Saigon: USOM Public Administration Division, 1965. Text printed on rectos only and paginated as such (i.e. one page per leaf), pp. xi, [1], 68; full-page provincial map of Vietnam; closed tears to top and bottom of spine, very good. The author's copy, with his address label on upper cover. More
Saigon: United States Operations Mission - A.I.D. [1963]. Staple-bound booklet, approx. 10.25" x 8", pp. ix, [1], 92; printed from typescript; 7 photoreproductive images; orange paper wrappers, small chips to spine, near fine. The author's copy, with his address label on upper cover. Laid in is a chart of taxes broken down by commodity. More
Cheyenne: December 30, 1913 thru January 29, 1915. Large folio, approximately 114 issues, each issue generally 8 pages; some toning, a half dozen or so articles neatly excised, a number of marginal breaks and tears, 2 or 3 leaves loose (including the first), but present, front joint partially split, but... More
Minneapolis: First Avenue, 1998-2002. First Avenue and 7th St Entry are two music venues housed in the same building in downtown Minneapolis. During the 1980s, Prince helped put it at the forefront of Minneapolis music venues by using it as the location for many scenes in his movie, Purple Rain... More
Urbini: typis Ven. Capellae Sanctissimi Sacramenti, per Antonium Fantauzzi, 1727. First edition, 4to, pp. 60; engraved vignette title page printed in red and black, engraved head- and tailpiece and 9-line historiated initial, 4 engravings in the text; full contemporary parchment; 2 old library rubberstamps on title page, and another on... More
[Nyack, NY: Fellowship of Reconciliation, December 1957 or January 1958.]. First edition, large 8vo, pp. [16]; self wrappers; illustrated in color throughout; two short tears entering from the fore-margin on the last two leaves, all else near fine throughout. A seminal comic book published by the Fellowship of Reconciliation to... More
La Haye: chez Pierre de Hondt, 1758-59. First edition, 2 volumes in 1 volume (as usual), folio, pp. [4], 330, [6] Catalogue des Livres qui se trouvent a La Haye chez Pierre de Hondt; [4], 328, [28]; title pages printed in red and black, text in double column, engraved plate... More
[Nottingham & West New York, NJ]: Plough Press, Mark Batty, publisher, [2004]. Special Limited Edition, limited to 15 copies (this, no. 4), with a printed label mounted on the front pastedown giving the information about this special edition. which is hand-numbered and signed by the author; 8vo, pp. 128; frontispiece... More
New Castle & Kidlington, Oxford: Plough Press, [1993]. Edition limited to 180 copies (this, no. 19), small 4to, pp. 94, [2]; 2 mounted plates, 29 photo-reproductive plates in 3 pockets at the back, 6 tipped-in hand-made facsimiles of binding samples, plus 3 other illustrations printed in blue; in the deluxe... More
North Hills, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1982. Edition limited to 350 copies (this, copy no. 2), 8vo, pp. 154, [2]; title printed in purple and black; 4 facsimiles (2 double-page), 2 mounted facsimiles, chapter heading printed in green, blue, brown, and black; printed on Bugrabutten paper and bound in... More
n.p., n.d. [Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, ca, 1996.]. Edition limited to 300 sets, 24 sheets of wrapping paper, each 11" x 17" and folded twice, the pack of them in a printed sleeve; accompanied by a printed 8½" x 11" note from Henry Morris explaining the genesis; fine. This... More
[London]: British Library, [1978-83]. First edition, 3 volumes, 4to, pp. 352; 446; 528; over 600 illustrations throughout, many full-page; fine in original quarter red morocco, gilt lettering direct on spine (volume I) and original full linen, red morocco label lettered in gilt on spine; volume II is limited to 750... More
London & New Castle: British Library & Oak Knoll Books, 1991. First edition, large 4to, pp. xiv, 490; color photographic frontispiece, 16 color plates, black & white illustrations throughout, text in double column; original cream-colored linen over boards, gilt-lettered spine; fine. Addenda and corrigenda laid in. A lavishly illustrated and... More
[Washington, D.C. National Capital Press, Inc. 1913]. Family presentation copy of the first edition of the author's first commercially published book (it was preceded by about a half dozen speeches and reports published by the Minnesota legislature and the U.S. Congress); 8vo, pp. 318; orig. green cloth stamped in gilt... More
Franklinton, NC: ca. 1942. Oblong 8vo (approx. 6½" x 4") with approximately 50 black & white photographs ranging in size from 1½" x 3" to 5" x 3½" - primarily vernacular snapshots, although a dozen or so seem to be photo-booth or professional portraits. About half are mounted using photo... More
[Paris? 1776. 10 volumes, 8vo, 34 finely engraved plates after Gravelot, the frontispiece to vol. I signed "Elisabeth Thiebaut sculp." Half-titles in all but volume I, half-title defective in vol. 7 and largely torn away in vol. 8; title page in vol. I detached, but present; occasional minor dampstains, occasional... More
London, Paris & Melbourne: Cassell and Co. [1892-95]. 4to, 4 volumes in 2; each paged viii, 312; "with 200 original illustrations" from drawings and wood engravings; contemporary half blue calf; some pages toned, some scuffing to the spines; all else very good and sound. Vol. I: The Guinea traders; The... More
London: 1849-59. Charles John Kean (1811–1868) was destined to usher Shakespeare into the forefront of the Victorian public consciousness. His father, Edmund Kean (1787–1833), had been lauded as a restorer of Shakespeare, garnering success through his passionate portrayals of Hamlet, Lear, and others. Charles would prove an antithesis to his father’s... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1945. 8vo, pp. xxxiii, [1], 268, [2]; folding map, 2 portraits; original red cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine, and a rather chipped dust jacket. Issued as no. 2 in the Central African Archives, Oppenheimer Series. More
London: Methuen & Co. 1898. First edition, issued in the publisher's Colonial Library series, small 8vo, pp. vi, 238, [2]; large folding map, 4 plates; extra illustration mounted on front pastedown; original maroon cloth, gilt-stamped spine, extra cloth label ('Africa') also on spine; fine copy. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. First American edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. xiv, 547; xvi, 540; 2 portrait frontispieces, 3 folding maps in cover pockets (one with short breaks at folds),1 profile sketch printed in color, 43 full-page wood engravings, plus numerous other wood-engraved illustrations in the text; original... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1956. 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. lvi, 211, [1]; vi, 213-462; color portrait frontispiece, 2 folding maps, 15 color plates from watercolors by Thomas Baines and Dr. John Kirk, and another color plate from a lithograph by T. Picken; fine in original red cloth stamped in gilt... More
London: Sampson Low, Marston [et al.], 1879. 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. xiv, [2], 522; ix, [1], 566, 32 (ads); 2 folding color maps in rear cover pockets, 2 frontispiece portraits, 150 woodcuts (32 full-p.) and 8 maps (2 folding); original brown cloth stamped in black and gilt; cracks at the... More
London: Stanley Paul & Co. 1928. First edition, 8vo, pp. 285, [1]; 28 photographic illustrations on 16 plates; upper cover a bit stained, light wear at extremities, corners bumped; all else very good. Not in Czech, although there are chapters on hunting elephant, hippopotamus, antelope, and waterbuck. More
London: John C. Nimmo, 1890. First edition, 8vo, pp. xvii, [1], 378, [32] ads dated January, 1890; frontispiece portrait, 32 plates and 1 color folding map (with a short tear, no loss); publishers green cloth with gilt vignette of the "Stanley" steamship on front cover and gilt title on spine; very good, sound copy. More
