Elgin [and Inverness]: printed by A. C. Brander [and the Inverness Journal Office], 1833. First edition, 12mo, pp. [9], 4-98, 131-170; 4 tables (2 folding, 2 double-page), and 9 table (2 double-page) bound in at the back; original green muslin, printed paper label on spine; a few small cracks and..... More
Albany: State University of New York Press, [1986]. First edition, 8vo, pp. xii, 206; tables and illustrations in the text; publisher's canel slip pasted to copyright page, all else fine in original red cloth stamped in blue and white. "This is an important book on a subject of significance both..... More
Seattle & London: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, in association with the University of Washington Press, [1995]. First edition, small folio, pp. 203, [5]; illustrated throughout, much in color; fine copy in original pictorial wrappers. "For the first time Chinese and pastoral artifacts are studied and illustrated side-by-side in..... More
Harrisburg: 1842. 8vo, pp. 32, original brown printed wrappers; spine mostly perished, previous owner's signature of H. B. Thomas; text clean, very good. The journal was intended to be an "advocate of the protection of Home Labor, and the development of Home Resources," free of party politics. It appears to..... More
Nanking: Ministry of Industries, 1935-1936. 4to, vol. 2, no 10, plus vol. 3 no. 1 to vol. 4 no. 6, (lacking vol. 3 no. 9), pp. [2], 84-97, 270,168; bound stiff library card backed in black cloth; title and call number on spine, covers sunned, a couple leaves torn with..... More
Philadelphia: Arthur H. Thomas Company, 1931. Large 8vo, pp. iv, 828, 168, 36 (index); illustrated throughout; original brown buckram lettered in gilt on upper cover and spine; small white inkstain on upper cover, extremities a little rubbed, else a very good, sound copy. Massive trade catalogue offering scales, microscopes, burners..... More
Halifax, N. S. E. G. Fuller, 1856. 8vo, pp. iv, [1], 150-288; tan printed self-wrappers; text illustrations throughout of building plans (including houses), produce, livestock, and equipment, ads at the back; front wrapper spotted, spine partially perished, textblock generally clean. AAS only in OCLC, which copy has the notice "No..... More
Boston, Mass. Thos. J. Grey Co., 1929. 8vo. pp. vi, 108; numerous black & white photographic illustrations, partially unopened, spine ends chipped, extremities lightly soiled, otherwise very good in original stiff tan wrappers decorated in orange and black. More
Philadelphia: Clark & Raser, printers, 33 Carter's Alley, 1829. 8vo, pp. [4], 55, [1]; self-wrappers; mild foxing and damp; very good. First published in 1825. American Imprints 40650; Rink 3124. More
London & New York: George Virtue, 1854. 2 volumes, large 8vo, pp. [iii]-xvi, clx, 832; iv, 1052; frontispiece and engraved title page in each volume, 40 engraved plates (1 folding), nearly 2400 figures in the text; full contemporary diced russia, black leather labels on gilt-paneled spines; rebacked, old spines laid..... More
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1992. First edition, 8vo, pp. xiv, [2], 285, [1]; 10 maps, tables, and figures in the textl fine copy iun a fine, unclipped dust jacket. "This is the first work to trace in detail the evolution of a rural Japanese community through three centuries of ieval..... More
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Birmingham & London: Townshend's Ltd., ca. 1912. 4to, pp. 52; chiefly illustrations; original blue string-bound decorative wrappers printed in red and black; a few unobtrusive ink notes on p. [1], contemporary bookplate inside front cover; near fine. "Trade terms" tipped in. An attractive catalogue featuring an array of metal goods..... More
[Chicago]: Art Media Resources, [2003]. First edition, American issue, folio, pp. 391, [1]; 24 maps (5 double-page), illustrated throughout, much in color; fine copy in a fine dust jacket. More
Cambridge: University Press, 1970. Second and best edition, 8vo, pp. xv, [1], 386; 9 mps (1 folding); fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. More
Philadelphia: printed for the author, 1785. First American edition of one of the major 18th century agricultural works published in America, intended for use in the fledgling nation. 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. [16], iv, [17]-364; [8], [5]-368; lacking the folding table in volume I; contemporary full calf, red morocco labels..... More
[Gilsum, N.H. 1841-1853]. Folio ledger, 13½" x 8¼", pp. [2], 156, [12]; roan-backed marbled boards; boards rubbed, joints cracked, a couple leaves loose; about 80 names / accounts are included, along with services, costs and trades. The majority of entries are for visits and medicine, plus pills, dressing, plaster, morphine..... More
Boston: Dudley A. Weiss, 1989. 4to, 2 parts in 1; pp, [6], ii, 183, followed by 250 pages of appendices; printed from typescript; original red cloth lettered in gilt on upper cover and spine; fine. The first half of the book is a personal recollection of the author's time as..... More
[Salem, Ohio: Whitman & Barnes Manufacturing Co, 1896-97. 8vo, pp. 31; illustrated throughout; original pictorial yellow wrappers printed in red and green; very good. Not in Romaine. OCLC locates 2. More
[Maine: 1851]. Manuscript notebook, small 4to, pp. 149; neatly written transcript of a legal abstract on blue lined paper, marbled boards backed in calf; title page separated, text clean and legible. Joseph Whittier (1793-1889), the main defendant, was born in Dover, New Hampshire, of Obadiah Whittier, who was an uncle..... More
Philadelphia: M'Laughlin Brothers, printers, 1865. 8vo, pp. 21, [1]; original printed tan wrappers; very good. It was Alexander Hamilton who famously said, "A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing." Jay Cooke, the financier of the Civil War took it one step further..... More
Winnipeg: Hudson's Bay Record Society, 1975. Limited edition for subscribers only, of which this is no. 1079, large 8vo, pp. xi, [1], 245, [1]; frontispiece and four maps, two folding; full black cloth gilt in gray printed wrappers; boards spotted, very good. Hudson's Bay Record Society publication no. XXX. More
[Beijing: Guo jia tu shu guan chu ban she, 2010]. Reprint of the first China Year Book published in London, 1912; small folio, pp. 8vo, pp. [2], 501, [1]; tables throughout; original blue cloth lettered in gilt on upper cover and spine; some spotting but generally very good and sound..... More
Shanghai: The North China Daily News and Herald, [1926]. 8vo, pp. xxix, 1335; adverts on endpapers; text in double column; folding map, tables throughout (5 folding); original blue cloth lettered in black on upper cover and spine; text toned, cloth cracking at joints, call numbers on spine; all else good..... More
Shanghai: The North China Daily News and Herald, [1931]. 8vo, pp. xvi, 731; adverts on endpapers; text in double column; map, tables throughout; original blue cloth lettered in black on upper cover and spine; text toned; all else very good and sound. History and description, particulars of trade, manufacturing, communication..... More
Shanghai: The North China Daily News and Herald, [1932]. 8vo, pp. xvi, 831; adverts on endpapers; text in double column; folding map, tables throughout; original blue cloth lettered in black on upper cover and spine; some soiling, text toned, small break in the cloth at the bottom of the spine;..... More
