Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000. Hardcover. xix, [1], 179 p., [8] p. of color illustrations: in-text black-and-white illustrations; 24 cm. Blue cloth with gilt spine title. Blue endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket. The author discusses six churches built by Nicholas Hawksmoor from 1712 to 1731 in London and "argues that..... More
Paris: Bureau de Courval, et Compagnie, 1826. Hardcover. Vol. 1 of Bibliothéque Universelle des Voyages, only. [2], 527, [1] p., handcolored frontispiece and 3 leaves of handcolored plates; 21 cm. Contemporary full speckled calf with gilt-tooled spine labels and spine decoration; gilt-rolled border on each board, which have gilt-rolled edges..... More
Paris: Librairie Adrien-Maisonneuve, 1964. Paperback. 102, [2] p.: illustrations; 17 cm. Paperback. Circular stamp on front cover: "Byblos Oriental Stores, Byblos, Lebanon." Stated first edition. Translation by H. Tabet. A concise history of Byblos, Lebanon, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world and the site of repeated..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. Hardcover. Based on a documentary film by Ken Burns, written by Dayton Duncan. Stated First Edition. xix, [1], 248, [2] p.: illustrations, maps; 26 cm. Maroon cover with gilt spine title. Maps on endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket. Book is in Fine Condition: clean and..... More
London: Printed for Rich. Phillips, and Dulau and Co., 1806. Hardcover. xiv, 278, [8] p.; 16 cm. Contemporary half red morocco with six spine compartments between gilt rules; black leather spine label with gilt-tooled title: Memoirs of a Traveller. Error in binding: spine label is upside down in the fifth..... More
Munich: F. Bruckmann, 1937. Hardcover. 143, [1] p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Green cloth with gilt stamped spien and cover titles. Former owner's bookplate on front fixed endpaper of "Hans M. Sylvester, M.D." The author, Edwin Erich Dwinger (1898-1981), was one of the most popular authors in Nazi Germany. He published..... More
S.l. Hearst's International-Cosmopolitan Magazine, 1928. Hardcover. 325 p.; 25 cm. Publisher's dark brown cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles and decoration; back cover mirrors front cover. Gilt-decorated turn-ins. Top page edges gilt. Brown endpapers. Decorative head-pieces and initial letters. This is no. 1950 of a limited edition of 3,000..... More
Hannover, Germany: Amerika-Haus, 1991. Paperback. 299 p.: illustrations, maps; 24 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Maps on inside of covers; back cover unfolds for double-page map. Record of an exhibition of books, maps, and other materials presenting North America from the perspective of European travellers over four centuries. Entirely in..... More
Lübeck, Ger. Verlag Lübecker Nachrichten, 1981. Hardcover. 160 p.; 22 cm. Dark brown illustrated cloth with light brown spine and cover titles. Maps on endpapers. Arranged alphabetically by city. Entirely in German. In Near Fine Condition: top page edges slightly soiled; otherwise, clean and tight... More
London: H. Fisher, R. Fisher & P. Jackson, 1835. Hardcover. 2 volumes in 1: 68, 64 p., 64 leaves of steel-engraved plates, including 2 frontispieces (1 a color frontispiece engraved and printed by G. Baxter) and 2 added engraved title pages with imprint: Fisher, Son, & Co., London, 1835; 29..... More
Paris: Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Francais, 1924. Paperback. 102, [6] p.: frontispiece portrait of the author by Man Ray; 19 cm. Blue wrappers printed in black. Original glassine dust jacket. Publisher's advertisements on back cover. Most pages are unopened. This is number 561 of a limited edition of 1115..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1893. Hardcover. xiii, [1], 328 p.; 19 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Black leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title; gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. Gilt-tooled armorial emblem of the Mill Hill School on the front board; both boards..... More
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1984. Hardcover. x, [2], 387, [1] p.: illustrations, tables, drawings; 28 cm. Dark green cover with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket, in mylar cover. Stated First Edition. The authors "describe the sites area by area, stela by stela, making this book the perfect..... More
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1859. Hardcover. xiii, [3], 448 p.: in-text illustrations; 18 cm. Contemporary half calf with five spine compartments between gilt rules; "Paris" gilt-tooled in second compartment. Marbled paper over boards. Although there is a "List of Engravings," it does not appear that any of the plates were..... More
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1911. Hardcover. v, [3], 87, [1] p., color frontispiece and 11 color plates: double-page map, drawing of kookaburras; 20 cm. Red cloth with embossed decoration on spine and front cover; gilt spine title; black cover title; color pastedown on front cover. List of titles in..... More
Bethlehem, Pa. Bethlehem Chamber of Commerce, 1924. Map. 1 map (39 x 51 cm.), folded. Printed in red and black. Includes many points of interest, including Moravian sites, educational institutions, and Bethlehem Steel Co. The reverse side contains a smal map of eastern Pennsylvania showing Bethelhem's location. In Fine Condition..... More
Milan: Kina Italia, 1989. Paperback. 128 p.: color illustrations; 27 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Publisher's advertisement on inside of back cover. No date of publication. The name of Alfonso de Franciscis, Superintendent of Antiquities in Naples, is at the head of the title page and the end of the..... More
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Paris: Adrien Le Clere, 1836. Hardcover. Imprint also contains: Laval: P.A. Genesley-Portiers. Deuxieme Edition. 3 volumes: 456, 459, 396 p.; 18 cm. Contemporary full mottled calf; red leather spine labels with gilt-tooled title and black leather spine labels with gilt-tooled volume number. Gilt-tooled decoration on remainder of spines. Gilt-tooled board..... More
New York: Metro Books, 2008. Hardcover. 160 p.: color illustrations; 32 cm. Illustrated cover. Dust jacket repeating cover design. Black endpapers. Beautiful color photographs of Paris, arranged by section. Includes photographs of Notre-Dame de Paris prior to the April 2019 fire. A heavy book; for international shipping, it will have..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1945. Hardcover. 256 p.: many in-text wood engravings by the author; 22 cm. Green cloth with gilt and red spine title and front cover illustration. Illustrated dust jacket. An exploration of the River Lee country in Ireland. Book is in Near Fine Condition: corners..... More
Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1973. Paperback. 30, [6] p.: illustations; 18 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Orange free endpapers. Number Twelve in the Yes! Capra Chapbook Series. Gifford's journal entires on visiting Lowell, Mass., with photographs by Marshall Clements of various buildings associated with Jack Kerouac. This is not one..... More
London: Religious Tract Society, 1893. Hardcover. 320, [2] p.; 20 cm. Publisher's dark blue cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Dark brown endpapers. Publisher's advertisements on final two unpaginated pages. Former owner's name on half title: "A. Donaldson Smith 1898." This was possibly Dr. Arthur Donaldson Smith (1866-1939), an American doctor..... More
Albany: Re-printed by Barber and Southwick, for Thomas Spencer, book-seller, 1794. Hardcover. 458, vii, [1] p.; 17 cm. Contemporary calf with six spine compartments between gilt-rolled bands; red leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title. First American edition. Early American Imprints, 1st ser. (Evans), 27057. Attributed to Oliver Goldsmith..... More
Berlin: Ernst Siegfried Mittler und Sohn, 1904. Hardcover. vii, [1], 244, [4] p., frontispiece and 2 leaves of illustrations; 19 cm. 20th-century half calf with six spine compartments: black leather labels in 2nd and 4th compartments with gilt-tooled title and author. Gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. Beige paper over boards..... More
Philadelphia: Gebbie & Co., 1882. The sheet is 11.5 x 15 inches; the image is 7.25 x 10 inches. The print is a black-and-white image of the painting La Place Saint Georges, Paris by Edmond Georges Grandjean (1844-1908). The series The Masterpieces of French Art was issued in the United..... More