Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). Hardcover bound in a decorative maroon leather binding. Number 448 of 900 copies signed by the Nebula award winner Catherine Asaro. Includes a certificate of authenticity and a printed note about the book both provided by the publisher. The text..... More
New York: Plenum Press, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). x, 260 pages of text. Original hardcover binding with minimal aging. Original unclipped dust jacket with minor shelfwear; reinforced on the back with tape; protected in archival mylar. Illustrated. One page with a small area of minor discoloration. The text..... More
Newburyport: Edmund M. Blunt, 1808. First American edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 366 pages of text. Original full calf binding with moderate to heavy shelfwear and discoloration, remaining intact and attractive. The title page has parts of the title handwritten in an old hand, and it..... More
Paris, France: Plon-Nourrit, 1926. First French edition. Paperback. Octavo (8vo). [vi], 397 pages of text including table. Paperback binding; original blue printed paper wrappers with numerous small creases and tears and extremities, and a few tiny chips at top of spine; protected in custom stiff archival mylar, and further protected..... More
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 105 pages of text. The decorative hardcover binding is bright and attractive, with minor bumping and browning to the edges. The unclipped dustjacket is browned and rubbed at the spine and extremities, with a few tiny chips and..... More
London: Field and Tuer, The Leadenhall Press, 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. Oblong 12mo. [ii], 124 pages of text. Original stiff paper-covered boards with decorated paper labels affixed on covers. Front hinge nearly detached, and minor shelfwear overall. Contains 34 black & white illustrations. Contains the errata slip, bound-in. Measures 6-1/2"..... More
Detroit, MI: Detroit Library Commission, 1928. First Edition. Unbound. Large octavo (8vo). 2 volume set, complete. This copy is unbound, with pages uncut, waiting for your binder to bind it to your taste. Volume 1: 657 pages including index, frontis., illustrations listed before page 1; Volume 2: 829 pages including..... More
Philadelphia: American Society for Testing and Materials, 1969. Third edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). viii, 132 pages of text including an index. Original hardcover binding in almost new condition. No dustjacket. Illustrated. Includes: Nomenclature, Adequacy of Available Equipment, General Qualitative Analysis, Infrared Methods, Ultraviolet Methods, Complete Index to Spectrophotometric Methods. The..... More
no place: not published, 1922. First Edition. No Binding. A card slightly smaller than 3" x 5" with typed identification and upon which is signed "Lady Astor". The card was removed from a sheet of paper and the residue remains on the back of the card. There is no date..... More
Paris, France: Musees de la Ville de Paris/SPADEM, 1991. First Edition. Paperback. Quarto (4to). 173 pages of text. Green stiff paper wrappers in almost new condition; protected in custom stiff archival mylar. Illustrated with 102 plates. Text in French and Spanish. More
Frankfort, KY: Printed for the Author by A.G. Hodges, 1842. First Edition. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 152 pages of text. Original binding with leather backed marbled paper-covered boards and a printed paper label. The binding is moderately worn, with the front hinge cracking but remaining attached..... More
Columbus, OH: published by the author, 1833. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 408 pages of text. Original full leather binding is slightly rubbed at the extremities, with moderate creasing and surface crackling of spine leather; spine label remains in remnant only. Contains 9 maps and plates, of which 5 are..... More
New York: New York Public Library, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). Unpaginated; about 40 pages. Hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear. No dustjacket, as issued; protected in custom-fitted archival mylar. Illustrated with fold-out facsimiles of the poet's manuscripts. Limited edition: one of 222 copies printed on Arches paper. Title page..... More
Cambridge, MA: Ibex Press, 1966. First Edition. Paperback. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. [xiv] pages. Original marbled paper-covered paperback binding, with label on front cover; long-stitched binding. Minor shelfwear including two tiny tears to the rear cover; protected in archival mylar. Number 71 of 150 copies signed by..... More
Paris: Claude Barbin, 1691. Early edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Two volume set, complete. Rebound in brown cloth with gilt-lettered leather spine labels. Vol. I: published 1691; 252 pages (in 8's and 4's) followed by 284 pages. Illustrated with an engraved frontisportrait and an in-text engraved..... More
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 111 pages of text. Original hardcover binding is heavily sunned on the spine, with moderate shelfwear and soiling. No dustjacket. The first and final pages are moderately foxed, with minor foxing scattered throughout the text, which is otherwise unmarked. First..... More
Williamsburg, VA: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in association with Jonathan Horne Publications, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). 299 pages including an index. Hardcover binding in almost new condition. The unclipped dustjacket is in almost new condition. Contains 727 objects described and photographs, and contains more that 727 photographs. The text..... More
Boston and San Francisco: Cubery and Company, 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). [iv], 115 pages. Hardcover binding with minor shelfwear and minor soiling. Illustrated with numerous photographs. The endpapers are browned. Previous owner's name handwritten on a front endpaper" H.E. Conlon M.D." under which is stamped "Resident Physician City..... More
Bristol, IN: Wyndham Hall Press, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). [vi], 71 pages. Hardcover binding with minimal sheflwear. No dustjacket, as issued. The text is clean and unmarked. The diary of a 1978 visit to Russia to meet with Russian Jewish dissidents. First edition. More
New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Small folio. 453 pages. Includes a list of selected exhibitions pertaining to printmaking and related activities, bibliographical references, a concordance, an exhaustive index, and photographic credits. Foreword by Stephen Fleischman. Hardcover binding in almost new condition. Decorative dustjacket with a few..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). [vi], 248 pages of text. Hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear and a thin strip of sunning to top edge. Price-clipped dustjacket with a small chip, several tears and creases, and minor shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. Stated "First Edition."..... More
New York: Macmillan Company, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). x, 189 pages of text including an index. Hardcover binding in excellent condition, with minimal browing to the spine, and minor darkening of the gilt. No dustjacket. Minor soiling to the top edge of the closed pages. Illustrated with numerous..... More
Southfield, MI: Specifications Service, 1994. First Edition. Paperback. Quarto (4to). Books about books; Russian literature; exhibition catalog (not illustrated); 4 un-numbered leaves (8 pages); 28cm; red stiff paper binding (not hardbound). Includes books in Russian, English, other languages, and books about the author. More
Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1948. Hardcover. Americana; politics and government; Michigania; xi, 372p.; 23.5cm; original blue cloth; d/w badly torn; pictorial endpapers; frontis. chronology and photo of Grover Cleveland 1837-1908, U.S. pres. 1885-89 and 1893-97; co-editor Lewis G. Vander Velde 1890-1975; chronologies and photos of subjects before..... More
Lima, Peru: Libreria Studium, 1973. First (presumed) edition. Paperback. Quarto (4to). 268 pages of text including an index. Paperback binding with moderate shelfwear. Illustrated with 735 color figures on 199 plates. With a foreword by Josefina Ramos de Cox, a Presentacion by Luis E. Valcarcel, and text and introduction by..... More