Japanese Fairy Tale Series, No. 9- The Serpent With Eight Heads.
Tokyo. T. Hasegawa. n.d. Illustrated throughout with colour prints on cloth. 12mo. Bound in pictorial cloth wrappers with binding ties. A Fine copy.
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Berlin and Its Environs: A Handbook for Travellers.
Leipsic. Karl Baedeker. 1905. The 2nd Edition. Illustrated with 6 maps and 18 plans (some folding). 12mo. Bound in gilt titled red flexible boards. The mildest of rubbing to hinges.....
La Russie- Manuel du Voyageur.
Leipzig. 1902. 3rd and last of series. Illustrated with 19 coloured maps and 32 plans. 12mo (6.25" x 4.25"). Bound in gilt titled red cloth. Marbled edges. Front map presents.....
Paris Modern: The Swedish Ballet 1920-1925.
San Francisco. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. 1995. First Edition. Illustrated throughout with colour and monochrome photographs, drawings, paintings, etc. 4to. Bound in pictorial wrappers. A Very Fine copy.....
Beauties of the Opera and Ballet. Illustrated with Ten Highly-Finished Portraits, Engraved on Steel and Numerous Engravings on Wood, Under The Superintendence of Mr. Charles Heath.
London. David Bogue. (1844). The First Edition. Illustrated with ten full page illuminated steel plate engravings and further throughout by various wood engravings en texte. Elaborate multi-chromatic decorative borders to.....
Beeton's Every-Day Cookery and Housekeeping Book. A Practical and Useful Guide for all Mistresses and Servants...
London. Ward, Lock and Co., 1891. Entirely New Edition Revised and Greatly Enlarged. Illustrated with various colour and monochrome plates (some full page). Thick 8vo. Bound in gilt titled pictorial.....
The How and Why of Candy Making.
Chicago. Emmet Boyles. 1925. First Edition. Illustrated with various monochrome drawings en texte. 8vo. Bound in pictorial gilt titled cloth covered boards. Mild chipping to covers and edges. Head and.....
The World Bibliography of Bibliographies and of Bibliographical Catalogues, Calendars, Abstracts, Digests, Indexes, and the Like.
Geneva. The Societas Bibliographica. 1955. The Third and Final Edition. 4 volumes complete as issued. Thick 4to (7.5" x 11"). Bound in gilt titled red cloth. A Very Fine, crisp.....
The First Century of English Porcelain.
London. Hurst and Blackett, Ltd., 1906. Illustrated with colour and monochrome plates. Folio. Bound in gilt tooled pictorial decorated cloth. Some light staining and discoloration to spine. Corners bumped. Edges.....
Coins, Medals and Seals of the Shahs Of Iran (1500-1941).
n.p. Stephen Austin and Sons, Ltd., 1945. The first edition. Illustrated with plates, folding tables and further tables in charts throughout. Small 4to. Bound in imprinted wrappers. The true very.....
C Comics - Issue Number 1.
New York. Boke Press, 1964. First Issue. Illustrated throoughout with cartoons by famed underground artist Joe Brainard. Folio. 8.5" x 14". Mimeographed sheets bound in imprinted stapled wrappers. The C......
A Los Toros Album.
Barcelona. Hermanegildo Miralles. 1900. The Second Edition. Illustrated by 28 Aquarelles by Perea. Complete as issued. Oblong Folio. 14.5"x10.5". Extravagantly bound in scarlet piectorial gilt decorated boards, depicting a larged.....
Geology of Southern California.
San Francisco. State of California. 1954. Exhaustive study consisting of 15 wrappered reports, many with large fold-out maps, and 34 individual large fold-out Map Sheets. Slipcased and boxed. Dampstaining to.....
Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America. Intended to Contain Descriptions and Figures of all North American Birds Not Given by Former American Authors, and a General Synopsis of North American Ornithology.
Philadelphia. J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1853-1856. First Edition in book form with Title Page displaying Publication date of 1856,(first published in Ten Original Parts 1853-1856), Illustrated by 50 Lithographic.....
The Collectors Whatnot : A Compendium , Manual, and Syllabus of Information and advice on All Subjects Appertaining to the Collection of Antiques, both Ancient and not so Ancient
Boston. Houghton Mifflin. 1923. 1st Edition. Illustrated with drawings and photographs. 8vo. Paper covered boards with pictorial coverplate. Now an extremely scarce title, this tongue-in-cheek-indictment of the Antique game is.....
The Students Companion: Containing a Variety of Poetry and Prose, Selected From the Most Celebrated Authors. To Which are Added Miscellaneous Matters, Particularly Designed to Improve Youth in Reading and Parsing the English Language.
Concord. Isaac Hill. 1825. Second Edition. 12mo. Bound in half calf and pictorial paper covered boards. A scarce copy of an early American reader. Spine moderately chipped and worn. Several.....
Elements of Psychology: Included in a Critical Examination of Locke's Essay on the Human Understanding.
Hartford. Cooke and Co., 1834. The First Edition in English. Thick 8vo. Bound in full trade leather over boards. Gilt title label. Translated from the French with an introduction, notes.....
Two Years Before the Mast- A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea.
New York. Random House. 1936. This edition limited to 1000 copies. Illustrated with 14 monochrome drawings. Thick 8vo. Bound in gilt titled 3/4 cloth and paper coverd boards. A Near.....
The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex.
New York. D. Appleton and Co., 1872. Second American edition, Third issue. One leaf ads vol. 1: Six leaves ads vol. 2. Postscript to volume 2. Illustrated throughout. 2 volumes.....
The Art of the Cigar Label.
Secaucus. The Wellfleet Press. 1989. First Edition. Illustrated throughout with colour an monochrome plates. Square 4to. Bound in gilt titled cloth over boards. A Very Fine copy in a Near.....
The Nightless City : or, The " History of the Yoshiwara Yukwaku..
Yokahama: 1899. 1st Edition. Illustrated with colour ( some fold- out ) and monochrome plates. 12mo. Gilt titled brown cloth. The delicious depiction of 19th century Japanese prostitution, noted for.....
The Fasciculus Medicinae of Johannes De Ketham Alemanus.
Milan. R. Lier and Co., 1924. Facsimile of the first (Venetian) edition of 1491. Illustrated with 13 plates in facsimile tipped-on to heavy cardboard stock. Tall Folio. (19" x 15").....
Dick's Games Of Patience; or, Solitaire With Cards.
New York. Dick & Fitzgerald. 1884. New Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Illustrated with fifty explanatory tableaux. 12mo. Gilt pictorial decorated and titled cloth with gilt titled spine. Corners light bumped.....
The Roosevelt I Know: Ten Years of Boxing With the President- and Other Memories of Famous Fighting Men.
New York. B.W. Dodge and Co., 1909. The Authorized Special Limited Edition. This is copy number 149 signed in ink by Mike Donovan to the limitation page. Illustrated throughout with.....
London Street Games.
London. St. Catherine Press. 1916. 1st Edition. 12mo. Gilt titled brown cloth. t.e.g. Infinitely small ink spot to interior edge of 1 page, else Very Fine. An extraordinary copy.