1922Best.-Nr. 89139Louisville: John P. Morton & Company 1922. Paperback. Near Fine. 24 unnumbered pages. Softcover in original wrappers. 17cm. A couple of corner creases. African American dialect poems by a white author. John P. Morton & Company paperback books
1947Best.-Nr. 85887n.p.: Na uchodztwie 1947. Hardcover. Fair. 493p. Original boards backed in brown cloth. 21cm. Printed on high acid paper which is now browned and brittle. No jacket. Polish text. Polish nationalist who was convicted of cooperating with Nazi Germany and executed by the Polish government in 1949. Na uchodztwie hardcover books
1796Best.-Nr. 48977Avgvstae Vindelicorvm i.e. Augsburg: officinae librariae Joseph Wolffianae 1796. Thick 8vo pp. xxviii 3028 columns; engraved frontispiece; contemporary full calf gilt-paneled spine in 6 compartments old brown morocco label in 1 edges stained red; several old ownership inscription on the front flyleaf some cracking at the tops of both joints; good and sound. A comprehensive German-Latin dictionary. Vancil p. 139 cites the 1750 and 1754 editions; Zaunmuller col. 254. officinae librariae Joseph Wolffianae unknown books
1790Best.-Nr. 48326Dublin: printed by P. Byrne 1790. 6 volumes 8vo engraved frontispiece 2 folding engraved maps and 5 folding tables; contemporary full mottled calf red and black morocco labels on spines 2 lacking; spine ends chipped extremities rubbed and worn but in all a good serviceable set. Engraved bookplates of Alexander Crofts. First published in 2 volumes folio in 1762. Anderson 1693-1765 was a Scottish economist and for 40 years was a clerk in South Sea House the headquarters of the South Sea Company. Late in his life Anderson traveled to the American colonies begetting a son Adam E. Anderson later noted for being an early settler and planner of the Ohio Territory. printed by P. Byrne unknown books
1971Best.-Nr. 83759New Haven: Department of Graphic Design the School of Art and Architecture at Yale University 1971. Paperback. Very Good. photos 42p. Slightly oblong 23 x 22cm. Minor scuffing. Department of Graphic Design the School of Art and Architecture at Yale University paperback books
1870Best.-Nr. 41127Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black 1870. Thick 12mo pp. xxiv 544 104 ads; engraved frontispiece and title page 50 plates of illustrations maps and charts many folding or double-paged; contemporary green cloth upper cover and spine elaborately stamped and lettered in gilt yellow endpapers printed in purple; ex-Hill Library with usual markings front free endpaper detached but present; general light wear else a very good copy. The advertisements are substantial. Adam and Charles Black unknown books
1881Best.-Nr. 41032Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black 1881. Sixth edition 8vo pp. vi 218 112 ads; frontispiece 3 folding maps illustrations throughout text title-page vignette; MHS bookplate ads slightly browned hinges cracked small cracks in spine ends else good in original green cloth gilt lettering on spine and upper cover. Of this edition Edinburgh only in OCLC. Adam and Charles Black unknown books
1775Best.-Nr. 17114London 1775. Engraving by T. Vivares. In excellent condition. An elegant elevation of the north and southe sides of Sutton Park in North Yorkshire the seat of the Earl of Bute. Robert and his brother James Adam forever changed the face of British architecture by introducing innovative Classical design ideas. From 1754-57 Robert lived in Italy where he had a long productive friendship with Piranesi which was inspirational for both men. Adam's first book on Diocletian's palace in Dalmatia is clearly very like the archaeological investigations Piranesi was making at the same time of similar ruins. Piranesi's friendship and passion for Roman Classicism were seminal influences on Adam and the greatest single factor other than his own talent in the work Adam produced on his return to England. Upon his return the brothers launched their career by building the Adelphi from the Thames to the Strand in London which although not a commercial success at the time included one of London's most cherished buildings the Adelphi Theatre. Together the Adam brothers designed and built some of the most famous buildings in England including such bastions of English architecture as Kenwood House Keddlestone Manor and Syon House. To the interiors of their English country houses the Adams brought wonderful ornamental elements in niches lunettes festoons and reliefs. Their classically designed buildings were so numerous in London that they changed the prevailing feel of the city and established their brand of neo-Classicism as the model of elegance and importance. It is asserted that the brothers originated the concept of the uniform facade attached to the typical English row house an architectural device that distinguishes London buildings. This monumental contribution is evidenced in the Adams' designs for Portland Place and Fitzroy Square and these were used as architectural models for the whole city. The brothers brought their talents into other areas by designing furniture to complement their beautiful interiors and by creating and publishing a treatise of design entitled 'Works in Architecture'. The work was published in three volumes over an extended span of time beginning in 1773 with the final volume being published posthumously in 1822. Cf. Brunet I.47; cf. Lowndes I p.8; DNB; Wilton-Ely The Mind and Art of Giovanni Battista Piranesi. unknown books
1912Best.-Nr. 40195London: T. Werner Laurie 1912. 1st English ed. Hardcover. Very Good. double-page frontis double-page map 330p. 21 cm. Backstrip darkened and has a few spots. Foxing on page-edges. Former owner's name on title-page. No Jacket. T. Werner Laurie hardcover books
1925Best.-Nr. 76783Berkeley: University of California Press 1925. 1st ed. Hardcover. Near Fine. ix 209p. Original dark blue cloth. 21cm. Former owner's name. No Jacket. Prose and poetry translated by Jewell Parish Dorothea Prall Radin George Rapall Noyes and others. University of California Press hardcover books
1948Best.-Nr. 24401London: Collins 1948. First edition 8vo pp. 49 1; color frontispiece 3 plates in color illustrations in b&w throughout; but for a slightly faded spine panel a fine copy in the original orange and white pictorial paper-covered boards and dust jacket. Collins unknown books
1783Best.-Nr. 28002Dublin: printed for Price Whitestone Colles et al. 1783. First Dublin edition 3 vols. 8vo pp. 10 492 2; 8 608; 8 600; first page of table of contents in vol. I misbound at the back; all else very good in contemporary full calf red and brown morocco labels on spines. This edition is printed the same year as the first London edition. printed for Price, Whitestone, Colles, [et al.] unknown books
1845Best.-Nr. 20195London: William Pickering 1845. 8vo pp. lxxx 372 1; bound by Riviere in half green morocco and marbled boards spine elaborately gilt in 6 compartments t.e.g. marbled endpapers; joints and edges lightly rubbed; dampstain to margins affecting text on only a few leaves otherwise a very good copy. Based upon the Scandinavian myth of the Edda. William Pickering unknown books
1775Best.-Nr. 17123London 1775. Engraving by Joshua Record. In excellent condition. An elegant engraving showing the two chimneys in Lord Derby's house in Grosvenor Square London. Robert and his brother James Adam forever changed the face of British architecture by introducing innovative Classical design ideas. From 1754-57 Robert lived in Italy where he had a long productive friendship with Piranesi which was inspirational for both men. Adam's first book on Diocletian's palace in Dalmatia is clearly very like the archaeological investigations Piranesi was making at the same time of similar ruins. Piranesi's friendship and passion for Roman Classicism were seminal influences on Adam and the greatest single factor other than his own talent in the work Adam produced on his return to England. Upon his return the brothers launched their career by building the Adelphi from the Thames to the Strand in London which although not a commercial success at the time included one of London's most cherished buildings the Adlephi Theatre. Together the Adam brothers designed and built some of the most famous buildings in England including such bastions of English architecture as Kenwood House Keddlestone Manor and Syon House. To the interiors of their English country houses the Adams brought wonderful ornamental elements in niches lunettes festoons and reliefs. Their classically designed buildings were so numerous in London that they changed the prevailing feel of the city and established their brand of neo-Classicism as the model of elegance and importance. It is asserted that the brothers originated the concept of the uniform facade attached to the typical English row house an architectural device that distinguishes London buildings. This monumental contribution is evidenced in the Adams' designs for Portland Place and Fitzroy Square and these were used as architectural models for the whole city. The brothers brought their talents into other areas by designing furniture to complement their beautiful interiors and by creating and publishing a treatise of design entitled 'Works in Architecture'. The work was published in three volumes over an extended span of time beginning in 1773 with the final volume being published posthumously in 1822. Cf. Brunet I.47; cf. Lowndes I p.8;DNB; Wilton-Ely The Mind and Art of Giovanni Battista Piranesi. unknown books
1874Best.-Nr. 89761New York: J.B. Ford & Company 1874. First American Edition. Octavo. 19cm. Publisher's bevelled green cloth boards titled an decorated in gilt to spine and front board. 343pp.; 22 ads to rear. Light bumping and scuffing to corners and spine ends strong and tight; internally clean and fresh coated grey endpapers frontis. with tissue guard closed tear to gutter of title page clean throughout although printed on cheap paper stock with some light uniform toning. A very good neat little copy. Bogardus' highly regarded treatise on sport shooting following on from his more traditional "sporting tours" style of work later reprinted by Orange Judd. J.B. Ford & Company unknown books
1975Best.-Nr. 89150Kraków Poland: Wydawnictwo Literackie 1975. Bilingual Edition with text in Russian and French. Octavo 24cm; white cloth-covered boards with decoration stamped in black on front cover; pictorial endpapers; dustjacket; 55pp; colorful illustrations. Shelf-wear and -soil with trace foxing to covers and edges of textblock lower edge nudged with slight loss of cloth and crack starting at gutter of p.40/41; Good. Dustwrapper has shelf-wear and -soil with rubbing and tiny tears and chips to extremities; Very Good. Collection of verse includes "Cisza Morska" / "Paix Marine" "Mogily Haremu" / "Les Tombes du Harem" and "Pielgrzym" / "Le Pélerin" and concludes with illustrated poetry. 89150. Wydawnictwo Literackie unknown books
2018Best.-Nr. 9032960Cambridge UK: Cambridge University 2018. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Edited and with introduction and notes by Hayton and Rounce. Includes a General Textual Introduction and textual accounts for each of the individual works. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth with spine stamped in gilt. Illustrated with facsimiles in black and white. 6 x 9 inches. 548 pages plus preface introduction and chronology. Cambridge University hardcover books
1990Best.-Nr. 86922Oxford New York Delhi: Oxford University Press 1990. Sixth Impression of Flowers of the Himalaya with Second Impression of its Supplement. Two octavo volumes 22cm; navy blue cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in gilt on spines; map endpapers; dustjackets; xxx5802pp; xii862pp; illus; black-and-white illustrations and colorful plates. Both copies are from the library of noted poet translator and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn 1928-2024 with his pictorial bookplate to half-title page of Flowers of the Himalaya and his bookplate to title page of the Supplement. Flowers of the Himalaya has lightly nudged spine ends creating very slight lean; Very Good. Its dustwrapper has a price sticker to front flap with trivial surface wear and light creases to extremities; Very Good. Flowers of the Himalaya: A Supplement has modest shelf-soil with light rubbing to board edges; Very Good. Its dustwrapper has a price sticker to lower rear flap with 1" tear to lower front spine fold trivial surface wear and light creases to extremities; Very Good. Explores Himalayan flowers including Aconite Burning Bush and Prince's Feather with discussion on geographical division and distribution of species and a concluding glossary and index. Stainton's supplement includes an additional bibliography colour plates and map illustrations. 86922. Oxford University Press unknown books
2001Best.-Nr. 9032313New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux 2001. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Bound in publisher's original quarter cloth and paper covered boards. Farrar Straus & Giroux hardcover books
1982Best.-Nr. 9032414Bookslinger Editions - Toothpaste Press 1982. broadside. Fine. One of 70 numbered copies signed by the author. Printed in two colors on heavyweight tan paper at The Toothpaste Press on the occasion of the author's reading at Walker Art Center in Minneapolis on February 2 1982. 10 1/4 x 14 1/4 inches. Bookslinger Editions - Toothpaste Press unknown books
2009Best.-Nr. 9030886New York: Nan A. Talese 2009. Uncorrected Proof. Softcover. Fine. Bound in publisher's original illustrated wrappers. 6 1/4 x 9 inches. 304 pages. Nan A. Talese paperback books
1778Best.-Nr. 5444London: for W. Strahan and T. Cadell 1778. Second edition. Very Good. 2 volumes quarto 282 × 225 mm half title in volume 2 as called for bound without the final blanks in each volume: 8 510; 8 589 1 blank. Contemporary tree calf rebacked preserving original red morocco spine labels plain endpapers. Engraved armorial bookplate of the Leigh family of Stoneleigh Abbey "Tout Vient de Dieu" and two Japanese bookseller's tickets to the front paste-down. Some insect damage to the leather boards corners worn light to moderate foxing throughout mostly in volume 1 a few tears or blemishes one or two signs of a contemporary reader's engagement with the text; a very good copy overall. Second edition first published in 1776 of this classic of economic thought the only other edition to be published in quarto format one of 500 copies. Long considered a straight reprint this edition in fact contains "a number of alterations large and small some providing new information some correcting matters of fact some perfecting the idiom and a large number now documenting references in footnotes" Todd. Published in the same year as the American Declaration of Independence Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations was a magnum opus that shaped not only the future of a new republic but that also urged longstanding sovereign governments to reconsider how and when they regulated markets. Arguing that economic growth comes not from government planning "but as the natural outcome of many people pursuing their own self-interest in the confines of an ordered polity" Smith encouraged economists and political policy-makers to leave free markets to their own operations and focus instead on fulfilling the duties of peace keeping education and public infrastructure that they owed their citizenry The Wall Street Journal. ESTC T95117. Einaudi 5329; Goldsmiths' 11663; Kress B.154; Tribe 15; Vanderblue 3; see also PMM 221. Very Good. for W. Strahan and T. Cadell unknown books
2009Best.-Nr. 9028888New York: Doubleday 2009. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Bound in publisher's original quarter white cloth over white paper boards. Spine stamped in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. 304 p. Doubleday hardcover books
1991Best.-Nr. 9028434New York: Museum of Modern Art 1991. 1st. Wraps. Fine. Bound in publisher's original illustrated wraps. Published to coincide with the 1991 MOMA exhibition "High and Low: Modern Art and Popular Culture" Museum of Modern Art paperback books
1944Best.-Nr. 50656Berne IN: The Berne Witness Company 1944. First Edition. Octavo 20.5cm; royal blue cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 45-1942pp; illus. Previous owners name in pencil to front pastedown upper right corner of front board gently tapped though still sharp else a clean Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $2.00 shelfworn gently spine-sunned and lightly dust-soiled overall with a few tiny nicks tears and attendant creases; Very Good or better. Biography of the Rev.John Bennett Boddie 1880-1944 by his son Charles Emerson Boddie 1911-1997 who had the distinction of being the first African American to become staff secretary of a national agency of the American Baptist Convention. With a moving foreword by Adam Clayton Powell Sr. Uncommon in dustjacket. The Berne Witness Company unknown books
