Madrid: C. Sanchez [and] G. de Leon, 1650. Hardcover. Two volumes, small folio. [22], 618, [12: contents and index]; 684, [20: contents and index]pp. Woodcut printer's device at title; woodcut lettrines at the opening of each book. Text in two columns. Full page engraved portrait of Cardinal Ximenes de Cisneros..... More
Berlin: Mopr Verlag, 1927. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 22 (2)pp. Original illustrated white wraps with red and green lettering on cover, protected in modern mylar. An account of Hungarian living conditions after W.W.I and the Peace Treaty of Trianon in 1918 which sealed Hungary's secession from the Austrian-Hungarian Empire. One..... More
Berlin: Presseamt des Senats in Berlin, 1954. First edition. Softcover. Oblong Sextodecimos. 44, 32, 40, 20, 32, 32, 30 (unpaginated), 24 (unpaginated), 28. Original cream wraps with embossed city crest and lettering in gray and various secondary colors on respective issues, protected by modern mylar. Nine pamphlets providing an upshot..... More
Berlin: Presseamt des Senats in Berlin, 1954. First edition. Softcover. Oblong Sextodecimos. 44, 32, 40, 20, 32, 32, 30 (unpaginated), 24 (unpaginated), 28pp. Original cream wraps with embossed city crest and lettering in gray and various secondary colors on respective issues, housed in a gray textured paper-covered slipcase with burgundy..... More
London: Henry Colburn, 1844-1848. New edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xxiv, 358, 391, viii, 383, xiv, 442, 441, 503 (1), 485, 478, xiii, 429, 416, viii, 440, xvi, 462. Original 3/4 calf over marbled boards with gilt lettering and ruling, tooling on spine; raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece engravings with tissue guards..... More
Berlin: Neuer Deutscher Verlag, 1929. 21.-30. Tausend. Hardcover. Small Quarto. 231 (5)pp. Original boards with mounted photomontage by John Heartfield on front and back cover. Binding protected by modern mylar. "Deutschland, Deutschland Ueber Alles" by German-Jewish writer Kurt Tucholsky (1890-1935) is a work of fierce social criticism of the late..... More
Wien: (1949). Ausgabe des Sowjetischen Informationsdienstes. Softcover. Oblong quarto. 48pp. Original photographic wraps. Fascinating post-World War II. Russian propaganda piece on the supposedly superior educational system in the Soviet Union. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of photographs in sepia-tone and charts. Includes one reproduction of a drawing by Wassiljew of Lenin..... More
München: Knorr & Hirth, 1937. First edition. Softcover. Small Quarto. 24pp. Original cream wraps with gilt stamped lettering on cover. Illustrated half title. The foreword by the management of the event is a fervid thank you to the historic achievements of the German people and inspiration for the participants of..... More
London: Timothy Childe; Robert Knaplock, 1714. Second edition completely revised and greatly expanded. Hardcover. Folio (14 1/2 x 9 1/2"). xviii, 272pp. Modern full morocco retaining parts of the original gilt-stamped covers, with gold lettering and tooling to spine. Marbled endpapers. Originally published in three parts between 1696 and 1699..... More
London: Stereotyped and printed by and for A. Wilson, 1819. Hardcover. 6 volumes. xi,417pp. x,403pp. xi,420pp. x,378pp. viii,406pp. vii,427pp. 16mo. Three-quarter leather over marbled boards with gilt lining to spine. Red and green title plate. Head and tail of spine and parts of edges rubbed. Scuffing to boards. Abrasions to..... More
Berlin: Deutschen Verlag, 1940. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 48 pp. Original photo-illustrated wraps. Laid in: daily program accompanying exhibition of the Reichsportfeld (Reichs-arena). Profusely illustrated with sepia-toned photographs throughout and one double page drawn "picture story" covering a typical morning for a young woman. Depictions of young women's deployment at..... More
London: Printed by John Baskett, Printer to the King, 1736. Hardcover. Small Folio. (7) 283pp. Rebacked in brown library buckram over original calf, with gilt lettering and ruling on red leather label of spine. Title page with double ruling. Decorative engraved endpieces. Includes an account of what sums of money..... More
Luyern: Aare Verlag Bern, 1941. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 118pp. Illustrated dark beige cloth in original dj. Decorated endpapers. Frontispiece. Dj repapired at head of spine with modern tape, otherwise in very good condition. Illustrated with 26 color plates reproduced from illuminated manuscripts and two tone plates printed from original..... More
Berlin: Verlag "Offene Worte" 1933. First edition. Softcover. Oblong 24mo. 55 (1)pp. Original tan wraps with brown lettering and border on cover. Small compendium of the important uniforms and epaulets of the Third Reich, including military, police and political organizations. It also includes uniforms of major national and state agencies..... More
London: Trustees of the British Museum, 1965, 1966, 1966. Reprint. Hardcover. Quarto. ccxxxi, 464pp., 64 plates; cv, 485pp., 83 plates; cxcvi, 640pp., 102 plates. Original red cloth with gilt lettering and ruling on spines in original tan dustjackets, blue lettering on spines. Volumes II and III Ex Library. Lithographic reprints..... More
Paris: Edna L. Nicoll. 1931. Softcover. 4to. 230 pp. Original illustrated paper wrappers. Minor age rubbing to edges. Some wearing to spine ends. Profusely illustrated with photos, drawings and paintings in duo-tones and color. A very tight copy in very good condition. More
Oxford: Leonard Lichfield, 1682;1681. Sixth edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Pagination is irregular and runs as such: [6], 156, [2], 153, 156-157, 156-157, 160-249, [3], 253-392, 375-381, 381, [32], 57, [3] pages. Original full morocco with blind tooling and ruling on covers. Vertical half-title reads, 'Prideaux Introduction to History.' with the words..... More
Lancashire: Lancashire District Communist Party, 1942. First edition. Softcover. Small Oblong Octavo. 34 (2)pp. Original medium brown, string-bound illustrated wraps with red and black lettering on spine. William Rust was an editor for the Daily Worker, a communist activist and the representative of the British Communist Party in Moscow. In..... More
Stuttgart: Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, 1936. 9th edition (9. Auflage). Softcover. Quarto (9 1/4 x 6 1/4"). 16pp. Original photo-illustrated wrappers with red and black lettering to both covers.. Complete with its two large folded color plates showing the various ranks, uniforms, and flags of the German Navy (Kriegsmarine) as well as..... More
Berlin: Zentralverlag der N.S.D.S.A.P. Franz Eher Nachf. 1943. 201.-250. Tausend. Softcover. 4to. 128pp. Tan wraps with attached pictorial dust jacket, as issued. Photograph on dj by Hehmke-Winterer. Frontispiece of Fritz Sauckel. The book documents how foreign workers of German occupied countries contributed to the advancement of the Third Reich and..... More
Florence: Privately Printed, 1929. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 1/550 limited, signed copiescopies. 8vo. 7-217pp. as Issued. Decoratively colorful paper covered boards depicting cubist design. Each page printed with two inch margins on each side. Minor age wear to exterior and browning to pages due to age, but not affecting text. Book..... More
Leipzig: Friedrich Christian Dürk, 1830. Hardcover. 8vo. xiv, 370pp. Brown half leather over marbled boards. Range of topics: Instructions to the student; Morality tales; Natural history; Famous countries and people, including Germans; History of Church; Society and the rights and duties of the individual. Age wear to binding, especially at..... More
M.Gladbach: Rheinische Druckerei, 1932. First edition. Softcover. Quarto (9 x 6"). 13, [1]pp. Original illustrated wrappers, with a stunning woodcut portrait of Hindenburg on front cover. Illustrated with 10 duo-tone photogravures, this pro-Hindenbuch political brochure was published after the first round of the German Presidential elections of 1932 (March 13)..... More
Lisboa: Typographia da Academia Real das Sciencias, 1901. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/1000. 8vo. xiii,141pp. Original wrappers beautifully rebound in customized half leather over marbled boards with gilt decorated spine. Top corners bumped. Bookplate of the 'Agiet of the J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles' to inside of front board. Discoloration..... More
Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut AG, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. (12) 355 (4)pp. Original blue cloth with gilt illustration and lettering on cover, gilt lettering on spine, in original photo-illustrated dustjacket, black lettering on spine. Housed in plain gray slipcase, with title stamped to spine. "A People Searching for the Ocean..... More