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: Albert and Charles Boni, 1930. Paperback. 279, [3] p.: music; 19 cm. Paperback with purple and blue wrapper; illustrated endpapers designed by Rockwell Kent. The Rockwell Kent-designed emblem originally of Charles Boni Paper Books on the title page and wrapper. List of Bonibooks through number 33 on unpaginated..... More
![Item #009832 The Lure of the Japanese Garden [by] Alison Main & Newell Platten; Foreword by Julie...](https://classicbooksandephemera.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/009832.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1683317404)
New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 2002. Hardcover. xvii, [1], 206 p.: color illustrations, maps; 21 cm. Light grey cloth with black spine title. Decorated endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket. The authors cover 120 gardens in Japan, describing "not only the gardens' physical aspects but also the historical, symbolic, religious..... More
Fort Worth: Kimbell Art Museum, 1984. Paperback. 211 p.: color and black-and-white illustrations, maps; 30 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Includes a glossary of technical terms. Catalog on the occasion of an exhibition of Armenian rugs at the Kimbell Art Museum in 1984. In Near Fine Condition: lightly rubbed; clean..... More
London: R. Bowyer Historic Gallery, 1802. 1 aquatint engraving 439 x 317 mm. (image is 221 x 312 mm.). In Very Good Condition: minor soiling in right margin; minor loss at lower right-hand corner; otherwise, clean and bright. More
London: R. Bowyer Historic Gallery, 1801. 1 aquatint engraving 320 x 467 mm. (image is 223 x 312 mm.). In Near Fine Condition: minor soiling on reverse; otherwise, clean and bright. More
London: R. Bowyer Historic Gallery, 1801. 1 aquatint engraving 316 x 460 mm. (image is 235 x 313 mm.). In Very Good Condition: minor soiling in margins; light creasing along lower edge; otherwise, clean and bright. More
Paris: Ernest Flammarion, 1913. Hard Cover. Nouvelle édition publiée par Édouard Rouveyre. 2 volumes: illustrations; 21 cm. Leather spines with marbled paper over boards. Six spine compartments between raised bands; gilt-stamped spine titles and call numbers. Top page edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Part of the series Vie Privée des Anciens..... More
New Haven, Conn. Yale University, 1995. First Edition. xiv, [2], 235 p.: 49 maps, 42 in-text tables and photographs; 26 cm. Black cloth spine with gilt spine title; black paper over boards. color illustrated dust jacket. Includes bibliographical essay and index. "Drawing on biology, archeology, linguistics, history, anthropology, and demography..... More
Paris: Pillet Ainé, 1820. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. "Troisieme Édition, revue, corrigée et augmentée." [2], 157, [3] p.: 2 portrait frontispieces drawn and engraved by Ambroise Tardieu, 1 facsimile; 21 cm. Polished calf spine with six spine compartments between double blind rules. Red morocco spine label in second compartment reading: Quesne..... More
London: Hering & Remington, 1848. 1 hand-colored lithograph 400 x 475 mm. (image is 276 x 318 mm.; mat is 19.5 x 20 inches). The lithograph was created by Edmund Walker (1813 or 1814-1882) of Day & Son, after James Rattray's drawing. James Rattray (1818-1854) was a lieutenant in the..... More
London: Hering & Remington, 1848. 1 hand-colored lithograph 430 x 527 mm. (image is 264 x 372 mm.; mat is 19.5 x 23.25 inches). The lithograph was created by Robert Carrick (1820-1905) of Day & Son, after James Rattray's drawing. James Rattray (1818-1854) was a lieutenant in the British Bengal..... More
London: Hering & Remington, 1848. 1 hand-colored lithograph 429 x 533 mm. (image is 275 x 375 mm.; mat is 19.5 x 23 inches). The lithograph was created by Edmund Walker (1813 or 1814-1882) of Day & Son, after James Rattray's drawing. James Rattray (1818-1854) was a lieutenant in the..... More
New York: Charles Boni Paper Books, 1930. Paperback. "Published January, 1930." 313, [3] p.; 19 cm. Paperback with cover design by Rockwell Kent; map of southern Africa on endpapers. The Rockwell Kent-designed emblem of Charles Boni Paper Books on the title page. Second unpaginated page following text contains subscription information..... More
Chicago: Cassandra Editions/Academy Press, 1977. Hard Cover. [18], 304 p.: frontispiece; 16 cm. Publisher's green cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. No dust jacket. Originally published in 1883 under the pen name Ralph Iron; this is a reprint of the 1924 edition published by Collins, London. Includes a glossary of Dutch..... More
New York: Atheneum, 1970. Hardcover. xvi, 215 p., 96 unpaginated page of illustrations: maps; 25 cm. Red cloth with gilt spine title. Illustrated endpapers. No dust jacket. Part of the series A Social History of the British Overseas. In Near Fine Condition: gift inscription on series title page; otherwise, clean..... More
New York: Random House, 1992. Hardcover. [8], 131, [5] p.: map; 22 cm. Black cloth spine with gilt spine title; red paper over boards with gilt author's initials on front board. Illustrated dust jacket. Stated First Edition. The author's account of his visit to Vietnam in 1989, 15 years after..... More
![Item #001915 La Gierosalemme Libberata [books one and two]. Torquato Tasso](https://classicbooksandephemera.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/001915.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1472082218)
Naples, Italy: Giuseppe-Maria Porcelli, 1786. Hard Cover. One volume containing both books with separate title pages and pagination. 260, 254 p.; 16 cm. 20th-century polished calf spine with five spine compartments between raised bands. Black morocco spine label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title; blind-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. Marbled..... More
Washington, D.C. American Historical Association, 1993. Paperback. vi, 68 p.; 23 cm. Pamphlet with illustrated cover; stapled. Part of the American Historical Association's Essays on Global and Comparative History. The author considers industrialization and gender inequality in England, France, Germany, the United States, Japan, and China. In Very Good+ Condition..... More
Paris: Collection Hetzel, 1914. Hardcover. [2], 267, [1] p., 3 leaves of color plates: many in-text illustrations, 1 2-page map; 28 cm. Publisher's red cloth with gilt-stamped title and decoration on spine and front board; publisher's emblem blind-stamped on back board. All page edges gilt. Light blue-green endpapers. Series title..... More
Munich: Georg Müller, 1908. Hardcover. [8], 70 p.: illustrations; 27 cm. Brown paper over boards with black cover title: König Bob: Ein Tiermärchen von Theodor Volbehr; illustriert von Paul Neuenborn. Brown and black front cover illustration. Contains both full-page and in-text illustrations; pages with neither have decorative borders. Former owner's..... More
New York: John Day Co., 1948. Hardcover. xi, [1], 100 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Grey cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles over turquoise background, with gilt-stamped decoration. Illustrationed dust jacket with publisher's advetisements on back section. Signed by the author on front free endpaper, dated Sept. 1955. Contains 21..... More
New York: Lippincott & Crowell, 1980. Hardcover. ix, [3], 243 p.: illustrations, maps; 24 cm. Black cloth spine with blue paper over boards and gilt spine title. Dust jacket. Stated First Edition. A "searing and unique account" of the Battle of Iwo Jima, "told from the perpective of both the..... More
'S-Gravenhage, Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff, 1932. [4], 27, [1] p., 16 leaves of plates: illustrations; 41 cm. In a portfolio with black cloth spine and corners; light grey paper over boards with black cover title. Tissue guards between leaves of plates. This is part 14 of a description of the Egyptian..... More
London, Eng. Darton and Harvey, 1806. Hardcover. iv, [4], 424 p.: folded engraved frontispiece map, 3 folded leaves of engravings; 18 cm. Full calf with six spine compartments between gilt rules. Front fixed endpaper bears former owner's name: E.J. Deane. At head of title page is inscription: G.A. Finch 1807..... More