Grenoble: CRATerre Editions, 2000. Softcover. Lg. 4to. 156pp. Illustrated wrappers. Minor scuffing to wraps. Frontispiece. A fascinating book looking at the people, customs, architecture and environment of the South American country Guyana. Stunningly illustrated with color and b/w reproductions of photographs, paintings and drawings. Text in French. Fine condition. Rare..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. Hardcover. Large 8vo. 224 pp. Burgundy cloth binding with dust jacket. With b/w and color illustrations. Head and tail of spine lightly bumped. Dj chipped at corners. A one-eighth inch tear to bottom edge of dj on back cover. Overall, book in near fine..... More
Santiago de Chile: Fondo Histórico y Bibliográfico José Toribio Medina, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. [CVIII], 243 pp. Frontispiece of a reproduction of a b/w photograph of José Toribio Medina. Original cloth, title label in green leather with gold lettering. A chronologically listed collection of biographies on Hernán Cortés ranging..... More
Baltimore: King Brothers, State Printers, 1894. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 109pp. Green cloth, gold lettering and decoration on front and spine. Decorated endpapers. Full title stated as: "The Constitution of the State of Maryland: Formed and adopted by the Convention which Assembled at the City of Annapolis, May 8, 1867..... More
Akrin, Ohio: Manning and Darby, 1843. Hardcover. 8vo. 409pp. Three-quarter leather over marbled boards with gold lettering on spine. From title-page: "A Gazetteer Containing a General View of the United States and the several States and Territories with an accurate Account of the Internal Improvements throughout the Union, also a...... More
Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, n/d. Hardcover. 12mo. iv,107pp. Half leather over marbled boards with gold lettering on spine. Cotton Mather (1663-1728) was a socially and politically influential New England Puritan minister and author. He is mainly remembered for his connection to the infamous Salem witch trials. Heavy age wear..... More
Los Angeles: The Ward Ritchie Press, (1955). First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xiv,162, [12]pp. Brown cloth spine with gilt title over illustrated paper-covered boards in original printed mylar jacket. Four and a half inch closed tear to front of mylar. Minor discoloration to boards. Inscribed by author "To my friend, Victor..... More
NP: Bowers and Merena, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 448pp. Original pictorial boards with red lettering on cover and spine. Illustrated title page. "Every so often in numismatics a work is published that breaks new ground... Dan Owens has created a master work which will be used in the future..... More
Las Vegas: Nevada Publications, 1976. First printing. Hardcover. 1/200. Folio (12 1/4 x 9 1/4"). 63, [17]pp. Original gilt-stamped grey cloth, with gold lettering to spine and front cover. Limitation page signed by both the author and the artist. Original etched frontispiece hand-numbered (74/190) and signed by Roy E. Purcell..... More
Goleta, California: Justin M. Ruhge, 1983. First edition. Softcover. Signed "JM Rughe No 99" on title page. Quarto. (v) iv, 185 (1)pp. Original light tan illustrated wraps with brown lettering on cover and spine. Cover illustration Goleta Slough as seen by Pantoya in 1782. Dedicated to Santa Barbara, Patron Saint..... More
San Marino, California: Orizaba Publications, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Vol. 2 numbered 172. Quarto. 509, (8 plates) 399 (1)pp. Original red cloth with gilt-stamped vignette, ruling and lettering on covers, gilt lettering on spines., in illustrated dustjackets with purple lettering on spines. Illustrated title page. "...is a true story that..... More
Sâo Paulo: Aditora Ática, 1978. First edition. Softcover. Large 8vo. 397 pp. Original illustrated wrappers. Portuguese Inquisition and Colonial Society. The first part is a social science study of the Portuguese colonialism on conscienceness, religion, demographics, psychology and religious life. The second part is on the Inquisition and its' politics..... More
Cleveland: World Publishing Co., (1966). Hardcover. Folio. Vellum with the coat of arms of King James I. stamped in gold, string ties on fore-edge. Book rests in gray cloth clamshell box with facsimile of original title-plate pasted on cover, as issued. Includes 14 page booklet with historical introduction by A...... More
New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Spns, 1926. Second revised. Hardcover. 8vo. xli, 151 pp. Maroon cloth with gold lettering on front cover and spine in original dj. Lovely frontis piece. Fully annotated, includes an index. Minor rubbing and/or chipping to extremities, and a smal stain on the dj..... More
Oaxaca: Fondo Estatal para la Cultura y las Artes, 1996. Softcover. 8vo. 426pp. Original pictorial red wrappers with red, black and white lettering to wrappers and spine. Very minor scuffing and rubbing to wrappers and spine. Red endpapers. Great work on the history of Tlaxiaco, Mexico. Profoundly illustrated with many..... More
Toronto: Macmillan, 1923. Langdon Kihn. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 208 pp. Tan cloth spine over brown boards w/dj. Corners and head and tail of spine bumped. Spine sunned. Dustjacket with original color plate to front showing a Kootenay Indian; some chipping to edges of dj. Missing 1/2 by 1/8 inch..... More
New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1861. Fourth edition. Hardcover. Sm. 8vo. x, 264 pp. Translated by Booth, L. Mary. Decorated green cloth binding. Some rubbing and staining to edges. Head and tail of spine bumped. Corners worn. Ex-library with bookplate to endpapers. Inscribed by previous owner. Hinges starting to crack. From the..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1889. Hardcover. 8vo. ix, 320 pp. Decorated maroon cloth binding. Illustrated. With some cracking to hinges of both boards, but attached and holding. Corners bumped. Wear to head and tail of spine. Numerous illustrations of well known streets and buildings in New Orleans, portraits of..... More
Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1977. Hardcover. 8vo. x. 343pp. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Head and tail of spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. DJ is chipped with slight staining on the front. Edited and translated from the Spanish by Stephen Gilman and Edmund L. King, with an..... More
Albany, NY: University of the State of New York, 1908. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 195 pp. Green cloth with gold lettering on spine. Inscribed on front endpaper by Joseph Morjé, a staff member of the New York State Museum who assisted in the publication of this volume. Edited and annotated..... More
Oaxaca: Instituto Oaxaqueno de las Culturas Fondo Estata Para la Culture y las Artes, 1996. Second edition. Softcover. 1/1000. 8vo. 446pp. Pictorial orange wrappers with black, red and white lettering to wrappers and spine. Minor scuffing and rubbing to wrappers and spine. Illustrated endpapers. Minor staining to orange loose front..... More
Tuolumne County Historical Society, 1973. Limited First edition. Hardcover. 1/1000. Quarto. [4], XI, [1], 509, [1], 48, [2]pp. Original red cloth with gold lettering and borders on spine. Frontispiece portrait. First edition of this scarce and fascinating facsimile edition of this work published in 1882 and telling the "short but..... More
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Rutledge - Prentice Hall, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. [4], 384, [4]pp. Original illustrated dust-jacket over cloth, with gold lettering to spine and front cover. Front free endpaper inscribed and signed by Thomas E. Mails. Foreword page handsigned by Carl Schaefer Dentzel. Illustrated with numerous pen-and-ink and..... More
Philadelphia & Chicago: T.W. Hartley & Co. & J.S. Shearer, 1885. 27th thousand. Hardcover. 8vo. [XLVIII], 858 pp. Original gold stamped cloth. American Bastile. A History of the Arbitrary Arrests and Imprisonment of American Citizens in the Northern and Border States, On Account of Their Political Opinions, During the Late..... More
México: Editorial Jus, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 111, [17]pp. Full morocco with gold tooling along edges of covers and gilt borders on spine. All edges gilt and gold tooled. Dentelles. Marbled endpapers. Title page in red and black lettering. Decorative initials. Critical edition of Motolinia's famous letter to Charles..... More