N.p.: American Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1939. Revised Edition. Octavo (23cm); publisher's limp black cloth lettered in yellow; [8],97pp. Light edge wear, upper cover titling a bit dulled, else Very Good and sound. Health Course originally launched in 1925 for the female workforce at AT&T. "Since that time..... More

Chicago: Associated Master Barbers of America, 1931. Revised Edition. Octavo; publisher's maroon decorative cloth embossed in white and blind; [6],310pp.; illus. throughout, many photographic. Moderate wear to cloth margins including exposure at corners and spine ends, spine a bit cocked, contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper, else a Good..... More

Amstelaedami [Amsterdam]: Joannem Wolters, 1713. "Edition ultima, auctior & correctior." Small, thick octavo (16cm); full contemporary parchment, manuscript spine titling, dark topstain; [44],574,[24]pp. (collated complete); steel engraved portrait frontispiece and added title page, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces. Parchment dust-soiled and unevenly darkened, brief scratches to rear cover, light dampstaining..... More

Los Angeles, CA: Charianne Kircher, ca. 1960. Pictorial mimeographed flyer (28x21.5cm). Uniformly toned and foxed, else Very Good. Date of publication based on Kircher's address listed as Los Angeles, 26, placing this sometime before 1963 and the introduction of the zip code. An unusual prospectus for what appears to..... More

New York: Samuel Stansbury, 1804. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 192 pp., with half title; four plates, complete. Contemporary calf with gilt stamping and red title label to spine. Light scuffing and edgewear and binding sound. Recent ownership stamp to front pastedown and contemporary ownership inscription of Rick Waterman to front..... More

Madrid: Libreria de la Viuda de Hernando Y Cia, 1892. First Edition. Octavo. 647 pp. Profusely illustrated with over 450 black and white illustrations. Green cloth stamped in black and gilt; light green endpapers. Light wear to edges and joints with a couple minor scuffs to boards. Binding is sound..... More

Philadelphia: Geo. MacLean, 1872. First Edition. Octavo. 407pp. Four plates, complete. Red cloth boards decorated in black and gilt; brown endpapers; dark topstain. Light wear to edges; general scuffing; binding sound; tear to front free endpaper; ownership inscriptions, else unmarked. A Very Good copy of a scarce title from Lewis..... More

Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1976. First Edition. Large octavo. 604pp. + illustrations. Printed dustjacket. Blue boards stamped in gilt. Rubbing and few short tears to dust jacket. A couple smudges and light shelfwear to boards. Binding sound and pages unmarked; Very Good. More

Venezia: Nella Stamperia Remondini, 1758. First Italian Edition. Two volumes in one; 12mo (15.5cm.); full contemporary vellum retaining original endpapers; xii,216;420pp. (*6 A-I12, A-R12 S6 [Q signature missigned P]); nine folding plates of engravings, woodcut head- and tail-pieces throughout. Vellum rather stained with some loss along fore-edge of rear cover..... More

Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone Ltd., 1958. First Edition. Thick octavo (22.5cm); publisher's boards in cream dust jacket, pictorial paste-on to upper jacket panel; xii,288pp.; color portrait frontispiece, half tone and color plates throughout. Light shelf wear, small blue soil spot to rear jacket panel, corners bumped, ownership ex libris..... More

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2009. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo; publisher's two-toned boards in photo-illustrated dust jacket retaining original price; xii,[2],315pp.; four leaves of halftone photographs printed on rectos and versos. Light shelf wear and a few faint surface scratches to dust jacket, textblock very lightly toned, else..... More

Lyon: Jean-Antoine Huguetan, 1674. "Derniere Edition, Soigneusement reveue, & enrichie de plusieurs Figures inventees par l'Autheur." Small, thick octavo (18.5cm); early 20th century gilt-lettered crimson and navy blue morocco, spine in five compartments, marbled endpapers; [16],936,[22]pp.; woodcut illus. throughout. Some rubbing to leather extremities, scattered foxing to textblock, retaining original..... More