Structure, Verses, Agency Books

El Romancero de Hoy: Nuevas Fronteras / the Ballad Today: New Frontiers

Sanchez Romeralo, Antonio, Diego Catalan and Samuel G. Armistead, eds. · 1979

$30.40 (€27.58 | £23.01 | ¥4,855)

Madrid, Spain, Gredos, for Catedra Seminario Menendez Pidal, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. SIGNED by the first of the three editors, Antonio Sanchez Romeralo, being inscribed warmly, "Por Roberto," probably the former owner, Robert M. Scari, whose in...

Ozark Folksongs, Volume I: British Ballads and Songs; Volume II: Songs of the South and West; Volume III: Humorous and Play-Party Songs; Volume IV: Religious Songs and Other Items

Randolph, Vance, ed. · 1980

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)

Columbia, Missouri, University of Missouri Press, 1980 . Reprint Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition softcover copies, with lightly furled tips at worst, tight bindings, and clean internals, showing only slight shelf- and edge-wear to the duotone il...

Ozark Folklore: An Annotated Bibliography, Volume I, Volume II

Randolph, Vance and Gordon McCann · 1987

$48.00 (€43.55 | £36.33 | ¥7,666)

Columbia, Missouri, University of Missouri Press, 1987. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Faint remains of a former price sticker at first free endpaper of second...

Calendario Azteca Ensayo Arqueologico

Chavero, Alfredo · 1876

$36.00 (€32.66 | £27.24 | ¥5,749)

Mexico City, Mexico, Jens y Zapiain, 1876. Segunda Edicion. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Extremely scarce in the trade, there being currently no copies available in this edition and state of completeness available to the trade. Stated Second Edition of Calendario Azteca...

Peru: The Cookbook

Acurio, Gaston · 0

$30.40 (€27.58 | £23.01 | ¥4,855)

London, Phaidon Press, 20154. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Brand-new, still in shrink-wrap, neither shelf- nor edge-worn, neither sunned nor marked as a remainder. Big, tall, Imperial octavo hardcover format, with 500 Peruvian specialties to make at home...

Renaissance People: Lives That Shaped the Modern Age

Davis, Robert C. and Beth Lindsmith · 2011

$30.40 (€27.58 | £23.01 | ¥4,855)

Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum, , 2011, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Brand-new, still in shrink-wrap, neither shelf- nor edge-worn, neither sunned nor marked as a remainder. Big, tall, heavy Imperial octavo hardcover format text, cloth over boar...

The Tongue of the Trilones: A Linguistic Study of a Criminal Argot

Coltharp, Lurline · 1965

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,472)

Montgomery, Alabama, University of Alabama Press, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Uber-scarce in the trade, there being currently only a single additional copy available on-line. Another fine contribution to the University of Alabama Linguistic and Phi...

Language and Dialect in Hawaii: A Sociolinguistic History to 1935

Reinecke, John E. · 1969

$52.00 (€47.18 | £39.35 | ¥8,305)

Honolulu, Hawai'i, University of Hawai'i Press, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Uber-scarce in the trade, there being currently no additional copies available of the true First Edition, in hardcover format, a handsome gray cloth over boards, with sharp...

Zuckerman Unbound

Roth, Philip · 1981

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,300)

New York, Farrar,Straus and Giroux, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities, faint remains of a price-sticker at first free endpaper. Handsomel...

Navaho Religion: A Study of Symbolism

Reichard, Gladys A. · 1963

$25.60 (€23.23 | £19.37 | ¥4,088)

New York, Bollingen Series, by Pantheon Books, 1963. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Stated First Edition Thus of the two-volumes-in-one edition published especially for the Bollingen Foundation, being Bollingen Series XVIII, with a new Introduction by...

Operation Shylock

Roth, Philip · 1993

$33.60 (€30.48 | £25.43 | ¥5,366)

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, Franklin Library, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy, handsomely produced as per usual Franklin Library Limited Edition standards, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, sh...

Nothing That Meets the Eye: The Uncollected Stories of Patricia Highsmith

Highsmith, Patricia; Anna von Planta, ed. · 2002

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,300)

New York, W.W. Norton & Co., 2002. First Edition. 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. 455 pp. including notes about the autho...

The Angel's Promise

Lenoir, Frederic and Violette Cabesos · 2005

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

New York, Pegasus Books, 2005. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Stated First Printing of the First U.S. Edition, with translation by Lauren Yoder. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and ...

Small Mercies

Lehane, Dennis · 2023

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,789)

New York, Harpercollins, 2023. . Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Fine condition copy in hardcover format of the stated First Edition, Tenth Printing state. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. Bound handsomely in gray paper ...

Ancient Mysteries

Hone, William, printed for the author in London · 1823

$19.20 (€17.42 | £14.53 | ¥3,066)

London, William Reeves, 1823. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Plentiful engravings of copper and wood, including in fold-out, augment this fine compendium of "ancient mysteries" including the English Miracle Plays, apocryphal New Testament stories and the li...

Seneca the Philosopher and His Modern Message

Gummere, Richard Mott · 1963

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

New York, Cooper Square Publishers, Inc., 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn,...

The Trojan Generals Talk

Parotti, Phillip · 1988

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,300)

Champaign and Urbana, Illinois, University of Illinois Press, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, clean, minimal rubbing to extremities. Black cloth over boards with sharp and distinct silver lettering...

Greek and Roman Coins and the Study of History

Milne, J.G. · 1939

$17.60 (€15.97 | £13.32 | ¥2,811)

London, England, Methuen & Co., 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Pictorial paper over boards with four ancient Greek coins depicte...

A Book of Greek Coins

Seltman, Charles · 1952

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,300)

London, England, Penguin Books, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Pictorial paper over boards with four ancient Greek coins depicte...

Dead Philadelphians

Frost, Frank · 1999

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

Santa Barbara, California, Capra Press, 1999. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. A fine novel of Greek-American ancestry an...