London: Victor Gallancz Lt. 1992. Limited Edition. Quarto. A special limited edition of only 200 copies, The present copy is number 194 signed by Brian Anderson and Michael Foreman.191 pp. beautifully illustrated in color by Michael Foreman. A fine bright copy bound in dark blue cloth, color pictorial pastedown within..... More
New York; (1925): George H. Doren Company. Limited Edition. Octavo. Limited to 550 copies. The present copy is #240 signed by the author. Large paper edition. 369 pages. After the Green Hat Michael Arlen dealt with the theme of the youth culture which blossomed in post-World War I London in..... More
Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale. Decorated Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 142p. A lovely copy with decorative cloth. The author was an English Christian writer who suffered with a severe spinal condition but served as a nurse at a children's hospital, and did charitable work in the East End..... More
Chicago, Illinois, (1982): Univ of Utah Pr. First Edition. Quarto. 147pp.This is not just another book on the prehistoric American Southwest. It is the transition of and the evolution of the Anasazi Indians. He gives evidence through various scientific analysis especially through tree rings and radiocarbon dates as to why..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press for the Hakluyt Society, 1967. Octavo. 342pp. folding map at rear. The Hakluyt Society, Second Series: No. CXXXI. Minor epic of "adventure, courage and turbulent fortune" taken from the journals, letters, and financial accounts of ship's master Charles Bishop who sailed from Bristol, England in 1794..... More
New York: (1982): Timescape/Simon & Schuster. First Edition. Octavo. 397 (1) pp. Signed and inscribed by the author Michael Bishop: "For Ron, My magnum paleoanthropological opus--thematic inversion of Ancient of days, etc., etc. Good to be at the signing in your store. Mike." The signed in full below under his..... More
(Sauk City, WI. 1984): Arkham House. First Edition. Octavo. Portrait frontispiece, 273 pp. signed by the author. Foreword by Thomas M. Disch, artwork by Andrew Smith. A collection of stories of racial tension within a Southern school system, as mediated by a compassionate dragon; of the life and hard times..... More
Bayreuth, Germany: B. Seligsberg Antiquariatsbuchandlung, 1931. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. German text. 8vo., 316pp. A scholarly treatise on German names, their root and geographic origin. Text in Gothic German, Bound in light green paper wraps. Library bar-code sticker on rear endpaper... More
Tucson, AZ: Dennis McMillan Publications, 1999. First Edition. Octavo. Limited to 500 copies. The present copy is #359 signed by the author. 382(1) pp. An ex-convict Cassie Black leaves her life selling Porsches to return to her criminal past as a high-stakes casino thief in Las Vegas. She is secretly..... More
New Delhi: International Geological Congress, 1964. Orginal Wraps. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 11 pp. More
London: J.M. Dent & Co. 19. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 366 pp. DJ with tears at lower, upper edges, with some fading, discoloration. Price not cliped. More
Np./Nd (Los Angeles): Np. Octavo. 75 pages. As automobile use and streetcar ridership skyrocketed, the city introduced the Hill Street tunnels. By 1913 the tunnel had been built and was a fate accomplished but the issue in the case asks: whether the city had the right to do so. Once..... More
Amsterdam: North-Holland Publ. Co., 1970. First Printing. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 8vo., 668pp. Collected papers, each with references, figures, and charts. Bound in off-white leather-like cloth, with black letters on spine and front cover. This copy is SIGNED by the editor. More
Binghamton, NY: Hawroth Press, 2007. Octavo. 387p. index An integrated, interdisciplinary methodological approach for evaluating market opportunities for watershed services, carbon sequestration and biodiversity protection. "A must for those who are planning to get involved in any asepct of the system of Payment for Environmental Services PES) at the governmental..... More
Tempe, AZ: Bilingual Press, 1991. First Edition. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Spanish and English text. 164pp. Originally written in middle 1600's. Bilingual text, with facsimile of original manuscript. Bound in white paper wraps, with green floral border and black title. More
(New York, 2002): Springer. Thick Octavo. 647 pages, illustrated with 86 figures, index and bibliography. This book provides a systematic in-depth analysis of nonparametric regression with random design. It covers almost all known estimates. The emphasis is on distribution-free properties of the estimates. The relevant mathematical theory is systematically developed..... More
Westport, CN: Greenwood Press, 1993. First Edition. Octavo. 130pp. Alphabetic listing of all groups including, for example, The Guardian Angels, noted for their distinctive white t-shirts and red berets. Includes index. In grey cloth, with white lettered green labels. More
[Sherman Oaks, California, 1990]: Ninja Press (Carolee Campbell). Limited Edition. Limited to 137 copies. The present copy is #97 and signed by the author. 9 leaves measuring 9 ½" x 4 ¼". Ninja Press evolved from an idea and had become an important and respected artist-run private press whose work..... More
Berkeley, California: Archaeological Research Facility- Univ of California, 1972. Clip Bound Paper. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Small print run. 58 p. 59 chapters, end notes and bibliography. More
Worcester, MA: American Antiquarian Society, 1977. First Thus. Orginal Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 36 pp. Inscribed by author 'For Jeffrey Nelson with the best wishes of Micahel Kammen.' Water warping. Reprinted from the Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society Volume 86 Part 2, October 1976. 16..... More
New York: Random House, 1959. First Printing. Cloth. Octavo (7¾" - 9¾" tall). 76pp. The powerful tale of murder and rape, as witnessed by multiple, conflicting viewpoints. Apparently published before the Kurosawa movies from the same story. Bound in white and grey cloth boards, with cream colored dust jacket (darkened..... More
(California, 1999): Ram publications/Huntington Library. Quarto. 2nd Edition revised and expanded, limited to 10,000 copies. 79pp., The first edition accompanied the exhibition in 1997. Exhibits the beautiful black and white photography of Michael Kenna with text by Eric T. Haskell; Bound in olive green cloth lettered in black, spine lettering..... More
New York; (1976): John Wiley and Sons. First Edition. Octavo. Although the term is not used, the argument is that extending the public's access to vast databases is in the public interest though not in that of AT & T. Bound in black cloth, spine lettering red, A very good..... More
London; (1980): Northgate Publishing Co. First Edition. Quarto. 409 pp. with a foreword by Isabel A. Pelly, illustrated with photographic images and line drawings of various tractors and steam engine ploughs. John Flowler was from a family of strict Quakers. He has a vision and was inspired to devote his..... More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1992. Octavo. 257pp. Speeches by Paine, Maible, Marat, Robispierre, and others, at the trial of Louis XVI. Bound in black cloth over red paper covered boards. Remainder mark. More