BETWEEN CONTINENTS/BETWEEN SEAS: PRECOLUMBIAN ART OF COSTA RICA
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1981. Quarto; 240 pages; VG-/G+; White spine with Black text; Dustjacket has minor edgewear and shelfwear; Shelved in Latin American Art. More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1981. Quarto; 240 pages; VG-/G+; White spine with Black text; Dustjacket has minor edgewear and shelfwear; Shelved in Latin American Art. More
Beograd: Sahovski Informator, 1981. Octavo; G/G-; blue spine with ivory text; dust jacket has some rubbing wear to exterior; several chips to edges; cloth shows mild sunning to exterior; strong boards; text block exterior edges have slight foxing; illustrated; some ink inside; text in Serbian and English;. More
Stuttgart; New York: Edition Cantz; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1992. Large Octavo; G/paperback; green/black spines with white text; white paperboard slipcase has detaching head and tail edges; slight soiling to exterior; 3 volumes; vol. 1, A-K, pp 310; vol. 2, L-Z, pp [301]; vol. 3, Essays and Biographies, pp 255; covers have some rubbing wear to exterior edges; mild wear to exteriors; intact panels; text blocks have light toning to interior edges; profusely illustrated; English, French and German texts; arts - Modern; additional shipping may be necessary due to size/weight restrictions for international/expedited orders;. More
Londn: Gurney and Jackson, 1948. Octavo; pp 294; G-/paperback; black spine with white text; covers shows some age toning to spine and toward exterior edges; minor chips to corners; previous owner's name to front; small sticker to front; intact panels; text block has slight toning to exterior edges; cracked front gutter; interior lightly toned; profusely illustrated;. More
Berkeley: The Book Arts Club of the University of California, 1941. 216/450. 12mo; VG-/G; dark beige spine with black text; dust jacket exterior shows some darkening to spine, due to age; small, flat chip to front; some rubbing wear to edges; few, small chips to edges; exterior otherwise has slight, general age toning; gilt rectangular panel to front; black lettering and illustration to rectangle; cloth has minimal exterior wear; straight, intact boards; mild edge wear; textblock edges mildly age toned; tight binding; numbered copies; this is no. 216 of 450; pp 102. More
Napoli: Casa editrice Fausto Fiorentino, 1995. Octavo; 2 volumes + portfolio; Facsimile of edition originally published in Naples, 1945; VG; Hardcover; Container spine, brown cardboard; In cardboard box with paper label on front, clean and strong; Boards in cream cloth with green print, clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; “In occasione del ‘Settimo Congresso Scientifico degli Italiani’ ”— prelim. page; “Per il 150o anniversario del Congresso degli Scienziati”— prelim. page;"Per il Congresso degli scienziati a Napoli, 1845-1995”— prelim. page; “Napoli e sue vicinanze”— cover title; Text in Italian; 2 vols. (542 pages ; 602, xxii pages), illustrated (b&w plates) + 3 folded maps (b&w) in separate portfolio. More
Savannah: Historic Savannah Foundation, Inc., 1968. Quarto; pp 247; G/G-; ivory pictorial spine with black text; dust jacket has few chips to edges; slight rubbing to exterior; some finger smudges to rear; cloth has slight sunfading to exterior; minor edge wear; strong boards; text block shows light toning to exterior edges; previous owner's name to ffep; frontispiece; interior lightly toned; profusely illustrated; good binding. More
New York: Academic Press, 1978. Octavo. VG hardcover. Red full cloth with gilt lettering on spine. 398pp. From the collection of Marshall Nirenberg, winner of the 1968 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, instrumental in breaking the genetic code and discovering the function of messenger RNA. Nirenberg's signature and date on front paste-down endpaper. Light shelf wear to boards, text block clean and bright, hinges and signatures all tight, Shelved in Room X. More
Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 2007. Quarto; VG/VG; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, brown with white print; DJ is clean and bright; Boards in glossy illustrated paper, clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; Catalog for an exhibition organized by the National Portrait Gallery, Sociedad Estatal para la Acción Cultural Exterior de España (SEACEX), the Smithsonian Latino Center, and the Fundacion Consejo Espana-Estados Unidos; Text in English and Spanish in parallel columns; xix, 281 pages, illustrated (b&w, color). [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates.]. More
Wien: Edition Dispositiv, 2011. Octavo; pp 101; VG; black spine with white text; cloth has mild wear to exterior; strong boards; text block clean; profusely illustrated; German and English texts;. More
Sandy Hook, CT: Shorewood Fine Art Books, 1989. First Edition. Small Quarto; pp 260; VG-/G; blue spine with gilt text; dust jacket has modest wear to exterior edges; slight defect to mid joint toward spine; cloth has light shelf wear to exterior; slightly splayed boards; text block shows minimal wear to exterior edges; interior clean; frontispiece; profusely illustrated; arts - Asian; additional shipping may be necessary due to size/weight restrictions for international/expedited orders. More
La Habana, Cuba: Editorial de Ciencias Sociales, 1983. Octavo; pp 325; VG/VG-; beige spine with black text; dust jacket has slight soiling to exterior; minor edge wear; cloth clean; strong boards; text block exterior edges have light tone; illustrated; interior clean;. More
Dublin: The Glendale Press, 1987. first. Thick Octavo; VG/VG-; Black spine with white text; Dust jacket is covered with mylar, has sticker on front, and slightly age toned; Boards have slight shelf wear, otherwise strong; Textblock is slightly age toned, otherwise clean; pp 650. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1995. First Edition. Octavo; VG/VG; black, brown and white pictorial spine with white and black text; first edition; dust jacket exterior has only mild handling wear; slight edge wear; cloth has clean exterior; good, straight boards; text block exterior edges show very light wear; deckled fore edge; inscribed by author to ffep; interior pages; illustrated; pp 847. More
San Salvador: Universidad de El Salvador, Facultad de Ciencias y Humanidades, Departamento de Letras, Carrera de Bibliotecario, 1978. Quarto; G-; Paperback; Spine, tan with handwritten title in black marker ink; Cover has toning to spine, peripheral toning, edgewear, creases to corners, shelfwear; Text block title page is separating from binding, p. xiii is loose, library stamp on front flyleaf and on some interior pages, else clean and tight; xxvii, 601 pages. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates.]. More
Milano: Electa, 2000. Larger Octavo; pp 335; G/paperback; red spine with ivory text; covers show slight smudges to exterior; faux flaps; intact panels; text block has minimal wear to edges; previous owner's name to half title page; interior clean; profusely illustrated; text in Italian;. More
London: Travelman Publishing, n. d. Pamphlets [3x8]; VG/paperback; multicolored spines without text; pocket-sized collection of classic and modern fictional stories in several categories, includes catalog of selections; authors include Edgar Allan Poe, A.E. Coppard, Robert Louis Stevenson, Dorothy Parker, etc; 25 volumes of foldout pamphlets housed in green box with black banded head and tail edges; box has clean, intact boards; exteriors show minor wear; text blocks have clean interiors. More
Global Health Psychiatry, 2018. Octavo; VG Paperback; White spine with Blue and Black text; Covers have some edgewear, some shelfwear, small pen mark on rear cover, otherwise clean; Textblock has inscription on front endpaper, otherwise clean; 173 pp. Signed by authors Karriem Salaam, Teo-Carlo Straun. More
Boston: Military Historical Society of Massachusetts, 1910. First Edition. Octavo; pp 619; G-; navy blue spine with gilt text; no jacket; this volume only; cloth shows some rubbing to tail edge and to corners; slight damp stain to front toward fore edge; other minor smudges to exterior; slightly bowed boards; text block has slight age toning to exterior edges; some adhesive residue to front pastedown and ffep; interior clean; illustrated; maps at rear;. More
New York: Gardner Press, Inc., 1976. Octavo; VG-/G; green spine with white text; dust jacket exterior shows slight whitish smudges; some soiling to rear; tiny adhesive residue to front; closed chip to front head edge; otherwise minor edge wear; flaps show light tone; cloth exterior has minimal wear; tight binding; textblock exterior edges have slight wear; very light tone to endpapers; interior clean; illustrated; pp 312. More
Sausalito, CA: The Black Scholar, 1971. Booklet [8x10]; pp 64; G/paperback; black and white pictorial covers; black titles to front; covers have slight soiling to exterior; previous owner's label to rear; intact binding; text block shows mild tone; interior clean; illustrated. More
Sausalito, CA: The Black Scholar, 1974. Booklet [8x10]; pp 64; G/paperback; black and white pictorial covers; black titles to front; covers have slight tone toward exterior edges; few chips to spine; previous owner's label to rear; text block shows mild tone; interior clean; illustrated. More
Washington, DC: Center of Military History, United States Army, 1993. World War II 50th Anniversary Commemorative Edition [PIN: 070627-000]. Octavo, with inclusion; vg/wraps; gold spine with green text; minor shelf wear; text block, clean; illus.: B/W photos, text maps, tables, charts; 529pp. --Includes portfolio of maps, laid-in. Oversized order. Additional shipping and handling may be necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy international shipping unavailable due to size/weight restriction(s). Contact seller if you have any questions. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, on shelf above 7's Ephemera section. More
Los Angeles: Semiotext(e), 2009. Octavo; pp 196; VG-; white spine with red and black text; no jacket; cloth has mild smudges to exterior; strong boards; text block clean; frontispiece; illustrated; signed by author;. More
Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1994. Octavo; pp 392; VG-/VG-; red, white, blue spine with white and blue text; dust jacket has slight smudges to exterior; cloth shows lightly sunned tail edge; slightly splayed boards; text block exterior edges have some foxing; illustrated; interior clean;. More
Creative Publishing, Ltd, 1999. Large Quarto; pp 463; VG/VG-; patterned brown spine with white text; dust jacket has tiny defect to front joint, light wear otherwise; cloth clean; strong boards; text block has minimal wear to exterior edges; interior clean; frontispiece; profusely illustrated; additional shipping may be necessary due to size/weight restrictions for international/expedited orders;. More
New York: Random House, 1961. Octavo; VG-/G; black spine with yellow, orange and white text; BCE; mylar wrap to dust jacket; exterior to dust jacket has slight wear; light foxing to rear; few, minor chips to edges; mildly toned flaps; cloth exterior clean; minor wear to edges; strong boards; text block exterior edges have very light tone; deckled fore edge; interior unmarked; pp 469. More
Beverly Hills and London: Sage Publications, 1979. First Printing. Octavo; pp 479; VG-/G; ivory spine with brown and green text; dust jacket has noticeable rubbing to exterior; some wear to edges; few small chips to edges; cloth shows very light wear; slightly rubbed corners; strong boards; text block exterior edges lightly toned; stamped numbers to ffep; tight binding; interior pages clean; illustrated. More
Chicago: Popular Mechanics Press, 1919. Octavo; G+; blue spine with gilt text; no jacket; cloth shows slight rubbing wear to exterior; some smudges to rear; slightly darker tone to spine; black, blue and white pictorial front; gilt titles to front; slightly rubbed edges; ex-library sticker to spine; sturdy boards; text block edges have moderate toning; some ex-library stamping to few endpapers; small sticker to front pastedown; frontispiece; chip to fore edge to frontispiece; smudge to head edge to p 476; copiously illustrated; ex-library stamp to few interior pages; otherwise pages good; pp 476. More
London: Hurst & Company, 1992. First UK Edition. 10mo; pp 252; VG/VG-; black/white spine with white text; dust jacket has light shelf wear to exterior; minor foxing to rear fore edge; mild damp stain to rear tail edge; also light staining inside dj tail edge; cloth clean; text block exterior edges have light foxing; slight tone to endpapers; frontispiece; interior clean; illustrated;. More
London: Macmillan & Co., 1960. 12mo; G/no DJ; Hardcover w/out DJ; Spine, red with gold print; Boards in red cloth with gold print, mild wear to corners and spine caps, mild shelfwear, slightly cocked spine; Text block has name in ink on front flyleaf, else clean and tight; v, 125 pages. More
London, Zurich, Stuttgart, New York: Ernst Eulenburg, Ltd., n.d. 12mo; VG condition; 1/2 bound burgundy spine with gilt rules and text; no jacket; dark orange cloth has minimal wear to exterior; minor rubbing to corners; strong boards; text block shows light wear to exterior edges; marbled endpapers; frontispiece; illustrated; This book is part of the overstocked 15's, kept in Room X. More
Oxford: Pergamon, 1971. Quarto. G+/none. Light green full cloth with gilt lettering in orange text box on spine. 659pp. From the collection of Marshall Nirenberg, winner of the 1968 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, instrumental in breaking the genetic code and discovering the function of messenger RNA. Nirenberg's signature and date on front paste-down endpaper. Light shelf wear and rubbing to boards. Some pages dog-eared, minor underlining throughout text block. Hinges cracked, crudely repaired with pasted-over black endpaper. Signatures all tight. Overall, good+. Oversized order. Additional shipping and handling may be necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy international shipping unavailable due to size/weight restriction(s). Contact seller if you have any questions. This book is part of the overstocked 15's, kept in Room X. More
Paris: Editions Recherche sur les Civilisations, 2000. Text in French; Quarto; VG/no-DJ paperback; Covers VG w/occasional very light edge wear, inside of back cover has envelope affixed by publisher containing map; Textblock interior clean; 379 pp. More
Roma: Vision S.r.l. & Dorot Avar Ltd, 1998. Oblong octavo; pp 75; G+/paperback; red spine with white text; covers show some wear to exterior; exterior wrap covers spiral binding; illustrated mylar panel overlays soft front cover and several plates inside; minor rubbing to edges; text block has slight wear to exterior edges; frontispiece; interior clean; profusely illustration; NOTE: Shelved in 15's ephemera box 3, in Netdesk office. More
Sausalito, CA: The Black Scholar, 1976. Booklet [8x10]; pp 64; G/paperback; black and white pictorial covers; black titles to front; covers have slight tone toward exterior edges; previous owner's label to rear; intact binding; text block shows mild tone; interior clean; illustrated. More
Bath, UK: Parragon Publishing, 2003. Large, Thick Octavo; VG/G; pp 1024; white spine with purple text; dust jacket has few smudges to exterior; slightly dinged edges; cloth has minimal wear to exterior; strong boards; text block shows mild shelf wear to exterior edges; frontispiece; profusely illustrated; interior clean; additional shipping may be added to items due to weight. More
Brussels: Ludion, 1997. Quarto; pp 252; G/G; grayish blue pictorial spine with yellow text; dust jacket has modest rubbing to exterior; slightly bumped corners; cloth shows mild wear to exterior; bumped corners and edges; strong boards; text block shows light wear to exterior edges; interior clean; profusely illustrated; arts - History; Shelved in Room X. More
London, New York, Toronto: Border & Stoughton, ca. 1914. Large Octavo; G+; off-white spine with black text; probably first edition, but unspecified; no jacket; exterior to ivory white cloth shows modest soiling wear; scroll border to front panel; black text to front mildly rubbed; minor wear to edges; text to lower front: "All Profits On Sale Given To The Queens "Work For Women" Fund; text block exterior edges have reddish toning; pictorial endpapers; slight cracking to front hinge to tail edge; good, intact binding otherwise; frontispiece; mild offset from frontispiece not facing page; interior pages show light tone toward edges; illustrated; pp 140. More
London and New York: Thames and Hudson, 1995. First Edition. Quarto; VG-/VG-; red pictorial spine with black text; first edition; dust jacket has mild rubbing to exterior; cloth shows minimal wear to exterior; strong boards; text block has light tone to exterior edges; illustrated endpapers; frontispiece; interior clean; profusely illustrated; spine mildly cocked; pp 339; additional shipping may be necessary due to size/weight restrictions for international/expedited orders. More
St. Petersburg: Palace Editions, 2003. Quarto; pp 182; VG/VG-; brown spine with yellow text; dust jacket has slight wear to exterior; cloth clean; strong boards; text block clean; frontispiece; profusely illustrated; arts - Collections; Russian. More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1939. Octavo; G-/no DJ; Ex-library; Hardcover w/out DJ; Spine, brown with gold print, call number and annotation in white ink; Boards in brown cloth with gold print, worn corners, tear to front top hinge, stains, shelfwear; Text block has grey-tinted top edge, library stamps to edges and endpapers, pinhole stamp to title page, pencil annotations to title page and verso, hinge torn at title page, repaired torn hinge at rear endpapers, remains of library label and pocket at rear endpapers, spine break at page 258, spotting to front edge; xii, 381 pages, frontispiece, illustrated (b&w plates). More
n.p. Berghahn Books, 2004. Booklet [6x8]; VG/paperback; green spine with white and light green text; shrink wrapped; Vol. 8, No. 1, ISSN 0822-7942; covers clean; intact covers; text block clean; illustrated;. More
New York: Academic Press, 1970. Octavo. VG condition. Green full cloth with gilt lettering in brown text box on spine. 473pp. From the collection of Marshall Nirenberg, winner of the 1968 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, instrumental in breaking the genetic code and discovering the function of messenger RNA. Nirenberg's signature and date on front paste-down endpaper. Light shelf wear and rubbing to boards. Text block clean and bright. Hinges and signatures all tight. Overall, very good+. Shelved in Room X. More
Alexandria: Gadsby's Tavern Museum, 1994. Octavo; G+; Paperback; Spine, staple binding; Cover has small stain to top corner, else clean and bright; Text block clean and tight; Signed in ink by Lockett on the title page; unpaged, illustrated (b&w). NOTE: Shelved in 15's ephemera box 11, in Netdesk office. More
Paris; New York: Hermann; Thames and Hudson, 1978. Quarto; VG-/VG-; off-white spine with black text; dust jacket shows mild sun aging to exterior and flaps; cloth exterior has slight damp stain to tail fore corners; otherwise clean; slightly splayed boards; text block edges have minimal wear; frontispiece; interior clean; profusely illustrated; pp 223; arts - Collections. More
New York: Liberal Press, Inc., 1956. Octavo; pp 432; G/paperback; tanned spine with blue text; covers have noticeable sunning to exterior; some rubbing wear to spine; minor edge wear; text block shows slight age toning to exterior edges; illustrated; good binding; interior clean NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, in bookcase next to Ephemera section. More
Gloucester: Gloucester Historical Reproductions, 1978. Oblong Quarto Booklet (12x9); VG-/paperback; black comb spine without text; volume three only; light tan covers show might exterior wear; intact binding; brown lettering to front; previous bookshop's tiny sticker to rear; mild toning to text block edges; profusely illustrated; interior good; unpaginated. More
New York: Totem Press, 1969. Third Printing. Thin octavo; VG- condition paperback. Saddle-stitched spine with no text. Pages age-toned to a degree (see photo), some edge/corner wear. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Ephemera Binder 6. More
Berlin: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, 2005. Octavo; pp 162; VG-/paperback; blue spine without text; covers show mild wear to intact panels; text block has light wear to exterior edges; frontispiece; interior clean; illustrated; English and German text;. More