The Avatars.
London: Macmillan, 1933. A Futurist Fantasy. 8vo, blue cloth (one corner bumped; fore-edge foxed), d.w. London: MacMillan, 1933. First Edition. In a bright, price-clipped dust wrapper. More
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Westminster Abbey
Profusely illustrated. 264pp. Folio, leather-backed cloth, chipped d.w. PA: The Annenberg School Press, 1972. Very good. More
Pacific Slope Railroads, from 1854 to 1900.
Seattle: Superior Publishing, 1959. Many Illus. 4to, gray cloth, cloth lightly soiled. Seattle: Superior Publishing, (1959). More
A Locomotive Engineer's Album; The Saga of Steam Engines in America
New York: Bonanza, 1965. Numerous photo Illus. 4to, orange cloth, d.w. New York: Bonanza Books, (1965). Later Printing. Fine. More
Great Lew Chew and its dependencies
New York: George Ackerman, 1856. Color Lithograph. Image measures 7" x 7.5". This lovely 1856 map of the Lew Chew or Loochoo or the Ryukyu Islands of Japan located between Japan and Taiwan or Formosa. Okinawa Island, the largest of the island chain is labeled here as Great Lew Chew Island. Extends from Kuchinoshima to Yonaguni of the Miyakojima group of islands. The map notes topography and identifies islands, points, bays, and other topographic features. This map appeared in Francis..... More
A Book About Paris
New York: Harcourt. Color and b/w plates by H. Franks Waring. 4to, tan cloth, cloth lightly soiled, edges of corners lightly worn and lightly bumped, pages slightly wavy throughout. New York: Harcourt, Brace, n.d., circa 1927. More
Constitutional History Of England.
New York: 1934. 600 pp. Thick 8vo, blue cloth (dust soiled and sunned). New York, (1934). A good reading copy. More
Genealogy of the Adams Family, of Kingston, Mass.
Boston: Descendants of Francis Adams, 1961. 64pp. 8vo, original brown cloth, spine ends lightly worn, corners bumped, cloth lightly soiled, first few and last few blank pages lightly dampstained. Boston: Published by the Descendants of Francis Adams, 1861. First Edition. More
The Magnum Opus of Joseph Florimond Loubat. A Leaf Book
Newtown: Bird & Bull, 2007. Illus., 4to, blue silk cloth with red leather spine; round pictorial label. Newtown: Bird & Bull, 2007. Limited Edition. Contains 2 leaves fro Loubat's 1878 "Medallic History, and roundels based on the Jacquemart etchings in that volume. No. 101 of 150 copies. Prospectus enclosed. More
The Engraved Work of F.L. Griggs; Etchings and Dry-Points 1912-1928.
Stratford-Uopn-Avon: Shakespeare Head, 1928. A catalogue. 93pp., untrimmed, tall slim 8vo, black cloth. Stratford-Upon-Avon, 1928. Limited to 325 copies. Very Good (+). More
Views of 18th Century China: Costumes: History: Customs.
London: Studio Editions, 1988. Foreword by Lord Maclehose of Beoch. 109 color plates, reproduced from the engravings of William Alexander and George Henry Mason. 223pp., 4to, cloth, d.w.; lower edge of rear cover dented near the spine, dust wrapper lightly worn at head of spine. London: Studio Editions, (1988). A very good (+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Views of 18th Century China: Costumes: History: Customs.
London: Studio Editions, 1988. Foreword by Lord Maclehose of Beoch. 109 color plates, reproduced from the engravings of William Alexander and George Henry Mason. 223 pages, folio, brown cloth (small tear at top front hinge), dust wrapper (front panel of dust wrapper crumpled at top edge) London: Studio Editions, (1988). A very good copy in a good dust wrapper. Remainder mark, bottom edge. More
The Great War.
Philadelphia: Berrie, 1915. 5 volumes. Many black & white illustrations and some folding color maps. Very thick tall 8vos, blue cloth (bindings are shaken and spines are quite rubbed; small tear on cover of volume 3, which also has some dampstain on pages). Philadelphia: George Barrie, 1915-1921. A good usable copy. Vol. I: Causes of and Motives for. Vol. II: The Mobilization of the Moral and Physical Forces. Vol. III: The Original German Plan and Its Culmination. Vol. IV: The..... More
The Ocean Burial A favorite and touching Ballad (Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie)
Oliver Ditson, 1850. Original sheet music. Folio. 5 Pages bound. Some foxing and thumb prints but still bright and clean. This sheet music is inscribed as a "New and Improved Edition" of an old song written by Rev. E. H. Chapin. The original song was published in the September 1839 issue of Poe's Southern Literary Messenger. When the words were set to music by George N. Allen, the song became a favorite and soon founds its way into the lumberjack's..... More
The Great War: Second Volume; The Mobilization of the Moral and Physical Forces
Philadelphia: George Barrie's Sons, 1916. Volume two only. Illustrated in black and white. 494 pages. Thick short 4to, blue cloth; inner hinge weak, ex-library with stamp on title page and spine. Philadelphia: George Barrie's Sons, (1916). A very good copy. More
Art in Modern Ballet.
New York: Pantheon, 1946. 8 color plates, 202 black & white illustrations. 4to, cloth, spine rubbed. New York: Pantheon, (1946). First Edition. Very good. More
Signed Card.
Exceptional signed war-date card, 3.75 x 2.5", "George S. Anderson - Col. 38th Vol. Inf." This example most defiantly signed while he was awaiting confirmation of his appointment to Brigadier General Evenly toned and in very good condition. United States military officer who saw extensive service during the Indian Wars and later, throughout the Philippine Insurrection. Prior to the latter he was superintendent at Yellowstone Park and of Fort Yellowstone (1891 - 1897). He was sent to the Philippines in..... More
The Anderson Papers.
271pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y: Random House, 1973. More
Comalcalco Tabasco, Mexico. Maya Art and Architecture
Culver City: Labyrinthos, 1989. Collection of 13 folded maps (printed on 11 folded sheets, maps 1 and 9 are printed on the same sheets as 2 and 10), loose as issued, in decorative, glossy board clamshell box; some sides of box broken. Culver City: Labyrithos, (1989). Maps are fine, in a very good (-) box. ONLY THE MAP COLLECTION. More
A Voyage Round the World in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV, by George Anson, Esq; Afterwards Lord Anson. Commander in Chief of a Squadron of His Majesty's Ships Sent Upon an Expedition to the South-Seas.
London: Bowyer et al, 1776. Compiled from His Papers and Materials By Richard Walter. 42 copper-plates, (comprised of 4 maps, 9 plans or charts, and 29 views), all but one are folding, pp. xx, 417, [iii]. Thick 4to, contemporary polished tan calf with red leather spine label; hinges dry, discoloration to spine and edges of covers with some scratches and scuffing. The margins are quite wide and the pages very clean with a small amount of offsetting. London: W. Bowyer..... More
A Voyage Round The World, In the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV.
Compiled from his Papers and Materials by Richard Walter. 42 fine copperplates, many folding. 4to, contemporary calf, gilt decoration; (spine ends and corners lightly worn, gilt rubbed on spine and covers, contemporary bookplate, modern pencil and ink notations with rubberstamp from recent previous owner on first blank leaf, otherwise very good). London: Printed for D. Browne, T. Osborne, and J. Shipton, 1756. Ninth Edition. A tight copy with clean text and plates. During the voyage, Anson captured a Spanish galleon..... More
A Voyage Round the World, In the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV.
London: Knapton, 1748. Illustrated with 42 fine copperplate engravings (38 folding charts, plates & plans, and 3 large folding maps). , 417 pages, plus; 2 page directions to the binder, often lacking. Thick 4to, contemporary calf, recased with black spine label (a very solid, clean and attractive copy; several plates dust-stained and worn at edges; one plate torn but with no paper loss). London: Printed for the Author by John and Paul Knapton, 1748. A very nice copy of the..... More
A Voyage Round the World, In the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV.
London: Knapton, 1749. Illustrated with 42 fine copperplate engraved plates, plans, charts and maps (folding and/or double page).417 pages, plus; 2 page directions to the binder, often lacking. Thick 4to, contemporary calf, recased with red spine label (a very solid, clean and attractive copy; one or two plates torn but with no paper loss). London: Printed for the Author by John and Paul Knapton, 1749. A very nice copy of the fifth edition. George Anson (1697-1762) was a British Admiral..... More
Up the Years from Bloomsbury: An Autobiography.
Illus., with frontis. 8vo, cloth. Boston, 1932. More
Two typed letters signed to a Royal family assistant
London: 1927. Two letters addressed to Henry Klein at the time he handled special events for the Royal family. The first: 1 page, 7 x 5.25 inches, 5 Cadogan Gardens, London, October 21, 1927, in part: "...Lady Askwith says that she will be pleased to distribute the prizes at the Annual Festival on November the 26th, and I will accompany her to take the Chair although I am not at all an expert on musical matters..." The second: 2 pages..... More