REFERENCE from Back Lane Books (Member of IOBA)

Ephesus: The New Guide, Scherrer, Peter; Efes Muzesi. Published by Ege Yayinlari, Turkey, 2000. Card covers. 250pp. with illustrations, tables, references, glossary, index; rear fold out of plans. In fine, unread, unmarked condition with tiny curl to corner of front cover.. A valuable and authoritative guide to the archaeological site of Ephesus and the contents of the Ephesus Museum, written by… Read more

The Quilter's Album of Patchwork Patterns: 4050 Pieced Blocks for Quilters, Jinny Beyer. Published by Breckling Press, 2009. 4to up to 12" tall; 468pp with indexes; bibliography; 2 transparencies grid sheets in rear pocket; illustrated throughout. Decorative glossy boards with decorative endpapers. Volume is in mint condition; unclipped jacket is in fine condition. A heavy book which may require… Read more

Cambridge Companion to the Talmud and Rabbinic Literature, Fonrobert, Charlotte Elisheva; Jaffee, Martin S. Published by Cambridge University Press, 2007. Card covers. 411pp. with index and source index. Contents are in unread, unmarked condition; card covers have light shelf wear. This volume guides beginning students of rabbinic literature to the range of historical-interpretive and culture-critical issues that contemporary scholars use… Read more

Official National Survey Maps: New England with Descriptive Guide and Historical Notes, Crocker, L. V. (topographer). Published by The National Survey Co., Chester, Vermont, Circa 1925 (undated). 8vo up to 9½" tall., 175pp. Flexible burgundy boards with gilt emblem and titles. Contents in fine condition with tight binding and without markings or tears; light rubbing to board edges. A compilation… Read more

The Chinook Jargon and How To Use It: A Complete and Exhaustive Lexicon of the Oldest Trade Language of the American Continent, George C. Shaw. Published by Shorey Publications, Seattle, Washington, 1983. Ninth printing of Facsimile edition, limited to 300 copies. A copy of the 1909 original published by Rainer Printing Company in Seattle. Card covers. 8vo up to 9½"… Read more

Urasenke Chanoyu: Handbook One and Two, Soshitsue Sen XV Grand Master. Published by Urasenke Foundation, Kyoto, 1984. Second edition. Card covers with gilt and black titles. 4to up to 12" tall; Volume 1: 128pp., Volume 2: 197pp. Illustrated. Contents in fine, unmarked condition; very light shelf wear to covers. This is an authorized English-language handbook for beginning students with step-by-step… Read more

Collecting Old Maps, Manasek, Francis J. Published by Terra Nova Press, Norwich, VT, 2002. 4to up to 12" tall; xii, 308pp. with appendices, colour and black and white illustrations, index. Brown cloth boards, black titles front and spine Volume is in fine, unread condition; unclipped jacket has very light shelf wear. An authoritative introduction to the world of map collecting.

The Home Radio How to Make and Use It, Verrill, A. Hyatt. Published by Harper & Brothers, New York, 1922. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 105pp with diagrams; rear ads; laid in T. Eaton Co. advertisement supplement for radio sets and parts. Dark yellow pictorial cloth, printed in blue. In very nice condition; ghost mark to… Read more

The Oxford Nursery Rhyme Book, Opie, Iona; Opie, Peter; Hassall, Joan (illustrator). Published by Oxford University Press, London, 1975. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 224 pp. with 800 rhymes and 600 Illustrations. Dark navy boards with gilt spine titles, orange endpapers. Contents as new; dustjacket has tiny closed tear top edge, toning. First published in 1955, this is the reprint… Read more

The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes, Iona Opie, Peter Opie (Editors). Published by Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1997. New edition. 8vo up to 9½" tall. 560pp., with black and white illustrations throughout. Dark navy boards with gilt spine titles. black blue gilt. Volume and unclipped jacket in fine condition with discreet small library stamp to free endpaper. A comprehensive study… Read more

The Body: A Guide For Occupants, Bryson, Bill. Published by Doubleday, Canada, 2019. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 450pp., illustrated. Blue boards, with gilt spine titles. Spine lightly cocked and otherwise both volume and unclipped jacket are in fine, unmarked condition

The Jest Book. The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings by Mark Lemon. Published by Macmillan & Co., London., 1864. First Edition, First Thousand Printing. Golden Treasury Series. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall., 361pp. with tissue guarded title illustrations; index, publisher's advertisement at end. Forest green boards with gilt panelled boards, gilt medallion front board and blindstamped to rear, gilt… Read more

The Mercantile Agency Reference Book (And Key) For The Dominion Of Canada, Published by R. G. Dun & Co., Calgary, Halifax, etc., 1908. 'Containing Names and Ratings Of Merchants, Traders And Manufacturers In Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec And Saskatchewan, With List Of Banking Towns, Banks, Bankers, etc.; Collection Laws Of… Read more

Dimensions of Baha'i Law, Danesh, Roshan. Published by Baha'i Publishing, USA, 2019. Card covers. 286pp. with index. Inscription to dedication page from Mary Danesh. Contents are otherwise in fine, unread condition; card covers have very light shelf wear. Organized around four distinct areas—Baha'u'llah's conception of law itself, the constitutional dimensions of the Baha'i Faith, Baha'u'llah's theory of social change… Read more

The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary, Winchester, Simon. Published by Oxford University Press, New York, 2003. First Edition. 8vo up to 9½" tall. 256 pp. with illustrations. Brown boards, gilt spine titles, mapped endpapers. Volume is in unread condition, without markings. Unclipped dustjacket has light upper edge ruffling and otherwise in fine condition..

Canada and the Pacific, Charles Horetzky, Dawson Brothers Publishers, Montreal, 1874. First Edition. Full title: Canada on the Pacific: Being an Account of a Journey from Edmonton to the Pacific by the Peace River Valley, And of a Winter Voyage along the Western Coast of the Dominion; with Remarks on the Physical Features of the Pacific Railway Route and… Read more

Historical Atlas of Canada. Volume I. From the Beginning to 1900. - Volume II. The Land Transformed, 1800-1891. - Volume III. Addressing the Twentieth Century, Harris, R. Cole; Gentilcore, R. Louis; Kerr, Donald (Editors). Published by the University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1987. Three volumes complete. Folios - over 12" - 15" tall. Volume I, From the Beginning to 1900:… Read more

Wisdom vs. Foolishness, Henry D. Perky, President of Oread Institute. The Perky Publishing Company, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1902. Second edition. 12mo up to 7½" tall., 100pp. with 8 color and black and white plates. Two tone green cloth boards with green titles front and spine, green flowered patterned endpapers; rough cut fore and tail edge. Black stamp to blank page: Compliments… Read more

Watches Their History, Decoration and Mechanism, G. H. Baillie. Published by N A G Press Ltd., London, 1979. Facsimile reprint of the 1929 edition. 4to up to 12" tall; xxiii, 383pp including hundreds of black and white photographs, colour illustrations and line drawings. Red cloth boards with elaborate gilt spine. Volume is in unread condition; dustjacket has light… Read more

The Dog in Health and Disease, Comprising the Various Modes of Breaking and Using Him for Hunting, Coursing, Shooting, Etc., And Including the Points or Characteristics of Toy Dogs, Stonehenge (J. H. Walsh). Published by Longmans, Green and Co., London, 1887. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 4th Edition. xvi + 432 pp., frontispiece and numerous text engravings. Quarter red pebbled… Read more