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2009Best.-Nr. L3 boxtemp342 mfThe Arctic Whaling Journals of William Scoresby the Younger Volume III: The Voyages of 1817 1818 and 1820 The Hakluyt Society Third Series Volume 21. Edited by C. Ian Jackson; With an Appendix by Fred M. Walker. Published by Ashgate for The Hakluyt Society 2009. Hardcover 288 pp. The Hakluyt Society by Ashgate Publishing Limited. hardcover
2005Best.-Nr. L3 boxtemp md4rSolvable Models In Quantum Mechanics Second Edition. By S. Albeverio F. Gesztesy R. Hoegh-Krohn H. Holden; With an Appendix by Pavel Exner. 2005 American Mathematical Society. Hardcover xiv488 pp. American Mathematical Society. hardcover
Best.-Nr. L3 boxtemp387 yhLiberia Volume 2. By Sir Harry Johnston. With an Appendix on the Flora of Liberia by Dr. Otto Stapf. Published by Hutchinson & Co. 1906. Hardcover xvi pages 521-1183. Volume 2 only. hardcover
1870Best.-Nr. 1409214Washington: Government Printing Office 1870. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 234 pages plus 5 plates. In Very Good minus condition. In black leather half binding with green cloth boards with gilt stamped decoration on front cover and gilt titling to spine. Significant rubbing and wear to leather elements of boards and spine with exposed board at the fore corners cracking along the joints and chipping at the head and tail. Text block shows moderate toning and wear along edges with dust soiling to top edge. Lightly age toned and sparsely foxed throughout. Ex-library with faint ink stamps and sparse penciling present on some pages throughout. Bookplate on front pastedown from U. S. Navy surgeon and medical director Ninian Pinkney who was especially prominent and recognized for his work during the Civil War. Shelved in Room A. 1409214. Special Collections. Government Printing Office hardcover
Best.-Nr. 0212Q9CT5A7Unknown Binding. Fair. Good only in original and detached full leather boards. Please see our pics. Besse Joseph. A Confutation of the Charge of Deism: Wherein the Christian and Orthodox Sentiments of William Penn are fully demonstrated by Extracts from His own Writings . . . and an Appendix in which the Falsehoods of Henry Pickwoth’s Narrative are fix’d upon his own Head from his late pretended Defence of them. London: Printed and Sold by the Assigns of J. Sowle 1734. 8vo xii 172 pages. First edition. Ex-library stamps and other names as pictured. unknown
2007Best.-Nr. 2081002108500725Japan Art Company 2007. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 2 Japan Art Company paperback
1961Best.-Nr. 129183Milano: Rizzoli Editore 1961. Hardbound. VG/VG- light wear to extremities of dj. in VG slipcase. A large weighty book. Green cloth with color pictorial glossy dustjacket all contained in a custom slipcase. Appx. 105 pp. 115 mostly color plates tipped-in to the text portion and 42 full-sheet color plates many of them folding. A most impressive book both by its content and its volumetric displacement. Text is in Italian. Transit mass would be 272 ounces. A stunning production detailing the work of Carpaccio in the Church of San Giorgio Degli Schiavoni. Rizzoli Editore hardcover
1887Best.-Nr. 61511London: Henry G. Bohn. Good. Later issue. Hardcover. Bohn’s Scientific Library; 19 cm; 1013 pages; 19 cm. Two volumes xvi 471 and viii 518 pp. With 24 pages of publisher's advertisements dated 1887 at the rear of each volume. Title pages with the original Henry G. Bohn imprint dated 1854 but the dated advertisements show this set was issued in 1887 or later. Bohn titles were reissued with unchanged title pages for decades and the publisher's catalogues at the rear are the only reliable evidence of date. Provenance: Volume I inscribed at the head of the title page to Coleman Sellers 1827-1907 the Philadelphia engineer whose Kinematoscope of 1861 was an early motion-picture device from his son Horace Christmas 1889. The text is that of the first English edition translated by William Howitt from Ennemoser's "Geschichte der Magie" of 1844 with an appendix of the most remarkable and best authenticated stories of apparitions dreams second sight somnambulism predictions divination witchcraft vampires fairies table-turning and spirit-rapping selected by Mary Howitt. Ennemoser 1787-1854 was a Tyrolean physician and a leading advocate of animal magnetism and his history reads the whole of magic through mesmerism and somnambulism. The set evidently descended to Horace's son Charles Coleman Sellers 1903-1980 biographer of Charles Willson Peale and librarian of Dickinson College and penciled accession notes record its gift to the Dickinson Library in 1959 in memory of his wife Helen Earle Gilbert Sellers 1903-1951. Uniformly bound in the usual Bohn red cloth sides with elaborate blind-stamped borders and panels spines lettered in gilt. Cloth lightly toned at the spines with shallow fraying and chipping at the crowns. Bindings sound and contents clean. Ex-library with slim painted call numbers to the spines donation bookplates to the front pastedowns and Dickinson Library blind stamps to the title pages. A good set ex-library. . Oversize book likely to require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. . 1887. Henry G. Bohn hardcover
1926Best.-Nr. 76096-GBDen Haag / The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff 1926. Catalogue documenting the landmark 1925 exhibition organized by the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst Society of Friends of Asiatic Art at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam September 13 - October 18 1925. Texts in English and French. Loose plates and text as issued in original publisher's cloth portfolio. Folio large format. With 39 pages of introductory text including a comprehensive preface chronological tables of Chinese historical dynasties a detailed scholarly essay by H.F.E. Visser and extensive explanatory notes/descriptions for each plate. Includes a specialized appendix by the renowned Sinologist Professor Ferdinand Lessing. A set of 48 of 66 high-quality full-page collotype plates numbered I to IIL printed on heavy paper. These plates showcase rare Chinese masterpieces including ancient bronzes ceramics sculptures and paintings sourced from prominent international and Dutch private collections. This portfolio holds the physical plates numbered 1 through 48. Apperently a separate portfolio was issued to contain the large-format plates numbered 49 through 66. They are NOT included here. The original cloth portfolio is in used condition; the binding is loosening at the top of the spine ca 15 cm at one side 3 cm at the other but remains firm and structurally sound. The cloth is somewhat speckled and shows some light rust-staining/foxing. The inner plates and text pages are in good condition with some light occasional rust-staining/foxing throughout not affecting the clarity of the illustrations. Martinus Nijhoff hardcover
1958Best.-Nr. 828202437New York: Criterion Books 1958. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket that has some edge wear on the front panel. 8vo. 285 pp. Preface by General L.M. Chassin General Air Defense Coordinator. Translated from the French and edited by the Research Division of Civilian Saucer Intelligence of New York. Presenting important documentary evidence of a meaningful pattern and guiding intelligence behind the latest UFO activity. Scarce title. Criterion Books hardcover
1892Best.-Nr. BOOKS351444Harrisburg PA: Edwin K. Meyers State Printer. Good/NO DUSTJACKET. 1892. . Hardcover. Sm 4to. 187 p.p. Shelf wear; head and tail of spine and corners of cover bumped and frayed; cracked inner hinge; shelf lean; previous owner's inscription on first front free-end paper; edges of cover rubbed; top page edges soiled; top right corner of pastedown torn; spine faded; pages clean and unmarked. . Edwin K. Meyers, State Printer hardcover
1889Best.-Nr. 041606Privately Printed 1889. Book. Very Good. Half-Leather. Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Light brown 1/2 calf rust textured cloth covered boards 5 raised spine bands with title label in gilt marbled text block edges and endpapers. No. 36 of a first limited edition limited to 52 copies hand-numbered on limitation statement on main title verso followed by an issue of 300 copies. Leather is nicely intact darkened along spine panel with mild rubbing/exposure to corners. Firm binding. xl586 pp. Exceptionally scarce in this limited edition. Privately Printed Hardcover
1991Best.-Nr. 77906n.p.: n.p. Presumed to by U. S. Navy David Taylor Research Center or self-published n.d. reported as 1991. Presumed First Edition First printing. Spiral bound. Very good. viii 199 1 pages. Clear plastic front cover. Color illustration on front cover. Illustrations/Figures This includes a computer-aided chronology a computer aided Hull Form design study and the John Lyman analyses from 1971-1975! Endnotes. Works cited. Index of Short Citations. Initial Distribution sheet has only 200 copies listed! Works cited list a 1991 publication page 184 supporting a publication date of 1991 or later. Mr. Wegner has been Curator of Ship Models at the David Taylor Model Basin Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Maryland since 1980. He began his study of designer's hull models at the Smithsonian Institution in 1968 and is a member of the American Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers the U.S. Naval Institute and the Organization of American Historians. The purpose of this study has been to utilize an interdisciplinary team to examine new evidence in order to determine the identity of the present Constellation: was it built in 1797 or 1855 Recognizing the controversy as one of the most emotionally-charged debates in recent American maritime history the team would not have exacerbated this subject had they not discovered fresh and important historical artifactual and technological evidence. Is the Constellation the oldest warship afloat in the world Or is it the last sail-only warship designed by the Navy. Responsible stewshardship for the irreplaceable ship afloat in Baltimore demands that there be a full understanding of its history. The study concludes that the frigate Constellation was built in 1796-97 and torn apart in 1853. In 1853-1855 a new sloop-of-war Constellation was designed and built and is the one preserved and displayed today. n.p. [Presumed to by U. S. Navy, David Taylor Research Center or self-published] unknown
1879Best.-Nr. 614344London: Edward Stanford 1879. From an enormous collection which belonged to a deceased ex-customer of ours for over 40 years. A retired civil servant with an academic interest in philosophy and history of science particularly Victorian around the generation of Darwinism. Hundreds of books in these genres being catalogued and shelved daily. Cloth hardcover with gilded pictorial front board and spine no dust jacket in very good condition for its age. With illustrations and several fold out maps neaty reinforced with white tape in some areas. Boards are slightly scuffed and marked. Spine is sunned and a little cocked. Edges corners and spine ends are bumped and rubbed with small tears at the spine ends. Page block is tanned and blemished. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Foxing on the endpapers and spots of foxing and the occasional mark on a few of the pages which are otherwise clear. Hinge and gutter breaks noted however binding remains sound. LW. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Used. Edward Stanford Hardcover
1966Best.-Nr. 2111902160201330Suwa Education Society 1966. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Suwa Education Society paperback
1917Best.-Nr. 2110502150402557Haneda Kiyotsugu 1917. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Haneda Kiyotsugu paperback
1889Best.-Nr. 009116London: George Bell and Sons 1889. Book. Very Good. Cloth. Autograph Letter Signed. New and Enlarged Edition. Wide 8vo. Autograph Letter Signed by author of appendix and noted English shipbuilder J. Wigham Richardson attached at front end page dated 30 March 1889 on his Newcastle on Tyne stationery and adressed to prior owner of the book W.E. Adams. 4 1/2" x 7" note card single fold with writing on all 4 sides. " I have forwarded your letter to Miss Gatty requesting her to give effect to it. Yes I sent you that volume but not in your editorial capacity." W.E. Adams 1832-1906 was editor of the Newcastle Weekly Chronicle. Richardson goes on to talk about his embarrassment at having been given authorial credit for his contribution particularly ".had I known what Miss G. was going to do I should have omitted the verse at the end." The book is Very Good in original quarter beige buckram over pale red buckram gilt lettering bit of soiling rear end page page block uniformly browning light wear to boards at corners and spine ends. George Bell and Sons Hardcover
1893Best.-Nr. 2017London: Methuen and Co 1893. Limited Edition #29 of 56 copies. Hardcover. Octavo. xxii 2 1-54 2 pages 1-20 page publisher catalogue. Very good. Bound in marbled paper over boards with leather spine and fore corners five raised bands on spine gilt-stamped spine titles top edge gilt and marbled endpapers. Minor extremity rubs browning to green leather spine and fore corners and a short separation of front free endpaper at top inner margin. Two prior ownership inscriptions to preliminary blank page. Lovely 1893 limited edition of the work Beever originally published in 1849 under his pseudonym "Arundo.' Beever was an avid and observant Lake District angler who was an early practitioner of imitating the true forms and behaviors of aquatic insects with artificial flies. This charming and uncommon manual is a classic in the evolution of fly-fishing technique. This edition includes a memoir of author John Beever by W. G. Collingwood and an Appendix of additional notes and chapter on char fishing by Arthur Severn Jr. and Agnew Ruskin Severn. This is copy #29 of just 59 copies in this edition printed on Dutch handmade paper and signed by the publisher. Fine binding by Blackwell. This copy bears the piscatorial bookplate accession note and signature of Daniel B. Fearing of Newport Rhode Island-distinguished Grolier Club member and one of the foremost American collectors of angling books. Ref. HAND A206. Methuen and Co hardcover
1969Best.-Nr. 82802Milano - Paris : Rizzoli Editore - Robert Laffont 1969. reliure d'éditeur sous jaquette. RUBENS. - THUILLIER Jacques texte de. - FOUCART Jacques appendice historique et documentaire de.Rubens. La galerie Médicis au Palais du Luxembourg. Collection Les Sommets de l’Art sous la direction de Paolo Lecaldano. Milano - Paris Rizzoli Editore - Robert Laffont1969 420x360mm 156 pages 50 planches en couleursphotos couleurs et n/b contrecollées in texte reliure d'éditeur sous jaquette. Avec emboitage toilé. Exemplaire sur papier vergé pour le texte. Très bel exemplaire comme neuf. No hidden customs fees for orders shipped to the U.S.A with a value of up to 800 USD PDDP shipping we pay the VAT in advance Rizzoli Editore - Robert Laffont unknown
1971Best.-Nr. 2080502106503917University of Tokyo Press 1971. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 University of Tokyo Press paperback
1933Best.-Nr. C70736London 1933. First Edition Thus. Hardback. Dust Jacket. A very good copy with toned edges and foxing to top edge. Very good boards with a slight lean sunning to spine rubbing to corners and spine ends. Good minus dust jacket with toned spine and losses tears and creases to edges. 8vo. Pp: 192. First edition thus. Combines The House of Hidden Places first published 1895 and The Book of the Master first published 1898. Original dust jacket with black and red text. Blue buckram boards with black lettering to spine. Previous owner's bookplate Roland Y. Mayell with motto of the Lindsay family in latin: ""The stars my camp God my light and protection"". hardcover
1957Best.-Nr. c00852George Allen & Unwin 1957. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Dustwrapper a bit shelfworn and browned George Allen & Unwin hardcover
Best.-Nr. acs12Published by G-3 I & E Section & Public Relations Office under the direction of Major Paul L. Bogen Asst. G-3 I & E. Printed in Germany Steinbeck-Druck Aschaffenburg. Octavo original contents rebound in full-leather hardcover gilt lettering viii 288 pp 69 Maps 74 pp fold-out map enclosed in rear envelope. Fine. Photographs gladly provided upon request. hardcover
1738Best.-Nr. r2781bStockholm: Joh. L. Horrns. G : in good condition. 19th century binding. Cover rubbed with edge wear. Fep missing. Occasional foxing and darkening. 1738. Third Edition. Brown hardback half-leather cover with marbled boards. 170mm x 100mm 7" x 4". viii 282pp 62pp 118pp viii. Eighteenth century edition of Palmberg's Swedish herbal. . Joh. L. Horrns hardcover
1934Best.-Nr. 864H4567London: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited. Fair. 1934. First English Edition. Hardcover. xiii 3 362 6 ads pages. Twenty-one black and white photographic plates. "Based on material collected by the World Committee for the Relief of the Victims of German Fascism." - subtitle. Madden describes this work as a "Marxist publication which concludes that the Nazis burned the Reichstag. An appendix claims to list 747 proven cases of murder committed by the Nazis. Above-average but not excessive wear and soiling to publisher's faded red cloth. Binding intact. The only markings begin at page 231 and continue to the end. Small handwritten fore-edge stickman images become moving pictures if you quickly flip through to the back of the book. Quite harmless actually although such a playful excercise seems oddly inconsistent with the content of the book. Dust jacket not included. Kehr & Langmaid 1090 Madden p.180 Weiner Library Catalogue No. 7 - 189.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Reichstag Fire Nazi Party Adolf Hitler Germany - History . John Lane The Bodley Head Limited hardcover
