New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1895. Hardcover. ix, [1], 194, [4] p., frontispiece; 16 cm. Beige cloth with dark brown spine and cover titles and publisher's owl emblem on front cover. Top page edges gilt. List of titles in the publisher's Buckram Series on half title verso including this..... More
New York: Warner Books, 1986. Paperback. First Warner Books printing Oct. 1986. 255, [1] p.; 17 cm. Paperback. "California's hippest ex-radical detective" solves a mystery in Communist China. In Very Good- Condition: edges are rubbed; creasing along spine; pages are clean and tight. More
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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
London, Eng. His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1916. Hardcover. Printed by Joseph Causton and Sons. xliii, 684 p.: tables; 24 cm. Dark blue cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Blue endpapers. At head of title page: Miscellaneous no. 31 (1916). With the 4-page "Guide to the Reader" pointing out the most important..... 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
'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
London, Eng. Bradbury and Evans, 1857. Hardcover. xvi, 282 p.: color frontispiece, 1 color plate, many in-text and full-page woodcut illustrations; 19 cm. Original purple cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and decoration, and front cover medallion; blind-stamped decorative borders on both covers and center medallion on back cover. All page..... More
1921. Morris Wistar Wood (1899-1980) was from a Philadelphia Quaker family and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in mechanical engineering in 1921. He enjoyed the opportunity to travel to Canton, China, where he taught solid analytical geometry at Canton Christian College. The school had established by the American Presbyterian..... More
Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Co., 1850. Paperback. "Improved edition." 1 atlas of 7 leaves containing 10 hand-colored maps; 32 cm. Yellow wrappers with wrapper title printed in black within a Greek key pattern border. No date of publication; the firm published as Phillips, Sampson & Co. from 1850 to 1859..... More
Jamaica Plain, Mass. YMAA Publication Center, 1996. Paperback. xiv, 363, [7] p.: illustrations; 25 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Publisher's catalog on final 2 unpaginated pages. In Very Good- Condition: cover slightly soiled; ink underlining on a few pages; otherwise, clean and tight. More
New York: John Day Co., 1952. Hardcover. First Amnerican Edition. xii, 303, [1] p., color frontispiece and 7 leaves of color plates: many in-text drawings; 22 cm. Black cloth with yellow spine title; Chinese characters in yellow on spine and front cover. The Chiang family tree on front endpapers. White..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1908. Hardcover. Reprinted October 1908. xvi, 207 p., frontispiece portrait of Sir Harry Lumsden and 15 leaves of plates; 23 cm. Red cloth with gilt-stamped spine title; armorial emblem of the Queen's Own Corps of Guides is gilt-stamped on front cover. Includes index. Gift inscription on..... More