Search Results: Authors starting with A from Alkahest Books

New York: The Dial Press, (c. 1973). first printing. hardcover. Very good/very good. Dillon. Leo and Diane. Pictures by Leo and Diane Dillon. Octavo (approx. 6 5/8" wide and 9 1/4" tall) Cloth covers, 85 pages. Black and white illustrations. Dust jacket price clipped. Book and dust jacket are in very good condition. 100704A

New York: Covici-Friede, 1929. limited edition. hardcover. Very Good. Small quarto, approx. 9 1/2" tall. Green cloth spine over floral paper-covered boards. ix [3] 349 pages plus colophon. Black amd white frontispiece portrait of Aaron Burr. This edition limited to 500 numbered copies of which this is number 239. Offsett browning io endpapers, light creasing on rear free endpaper. Includes an appendix: Correspondence of Joseph Alston relating to Theodosia's death. Plain paper dust jacket is browned, chipped, and with tears, and missing most of spine. Book covers have some slight wear at corners, but a very attractive copy. Printed on machine-made Bay Path Text from Typography by S. A. Jacobs at the Composing Room of the Stratford Press where the Presswork is done and the whole made into a bound book by the American Book Bindery Inc. New York. Scarce. 092717A

Helsinki and Stuttgardt: DesignMuseo / Arnoldsche Art Publisher., 2006. international edition.. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Quarto, pictorial boards with cloth spine, 270 pages.Published on the occasion of an exhibition of the same name. Book slightly cocked. Dust jacket has a couple of closed tears, and a little wear at head and foot of spine. Many illustrations. Comprehensive reference to Finnish glass designers. Text in English. 102416A This oversize book will incur additional shipping charges.

Chapel Hill: Pub. for the Institute of Early American History and Culture at Williamsburg by The University of North Carolina Press, 1959. first edition. Hardcover. near Fine/good +. Pages vii [3] + 198, octavo, hardcover, first edition. Includes bibliography and index. Book is in near Fine condition; dust jacket has several closed tears, some chipping at edges, Good +. 082504A

Garden City, Doubleday, Page and Co., 1919,, 1919. Hardcover. Garden City, Doubleday, Page and Co., 1919,, 1919. Hardcover. Pages pp: xvii + 315,8vo ( approx. 9 1/3" x 6 1/4"), hardcover, red cloth. Illustrated with b/w photo repros. Book has some wear at cover edges, else in very good condition. Without a dust jacket. #072700A

Denton: University of North Texas Press, 1994. 2nd edition. softcover. Very good. Small quarto, (approx. 7" wide by 10" tall) xii +237 pages Slight creases on front cover corner.Light crease on front cover corners. " A study of Texas women and the conflicting images and myths that have grown up about them. Texas women were activists.They ran ranches, branded cattle, lobbied the halls of the Texas Legislature, led strikes, ran hospitals, preached the gospel, got elected to pulic office and built major institutions. Wome brought civilized life to hundreds of Texas towns by organizing libraries, museums, parks, symphony orchestras, Sunday schools, literary clubs, and charitable organizations. 092717C

Minneapolis, Pub. by The Assoc. of American Geographers & The Univ.of Minnesota Press, c. 1976,, 1976. Hardcover. Minneapolis, Pub. by The Assoc. of American Geographers & The Univ.of Minnesota Press, c. 1976,, 1976. Hardcover. Pages xxii + 503,approx. 11 1/4" x 13 1/8", hardcover. Vol. 3 of the Comparative Metropolitan Analysis Project sponsored by the Assoc. of American Geographers. Text by John S. Adams and Ronald Abler. Ki-Suk Lee, chief cartographer. Book and dust jacket are in Very Good condition. 092702A ISBN: 0-8166-0753-2

Boulder, Westview Press, (c. 1999),, 1999. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. Pages: xxii + 378, octavo. Includes black and white illustrations, bibliographical references, index. Book is in Fine condition; dust jacket has a bit of rubbing on front panel, still Very Good. 031106A ISBN: 0-8133-3497-7

New York: Paragon House, 1991. First printing. hardcover. Fine. New York: Paragon House, 1991. First printing. hardcover. Fine/fine. Octavo, xix [1], 250 pages. Includes black and white illustrations and index. Publicity sheet laid in. 092108D

(1996). first edition, as stated. hardcover. Fine. Sponsored by : The Independent Cattlemen Association, Gonzales Chapter; The Gonzales County Commissioners Court; the Gonzales Historic Riders. Octavo, gray cloth covers with gilt titles. [vi] 149 pages. A compilation of data pertaining to: The Gonzales County Brand Monument. Including short stories, photographs of unique places in Gonzales County, and a listing of the known drovers from Gonzales during The Great Trail Drive Era. No dust jacket, if issued. Fine condition. Three pamphlets about Gonzales are laid in. Texas, Western Americana. Studio

Thames and Hudson, (c. 1979). hardcover. near fine/near fine. Octavo (approx. 6 1/4" wide by 9 7/16" tall) green cloth covers with gilt titles and decoration. 39 illustrations. Includes index. 101206A

NY, Random House, (c. 1996),, 1996. 4th printing. Hardcover. near fine/very good. x + 158 pages, octavo (approx. 5 3/4' x 8 1/2"), hardcover, fourth printing. Book is in near Fine condition; dust jacket has sunned spine, else Very Good. 082203A

Philadelphia: Copernicus Society of America, no date. hardcover. Very good/very good. In cooperation with Edward J. Piszek. Includes many black and white and color illustrations. Quarto, 161 [2] pages . One cover corner lightly bumped, upper edge slightly sunned. Dust jacket has a little chipping at edges, small closed tear on rear panel. A very nice copy. 032509A

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, (1994). first edition thus. hardcover. Fine/Fine. Folio (approx. 11" wide by 14" tall)) printed pictorial covers.93 [3] pages. Lavishly illustrated in color. Silver holographic dust jacket is unclipped. Book and dust jacket are in fine condidtion. This oversize book may incur additional charges for expedited or international shipping. 051517A

Seoul: Seoul International Publishing House, (May, 1986). third printing. hardcover. near Fine. Choi, Dong Ho. Pictorial boards, approx. 7 3/8" wide by 10 1/4 " tall. 32 pages. Color illustrations by Choi, Dong Ho. Korean and English texts side by side.

Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago., (c. 1958). 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. Wrappers, pprox. 6 1/2"w. by 8 3/4" h., softcover, first ed. Catalogue of the Carl O. Schniewind Memorial Exhibition of Prints and Drawings. 1000 copies printed. Illustrated with black and white plates, Fine condition. Schniewind was Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Art Institute for 17 years. 051705A

New York: Bell Publishing Co., (1972). first edition. hardcover. Very good/Fair. Octavo, gray covers, 152 pages. Black and white illustrations. Book is in very good condition. Dust jacket has wear at head and foot of spine, and tear with crease on rear panel. 010608A

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, (1981). 5th printing. softcover. Very Good. Eggenhofer, Nick. Trade paperback. Illustrations by Nick Eggenhofer. 170 pages. Very Good condition. 121809A

Boston: L.C. Page & Co., 1912. first impression, as stated. hardcover. Near fine. Small quarto (approx. 8 1/2" wide by 9 5/8" tall) pictorial cloth covers, top edge gilt. "With numrous original illustrations." Includes index. No dust jacket. 070400B

Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Co., (1927). 13th edition. hardcover. near Very Good. Large octavo, maroon cloth covers, 477 pages. 432 illustrations, 43 of which are in color. Thoroughly revised and reset. Covers have light wear at corners and head and foot of spine. 100704A