Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1978. First. Text in French; Gift Inscription to previous owner on half title page; Octavo; VG- Paperback; Green spine with White text; Covers have some edgewear, some shelfwear, slight bowing to rear cover, moderate bowing of front cover, otherwise clean; Textblock has small black pen mark along fore edge, inscription on half title page, slight age toning, faint brown stains on 8 pages towards rear, otherwise clean; 257 pp. More
Bathurst: Crawford House Press, 1993. Quarto; G+/G; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, white with gold print; DJ has tears to front top edge, vendor label on rear, mild edgewear; Boards in green cloth with gold print, wear to corners and spine caps; Text block clean and tight; 146 pages, frontispiece, chiefly illustrated (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
New York: Rinehart & Comapny, 1954. Octavo; G; Hardcover; Spine, tan with gold print on brown banner; Boards in blue cloth with gold print, tanning to spine, wear to spine caps and corners, mildly cocked spine; Text block has name in ink on front flyleaf, mild tanning to endpapers, else clean and tight; xvi, 362 pages, illustrated (b&w). More
Self-Published, 1988. Octavo; 354 pages; VG-/VG-; Blue spine with White text; Dustjacket has minor edgewear and shelfwear; Textblock has foxing along head and fore edges; RWO. More
London: Cambridge University Press, 1938. First printing. Octavo. Good/ Hardcover; green spine with gilt letters and crest; boards clean; slight shelf wear; binding tight, text block clean; 234 pp. More
New York and London: The Guilford Press, 2004. Reprinted. Octavo; G+/paperback; white/gray spine with gray and white text; reprinted; covers have minimal exterior wear; minor edge wear; text block exterior edges show slight shelf wear; small streaks to exterior fore edge; some highlights inside; tight binding; stain to pp 76-77; profusely illustrated; pp 513. More
Milsons Point: Mynah, 2003. Folio; VG; Hardcover in portfolio; Spine, blue with gold print; Portfolio in glossy illustrated paper, handle on fore edge, clean and bright; Boards in glossy illustrated paper, clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; CD-Rom in pocket affixed to front flyleaf; xxi, 618 pages, 1 CD-Rom, illustrated (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
n.p. EEBO Editions/ProQuest, 2011. Facsimile Reprint. Octavo; VG/paperback; brown pictorial spine with white text; originally published in 1659; facsimile reprint; full title: A Topographie or Survey of the County of Kent with Some Chronological, Historicall, and Other Matters Touching the Same, and the Several Parishes and Places Therein; covers have minimal exterior wear; intact binding; edges to textblock has slight wear due to handling; frontispiece; interior clean; illustrated; pp 422. More
Chicago: The Newberry Library, 1987. Booklet [9x12]; pp 56; VG-/paperback; green covers; front has black text; exterior shows light smudges; intact binding; text block clean; illustrated; tight binding. More
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1902. Thick octavo; pp 782; G-/no-DJ; dark green spine with gilt text; full title: Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, Showing the Operations, Expenditures, and Condition of the Institution for the Year Ending June 30, 1901; cloth has moderate wear to exterior; noticeable rubbing to edges; strong boards; text block shows age toned exterior edges; interior lightly toned; previous owner's name to ffep; slight cracking to gutter at pp 400-401; cracking to gutters; illustrated; additional shipping may be necessary due to size/weight restrictions for international/expedited orders. 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: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1964. First Edition. Octavo; VG+/ Hardcover; brown spine with gold lettering; some shelf wear to spine and boards, creases to spine; text block clean; Vol 1 only; name of previous owner (Sandra Herbert) on inside cover recto; 678 pp. More
London: Routledge, 2004. first edition. Octavo in brown cloth with silver letters; VG+; boards, paper and text in excellent condition; contains series of 12 articles; as new; pp. 360. This book is part of the overstocked 15's, kept in Room X. More
Rome: I.C.E. -Italian Institute for Foreign Trade, 1982. Large octavo; G/no-DJ; gray spines with black text; slipcase has slight staining to rear; cracking rear head edge; 2 volumes, 78+146; cloths have moderate wear to edges; some spotting to spine; lightly sunned boards; one volume is in 2 ring binder, second volume is hardbound book; text blocks show moderate wear due to handling; lightly sunned spines; interiors clean; illustrated with many photographs; Italian, German, French, Arabic and English text. More
Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Larger Octavo; VG-/paperback; pea green spine with white text; first edition, first printing; covers show slight smudges to exterior; binding intact; text block exterior head and fore edges show some foxing; exterior tail edge lightly toned; light foxing to half title and title pages; map frontispiece; interior pages clean; illustrated; pp 209. More
London: Times Books, 2005. Eleventh Edition. Folio; VG- Hardcover w/ VG- Dustjacket and G+ Slipcase; White spine with Gold and Black text; Slipcase has some shelfwear, some edgewear, large black mark on front cover; Dustjacket has slight edgewear, slight shelfwear, slight fraying at corners; Boards strong, slight edgewear, otherwise clean; Textblock has bending to top corner of page 3 of index, otherwise clean; 415 pp. More
Paris: Imp. Paul Dupont. Quarto; Volume 2 (of 2) only; G-; Hardcover; Spine, red with gold print; Boards quarter bound with red leather to spine and marbled paper to boards, wear to spine caps and corners, scuffing to leather, small surface tears to boards; Text block has cracked hinges front and rear, tanning to endpapers, foxing throughout, else clean and tight; Text in French; paged 632-1206, illustrated (b&w and color plates). [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
Washington: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1936. Small Quarto; pp 182; G-/paperback; dark beige spine with black text; covers show mild wear to exterior; slight wear to edges; ex-library stamp to front; intact panels; text block has light toning to exterior edges; ex-library with markings to ffep; bookbinder's tape to front and rear gutters; frontispiece;illustrated; text pages clean;. More
Lund: CWK Gleerup, 1981. Octavo; VG-/paperback; green spine with black text; first edition; covers have slight smudges to exterior; lightly sunned spine; minor creases to spine; intact panels; text block edges have light tone; frontispiece; tight binding; interior good; illustrated; pp 245. More
Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. First Printing. Octavo; VG-; navy blue spine with gilt text; first printing; no jacket; cloth shows slight rubbing wear to exterior; strong, straight boards; text block clean; illustrated; pp 149. More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1971. Folio; G/G+; Hardcover with DJ; Portfolio spine brown with white print; Portfolio folds around book with top and bottom book edges exposed, plastic peg and loop closure, in brown cloth with white print, toning to spine, peripheral toning, short tear at bottom of one hinge, else clean and strong; DJ has slight tear at top of spine, else clean and bright; Boards in white cloth with black print, clean and strong; Text block has spine break at start of section “Sikkim Himalayas”, else clean and tight; unpaged, chiefly illustrations (color plates, some folded). [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
![1178648 TOPOGRAPHISCHE SCHILDERUNG DES MARKGRAFTHUM MAHREN [2 VOLUMES]. Franz Joseph Schwoy](/pictures/thumb/1178648.jpg?v=1600409782)
Prag und Leipzig: Caspar Widtmann, 1786. First Edition. Octavo. Good+; brown, exposed signatures with no text; quarter-bound w/no text on gray-green paper boards and white joints; deckle; ex libris, signature, Absolon; extensive foxing; shelf wear and bumping; text block, clean; 334 pp. + 512 pp.; split starts, gutter, hinges and joints; boards, damp staining; Both volumes appear to be bound together, yet the book is separated. else very good; ---TEXT IN OLD GERMAN SCRIPT. More
Rome: Istituto Italiano per il medio ed estremo Oriente, 1956. Serie Orientale Roma XII. Octavo: ix, [3], 194 pages + 80 plates and 5 folding maps in rear pocket. Good+. Bound in original grey paper boards with black titling to spine and front board. Binding moderately shelf-worn and bumped with split at head of spine; Spine sunned. Text block lightly age-toned; Upper fore-edge corner of text block creased. Bookseller's label loosened from title page, but with lingering adhesive stain. SH consignment. More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1890. First Edition. Octavo, 362 pages; VG-; Green fabric spine with gold text. Boards have shelfwear, edge wear, small tears on head of spine, bumping to corners, age toning to spine, apart from that, clean, binding strong; Textblock has wear to fore edge, book plate on front paste down, cracking along gutters of front/rear paste downs and free end papers, foxing present, age toned, includes map with small closed tears and pencil marks, ink signature by previous owner on half title page; Book is shelved off the sales floor, in the upstairs office area Room B [Middle room]. More
Baltimore: George M'Dowell & Son, 1832. Octavo; Fair; Hardcover; Spine, brown with gold print on black banner, raised bands; Boards in brown leather, binders tape on hinges is cracked or torn length of spine, tattering to spine caps and corners, wear to edges, scuffing, peripheral darkening, small stains; Text block has cracked front hinge, notation to endpapers in pencil and ink, small vendor label on front pastedown, tanning/foxing to endpapers, name in ink on title page, tear to fore edge of title page, foxing throughout, puckering to paper throughout; Missing two folded color maps; 471 pages, illustrated (b&w). More
Paris: Chez la Veuve Estienne, 1741. First Edition. 12mo., [2], [xxii], 497 pages, [15]; G-; Full contemporary calf, with gilt tooling and lettering to banded spine (largely faded and significantly toned); Boards show moderate plus wear overall, with cracking to joints, significant fading to spine, and spine cracked between pp. 162 and 163 (but binding still intact); Textblock has light shelfwear to red-dyed edges, some chipping to ffep (decorative endpaper), and moderate uneven age-toning to pages interiorly throughout; Includes two large fold-out maps (the first, at p. 164, has one closed tear); Lengthy inscription in mid-19th century hand appears on verso of ffep. RWO. More
Naval Intelligence Division, 1946. First Edition. Octavo, 659 pages; G+; full binding of green cloth; spine faded to yellow with gilt lettering; in mylar wrapper; mild shelf wear; mild shredding at top of back joint; ex-library, with usual marks; bookseller's sticker at front free end paper; contains black and white photo plates, and fold-out maps; missing one map; pages clean else library marks; LJ consignment; shelved Middle Room. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1930. First Edition, Second Printing. Octavo, 536 pages; VG; full binding of brown cloth; spine faded to orange, with black lettering; mild shelf wear; previous owner's name at front free end paper; contains fold-out maps; pages clean; LJ consignment; shelved Case 8 1/2. LJ CONSIGN. SHELVED IN MIDDLE ROOM. More
Boston: Wells And Lilly, 1824. First Edition Thus. Ocatavos; G/No jacket hardcover; Brown black and red leather spines with gilt lettering; 8 Volumes, bound in brown leather; All volumes have significant wear at the edges and corners, spines are creased and rubbed, some fraying at the corners and light bending to the boards; Bindings are sturdy; Text blocks are greatly age darkened, some foxing throughout the texts, some spots of liquid staining to the texts, no marking to the texts; 8 Volume Set. shelved above political science. More
Munchen: Verlag der Vereinigten Kunstanstalten. Quarto (oblong); 5 volumes; G; Paperback; Spine, white without print; Covers are oversize with light edgewear, light shelfwear, v. 5 has mild foxing on front; Text blocks have foxing to interior of covers and initial and final pages, else clean and tight unless otherwise noted below; Each volume consists entirely of variously numbered leaves of b&w plates of captioned photographs; Captions in German; CONTENTS: Alpine Ansichten aus Aller Welt [Heft 2-5 only] -- Bayerische Alpen (textblock is separated from cover). 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, in bookcases next to 7's Ephemera section. More
York: Thomas Wilson and Sons, 1820. Second Edition. Octavo; 392 pages; G; Bound in Brown paper with Black text on brown spine label; Boards have sunning to spine, bumping and rubbing to corners, chipping along edges, rubbing to edges, splitting along front joint, fraying along spine; Textblock has creasing to pages, age toning and foxing to pages, waviness to pages, writing in pencil on front endpaper and pastedown; RWO. More
Xining: People's Government of Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture; Propaganda Department of Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, 1991. Large quarto: 142 pages. Very good-. White spine with black titling in Chinese, Tibetan, and English. Corners and edges of wraps lightly bumped; spine lightly creased; Corners of text block slightly bumped. Profusely illustrated with color photographs. Text in Chinese, Tibetan, and English. SH consignment. This is an oversized item which may require additional postage; please inquire for rates. More
New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1952. First Edition. Quartos, Three Volumes; G+; Full green buckram, with gilt lettering to spine; Boards show moderate shelfwear overall, with light plus wear to corners and heads/tails of spines; Textblocks have light plus uneven age-toning to edges; Copiously illustrated; Illustrated endpapers; CONTENTS: Vol. I. (xii, 719 pages) -- Vol. II. ([8], pp. 721-1422) -- Vol. III. "Family and Personal Records" / ([8], 516 pages); RWO. More
Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]: Apud Elzevirios, 1641. 16mo; 352, 70 pp.; VG; two folded illustrations. Contemporary vellum. Very good; vellum soiled and age-discolored; front hinge and front endpaper starting; title page loose; penciled notes on front pastedown. Text in Latin. Shelved case 3. More
Auburn: H. C. Southwick, 1817. Octavo; 360 pages; G-; Bound in dark brown leather with gilt lettering on brown spine label; Bumping and rubbing to corners, cracking to spine leather scratch on rear cover, boards exposed at bottom corners; Textblock has age toning to pages, foxing to pages, open tear in title page, splitting along front interior hinge; Howes B867; Sabin 8558; RWO. More
Paris: Chez Bordelet, 1754. First French Edition. 12mo., xxiv, 402 pages; Brown leather banded spine with gilt graphics and nearly fully faded label; Boards show significant wear to top-most band on spine, a large chip to head of spine and to spine along joint of front-cover below spine label; moderate+ wear to all edges, chipping to top-corner of front cover, warping to back cover, and one worm-hole near top edge of front cover; Textblock has light wear to edge-corners, light+ soiling to fore- and top-edges, curling/creasing at the bottom-corner of pages 201 - 354, and two worm-holes impacting the top-quarter of all pages from ffep to page 28; Includes original 11.75" x 11.75" fold-out map at page 278; all edges dyed red; NOTE: Shelved in Room A. More
Lugd[uni]. Bat[avorum]. Ex Officina Elzeviriana, 1631. Editio Secunda Priore Longe Auctior. 16mo, 372 pages; VG-; full contemporary century vellum binding; spine with two 19th century brown leather labels with gilt lettering and design; mild shelf wear and scuffing; small chip missing at each brown spine label; all edges of textblock dyed red; 19th century brown marbled endpapers; previous owner's bookplate at front pastedown; worn ribbon bookmark; engraved title page; in quires from A2-Aa3; collation complete; pages clean; RW consignment; shelved Case 3. More
Stanstead and Sherbrooke, L. C. Walton & Gaylord, 1835. First Edition. 10mo., 116 pages; Fair; in original publisher's quarter brown leather, blue paper boards, front cover has reprint of title page within a frame; rear cover missing fore half, front cover with chipping and wear to all edges, spine chipped to head and tail; some fingerprint smudges to interior; lacking map; page 57 has a small newspaper clipping, detailing the 1891 Census, pasted above the lesson on population; extremely scarce Lower Canadian Imprint; shelved case 3. More
New York: GF Hopkins, 1802. First American Edition. Octavo; VG-; ix,94, 296 pages with folding frontispiece map (now backed by linen); Original brown leather boards with repaired spine; Gilt lettering and designs on spine; Scuffing to edges of boards, some bumping and fraying to the corners; Spine is rubbed but title on spine is legible ("Mackenzy's Travels" [sic]); Two bookplates on front pastedown (Bonnycastle Robinson & CLF Robinson); Previous owner's name in ink on title page; Some spotting/foxing throughout including map; Original frontispiece map is intact and backed by linen; PS Consignment; Shelved in Case 1. More
Rhenum: Guilielmum Broedelet, 1701. 12mo; [12], 355, [83] pp. Original vellum. With engraved title page and 39 folding plates. VG; vellum discolored and age-toned, with some rubbing; interior clean and tight; all plates intact and crisp; MH Consignment; shelved case 3. More
![1355317 GEOGRAPHICAE ENARRATIONIS LIBRI OCTO [LACKING ALL MAPS]. Claudius Ptolemaeus, Michel Servet](/pictures/thumb/1355317.jpeg?v=1655649948)
Prostant Lugduni [Lyon]: apud Hugonem a Porta, 1541. Second Edition. Folio, 149, [49] pages; VG-; bound in 20th century imitation period calf, blind ruled to boarders, blind-stamp to center of boards, paneled spine with gilt stamping, morocco label with gilt titling, water-staining to upper edges and upper fore corners; Interior with some water-staining, primarily to upper edge and fore corners; occasional worming along lower gutter, mild impact to inner margins; m2 with tear along lower gutter, stemming from worming; a-m6 n3, a-g6, h5 [colophon presumed n4 or h6, but unknown]; a2 lower margin trimmed, no loss to text; archival work done to title page, with gutter entirely trimmed and reinforced, small line in middle of page backed, loss to text, upper fore corner; other small archival backing done to upper fore corner of a2, lower fore corners of a3-5, lower fore edge of h5 and colophon; text in Latin; Colophon: 'excudebat Gaspar Trechsel Viennae MDXLI'; Included in rear is the "Index rerum memorabilium, Regionum, Gentium..."; text with 4 large woodcut diagrams and 2 full-page woodcuts of a diagram and armillary sphere showing the projection of the 12 winds by Albrecht Dürer; With two of the three parts, containing the text and comprehensive index, but lacking all 50 maps; shelved above case 4. More
