Philadelphia: B. Wilmsen, n.d. [1890's]. Paperback. Wrapper. 27cm. Moderate cover soil. Illustrations (double-page). Crepe-paper which folds out accordion-like between the leaves. All of the crepe paper present but a couple don't fold out perfectly. An unusual edition of this children's classic. More
London: W. H. Allen & Co. 1882. Second Edition, with Map and Appendix. Hardcover. folding map (as frontis), folding table, 95p. plus a total of [48] pages of publisher's advertisements dated July, 1882. Original cloth. 25cm. Light cover wear and just a touch of fraying of cloth at corners. We... More
![Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa: Being a Journal of an Expedition Undertaken under the Auspices of H.B.M.'s Government, in the Years 1849-1855 [Volumes. I-III only (of 5)]. Heinrich Barth.](/pictures/thumb/81325.jpg?v=1475940662)
New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1857. First American Edition. Hardcover. Vols. I-III Only (of 5). 11 folding maps, 36 tinted litho plates, xi, 635, xi, 676, xxxvi, 578p. plus [2]p. publisher's advertisements at end of Vol. III. Green cloth. Vols. I and III have new endpapers and have been... More
Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1931. Paperback. 38 plates (illustrations), 895p. Wrapper. 29cm. Unopened. Does not include the separately bound map portfolio containing 17 maps. Les Armees Francaises d'Outre-Mer (series) prepared for the Exposition Coloniale Internationale de Paris. More
London: Blackie and Son, 1860. Hardcover. frontises, engraved 2nd title-pages, steel engraved plates, [6], xxiii, [1], 1367, [1]p. Ornate gilt-stamping and five raised bands on the full leather binding. 37cm. Modest cover scuffing. Scattered foxing, mostly on the tissue guards and plates. All edges gilt. Family register unused. Handsome mid-19th... More
Boston: Herbert B. Turner, 1904. 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis, 80p. Original cloth-backed boards. 20cm. Minor wear. No Jacket. Clipped publisher's advertisement for this book mounted on free endpaper.This copy of Braithwaite's first book of poetry contains, on the front pastedown, a portion of an unsigned typed note in purple ink... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1880. 1st ed. in English. Hardcover. 12 plates (including frontis 4 folding), vii, 277p. plus (2)p. publisher's advertisements at end. Original cloth. 21cm. Extremities worn. Joints spliting and partially reglued at ends of joints. Unusual 20th century bookplate of W. E. Stanley Merrett. Scattered foxing (significant on... More
![Travels of a Hindoo to Various Parts of Bengal & Upper India. [Vol. II only]. Bholanauth Chunder.](/pictures/thumb/71520.jpg?v=1507730398)
London: Trubner, 1869. 1st ed. Hardcover. This volume only (of 2). viii, 409p. plus 103p. publisher's advertisements. Original deep blue cloth. 21cm. Tear at head of backstrip. Internal library markings (Mercantile Library). Text moderately age-toned. More
Milano: Casa Editrice d'Arte Bestetti e Tumminelli, 1926. Hardcover. illustrations, photos, lvi(p.) plus 306p. plates. Green cloth, with leather title-panels inset on front and backstrip. 34cm. Backstrip faded, with minor damping at bottom. Cover has a few chips along edges. No Jacket. Tesori d'Arte Italiana (series). Italian text. Fountains and... More
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1905. 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis, photos (by Leigh Richmond Miner), (117)p. dj. 22cm. Original decorative brown cover with photo mounted on front cover. Jacket rather heavily chipped around edges and on backstrip, and the backstrip portion is held together with several unfortunate pieces of cellophane tape)... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1852. 2nd ed. Hardcover. Vol. I only (of 3). frontis, ills (some folding), folding map, xiv, 190p. Green cloth. 22cm. Scattered foxing. Two tears along folds in one folding illustration repaired with archival tape. A study of ancient Semitic inscriptions. More
Paris: Institut d'Ethnologie, 1931. Hardcover. index, xxxiii, 368p. Original cloth. 27cm. Bookplate removed. Former owner's name. No Jacket. French text. Travaux et Memoires, 16. More
Kandy: Printed by T.B.S. Godamunne & Sons LImited at the Sithumina Press, (c. 1971). 1st ed. Paperback. 71p. Softcover in original wrapper (with dj). 26cm. Poems. More
New York: Dodd, Mead, (c. 1883). Hardcover. frontis, 3 maps (2 folding), illustrations, xiv, 280p. Rebound in black buckram with most or original black and gilt front cover mounted. 24cm. Bookplate. More
Boston: Brimmer, 1924. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 366p. Original maroon cloth. 19cm. No Jacket. INSCRIBED by Jones to "Miss Elisabeth Herlihy" on front free endpaper. The only novel by this African American writer and journalist who was born in South Carolina and graduated from Brown University in 1903. More
Atlanta: Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, 1935. Paperback. [16]p. Softcover. No separate wrapper. 26cm. Very Good. Published monthly. Lead article: "Mrs. Roosevelt Preaches Racial Equality to Negroes." More
Morningside Heights: King's Crown Press, 1947. Paperback. [Inscribed by Author] Menges, Karl H. Qaraqalpaq Grammar: Part One: Phonology. Morningside Heights: King's Crown Press, 1947. folding linguistic map, xviii, 110p. Original gray wrapper, lettered in red. 22cm. INSCRIBED on endpaper by Menges to Professor Joshua Whatmough. More
n.p. 1949. Paperback. photos, 36p. Wrapper. Original colorful tie present. 28cm. This African American union was founded in founded in 1913 by 35 African American postal workers. More
[Abidjan]: PDCI, 1959. Paperback. pages unnumbered (we counted about 191), Softcover in original wrapper. 27cm. Backstrip area browned (most darkly around staples). Foxing on front cover. Text moderately browned but otherwise sound and clean. French text. An uncommon item. More
![Amos 'n' Andy [A Pepsodent Mailing about the Radio Program which they sponsored]. Pepsodent.](/pictures/thumb/43976.JPG?v=1485141121)
Paperback. 3 items: (1) Publicity photograph of Amos 'n' Andy, 13 x 18cm., with Amos seated on a barrel and Andy standing beside him, one hand on his shoulder. (2) Here They Are! Amos 'n' Andy; an Informational leaflet from the Pepsodent Co., the show's sponsor. photos, 4p. Folded leaflet... More
Boston: Meador, 1939. 1st ed. Hardcover. 154p. Cloth. dj. 20cm. Backstrip faded on jacket. Ms. Scott is identified as an elementary school teacher. The blurb on the jacket of this seldom seen book about a fifth grader describes it as "a delightful and unusual group of stories about a mischievous... More
New York: Valentine's Manuel, 1923. Hardcover. frontis, illustrations, 243, (1)p. Original red cloth. 26cm. Short tear repaired at head of front joint. No Jacket. SIGNED by Smith at top of title-page. More
![Grande Diccionario Portuguez ou Thesouro da Lingua Portugueza. [5 vols.]. Domingos Vieira.](/pictures/thumb/79808.jpg?v=1475376191)
Porto: Em Casa dos Editores Ernesto Chardron e Bartholomeu H. de Moraes; Rio de Janeiro: A. A. da Cruz Coutinho; Para: Antonio Rodrigues Quelhas, 1871-1874. Hardcover. ccxlviii, 836, lxxx, 1159, 1360, 1037, 1038p. Contemporary leather. 31cm. Covers intact but rubbed and lacking numerous small pieces and strips of leather. Covers... More
