The Works of Maurice Maeterlinck.
Paris. Bibliotheque-Charpentier. 1912-1913. 18 volumes. 12mo (4.75" x 7.5"). Exquisitely bound in the Art Nouveau style 3/4 tree calf and marbled boards. Ornate Nouveau gilt tooled motifs to spines. Gilt.....
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Facts for Horse Owners: A Pictorial Encyclopedia of Practical Instruction, Embracing the Education, Management, and Care of Horses, etc. etc.
Battle Creek. Magner Publishing Co., 1894. First Edition. Illustrated with 1400 monochrome, duotone and chromolithographic plates and drawings depicting all manner of things equestrian. Thick 4to (6.75" x 9.5"). Bound.....
Young Joseph.
New York. Aflred A. Knopf. 1935. 1st U.S. Edition. 12mo. Gilt titled and embossed black cloth. Signed by Mann on flyleaf. A Fine copy in the rare dustwrapper. Flyleaf has.....
The Autobiography of a Clown.
n.p. Dodd Mead and Co., 1931. Second edition. Illustrated with 3 monochrome drawings and one colour frontis. 12mo. Bound in titled cloth covered boards with a colour pictorial cover plate.....
Guide of Berlin, Potsdam and Environs. A Special Summary from the Notes of the Best Tourists as Baedecker and Others.
Berlin. Max Marcus, Bookseller. n.d. (circa 1885). Illustrated with one very large coloured folding map. 68 pgs. 12mo (6" x 4.5"). Bound in gilt titled red cloth. Wonderful and scarce.....
Cuzco: A Journey to the Ancient Capital of Peru; with an Account if the History, Language, Literature, and Antiquities of the Incas. And Lima: A Visit to the Capital and Provinces of Modern Peru; with A Sketch of the Viceregal Government, History of the republic, and a Review of the Literature and Society of Peru.
London. Chapman and Hall. 1856. The First Edition. Illustrated with 8 full paged Chromolithographs and a folding map. complete as issued. 8vo. 5.25" x 8" Bound in decorative blind embossed.....
Scientific Murder Investigation.
Seattle. Institute of Scientific Criminology. 1933. The First Printing. Illustrated with a Frontis depicting a protocol diagram of a murder investigation. 96pps. 32mo. 4.5"x6". Bound in titled, stiff board wrappers.....
Richard Nixon: A Political and Personal Portrait.
New York. Harper and Brothers. 1959. First Edition. 8vo. Bound in red and black gilt titled cloth over boards. Paper clip offset to prelims. Laid-in card inscribed by Nixon. A......
The History of South Carolina Under the Proprietary Government 1670-1719. And; The History of South Carolina Under the Royal Government 1719-1776.
New York. The Macmillan Co., 1901. First Edition. Illustrated with maps (some foldout). 2 volumes. 8vo. Bound in gilt titled cloth over boards. t.e.g. The mildest of scuffing to covers.....
Indian Tribes of North America.
Edinburgh. John Grant. 1934. Wonderfully illustrated with 123 full page colour plates and maps. The 2nd volume of a 3 volume set. Thick 8vo. Bound in gilt titled blue cloth.....
Death of a Salesman. Certain Private Conversations in Two Acts and a Requiem.
New York. The Viking Press. 1949 (March). First Printing of the First Edition with all appropriate points of issue including broken type to page 11 and tinted top edge. Later.....
My Bookhouse.
Chicago. The Bookhouse for Children. 1925. First Edition. Illustrated throughout with colour plates and further colour and monochrome vignettes en texte. 6 volumes complete. 8vo. Bound in embossed gilt titled.....
From Morn Till Eve, A Text Book for a Month with Tetxs for Morning and Evening.
London and New York. Ernest Nister and E.P. Dutton and Co., n.d. (Circa 1894). First Edition. Illustrated throughout with chromolithographic floral vignettes en texte. Printed at Nuremberg by E. Nister.....
The Dramatic Works of Moliere.
Edinburgh. William Paterson. 1875. Illustrated throughout with superlative full page tissue-guarded plate engravings. 6 vols. 4to. Handsomely bound in 3/4 gilt ruled grain morocco. Gilt ruled spine compartments with elaborate.....
Oeuvres Completes de Moliere.
Paris. Baudouin Freres. 1827. Illustrated with an engraved frontis. 6 volumes complete. 8vo. (8.5" x 5"). Handsomely bound in half calfskin and marbled boards. Gilt ruled spine compartments with elaborate.....
The Palm Tree.
London. T. Nelson and Sons. 1864. Wonderfully illustrated throughout with full page chromolithographic plates by the author. 12mo. Bound in gilt ruled black calfskin. Gilt ruled spine compartments with elaborate.....
History of Contra Costa County California with Biographical Sketches.
Los Angeles. Historic Record Co., 1926. First Edition. Illustrated throughout with monochrome photographs. Thick 4to. (8" x 11"). Bound in 3/4 black grain morocco and cloth covered boards. Gilt titles.....
Scenes of Wonder and Curiosity in California.
San Francisco. J.M. Hutchings and Co., 1862. Illustrated throughout with 105 engravings after drawings by Charles Nahl. 8vo. Bound in blind embossed gilt titled buckram. Staining and sunning to covers.....
The Curtiss Standard JN-4B Military Tractor Hand Book.
Buffalo. Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corporation. 1917. The First Edition. Illustrated with diagrams, 3 of which are fold-outs,detailing the specs and assembly instructions for the airplane.Laid-into volume are two Request.....
The Early Architecture of Georgia: A Pictorial Survey.
Chapel Hill. University of North Carolina Press. 1957. First Edition. Profusely illustrated with photographs, plans and maps. 4to. Cloth with gilt titled spine label. Very mild offset to title page.....
Rambles in Yucatan Including a Visit to the Remarkable Ruins of Chi-Chen, Kabah, Zayi, Uxmal and C.
New York. J.& H.G. Lanangley, 1843. The First Edition. Illustrated throughout by maps and full-page plates. 8vo. 6"x9" Bound in original publisher's pictorial gilt decorated brown cloth. Chipping to head.....
Everything That Rises Must Converge.
New York. Limited Editions Club. 2005. This Edition Limited to 300 numbered copies of which this is #24. Signed by Benny Andrews to Colophon. Illustrated with six original colour etchings.....
Architecture- Complete reprint of the original plates of 1901- 1914.
New York. Rizzoli. 1988. First Edition Thus. Profusely illustrated with facsimile plates in colour and monochrome reprinted from the three original volumes (1901-1914). Folio. Bound in gilt titled blue cloth.....
Mr. Mogo Mouse.
Joliet. P.F. Volland Company. 1934. First Edition. Illustrated with lovely High-Art deco plates, decorations , vignettes, etc. by the Author. Square 12mo. Half - cloth and pictorial boards. Covers mildly.....
In Ole Virginia or Marse Chan and Other Stories.
New York. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1887. The First Edition. 12mo. Bound in pictorial decorated, gilt titled green cloth. Includes an ALS by the author to "Mr. W.M. Burnettlaid-on to the.....