Hampton, Va. Hampton Institute, 1920. Hardcover. Bound volume in library buckram. 24cm. Neat internal library stampings. Original wrappers not preserved. Several old cellophane tape repairs in margins. Published monthly. More
Richmond: Everett Waddey, 1889. 1st ed. Paperback. ix, 147p. Original rather fragile wrapper. 20cm. Ends of backstrip (and adjacent areas) chipped. A few archival tape repairs. Blair argued that the South would never become truly prosperous as long as African Americans were degraded and made lazy and uncooperative by segregation... More
Paris: Chez Rosa, 1812. Hardcover. 2 volumes. ills, xii, 355, 354p. Contemporary leather (moderately worn). All edges gilt. 17cm. Lacks title and volume labels on backstrips. Light foxing and browning. One signature detached. French text. This work was first published circa 1780. More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1905. Hardcover. This Volume ONLY. frontis, illustrations, xviii, 232p. 20cm. No Jacket. Books on Egypt and Chaldaea, Vol. 22. More
Cosmopoli: Printed by the Translators ... for Private Subscribers Only, 1890. Hardcover. index, xxviii, 187p. Original white paper-backed boards. 28cm. Moderate cover soil. Paper overlay on backstrip partially gone; three of four raised bands still present. Pictorial bookplate (Jacobus Bromley). Contents generally sound and clean. Copy #219 of an edition... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1877. First American Edition. Hardcover. frontis, illustrations (some double-page), folding map (in cover pocket), index, xvi, [1], [16]-508p. plus 8p. publisher's advertisements. Reddish-brown cloth. Gilt illustration and outline map of Africa on front cover. 23cm. Former owner's name from 1896 and a more recent bookplate... More
Paris: Picard, 1925-1926. 2nd ed. Hardcover. 2 vols. photos, index, xv, 480, [481]-946p. Contemporary blue French quarterbinding. 23cm. Minor wear. No Jackets. French text. More
London: John Murray, 1911. Hardcover. photos, maps (including frontis), index, x, 170p. Red cloth. 22cm. Some cover soil and darkening. Corner frayed. Contents sound. No Jacket. More
[Mexico]: Lettras de Mexico, 1947. Paperback. 503p. Original wrapper. 24cm. Browning. INSCRIBED by Florit. Spanish text. Laid in is an Autograph Note, signed by Florit, on Barnard College stationery. More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1964. Charles Mozley. Hardcover. illustrations (by Charles Mozley), x, 285p. Cloth. Slipcase. 28cm. Copy #601 of an edition limited to 1500 numbered copies signed by Mozley. Introduction by Evelyn Waugh. More
Roma: Nella Sede Dell'Istituto, 1969. Paperback. photos, index, 348p. Softcover. 25cm. unopened. Near Fine. INSCRIBED by Guillou to Professor Robert Lee Wolff. French text. Istituto Storico Italiano per il Medio Evo. Studi Storici, Fasc. 75-76. More
Tokyo: Privately Printed, 1934. 1st ed. Hardcover. 165p. Original red cloth. 19cm. Backstrip slightly faded with ends rubbed. No Jacket. INSCRIBED by Kirkwood (as "Ken") upside down on rear endpaper. Kirkwood spent more than a decade in Japan as a Canadian diplomat and was involved in developing Japanese interest in... More
Moskva: 1952. Hardcover. 409p. Blue cloth. 22cm. Covers scuffed. No Jacket. Ucenye Zapiski Instituta Vostokovedenija, tom 4. Russian text. Includes more than 100 pages on the Mongolian language and dialects; also includes articles on other Central Asian languages as well as Chinese and Japanese. More
London: Laurie & Whittle, Published 12th May, 1794. Plate mark approximately 25 x 22cm. on a sheet that measures approximately 30 x 25cm. The print is a bit ragged in the surrounding blank margins and has one marginal tear at top that extends slightly into the sky portion of the... More
Boston: Moses M. Taylor, 1851. Hardcover. viii, [1], [10]-400p. Original blind-stamped black cloth. 18cm. Ends of backstrip and corners heavily chipped and worn. Foxing (heavy on some pages). Former owner's name and bookplate, as well an institutional bookplate. Ex lib. (Church Divinity School of the Pacific and Ambassador College in... More
London: John Snow, 1842. Fifth Thousand. Hardcover. colored frontis, ills, folding map, index, xvi, 642p. Recent quarterbinding. 22cm. Illustrations foxed & browned. An important account. More
Batavia: Tiong Hoa Hwe Koan, 1940. 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis, photos, 380p. Original blue cloth. 31cm. Corners frayed. Some cover spotting and wear. Former owner's name stamp. Contents sound. Indonesian text. Tiong Hoa Hwe Koan (T.H.H.K.), a cultural nationalist organization among the Chinese population in the Dutch East Indies, was... More
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1937. Hardcover. vii, 286p. dj. 22cm. Jacket price-clipped. Browning on endpapers. Information about the martyrs and other saints honored by the Coptic Church. More
[Des Moines]: n.d. [ca. 1956]. Paperback. Broadsheet. 22 x 34cm. Some staining along later horizontal fold. Patten, an African American, came to Des Moines, Iowa in 1909 and for the next several decades was a printer, businessman and promoter in the African American community in Iowa's capitol city. The State... More
n.p. 1907. Hardcover. 77 photos. All but one measures approx. 9 x 9cm and are mounted six-to-a-page on both side of seven album leaves. The non-conforming photo is professional, measures about 30 x 21cm. and has been inserted in corner mounts inside the back cover. The rest are amateur photos... More
London: Heinemann [etc.), 1978. 2nd printing (with corrections). Hardcover. index, 437p. Original cloth. dj. 22cm. We don't know what "corrections" were made to this 1978 printing but assume they were mostly minor. More
Ulm: Auf Kosten der Verfassers, 1852. 1st ed. Hardcover. xxv, 262p. Old Boards. 22cm. Cover scuffed. Former owner's name. Light foxing. German text. Historical analysis of the conflicts between the Commeni emperors of 12th century Byzantiums and the Normans. More
Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1884. 1st ed. Paperback. 292p. Softcover in original wrapper. 23cm. Backstrip heavily chipped and completely reinforced with old cellophane tape. Contents sound. INSCRIBED on title-page by Tessier. French text. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1906. Hardcover. frontis (portrait), illustrations (1 color), xxvi, 211p. dj (a few spots and some minor chipping). 23cm. Browning on 4 blank pages probably due to now-absent newspaper clippings. Top edge gilt. Trial proofs of frontis and one other illustration laid in (x'd on front... More
