Munchen: Chr. Kaiser Verlag, 1959. 8vo, pp. 222, [2]; text in German; gray printed paper wrappers; wrappers lightly soiled, text underlined with critical marginal notes throughout, possibly by John E. Benson, who's signature is inside the top wrapper. Includes comments like "Bunk!" "Supports my idea" and "This is a problem..... More
Paris: L. Carteret, 1926. Large 8vo, pp. [4], 274, [6]; 3 plates, facsimiles in the text; original tan printed wrappers, large chip from the bottom l,ower corner, front wrapper amateurishly reattached with tape; all else good and sound. More
Boston: H. O. Houghton and Company, Cambridge, Riverside Press, 1870. 8vo, pp. xv, [1], 234, [2]; original printed gray front wrapper (loose, but present), rear wrapper wanting, spine chipped at the top; all else good and sound. Includes a 13-page "Explanatory" by Stevens. Auction catalogue of some 2,545 titles. The..... More
New York: [Joel Munsell], 1875. Small 4to, pp. xviii, 471, [3]; bound with: List of Prices for which the Books, Engravings, etc. belonging to Mr. William Menzies were sold... pp. 8; uncut; printed in red and black, and including a note on the Menzies Book Sale as it appeared in..... More
Milano: Libreria antiquaria Hoepli, 1928. Large 8vo, pp. [6], 132, [2]; folding color frontispiece, 102 plates at the back, one folding (counted as 2), several printed in red and black; original pictorial wrappers printed in red and black; small crack at the top of the spine; very good. More
Basileae: (per Ioannem Hervagivm, et Bernardum Brandum), 1557. Folio, pp. [16], 761 [i.e. 759], [15]; pages 176 and 177 skipped in pagination; collating ɑ8 a-z6 A-Z6 Aa-Ss6 Tt4 (-2T4); wanting the final leaf; printer's woodcut device on title page, a number of 6-line (and smaller) historiated woodcut initials throughout; a...... More
London: Roxburghe Club, 1999. Second issue (80 copies only); 8vo, pp. xxxi, [1], 207, [1]; prelims printed in red and black, frontispiece is a mounted reproduction of a carte-de-visite photograph of Burton, folding map, 4-page facsimile letter tipped in; generally, a fine copy in original green cloth stamped in gilt..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1874. First American edition, 8vo, pp. xiv, 510, 2 (ads); 2 folding maps, 17 wood-engraved plates, 11 wood engravings in the text; a near fine, bright copy in original green cloth, gilt-stamped spine. More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1854. First American edition, 2 volumes 8vo, pp. 350 [10] ads; 355, [1], [4] ads; 12 wood-engraved plates, one wood engraving in the text; original blindstamped green cloth, pictorial gilt-stamped spine a little dull, small cracks and chips at spine ends, but on the..... More
New York: Lincoln McVeagh, The Dial Press, 1926. 4to, pp. 362, [2]; 259 illustrations throughout, a number full-page; original pictorial blue cloth stamped in red, white and gilt; a near fine, tight and bright copy. Issued as part of the Queen Elizabeth Egyptological Foundation series, Brussels. More
Hartford: O. D. Case & Co., 1868. 8vo, pp. [iii]-xx, [2], [23]-624; wood-engraved frontispiece, folding map and full-page map both printed in color, and 20 wood engravings on 15 plates; light dampstaining throughout at lower margin, 1975 gift inscription on recto of frontispiece, the whole slightly trimmed and in a...... More
Catalina Island, Hollywood, etc. 1931-35. Oblong 12mo (approx. 4¾" x 6¼"), pp. [106]; original red faux reptile-grained leather, rebacked in black cloth; pages alternately in blue, pink, and white, but sequence is occasionally lost which may indicate some leaves have been removed prior to the rebacking. Nonetheless, a remarkable album..... More
Bogota: Federacion nacional de Cafeteros, 1944. 8vo, pp. 187, [1]; text illustrations, graphs and charts; 3 folding charts, 3 folding maps; paper wrappers printed in black and green; covers toned, top edge spotted, very good. Industry report from the coffee makers' federation. More
Oslow: Blix Forlag, 1944. 8vo, 2 vols; text in Norwegian; frontispieces and text illustrations; slightly later half red leather over marbled boards, title gilt on spine, top edge red stained; pages starting to tone, else near fine and sound. Starbac was a popular writer of histories and historic novels, this..... More
Basle: Emanuelis Konig, 1657. Folio, pp. [10], 708, [90]; without blank leaves (:)6 and ζ4; woodcut vignette on title, 2 woodcut plates, unseparated on single folding leaf, and approx. 280 woodcut illustrations in the text, many full-page or nearly full-page, often attributed to Hans Rudolf Manuel Deutsch and Blasius Weffring;..... More
London: Sampson Low, Marston and Co. Ltd., 1909. First edition, 8vo, pp. xvii, [1], 551, [1]; 15 photogravure plates, folding facsimile, and a large folding map printed in color; a very good, sound copy in original pictorial blue cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine. More
London: School of Archaeology in Egypt ... and Bernard Quaritch, 1909. First edition, folio, pp. vii, [1], 26, [2]; 54 plates from photographs, drawings, and inscriptions; very good copy in original quarter red cloth over gray printed paper-covered boards. Laid in is a quarto bifolium from the publishers regarding the..... More
New York: printed for the Society, 1874. 8vo, pp. 47, [1]; original glazed white wrappers printed in black; small pressure stamp of the N.E. Genealogical Society on front wrapper, wrappers soiled; all else very good. "Session 1873-4. no. vii." Inscribed on the front wrapper, "Presented by C. C. Coffin" -..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1864. First American edition of a classic in African exploration; 8vo, pp. [v]-xxx, [31]-590; 2 steel-engraved portraits, folding map tinted in blue and with author's route in red (with short tear neatly repaired on verso), full-page map printed in blue and red, and numerous wood-engraved..... More
London: John Murray, 1849. Seventh thousand, 2 volumes, pp. xxx, 399; xii, 495; tinted lithograph frontispieces, folding map and plates, plans and illustrations in the text throughout (some folding); spines a bit faded, top edge of vol. 2 lightly chipped at spine, else very good in slightly later half polished..... More
København: Jespersen og Pios, 1939. 8vo, pp. 88; text in Danish; illustrated throughout by Marie Hjuler. Creme colored cloth boards; light soiling to boards, toning and light foxing to edges of text block, very good. Ott was the author of many children's books, and wrote a series for Bimbi, a...... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1875. First American edition, 8vo, pp. 541, [1], 6 (ads); portrait frontispiece, double-page color map, large folding color map in back cover pocket, 20 wood-engraved plates, 25 wood-engraved illustrations in the text; original pictorial terracotta cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; lightly..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. First American edition, 8vo, pp. xxiv, 490; with the folding map of Equatorial Province and a copy of the Mahdi's letter in Arabic to Emin Pasha demanding his surrender to in back cover pocket (both with several short tears at the folds), 2 portraits..... More
[Oslo]: J. W. Cappelens Forlag, [1942]. Second edition, 8vo, pp. 155, [1]; text in Norwegian; 10 leaves of composite plates, text illustrations; contemporary half black calf over paste paper boards; touch of rubbing to extremities, else fine. Anatol Heintz was a Norwegian paleontologist, who was imprisoned by Nazi collaborators in..... More
London and Newcastle: Adam & Co., n.d., [ca. 1875 or after]. 4to, pp. viii, 632; lithograph frontispiece and title page, color map, plus 22 tinted lithographs on 20 sheets; publisher's quarter brown morocco, stamped in gilt on spine; front free endpaper miscreased, occasional foxing, modest wear; generally, very good and..... More
