Structure, Verses, Agency Books

Under World

Klein, Kelly · 1995

$28.80 (€26.13 | £21.80 | ¥4,599)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bound most handsomely in pictorial black, white and gray cloth, sharp and distinct lettering to...

French Bookbinders, 1789-1848

Ramsden, Charles · 1989

$20.80 (€18.87 | £15.74 | ¥3,321)

London, B.T. Batsford, 1989. Reprint Edition. . . Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Simple, attractive blue cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, though ...

Splendid Pages: The Molly and Walter Bareiss Collection of Modern Illustrated Books

Mellby, Julie, ed. · 2003

$15.20 (€13.79 | £11.51 | ¥2,427)

New York, New York / Toledo, Ohio, Hudson Hills Press / Toledo Museum of Art, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing ...

Long Day's Journey: The Steamboat and Stagecoach Era in the Northern West

Schwantes, Carlos Arnaldo · 1999

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Seattle, Washington, University of Washington Press, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Oblong 4to 11" - 13" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover bound in oblong quarto format, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Sienna orange linen boards with ...

Pre-Columbian Cities

Jorge E. Hardoy · 1973

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

New York, Walker and Company, 1973. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover in big, fat Imperial octavo format, clean, if slightly toned of interior, minimal rubbing to extremities, slight smudging to bottom fore-tip...

Dafydd

Stephens, Haydn · 1978

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

New York, Crown Publishing, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bound in two-tone blue cloth over boards, gray cloth-backed, copper lettering to spine. Bright and...

South African Tragedy; the Life and Times of Jan Hofmeyr

Paton, Alan; Abridgement by Dudley C. Lunt · 1965

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1965. . Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. From the publishe...

The Golden Age of American Anthropology

Mead, Margaret and Ruth Bunzel, eds. · 1960

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,299)

New York, George Braziller, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned interior, previous owner's address label to first free endpaper, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bright and shiny dust jacket, ill...

Kuoleman Laiva S/S Hohenhorn: Juutalaispa Kohlaisten Kohtalo

Suominen, Elina · 1979

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,471)

Porvoo / Helsinki / Juva, Werner Soderstrom Osakeyhtio, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Uber-scarce in the trade, there being currently no additional copies available on-line. Translates from the original Finnish as The Death Ship S/S Hohenhorn: The Je...

Now, Barrabas

Jovanovich, William · 1960

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, Harcourt, Brace & World, 1960. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Size: 16mo 6" - 7" tall. Uber-scarce in the trade, being signed by the author William Jovanovich at first free endpaper, inscribed to Ed Barlow, "A thinking man." Published in First Edition state as a Chr...

Gunter Grass, a Bibliography: 1955-1975

O'Neill, Patrick · 1976

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, University of Toronto Press, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bound simply in green cloth over boards, white lettering to cover and s...

Uncle Sam's Uncle Josh: Jr Josh Billings on Practically Everything Distilled from Josh's Rum-and-Tansy New England Wit

Day, Donald · 1953

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

Boston, Little, Brown & Co., 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A fun and humorous romp through the writings collected by Donald Day from New England Americana and almanacs, day-books and memoirs, from Uncle Sam's "Uncle Josh," Josh Billings, who wrote fr...

Little Novels

Schnitzler, Arthur · 1929

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

New York, Simon and Schuster, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bound simply in shiny black cloth, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. Translated by Eri...

The Penitent

Singer, Isaac Bashevis · 1983

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1983. First Trade Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Stated First Trade Edition. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bound handsomely in two-tone, pumpkin cloth over boards...

English Sports and Pastimes

Hole, Christina · 1949

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

London, Batsford, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine-looking, sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn beyond price-clipping, protected by a p...

Masterpieces of the Israel Museum

Fischer, Yona · 1989

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

Florence, Italy, Bonechi Editore, 1989. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Published in First Edition state i 1989, mild shelfwear to covers, light furling to tips, but pages clean and tight in binding. Replete with black-and-white and full-color plates of fine...

Edward Lear's Journals: A Selection

Van Thal, Herbert; ed. · 1952

$10.40 (€9.44 | £7.87 | ¥1,661)

New York, Coward - McCann, Inc., 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bound handsomely in light brown cloth, sharp and distinct black lettering to spine, faint sun...

Japanese Language Book of Photography

M. Tanaka and T. Inukai · 1975

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,471)

Tokyo, Japan, , 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sumptuously bound in pumpkin-colored linen cloth over boards, Kanji characters to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. Only English language denote...

Costumes of the East

Walter A. Fairservis, Jr. · 1971

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

Riverside, Connecticut / New York, New York, The Chatham Press / The American Museum of Natural History, 1971. . . Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy penned by Walter A. Fairservis, Jr. illustrated by Jan Fairservis and with photographs by Tho...

Den Danske Billedbibel I Kalkmalerier

Broby-Johansen, R. · 1948

$19.20 (€17.42 | £14.53 | ¥3,066)

Kobenhavn, Denmark, Glydendalfte Boghandel/Nordisk Forlag, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if lightly toned interior, minimal rubbing to extremities. Danish-language disquisition on the Old Testamen...