New York: Delacorte Press / Seymour Lawrence, 1973. Hardcover. First printing 1973. [16], 295, [5] p.: illustrations; 21 cm. Orange cloth with gilt spine title and facsimile author's signature on front cover. Black endpapers; top page edges yellow. Illustrated dust jacket in mylar cover. "Emulating Tolstoy, who freed his serfs..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001. Paperback. "Revised and Expanded Edition." x, [2], 388 p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. In Fine Condition: clean and tight. More
Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1974. Hardcover. x, [2], 274 p.: illustrations; 22 cm. Blue cover with silver spine title; publisher's emblem blind-stamped on front cover. Blue endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket. Stated First Edition. The first biography of Moe Berg (1902-1972), American Major League Baseball catcher and coach, as well..... More
Chicago: Popular Mechanics Co., 1941. Hardcover. 192 p.: illustrations, diagrams; 24 cm. Grey cloth with blue spine and cover titles, and color illustration. Former owner's name on front fixed endpaper. Includes row boats, canoes, power and sail craft, plywood boats, outboard and inboard runabouts, cabin cruisers and "many other interesting..... More
New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1976. Hardcover. 302, [18] p.: illustrations; 27 cm. Blue cloth with gilt spine and cover titles. Illustrated dust jacket. Inclues list of Olympic medal winners from 1896 to 1972. Book is in Near Fine Condition: cover is slightly sunned along lower edge; clean and tight..... More
New York: Counterpoint, 2002. Paperback. [10], 340 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. "Based on scores of previously unpublished letters and journals and Gary Snyder's own interviews" -- back cover. Explores how their experiences in the Cascades in the 1950s influenced three American poets associated with the Beat..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001. Hardcover. xix, [1], 315 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Blue cover with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Gift inscription on front free endpaper from the author to Kenneth Kusmer (1945-2020), Professor of History at Temple University, dated 2001: "To Ken Kusmer Companion and friend."..... More
New York: D. Appleton-Century Co., 1945. Hardcover. Copyright 1945 by Crowell-Collier Publishing Co. This is the Book-of-the-Month Club edition, published shortly after the first edition. [6], 455 p.; 20 cm. Blue cloth with gilt spine and cover titles. Illustrated dust jacket. A novel about refugees in Paris before the beginning..... More
New York: Random House, 1984. Hardcover. xviii, 311, [3] p., [8] p. of illustrations; 24 cm. Black and red cover with gilt spine and cover titles. Illustrated dust jacket. Former owner's name on front free endpaper. Remainder mark on lower page edges. Includes a chronology and a glossary. Book is..... More
Garden City: Doubleday & Co., 1972. Hardcover. x, [4], 272 p.; 22 cm. Brown cloth with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Book is in Near Fine Condition: top page edges slightly soiled; otherwise, clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Good+ Condition: rubbed and soiled; solid... More
New York: M. S. Mill Co., 1942. Hardcover. 251 p.; 20 cm. Grey cloth with red spine and cover titles. Top page edges red. Illustrated dust jacket in mylar cover. Former owner's stamp on front free endpaper: Elsie H. Niepling, Waterford, N.J. Front free endpaper also bears stamp of Lit..... More
Harrisburg, Pa. Clarence M. Busch, State Printer, 1896. Hardcover. lxxxvii,[1], 624 p., frontispiece and 19 leaves of plates (5 double-leave plans): portrait, tables, plans; 24 cm. Light brown pebble-grain cloth with brown spine title. "Common Schools of Pennsylvania" -- at head of title page. Stamp of the library of Muhlenberg..... More
London: I.B. Tauris & Co., 1987. Hardcover. xxii, 215, [3] p.; 24 cm. Black cover with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. "The Other Side of the War in Vietnam -- Told through Interviews with North Vietnamese, former Vietcong and Southern Opposition Leaders" -- dust jacket. Book is in Near..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1941. Hardcover. [8], 85 p.; 22 cm. Light brown cloth with yellow-brown spine and cover titles. No dust jacket. In Fine Condition: clean and tight. More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2005. Hardcover. Published in conjunction with the exhibition held at the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture. 376 p.: color illustrations, maps; 31 cm. Red cloth with silver spine title. Decorated endpaper. Illustrated dust jacket. Includes a timeline, a...... More
Washington, D.C. American Institute of Architects Press, 1991. Hardcover. 208 p.: illustrations; 31 cm. Red cloth with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. The author, Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa (1934-2007), was one of the founders of the Metabolist Movement and designer of the Nakagin Capsule Tower Building. A heavy book;..... More
Philadelphia: Philadelphia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects and T-Square Club, 1926. Hardcover. 284 p.: plates of drawings and photographs (included in page count); 30 cm. Red-brown cover with black cover title and illustration. Red-brown endpapers. Former owner's name written on front free endpaper: Hy Myers. Hy Myers (1941-2022)..... More
Philadelphia: Philadelphia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects and T-Square Club, 1928. Hardcover. 348 p.: plates of drawings (1 in color) and photographs (included in page count); 30 cm. Brown cover with dark brown cover title. Dark brown endpapers. Features the work of many architects and landscape architects, including..... More
Philadelphia: Philadelphia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects and T-Square Club, 1924. Hardcover. Color frontispiece, 257 p.: plates of drawings (1 in color), photographs, and plans (included in page count); 28 cm. Brown cover with black spine title, Philadelphia Architectural Exhibition, and cover title and illustration: Architectural Exhibition of..... More
Philadelphia: Philadelphia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects and T-Square Club, 1923. Hardcover. Sepia frontispiece, 256 p.: plates of drawings (2 in color), photographs, and plans (included in page count); 28 cm. Brown cover with blue spine title, Philadelphia Architectural Exhibition, and blue cover title and illustration: Architectural Exhibition..... More
Philadelphia: Philadelphia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects and T-Square Club, 1922. Hardcover. Color frontispiece, 256 p.: plates of drawings, photographs, and plans (included in page count); 28 cm. Off-white cover with black spine title, Philadelphia Architectural Exhibition, and black cover title. Black-on-gilt emblems of both organizations on the..... More
Philadelphia: Philadelphia Chapter American Institute of Architects and T Square Club, 1917. Hardcover. 160 p.: drawings, photographs, and plans; 31 cm. Off-white cover with black spine title, Philadelphia Year Book, and red-and-black cover title. Small bookseller's label on front fixed endpaper for Acres of Books, Cincinnati. Former owners' names on..... More
Philadelphia: Philadelphia Chapter American Institute of Architects and T Square Club, 1915. Hardcover. Printed for the Exhibition Board by the A. H. Sickler Co. Color frontispiece, 191 p.: drawings, photographs, and plans; 31 cm. Off-white cover with black spine title, Philadelphia Year Book, and red cover title. Front fixed endpaper..... More
Philadelphia: Philadelphia Chapter American Institute of Architects and T Square Club, 1913. Hardcover. Under the Patronage and at the Galleries of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, 172 p.: drawings, photographs, and plans (a few in color); 31 cm. Grey cloth with black spine title, Philadelphia Year..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1954. Hardcover. xiv, 253, [3] p.; 22 cm. Green and blue cover with yellow spine title. Dust jacket. Contains a collection of "stories, poems, sketches, parodies, essays, and comments," most not previously published. Book is in Very Good+ Condition: endpapers slightly discolored; otherwise, clean and..... More