Rome: UNIDROIT, 1953. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 324pp. Original light green staples wraps with black lettering on cover and mimeographed block. International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT). Compendium of laws, ordinances and legal precedents for all states, except Hawai, and the District of Columbia. Hawaii received statehood..... More
Columbus: Samuel Medary, State Printer, 1844. First edition. Softcover. Small Quarto. Double-page plate, 39 (1)pp. Original string-bound wraps with black lettering on cover. Double-page frontispiece, Manual Alphabet. Contains Report of Trustees, Report of the Superintendent, listing of American Institutions for the education of the Deaf and Dumb, from their last..... More
London: Printed for Thomas Kelly, ND. Hardcover. 8vo. vi,520pp. Original three-quarter calf over paper-covered boards with blind-embossed floral decorations on spine. Raised bands. "An epitome of all the acquirements necessary to form the female character, in every class of life: with examples of illustrious women; to which are added, advice..... More
Buenos Aires: Coni Hermanos, 1907. Softcover. Folio. 52pp. Brown paper wrappers with black lettering to cover. Spine rebacked. Tearings to spine and wrappers. Browning to wrappers. Corners worn. Sporadic foxing to pages, not affecting text. Watermark to plate 4. Fascinating book on ancient Agentinian ceramics. Delightfully illustrated with 8 full-page..... More
Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1852. Hardcover. Lg. 4to. Blind-stamped brown cloth with gold lettering on cover. Head and tail of spine slightly chipped. Corners bumped and worn. Some discoloration and rubbing to boards. Free front endpaper and half-title page missing. Foxing throughout. An interesting geological survey of Wisconsin, Iowa..... More
New York: Horace Liveright, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 2 vols. Decorated red cloth with gilt title to spine. Minor age rubbing to edges. Frontis. With the signature and bookplate of Bruce Bryan, the noted author and long time curator of the Southwest Museum of the American Indians in Pasadena..... More
Gluckstadt: J. J. Augustin. 4to. x,70pp. Printed orange wrappers. Illustrated with 11 examples of hieroglyphic inscriptions. Slight scrape on front wrapper. Previous owner's rubber stamp on front free endpaper. "Abhandlungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts Kairo, Koptische Reihe, Band 7." More
Paris: Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner, 1968. First edition. Softcover. Quarto (11 x 9"). [4], 538, [2]pp (Text), LXXXVIIIpp (Plates). Uncut and unopened copy. Original printed wrappers, with publisher's logo on front cover and title page. Illustrated with 88 photogravure plates, including 784 figures, this scholarly work on baked-clay figurines and..... More
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Napoli: Istituto di Storia dell'Architettura e Restauro dei Monumenti, 1963-1969. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 38, 47, 87, 51, 95pp (text), + numerous unnumbered pages of plates and graphics. Original full orange cloth with black lettering on spines. Scarce and complete work on technical proceedings of restoring monuments, profusely illustrated with..... More
Paris: Editions E. De Boccard, 1966. Softcover. 4to. viii. 224pp. of text followed by 24pp. of plates. Tan wrappers with black lettering to cover and spine. Small tear to tail of spine. Minor discoloration and creasing to wrappers. A wonderful catalogue looking at ancient Greek vases, illustrated with 134 b/w..... More
Bangkok: SDI Publications, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 391, 238, 237 pp. 30 pp. of plates. Red cloth binding with gilt lettering and tooling on spine, in slipcase with reverse tan lettering on red spine. Sill in plastic shrinkwrap and original publisher's printed cardboard packaging. Profusely illustrated with maps, photographs..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1908. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. vi,237pp. Maroon cloth with gold lettering on cover and spine in original dust wrapper. Top edge gilt. Inscribed in blue ink by author to his wife on blank page preceding t.-p: "Sunshine, not theory, is your domain; but to..... More
Rome: Laboremus, 1939. Small 8vo. 64pp. There is slight creasing and chipping along the edges of the covers. Very light rubbing along the spine. A discussion of the educational system in Italy and the change in this system due to the fascists. Includes photographs and statistics. Very good condition. More
京城 [Keijo] (Seoul): 朝鮮總督府博物館 (Korea Satoshitoku Office Museum), 1937. First edition. Softcover. Folio (12 1/2 x 9"). [12] tissue-guarded leaves (Plates). Original string bound decorative wrappers, with black lettering to front cover. Although the first half of the 20th century in Korean history is marked by the grave and painful..... More
京城 [Keijo] (Seoul): 朝鮮總督府博物館 (Korea Satoshitoku Office Museum), 1934. First edition. Softcover. Folio (12 1/2 x 9"). [12] tissue-guarded leaves (Plates). Original string bound decorative wrappers, with black lettering to front cover. Although the first half of the 20th century in Korean history is marked by the grave and painful..... More
京城 [Keijo] (Seoul): 朝鮮總督府博物館 (Korea Satoshitoku Office Museum), 1935. First edition. Softcover. Folio (12 1/2 x 9"). [10] tissue-guarded leaves (Plates). Original string bound decorative wrappers, with black lettering to front cover. Although the first half of the 20th century in Korean history is marked by the grave and painful..... More
京城 [Keijo] (Seoul): 朝鮮總督府博物館 (Korea Satoshitoku Office Museum), 1942. First edition. Softcover. Folio (12 1/2 x 9"). [2] leaves (Text), [12] tissue-guarded leaves (Plates). Original string bound decorative wrappers, with black lettering to front cover. Although the first half of the 20th century in Korean history is marked by the..... More
Berlin: Wlad. Kaplun-Kogan, ca. 1917. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 23 (1)pp. Original stapled cream wraps with black lettering on first page. A statistical study lacking its original wraps, apparently the 1917 R. Löwit, Berlin-Wien, publication, originally published in "Zeitschrift für Demographie und Statistik der Juden" in six installments of 1915..... More
Northport, Long Island, N.Y. Edward Thompson Co., 1894-1899. New and Revised edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XXVII, [1], 440, X, 403, [1], XI, [1], 433, [1], X, 535, [1], IX, [1], 412pp. Original gold-stamped half cream cloth over red boards. Top edges gilt. Color frontispiece protected with a tissue guard in each..... More
Paris: Les Éditions du CNRS, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Folio (12 x 8 1/2"). xvi, 759, [13]pp (Vol. 1, part 1); [760]-1521, [11]pp (Vol. 1, part 2); xii, 912, [2]pp (Vol. 2). Original photo-illustrated dust-jackets over full olive leatherette, with gold lettering to front covers and spines. This impressive work was..... More
Paris: Edite par les Soins de la Revue d'Histoire Moderne, 1936. Softcover. 8vo. 240pp. Original wrappers. Page edges untrimmed. Slip laid in to free front endpaper: "With the compliments of Harvard University. Cambridge University". Booklet summarizing the [French] book in English, with order form at end, laid in at free..... More
Zurich: Coordinating Committee for the Presence of Switzerland Abroad and Scalo, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Two books and one video tape resting in original cardboard slipcase. 1) Video: Swiss Profiles. Running time: 46 minutes. 8 film-makers take a new look at Switzerland. As new in publisher's shrink-wrap. 2) Switzerland. An Inside View..... More
Paris: Felix Alcan, 1903. Sixth edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 2 vols. (complete). First volume, published in 1903 (6th edition): VIII + 429pp; Second volume published in 1899 (5th edition): 575pp. Original wrappers bound in decorative half leather over marbled boards, with gold title on spine. Top edge gilt. Uncut. Marbled endpapers..... More
Eisenbrauns: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Large 4to.(12" x 9"). Green cloth, gilt. 2 vols. Still in publisher's original shrink wrap. xliv,528;xxiv,332pp. Illustrated with a total of 662 maps, line drawings, plans and photos. 6 folding plans are n a rear pocket. A fine, as new set..... More
Jerusalem: State of Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, 1972. First edition. Softcover. 4to. ix,41pp. Beige wrappers with black text, English on front, Hebrew on back. Population and Housing Census 1972 Series, No. 1- released by Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics, details the findings of Israel's 3rd official census since its..... More