London: Printed for John Osborn and Tho/ Longman, at the Ship in Pater-Noster-Row, 1731. Small Octavo. Third edition. iv, iv-[viii], 236 pages, vi (index). page 181misnumbered 180. An interesting 18th Century look at the care and the various kinds of nourishment were given horses. Gibson notes that the barley in..... More

New York: Dodd, Meat & Company, 1911. First Edition. Octavo. Frontispiece, vi, (4) pp.534 pages. Profusely illustrated. Having illustrated over 50 books and with her posters being in the Smithsonian Art Museum, she also wrote books of travel aimed at the most affluent women of the early 20th century. This..... More

Saskatoon, Canada: Big Buck Ent. Corp. 1992. Octavo. 267 pages photographically illustrated by the author in color and in black and white. Saskatchewan is legendary for its incredible trophy whitetails. The author's first books were on the Trophy Deer of Saskatchewan as well as the Greatest book game. This important..... More

London; 1793 and 1794: Printed By A. Strahan and W/ Woofall for Wheldon and Butterworth. Octavo. In two volumes. Vol. 1: x, (1) pp. notice of the publication of the second volume, 449, [14] pp. index. Vol. 2: xxiii, 495, [63] pp, index to cases and a general index, with..... More

Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1978. Limited Edition. Octavo. 484 pages, signed by the author. Sartre, in his plays, describes the stage as "a different imaginary realm". This edition also has a special introduction by the author where he shows how both No Exit and The Flies had meanings that met..... More

Oxford; (2022): Published for the British Academy By Oxford University Press. First Edition. Octavo. 288 pages, index. The most important book on the Italian Renaissance since Wallace K. Ferguson's The Renaissance in Historical Thought (1948). While most scholars in the past 50 years have either dismissed the Burkhardian concept of..... More

London; (1995): Victor Gollancz. First UK Edition. Octavo. 413 pages. The book was released in the US under the title Evolution's Shore. The book is about a meteorite that crashes in Tanzania and begins to create an alien spread zone outwards from the crash site, where people, wildlife and objects..... More

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1878. Octavo. 2nd edition. Frontispiece, 571pp, (1)pp. explanation of the following folding star maps at the rear and illustrated with 112 other engravings. The author states that this book is not and instructional nor a book for the professional astronomer. It is simply a book..... More

London: John Murray, 1849. First Edition I. Thick Small Quarto. 1400pp., 16pp. publisher's catalog. The author was but 22 yearsold in 1845 when he began massive biography, a record of the service of every living Royal Navy officer of the executive branch. Sadly, he did not achieve much financial success..... More

New York; (1960): A.S Barnes. Octavo. 200 pages. While known as one of the major big-game professional elephant hunters, the book reminds the reader was to many Africans the wild elephant herds destroyed their millet crops threatening them with starvation. The account of Tanganyika which was being decimated by 11..... More

London: Kegan, Paul, 1911. Octavo. . 409 pages. Tuckett was notable for his research published in the Journal of Physiology, but he is best known today for his exposing the false claims of spiritualists. This work was his most important and for which he is best known. Like Houdini, he..... More

San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1960. Limited Edition. Folio. Limited to 185 copies, 112pp. printed on hand made paper, the illustrations were designed and printed from linoleum blocks in color by Mary Grabhorn, prospectus laid in, Bound in white paper covered boards, blue paper spine label lettered in gilt. A...... More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1981. Octavo. 463pp. Carpenter had selected the best of Tolkien's rich collection of very personal writing, from World War I love letter to his fiancée written from an army camp and a loving note to his daughter Pricilla a few days before his death. Each letter..... More