louis, Missouri: The Drygoodsman, 1912. First Edition. Softcover. NOT A REPRINT. 8vo. Staplebound pamphlet. (9.00" x 6.0"). Brown, "field" buckram covers with dark brown lettering. Both front and rear covers cracked/creased, and rear hinge in need of a bit of glue repair, but all there, and still solid. On..... More

Wiltshire, England: Crowood Press, 2005. Hardcover. Quarto. Black cloth over boards. Two bottom corners bumped. Fascinating and instructive book which makes possible the previously complex and intimidating multi-step task of creating a working mould for sculpture, tool or parts manufacture. All information explained clearly and concisely. Covers: History; Mouldmaking and..... More

Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press, [1909] 1915. Fourth Printing. Flexible cloth. Small, flexible (6 5/8 in. x 4 1/4 in.) tan fieldcloth, with protective flap. Handy pocket-size reference guide for surveyors, and others. Contains formulae and tables for determining log and wood measurement, instructions for use of transit, rules for..... More

Austin, TX: Lost Data Press, 1979. First Edition. Softcover. Trade paperback, 10.75 in. x 8.3 in., pp. 240. Black and red title to front and rear covers and to spine. Very light age-toning to wraps. Interior is clean and unmarked. This enormously helpful (and scarce) reference work was compiled from..... More

New York: SELF-PUBLISHED, 1892. Second Edition. Hardcover. Small quarter (7 1/2 in. x 5 1/4 in.) Brown cloth over boards, with three horizontal stamped decorative horizontal designs. Gilt lettering to spine with gilt ruling and roll to spine caps. Scuffing and rubbing. Very tightly bound. Dark brown clay-based endpapers. Rear..... More

Chicago, IL: Popular Mechanics Company, 1907. First Edition (NAP). Hardcover. Octavo. Green cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to front and spine. Minor shelfwear and spotting/staining to exterior.. 197 pp. including Index. Final three leaves of book wrinkled and creased on bottom. 109 Illustrations . Diagrams. Previous owner's name to front..... More

New York: The Jewelers' Circular Pub. Co., 1901. Hardcover. Octavo, 8.3 in. x 5.5 in., pp. xvi, 196, [38] (18 plates), [2] (advertising). Dark blue cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Rubbing to extremities. Scuff mark to bottom of cover. Bottom corners nudged. Front hinge showing, but holding. Errata..... More

Rapid City, SD: Rapid City Daily Journal, 1921. Hardcover. Octavo, 8.25 in. x 5.75 in. pp. 199. Illustrated with seven black and white photographs. Blue-green cloth boards with gilt title to spne. Rubbing to extremities with a touch of scuffing to front board. Corners lightly nudged. Front hinge showing. Previous..... More

Taunton, England: Barnicott & Pearce, The Wessex Press, 1917. Hardcover. 8vo. Greenish-blue cloth-covered boards. with gilt and white embossed lettering to front board, as well as a paste-on photo-image of a Dial. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown ("This Book was presented to the Burlington Fine Arts Club by _____on..... More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1947. Second Edition Revised & Enlarged and Printed from New Plates. Hardcover. Quarto. Blue buckram-covered boards. Every historical/cultural aspect of creation of paper is meticulously covered and illustrated in this now-classic volume: 317 illustrations, plus a tipped-in map at the rear. Publisher's red topstain, and..... More

San Francisco, CA: Badger Books, 1978. Hardcover. Quarto, 11.2 in. x 8.6 in., pp. 160. Black and white illustrations. Light gray cloth boards with black title to spine. LIght rubbing to edges, with small chip to fore-edge of front board. Small red ink phone number to front pastedown. Rubbing to..... More

Leipzig, German: Otto Wigand, 1869. Third Edition. Leather-bound. IN GERMAN; printed in Fraktur script. Octavo, 9 in. x 6 in., pp. 555. Illustrated with tissue-guarded frontispiece engraving of Albrecht Thaer and 143 drawings. Half calf over dark brown cloth. Gilt title and bandlines to spine. Rubbing to extremities, with three..... More

London, England: Printed at London by Anne Griffin, for John Harison, and are to be sold at his shop in Pater-noster row, 1631. Sixth edition. Disbound. 7 1/4" x 5 1/2" quarto. 188 pages. Removed with two cords. Paper loss on first seven leaves (half the leaf or more), including..... More