[Leipzig[: Kurt Wolf, 1917. Edition limited to 50 copies, of which this is no. 45, large 8vo, pp. 87, [9]; text in German, printed in red and black; full green morocco, double ruled in gilt with gilt pegasus on cover, silk endpapers, t.e.g., subscriber's list and ad leaf laid in;..... More
Madrid: Sucesores de Rivadeneyra, 1899. 8vo, 691, [5]; text illustrations throughout; speckled edges; full red cloth, original orange wrappers bound in; top edge of boards suntouched, text clean and sound, very good. A biographical dictionary of the literary scene, with many portraits throughout and some examples of poetry. More
Hønefoss: Joh. E. Bye, [1914]. 8vo, pp. xiii, [3], 664; text in Norwegian; 3 plates, text illustrations throughout, mostly portraits and pictures of buildings; black cloth gilt, marbled endpapers; tide stain on fore edge of lower quarter of textblock, text otherwise clean and sound, good. A regional history. More
Mankato: Free Press Print, 1893. 8vo, pp. 32; original pictorial wrappers; some chipping and toning; good. Includes sections on water reservoirs, native plants, forest fires, the great plains, the forestry movement, lumber interests, etc. More
London: printed by S. Buckley & T. Longman, printers to the King's Most Excellent Majesty in Latin, Greek and Hebrew, 1738. Sm. 8vo, pp. [10], 194, [4]; woodcut title with 8 small vignettes enclosing the printed text; bound with, as issued: Brevissima Institutio: seu, ratio grammatices cognoscendae, Londini, 1738, with..... More
1937-1939. 8vo, perfect bound in printed paper wrapper, the binding split into three separate sections plus one loose article, original wrappers typically bound in, text clean, edges rubbed. Containing the following titles: Universitets zoofysiologiske laboratorium kjøbenhavn. Collected papers XIII A. No. 223-239. [n.p.] 1939. pp. [8]; actually the titles through..... More
Jena: Gustav Fischer, 1940. 8vo, pp. x, 102; 9 plates, folding map; text in German; printed paper wrappers, wrappers toned with a crease to corner, pages starting to tone but clean and sound, very good. First volume in a 10-part series of the history of Jena. More
[Rocca San Casciano]: F. Cappelli, [1955]. 8vo, pp. 356; text in Italian; text illustrations throughout, folding tables; printed paper boards; joint split and spine starting to separate, a touch of toning to edges, good and sound. Scarce, 5 copies in Europe, 3 in the US. More
[Coburg]: Winkler-verlag, [1947]. Large 8vo, pp. 142. [2]; 9 plates in text and 5 loose in back as issued; printed paper covered boards; boards a little toned, two of the loose leaves dogeared, one with a few shallow closed tears at an edge, text clean, very good. More
Prague: Cercle Linguistique de Prague, 1936. 8vo, pp. [4], 294; papers in German, French and English; black cloth backed in black leather; original wrappers lacking, spine rubbed, a few dog eared leaves, very good. The Prague school was an influential linguistics and literature society. Its members established a number of..... More
Zurich: Artemis Verlag, [1944]. 8vo, pp. xix, [1], 530; brown cloth, gilt title on spine and cover; spine and top edge sun toned, owner's bookplate on pastedown, texblock clean and sound, very good. More
Amsterdam, Montgomery County, N.Y. 1834-1849. Manuscript in ink, approx. 7¾ x 6½", approx. 187 pages; a few loose scraps and receipts laid in; contemporary calf-backed paper-covered boards, quite worn, the front hinge broken revealing sewing structure; pages browned, some torn. A number of entries crossed out but still legible. Ink..... More
Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1843. 8vo, pp. 14, [2]; original printed wrappers; removed from binding; very good. Harvard Library duplicate with a note in pencil on the verso of the title page: "1849 Feb 9 gift of Charles Sumner Esq. of Boston." American Imprints 43-5144. More
Paris: Institut d'Etudes Slaves, 1950. Second edition, 8vo, pp. [3], x-xvi, 415, [1]; printed paper wrappers; upper wrapper perished, lower starting, spine chipped, owner's signature on flyleaf, one leaf chipped at bottom edge from contact with tape, not affecting text, textblock clean and sound, good. More
Cambridge: printed by W. Hilliard & E. W. Metcalf, 1811. 12mo, pp. 24; removed from binding; title leaf reattached, else very good. Hooper's poem, "Seclusion," begins on p. 18; beginning on p. 21 are songs by Edward Everett and Nathaniel L. Frothingham. American Imprints 22617; Wegelin 997. More
Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1847. 12mo, pp. 23, [1]; original printed brown wrappers; edges curled and one or two small chips, else very good. Peabody (1811-1893) was a Unitarian pastor, author, and a trustee of Phillips Exeter Academy. He attended Harvard at the age of 12 and at the..... More
Boston: J. Howe, printer, 39 Merchants Row, 1849. 12mo, pp. 12; original printed tan wrappers; near fine. The Seminary was established in 1830 by two Baptist ministers, William Collier and Henry Jackson. The female department was conducted by Martha Whiting for 25 years. After her death, another teacher at the..... More
Boston: Wright & Potter, state printers, 1874. 8vo, pp. 107, [1]; original glazed yellow wrappers printed in red and black; spine a bit cracked with small loss; otherwise very good. More
New York: Redfield, 34 Beekman St. 1856. Oblong folio, pp. [2], 8, [58]; 38 lithograph plates after line drawings by Darley; original pictorial paper-covered boards; the plates a bit foxed and spotted, the binding worn at extremities and scratched, the spine partially perished; a good copy at best but in..... More
Helsingfors: Finska Litteratursallskapets Tryckeri A. B., 1937. 8vo, pp. [4], 257, [1]; text in Swedish; printed paper wrappers; wrapper starting to detach from spine, head of spine chipped, good and sound. More
Bern: Haupt, 1986. Small 4to, pp. [80]; text in French, German and English; 28 full-page color illustrations after paintings by Kurt Wirth; a map locating each building in back; paper covered boards, pictorial dust jacket; fine, with light soiling and a small stain to top edge of back panel of..... More
Moscow: Nauka, 1970. 4to, 2 vols.; text in Russian; folding chart, facsimiles of coins in 185 composite plates; full brown cloth, pictorial paper wrappers; vol. 2 boards bowed; wrappers rubbed and a little soiled with a couple shallow chips, very good. A third volume was published later, in 1998. More
Providence: 1913. Edition limited to 200 copies printed at the Palmer Press, Stonington, Conn. Small 4to, pp. [8]; 2 full-page facsimiles; removed from binding; very good. More
Thessaloniki: Institute for Balkan Studies, 1988. 8vo, pp. 313, [3]; text in Greek with summary in English; text illustrations; printed paper wrappers; slightly musty, touch of toning to edges, text clean and sound. Bektasism in Western Thrace: A contribution to the history of the propagation of Islam on Greek territory..... More
Paris: ABC, 1988. 8vo, pp. 167, [1]; text in French; green stiff paper wrappers; pencil scribble on title page, else near fine. Gervais Mendo Ze was a Cameroonian linguist, government, official, and radio director. He was also an anti-corruption activist, and wrote a number of books and plays. More
