Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1908. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. ix, (1), 340, (2)pp. Index. Unopened. Original red cloth with paper label on spine. Edition limited to 530 numbered copies (this is #436). Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Emerson and publisher's device on title page. Spine strip a bit..... More
Boston: Little Brown & Co., 1861. First edition. Hardcover. Large quarto. 61pp. + 46 plates. Black textured buckram boards, with blind-stamping ruling on the covers and gilt lettering on the front. This fascinating and notable work of natural history and early paleontology, is considered the culmination of decades of study..... More
Melbourne, Vic., Australia: Australian Institute of Archaeology, 1986. First edition. Softcover. Quarto (11-1/2" x 8-1/4"). (10), 158pp. Index. Text set in typescript. Illustrated light green wrappers (no lettering on spine). Illustrated with drawings and facsimiles, and a double-page map at rear. A fine, as new copy. Note: "This work was..... More
New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1971. Later printing. Hardcover. 8vo. xliv, 648; iv, (649)–1356pp.; (6), 278pp. Later acetate dust wrappers over dark olive cloth lettered in gilt. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait, 15 photographic plates and 5 text drawings. Text mostly in English with some German, Hebrew, French and Romanian..... More
New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1971. Later printing. Hardcover. 8vo. xliv, 648; iv, (649)–1356pp.; (6), 278pp. Later acetate dust wrappers over dark olive cloth lettered in gilt. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait, 15 photographic plates and 5 text drawings. Text mostly in English with some German, Hebrew, French and Romanian..... 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
Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 2015. First Easton Press edition. Folio (20" x 12"). 2 vols. The deluxe edition in full brown leather, covers illustrated and lettered in gilt. A.e.g. Illustrated with 100s of portraits, sketches and maps by Forbes, Waud, Taylor, Beard, Becker, Lovie, Schell, Crane and numerous other eye-witnesses..... More
New York: Edward Walker, 1848. Early reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. 528pp. Plus 8, 4, (6)pp. publisher's ads & testimonials. Original brown cloth, elaborately blind stamped and gilt decorated. Added engraved title page with a tissue guard. Profusely illustrated throughout with hundreds of woodcuts. Tiny chip near head of spine, otherwise a...... More
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Leiden: Brill, 2016. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 2 vols. xxx, 827; vii, (830)-1716pp. Black boards lettered in white, gray and green. Illustrated with maps. A fine, as new set, still in publisher's shrink wrap Winner of the 2016 Conover-Porter Award. The prize is awarded by the African Studies Association (ASA)..... More
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1942. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (11-1/2" x 8"). 3 volumes. xxi, (7), 211, (1); xiii, (1), 184; xiii, (1), 226pp. Each vol. with an index. Original half brown morocco (some rubbing near foot of spines) over beveled cloth. Illustrated throughout with photos (of pottery, architecture..... More