Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1881. Sixth edition, 8vo, pp. vi, 218, 112 [ads]; frontispiece, 3 folding maps, illustrations throughout text, title-page vignette; MHS bookplate, ads slightly browned, hinges cracked, small cracks in spine ends, else good in original green cloth, gilt lettering on spine and upper cover. Of this..... More
West Branch, [Iowa]: Coffee House Press, 1985. Edition limited to 500 copies signed by the author and illustrator; 11" x 5½", pp. [24]; illustrations by Ann Mikolowski; stitched, as issued, in pictorial tan wrappers; fine. Morning Coffee Chapbook 12. More
West Branch, Iowa: Toothpaste Press, 1980. Edition limited to 1150 copies, this one of 150 numbered and signed by the author and artist (this, no. 140); tall 8vo, pp. [32]; 6 full-page drawings by Ann Mikolowski; fine copy in original cream cloth, printed paper label on upper cover. Peich 47..... More
[West Branch, Iowa]: Toothpaste Press, 1982. Edition limited to 70 signed and numbered copies, 14" x 10.5" poetry broadside printed for Bookslinger Editions on the occasion of the author's reading at Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. More
[West Branch, Iowa]: Toothpaste Press for Bookslinger Editions, 1983. Letterpress broadside, edition limited to 70 numbered copies (this, marked 'os' - ?), approx. 14½" x 10½", printed in brown and black; printed on the occasion of the author's reading at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, February 2, 1982. This copy..... More
Lyon: chez Bruyset freres, 1787. 2 volumes in 1, 12mo, pp. [2], lxiv, 156; iv, 290; Latin and French on facing pages; woodcut vignettes on title pages, woodcut ornaments; contemporary tree calf, smooth gilt-paneled spine laid out in 6 compartments, red morocco label in 1; a very good, sound and..... More
Dublin: printed by P. Byrne, 1790. 6 volumes, 8vo, engraved frontispiece, 2 folding engraved maps and 5 folding tables; contemporary full mottled calf, red and black morocco labels on spines (2 lacking); spine ends chipped, extremities rubbed and worn, but in all, a good, serviceable set. Engraved bookplates of Alexander..... More
Katowice: Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza, [1982]. First edition, 6½" x 4½", pp. 182, [2]; tri-fold map laid in, as issued, 22 color illustrations (1 double-page) on rectos and versos of 8 plates at the back; text a bit toned, else a very good copy in original pictorial wrappers. "In 1971 [Bilczewski]..... More
Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1870. Thick 12mo, pp. xxiv, 544, 104 (ads); engraved frontispiece and title page, 50 plates of illustrations, maps, and charts, many folding or double-paged; contemporary green cloth, upper cover and spine elaborately stamped and lettered in gilt, yellow endpapers printed in purple; ex-Hill Library with..... More
Chicago: Sidney C. Miller & Co., 1891. Second edition revised, 8vo, pp. viii, 689, [5], 26 plates; full blindstamped red leather, marbled edges; light edgewear, else fine. More
Dublin: printed for Price, Whitestone, Colles, [et al.], 1783. First Dublin edition, 3 vols., 8vo, pp. [10], 492, [2]; [8], 608; [8], 600; first page of table of contents in vol. I misbound at the back; all else very good in contemporary full calf, red and brown morocco labels on..... More
Shanghai: Shang hai da xue chu ban she, 2017. Large 8vo, pp. [4], 3, [1], 5, [7], 803, [1]; covers a little spotted, else fine in original brown laminate boards lettered in gilt. This is a facsimile of the Shanghai 1900 edition, both a dictionary and a spoken language textbook..... More
London: Longman and Co.; Black, Edinburgh; Langdale, Harrogate; Inchbold, and Cross, Leeds. 1830. First edition, 12mo, pp. vii, [1], 138; original printed green muslin (an early example of printed cloth), some fraying along the joints and spine, spine sunned, else very good. The text treats of the medical history of..... More
Avgvstae Vindelicorvm [i.e. Augsburg]: officinae librariae Joseph Wolffianae, 1796. Thick 8vo, pp. xxviii, 3028 columns; engraved frontispiece; contemporary full calf, gilt-paneled spine in 6 compartments, old brown morocco label in 1, edges stained red; several old ownership inscription on the front flyleaf, some cracking at the tops of both joints;..... More
Archon Books, 1981. First edition, 8vo, pp. xv, [3], 284; numerous tables in the text throughout; fine copy in a fine dust jacket. More
[Minneapolis: Minneapolis College of Arts & Design, 1998]. Edition limited to 13 copies (this, no. 2); 4" x 2½", 22 leaves bound concertina-style and printed on hand-made Japanese paper; A single line of text spanning 24 pages (including endpapers), "written, printed and designed by Adam Michaels 12-98." In a recent..... More
London: William Pickering, 1845. 8vo, pp. lxxx, 372, [1]; bound by Riviere in half green morocco and marbled boards, spine elaborately gilt in 6 compartments, t.e.g., marbled endpapers; joints and edges lightly rubbed; dampstain to margins affecting text on only a few leaves, otherwise a very good copy. Based upon..... More
London: Collins, 1948. First edition, 8vo, pp. 49, [1]; color frontispiece, 3 plates in color, illustrations in b&w throughout; but for a slightly faded spine panel, a fine, copy in the original orange and white pictorial paper-covered boards and dust jacket. More
[Nieuwe Diep?]: Ministry of the Marine, [1817]. 8" x 5", pp. 18, [2]; self-wrappers, stitched, as issued; in a contemporary parchment chemise. Some wear to the first leaf causing minor holes (no text lost), early ownership signature on the verso of the last leaf of Martin Page. These regulations, "enacted..... More
London: The Religious Tract Society, [ca. 1860]. 32mo, pp. 128; text illustrations throughout; publisher's blue cloth, gilt title on upper cover; boards toned and rubbed, upper free endpaper perished, owner's signature on recto of frontispiece; good and sound. A fictional dialog between a child and their "Uncle Adam" who explains..... More
