Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
New York: Viking, 2005. Illustrated. xi + 575 pages, 8vo, black boards, d.w.; text toned, dust wrapper lightly rubbed. New York: Viking, (2005). A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
New Arrivals
The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn From Traditional Societies
New York: Viking, 2012. Illustrated. xi + 499 pages, 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Viking, 2012. A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
The Nuclear Delusion: Soviet-American Relations in the Atomic Age.
New York: Pantheon, 1982. xxx + 208 pages, short 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Pantheon Books, (1982). A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
'They Say': Ida Be. Wells and the Reconstruction of Race
New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. A few illustrations. xiii + 242 pages, 12mo, boards, d.w.; some spotting to top and foredges. New York: Oxford University Press, (2007). A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
The Extermination of the American Bison
Washington: Smithsonian, 2002. Introduction by Hanna Rose Shell. Foreword by John Mack Faragher. Illustrated. xxiii + (367-548), 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. Washington: Smithsonian, (2002). A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Algerian Chronicles
Cambridge: Belknap Press, 2013. Edited with an Introduction by Alice Kaplan. 224pp., small 8vo, cloth, d.w. Cambridge: Belknap Press, 2013. FirstEdition. First published in France in 1958, this is the first appearance in English. More
The Barbarous Years: The Conflict of Civilizations 1600-1675
New York: Knopf, 2012. Few illustrations. xv + 614 pages, 8vo, red coards, d.w. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. First edition. The Peopling of British North America. More
After the Prophet: The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam
New York: Doubleday, 2009. 239 pages, 8vo, boards, d.w. New York: Doubleday, (2009). First edition. A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Eugene Onegin: A Novel in Verse
New York: Bollingen/Pantheon, 1964. Translated from the Russian, with a Commentary, by Vladimir Nabokov. 4 volumes. 8vo, pale blue cloth with red spine labels, d.w., publisher's board slipcase. New York: Bollingen/Pantheon, (1964). First Edition. The first volume wrapper is price-clipped, otherwise fine in box. Bollingen Series LXXII. More
The Psychoanalyst and the Artist.
New York: International Universities Press, 1954. Some b/w illustrations. 306 pages. 8vo, maroon cloth, d.w. New York: International Universities Press, (1954). Second printing. A fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Dream Analysis: A Practical Handbook for Psycho-Analysts.
London: Hogarth Press, 1959. 211 pages. 8vo, green cloth, d.w. (dampstain on rear panel). London: Hogarth Press, 1959. Fourth impression. A near fine copy in very good dust wrapper. The International Psycho-Analytic Library, No. 29. More
Power Golf.
New York: Barnes, 1948. Illustrated throughout. 166 pages. Tall slim 8vo, green cloth. New York: Barnes, (1948). First edition. One page with penciling, still a very good copy, lacking the dust wrapper. More
The New Wizard of Oz.
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1903. 16 color plates and many other illustrations. by W.W. Denslow. 8vo, green pictorial cloth. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, (1903). Fine. Second Edition, second state, with "New" dropped from the cover, 3 entry copyright notice, printer's notice in caps, yellow removed from crow's eye. A very good copy, a little worn at the corners & extremes of spine but otherwise bright and clean. More
C. G. Jung
London: Barrie and Rockliff, 1961. Frontispiece portrait. 165 pages. Slim 8vo, terracotta cloth, price-clipped d.w. London: Barrie and Rockliff, (1961). First edition. A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
The Dream Adventure [A literary Anthology].
New York: Orion Press, 1963. With an Introduction by the editor. 285 pages. 8vo, brick red cloth, purple graphic d.w. designed by Wladislaw Finne. New York: The Orion Press, (1963). First edition. Upper corners slightly bumped, else a fine copy of this uncommon book. An anthology of "dream experiences in fiction, a collection that begins with selections from ancient China and includes a previously unpublished story by Vladimir Nabokov, as well as works by Bierce, Poe, Maugham, Gautier, Kipling, H.G...... More
Racing Through Paradise; A Pacific Passage.
New York: Random House, 1987. Photo illustrations in color and black & white. 8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Random House, (1987). First Edition, Presentation copy, with an indecipherable inscription in red ink to critic John Leonard. More
Winter in Arabia
New York: Dutton, 1940. Photo illustrations. Large 8vo, green cloth. New York: Dutton, 1940. First American Edition. Near fine copy, lacking dust wrapper, spine lightly faded. More
Mongoose R.I.P.
New York: Random House, 1987. 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York: Random House, (1987). First Edition. Presentation copy to critic John Leonard, written on a large personal label " Seriously! (ou haven't heard it yet!!) " More
The Coast of Incense
London: murray, 1953. Photo illustrations and map. 8vo, green cloth ,d.w. (back panel sunned, and a few edge chips). London: John Murray, 1953. First Edition. Third and last volume of her autobiography, dealing with travels in South Arabia and Syria. More
La vie quotiedienne des Musulmans au moyen age Xe au XIIIe siecle
Paris: Hachette, 1951. 319 pages. Small 8vo, yellow cloth, d.w. Paris: Librarie Hachette, (1951). Some discoloration at front and rear free endpapers -- otherwise fine. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
The Mongols
New York: Praeger, 1969. Illustrated in black and white. 208 pages. 8vo, orange cloth, d.w. (spine sunned, laminate bubbling near spine, price clipped). New York: Praeger, (1969). Some wear at tail, otherwise fine. A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Travels in Asia Minor 1764-1765.
London: British Museum, 1971. Edited and abridged by Edith Clay. Color frontispiece, 16 black & white plates, 253pp., 8vo, cloth, d.w. . London: British Museum, 1971. Fine. More
Les marques de collections de dessins & d'estampes. Marques estampillees et ecrites de collections particuli res et publiques. (.) Avec des notices historiques sur les collectionneurs, les collections, les ventes, les marchands et editeurs, etc. + Les marques de collections de dessins & d'estampes. Supplement.
Amsterdam: Vereenigde Drukkerijen, 1921. 2 volumes, Illustrated, 4to, olive green cloth. Volume 2 is as new and volume 1 binding is age darkened and rubbed at the extremes. Amsterdam: Vereenigde Drukkerijen, 1921. Very Good. More
The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads
New York: Knopf, 2016. viii, 403 pages. 8vo, light blue boards, d.w. (price clipped). New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2016. Bumped at tail, some pages bumped. A very good(+) copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
God's Mercies: Rivalry, Betrayal and the Dream of Discovery
Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 2007. Several maps illustrated in black and white. 416 pages. 8vo, black cloth, d.w. (lightly soiled, dampstain at tail). Toronto: Doubleday Canada, (2007). Bumped at head and tail, staining on outer edges of text block. A very good(+) copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. Biography of Samuel de Champlain and Henry Hudson search for the Northwest Passage. More