Half burgundy morocco over marbled boards; title and decorative motif to spine. Wear to edges & hinges; occasional foxing throughout. The copy of Columbia & University of Pennsylvania Sanskrit professor Royal W. Weiler whose name is neatly penned to the front free fly. Taped repair to page one. Otherwise, a nice clean copy. ; Bibliotheca Indica; Asiatic Society of Bengal. Vol. 1187 ; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. View More...
Bound in stripped homespun. Eight engraved plates, of which two are double-page and seven are hand-colored. Stated as "New Edition," which is an updated and revised edition with new engraved plates by W.G. Evans and revised by Archibald M'Vickar. This work includes a plan of the Solar System, Celestial maps of the skies in January-March, October-December, April-June, July-September, South Pole, North Pole, and Planisphere of the Whole Heavens on Mercator's Projection. No previous owners' names or other markings. 14.25 x 16.25 View More...
Quarter green morocco with raised bands to spine. Bookshop plate to verso of front fly and Joseph McPherson's 1862 bold signature to half title. With three foldout plates. First edition of an expanded version of writings on Asian astronomy. "Biot's treatment was much more systematic than any which had preceded it" --Needham, Science and Civilization in China III, 183. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; iii, 398 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. First Edition. View More...
Marbled paper boards with gilt particulars and orange leather label to spine. Frontispiece engraving. Previous library stamp to first free page, title page, and back of title page from "Gesamt-Lehrerbücherei Nordhausen" and "Biblioth Gymnasii Nordhus."Latin text throughout. Wear to exterior boards with loss of marbled paper at hinges of spine (see images). 5 x 7.25 inches. Shipped through boxed USPS Priority insured mail. View More...
Handsomely bound in supple mottled calf, gilt particulars to spine with author on red label & initials 'A.C' to green. Decorated endpapers. Includes numerous plates and chromolithographs. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 408, [indice], [laminas] pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. View More...
Very Good. "The 7 Dvipas", "Mt. Meru", "The Earth" and "Jambu-Dvipa". illustrations original notes and hypotheses to recto of each board. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. . View More...
Stapled pictorial wraps. Includes ephemerides, maps and cooking recipes throughout, for the New York patent medicine firm Centaur, producers of Castoria and Centaur Liniment. Culinary & medicinal recipes, as well as short stories and vignettes. In publisher's red, black and yellow decorated wrappers, illustrated with an image of "The Diver", which is depicted on many Centaur publications. A loose advertisement for Plymouth Rock Phosphated Gelatine inserted between pages 18 and 19, which has left an acidic paper transfer (closed tear at mid-base). 31, [1] pp. 6 x 8 inches First Edition. View More...
