Cambridge: MIT Press, 1999. Extensively illustrated with both photographs and architectural plans. xxiv + 407 pages, 4to, black cloth, d.w. Cambridge: MIT Press, (1999). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More about Romanian Modernism: The Architecture of Bucharest, 1920-1940
Lincoln: University of Nebraska, 1992. Illustrated, maps. xii + 357 pages, 8vo, cloth, d.w. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, (1992). A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More about A Country Between: The Upper Ohio Valley and its People, 1724-1774
Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1966. Volume II only. Frontis. Thick 4to, cloth. Washington: US Government Printing Office, 1966. A very good(+) copy. Book II: June 1 to December 31, 1965. More about Public Papers Of The Presidents Of The United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, Book II June 1 to...
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. 783 pages, thick 8vo, dust wrapper torn & chipped. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1970). First edition. A very good copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More about A White House Diary
London: The Proprietors, 1843. Woodcut illustrations. 4 volumes (all published.) 4to, original embossed green cloth with a decorative design in gilt; repaired at spine ends. London: Published for the Proprietors, 1843-45. Overall very good(+) copy. Many pieces by writers of the day and numerous full page & text illustrations including some by Phiz. An imaginative essay "The Last Stage Coachman" by Wilkie Collins, deploring changes wrought by the railway, was thought to be his first published work. The first three... More about The Illuminated Magazine
New York: 1986. A few color plates. 3 Volumes. 4to, blue cloth, boxed. (New York, 1986, 1989). Fine. More about One Man's Word; Selected Works of Simon H. Rifkind
New York: Knopf, 1929. With drawings and designs by Harold von Schimdt. Short folio, full limp vellum stamped in silver; yapped edges, top stained silver, other edges uncut. New York: Knopf, 1929. First illustrated edition. Number 139 of 170 copies, signed by Cather. More about Death Comes For The Archbishop
Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, 1993. 467 pages. 8vo, black cloth, dust wrapper; missing flyleaf, some underlining in pencil. Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, (1993). A very good copy. Contributors include bell hooks, Naomi Wolf, Andrea Dworkin, D.A. Clarke, and Louise Erdrich, among many others. More about Transforming A Rape Culture
New York: Doubleday, 2009. 293 pages. 12mo, cloth backed boards, dust wrapper. New York: Doubleday, (2009). First edition. A near fine copy. More about Idiot America; How Stupidity Became a Virtue in the Land of the Free
Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1995. Illustrated (b/w). 136 pages. 4to, paper wrappers. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1995. A very good(+) copy. More about Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1822-1995
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1969. 424 pages. 8vo, blue cloth faded at spine. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1969. First edition. A very good(+) copy. More about Congress v. The Supreme Court
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1975. 287 pages. 8vo, red boards; some underlining and margin notes in pen. New York: McGraw-Hill, (1975). First edition. A very good copy. More about Sisters in Crime; The Rise of the New Female Criminal
London: Robert Hale Ltd, 1957. Illustrated. 224 pages. 8vo, cloth faded and lightly worn at edges; previous owner's inscription on flyleaf, spine slightly cocked. London: Robert Hale, (1957). First edition. A very good copy. More about Arabesque and Honeycomb
New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2002. 383 pages. 8vo, 1/2 black cloth, dust wrapper. New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, (2002). Fine. More about Longitudes and Attitudes; Exploring the World After September 11
London: Verso, 2002. Translated by Graeme Thomson. Foreword by Mike Davis. Illustrated. 472 pages, 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. London: Verso, (2002). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More about The Pig and the Skyskraper. Chicago: A History of Our Future
Amsterdam: Petrus Schenk. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. 21" x 25". Rare map of the Polish empire in the early 18th century in high detail. Spans from Posnan in the west to Smolensko in the east, and from what is modern day Estonia in the north, down to the Kingdom of Hungary in the south. Worm holes and stains to margins. Petrus Schenk (c.1660-1711) was a German engraver and cartographer. He began his training in Amsterdam in the art... More about L'Stats de Pologne Palatinats; Regni Poloniae Magni Ducatus Lithuaniae
New York: Henry Holt, 1997. Illustrated. vi + 250 pages, 8vo, blue boards, d.w. New York: Henry Holt and Company, (1997). First American edition. More about The Famine Ships: The Irish Exodus to America, 1846-51
London: Bibliographical Society, 1907. xiii + 61 pages, thin 8vo, printed wrappers, edges untrimmed; edges of wrappers chipped. London: The Bibliographical Society, 1907. A very good(+) copy. More about Abstracts From the Wills and Testamentary Documents of Binders, Printers, and Stationers of...
London: Bibliographical Society, 1903. v + 67 pages, thin 8vo, printed wrappers; edges of wrappers chipped, rear cover detached. London: Bibliographical Society, 1903. Internally near fine, a very good(-) copy. More about Abstracts From the Wills of English Printers and Stationers, From 1492 to 1630
Amsterdam: Nicolaas Visser, 1690. Map. Engraving with original outline color. Image measures 20.5" x 24.5" Restoration verso. This impressive and unusual map of Poland in the late 17th century depicts the Polish Empire including modern day Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus and Ukraine. Shows political and administrative boundaries and many topographical features. Nicolaes Visscher II, was a Dutch cartographer, publisher and engraver active from the late 17th century to the early 18th century. This is a nice example of his work. More about Tabula nova totius Regni Poloniae
New Delhi: Orient Longmans, 1967. Volume 1 only. 8vo, red cloth, chipped wrapper. New Delhi: Orient Longmans, (1967, 1966). A very good copy in a very good(-) wrapper. More about A Comparative Study Of The Indian Constitution Volume One: General Principles of Organization
New York: Penguin, 2004. Illustrated (b/w). 818pp. 8vo, red cloth backed red boards, dust wrapper; wrapper lightly soiled and wavy; fore-edge stained. First edition, full number line. New York: Penguin, 2004. A very good(+) copy in a very good(-) wrapper. More about Alexander Hamilton
New York: Knopf, 2006. 527 pages. 8vo, black cloth backed red boards, dust wrapper; top corners lightly bumped. New York: Knopf, 2006. First edition. A very good(+) copy. More about Dangerous Nation; America's Place in the World from its Earliest Days to the Dawn of the...
Augsburg: 1759. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. 20 1/2" x 25 3/4". Beautifully designed map of Northern Poland. Spans from Pomerania and Palatinatus to Lithuania and Belarus, and shows the coast on the Baltic Sea. Includes cities and towns, mountains, forests, bodies of water, and other topographical features. Notes each voivodeship. Two lavish title cartouches with float in the Baltic centered on a portrait of Frederick the Great. Tobias Conrad Lotter was a German mapmaker based in Augsburg. His work... More about Borussiae Regnum Circulos Sambiensem, Natangiensem et Hockerlandiae Nec non Borussia Polonica
London: John Senex, 1719. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. 21" x 23". Shows some wear at original fold line, image unaffected. In very good condition. An incredibly detailed map of the Polish Empire from the early 18th century. Spans from Posnan in the west to Novogrod in the west, and from the Gulf of Finland in the north to the northern portions of Hungary and Moldavia in the south. John Senex (1678-1740) was a kind of Renaissance man of the... More about Poland and other the Countries belonging to that Crowne According to the Newest Observation
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