Liege, Paris: Ch. Claesen, 1890-1891. First edition. Loose leaf. Elephant Folio (21 3/4 x 14 1/2"). (1) 25 plates. Original red half-cloth over gray boards portfolio with black lettering and publisher's device on cover. Collotype portrait of Carrier-Belleuse on title page. Terra cotta works of the French sculptor Carrier-Belleuse (1824–1887)..... More
London; New York: Edward Arnold; St Martin's Press, 1954-1962. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. VIII, 438, VIII, 373, [1], VIII, 393, [1]pp. Original printed wrappers over cloth with gold lettering on spines. Scarce complete 3-vol. set compiling essays chosen from the files of the "Economic History Review" and of "Economic History."..... More
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Meudon: Alain et Françoise Chaffin, (1979). First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 348 (1)pp. Signed by author on fly leaf. Original pictorial dustjacket over beige cloth with brown lettering on cover and spine. Ribbon marker. Based on Professor Leroi-Gourhan's "Ethno-Morphological" method this is the first of a series of monographs on specific..... More
Paris: Calmann Levy, 1880. Hardcover. This copy has an ex-libris stamp (inside of front board) by Robert Florey: Robert Florey (1900-1979) was a French screenwriter, director of short films, and actor who moved to Hollywood in 1921. Florey worked as assistant director to Josef von Sternberg, Frank Borzage, and Victor..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, (1954). Reprint. Hardcover. 2 volumes. 8vo. xlii, 419pp. v, 480pp. Green cloth with gold lettering on spine in original illustrated dust jacket. Frontispiece in both volumes. Authoritative, captivating treatise on the history of drama of the medieval stage. Very minor rubbing to parts of edges on..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1925. Hardcover. Octavo. Vol 1: (xlii), [1], 419pp. Vol 2: (v), [1], 480pp. Green buckram bindings, gilt motif and lettering on covers, gilt lettering on spines. Beveled paper edges. Frontispieces. Signature of prior owner on front free end papers. Authoritative, captivating treatise on the history of..... More
London: John Green, 1837. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 48pp. Original three quarter leather over marbled boards with gilt lettering on black label of spine; raised bands. Channing was one of the prominent Unitarianism preacher in the early 18th Century America. Though not an Abolitionist he wrote and published a book..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1919. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. V, [1], 755, [1]pp. Uncut. Original blue cloth with gold lettering on front cover and spine. Printer's device on title page. The ever-increasing interest in Hispanic America offers ready acceptance to anything which aims at a wider dissemination of information..... More
Villefranche [i.e., Amsterdam]: Chez P. Belhumeur [pseud.], 1724. Second edition completely revised and greatly expanded. Two volumes, octavo. [2], xxiv, 308, *309-324*, 309-317, [3 blank]pp., engraved frontispiece, 5 engraved pages of musical scores (on 3 leaves); [2], 84, *85-88*, 85-389, [1, blank], [2, errata]; engraved frontispiece, engraved folding game plate..... More
London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1810-1823. First edition. Hardcover. Large quarto (11 1/4 x 9"). [2], xxviii, xxiii, [1], 812pp; xix, [13], 715pp, [1]pp (Errata), [2]pp (Publisher's advertisement); [2], xv, [12], 20, 822pp; [2], xx, [14], 735pp, [1]pp (Errata); xii, [14], 763pp, [1]pp (Errata); [2], iv, [14], 555, [1]pp..... More
Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Small Folio. xvi, 333pp. Original illustrated gray cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Frontispiece photograph. With a foreword on William W. Hallo by David Weisberg and contributions by various scholars on Near Eastern culture, including extensive annotations, footnotes. Illustrated with b/w photography..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xxi. 580pp. Title stamped maroon cloth with title plate in original dj. Head of spine and corners slightly bumped. Discoloration, chipping and tears to dj. "The story of man's scientific achievements in the time of ancient Greece and Rome is..... More
Canton: Canton Ledger Company, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 86pp. Original blue cloth with gold lettering on spine and front board. Fly leaf inscribed, dated and signed by the author. Frontispiece. Fascinating and scarce work in which the author tells us natural, intimate and characteristic little tales of his home..... More
Paris: Oeuvres Sociales du Cinéma, 1943. First edition. Softcover. Oblong octavo (8 1/2 x 7 1/4"). Unpaginated. Original spiral bound decorative wrappers, with title pasted on front cover. Title in burgundy and blue lettering. Laid in, a four-page program for the 1943 edition of "La Nuit du Cinéma," a French..... More
Lisboa: João Nunes Esteves, 1822. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo ( 7 7/8 x 5 5/8"). 36pp. Late 19th-century half calf over marbled paper covered boards, with gold lettering and tooling to spine. Raised bands. Top paper edge red. Marbled endpapers. Publisher's device on title. Decorative headpieces. Ribbon marker. First edition..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1928. Limited ed. Hardcover. 1/125. 8vo. 288pp. Imitation vellum boards with title plate in original dj. Tearing, chipping, scuffing and discoloration to dj. Dj price clipped. Head and tail of dj spine repaired with tape. Boards bowed. Top edge gilt. Fore-and bottom page edges untrimmed. Limited and..... More
NP, n/d. Softcover. 8vo. (21pp). Reprinted from Transactions of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers. Vol. XI, Number 31, 1927, pp. 522-541. "When freshly developed or so-called "green" motion picture film is passed through a projector, there is a tendency for an incrustation to accumulate on the aperture plate or..... More
London: George Allen, (1949). Hardcover. 8vo. 240 pp. Ex-library copy. Maroon cloth binding. Head and tail of spine bumped. Spine lightly sunned. Ex-libirs, with bookplate at front. A tight copy in very good condition. More
London: George Allen & unwin Ltd, 1949. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 240pp. Original printed wrappers over burgundy cloth with gold lettering on spine. Croces's essays compiled in this remarkable work possess an underlying unity. This is a volume that has every relevance to our time, embodying a philosophy not for..... More
New York: William Sloan Associates, Inc., (1933). Hardcover. 8vo. 432pp. Yellow cloth, red lettering on front and spine; in original dw, hand water-colored? Eimi, which translates to "I am" in Greek, is a narrative interpretation of E. E. Cumming's 1931 trip to the Soviet Union and the lack of freedom..... More
Paris: Libraire de Victor Masson, 1862. Softcover. 8vo. 95pp. Original illustrated wrappers with black lettering to wrappers. Wear to spine and edges of wrappers. Binding still firm. Corners bumped and rubbed. Scuffing, rubbing and browning to wrappers, not affecting lettering. Browning and foxing throughout. Great work on archeology of Mexico..... More
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Paris: Schiller Ainé, 1853. Second edition completely revised and greatly expanded. Hardcover. Quarto (10 1/2 x 7"). [2], 480pp. Uncut. Modern full brown cloth, with gold lettering to spine. Original blue wrappers bound in. Verso of title page hand-signed by the author. The almost spiritual relationship between the Arab and..... More
Paris: Librairie Internationale, 1869. Second edition. Hardcover. Folio (12 x 9 1/2"). [4], viii, 480pp. Original half burgundy morocco over marbled paper covered boards, with gold lettering and tooling to spine. Raised bands. Top edge gilt. Ribbon marker. Marbled endpapers. Book housed in a custom made linen covered slipcase. Originally published..... More
Stuttgart: Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 637 (3)pp. Original dark gray cloth with light gray publisher's device and white lettering on cover, white lettering on spine, in pictorial dustjacket with light orange and white lettering on spine. Genealogical tables printed to endpapers, German and English. Color frontispiece. History..... More
Paris: Payot, 1950. Softcover. Large octavo. 239, [1]pp. Uncut and unopened copy. Original pictorial wrappers. Printer's device on title-page. New translation of this fascinating work by H. E. Del Medico. Some age-toning on wrappers, and closed tears at bottom of spine. Text in French. Wrappers in overall good to very..... More