African Language Studies I-[VIII]
London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 8 volumes, original stiff wrappers. At head of t.p.: Collected papers in Oriental and African studies. More
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Biblos. Österreichische Zeitschrift für Buch- und Bibliothekswesen, Dokumentation und Bibliographie
Wien: Gesellschaft dder Freunde der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek. Jahrgang 1-29 (1952-1980). Bound in 11 volumes, orange library buckram, ex libris with the cancel stamps, but internally very clean. The original wrappers of the quarterly issues are bound in; subtitle varies slightly. Includes the Inhaltsverzeichnis von Jg. 1(1952)-Jg.10 (1961), separately bound in..... More
Courrier De L'art; Chronique Hebdomadaire des Ateliers, Des Musées, des Expositions, Des Ventes Publiques, Des Concours, Des Théatres, Etc.
Paris: Librairie De l'Art; London, Remington & Co. Années 1881 (Première année)-1886 (sixième année). 6 vols. in 5. Imprint varies, quarto format, original red cloth. The first three volumes with tender hinges. More
The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Research, 1999. 5 volumes completes, b/w illus., original printed boards, quarto format, ex libris. More
Jahrbuch der Wirtschaft Osteuropas; Yearbook of East-European Economics
München, Wien: Günter Olzog Verlag. Veröffentlichung des Osteuropa-Instituts München, herausgegeben von Hans Raupach. Bd.1-11 (1970-1983). 11 vols. in 13 (the two last years in the original half-yearly issues, as published). All in green cloth, save for the two last years in original stiff wrappers, ex libris. More
The Journal of Science and the Arts, Edited at the Royal Institution of Great Britain. Published Quarterly.
London: Printed for John Murray. Vols. 1-12, (1816-1822) all b/w plates (some folded) at the end of each volume, uniformly bound in black half-cloth with marbled boards, marbled edges. Important and attractive journal for early 19th-century science in England. More
St. James Encyclopedia of Labor History Worldwide; major events in Labor History and Their Impact
Farmington Hills, MI: St. James Press, 2003. Neil Schlager, editor. 2 vols. (xxxix, 654; xxxix, 563p.), b/w illus., original stiff printed boards, quarto format, ex libris. More
St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture
Farmington Hills, MI: St. James Press, 2000. Editors: Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast, with an introduction by Jim Cullen. 5 volumes complete, b/w illus., original stiff printed boards, quarto format, ex libris. More
William A. Gaw
San Francisco: Maxwell Galleries, 1969. Maxwell Galleries Ltd. is pleasaed to present a retrospective exhibiton of the works of William A. Gaw: oil paintings, watercolors, and lithographs, June 6 thru 28, 1969. 48p., colored and b/w illus., original stiff wrappers. More
Ansel Adams
Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1981. 4th NYGS Printing. Edited by Liliane De Cock; foreword by Minor White. [viii] 117 b/w illus., [10]p., dj (inside front blurb price-clipped), SIGNED on the half-title: "Ansel Adams, Carmel, 9-19-82" More
The Spectator
London, Boston: J. B. Millet Company, 1897. With introduction and notes by George A. Aitken. With forty original portraits and eight sketches by Railton. 8 volumes complete, b/w illus., original burgundy cloth with paper spine labels. "Library edition limited to one hundred numbered and registered copies, printed from type, and..... More
Research Catalogue of the American Geographical Society
Boston: G. K. Hall & Co., 1962. Vols. 1-15, plus the three supplement and separate map supplement (total of 19 volumes), original blue buckram cloth, ex libris, folio format. More
N'en parlons Plus! Excerpts from Divers Papers & chronicles of the Arts Club 1937-1938
Berkeley: Privately printed for Its Members at the Archetype Press, 1939. 19 [1]p., deckle edges, original linen cloth, large folio format. "One hundred five copies set-up and printed by Wilder (and his faithful spouse, Ellen) on dampened Strathmore Wayside Text for private distribution among members of the Arts Club &..... More
The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
New York: Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., 1935. New Edition. 3 vols. (xxiv, 3639p), 4056 b/w and colored illus., lightly chipped dj, quarto format. Contents: v. 1, A-E. v. 2, F-O. v. 3, P-Z. More
Ehrengraf for the Defense
Royal Oak, MI. and Mission Viejo, CA: Airtight Seals Allied Production, 1994. 1st Edition. Introduction by Edward D. Hoch; afterword by Lawrence Block; illustrations by Phil Parks. 167p., colored front. photo, Original grey cloth, in the acrylic slipcase. One of only ten "p.c. collectors copies". SIGNED by Block, Hoch, and..... More
The Illustrated Bartsch. 39 Commentary, Part 2 (Le Peintre-Graveur 18 [Part 1]). Italian Masters of the Sixteenth Century: Bartolommeo Passarotti, Domenico Tibaldi, Camillo Procaccini,Ludovico Carracci, and Annibale Carracci
Norwalk, CT: Abaris Books, 1996. ix, 308p., b/w illus., original brown cloth, quarto format, fine condition. More
Medieval Canon Law
London and New York: Longman, 1995. xii, 260p., original stiff printed wrappers (The medieval world. More
Le premier manuscrit chirurgical turc, rédigé par Charaf ed-Din (1465) et illustré de 140 Miniatures
Paris: Les Editiones Roger Dacosta, 1960. Présentation française de Pierre Huard, Mirko Drazen Grmek. 138 [3]p., 140 colored and b/w illus., original cloth, quarto format. More
Deutscher Liederhort; Auswahl der vorzüglicheren deutschen Volkslieder, nach Wort und Weise aus der Vorzeit und Gegenwart gesammelt und Erläutert
Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlag, 1963. Nach Erk's handschriftlichem Nachlasse und auf Grund eigener Sammlung neubearbeitet und fotgesetzt von Franz M. Böhme. 3 vols. complete (ix, 656; 800; iv, 919p.), music, original cloth, quarto format. Reprint of the 1893-1894 Leipzig edition. Massive compendium with indices of 2,175 German folk ballads and..... More
Franck's etymologisch woordenboek der nederlandsche Taal
's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, 1949. 2e druk door N. Van Wijk. Met registers der Nieuwhoogduitsche Woorden, enz. xvi, 897; xvii, 235p., original green cloth, quarto format. The second part: Supplement door c. B. Van Haeningen. More
La Chevalerie
Paris: Arthaud, 1960. Edition préparée et adaptée par Jacques Levron. 368p., 180 b/w illus., 1 colored illus., original blue cloth. More
The Half Pint Flask
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., 1929. 1st Edition. 55p., b/w illustrations by the designer Joseph E. Sandford, black half-cloth with patterned stiff boards, deckle edges. No. 94 of 175 copies of the large paper edition, SIGNED by the author and the designer. More
Proceedings of the International Congress of Mathematicians, Berlin 1998, August 18-27
Bielefeld: Fakultät für Mathematik, University of Bielefeld, 1998. 3 vols. (662; 881; 825p.), original stiff printed boards. Contents: v. 1, Plenary lectures and ceremonies. v. 2-3 Invited lectures. (Documenta mathematica; Journal der Deutschen Mathemaiker-Vereinigung. Extra volume ICM 1998). More
The Letters of D. H. Lawrence
Cambridge, Etc: Cambridge University Press. 1979-1993. Edited by James T. Boulton, et al. 7 vols. complete, b/w illus, maps, dj. Contents: v. 1, September 1901-May 1913. v. 2, June 1913-October 1916 v. 3, October 1916-June 1921. v. 4, June 1921-March 1924. v. 5, March 1924-March 1927. v. 6, March 1927-November..... More
Die grosse Politik der europäischen Kabinette 1871-1914; Sammlung der diplomatischen Akten des Auswärtigen Amtes
Berlin: Deutsche Verlagsgesellschft für Politik und Geschichte. 2. Auflage. Im Auftrage des Auswärtigen Amtes herausgegeben von Johannes Lepsius, et al. 1924-1927. 40 volumes in 54 complete, uniformly bound in the original stiff, two-colored printed boards (lightly chipped), all hinges solid and o/w very clean set. A former set owned by..... More