New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. Bill Crawford. First Edition. Cloth with colored plate. Small 8vo, blue-gray cloth with gold lettering on spine and colored pastedown label of a bum picking up a cigar, illustrated by Bill Crawford, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) by Crawford, who has illustrated this..... More
New York Chicago Toronto London and Edinburgh: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1909. Drawings & photos. Second Edition. Pictorial cloth. Thick 8vo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4" x 1 3/4"), orange pictorial cloth with black lettering on spine + front cover with image of the Imperial Throne of China; illustrated with..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1897. B&W Plates. First Edition. Leather and marbled boards. 8vo, half leather over marbled boards, illustrated with B&W frontispiece of oscillatory discharges & a few B&W figures and plates, Index, top edges gilded [t.e.g.], 315 pages. John Trowbridge was Rumsford Professor of Science at..... More
Hartford, Conn. S. S. Scranton & Company, 1870. Period B&W plates. First Edition. Cloth. Thick 8vo (9" x 6" x 2 1/4"), rebound in beige buckram with 2 black spine labels for title & author; illustrated with B&W frontispiece and 40 engraved plates; 672 pages. Weight: ~ 3 lbs. William..... More
New York & London: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1923. Howard Pyle. Reprint of 1914 Edition. Decorative cloth. Tall 8vo (9" x 6 5/8"), light red cloth with black lettering on spine and front cover with elaborate blind-stamped figures and decorations surrounding titles;' profusely illustrated by Howard Pyle with decorative frontispiece..... More
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1981. Thomas W. Nason. Collector's Edition. Full Leather with 22kt gold-stamping. 8vo (8 1/4" x 5 3/8" x 1 3/8"); light brown genuine leather with decorative leafy gold inlays on spine and covers + 4 hubs; wood-engraving depicting Thoreau's cabin at Walden; very handsomely illustrated..... More
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1984. Bill Oakes. The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature / a limited edition collection. Gilt-stamped leather. 8vo (8 3/8" x 5 7/8" x 7/8"), full green leather with gilt tooling to the spine and covers with all page edges protected by .22k gold..... More
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1980. Barron Storey. The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature / a limited edition collection. Gilt-stamped leather. 8vo (8 7/8" x 5 7/8" x 1 5/8")', full black leather with all page-edges protected with .22k gold, 2 raised bands, gilt tooling to the spine..... More
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1977. Bill Oakes. The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature / a limited edition collection. Gilt-stamped leather. 8vo (8 7/8" x 6" x 1 3/8"); full black buffalo hide with 3 raised bands, gilt tooling to the spine, covers, & all fore-edges protected with..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1902. B&W plates. Reprint of 1878 edition. Decorative cloth. 12mo (7" x 4 3/4" x 1 1/4") brown cloth with gilt spine & leafy sprigs on spine & front cover, illustrated by xxx with B&W lithographic frontispiece (with tissue guard) and 3 additional full-page plates..... More
Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1920. Maps, Panorama, plans. First edition thus: FRENCH TEXT. Cloth. 16mo (6 1/4" x 4 1/4"), black cloth with gilt titles & blind-stamped rules, embossing & blank rules; illustrated with 85 maps, 1 B&W panorama of Mt. Blanc & assocs., + 22 plans; silk / rayon page-marker;..... More
London: Seeley and Co., Limited, 1908. Reynolds, Zoffany, & Others. New Edition. Decorative cloth. Thick 8vo, green decorative cloth with gilt lettering on spine and blind-stamped decorations with borders on front cover, illustrated with 8 B&W plates of the Thrale Circle by Reynolds, Zoffany, & Others, x + 336 pages..... More
Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, Publisher, 1887. Maps, panoramas, & plans. Twelfth Edition. Cloth. 16mo (6 1/2" x 4 7/8"), red cloth with blind-stamped rule borders, gold lettering on spine and front cover embossed bands, illustrated with 36 maps, 10 plans, and 10 fold-out panoramas, red ribbon page-marker, Index, marbled page edges..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1896. William Hatterell. First Edition Thus Illustrated. Decorated & gilt-stamped cloth. 8vo, decorative tan buckram with gilt spine lettering and decorative panel of gilt butterflies on green plants + gilt-blindstamping on front cover, illustrated with B&W frontispiece with tissue guard & 10 B&W plates by..... More
New York, N.Y. Frederick A. Praeger, Inc., 1959. Loke Wan Tho. First U.S.Edition. Cloth and boards. Quarto (9 1/2" x 6 5/8"), black quarter cloth with bold gilt lettering on spine over gold boards with title and device in black, illustrated with color frontispiece photo & 111 B&W photos by..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. First Trade Edition. Cloth and boards. Tall 8vo, black quarter cloth with silver lettering on spine over gray boards, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with B&W silhouette of a T-Rex's head bones & teeth, pictorial endpapers with sepia drawings of 10 well known..... More
New York, Cambridge, Philadelphia, etc. Harper & Row, Publishers, 1988. Color photos & period B&W images. First U.S. Edition. Cloth. Small quarto (9 1/2" x 6 3/8"), dark green cloth with gold lettering and borders on spine, illustrated with 29 color plates and several B&W in-text period images, archival mylar-protected..... More
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1984. B&W photos. First Edition. Cloth. Tall 8vo, green cloth with gilt lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected dust jacket illustrated by J. A. Grimshaw's "St. Paul's from Ludgate Circus," profusely illustrated with V&W photographs, 208 pages. EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION: Tight, bright, & clean internally and externally..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1971. Photos and drawings. First Edition. Cloth. Thick 8vo, two-tone: brown-atop-red cloth with silver lettering on spine, Introduction by C.W. Ceram; archival polyester-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting cliff palace at Mesa Verde taken by Joseph Muench, illustrated with colored photographic frontispiece and 49..... More
USA: Fine Art Los Angeles, Inc., 1971. Wynn Bullock. Vintage Print. Matted. Black & White photo (image size: 9 1/2" H x 7 1/2" W), matted in a white board (14" x 11"), print made in 1971 of an original image from 1955. Wynn Bullock (1902-1975) was an American photographer..... More
New York: Random House, 1987. Glossy photos. First Edition [printing not indicated: special K&B printing]. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author on a front endpaper, tall 8vo, black quarter cloth with gold lettering over red boards with title on front cover in gold; illustrated with several glossy photos of..... More
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers / Reader's Digest, 1979. Photos. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. SIGNED by the Author on the free front endpaper, tall thick 8vo, dark blue cloth with gold lettering on spine and facsimile signature on front cover; lllustrated with 16 pages of glossy B&W photos;..... More
Chicago, IL. Rand McNally & Company, 1973. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author on the half title, tall 8vo, black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over brown boards, illustrated with photos, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) of a temple, map endpapers of..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. First Trade Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author on a front endpaper, tall 8vo, black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over flesh-colored boards, archival mylar-protected lettered dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a warmly-lit home by John Collier illustrator, 337..... More
Boston Toronto: Little, Brown & Company, 1978. First Edition. Cloth. SIGNED by the Author on the half title, thick 8vo, green cloth with gold lettering on spine & 4 blindstamped ribbons on front cover, archival mylar-protected lettered dust jacket (unclipped), 607 pages. Krochs & Brentanos' "1st Edition Circle" bookmark present..... More