(Walker Books, London, 2013). First Editioin. Octavo. Signed by the author and illustrator Dave McKean. No pagination. The author, David Almond is the highly acclaimed author of children's books earning two Whitbread Children's book awards, Carnegie Medal, Le Prix Sorceries, and in 2010 he received the Hans Christian Anderson award..... More
London: By the Author, 1782. Good. Revised and Enlarged. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 496 pp. v.I, 442 pp. v. II. Library buckram. Foxing, but not heavy, both volumes, waterstain to flyleaf v. I, same v. II. "Historical and Critical Memoirs, and Original Anecdotes of BRITISH and IRISH..... More
Santa Fe: Antelope Press, 1966. Original Wraps. Very Good. No Edition Stated. 8 1/2" x 11". 40 pp. Signed by author. Light coffee cup stain lowerright corner front cover. More
Santa Fe: Audubon Randall Davey Center/Christie's, 1985. Soft Cover. Pictorial Cover. Very Good. Limited. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 71 pp. 28 full-color reproductions, the rest b&w, with inserted list of prices realized at the auction. More
Kalamazoo, MI: Medieval Institute Publications, 1985. First Edition. Octavo. 219pp. Scholarly treatises, a review copy with intelligent pencil notes in margins. Suite of illustrations. Index. Bound in pale yellow cloth boards, with black title on spine (outer boards lightly soiled, with stain). Previous owner's name... More
Flagstaff, Arizona: Museum of Northern Arizona, 1969. Stapled Wraps. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Illustrated, b/w photos, tables. 26p. More
New York: Greenwood Press, 1990. First Printing. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 323pp. A fresh look at designs, attitudes, and improvements in schools across the globe. References follwing article. List of contributors. Index. Bound in cinnamon cloth boards, with tan letters on spine and front cover. Owner's..... More
(Vivendi Publishing, France, 2000). Quarto. 2nd edition revised and corrected. Adaptation and revision Carole Ferret, photography by Igor Dmitrievitch Nikolayev. 175pp. beautifully illustrated in color depicting early paintings of magnificent horses. Each painting is numbered to correspond with a matching black and white photograph with the painting's history found in..... More
Los Angeles: California Club, 1997. First Edition. Octavo. Bound in green cloth 183pp. B&W and color photographs. More
New York: The Geological Society of America, Inc., 1967. First Edition. Cloth. Octavo (7¾" - 9¾" tall). 94pp. Annotated checklist and partial revision of Great Basin conodonts. Illustrated with charts, fold-out chart, and drawings. References. Index. Bound in maroon cloth boards, with gilt titles. Owner's name... More
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1991. First Edition. Hard Cover. Ocatvo. 207 pp. 12 pages of b&w photos. The story of the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey fire which could have bankrupted the circus, if a group of Hartford attorneys had not formed an alternate solution, placing the..... More
New York; (1943-1944): Dell Publishing. Quarto. 4 issues bound into one with 396 pages. These were the most detailed items on our aircraft that were allowed to be published during World War II. David C. Cooke was not only considered the best expert on military aviation but he was able..... More
Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1969. First Edition. Cloth. Octavo (7¾" - 9¾" tall). 1443 pp. index at end of volume II. More
London: For G.G.J. And J. Robinson, 1796. First Edition. Octavo. First edition in English. 268pp. In 1793, Pichegru was given command of 150,000 troops of the army of the North. By 1794 he launched an invasion of the Austrian Netherlands, capturing Amsterdam January, 1795. Pichegru was hailed as a savior..... More
Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona, 1978. First Edition. Spiral Binding. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 4to., 120pp. References of all aspects for impact in or near the Lower Colorado River, organized by source. In pale yellow soft covr, with black spiral binding. More
Freiburg: Herder, 1949. First Edition. Octavo. 101 pp. with three plates. Bound in original cloth in dust jacket. More
New York: Peter Lang, 1984. First Edition. Decorated Boards. Octavo (7¾" - 9¾" tall). Spanish text. 149pp. Text. References. Bound in white boards, with green bars and black title. More
A fascinating item which is original would be in the $25,000 to $35,000 range; however, this edition was actually done in the late 1890's by a Dr. Campbell (by examining the title page under a bright light his original advertisement can be seen). Of course, these copies which are becoming..... More
New York: Wiley, 1997. Cloth. Ocatvo. 342p. index A complete yet down-to-earth coverage of Design of Experiments (DOE) providing statistical concepts, data acquistion, a complete range of analytical procedure, and broad applications. More
Raleigh: Council of State, State of North Carolina, 1937. First Edition. Hard Cover. Ocatvo. 788pp., index. Portrait of Gardner on frontispiece. Several pages in middle of book have their corners bent. Boards have light age wear. Very Good. More
(London, 2006): T. & T. Clark. Octavo. Volume I, 368 pages, Volume II, 381 pages. One of the most thorough studies of these key passages in Isaiah particulary giving insight into Isaiah's chapters 56-66. He says authorship cannot be based as multiple purely because of diversity since these flow of..... More
Tempe, AZ: Arizona Historical Foundation, 1969. First Edition. Cloth. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 4to., 360pp. Illustrated with originals (magazines citation). 2,826 entries, covering hundreds of sources. Index, by subject. Bound in two-tone orange and white cloth, with orange and gold letters. An important reference to... More
New York: Van Nostrand, 1870. First Edition. Small Octavo. . 202 pages, [36]pp. publisher‘s ads, [2] leaves of plates, illustrations, frontispiece of George Pickett. p. 191-202 lists the general, field and staff officers of Pickett's division. Seven Pines, Fredericksburg, and Gettysburg. As Garry Galligher has noted Harrison was Pickett's inspector-general..... More
Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1962. First Edition. Cloth. Ocatvo. 633pp. Scholarly compilation of giant Man of Letters in the early 20th century. Warmly inscribed by bibliographer to his own book reviewer--with offprint of book review laid in. Bound in dark brown cloth boards, with yellow printed dust jacket..... More
Armonk, New York; (1986): M.E. Sharpe, Inc. First Edition. Octavo. 343pp., A book about the state of economic thought today (1986).Although the papers collected here deal with the work of men long dead, they focus on the vitality which the ideas of the past can still bring a contemporary economics..... More