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Technical Press, London, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. DALZELL, J. MOIR, and LINSSEN, E.F. Practical Stereoscopic Photography, London: Technical Press, 1953.Octavo, revision of a 1936 first edition, pp. xv, 240, blue cloth boards with silver-stamped lettering on spine and upper panel, halftone photos, original bill of sale attached to rear endpaper. Revision updated Dalzell's original work to discuss the 35mm camera, with modern illustration.Condition of this book:Exceptional copy, near fine with minor spotting at top edge. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Photography; 1950s; Science & Technology. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon… Read More

St. Onge, Worcester, Mass, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. LOUIS JACOBS. The Jewish Festivals, Worcester: Achille J. St. Onge, 1961.Miniature (about 2x2.5 inches or 5x7cm), edition limited to 2000 copies, pp. 63, 1 (colophon), blue morocco covers with gilt lettering to front and spine, gilt menorah on front, gilt star of David on back. Covers New Year, Day of Atonement, Tabernacles, Passover, Pentecost, Hanukkah, Purim. "St. Onge was recognized as the dean of American miniature-book publishers, owing to the high standards he maintained in the printing and binding of his forty-six books" -- Bromer, p. 156-7. Also see Bradbury, St. Onge 18. Condition of this book: Covers slightly bowing, overall fine. Special Limited Edition, first issue in this format. Size: Miniature. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges… Read More

Government Printing Office, Washington, 1912. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. JAMES DORSEY and JOHN SWANTON. A Dictionary of the Biloxi and Ofo Languages, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1912.Tall octavo, pp. vi, 340, green cloth boards with gilt lettering and decoration to spine, former owner's name on free front endpage. Accompanied by 31 Biloxi texts and numerous Biloxi phrases.Condition of this book:Black marker stains at top and bottom edge, discoloration to covers, overall good, clean inside. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Language & Linguistics; United States; Indigenous Cultures. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request.… Read More

Farrar, Straus, Giroux, New York, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fine Condition/Near Fine. Illustrator: Jamie Wyeth. Signed by Illustrator. BETSY JAMES WYETH. The Stray, New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1979.Tall octavo, first edition, pp. 158, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illustrated by Jamie Wyeth, the author's son. The author was the wife of the great American painter Andrew Wyeth. Signed on the title page by Jamie in his distinctive chicken scratch.Condition of this book:Near fine with age-toning and a price-clipped dust jacket. Shipments outside the U.S. may be subject to local taxes. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Illustrator: Jamie Wyeth. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Children; United States; 1970s; Art &… Read More

Little Brown, Boston, 1913. Revised Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. JAMES, GEORGE WHARTON. In and Around the Grand Canyon, Boston: Little, Brown, 1913.Heavy octavo, enlargement of the 1900 first edition, pp. xxiv, 352, illustrated boards, fold-out frontis photo and fold-out rear map on japan tissue, numerous halftone photos, gift inscription penciled onto a blank preliminary page.Condition of this book:Stains on spine, edges of boards lightly worn, overall very good. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; United States; 1900-1920; Travel & Places. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 53001. .

Kobunsha, Tokyo, undated. Early Edition. Softcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. MRS. T.H. JAMES. The Matsuyama Mirror, Tokyo: Kobunsha, undated.16mo, early printing, unpaginated with 11 crepe leaves, string ties, illustrated by woodblock printing. An ancient tale retold in English by Mrs. James.Condition of this book:Good, stains on front cover, extending inward for a couple leaves; back cover tearing away from spine but still attached. Size: 16mo (very small). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Children; Japan; 19th century; Art & Design. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54714. .

Andre Sauret, Monte Carlo, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover (in Slipcase). Fine Condition/Very Good. JEAN JANSEM. Jansem, Monte Carlo: Andre Sauret, 1974.Quarto, first edition, pp. 189, 2 (notes), olive cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and front, original cardboard slipcase, text in French and English by Pierre Mazars, color and halftone plates, photos. Examines the work of the post-war French-Armenian artist, showing portraits, still lifes, nudes, seascapes, cityscapes and other paintings.Condition of this book:Jacket worn at edges, overall near fine. Size: Quarto. Text is in multiple languages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Art & Design; France; 1970s; Biography & Autobiography. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon… Read More

Harper and Brothers, New York, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. THOMAS A. JANVIER. The Dutch Founding of New York, New York: Harper and Brothers, 1903.Octavo, first edition, pp. iv, 218, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and front, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, illustrated plates, double-page map. BAL 10859. An attempt to supplant Washington Irving's jovial Knickerbockers with actual human beings.Condition of this book:Light rubbing at corners and spine ends, overall near fine. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; United States; 1900-1920; Antiquarian & Rare. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54486. . Read More

St. Martin's, London, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. JAY, BILL. Customs & Faces, photographs by Sir Benjamin Stone 1838-1914, London: St. Martin's Press, 1972.Quarto, first edition, unpaginated with a 20-page introduction and 68 photolithographic reproductions of Stone's pictures, black cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Stone captured like nobody else the peculiar nature of Olde England, with photos of festivals, pageants, gypsies, the poor, the common and the just plain weird, like the men celebrating the Hare Pie and Bottle Kicking Festival in Holaton.Condition of this book:Dust jacket is chipped, price-clipped, and has small wrinkles.Boards very good, inscription inked onto inside cover, minor soiling at top edge, images fine. Size: Quarto. unpaginated. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All… Read More

Knopf, New York, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Fine. BRUCE JAY FRIEDMAN. Steambath, New York: Knopf, 1971.Octavo, first edition, pp. 97, 1 (note), paper-covered boards quarter-bound in cream cloth with gilt lettering to spine, top edge tinted blue, halftone photos of the production, reviewer slip laid in. Directed by and starring Anthony Perkins, this play was produced way off-Broadway and revealed that God is a Puerto Rican steambath attendant.Condition of this book:Boards foxed at spine, all else fine. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Theatre & Plays; United States; 1970s; Religion & Theology. ISBN: 0394469046. ISBN/EAN: 9780394469041. Pictures of this item not already displayed here… Read More

Inland Printer, Chicago, 1902. Later Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. JENKINS, HARRY. A Manual of Photoengraving, Chicago: Inland Printer, 1902.Octavo, second edition, pp. 169, 5 (ads), blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and upper panel, 5 color frontis plates demonstrating the four-color process, numerous other illustrated plates, 2 former owners' names on free front endpaper, Inland Printer catalog attached to rear pastedown. This edition added chapters on halftone color work by Frederick Ives and Stephen Horgan. Roosens/Salu 8334 erroneously credits the entire edition to Ives and Horgan.Condition of this book:Boards lightly worn but both hinges cracked.Dampstain at top edge has bled into the upper margins of the leaves without touching text block, images fine. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and… Read More

Robert D. Naiva, Concord, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. The Concord Fight in 2 volumes, Concord: Robert D. Naiva, 1975.Miniatures (about 3x2 inches or 7.25x5cm), edition of 2,000, blue calf boards with gilt lettering to spines and fronts, all edges gilt, slipcased. Reprints contemporary accounts of the Battle of Concord in 1775, apparently printed for the bicentennial of the battle.1. By JEREMY LISTER, pp. 45, 1 (colophon).2. By AMOS BARRETT, pp. 43, 1 (colophon).Condition of this bookFine Size: Miniature. 2-volume set (complete). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Military & Warfare; United States; 1970s; Antiques & Collectibles. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon… Read More

Little Brown, Boston, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. MEYEROWITZ, JOEL, and WESTERBECK, COLIN. Bystander: A History of Street Photography, Boston: Little, Brown, 1994.Quarto, first edition, pp. 430, green cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, halftone photos, formerly owned by the New York street photographer Frank Paulin, with his ownership signature on the half-title page.Condition of this bookNear fine with minor soiling at fore edge. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Photography; Reference. ISBN: 0821217550. ISBN/EAN: 9780821217559. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 53262. . 9780821217559

Knopf, New York, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Good. JOHANN BURKHARD MENCKEN with H.L. MENCKEN. The Charlatanry of the Learned, New York: Knopf, 1937.Octavo, edition of 1,475, pp. 178, xi (index), 1 (colophon), russet cloth boards with paper label to spine, top edge tinted gray, 4 collotype illustrations.H.L. here introduces and comments on 18th-century lectures of Johann. The two were unrelated, although they focused on the same subject matter: quack doctors, religious schemers, and other kinds of fraud.With typography, jacket and binding designed by W.A. Dwiggins; see The Books of WAD, 37.07.Condition of this book:Jacket is chipped at edges, darkened, price-clipped. Leaves age-toned, bottom edge of boards darkened, but overall a very good copy. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully… Read More

St. Onge, Worcester, Mass, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. LYNDON B. JOHNSON. Inaugural Address, Worcester, Mass.: Achille J. St. Onge, 1965.Miniature (about 2x2.75 inches or 5x6.75cm), edition limited to 2500 copies, pp. 36, 1 (colophon), photo portrait tipped in, turquoise calf covers with gilt lettering to spine and front, gilt seal of the U.S. on front, all edges gilt. With original clear snapcase. Bradbury, St. Onge 27.Condition of this book: Fine. Special Limited Edition, first issue in this format. Size: Miniature. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Politics & Government; United States; 1960s; History. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 53987. . This… Read More

University Press of New England, Hanover, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). New Book/New. JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER. This Grand & Magnificent Place, The Wilderness Heritage of the White Mountains, Hanover: University Press of New England, 2006.Octavo, first edition, pp. x, 313, beige cloth boards quarter-bound in cream cloth with black lettering to spine, halftone photos. Environmental history beginning with European settlement.Condition of this bookFine, no flaws. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Travel & Places; United States; Environment & Ecology. ISBN: 1584654619. ISBN/EAN: 9781584654612. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 53460. . 9781584654612

Scribner, New York, 1951. Early Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. JAMES JONES. From Here to Eternity, New York: Scribner, 1951Octavo, early edition lacking Scribner "A" on copyright page, pp. 861, black cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine, one of the few decent novels to come out of World War II, later turned into a movie.Condition of this book:Over-opened at two places, jacket sunned at edges, small area at bottom edge of rear board was touched by white shelf paint. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Military & Warfare; United States; 1950s; Film, Radio & Television. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55250. .

Doubleday, Garden City, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. JAMES JONES. A Touch of Danger, Garden City: Doubleday, 1973.Octavo, first edition, pp. 431, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. The author of the best World War II novel presents an aging detective, Lobo, with a hazardous job on a beautiful Greek island.Condition of this book: Minor staining to jacket (finger marks) and top edge; else fine. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Crime Fiction; Modern; Fiction. ISBN: 0385047002. ISBN/EAN: 9780385047005. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55267. . 9780385047005

Thames & Hudson, New York, 1996. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. JONES, SCHUYLER. Tibetan Nomads, Environment, Pastoral Economy, and Material Culture, New York: Thames & Hudson, 1996.Heavy quarto, pp. 463, mustard-colored boards, color and halftone photos. Surveys a unique culture and also catalogs the Tibetan collection at the National Museum of Denmark.Condition of this book:Very good with minor stains on jacket's underside, a few wrinkles. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: Indigenous Cultures; Tibet; Art & Design. ISBN: 0500237204. ISBN/EAN: 9780500237205. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 53232. . 9780500237205 This book is extra heavy, and may… Read More

Frank Cass, London, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). As New/As New. ROHWER, JURGEN, and MONAKOV, MIKHAIL S. Stalin's Ocean-Going Fleet, Soviet Naval Strategy and Shipbuilding Programmes 1935-1953, London and Oregon: Frank Cass, 2001.Quarto, first edition, pp. xvi, 335, halftone photo plates, red buckram boards with gilt lettering on spine. Authors use post-Soviet archive releases to create fresh analysis of the Red Navy. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Military & Warfare; Russia; Ships & the Sea. ISBN: 0714648957. ISBN/EAN: 9780714648958. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 51308. . 9780714648958