Arosa, Switzerland: Post- & Sporthotel, 1920s. Original document. Loose leaf. Folded leaf (14 x18 3/4"). Threefold color and photo-illustrated promotional of the Sporthotel Arosa. Beautifully produced promo in photogravure, with two color and seven one color photogravures on front, 16 on back, depicting the hotel and the varied activities for..... More
Danzig: Danziger Verlags-Gesellschaft m.b.H., 1924. First edition. Softcover. Duodecimo. 43 (1)pp., 1 Pharus-Plan, map of Danzig laid in. Original orange wraps with black lettering and ruling on cover, protected by modern mylar. Illustrated title page. The guide list the outstanding sightseeing sites, provides basics worth knowing about Danzig and a...... More
Teheran: Imperial Organization for Social Services / Pahlavi commemorative Reprint Series, 1976. Facsimile edition. Hardcover. 1/1000. Duodecimo. (48) 460 (8)pp. Original brown paper-covered broads with gilt ornamentation on covers, gilt vignettes and lettering with red label and ruling on spine. Brown decorative endpapers. Frontispiece. Publisher's devices on title pages, including..... More
Stockbridge, Mass. Heman Willard, 1813. Second American edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xxiv, 396 (2)pp. Rebound in modern three-quarter brown leather over marbled boards with gilt ruling on covers and spine, gilt lettering on black leather label of spine. Marbled endpapers. Notes are placed at the end of the volume by the..... More
London: George Routledge & Sons, LTD, 1934. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XL, 789pp. Original blue cloth with gold lettering on spine. Frontispiece portrait of the author. A valuable record of anthropological field work undertaken by the late author under very trying circumstances and edited from his field notes by Camilla..... More
London: Gadsby, 1881-85. Later printing, Stereotyped edition, Revised. Hardcover. Octavo. 594, [30], 546, [6], 10, [2]pp. Original blind-stamped cloth with gold lettering on spines. Fascinating work being an account of the author's first, second and third visits to the East (first volume), and the author's fourth and fifth visits to..... More
London: Printed for The Hakluyt Society, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XCV, [1], 262, [2]pp. Uncut and partly unopened. Original gilt-, and blind-stamped blue cloth, with gold lettering on spine. Frontispiece. Journals, narratives, and descriptions relating to British colonization in the islands of St Christopher, Nevis, Barbados, Tobago and Trinidad..... More
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea, and Carey, 1828. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. (4), viii, 507, 395pp. Original red half clothe over tan paper-covered boards with black lettering on labels of spine, housed in black pebbled cloth slipcases with gilt lettering on red and black labels of spines. Four pages of publisher's advertisements..... More
London: John Murray, 1836. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xv, 171pp. Original blind-stamped maroon cloth with gold lettering and design on spine. Gilt edges all around. Frontispiece steel engraving of Shechem. Illustrated title-page. with engraving of Petra. 2nd series of a planned 3 volumes on engravings of biblical places with commentary..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1854. Seventh edition. Hardcover. Small octavo (7 1/2 x 4 3/4"). xi, [12]-268pp (Vol. 1); v, [6]-275, [1]pp (Vol. 2). Later 3/4 olive crushed morocco over marbled paper covered boards, with gold lettering and ruling to spine. Rebacked, retaining most of the original spine and..... More
Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1982. Hardcover. Quarto. x (ii), 242pp. Original blue cloth with original color photograph of the Verrazzano bridge laid into debossed frame with gilt lettering on cover and spine; housed in matching slipcase with facsimile plates of manuscripts and color photos pasted to front and back cover. Endpapers..... More
Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1852. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. iv,426pp. Gold-stamped red cloth. Expertly rebacked, retaining parts of original gold decorated spine. All gilt edges. Modern endpapers. Frontispiece etching protected by tissue guard. Fascinating work on the history of Palestine from the Patriarchal Age up to the mid 19th..... More
Paris: Chez Laporte, 1786. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 2 leaves, 56pp., 1 folding map, 558pp., 2 plates. Original full calf with gilt lettering, tooling and ruling on spine; raised bands. Red edges. Decorative endpapers. Title page with publisher's device. Decorative, historiated headpieces. This travelog of Captain Cook's third voyage contains..... More
Königsberg, Pr. Gräfe und Unzer, ND (ca 1935). First edition. Softcover. Large octavo. 64pp. Original illustrated dust-jacket over blind wrappers. Publisher's logo on title page. Publisher's insert laid in at rear. Illustrated with 48 b/w photographic reproductions, this delightful photo-book takes the reader on a journey to East Prussia's Amber..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam & Son, 1869. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XVI, 464pp. Original gilt and blind-stamped olive cloth with gold lettering on spine. All edges gilt. Striking mounted sepia photograph of Farragut as frontispiece. Additional engraved title. Decorative tailpieces. This remarkable work relates the cruise of Admiral D...... More
Paris: Firmin Didot Frères, 1856. Reprint. Hardcover. Quarto. [4], 704pp. Half red cloth over marbled paper covered boards with printed title-label laid on spine. Printer's device on title-page. Fascinating work being a geographical, historical and archaeological description of Palestine, profusely illustrated with 71 engravings (including one large folding map). Very..... More
Leipzig: Johann Friedrich Gleditsch, 1821. Eighth revised edition. Hardcover. 12mo. vii,322,34pp. Paper-covered boards. Age wearing throughout binding. Heavy staining and discoloration to boards. Front board almost detached. Wear to corners and edges. Ex libris of 'Hebrew Union College Library' to inside of front board. Sporadic water staining to some pages..... More
New York: Henry G. Langley, 1844. Fourth edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 2 leaves, 304pp., 24 plates, incl. frontispiece, 1 map. Original brown cloth with gilt-stamped vignette and blind-stamped decor on cover, gilt-stamped lettering and ruling on spine. Frontispiece and title page lithographs. Illustrated with lithographs, some tinted, as well as in-text..... More
London: Ingram, Cooke, and Co., 1853. Second edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. 336pp. Original 3/4 calf over marbled paper covered boards with gold lettering on spine. Tinted engraved frontispiece of Jerusalem. Pictorial title-page depicting Nazareth. Detailed and pictorial account of the author's journey to the Holy Land, exquisitely illustrated with 8..... More
Ankara: Historical Research Foundation Istanbul Research Center, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Large Quarto. 3 leaves, 925–1365 (1), (iv)ix plates of maps. Original gray boards with gilt vignette and decorative framing, blind-stamped decor and black lettering on cover and spine. Cartographic endpapers in color. Black ribbon marker. Beautifully illustrated volume containing..... More
Paris: E. Plon, 1876. Hardcover. 8vo. 326 pp. Half leather over decorative boards w/marbled endpapers. 10 plates (complete). Corners slightly bumped. Some wear to cover and spine with a water stain on bottom half inch of front cover. Front cover starting to pull, but holding. Foxing to some pages. In..... More
London: Longman, Ress, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1833. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. (8) 256pp., 21 plates, incl. frontispiece. Contemporary three-quarter green leather over pebbled boards with gilt lettering and ruling on spine. Frontispiece engraving. Speckled edges. With twenty-one engravings from drawings by J. M. W. Turner. "The present volume..... More
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1815. Third Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. lxxv, 342 pp. 3/4 blue leather binding over decorated boards. Some age wearing throughout. Light scuffing to front and back. Top front and back joints starting to split but firmly holding. Raised bands and gilt decoration to spine..... More
Chicago: Open Court Publishing Company, 1904. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 118 (6)pp. Original umber paper-covered boards with b/w photograph mounted onto embossed black frame and black lettering on spine. Frontispiece photograph. "This books does not pretend to be a study of the Ainu. It is a simple narrative of my..... More
Washington DC: ASDC in association with the Library of Congress, 2013. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 444(1)pp. Original gray cloth with brown lettering on beige paper label of cover, silver lettering on spine. Color-illustrated title page. Bilingual marginalia. Silver ribbon marker. Includes two folding maps: Geographical map of Taiwan Island and..... More