Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

How to Read Maya Hieroglyphs

Montgomery, John · 2002

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,380)

New York Hippocrene Books pp. xvi, 360. Octavo. Publisher's textured paper-covered terracotta boards, title stamped in gilt to the spine. Richly illustrated with many black-and-white, and colour maps, drawings, figures, illustrations, etc. Appears unread; as new and housed in ...

Weaveworld [First American Printing]

Barker, Clive · 1987

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

New York Poseidon Press First American Edition pp. 584. Thick octavo. Publisher's quarter navy-blue cloth over like paper-covered boards, title and decoration stamped in gilt to the spine. Trifle edgewear else, fine. Contents equally without blemish with bright, clean, and unm...

Grist for the Mill: My Life in the Grain Business [SIGNED]

Parrish, William B. · 2009

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Winnipeg, Manitoba Privately Printed | Gaspereau Press Limited (Kentville, N.S.) First Edition, First Printing pp. 164. 8vo. Illustrated stiff card covers. Replete with many black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations, et al. No detectable flaws, contents bright, cle...

Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times [Three Volumes in Slipcase]

Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper · 2001

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,969)

Indianapolis Liberty Fund pp. xxi,224; 247; 323. Octavos. Stiff illustrated card covers. Illustrated throughout. Appears unread; as new, housed in fine pictorial slipcase. V. 1. A letter concerning enthusiasm. Sensus communis; an essay on the freedom of wit and humour. Soliloq...

Oliver Cromwell

Buchan, John (1875-1940) · 1950

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

London Hodder and Stoughton Later Printing pp. 554. Octavo. Bound in publisher's forest-green cloth over boards, title stamped in gilt to the spine, bears a facsimile of Cromwell's signature stamped likewise in gilt to the upper-board. Black-and-white portrait frontispiece of ...

My Autobiography

Mussolini, Benito; Richard Washburn Child (Foreword) · 1928

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

New York Charles Scribner's Sons pp. xix, 318. Octavo. Publisher's green cloth over boards with gilt lettering and eagle monogram to spine and front board; deckled foredge. Black-and-white portrait frontispiece of Mussolini pictured at work in his office, with its well-preserv...

The Collected Works of C.G. Jung: Psychology and Alchemy

Jung, Carl Gustav; R. F.C. Hull (Translation) · 1970

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

Princeton, New Jersey Princeton University Press Second Edition, Bollingen Series XX pp. xxxiv, 571. Royal octavo. Gilt-ruled and designed black cloth over boards, title stamped in gilt to the spine. Profusely illustrated with many black-and-white plates, in-text illustrations...

Clay in Canada: North by Northwest

van Sewell, Jordan (Foreword); Robert W. Archambeau (Preface); · 1995

$31.00 (€28.13 | £23.46 | ¥4,950)

Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba Crafts Council First Edition, First Printing Unpaginated. Quarto [11.75" x 8.25"]. Glossy pictorial card covers. Richly illustrated in colour throughout. Neat ink date to the upper-right margin of the title leaf else, bright, clean and unmarked; abo...

Contemporary Prairie Clay ; Catalogue of an Exhibition held at the Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, Jan. 31-Mar. 23, 2002

Yates, Sarah, et al. · 2002

$31.00 (€28.13 | £23.46 | ¥4,950)

Brandon, Manitoba Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba First Edition, First Printing pp. 16. Quarto [9.5" x 11"]. Twice-stapled pictorial card covers. Richly illustrated in colour throughout. Bright, clean, and unmarked; fine. Corresponds to OCLC #48803226.

2025 Flash Photographic Festival [Programme & Guide]

[Flash Photographic Festival] · 2025

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Winnipeg, Manitoba Flash Photographic Festival First Edition, First Printing pp. 130. Square octavo. Pictorial stiff card covers. Richly illustrated in colour throughout, many advertisements by a variety of sponsoring local businesses and merchants. Programme book issued for t...

The Ukraine: A Submerged Nation

Chamberlin, William Henry · 1944

$49.00 (€44.46 | £37.09 | ¥7,825)

New York The Macmillan Company First Edition, First Printing (Printed under Wartime Strictures) pp. 91. Slim tall octavo. Beige paper covered boards, title in green to the spine. Light wear to spine ends, corners else without blemish, contents clean and unmarked, binding sound...

The Age of Bronze, and the Island, by Lord Byron ; The Age of Bronze; or, Carmen Seculare et Annus Haud Mirabilis [bound together with] The Island, or Christian and His Comrades

Lord Byron [George Noel Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron], 1788-1824 · 1834

$345.00 (€313.02 | £261.14 | ¥55,092)

London Unattributed [Privately Printed or Pirated] Duodecimo (6.5" x 4.25"). Two parts bound in one volume, with separate title leaves for each. Irregularly paginated: pp. [1-7], 8-40; [1-4], 46-129. Bound in period 3/4 calf over marbled boards; title stamped in gilt over a ma...

Deer Lodge Delights

Staff of the Deer Lodge Military Hospital; Daiana E. Warrington (Preface) · 1978

$49.00 (€44.46 | £37.09 | ¥7,825)

Winnipeg, Manitoba Deer Lodge Hospital First Edition, First Printing Unpaginated. Octavo (22 cm). Illustrated card covers held with metal spiral binding, with the letters for "Manitoba" fashioned into the shape of Bison to the foreground, with a black-and-white aerial image of...

Winakwa Community Centre Cookbook

Hrynchuk, F. (Coordinator); L. Milne; L. Floyde; B. Sikta; G. Staples; B. Johannson; B. Millar, et al. · 1980

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,380)

Winnipeg, Manitoba Cook Book Committee of The Ladies Auxiliary of the Winakwa Community Centre (Winnipeg, Manitoba) First Edition, First Printing pp. 138. Octavo [8.75" x 6"]. Illustrated card covers with an image of a smiling Indigenous chief holding a cooking utensil to the ...

Wildlife Cookery

[Laverendrye Game & Fish Association] · 1980

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Winnipeg, Manitoba Laverendrye Game & Fish Association First Edition, First Printing pp. 110, [4]. Octavo [9" x 6.5"]. Illustrated card covers held with black plastic spiral binding. Illustrated section separators with many period advertisements by a variety of sponsoring loca...

Better Cooking; Acme Ranges

[Guelph Stove Co. Ltd.] · 19305

$245.00 (€222.29 | £185.45 | ¥39,123)

Guelph, Ontario, Canada The Guelph Stove Co. Limited First Edition, First Printing pp. 1-4, 4A-4B, 5-34. Octavo [23.0 × 16.0 cm]. Textured black card covers bound by a cord through three punched holes with gilt rules and lettering to the front cover. This first and only editio...

Seminole Indian Recipes

LaFray, Joyce; Marina Polvay · 1996

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

St. Petersburg, Florida SeaSide Publishing Inc. New Revised Edition pp. 29. Octavo. Twice-stapled illustrated card covers. Bright, clean, and unmarked; fine. See OCLC #41478556.

Japanese Food and Cooking

Griffin, Stuart · 1967

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo, Japan Charles E. Tuttle Company pp. 165. 12mo. Green cloth over boards w/red lettering to the spine. Drawings, and illustrations. Light rubbing to the edges else, very good+ in good+ slightly shelfworn dustjacket. Sections include: Rice Dishes, Rice-S...

The Fine Arts: De Luxe Edition [Complete in Four Leatherbound Volumes] ; A University Course in Sculpture, Painting, Architecture and Decoration in Their History, Development and Principles; Fully Illustrated

Buckley, Edmund (Editor-in-Chief), et al. · 1907

$295.00 (€267.65 | £223.29 | ¥47,108)

Chicago National Art Society | Frank J. Campbell First Edition, First Printing pp. 1-232; 233-434; 435-640; 641-817 + index. Quartos [22 x 30 cm]. Uniformly bound in full pebbled leather over stiff covers, titles stamped in gilt to the spines and centre, housed within blind-st...

Favorite Wild Rice Recipes of Minnesota's North Country

[League of Women Voters of Bemidji Area] · 1983

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Bemidji, Minnesota League of Women Voters of Bemidji Area Revised and Expanded Edition pp. 23. Octavo. Illustrated, twice-stapled card covers. Small spot of unobtrusive sticker residue to the front cover else, fine. Sections include: Wild Rice, Basic Preparation, Main Dishes, ...