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1929ref. C2154Weltevreden : G. Kolff & Co. 1929. First Edition. Hardback. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Large 8vo. pp 234. Original publisher's flexible burgundy cloth lettered gilt on spine and front cover. Illustrated throughout. Very slight wear otherwise clean sound VG. G. Kolff & Co., hardcover
1989ref. 081526-HChicago ILL.: University of Chicago Press 1989. Book. Illus. by Various Photographers. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1st. Edition 1st. Printing 1989 Gray cloth hardcover with the dust jacket 280 page book. Illustrated with black & white Daguerreotypes. A very well researched book on the arts from the George Eastmen House museum. Condition : New . University of Chicago Press Hardcover
2016ref. x-1358485070Palala Press 2016. Hardcover. New. 218 pages. 6.14x0.56x9.21 inches. Palala Press hardcover
1897ref. 88173Westminster London: Archibald Constable and Company 1897. First Edition. First impression. Two tall octavo volumes 24.5cm. Publisher's gilt-pictorial blue-green cloth; xvi510; xvi671pp; gravure frontispiece to both volumes plus 125 unnumbered leaves of plates sixteen in color after Nansen's original sketches; the remainder in halftone or gravure mostly from original photographs; four color-printed folding maps. Collated complete. Contemporary gift inscription to front endpaper of v.1 dated 1897. Scattered mild foxing to texts; mild external wear and some wrinkling to cloth at spines; together a complete sound Very Good set of what is arguably the greatest 19th-c. narrative of polar exploration. ARCTIC BIBLIOGRAPHY 11983. PMM 384 the Norwegian edition. Archibald Constable and Company unknown
1897ref. 88351New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1897. First American Edition. Two Octavo volumes 24cm; dark gray cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in gilt on spine and titling and decorations stamped in gilt silver red and green on spines and front covers; top edges gilt; fore- and lower- edges untrimmed; xviii5871pp; xiv729112-4pp; all black-and-white and colorful illustrations present and complete throughout both volumes with four folded illustrated maps tucked into folders of Vol. I. The Map showing the 'Route of the Fram' has multiple 2.5" tears and there are tiny holes to creases of all four of the folded maps. This copy is from the library of noted poet translator and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn 1928-2024 with his pictorial bookplates to front pastedowns of both volumes. Vol. I has modest shelf-wear and -soil with rubbing to board edges; Very Good. Vol. II has shelf-wear with -soil modest rubbing to board edges and cracked hinges with start of text beginning to disconnect; Good. Significant 19th-c. narrative of polar exploration. Nansen wrote Farthest North in two months following his trip on the Fram with Johansen and crew. HOWGEGO Encyclopedia of Exploration 1850 to 1940 N3. 88351. Harper & Brothers Publishers unknown
1962ref. 44197Heidelberg: F. H. Kerle Verlag. Very Good with no dust jacket. Hardcover. Rebound in green buckram boards with gilt lettering.; 70pp 58pp of bw and 4pp of color plates.; Mitteilungen Des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts Römische Abteilung. Ergänzungshefte 6; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 70 pages . 1962. F. H. Kerle Verlag hardcover
1961ref. 88393Mexico: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 1961. Softcover. Octavo 23cm; beige paper wrappers; 78-1839pp. Text in Spanish. Fuentes Indigenas de la Cultura Nahuatl Textos de los Informantes de Sahagun: 3. Pencilled price and stamp to first page. Tanned with modest shelf-wear and -soil; Very Good. Examines the social history and economics of Mexico-Tenochtitlan. 88393. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México unknown
ref. 335010The Hakluyt Society / Ashgate 2003-2009. 3 VOL SET imperial octavo blue cloth boards gilt lettering & blind stamp bands to spines gilt ship motif to front boards frontispiece mixed pagination illus Near FINE in d/w VG light creasing to edges The Hakluyt Society / Ashgate 2003-2009 hardcover
2000ref. x-0817636838Birkhäuser 2000. Hardcover. New. 629 pages. 9.50x6.25x1.50 inches. Birkhäuser hardcover
1958ref. 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
1969ref. 141656New York: Samuel Weiser Inc 1969. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. New York Samuel Weiser Inc. 1969 facsimile edition/ 1922. Octavo xiv 106 43 appendix pages with 19 diagrams plus 4 colour plates. Cloth slightly rubbed at the extremities; contemporary bookseller's inkstamp on the front free endpaper; an excellent copy with the very good price-clipped dustwrapper a little sunned chipped and torn. One of only 750 copies. The short errata list printed on the recto of the frontispiece calls for 'Qabalastic' in the title. Samuel Weiser Inc hardcover
1947ref. 057319Berkeley: University Of California Press 1947. First Edition Thus 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Xxxv 680. Red Cloth Spine Lettered. Third Printing Of Cajori's Fine Revised Translation 1947 Which Was First Published 1934. Slight Usage No Marks Spine Lettering Clear But Weak. Pages Aged. International Shipping At More Than Standard Rate. University Of California Press hardcover
1957ref. c00852George Allen & Unwin 1957. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Dustwrapper a bit shelfworn and browned George Allen & Unwin hardcover
1962ref. 35579Heidelberg: F. H. Kerle Verlag. Very Good. Softcover. Small 1/2 cm tear to top of spine. Else light shelfwear. Scholar's name to inner cover Cedric Boulter. Light pencilling to a couple of pages.; 70pp 58pp of bw and 4pp of color plates.; Mitteilungen Des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts Römische Abteilung. Ergänzungshefte 6; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 70 pages . 1962. F. H. Kerle Verlag paperback
1953ref. 35580Archaeological Institute of America. Good with no dust jacket. Hardcover. 2 plates loose and held with paperclip. Scholar's name to inner cover Cedric Boulter. Minor bowing to boards. Spine and top edges of boards sunned. Some foxing to endpapers and textblock. Tears along spine joints and top of spine.; Monographs on Archaeology and the Fine Arts V; 230 pages . 1953. Archaeological Institute of America hardcover
1908ref. 053582New York Ny: Charles Scribner's Sons 1908. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. Frontispiece Photographic Portrait Of Lee Seated. Xiii 312 Pp. 4 Pp Catalog At End. Green Cloth Lettered In Gilt Top Edge Gilt. First Printing "Published October 1908" On Copyright Page 1908 Date On Title Page. Hagiography Of The Traitorous American General Another Violent Clan-Centric Policy-Impaired Rebel. Worn Covers Frayed At Corners Front Hinge Cracked Front Endpapers Detached But Present With Small Scrawls On Front Endpaper; Writing On Half-Title Small Chips To Top Of Pp 3- 11 Mostly Paper Clip Damage; Rear Hinge Cracked After Catalog. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
1908ref. 053583New York Ny: Charles Scribner's Sons 1908. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Frontispiece Photographic Portrait Of Lee Seated. Xiii 312 Pp. 4 Pp Catalog At End. Green Cloth Lettered In Gilt Top Edge Gilt. First Printing "Published October 1908" On Copyright Page 1908 Date On Title Page. Hagiography Of The Traitorous American General After Whom Americans Have Supported Similar Violent Nationalistic Policy-Impaired Rebels Everywhere. Light Wear Gilt Brilliant Tiny Bookplate Front Pastedown With Name Clipped Away At Bottom Newspaper Clipping April 101928 About Unveiling Of Stone Mountain Memorial Faint Traces Of Name Underneath Handwritten Name On Next Blank Faint Dampstaining To Bottom Of Pp 55-262 And Along Bottom Edge Of Rear Cover And Spine. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
1929ref. 052419London Uk: Simpkin Marshall 1929. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Maps Frontispece Color Map; Folding Color Map In Pocket At Rear. 548 Pp. Including Ads At Rear. Red Leatherette Gilt Lettering On Spine And Front Cover. Second Edition 1929 Stated. Near Fine No Marks. Gilt Brilliant.Coverage Of The Multiplicity Of Ethnic Communities Then Accorded Equal Rights In Palestine At A Time When Legal Rights Wee More Or Less Equal And Real Estate Transactions Wee Accepted As Legal Only When There Were Both Willing Buyers And Willing Sellers. Simpkin Marshall paperback
1906ref. 1206T053London: J.M. Dent and Co 1906. 1st Edition . Hardback. Printed pages: 259. Very Good. 6.5 x 8.25 inches 16.5 x 21 cm. Green cloth binding with light marking and a slight indentation to rear board. Bevelled board edges. Endpapers have been neatly replaced. Slight marking to reverse of frontis otherwise very clean throughout. Lacking the fold-out map of Sus. Overall condition is Very Good. Please Note: This is a heavy item and international postage will be more than the standard rate for non-European destinations. Actual Royal Mail postage costs are: USA £21.00; Oceania £26.00; Rest of World £26.00. A postage supplement will be requested after the order has been placed. Size: 6.5 x 8.25 inches 16.5 x 21 cm. J.M. Dent and Co hardcover
2003ref. x-0521531039Cambridge Univ Pr 2003. Paperback. New. 196 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.50 inches. Cambridge Univ Pr paperback
1926ref. 043114London: Methuen & Co. 1926. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Viii 124 Pp. Green Cloth White Spine Lettering. First Printing In Secondary Binding With White Lettering The First Binding Was Lettered In Gilt. Book Used But Still Fine No Rubbing Lettering Complete And Entirely Strong. Spanish Owner's Name With His 1948 Receipt From H. K. Lewin For The Book Laid In Loosely. Lacking The Scarce Dust Jacket. Methuen & Co. hardcover
1926ref. 043474London: Methuen & Co. 1926. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Viii 124 Pp. Green Cloth White Spine Lettering. First Printing In Secondary Binding With White Lettering The First Binding Was Lettered In Gilt. Book Used But Still Near Fine Very Slight Rubbing Lettering Complete With Some Wear Small Areas Of Lightening Of Color On Front Cover Darkening To Lower Corner Of Page "V" First Page Of Preface. No Marks. Lacking The Very Scarce Dust Jacket. Methuen & Co. hardcover
1881ref. 098587London: Published By Holtzapffel 1881. Book measures 23 x 15 cm. 144pp 31 full page plates half title. Bound in original publishers embossed cloth with gilt lettering yellow endpapers. Cloth very slightly faded. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Internally pages clean throughout. A very nice copy. . Publishers Binding. Very Good Plus. 8vo. Published By Holtzapffel Hardcover
1950ref. 031811New York: Interscience Publishers 1950. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Xii 330 Pp.Light Green Cloth Printed In Red And Black. First Printing 1950 Date On Title Page. Slightly Used Near Fine No Names Or Marks In Slightly Used Dj Browning At Edges Some Rubbing To Lower Half Of Spine Very Small And Narrow Losses At Top And Bottom Of Front Spine Edge A Few Minute Losses Still Well Preserved. Interscience Publishers hardcover
1603ref. 025415London: John Winder 1603. Second Edition Enlarged . Hardcover. Fair. 7 1/4" Tall. Vii 579 Pp. Small Fragments Of Original Spine With Circa 1800 Boards With Quarter Calf Quite Worn And Both Boards Detached Marbled Endpapers Armorial Bookplate Circa 1800 Of William Griffith Motto "Do Good And It Pursue" On Front Pastedown. Title Page Mounted On Very Old Paper And Rebound In Page Block Cut To 7" Height With Loss Of Top Of Page Headings On Some Pages No Loss Of Text. The Dedication Pages Of The Book Are Addressed To Thomas Lee Mayor Of London. This Book With Pencil Signature On Front Endpaper Of Charlotte L Lee Fitzroy Favored Daughter Of Charles Ii By A Mistress And No Known Relation To Thomas Lee Whose Daughter Married Leonard Benedict Calvert I And An Old Ink Note On P. 580 "Sarah ----- At Mr. ------ ----M". Engraving On Title Page Thou Shalt Labor For Peace / Plentie" Engraved Initials And Finals. This Book With Light Even Foxing Of Page Block Some Aging To Pages. This Edition The Last By Stow And Greatly Enlarged From The 1597 First Edition Is A Basic Reference For Tudor London. Scarce Worldcat Locating 11 Institutional Holdings Only. John Winder hardcover