Quarter Morocco. Hand-colored folding maps of North & South America, 5 beautifully colored plates of Egypt, Egyptians and Ethiopians; 9 hand colored plates of indigenous Americans & Niagra Falls. ; Vol. 4; Hand-colored lithographs. 914; [8] pages; Additional images and further information provided upon request. All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. View More...
Quarter brown morocco over marbled boards; 4 raised bands with gilt particulars to spine. 16 hand colored hors texte plates throughout with tissue guards present, as well as folding maps. General wear to exterior (see image); light foxing throughout. 892 pp. 6 x 8 1/2 inches. View More...
Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood and Sons. Very Good. 1905. Maroon cloth with pictorial printed in black to front cover. Gilt particulars to spine. Maroon painted endpapers. With frontispiece and tissue guard. Occasional foxing, mostly marginal. A nice, clean copy without previous owners' names or other markings. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; x, 417, 2 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. . View More...
Number 222 of an unspecified limited first edition. Full blue cloth; gilt particulars to spine. Pictorial endpapers. Multicolor paper stock and text. Jacket design by Kathy Hittel. Dust jacket slightly foxed and tear to tail of spine (see images). Unpaginated. 5.75 x 8.25 in Dust jacket present. First Edition. View More...
La Haye: J. Neaulme, Nicolas van Daalen. Very Good. 1779. Quarter polished calf over marbled paper. General edgewear to covers. Raised bands and decorative gilt motif to spine; red calf label with gilt short title to spine. Hinges beginning near head of spine. Bookplates of noted proverb collector Colonel de Guinzbourg and the library of the Prince Regnant of Lichtenstein to front pastedown. Some edges deckled. Foxing throughout. Otherwise, a nice, clean, surprisingly crisp copy of this hard to find book. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; viii, vi, 7-600 pages; All shipments through USPS insured... View More...
Two volume set of burnt orange cloth with gilt particulars to front covers and spines. Chromolithographed frontispieces. A total of 16 pages of ads to rear of Vol. II. Crack to rear board of Vol. II (see image). Crayon markings to front pastedowns. No previous owners' names or other markings. 6.5 x 9 in each View More...
Lettering faded to spine otherwise an exceptional copy without names, book plates or other detractions in the original jacket.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 242 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View More...
Maroon cloth with decorative foliage printed in black and title in gilt to front cover. Black decoration and gilt particulars to sunned spine. Bookplate of Philip Henry Nind to front pastedown. Black painted endpapers. Some foxing throughout, particularly to first and last several pages. Folding map of "Reduction of the Map of British Guiana" with 1.5" closed tear to left margin. List of Kegan Paul, Trench, & Co.'s publication to rear of book. A clean and serviceable copy without further markings. ; 8vo ; xiii, 445, 38 pages First Edition. View More...
Publisher:
Wien, Osterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften : 1982
Seller ID: 5463
Dark green cloth boards with gilt decoration to front board and gilt particulars to spine; dust jacket protected in mylar. German text. Black and white illustrations and photographs throughout, as well as fold-out illustrations and maps. Without previous owners' names or other markings. 330 pp. 6 1/4 x 9 3/4 inches. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View More...
Dark brown cloth covered boards with gilt particulars to spine. Dust jacket with text. Part of the Synthese Library, "a series of monographs on the recent development of symbolic logic significs, sociology of language, sociology of science and of knowledge statistics of language and related fields." Organized into 9 chapters: Introduction, The Problem of Time, The Depth Levels and Social Time, The Micro-Social Framework and its Time: the Manifestations of Sociability, The Particular Groupings and Their Social Time, The Social Classes and Their Scales of Social Time, Global Societies and Their ... View More...
Half brown morocco over unusually marbled boards. Hinges stressed & worn but gutters tight; wear to heel of spine. Bookplate of proverb collector Colonel de Guinzbourg to front pastedown. View More...
Publisher:
San Jose, Editorial Costa Rica : September 15, 1985
Seller ID: 6943
Pictorial blue glossy paper wraps with text. Full color photography throughout. Spanish text throughout. Previous owner's name to first free page and some underscoring occasionally throughout. Otherwise, pages are bright and clean. Creasing to plastic layer of wraps, and some gutters showing (see image). 8 1/2 x 11 inches. View More...
Prologue by D. Eduardo Dato, and edited by Mariano Nuñez Samper. Originally paperback and rebound in quarter cyan-green polished calf with green cloth boards; 4 raised bands with gilt particulars to spine. Original wraps bound in. Spanish text. Editorial notes by Samper throughout. Previous owner's stamp in purple ink to back of title page. Slight sunning to spine (see image). xvi, 399 pp. [1]. 4 3/4 x 7 inches. First Edition. View More...
Two-volume set of the Memorial Edition edited by Isabel Burton. Black cloth with gilt decor front and rear. Red-tinted top edge. Color and b/w plates. Modest wear to head of spine (see image). Otherwise nice clean copies with firm hinges and gutters; no previous owner's names or other markings. Volume I: Frontis black & white Lady Burton with tissue 1. Colored map 235 Chromo285 Sepia 308 Folding377 Sepia 391 Sepia392 Folding 396 Tinted 418 Chromo Volume IIFrontis Chromo of Burton with tissue 81 Black & white headdresses116 Chromo 124 Sepia139 Chromo187 Sepia 204 Sepia268 Sepia295 Folding View More...
Pictorial glossy paper wraps. Inscribed by author with date, August 1, 2007, to title page: "Dear Dr. Kollander, Ignorance is the best way to stay a slave. May this book be a revelation to your life. Rickter." Contains 14 chapters, some of which include but are not limited to: The Meaning of Slavery; The long life Effects of Slavery on the Black Family; The Slavery Spirit in the Black Community; Demography as a Factor of Underdevelopment in the Black Community; Knowing how to Build a Sustainable Society; Slavery and Christianity; and, Where is the Hope? One black and white illustration and som... View More...
Light green faux leather boards with dark green text to spine; pictorial dust jacket protected in mylar. Black and white illustrations and figures throughout. Organized into three major sections: Stratigraphic Framework, Faunal Studies, and Taxonomic Studies. Light foxing to top edge of pages; interior pages bright and clean. Occasional underscoring in both red and black ink. Front hinge cracked (see image). x, 270 pp. 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View More...
Moisture marks to front cover. Particulars in gilt to spine, which is severely lacking the fabric. Bookplate removed from front pastedown. Odd pagination with corrections in pen to pages 161-163. Text block separated at page 258/259. ; xiii, 418 pages. View More...
Bound in original blue cloth; particulars in gilt to spine. Slight wear to head of spine and corners. Oxygen burns to fly sheets. Contains 54 plates and 5 maps, 3 of which fold out. A nice, clean copy without previous owners' names or other markings; 8 - 9 tall; xvii; 317 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. View More...