New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1997. First Edition. Octavo. xvii + 570 pages. Black and white photographs. Illustrated boards with black cloth stamped in silver. Folger Library discard with front pastedown label and pocket at rear. Light edgewear to boards. Binding is sound. A touch of dust soiling to..... More
New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1998. First Edition. Octavo. xiv + 490 pages. Black and white photographs. Illustrated boards with black cloth stamped in silver. Folger Library discard with front pastedown label and pocket at rear. Light edgewear to boards. Binding is sound. A touch of dust soiling to..... More
Washington, D.C.: War and Navy Departments, 1943. First Edition. Stapled pamphlet in card covers; 13.5cm x 11cm; 64pp. Includes a map and two-color illustrations throughout. Very Good. Scarce copy of small booklet given to military personnel going overseas. Explains the region, its history, peoples, cultural traditions, what to seek..... More
Washington, D.C.: Armed Forces Information and Education, 1966. Revised Edition. Stapled pamphlet in card covers; 13.5cm x 11cm; 45pp. Includes a map and B&W photographs throughout. Endpapers display identifying features of contemporary Spanish military uniforms in color. Small booklet given to military personnel going overseas. Explains features of..... More
Washington, D.C.: War and Navy Departments, 1943. First Edition. Stapled pamphlet in card covers; 13.5cm x 11cm; 39pp. Includes a map and two-color illustrations throughout. Very Good. Scarce copy of small booklet given to military personnel going overseas. Explains the region, its history, peoples, cultural traditions, what to seek..... More
Washington, D.C.: War and Navy Departments, 1943. First Edition. Stapled pamphlet in card covers; 13.5cm x 11cm; 68pp. Includes a map and two-color illustrations throughout. Very Good. Scarce copy of small booklet given to military personnel going overseas. Explains the region, its history, peoples, cultural traditions, what to seek..... More
Washington, D.C.: War and Navy Departments, 1943. First Edition. Stapled pamphlet in card covers; 13.5cm x 11cm; 60pp. Includes a map and two-color illustrations throughout. Very Good. Scarce copy of small booklet given to military personnel going overseas. Explains the region, its history, peoples, cultural traditions, what to seek..... More
Washington, D.C.: War and Navy Departments, 1943. First Edition. Stapled pamphlet in card covers; 13.5cm x 11cm; 52pp. Includes a map and two-color illustrations throughout. Very Good. Scarce copy of small booklet given to military personnel going overseas—which, in this case, includes Alaska. Explains the region, its history..... More
Washington, D.C.: War and Navy Departments, 1943. First Edition. Stapled pamphlet in card covers; 13.5cm x 11cm; 70pp. Includes a map and two-color illustrations throughout. Very Good. Scarce copy of small booklet given to military personnel going overseas. Explains the region, its history, peoples, cultural traditions, what to..... More
Washington, D.C.: War Department, 1943. First Edition. Stapled pamphlet in card covers; 13.5cm x 11cm; 76pp. Includes Mauldin-esque illustrative vignettes throughout and an elaborate beginner's phrase list, with pronunciation guides tuned to American phonology. Some tanning; front cover bent but flattened; minor soiling. Very Good. Scarce copy of small..... More
San Francisco: Institute for Contemporary Studies, 1990. First Edition. Signed by author on front free endpaper with inscription: "To Bill Safire / who has done much to bring this book to the attention of a wide audience. / Harry Rowen." Additional TLS from author to Safire on DOE letterhead laid..... More
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1993. First Edition. Large octavo. 695 pages. Illustrated dust jacket. Brown boards stamped in gilt. Light edgewear and creasing to dust jacket. Boards show a very slight lean and a few insignificant scuffs. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. More
Philadelphia: T. Allwood Chapman, 1861. Octavo. 240 pages. Brown boards blind stamped front and rear and spine lettered in gilt. Elias Hicks was an influential Quaker minister and anti-slavery activist, advocating for a consumer boycott of slave-produced goods, and helping bring about the abolition of slavery in his..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1967. Quarto. Unpaginated. Printed yellow wraps. Black and white illustrations. Wraps are worn at edges with some staining to front and curling at fore edge. Binding is sound. Corners of pages also curling or creased up, but still a sound and usable copy. More
New York: Plenum Press, 1994. Octavo. 737 pages. Black and white illustrations. Glossy white boards stamped in black and blue. No dust jacket, presumably as issued. Part of NATO ASI Series; Series B: Physics Vol. 319. Some light soiling to edges of boards. Spine cocked. Binding gives a little..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1943. First Edition. Signed by Mencken on front free endpaper without inscription. Octavo. 299 pages. Oatmeal buckram stamped in red and blue. Lacks dust jacket. Boards are worn with exposure at extremities and fore edge. Soiling and intermittent staining to boards. Spine faded..... More
Princeton, NJ: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc., 1959. Seventh Printing. Octavo. 558 pages. Black and white illustrations and equations throughout. Blue boards with navy spine label stamped in gilt. Boards are worn and scuffed with some copper discoloration. Spine toned. Binding gives a little but holding. Ownership inscription..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1987. Reprint. Octavo. 318 pages. Red boards stamped in gilt. No dust jacket. Part of the McGraw-Hill Classic Textbook Reissue series. Light wear to boards with brief exposure. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. More
London: Pergamon Press, 1959. First Edition. Quarto. 803 pages. Black and white illustrations throughout. Grey boards with red spine label stamped in gilt. No dust jacket. A touch of wear to corners and spine ends. Spine a bit sunned. Some faint white staining. Binding is sound. Previous owner's inscription..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1941. Thick octavo. 613 pages. Black and white illustrations and equations. Olive cloth stamped in blue and gilt and blind stamped at front. No dust jacket, presumably as issued. Edges of boards are moderately worn with exposure and some fraying at edges..... More
New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1972. First Edition. Octavo. 781 pages. Black and white illustrations and equations throughout. Navy boards stamped in light blue and copper. No dust jacket, presumably as issued. A touch of wear to extremities and corners bumped. Binding gives a little but is..... More
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1948. First Edition. Octavo. 182 pages. Orange printed wraps. Annals of Mathematical Studies Number 18. Light wear to edges of wraps. Stained along spine with some general creasing and rubbing. Bookseller pencil price to front wrap and bookseller ticket to bottom of rear..... More
London: John Lane the Bodley Head Limited, 1921. Limited edition of 3000 copies. Octavo. 325 pages. Color frontis; twelve black and white plates; and black and white vignette illustrations throughout text by Pape. Black cloth stamped in gilt. Illustrated endpapers. Red topstain. Lacks dust jacket. Edges worn with..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1988. First Edition. Octavo. 437 pages. Illustrated dust jacket. Beige and black boards stamped in gilt. Map endpapers. Unclipped dust jacket is lightly worn along edges with some faint intermittent staining and smudging. Boards lightly worn at edges also with sparse staining. Binding sound. Remainder..... More
New York: Current Books, Inc. / A.A. Wyn Publisher, 1949. First Edition. Octavo. 232 pages. Decorative dust jacket. Beige boards stamped in purple. Edges of dust jacket lightly worn and slightly chipped. Small pin prick chip to spine. Staining along edges and spine of boards. Binding is sound..... More