London and New York: Routledge, 2010. Paperback. Second Edition. xvi, 366, [4] p.: tables; 23 cm. Paperback. Part of the publisher's Understanding Language Series. Includes glossary and indices. In Fine Condition: clean and tight. More
Lakeville, Conn. International Non-Aristotelian Library Publishing Co. 1949. Hardcover. Third Edition with New Preface. Second Large Printing of 1949. [6], lxxiv, 806 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Dark blue cloth with gilt spine title. Final 8 pages contain publisher's catalog. Without dust jacket. Alfred Korzybski (1879-1950) was a Polish-American scholar who... More
![Tom Brown's School-Days [Tom Brown at Rugby]. Thomas Hughes.](/pictures/thumb/006368.JPG?v=1528485783)
Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1882. Hardcover. 239 p., frontispiece; 19 cm. Dark green cloth with black spine title on gilt background; embossed cover title on black background. Spine and cover titles are "Tom Brown at Rugby." Black stamped decoration on spine and front cover. "Alta Edition" -- on front cover... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. 1875. Hardcover. 362, [10] p., frontispiece; 19 cm. Dark green cloth with gilt spine title; black stamped decoration on spine and front cover. Blind-stamped decoration on back board. Dark brown endpapers. Publisher's advertisements on 10 pages following text. Gift inscription on blank leaf following... More
Chicago and New York: Belford, Clarke & Co. 1884. Hardcover. 306 p.: illustrations; 20 cm. Dark green cloth with embossed spine and cover titles over gilt background; blind-stamped decoration on spine and front cover. Floral endpapers. The author, George Oliver Shields (1846-1925), was an American who specialized in books about... More
London: James Duncan, 1832. Hardcover. Vol. 4 only. vii, [1], 561, [1] p.; 22 cm. Contemporary calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Leather labels in second and third compartments with gilt-tooled title and volume number. Boards have gilt-rolled edges. All page edges red. Brown endpapers. This volume covers... More
![A Critical History of the Language and Literature of Antient Greece vol. 4 [provenance: Winchester College]. William Mure.](/pictures/thumb/006364.JPG?v=1528485783)
London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1859. Hardcover. Second Edition. Vol. 4 only: xii, 568 p., 1 folded map of the world according to Hecataeus; 22 cm. 19th-century polished calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Leather labels in second and third compartments with gilt-tooled title "Literature of... More
Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office, 1911. Hardcover. Third Edition Revised and Enlarged. Vol. 1 only. xxi, [1], 1707 p.: tables; 24 cm. Burgundy cloth with gilt spine title. Decorated endpapers. Oval stamp on title page: Chamber of Commerce of the United Sttes of America Library, Washington, D.C. Call number on... More
Bielefeld und Leipzig: Velhagen & Klafing, 1886. Knötel, Richard. Hardcover. vi, 569, [1] p.: in-text illustrations; 24 cm. Dark brown cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles. Black and gilt stamped illustration on spine and front cover. Blind-stamped border on back cover. Green-and-black patterned endpapers. Illustrations are by Richard Knötel... More
Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Co. 1895. Hardcover. 413, [1] p.: frontispiece, 2 leaves of illustrations; 20 cm. Black cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles. Spine and cover illustrations in green and gilt. Color illustrated endpapers, the front with an illustration of boys going fishing and the back with... More
New York: Review of Reviews Corporation, 1924. Hardcover. [2], 46 p.; 20 cm. Dark brown cloth spine; light brown boards with black cover title. Answers are in the four-volume edition of The Outline of History by H. G. Wells. The question were compiled by Mr. H. L. Piner, of Denison... More
New York: Chatterton-Peck Co. 1907. Hardcover. iii, [1], 120, [4] p., color frontispiece and 5 leaves of color plates: in-text and full-page black-and-white illustrations; 20 cm. Green cloth with black spine title; white cover title; red, white, and black cover illustrations. Publisher's advertisements on 4 pages following text. No date... More
New York: Gordon Volland Publications; Buzza Co. 1928. Hardcover. Stated First Printing. 159, [1] p.: full-page color illustrations and in-text line drawings; 22 cm. Orange cloth spine with color illustrated paper over boards. Illustrated endpapers. Grandpa explains various historical and scientific developments to his grandchildren, charmingly illustrated. In Very Good... More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co. 1922. Hardcover. Revised and Enlarged Edition. [2], iv, [2], 375 p., frontispiece and 15 leaves of illustrations; 21 cm. Green cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles. Spine decoration in white; cover illustration in white, black, and gilt. Advertisement for the author's Lives of... More
New York: Doubleday, 1997. Hardcover. xii, 275, [1] p., 16 p. of illustrations; 22 cm. Black spine with gilt spine title; brown paper over boards. Brown endpapers. Dust jacket with jacket photo by Kelly Campbell. Book and dust jacket are in Fine Condition: clean and bright. More
Los Angeles: Llewellyn Publications, 1943. Hardcover. Eighth Edition. 749, [1] p., folded chart of the stars and constellations: illustrations; 22 cm. Black faux leather cover with gilt spine and cover titles. Blue endpapers. In Very Good Condition: cover is lightly rubbed and soiled; internally clean and tight. More
New York: Anchor Books Doubleday, 1993. Paperback. 639, [1] p., 32 p. of illustrations; 24 cm. Paperback. A well-illustrated biography of Margaret Sanger (1879-1966), who played a pivotal role in the legalization and increased accessibility of birth control. In Very Good+ Condition: small scrape on front cover; very light soiling; solid. More
Istanbul, Turkey: Net Turistik Yayinlar, 1998. Paperback. 140, [4] p.: color illustrations; 22 cm. Paperback with color illustrated cover. Circular stamp on title page: Antalya Turizmi Eski Eserleri. Recipes include: raw meatballs; eggplant fingers; fava beans puree; fried liver; brain salad; rose petal jam; turkish delight; and many dishes with... More
New York: Walter J. Black, 1927. Hardcover. [6], 760 p.; 19 cm. Limp leather back by thin card with gilt-stamped spine title and decoration; gilt-stamped cover title and blind-stamped decoration on front cover. Inscription on front fixed endpaper indicating that this formerly belonged to Woodrow Wilson Senior High in Camden... More
![The Works of William Shakespeare: The Plays edited from the Folio of MDCXXIII . . . by Richard Grant White -- Vol. XII [Antony and Cleopatra; Cymbeline; Pericles]. William Shakespeare.](/pictures/thumb/006351.JPG?v=1527894233)
Boston: Little Brown and Co. 1861. Hardcover. Volume 12 only. [2], 487 p.; 21 cm. Dark brown bead-grain cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Pages are unopened. Armorial bookplate on front fixed endpaper of Wm. Curtis Noyes. William Curtis Noyes (1805-1864) was an important jurist in New York State. This is... More
Canberra, Australia: Australian War Memorial, 1947. Hardcover. Seventh edition, Sept., 1947. [10], 116, [2] p., folded plan: illustrations; 22 cm. Blue-grey cover with gilt-stamped cover title. The folded plan of the memorial is printed in red and black on both sides and attached to the back fixed endpaper. The Australian... More
![Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, in the Olden Time; Being a Collection of Memoirs, Anecdote, and Incidents of the City and its Inhabitants, and of the Earliest Settlements of the Inland Part of Pennsylvania, from the Days of the Founders [vol. 1]. John Fanning Watson.](/pictures/thumb/006349.JPG?v=1527894232)
Philadelphia: Elijah Thomas, 1857. Hardcover. "Intended to preserve the recollections of olden time, and to exhibit society in its changes of manners and customs, and the city and country in their local changes and improvements. Embellished with Engravings, by T. H. Mumford." Vol. 1 only. xv, [1], 609 p., frontispiece... More
Philadelphia: Peirce School, 1937. Hardcover. 120, [2] p.: illustrations, tables, facsimiles; 28 cm. Dark blue cloth with ring binding across the top; gilt-stamped cover title. Series title gilt-stamped on front cover: Peirce School Series. Founded as the Union Business College in 1865, the then Peirce College of Business first added... More
Dresden: M. Wolf, 1900. Hardcover. Title continued: "Entwickelungsgeschichte, Schwangerschaft und Geburt, Krankheiten der Wöchnerinnen, Kinderkrankheiten und deren Behandlung, Geschlechtskrankheiten, deren Gefahren und Verhütung." "Fünfzehnte, vollständig neu bearbeitete Auflage des Werkes Der Mensch. Mit 187 Text-Illustrationen, 31 anatomischen Farbendruck-Tafeln nebst einem zerlegbaren Modell des weiblichen Körpers." xvi, 1264 p., 32 leaves... More
New York: Mark H. Newman & Co. 1851. Sartain, John. Hardcover. iv, 241, [1] p., engraved frontispiece portrait of Kossuth and 15 leaves of engraved plates: music; 25 cm. Dark green cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and decoration; gilt-stamped portrait of Kossuth on front cover, with the same blind-stamped on... More