Taipei: Office of Military History, 1970. Octavo; 381 pp. Maps at back, some folding. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Photostatic copy of the text published in Moscow in 1964. Boards are square with light edgewear, along with some small spots of staining along edges. Binding is sound and pages unmarked..... More
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New York: Harper & Row, 1964. Stated First Edition. Octavo. 213 pages. Signed by Bette Lord on half title with inscription, "To Bob and Janice / Curry, / I shall always / remember you for / making my happiest / day into a perfect / one. / Affectionately, / Bette..... More
New York: The John Day Company, 1968. First Edition. Signed by author without inscription on front free endpaper. Octavo. 253 pages. Black and white photographs. Price-clipped photographic dust jacket over green boards with black lettering. Jacket is worn along edges with a couple small nicks and some general..... More
First Edition. Hardcover. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1970. First Edition. Octavo; 173pp. Clear vinyl dust jacket with green printed inner flaps. Book in half green and brown cloth with gilt lettering. Jacket shows a few smudges, along with some chipping to color at top of inner flap, but no..... More
[Bethel College, KS: Bethel College, 1936.] First Edition. Slim octavo (23.5cm.); publisher's blue gilt-lettered buckram; 154pp.; double photographic frontispiece. A hint of shelf wear, else Near Fine. Letters composed by the Kansas Mennonite during a trip around the world in 1920, addressed to his wife and three children while..... More
New York: New Directions, 1956. First Edition. Octavo. 160 pages + publisher's colophon. Acetate dust jacket. Light and dark gray boards stamped in black and paper title label to spine. Includes translations of poems from Tu Fu, Mei Yao Ch'en, and Su Tung P'o, among others. Dust..... More
Esslingen: Paul Neff Verlag, 1910-1912. First Edition. Two volumes; oversize octavos (26cm.); recent full brown cloth, black paper spine labels lettered in tan; xiii,[3],350; xxi,[1],500pp.; color frontispiece, thirty-six color plates, half-tone illus. throughout text. Front hinge of Vol. I a bit loose, else a Very Good or better set in..... More
Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1994. First Edition. Signed by Choy, Dong, and Hom on half title without inscription. Octavo. 178 pages. Black and white and color illustrations throughout. Illustrated wraps. A look at the often-racist political and editorial cartoons from the latter half of the 19th century... More
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Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1982. First Edition. Octavo. 260 pages. Signed by author to William Safire on half title page with inscription, "To Bill Safire, / In friendship and / admiration. / Richard Bernstein / 11/15/85[?]" Bernstein's first book helped establish his reputation as an expert on..... More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1981. First Edition. Octavo; xxiv + 336pp, including bibliography and index. A map, calligraphic reproduction, or historical novel illustration opens each chapter. White dust jacket of laid paper with blue and black lettering and cover illustration. Blue boards with silver lettering on spine. Dustjacket..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, [1959 but 1961]. First American Edition. Octavo (21cm.); publisher's two-toned cloth in pictorial dust jacket; xiv,[2],202pp.; illus. General edge wear, jacket spine panel lightly toned, unobtrusive tape repair to verso of rear panel, very slight spine lean, else a Very Good copy overall. The second..... More
The Hague: W. van Hoeve Ltd, 1956. First English Language Edition. Octavo (20cm.); publisher's cloth in orange and white pictorial dust jacket; xiii,[1],322pp.; illus. throughout, pictorial endpapers. Light shelf wear, long faint scar across upper jacket panel, spine panel rather toned, brief browning to rear free endpaper, contemporary ownership signature..... More
London: Michael Joseph, 1961. First Edition. Octavo (19cm.); publisher's simulated cloth in decorative dust jacket by Kenneth Farnhill; 216pp.; full-page illus. throughout, pictorial endpapers printed in orange. General wear to jacket extremities, including a few closed tears with subsequent creasing, the whole a bit soiled, corners gently bumped, foxing to..... More
London: Heinemann, [1965]. First Edition. Octavo (19cm.); publisher's simulated cloth in pictorial dust jacket by Paul Castell; vii,[1],143pp.; illus., pictorial endpapers. Light edge wear, minor spine lean, text block edges a bit foxed, toning to endpapers, else Very Good and sound. Two detective novellas featuring Judge Dee. More
London: Heinemann, 1966. First Edition. Octavo (19cm.); publisher's simulated cloth in purple pictorial price-clipped dust jacket by Paul Castell; [8],207pp.; illus., pictorial endpapers. Some rubbing to jacket extremities, especially at spine ends and margins, minor spine lean, white spine lettering toned, else a Very Good, bright copy overall. Forms part..... More
London: Heinemann, 1968. First Edition. Octavo (20cm.); publisher's paper-covered boards in pictorial dust jacket; vii,[1],173pp.; illus. throughout by the author, pictorial endpapers. Light wear to jacket extremities, boards slightly bumped at corners and spine ends, else Very Good and sound. "Strange cases solved by Judge Dee" - upper jacket panel..... More
First Edition. New York: Harper and Row, 1972. First Edition. Signed by author to William Safire on half title page with inscription, "For Bill - / In admiration and / delight for the / excitement he has brought / to the Times world. / Top / New York, Nov 17..... More
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London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1960. First English Edition. Octavo; publisher's blue simulated cloth, spine lettered in silver foil; 264pp.; color photographic frontispiece, eight leaves of color photographs, some double-paged, map in text. Corners very gently bumped, spine rather toned, else a Very Good or better copy, albeit lacking dust jacket. Inscribed..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. Volume 2 only of a four volume set. First English translation and published in the United Kingdom. Octavo, 622pp. Maroon dust jacket. Maroon textured paper over boards with lettering stamped in gold on spine and cover. Full-color illustrations throughout. Top of dust jacket has edgewear..... More