Storia regionale e locale

Democracy and the Eastern Question

MILLARD, Thomas F. · 1919 · Boston Book Company

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

1919. MILLARD, Thomas F. DEMOCRACY AND THE EASTERN QUESTION. The Problem of the Far East as demonstrated by the Great War, and its relation to the United States of America. New York: Century Co. 1919. First edition. 8vo. burgundy cloth, light soil. Both hinges are cracked, and...

Kantei Hiketsu to^Ki Ruishu^ Jo^, Chu^, Ge

TAKAGI [Josui?, Yukimizu?] , author · 1908 · Boston Book Company

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.60 | ¥19,963)

1908. [POTTERY] TAKAGI [Josui?, Yukimizu?], author. Kantei Hiketsu TO^KI RUISHU^ Jo^, Ge. Tokyo: Aoki Susando^, Meiji 41 [1908]. 3 volumes, 18 x 12.4 cm. paper covers, string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro toji. Printed throughout in b+w woodcut on thin Chinese-style hard paper....

Nara Picture Books

SHIMIZU, YUTAKA · 1960 · Boston Book Company

$47.50 (€43.10 | £35.95 | ¥7,586)

SHIMIZU, Yutaka. NARA PICTURE BOOKS. Translated by Richard Zumwinkle. Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1960. First American edition, 1/750 copies. IV + 46 pp. + 4 color and 6 b&w plates; with tipped in paper samples. Large 8vo, silk-covered wrappers, string bound. Browning, el...

Sugai

SUGAI, KUMI · 1993 · Boston Book Company

$36.00 (€32.66 | £27.24 | ¥5,749)

1993. (SUGAI, Kumi). SUGAI. By Jean-Clarence Lambert. (Translated by Alan Swan). Barcelona: Ediciones Poligrafa, 1993. Large 4to, 224 pp. with 151 illustrations of which 57 are in color. Off-white linen over boards. Fine, in the dust jacket. .

Illustrated Guidebook for Travellers Around Japan (Nihon Meisho^ Zu-E)

[GUIDEBOOK] Wyeda, B. & Aoki, T. · 1894 · Boston Book Company

$180.00 (€163.31 | £136.22 | ¥28,747)

1894. [GUIDEBOOK] Wyeda, B. & Aoki, T. ILLUSTRATED GUIDEBOOK FOR TRAVELLERS AROUND JAPAN (NIHON MEISHO^ ZU-E). Osaka & Tokyo: Susando^. Meiji 23 [1890]. Small 12mo. printed color pictorial boards with cloth spine. Heavily illustrated with engravings throughout. Each cut is cap...

Illustrated Guidebook for Travellers Around Japan (Nihon Meisho^ Zu-E)

[GUIDEBOOK] Wyeda, B. & Aoki, T. · 1894 · Boston Book Company

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.41 | ¥9,582)

18. [GUIDEBOOK] Wyeda, B. & Aoki, T. ILLUSTRATED GUIDEBOOK FOR TRAVELLERS AROUND JAPAN (NIHON MEISHO^ ZU-E). Osaka & Tokyo: Susando^. N.D. [c.1894]. Small 12mo. printed color pictorial boards with cloth spine. Heavily illustrated in wood engraving throughout. Each cut is capti...

China Trade

CROSSMAN, CARL L. · 1973 · Boston Book Company

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.76 | ¥11,978)

Crossman, Carl L. THE CHINA TRADE. Export Paintings, Furniture, Silver & Other Objects. Princeton: Pyne Press, (1973). Second printing. XII + 273 pp. 217 illustrations, 40 in color. Large 4to. A fine copy in the dust jacket with a short tear. Ill.: LP.

Ramparts Vietnam Primer

VIETNAM · 1966 · Boston Book Company

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

(VIETNAM). RAMPARTS VIETNAM PRIMER. San Francisco: Ramparts, [1966]. Pictorial wrappers. Ink name on first page; some soil and light wear to wrappers. A very good copy. Ill.: FE.

Still Waters White Waters

Fisher, Ron · 1977 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$5.50 (€4.99 | £4.16 | ¥878)

Washington, DC: NGS, 1977. 1st ed. Hardback. Dust jacket. 199 pp, Filled w/ colour illustrations, Sm. 4to. Nr. F/VG (some edgewear).

The TOY SHOP. A Romantic Story of Lincoln the Man

[Lincoln, Abraham. 1809 - 1865]. Gerry, Margarita Spalding · 1908 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$24.75 (€22.45 | £18.73 | ¥3,953)

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1908. 1st edition (Monhaghan 1582). Grey cloth with pictoral paste-on to front board. 51 pp, frontis, 12mo. VG (avg wear/some rubs to paste-on/bpt & owner sig to ffep).

FANATIC Or CHRISTIAN? A Story of the Pennsylvania Dutch

Martin, Helen R. · 1918 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$13.75 (€12.47 | £10.41 | ¥2,196)

New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1918. 1st edition. Original publisher's decorative green cloth binding. [6], 307, [7] pp. Crown 8vo. Cloth quite dull, volume a bit cocked. PO name stamp to top edge preliminary page. Prior owner signature & personal library labels to front...

MILITARY SERVICE ARCHIVE, Ca 1916 - 1960s. ~ 150 Items

Chandler, Colonel Horton L. [1898 - 1970] · 1916 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$3,850.00 (€3,492.99 | £2,913.66 | ¥614,869)

Divers places: , divers dates. Includes 3 diaries: 1916, 1918 & 1942. The 1942 diary is written while Chandler was a Colonel assigned to New Guinea, it mentions a Japanese air raid while hiding out in a slit trench, meeting with General Clark preparing anti- aircraft installat...

AIRCRAFT DESIGN SKETCH BOOK

[US Aviation History]. Cattrell, W. M. - Former Owner · 1940 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$148.50 (€134.73 | £112.38 | ¥23,716)

Burbank, California: Compiled and Published by the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, 1940. 1st Printing. Comb-bound, with light blue paper covers, lettered in dark blue. Part I: Major Breakdowns [Wings, Controls, Fuselage, etc]: Part II: Complete Aircraft [Single Engine, Twin Eng...

HANSEN'S SCANDIA RESTAURANT.; Hollywood

[Restaurant Menu - Hollywood] · 1960 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$38.50 (€34.93 | £29.14 | ¥6,149)

(n. p.): , 1960. 1st Printing. Thick, tan paper printed to recto and verso. Full illustration to recto printed in grays, red lettering reads "Scandia" to head. Verso printed in red and black with 11 smaller vignettes. Small punctured hole to head - made for a ribbon tie? Menu ...

PICCADILLY CORNER.; Tariff Of Victuals, Beers, Ales and Spirits

[Restaurant Menu] · 1973 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$49.50 (€44.91 | £37.46 | ¥7,905)

(n.p.): , 1973. 1st Printing. Thick, plasticized card stock made to look wooded, with white paper over with menu items. (recto and verso). Printed in red, pink and black. Small round sticker to tail of recto offer a special. Wooden handle to tail (making a sort of menu fan). S...

LES COCKTAILS

[Cocktail List] · 0 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$66.00 (€59.88 | £49.95 | ¥10,541)

(n.p.): , (n.d.). 1st Printing. Wood, hand painted in bright colors. Drink items painted in blue. Stands alone. Painted illustration of a tropical cocktail to the head of recto and verso. 13-3/4" x 7-3/4". A VG+ copy. Little dusty, but held together tight, paint bright. Some l...

BRENNAN'S. Breakfast.; At 417 Royal Street - New Orleans

[Restaurant Menu - New Orleans] · 1940 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

(n.p.): , 1940. 1st Printing. White card stock loose leaf. Illustration of rooster to recto, multicolored. Illustration of the restaurant to verso, printed in blue, green and brown. Menu items printed in black and red. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. Loose leaf. Illustrated. 17"...

In The NAME And By The AUTHORITY Of The COMMONWEALTH Of KENTUCKY, BERIAH MAGOFFIN, Governor of Said Commonwealth ... Appoint Him Aid to the Governor

[State Government Staff Appointment Document]. Magoffin, Beriah [1815 - 1885] - Signator. Thompson, Harrison [1835 - 1911 (presumed dates)] - Appointee · 1860 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$825.00 (€748.50 | £624.36 | ¥131,758)

"Yeoman Office" [Franfort, Kentury]: J. B. Major, State Printer, 1860. 1st printing thus. SIGNED by Magoffin, and the Asst Secretary of State [for the Secretary] on the 3rd of March, 1860. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Single sheet, printed recto only, with blanks fo...

MY ALASKA CRUISE

[Cruise Log] · 0 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$82.50 (€74.85 | £62.44 | ¥13,176)

[Seattle ?]: Alaska Steamship Co. The Alaska Line. Printed by Frank McCaffrey, (n. d.). Die cut in the shape of a globe. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. 11 pages of text at front, followed by 13 pages of lined paper[unused], bracketed at top & bottom with b/w images of...

CARTE - De - VISITE [CDV]

Dickinson, Anna E[lizabeth. 1842 - 1932] · 1800 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$104.50 (€94.81 | £79.09 | ¥16,689)

(n. p.): , (n. d.). Ca later 1800s. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Black & white albumen photograph mounted to card stock, printed name underneath photo. Without photographer credit. 4" x 2-3/8". A Very Good example. Dickenson "an American orator and lecturer. An advo...