Waltham Saint Lawrence in Berkshire: Golden Cockerel Press, 1928. Limited Edition. Small Octavo. 55 pages. Limited to 500 copies, of which this is #282. (250 each for England and America) The reissuance of this early 19th century book advising women of the South on proper manners demonstrates the persistence of..... More
Amsterdam: North-Holland Publ. Co., 1966. Octavo (7¾" - 9¾" tall). Very Good, English and French text. 8vo., 643pp. A collection of over 60 papers in the field of metallurgy sciences. List of meeting participants. Author index. Subject index. Bound in red cloth boards, with gilt title on spine. Review card..... More
Edinbugrh: Edinburgh University Press, 1935. Octavo. 120 pages. Illustrated with photographic images. The great gypsy collection of R.A. Scott Macfie is at Liverpool University. In 1907 John Sampson and fellow gypsiologist David MacRitchie persuaded Macfie to revive the Gypsy Lore Society which had been defunct for the previous 14 years..... More
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1979. First Edition. Octavo. 182pp. Published after author's death. Wiht foreword by Wayne Gard. Text. Index. Black and gold lettered red cloth. Printed dust jacket. More
Salt Lake City, UT: Utah State Historical Society, 1996. First Edition. Octavo (7¾" - 9¾" tall). 418pp. Text. Photographs. Bibliography. Index. Bound in black cloth, with yellow, illustrated dust jacket. Two pages are chewed by unknown cut on edge. VG/VG, cloth. More
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1892. Cloth. Octavo. 320, (8)pp. Ten humorous stories, several appearing previously in popular periodicals. Bound in blue and tan cloth boars ( spine rubbed, and lightly soiled boards. Heat blisters on both panels. More
![Item #012868 The Travelling Companions; a Story in Scenes [Reprinted from Punch]. F. Anstey](https://alcuinbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/012868.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1474154104)
London: Longmans Green & Co., 1892. Ocatvo. 152p. illustrated with 26 illustrations. Bound in pictorial paper covered boards backed in maroon cloth, spine lettering gilt. A good copy with upper board illustration fading and soiled, corners bumped and some chipping to spine ends, and short mend to inner front hinge..... More
London and Boston: Longman's, Green and Co., 1890. J. Bernard Partridge. First Edition. Cloth. Octavo. 136pp. 20 illustrations by Partridge. The text is made up by many scenes where droll conversations are accompanied with true motives. Bound in green cloth spine, and brown marbled paper covered boards. Clean interior, with..... More
Woodside, New York: Jeane P. Semon and William F. Semon, 1997. Quarto. 108 pages. Although the copyright was granted in 1997, the Semons were only able to get it published in May 1998 (they have signed this notation on the copyright page). Issued only in paper it has become scarce..... More
University Park, PA; (1984): The Pennsylvannia State University Press. First Edition. Quarto. 210 pages and (85) pp. of numbered illustrations, chapter notes and Index. Scholarly treatise of increasingly important artist of the 19th century. Batye's work combines scientific precision (especially zoological), technical skill (particularly with bronze), knowledge of classical allegory..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1899. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 365 pp. Moderate soiling covers, binding lightly cocked. More
Kent, OH, (1998): The Kent State University Press. First Edition. Thick Quarto. , xxx, 730 pages, title index, bibliography along with story descriptions. One of the most thorough bibliographies of early science fiction. It is fully comprehensive within its scope-that is, it sets out to describe every story in every..... More
Waldport: Mr. And Mrs. Paul Van De Velde, 1949. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Two pamphlets. Yellow covers with black lettering. 1950 pamphlet stated second series. Newport Oregon in its early development. More
Northridge, Ca: Lord John Press, 1980. Limited Edition. Octavo. Limited to 300 copies signed by Ray Bradbury and William Nolan. xx, 29 pages. William F. Nolan's introduction discusses Bradbury's early fascination with carnivals and circuses as they would stop in Waukegan on their way to Chicago. He identified with the..... More
Tucson: Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society, 1923. First Edition. Small Octavo. 146 pages. While known for his more technical works, this important volume is insightful on both the culture and the techniques of the Pima. A very nice copy bound in tan cloth lettered and decorated in black, some rubbing..... More
Pennsylvania: Franklin Library, 1984. First Edition. Octavo. 254(1) pp. Signed by the author. One of Buckley's best spy novels set in 1961 in Berlin. Since Buckley had worked for the USA, he brings authentic background to one of his best. A fine copy bound in black leather lettered and decorated..... More
Cambridge, Nd[ca.1933]: [Cambridge University Press]. Quarto. 30 pages. Front cover: Specimens of Oriental Founts Cambridge. Scholars and learned societies needed precision with the founts (also spelled fonts) in the early 20th Century. Cambridge had begun with Greek characters in 1521 and by 1738 produced Arabic characters. While F.C. Burkitt was..... More
![Item #016500 [Broadsheet] Advertisement Cure for Consumption. T. F Burt](https://alcuinbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/016500.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1438975852)
New York: Author, 1875. Very Good Broadsheet, measuring 9 1/2" x 6" from Office of Dr. T.F. Burt, No. 69, William Street, New York. Dated in his hand January 4, 1875. He follows up on a consumptive patient, D.H. Cooper, of New Frankfort, Maine asking him if he is still..... More
London: H.S. Nichols, 1897. Large Octavo. The translation by Sir. R.F. Burton, with seventy-one original illustrations which are from the original oils painted by Albert Letchford. Housed in the original casket with the Arabic title gilt-stamped [Alf Laylah wa Laylah, English transliteration which translates: Thousand Nights and a Night], measuring..... More
London: George Bell & Sons, 1907. Octavo. Third edition of 1879 with restored notes which had been edited out of previous editions and here was printed by George Bell in the Bohn's Libraries editions. Edited by wife Isabel Burton with an Introduction By Stanley Lane Poole. Vol. I. xxx [1]..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co., 1865. Small Octavo. Frontispiece, and half-title, 221 pages, appendix with list of names. "The best source on the human interest side of Libby during its heaviest period of use." An unusually bright copy of an important book on prison life in the Civil War. Bound in..... More
London: Williams and Norgate, 1864. Paper Wraps. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 72p. disbound. First Edition. Sabin 11710. The coastal and naval battles between Spain and its former colonies of Peru and Chile took place between 1864 and 1866. Spain's Isabella II wanted to reassert its influence over..... More
San Francisco: State of California, Dept. Of Natural Resources, Division of Mines, 1956. Quarto. Bulletin 174, December 1956. Profusely illustrated with goelogical maps including four fold-out maps in pocket inside back cover; claim maps; b/w photos (some aerial) of deposits, quarries, mining operations and products; tables amd graphs. Bibilography. Index..... More
Boulder, London; (2008): Lynne Rienner. First Edition. Octavo. First printing. 308 pp. The author saw first hand the conflicts of Africa and its people. While standing outside the US Cultural Center in Brazzaville, gun fire from automatic weapons erupted. A full scale civil war had just broke out......Bound in black..... More
(New York, 2009): Cambridge Univ Press. First Edition. Octavo. 236p. index. In every demoncratic policy there exist individuals and groups who hold some but not all of the essential elements of citizenship. This book introduces the concept of semi-citizenship as a means of dramatically advancing debates about individuals who hold..... More