London: Messrs Luzac & Co., 1921. Later printing. Hardcover. Octavo. xv, (1), 184pp. Index. Plus 1 page of publisher's ads. Black buckram lettered in gilt, front cover with light soiling and spine age toned to brown. Text in English and Persian. "E.J.W. Gibb Memorial" series,; v. 11, no. 2 Niẓāmī..... More
Meadville, PA: Keystone View Co., No date (circa 1920s). A small collection of 98 stereo views published by the Keystone View Company. The original stereoscopic photos are on gray printed mounts, most with text on versos (see breakdown below), and all the photos are in near fine condition. The mounts..... More
Leiden: Brill, 2014. First edition. Octavo. ix, (3), 690pp. Extensive bibliography and an index. Magenta & gray boards, spine lettered in yellow. A fine, as new copy. Part of the Brill series: Time, astronomy, and calendars, volume 4. Medieval Latin Christian Texts on the Jewish Calendar opens up a previously..... More
London: Privately Printed for Chas. J. Sawyer, Ltd., 1952. First edition thus. Hardcover. Large octavo (8), 319, (1)pp. Index. Black dust jacket, spine lettered in red, over red cloth with gilt lettered spine. Title printed in red & black. Dust jacket has minor rubbing, plus two small closed tears and..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1908. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. (8), 72pp. Plus 10 color plates. Light green pictorial cloth covers. Front cover stamped in white, shades of darker green and gilt, with an underlying pirate flag. Illustrated with 9 Howard Pyle color plates, and a color frontispiece with a...... More
New York: Rizzoli, 2014. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (10-1/4" x 9-1/2"). 266, (6)pp. Photographic dust jacket with blue spine lettered in yellow, over white boards lettered in black. Profusely illustrated with black & white and color photographs, and architectural drawings & ground plans. A fine, as new copy. Abstract: The..... More
New York: Assouline, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. Heavy folio (13" x10" x 2"). Unpaginated. White dust jacket, lettered in red, over photographic boards with red lettered white spine. Profusely illustrated with full-page and double-page photographs, most in color. A fine, as new, copy. "Internationally acclaimed interior design sensation Miles Redd..... More
London: Limited Editions Club, 1962. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/1500. Large quarto. Hardcover volume: (xxxviii), [3], 137pp, [2]. Softcover companion: 63pp. Black colored buckram slipcase, dark plum colored label with tan lettering mounted on spine. Slipcase notched for insert of pocket companion. Hardcover volume in tan cloth over brown buckram boards..... More
New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2001. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Octavo. [10], 255, [7]pp. Uncut. Illustrated paper covered boards. Decorative initials. Printed dedication page inscribed by Lemony Snicket "With all due respect 19. XI. 2004" within his trademark paper-press seal. Frontispiece. Eighth opus of a series of wonderfully extraordinary..... More
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2001. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Octavo. [10], 255, [7]pp. Uncut. Illustrated paper covered boards. Decorative initials. Printed dedication page with Snicket's trademark paper-press seal. Frontispiece. Eighth opus of a series of wonderfully extraordinary adventures by the intrepid, heroic and much-loved Baudelaire siblings. This work is..... More
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2004. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Octavo. [12], 323, [17]pp. Uncut. Illustrated paper covered boards. Decorative initials. Printed dedication page with Snicket's trademark paper-press seal. Frontispiece. Eleventh opus of a series of wonderfully extraordinary adventures by the intrepid, heroic and much-loved Baudelaire siblings. This work is..... More
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1999. First edition, later printing. Hardcover. Octavo. [6], 162, [6]pp. Uncut. Illustrated paper covered boards. Decorative initials. Printed dedication page signed by Brett Helquist, and inscribed by Lemony Snicket "With all due respect" within Snicket's trademark paper-press seal. Frontispiece. First opus of a series of wonderfully..... More
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2002. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Octavo. [10], 286, [6]pp. Uncut. Illustrated paper covered boards. Decorative initials. Printed dedication page with Snicket's trademark paper-press seal. Frontispiece. Ninth opus of a series of wonderfully extraordinary adventures by the intrepid, heroic and much-loved Baudelaire siblings. This work is..... More
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1999. First edition, later printing. Hardcover. Octavo. [10], 190, [6]pp. Uncut. Illustrated paper covered boards. Decorative initials. Printed dedication page signed by Brett Helquist, and inscribed by Lemony Snicket "With all due respect" within Snicket's trademark paper-press seal. Frontispiece. Second opus of a series of wonderfully..... More
New York: Harper Collins, 1999-2006. First edition. Hardcover. Complete set as follow: "The Bad Beginning"; "The Reptile Room"; "The Wide Window"; "The Miserable Mill"; "The Austere Academy"; "The Ersatz Elevator"; "The Vile Village"; "The Hostile Hospital"; "The Carnivorous Carnival and the Slippery Slope", "Grim Grotto", "The Penultimate Peril" and "The..... More
London: Hayward and Moore, 1840. Reprint. Hardcover. Quarto. 16, LX, 508pp. Contemporary 3/4 green morocco over marbled paper covered boards, with gold lettering and tooling on spine. Raised bands. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Engraved frontispiece. Illustrated haed-, tailpieces, and initials. First published in 1726, "Travels into Several Remote Nations..... More
Kyoto: Korinsha Press & Co., Ltd, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. Unpaginated. Original string bound printed wrappers. Volumes housed in publisher's blue cloth portfolio, with gold lettering on front cover and two exquisite ivory clasps. Splendid compilation of 1451 fine color Kyoto patterns which boast of a thousand-year-old history in..... More
Genevae (Geneva): Apud Gabrielem De Tournes et Filios, 1722. Editio nova (New edition). Hardcover. Folio (15 1/2 x 10"). [16], lxviii, [2], 652, [100]pp (Annales Veteris et Novi Testamenti); 124pp (Chronologia Sacra + 19, [1]pp. Contemporary gilt-stamped full vellum, with the College of Amsterdam's armorial in gold on both covers..... More
Berlin: Jüdischer Verlag, 1922. Softcover. 4to. 111pp. Original printed wraps. Frontispiece of Theodor Herzl. Participants of the 1897 Zionist congress in Basel reflect on their impressions and experiences. With contributions and photographs by D. Alcalay, R. Alcalay, N. Berkowicz, N. Birnbaum, M. Bodenheimer, Z. Bychowski, J. Cowen, Mayer-Ebner, D. Farbstein..... More
Seoul: Space Publishing Co., 2010. Hursley, Timothy. First edition. Softcover. Square quartio (11"). 234pp. Title and text in Korean and English. Blind stamped white wrappers. Illustrated throughout with black & white and color photographs and architectural drawings and ground plans, plus some pencil sketches. A volume in the series "+..... More
Tucson, AZ: Spaceheater Editions, 2009. First edition. Quarto (10-1/2" x 8"). (90)pp. Entirely illustrated with captioned color photographs of Arizona skies and landscapes. Outer wrappers and text pages are all printed on thin cardboard leaves. All edges gilt. Housed in publisher's original cellophane bag. Edition limited to 1000 copies. Signed..... More
Москва (Moscow): "Aрабеска" (Arabesque), 2015 (First volume); 2016 (Second volume). Limited First edition. Hardcover. 1/250. Folio (17 x 13"). [2] leaves (Title and Introductory text); 60, leaves (Plates), [1] leaf (Color map of the Moscow subway), [1] leaf (List of Contents), as issued (Volume 1) [WITH] [2] leaves (Title and..... More