London: Edward Arnold & Co. 1926. First edition, 8vo, pp. xv, [1], 328, 16 (Autumn 1926 ads - including that for this title); photographic frontispiece and 15 plates showing 20 photographic illustrations, plus a folding map of South-Eastern Tibet printed in color and showing the plane-table and compass traverse of... More
[Saigon]: [United States Operations Mission], [1964]. 4to, pp. 65; black & white photographic illustrations throughout; original red, white and blue pictorial wrappers, shelf wear mostly affecting corners, interior very good. Information booklet for American contract workers on assignment in Vietnam. "During your orientation in Washington, inquire there for some person... More
[Saigon]: [USOM], 1961-65. 4to; numerous black & white photographic illustrations, maps & diagrams; spine titles in ink, some minor shelf wear, overall very good copies in original printed wrappers. Together with USOM Rural Income Expenditure Samply Survey (Preliminary Report, 1965). More
Saigon: Chinese Technical Mission to Vietnam on Crop Improvement, 1962. 4to, pp. [4], 50; CIM Information Series No. 24; numerous black & white photographic illustrations; extremities lightly soiled, spine has faint title in ink, else very good in original green and yellow wrappers. More
Philadelphia: Henry Perkins; Boston: Perkins & Marvin, 1839. First edition, 12mo, pp. 263, [1]; original brown cloth, gilt-lettered spine, light wear and cracks at spine ends, and the text with mild foxing and dampstaining; all else very good. This copy inscribed to "D. L. Brainard from the author July 59."... More
Tallahassee: Dept. of Agriculture, 1936. 8vo, pp. xv, [1], 324; folding color map of South Florida, folding table of prominent game fishes, folding table of fishing locations, numerous other charts, tables and photographic illustrations throughout, some full page; original color pictorial wrapper bound in; contemporary three-quarter blue morocco, gilt-paneled spine... More
New York: Oxford University Press, n.d. First edition, American issue; 8vo, pp. [12], 100; 100 photographic illustrations; fine copy in a fine dust jacket, with a photographic pastedown. Issued as no. 4 in the publisher's series Life & Art in Photograph. More
London: Edward Stanford Ltd, 1954. 4to, pp. vii, [1], 47, [1]; 4 folding color charts, tables and charts throughout the text; fine copy in original blue cloth stamped in silver on the upper cover. More
London: printed by and for the author, 1837. Second edition, 8vo, pp. [iii]-vii, [1], 200; lithographic frontispiece portrait of the author/bookseller, 7 other lithograph plates of booksellers and printers, plus one other engraved plate; a number of woodcut illustrations (including portraits) in the text; sectional title for Three hundred fifty... More
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1873. First Tauchnitz edition, Todd & Bowden's third impression, 2 volumes in 1, 16mo, pp. 326, [2]; 319, [1]; contemporary amateur half brown morocco over marbled boards, gilt-decorated spine in 6 compartments, gilt-lettered direct in 2, floral ornaments in 2; leather ties, catches perished; very good. This... More
London: John Murray, 1819. First edition, 4to, pp. [4], xxxix, [1], 252, [7], vi-cxliv; errata slip tipped in at p. [i]; 32 plates, tables and maps (14 colored); contemporary ownership signature of James Williams at the top of the title page; Abbey, Travel 634; Hill 1488, Sabin 73376, Arctic Bibliography... More
New York: Harper & Bros. 1916. 8vo, pp. [2], [81]-90 inclusive (i.e. table of contents leaf plus 10 pages); contemporary three-quarter green morocco, gilt-lettered direct on spine; some faded of the binding but in all very good. The article is illustrated with 8 photographic illustrations by Paul C. Nicholson. Laid... More
Paris: chez l'auteur, rue S. Thomas du Louvre, la 4.e porte coch[ère] a gauche, en entra[n]t par la rue S. Honoré, [1762]. First edition, engraved title, engraved dedication plus 50 engraved leaves (the last folding) incorporating text and illustration within a ruled border; leaves are printed on one side only;... More
[Chicago]: privately printed at the Chicago Tribune Tower, Jan. 15, 1927. First edition, small 4to, pp. [10], 58; illustrated throughout with 10 humorous sketches by John McCutcheon, printed music, and 16 halftones; original pictorial printed wrappers bound in; contemporary three-quarter red morocco, gilt-lettered spine; very good. This copy inscribed "To... More
Mobile: S. H. Goetzel, 1863. First edition, 16mo, 3 parts in 1; pp. [2], ii, 220; 104; 47, [1]; 97-108 (Bugle Signals); xiv (index), [2] ads; 38 engraved plates (8 folding); original paper-covered boards, rebacked in blue cloth sometime in the 20th century; boards worn, text occasionally dampstained an foxed... More
London: Samuel Leigh, 1818. First edition in English, 12mo, pp. viii, 377, [1], [379]-388 (ads); engraved frontispiece and 3 engraved folding maps; original full blue roan, gilt lettered direct on gilt-paneled spine, title in gilt on upper cover; some rubbing and wear, but in all a good, sound copy. A.... More
New York: Brentanos, n.d. [ca. 1906]. 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. xxv, [3], 172; [8],173-394, [2]; 2 mezzotint frontispiece portraits, 20 engraved plates; original full red morocco by Trew, gilt lozenge central on all covers and enclosed by a triple gilt rule with ornate gilt cornerpieces, gilt spines in 6 compartments... More
Corpus Christi: Aviation Cadets of the USNAS, 1941. 4to, pp. 190 [36] ads; profusely illustrated throughout; fine copy in original blue cloth-backed buckram boards, lettered in gilt on spine. Yearbook from the 1941 graduating class of the Aviation Cadets of the United States Naval Air Station at Corpus Christi. This... More
Tokyo: The Herald Press, [1932]. First edition, 12mo, pp. [2], ii, 39, [1]; 3 folding maps; rebound in green cloth with original paper cover laid down on upper cover; light toning, a couple shallow closed tears, very good. "The first reliable account in English" of the Shanghai Incident of 1932... More
Shanghai: North-China Daily News & Herald, 1937. First edition, 8vo, pp. x, 82, [2]; 2 folding maps, one in color; text illustrations after the sketches of Mrs. Skyrme throughout; original brown cloth, gilt title on upper cover; covers mottled, text clean and sound, very good. A guidebook for tourists and travellers. More
[New York: Pynson Printers], 1927. Edition limited to 200 copies (this, no. 28) illustrated and signed by Rockwell Kent; 4to, pp. 98, [2]; original half sheep over marbled boards, smooth spine lettered in gilt; the sheep is a bit scuffed, else very good. Without the publisher's slipcase. This copy with... More
Newport: A. J. Ward, 1869. First edition, slim 12mo, pp. vii, [2], 10-66, [4] ads; original green cloth lettered in gilt on upper cover; some toning, but generally very good and sound. Ida Lewis (1842-1911) was the daughter of a lighthouse keeper, and herself a lighthouse keeper as well. She... More
London: Ackermann and Co. 1852. First edition, folio, (470 x 292 mm), pp. [4], 57 (i.e. 32 leaves); text lithographed throughout in double columns; hand-colored vignette title page (Abbey does not call for the title vignette to be hand colored), numerous illustrations of varying size throughout (13 hand-colored - 3... More
New York & London: Century Co. 1923. First edition of the author's second book; 8vo, pp. [10], 3-337, [1]; original pictorial black cloth stamped in yellow and orange; spine a bit faded; a good, sound copy. This copy with a long inscription from the author, "To - the 'Lonely Lady,'... More
[Yokohama: ca. 1872-78.]. Size varies slightly, 9½" x 12" (25 x 30 cm) to 8½" x 11" (21.8 x 28 cm), on uniform mounts 11½" x 15" (32 x 38.2 cm), apparently removed from an album; each with a detailed German caption in ink on the mount; clean throughout, with... More
