London: The Folio Society, 1988. Michael Foreman. First Edition. Decorated cloth. Small 4to (9 5/8" x 6 1/2"), red 1/8th cloth with gold lettering on spine over decorative parchment-simulated boards with gold delineator and B&W decorative borders; illustrated with 64 period images in B&W and color, pictorial colored endpapers, 252..... More
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1979. William Blake. First Edition Thus reprinting in fine leather format Melville Anderson's revised English translation, and Livingston's introduction with Blake illustrations for The Heritage Press [1944 & 1972]. Full Leather with 22kt gold-stamping. Quarto (10 1/2" x 6 7/8"), full maroon leather with 22kt..... More
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1976. Roland Descombes. The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature / a limited edition collection. Gilt-stamped leather. 8vo (8 1/4" x 5 3/4" x 1")', full red leather with all edges protected with .22k gold foil, 3 raised bands, gilt tooling to the spine..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1971. Natalie Babbitt. First Edition. Cloth. SIGNED by the Author in red ink facing the title page, 8vo, light red cloth with gold lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (price-clipped) with B&W image of a man standing before the fence of a...... More
New York City: Portfolio / Penguin, 2021. Photos, diagrams, maps. First Printing. Cloth and boards. Tall 8vo, black quarter cloth with gilt letting over red boards with "Risk" on front cover, illustrated with several B&W photos, diagrams, and a few maps, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped: $30), Index, xxii..... More
London: TOR, 2021. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. SIGNED boldly by the Author in gold ink on a publisher's special front endpaper, tall & thick 8vo (9 1/2" x 6 1/2" x 1 7/8"), black cloth with gold lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped: L16.99), 496 pages..... More
New York: Spiegel & Grau, 2018. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Tall 8vo, ivory quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over matching boards; archival mylarr-protected white pictorial dust jacket (unclipped: $28.00) with colored human iris; Index, xix, [xx] + 372 pages + [2] About the Author +..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2015. Maps. First Edition [no printing indicated]. Cloth and boards. Tall 8vo, black quarter cloth with silver lettering on spine over charcoal gray boards, illustrated with two B&W maps of The Soviet Union & Russia as frontispieces, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped: $32.50) with..... More
New York, N.Y. HarperCollinsPublishers, 1996. Period B&W images. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Quarto (9 1/2" x 7 5/8" x 1 5/8"), red quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over gold boards, illustrated with many period images in B&W, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped), Author Index..... More
Paris: Société D'Édition Les Belles Lettres, 1931. First Edition. Wrappers. 8vo, light tan lettered wrappers, text with detailed commentary by Prof. Waltzing in his footnotes and frequent Latin parenthetical notes in his French textual translation, Index, viii, [ix-xii] + 357 pages. Tertullian, full name Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus, (c. 155..... More
New York London Toronto Sydney New Delhi: Simon & Schuster, 2013. B&W photos. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, 8vo (9 3/4" x 7 3/4"), black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over white boards, illustrated with several in-text B&W..... More
New York, N.Y. HarperCollinsPublishers, 2011. Color / B&W photos. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Thick & tall 8vo, black quarter cloth with silver lettering on spine over off-white boards, illustrated with 26 glossy pages of photos (mainly color), archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped: US $29.99) with photo of Alaskan..... More
Boulder, Colorado / Oxford, England: Westview Press, 2003. B&W photos, maps. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Tall 8vo, white snow-simulated cloth with pale gold lettering on spine, illustrated with 4 pages of B&W prefatory maps & 12 pages of B&W photos, archival mylar-protected pictorial/photographic dust jacket (unclipped: US $27.50) with..... More
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London: Vision Press Ltd, 1947. First British Edition: Text in English & German. Decorative cloth. 12mo (7 1/4" x 5"), red cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover, archival mylar-protected gray dust jacket (unclipped: "4/6 net"), 47 pages. TEXT in English with GERMAN poetry printed facing Deutsch's parallel..... More
London: The Harvill Press, 1999. Andrew McLean. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo, forest green cloth with gold lettering on spine, Illustrated with 11 B&W reproductions of pen-charcoal-watercolor plates and three section headings by Andrew McLean, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with jacket art of a fly fisherman by..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1944. First American Edition. Cloth. Thick 8vo, black cloth with gold Germanic lettering on spine and blind-stamped title on front cover, archival mylar-protected black and white lettered pictorial dust jacket (unclipped: "$5.00 net") with floral motives, 608 pages + [6] Advertisements for Knopf Titles.+ [2]..... More
New York, N.Y. Konecky & Konecky, 1978. Japanese artists and print makers. First American Edition. Cloth. Quarto (11 3/8" x 10" x 1 1/4"), brown cloth with silver gilt lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with image of a geisha, profusely illustrated with more than 900 color..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1957. Revised and Enlarged Edition: Eleventh Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Co-Author Francois Pope on the front free endpaper, 8vo, black quarter clloth over yellow boards, publisher's black topstain, Indices, xvi + 611 pages. SIGNED by Francois Pope. Two masters of French cooking..... More
Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1959. Color and B&W photos and figures. Second Printing of 1957 edition. Cloth. Tall 8vo, tourquoise cloth with silver simulated label & black lettering on spine, illustrated with color plate of Laubin Tipi as frontispiece and 12 glossy B&W photos plus 45 B&W figures..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf / A Borzoi Book, 1973. Arthur Barbosa. First American Edition. Cloth. Tall 8vo, black cloth with light gold lettering on spine and wave pattern embossed on front cover, illustrated with double-spread map frontispiece of "South-west Russia and Central Asia," archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped..... More
Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1860. Color Lithographs & wood engravings. Second Thousand / Printed by Thomas Constable. Decorated & gilt-stamped cloth. 8vo, publisher's original brown cloth with gilt embossed figures: crossed Chinese banners and gilt lettering on spine, Chinese junk on front cover, & Taiping rebel dancing with two raised..... More
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1907. Photos. First U.S. Edition. Pictorial cloth. 8vo, green pictorial cloth with gilt lettering & flower on spine and front cover, well illustrated with frontispiece (with tissue guard) and more than 60 illustrations from glossy B&W photos, Index,top edge gilt [t.e.g.]; xxvi, [xxvii-xxviii] +..... More
Atlanta, Georgia: TurnerPublishing, 1994. Anthony Browne. First American Edition, First Printing. Cloth. INSCRIBED by the Illustrator & Adaptor Anthony Browne who has added a sketch of King Kong's head on the half title, quarto (12" x 9 1/4"), charcoal gray cloth with silver lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust..... More
New York, N.Y. Greenwillow Books, 1993. Peter Sis. First Edition, First Printing. Glossy pictorial boards. INSCRIBED by BOTH the Illustrator Peter Sis--who has added a cute Sketch of a DRAGON--and Author Jack Prelutsky with flourish on the Dedication page, quarto (12 1/4" x 9 1/4"), glossy pictorial boards with fiery..... More
New York: Miramax Books / Hyperion Books For Children, 2005. Omar Rayyan. First U.S. Edition, First Printing. Decorated & gilt-stamped cloth. SIGNED PENCIL SKETCH of the book's squirrel hero URCHIN's head by the Illustrator Omar Rayyan [5 1/2" x 4 1/4" card stock] = laid in, small quarto (9 3/8"..... More