Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1971. Octavo; xlix, 196pp. Blue-gray boards with gilt lettering and emblem. Ex-Lancaster Theological Seminary with their bookplate to front pastedown and usual markings. Boards are sturdy and square with some light smudging to cloth and nudging at spine ends. Surface abrasion from removed card pocket on rear..... More

London: Published by Ralph Steadman at the Steam Press, 1981. Limited Edition of 98 copies signed by Sillitoe and Steadman at colophon, this being #31. Two volumes in one, quarto, and both volumes bound in black cloth case with spine lettered in gilt; Steadman's 18 b&w illustrations to one side..... More

Washington, DC: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery / Freer Gallery of Art / Smithsonian Institution, [1992]. First Edition. Quarto (28.5cm); publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket; 271pp.; halftone and color illus. throughout. Moderate wear to jacket margins, faint surface scratches to both panels, gift inscription to front flyleaf; Very Good and..... More

New York: Sarah Crichton Books / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2009]. First Edition with full number line. Octavo; publisher's boards in unclipped pictorial dust jacket; [8],287pp.; halftone photographic illus. throughout. Light shelf wear, textblock edges rather dust-soiled, else Very Good and sound. Inscribed and signed by the author on title..... More

Beverly Hills, CA: Glen House Communications, 1992. First Edition. Signed by Rice to William Safire on front free endpaper with inscription, "To William Safire with love Dorothy Rice." Tall quarto. 144 pages. Full color illustrations and photographs. Unclipped illustrated dust jacket. Blue boards stamped in gilt... More

New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1991. First Edition. Inscribed by author to William Safire on front free endpaper. Inscription reads, "To Bill - / A friend, mentor + role model - / Your down-to-earth approach to life + work is an / inspiration. / Thanks for the /..... More

[Cairo]: Gabriel Lekegian and Zangaki Brothers, n.d., ca. 1880s. Large oblong folio (25x34cm.); original brown cloth album with binder's ticket of the Parisian establishment Anc. Mon. Martinet to front pastedown; [50]ll. thick blue card stock filled nearly to completion with eighty-six (86) albumen photographs (mostly 20.5x27cm or the inverse) captioned..... More

London: Ro. Allot, 1627. Third Edition. Small folio (29cm); full modern blind-embossed calf to style, spine in six compartments with brown gilt spine label, all edges marbled, retaining original endpapers; [4],309pp.; engraved folding map titled "Part of Africa," one additional folding view, engraved architectural title page adorned with seven allegorical..... More

Peshawar, Pakistan: PAF Book Club, 2002. First Edition. Large square quarto; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket; viii,112pp.; color illus. throughout. Some shelf wear to jacket extremities, light soil to textblock extremities, else Near Fine in Very Good jacket. Pictorial history of the Pakistan Air Force, replete with paintings..... More

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd, 1929. Fourth (1957) Impression. Octavo (22cm); publisher's cloth in unclipped pictorial dust jacket; vii,[1],398pp.; frontispiece, seven leaves of halftone plates and maps. Dust jacket rather worn with chipping and closed tears at spine edge, rather long strip of biopredation along top half of rear..... More

Worcester, MA: Isaiah Thomas, Jun., 1802. First American Edition. 12mo; full contemporary calf, gilt-ruled spine; viii,[13]-154,[2]pp. (collated complete despite error in pagination, with final leaf of publisher's ads bound in rear). Leather scuffed at margins, front joint starting to crack, spine gilt dulled, endpapers rather ragged and significantly filled with..... More

Albany, NY: State University of New York Press - SUNY, 1995. Second Printing. Small quarto; photo-illustrated dust jacket; green cloth boards stamped in gilt; 670pp. Black and white photographs. Wear and wrinkling to dust jacket with a few short tears; spine and edges faded; bookseller sticker to rear. Boards show..... More

Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1991. First Edition. Octavo; printed dust jacket; blue-gray cloth boards stamped in black; 324pp. Maps; charts and graphs. Mild rubbing and sunning to dust jacket. Dust soiling to top edge of boards; binding sound; pages unmarked; a Very Good or better copy. More