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FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. CHARTERED IN 1895 Objects of the Society. a Public Zoological Park. the Preservation of Our Native Animals. the Promotion of Zoology
Imprint: New York, Office of the Zoological Society, 1897
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Softcover
Boards a bit faded and with light rubbing to extremities. Very minor soiling to front board; This is the first report of the New York Zoological Society - several years before the Bronx Zoo opened its doors ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 63 pages, Very Good+
Stock number: 19196.
$US 175.00 |
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H F
SPARKS FROM A LOCOMOTIVE Life and Liberty in Europe
Imprint: New York, Derby & Jackson, 1859
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Very minor rubbing to extremities. Previous owner's name in fep; Engaging diary, written in the florid prose of the time, of a European trip in 1859. The only identification of the author is his (or her) initals, and the fact that he (or she) wrote 'Belle Britain's Letters. ' ; 12mo; 305 pages, Very Good+
Stock number: 3245.
$US 35.00 |
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Abetti, Giorgio & Hack, Margherita
NEBULAE AND GALAXIES
Imprint: London, Faber & Faber, 1964
Binding: Hardcover
Wear & chipping to DJ; part three of a trilogy, encompassing the Sun, the Stars and Planets, and this, Nebulae and Galaxies. The authors were university professors; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 264 pages, Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
Stock number: 11256.
$US 84.90 |
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Abraham, George D.
MOUNTAIN ADVENTURES AT HOME AND ABROAD
Imprint: London, Methuen & Co. , Ltd., 1910
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Light wear to extremities. Spine slightly faded. Endpapers browned. Hinges started. Bookplate to front pastedown ; Early adventures in mountain climbing. With twenty-six illustrations ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 308,47 pages, Very Good+
Stock number: 12384.
$US 115.00 |
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Ackerman, Carl W.
GERMANY, THE NEXT REPUBLIC?
Imprint: New York, George H. Doran Company, 1917
Binding: Hardcover
Boards worn and with 1" top spine missing. Front hinge started ; 8vo; 292 pages, Good+
Stock number: 18881.
$US 30.00 |
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Acland, Eric and Bartlett, E. H.
THE HOUSE OF WINDSOR George V to George VI
Imprint: Chicago, John C. Winston, 1937
Edition: First American Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Spine a bit faded ; Ex-Lib; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 408 pages, Very Good+
Stock number: 494.
$US 30.00 |
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Adair, John
THE PILGRIMS' WAY Shrines and Saints in Britain and Ireland
Imprint: London, Thames and Hudson, 1978
Binding: Hardcover
Photographs by peter cheze-brown; 8vo; 208 pages, Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
Stock number: 16697. ISBN: 0500250618
$US 20.00 |
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Adams, Harry
BEYOND THE BARRIER WITH BYRD An Authentic Story of the Byrd Antarctic Exploring Expedition
Imprint: Chicago, M. A. Donohue & Company, 1932
Binding: Hardcover
Spine a bit sunned ; Author Adams accompanied Admiral Byrd and the rest of the crew in exploring the Antarctic region by air, including flying over the South Pole, in the autumn of 1928 ; 8vo; 253 pages, Very Good+
Stock number: 16633.
$US 20.00 |
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Adams, Mary
CONFESSIONS OF A WIFE
Imprint: New York, The Century Co., 1902
Binding: Hardcover
Light wear to boards and with spine lettering faded. Front hinge weakening; Epistolary novel, written in the form of letters and diary entries; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 377 pages, Very Good. Illustr: Illustrated by Smith, Granville
Stock number: 15686.
$US 30.00 |
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Adams, Frederick Upham
CONQUEST OF THE TROPICS The Story of the Creative Enterprise Conducted by the United Fruit Company
Imprint: Garden City, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1914
Binding: Hardcover
Binding not tight; The Caribbean as seen through the lens of the dealings of the United Fruit Company. ; Romance of Big Business, Vol. 1; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 368 pages, Very Good+
Stock number: 19183.
$US 75.00 |
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Adams, Henry
MONT-SAINT-MICHEL AND CHARTRES
Imprint: New York, The Heritage Press, 1957
Binding: Hardcover
Including numerous photogravures by Samuel Chamberlain; 8vo; 348 pages, Very Good+
Stock number: 18626.
$US 40.00 |
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Adams, Joseph
TEN THOUSAND MILES THROUGH CANADA The Natural Resources, Commercial Industries, Fish and Game, Sports and Pastimes of the Great Dominion
Imprint: New York, Frederick A. Stokes Company, N.D.
Binding: Hardcover
Possible ex-lib with sticker removal to front endpaper. Occasional underlining. Binding not tight; No date, late 1910s, early 1920s. A long and detailed account of a long and detailed trip through Canada ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 310 pages, Very Good
Stock number: 15113.
$US 45.00 |
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Adams, James Truslow
THE ADAMS FAMILY
Imprint: Boston, Little Brown & Company, 1930
Binding: Hardcover
Wear to extremities. Binding could be tighter. Bookseller's sticker to rear endpaper ; No, not the television Addams family, the political one. Divided into four generations from John Adams on down ; 8vo; 364 pages, Very Good+
Stock number: 12715.
$US 25.00 |
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Adams, R. R. D. [editor]
THE BOOK OF THE CHEESE Being Traits and Stories of 'ye Olde Cheshire Cheese'
Imprint: London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1901
Edition: Fourth Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Light wear to extremities; Assorted amusing sallies of wit; B&W Illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 200 pages, Very Good+
Stock number: 10280.
$US 150.00 |
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Adams, Adams, J. G.
THE CHRISTIAN VICTOR Mortality and Immortality Including Happy Death Scenes
Imprint: Boston, A. Tompkins, 1851
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 216 pages, Very Good
Stock number: 11166.
$US 174.81 |
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Adams, John Turvill
THE LOST HUNTER A Tale of Early Times
Imprint: New York, Derby & Jackson, 1856
Binding: Hardcover
Boards with moderate wear to extremities. Front hinge weakening. Previous owner's name to first and last pages. Endpapers out. Spine outer covering detaching; 8vo; 462 pages, Very Good
Stock number: 12579.
$US 100.00 |
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Adamson, Hilary & Shaw, Isobel
A TRAVELLER'S GUIDE TO PAKISTAN
Imprint: Islamabad, Pangraphics Limited, 1981
Binding: Hardcover
Wear & open tears to DJ. Binding not tight. Previous owner's inkstamps to front endpaper and title page ; Numerous maps illustrate the area under discussion ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 364 pages, Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
Stock number: 13375.
$US 70.00 |
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Addams, Jane
A CENTENNIAL READER
Imprint: New York, The MacMillan Company, 1960
Binding: Hardcover
Chipping with small tears & dampstaining to DJ. Browning to endpapers; The pioneering social worker shares views on many issues ; 8vo; 330 pages, Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
Stock number: 14204.
$US 30.00 |
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Addams, Jane
A NEW CONSCIENCE AND AN ANCIENT EVIL
Imprint: New York, The MacMillan Company, 1912
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Small tear to upper spine end; Discussion of society's obligations to women and girls of modest circumstances ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 219 pages, Very Good+
Stock number: 13832.
$US 75.00 |
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Addams, Jane
THE EXCELLENT BECOMES THE PERMANENT
Imprint: New York, The MacMillan Company, 1932
Binding: Hardcover
Wear to extremities. Previous ownership inkstamps to first three pages and endpapers ; A selection of memorial services addressing the question of the hereafter ; 8vo; 162 pages, Very Good+
Stock number: 13023.
$US 100.00 |
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Addams, Jane
THE SPIRIT OF YOUTH AND THE CITY STREETS
Imprint: New York, The MacMillan Company, 1909
Binding: Hardcover
Slight wear to extremities and spine ends ; Every generation laments the 'youth of today' and it is their inalienable right to do so ; 8vo; 162 pages, Very Good+
Stock number: 13833.
$US 50.00 |
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Addams, Jane
TWENTY YEARS AT HULL-HOUSE With Autobiographical Notes
Imprint: New York, MacMillan Company, 1930
Edition: Later Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated
Foxing to DJ; Inscribed 'faithfully yours' by the author; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 462 pages, Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
Stock number: 12502.
$US 500.00 |
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Ade, George
DOC' HORNE A Story of the Streets and Town
Imprint: Chicago, Herbert S. Stone and Company, 1899
Binding: Hardcover
Traces of a removed label on front boards ; Ex-Library; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 292 pages, Very Good+
Stock number: 7179.
$US 25.00 |
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Agassiz, G. R. (editor)
LETTERS AND RECOLLECTIONS OF ALEXANDER AGASSIZ WITH A SKETCH OF HIS LIFE AND WORK
Imprint: Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913
Binding: Hardcover
Brown buckram boards with gilt lettering and minor rubbing to extremities. Numerous b&w illustrations from photographs and a photographure frontispiece. Large map in front pocket; 8vo; 454 pages, Very Good
Stock number: 2192.
$US 125.00 |
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Ahlemann, Joachim; Dierks, Walter
VARTA-FÜHRER DURCH DEUTSCHLAND Westlicher Teil Und Berlin
Imprint: Stuttgart, Mairs Geographischer Verlag, 1962
Binding: Hardcover
DJ a bit faded and with light chipping to top spine; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 784 pages, Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
Stock number: 18911.
$US 30.00 |
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Alba, Victor
THE HORIZON CONCISE HISTORY OF MEXICO
Imprint: New York, American Heritage Publishing Co, 1973
Binding: Hardcover
Color Photographs; 8vo; 217 pages, Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
Stock number: 17576.
$US 20.00 |
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Albee, Edward
TINY ALICE A Play
Imprint: New York, Atheneum, 1965
Binding: Hardcover
Light chipping & wear to DJ ; Author of the blockbuster 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf'; 8vo; 190 pages, Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
Stock number: 10930.
$US 20.00 |
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[Albert Bonniers Forlag]
STOCKHOLM With Adjacent Towns and Other Places of Interest to Tourists
Imprint: Stockholm, Albert Bonniers Forlag, 1937
Binding: Hardcover
A tall "Baedeker clone" with rear fold out map; Sweden. a Guide for Tourists; B&W Photographs; 12mo - 7" to 7½" tall; 228 pages, Very Good+
Stock number: 4837.
$US 100.00 |
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Alderson, Frederick
THE NEW GRAND TOUR Travelling Today through Europe, Asia Minor, India and Nepal
Imprint: London, Travel Book Club, 1971
Binding: Hardcover
Book Club Edition; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 192 pages, Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket
Stock number: 1379. ISBN: 0715350056
$US 15.00 |
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Aldous, Tony
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS BOOK OF LONDON'S VILLAGES
Imprint: London, Secker & Warburg, 1980
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
B&W Photographs`; 8vo; 284 pages, Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
Stock number: 10495.
$US 30.00 |
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Aldrich, Thomas Bailey
THE STORY OF A BAD BOY
Imprint: Philadelphia, The John C. Winston Company, 1927
Binding: Hardcover
Moderate wear to boards. Spine faded and with light chipping to spine ends. Hinges weakening. Endpapers with a bit browning ; Illustrated by John Prittie; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 253 pages, Very Good-
Stock number: 18998.
$US 20.00 |
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Alexander, W. B.
BIRDS OF THE OCEAN A Handbook for Voyagers
Imprint: New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1928
Binding: Hardcover
Wear to extremities. Inkstamp to front free endpaper. Bookplate to next blank page ; These are the sort of birds one might come across on a long ocean voyage; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 428 pages, Very Good+
Stock number: 11025.
$US 70.00 |
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Alexander, James M.
THE ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC From the Old to the New
Imprint: New York, American Tract Society, 1895
Binding: Hardcover
Slight tanning/soiling to yellow boards. Former owner's name on front free endpaper. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 515 pages, Very Good-
Stock number: 18856.
$US 75.00 |
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Alexandre Dumas Fils
LA DAME AUX CAMÉLIAS
Imprint: Paris, Gustave Havard, 1858
Binding: Hardcover
First illustrated edition. Beautifully rebound in half green morocco with green marbled boards. New endpapers. Gilt spine lettering with two labels and 4 raised bands. Top edge gilt. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 396 pages, Near Fine
Stock number: 17906.
$US 1,750.00 |
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Alfange, Dean
THE SUPREME COURT AND THE NATIONAL WILL
Imprint: Garden City, Doubleday, Doran & Co, Inc., 1937
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Spine darkened. Rear hinge started. Top spine fraying; 8vo; 297 pages, Very Good
Stock number: 17746.
$US 40.00 |
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[Alfred, Lord Tennyson]
IDYLLS OF THE KING The Story of King Arthur & His Court
Imprint: New York, Heritage Press, 1939
Binding: Hardcover
Boards with mild shelfwear. Gilt spine lettering a bit faded ; Illustrated by Robert Ball; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 289 pages, Very Good
Stock number: 19125.
$US 40.00 |
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Algren, Nelson
NOTES FROM A SEA DIARY: HEMINGWAY ALL THE WAY
Imprint: New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1965
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
DJ with minor chipping. Glue residue on endpapers from removed bookplates ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 254 pages, Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
Stock number: 19426.
$US 75.00 |
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Algren, Nelson
WHO LOST AN AMERICAN?
Imprint: New York, The MacMillan Company, 1963
Binding: Hardcover; Second Printing
Light edgewear to DJ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 337 pages, Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
Stock number: 19427.
$US 40.00 |
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Allen, Everett S.
ARCTIC ODYSSEY The Life of Rear Admiral Donal B. MacMillan
Imprint: New York, Dodd, Mead & Company, 1962
Binding: Hardcover
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated
INSCRIBED by Rear Admiral MacMillan on half title page; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 340 pages, Very Good+
Stock number: 19052.
$US 50.00 |
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Allen, Grant
BELGIUM: ITS CITIES
Imprint: Boston, L C Page and Co., 1912
Binding: Hardcover
Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Spine a bit faded ; A tour of Belgian cities with an emphasis on their artistic significance. Previously in a two volume set, this edition comprises one volume. Nicely decorated boards with gilt letting and gilt pictorial design. Top edge gilt. Tissue guarded frontispiece. Numerous b&w photographs ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 425 pages, Very Good+
Stock number: 19588.
$US 60.00 |
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Allen, Woody
SIDE EFFECTS
Imprint: New York, Random House, 1980
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Slight wear and dampstaining to DJ ; Collection of comical essays ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 149 pages, Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
Stock number: 16425. ISBN: 0394511042
$US 45.00 |
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Allen, Peter C.
STANFORD From the Foothills to the Bay
Imprint: Stanford, Stanford Alumni Association, 1980
Binding: Hardcover
Very light wear to DJ. Bookplate to front free endpaper ; Illustrated history of the campus of that august institution; Color Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 228 pages, Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
Stock number: 13815. ISBN: 0916318028
$US 50.00 |
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Allen, Fletcher & Hyamson, A. M.
THE MEDITERRANEAN
Imprint: London, Methuen & Co. , Ltd., 1932
Binding: Hardcover
Slight wear and spotting to boards; Thumbnail descriptions for the traveller of dozens of different destinations around the Mediterranean ; B&W Photographs; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 261 pages, Very Good
Stock number: 16222.
$US 30.00 |
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Allen, Phillip M; & Segal, Aaron
THE TRAVELER'S AFRICA
Imprint: New York, Hopkinson and Blake, 1973
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Closed tears to DJ. Binding slightly loose; Review copy with publisher's note and review from Publisher's Weekly laid in. A chapter on all the then -current countries on the continent, reviewing modes of travel, currency, sights to see, political atmosphere, etc; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 972 pages, Very Good+ in Good dust jacket
Stock number: 4040.
$US 70.00 |
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Allen, Fletcher
A WAYFARER IN NORTH AFRICA Tunisia and Algeria
Imprint: Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1931
Binding: Hardcover
Gilt spine lettering a bit faded. Bookplate. ; The renowned Wayfarer series - here in one of their lesser known books; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 243 pages, Very Good+
Stock number: 19419.
$US 60.00 |
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Allende, Isabel
THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS
Imprint: New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1985
Edition: First American Edition
Binding: Hardcover
DJ with light edgewear, minor soiling and one closed tear. Very light foxing to edges ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 368 pages, Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
Stock number: 19430. ISBN: 0394539079
$US 45.00 |
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Allende, Isabel
THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS
Imprint: London, Jonathan Cape, 1985
Binding: Hardcover
A bit of browning to pages. DJ price clipped; Nice, early British edition; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 368 pages, Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
Stock number: 19431. ISBN: 0224022318
$US 50.00 |
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Allis, Marguerite
CONNECTICUT RIVER
Imprint: New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1939
Binding: Hardcover
Wear to extremities. Small piece missing from spine ends ; Detailed information and anecdotes along the Connecticut River with lots of pictures, too ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 310 pages, Very Good
Stock number: 15144.
$US 20.00 |
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Alpert, Hollis
THE BARRYMORES
Imprint: New York, Dial Press, 1964
Binding: Hardcover
Light wear to DJ; The story of the thespian family of Ethel, Lionel, and John Barrymore, with many photographs; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 397 pages, Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
Stock number: 14043.
$US 30.00 |
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Alpert, Hollis
THE BARRYMORES
Imprint: New York, Dial Press, 1964
Binding: Hardcover
Wear to price clipped DJ. Tape residue to endpapers from affixing DJ thereto; Brodart cover. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper ; The story of the thespian family of Ethel, Lionel, and John Barrymore, with many photographs; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 397 pages, Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
Stock number: 14982.
$US 20.00 |
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