The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, Government Printing Office, 1931. Small 8vo, pp. vii, [3], 405; approximately 29 color plates of maps and charts; original orange cloth, upper cover and spine lettered in gilt; ex-Hill Library with usual markings, light wear and soiling, else a very good copy. Published by the economic..... More
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Library, 1991. 4to, pp. 84; illustrations and facsimiles throughout; original green printed wrappers, corners slightly bumped, very good. Contents include Fawzi Abdulrazak's "Librarian on the Road (to Morocco and Beyond) and Everett C. Wilkie, Jr.'s "The Authorship and Purpose of the Histoire naturelle et morale des..... More
Columbus: Central States Publishing Co., 1922. One map (701 x 872 mm.) folded down to 220 x 120 mm.; printed in red and black and surrounded by 39 local advertisements in red borders; tears from folds, else a good copy. Not in OCLC. More
Edinburgh: Hay, Gall [et al.], 1821. Second edition, 8vo, pp. 118; engraved frontis and title-p., 7 engraved plates (1 folding); orig. morocco-backed printed paper-covered boards, boards very soiled, front cover loose, text and plates slightly browned; ex-MHS. More
Walthamstow: Joseph Shillinglaw for William Tweedie, 1861. 8vo, pp. viii, 115; colored lithographic frontispiece, map plate; contemporary blue blind-tooled cloth, upper cover lettered in gilt, paper spine label, a.e.g., yellow glazed endpapers; ex-Minnesota Historical Society with usual markings, bookplate with withdrawn stamp; bottom 2 inches of spine perished, cloth cracked..... More
Versailles: L. Bernard, n.d., [ca. 1880s]. bound with: Illustrated guide to the Trianon palaces and gardens, their history and description; the order of visiting the apartments; catalogue of the objects of art contained therein; and the carriages and hamlet, etc.16mo, pp. 127, 89, [2, indexes], [5, ads]; illustrated throughout; original..... More
Kyoto Orimono Co. Ltd., n.d., early 1900s. Woven textile illustration of two people navigating the Hozu Rapids, a popular destination near Kyoto, Japan. Approx 13.5" x 17"; grayscale, a novel piece of advertising for the Kyoto Orimono Co., a local textile company; fine. More
Washington, D.C. Liên Co Quan Ðac Nhiem Chu'o'ng Trình Ty Nan Ðông Du'o'ng = Interagency Task Force for Indochina Refugees, August, 1975. Oblong 8vo, pp. 27, 20; original blue and white printed wrappers, light shelf wear, else fine. Text in Vietnamese and English in separate columns. Additional title: "A Guide..... More
Saigon: National Tourist Office, [ca. early 1960s.]. Tall 8vo, pp. 14, [2]; folding map printed in color, illustrated throughout; staples rusting, else very good in original pictorial wrappers. More
Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Library, 1977. 8vo, pp. 92; origina grey printed wrappers, fine. Contents include "Victorian Drama" by John A. Degen; "General Histories, Guidebooks and Handbooks" and "Picturesque London" by Donald J. Gray; and "Dark London" by Martha Vicinus. More
[Saigon?]: CORDS, July, 1971. Fifth edition, small folio, 20 typescript leaves; pictorial self-wrapper; light wear from handling, else a fine copy. "CORDS MR 3" - bottom of front cover. Not in OCLC. More
Paris: Institute d'Ethnologgie, 1928. 2 vols., thick 12mo, orig. cloth-backed boards, each spine incorporating a sleeve for a pencil; pencil present; covers watersatined, mild dampstain pervades text, else good or better. Pro-forma books for linquistic anthropological study, labeled vol. I and vol. II, each with 4 folding pre-addressed envelopes on..... More
Boston: University of Minnesota, 1981. 4to, pp. iv, 493, [1]; text in double columns, blue cloth with gilt title on spine; near fine; publisher's prospectus laid in. A complete inventory of the collection as of 1980. More
New York: P. F. Collier & Son, 1904. First edition, folio, pp. [100]; illustrated throughout; original red cloth-backed brown paper-covered boards, pictorial pastedown on upper cover; front hinge cracked, some wear and soiling, otherwise very good. More
[Saint Paul: designed and printed by Gerald Lange at The Bieler Press], 1982. Edition limited to an unspecified number of copies, small 8vo, pp. [4], 71, [1]; 14 tipped-in photographic plates; original gray printed wrappers; fine. A work done by Gerald Lange for hire, and among the rarest of books..... More
Saigon: Edition Photo Nadal, n.d., [ca. 1926]. First edition limited to 400 copies, oblong folio, pp. 173, [3]; parallel text in French and English; profusely illustrated throughout with sepia- green- gray- and blue-toned photographic illustrations; ca.1967-74 native Vietnamese half red calf, gilt lettering and decoration on spine; title a little..... More
Amsterdam: uitgave van A. Jagrr, n.d., [ca. 1880s]. 32mo (approx. 4½ x 3 inches), accordian fold view book with 12 mounted albumen photographs, each captioned and within a red-ruled border (one caption defective but not touching the print), including views of 's Gravenhage and Schveingen; original red cloth stamped in..... More
Paris: Francis Campbell, n.d., [ca. 1903]. 12mo, pp. 32; large folding map printed in color in rear cover pocket; a few small maps in the text, ads on endpapers and rear cover; original tan wrappers printed in red and blue, and with a small inset map on the front; some..... More
Los Angeles: Security-First National Bank, 1929. Third edition, 8vo, pp. 208; numerous photographic illustrations throughout; library stamp on inside of upper cover, lower hinge cracked, covers slightly soiled with small cracks and other wear at extremities; good or better in original pictorial pink wrappers, mss. title on spine. More
[Saigon?]: ASAID/ADPA/LGB, 1968, 1970. October 1970 revision, folio, mixed pagination; tables and charts throughout; original blue printed wrappers (a bit soiled), manuscript note at top front right-hand corner; interior fine. Short title: "The Blue Book". This edition not in OCLC. More
[Saigon?]: ASAID/ADPA/LGB, 1968, 1970. October 1970 revision, folio, mixed pagination; tables and charts throughout; original blue printed wrappers (coffee stains), ownership signature at top left-hand corner of upper cover; minor damage from previous rusted previously removed paper clips, many of which remain. Short title: "The Blue Book". This edition not..... More
Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie. [1886]. 12mo, pp. [381]-451, [5] (pub ads); of the 'Guides Joanne' series, map of Isle de Jersey, local business advertisements, extremities chipped and darkened, with spine perished and rear cover detatched, otherwise good in original pictorial wrappers. More
[St. Paul: Pioneer Press, n.d., ca. 1885]. Only edition, 8vo, pp.48; 9 full-p. wood-engraved illus. of Minnesota cities and views; very good in orig. printed wrappers, with a map of the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba railroad connections on the back. Mostly on the interior of Minnesota, with an excursion..... More
N.p. copyright by the Log Committee, 1915. 8vo, pp. unpaginated; text illustrations; original brown paper-covered boards, printed paper spine label; binding rubbed, spine edges chipped, hinges starting; a good, sound copy. 250 Harvard men, their relatives and friends sailed on the Finland steamer from New York to San Francisco via..... More
n.p., n.d. [at sea, on the road, 1893-94]. 4to, pp. [82]; Liverpool stationer's label on paste-down, edges marbled, extremities a bit rubbed, else a very good copy in black limp morocco. Laid in are approx. 20 octavo manuscript leaves from an unknown American women's diary dated October 1887 - August..... More
