Leipzig: Verlag von S Hirzel, 1891.
Hardcover. Library REBIND, library stamps/marks/labels/slip residue, tone, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; German language; translated from the Syriac by Victor Ryssel. Writings of one of the last scholarly Syrian Orthodox bishops to live in the early Islamic period. ; xix, 240 pages... More
Paris: Félix Alcan, Éditeur, 1893.
1ière Édition. Hardcover. Library REBIND, library stamps/marks/labels/pocket/slip, tone, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; French language. Masterwork by Russian sociologist J Novicow. This now classic work established Novicow's reputation as the leading European expert on the sociology of warfare. He believed that struggle was not the..... More
New York: Redfield, 1854.
First US Edition. Hardcover. Library stamps/marks/labels, 1" spine edge tear at head, tape repairs to title page gutter, random foxing, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Letters from the popular Irish poet Thomas Moore to his music publisher James Power, reflecting their long-term relationship, the pressure..... More
Munster: Druck und Verlag Regensbergschen Buchhandlung, 1898.
Illustrated by Illustrated. First Edition. Hardcover. Library stamps/marks/labels, edgewear, light tone, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; German language (Fraktur). Account of the voyage of SMS Vineta around the world 1875-1877, from the letters of the ship's doctor. Vineta was an early steam corvette..... More
Cincinnati OH: Printed for the author by Robert Clarke & Co, 1893.
First Edition. Hardcover. Library REBIND, library stamps/marks/labels/pocket/slip, several pages with gutter tears, tone, otherwise light wear. Still serviceable and solid hardcover.; First Edition of one of the early engineering memoirs, the rather revealing autobiography of civil engineer James..... More
Boston: H H Carter & Karrick, 1887.
Hardcover. Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket/slip, light tone, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Barrows was a practitioner of mental healing using cure by suggestion, and an Associate of the Society for Psychical Research. Barrows, while citing ancient roots in India, was the first to point out..... More
Amsterdam: Walter J Johnson / Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1974.
Reprint Ed. Hardcover. Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket/slip, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Photoreprint of the 1602 edition printed by R. Field for R. Dexter, London. "The etymologista of Phaedrus": p. 87-[162]. Spine title: Etymologist of Aesop. "S.T.C. no. 23410." Original title page reads..... More
New York: Merriam Company, 1895.
Illustrated by Illustrated. Hardcover. Cloth rub, tone, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; "American girl studies singing in Paris. The fact that her chaperone drinks and leaves her "to her own devices results in some very questionable episodes." - Janet Grimes, Diva Daims; Novels in..... More
Toronto: Macmillan of Canada / Maclean-Hunter Press, 1976.
First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Library stamps/marks/labels/slip, otherwise light wear.; "This is not a book about the Russian civil war, nor is it about the Allied intervention in general. Rather, it is an attempt to describe why and how Canada became involved..... More
Chicago: Laidlaw Brothers, 1928.
Illustrated by Mary Royt. First Edition. Hardcover. Cocked, light tone, light edgewear, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Uncommon early work by Indiana author of juvenile stories, a juvenile mystery with delightful illustrations by Mary Royt. ; 208 pages. More
New York: Felix E. O'Rourke, 1873.
Reprint. Hardcover. Edge dampstains, cloth rubbed, owner's signature, light tone, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Classic account of the Irish rebellion in County Wexford in 1798. Hay was present during the events. One brother was executed near the end of the rebellion; another..... More
Amsterdam: Da Capo Press / Theatrvm Orbis Terrarvm, 1968.
Reprint. Hardcover. Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket/slip, cloth fading, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Facsimile reprint of 1624 edition, London: Printed by W Jaggard for W Turner of Oxford. STC 4630. "By the Calvinist Bishop of Chichester. A violent attack on Astrology, calling for..... More
Philadelphia: J B Lippincott, 1956.
First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Light endpaper foxing, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket spine sun, rubbed, small tears and creasing, light wear. Solid hardcover. ; "two eminent psychiatrists lay bare the devastating influence of "Moms" on the lives of their daughters."; 255 pages. More
Amsterdam: Da Capo Press / Theatrvm Orbis Terrarvm, 1970.
Reprint. Hardcover. Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket/slip, light sun, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Facsimile of 1620 anonymous work, London: Edward Blount. S.T.C. no. 3957. Also attributed to Gilbert Cavendish. Original title-page reads: Horae subsecivae. Observations and discovrses. London, Printed for Edward Blount and..... More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1943.
First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket, sunned spine, light tone, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Interesting series of essays on different areas where World War Two changed the politics and debates over resources in the US home front. ; Ex-Library; v, 328 pages..... More
New York: Cupples & Leon, 1936.
Illustrated by C Richard Schaare frontispiece. Hardcover. Front hinge starting, light cock, light sun, tone with foxing, otherwise light wear. Still solid hardcover. ; Fourth, and final, Sorak adventure, the only title issued after the starter three books. E Christian Mattson & Thomas B...... More
Amsterdam: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum / Da Capo Press, 1972.
Reprint. Hardcover. Library stamps/marks/labels/slip, light sun, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Facsimile reprint of the 1587 edition, London (T East) for Gabriel Cawood. "The second part treats of other battles from 1562. The compiler gives his sources for each account, and..... More
Amsterdam: Walter J Johnson / Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1975.
Reprint. Hardcover. Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket/slip, light sun, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Facsimile reprint of 1588 edition, London: J C(harlwood) for Thomas Hacket. STC 23703. "The first publication by the dramatist Thomas Kyd. That he should have been commissioned to translate it..... More
Amsterdam: Walter J Johnson / Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1974.
Reprint. Hardcover. Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket/slip, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Facsimile reprint of 1614 Edition, London: Felix Kyngston for William Welby. STC 810. "Dedicated to Sir Thomas Smith, first governor of the East India Company and later Treasurer of the Virginia Company..... More
Amsterdam: Walter J Johnson / Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1974.
Reprint Ed. Hardcover. Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket/slip, spine sun, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Facsimile reprint of 1591 edition, London: John Wolfe. STC 10638. "A curious work which illustrates the ambivalent attitude of many Englishmen towards the Italians in the 16th century, an..... More
London: A C Fifield, 1920.
Illustrated by Laura Knight portrait frntis. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Tone, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket in 4 pieces, well toned, chipped. much of spine missing. Solid hardcover. ; Well-regarded Welsh poet, who travelled through US and Canada as a tramp until losing his..... More
Philadelphia: Penn Publishing, 1936.
Illustrated by Frederic A Anderson DJ art. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Tone, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket spine faded, 1/2" chip, edgewear. Solid hardcover. ; Review Copy label glued to front endpaper. DJ flap still has tear-off bookmark attached. Romance in French Alps. "Then the..... More
London: Blackie & Son, 1926.
1st UK Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Pencil UNDERLINING, corner creasing, light tone; Dust Jacket spine darkened, edges rubbed, head & tail chips, corner 1/2" chip. Solid hardcover. ; First English-language edition of Borel's "semi-popular account of the Theory of Relativity" including a new chapter on..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1912.
First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Cloth spotted, both hinges just starting, white spine lettering faded, cocked, tone, owners' signatures, wear. Still solid hardcover. ; First novel, an attack on Boston society, written while an Assistant Dean at Harvard that appears to have coincided with his..... More
Philadelphia: J B Lippincott, 1922.
Illustrated by Walter Lauderback. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Cloth spotted, cocked, tone, light foxing, owner's signature, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket two detached chips at spine tail, edgeworn with tears and chipping, rubbed, worn. Solid hardcover. ; Later romance novel by prolific Canadian..... More