Hole & Corner: The Reflection Issue (Issue 11).
London: Hole & Corner Ltd., 2016. Wraps. First Edition. 146 pp. 4to. Sales tag still attached at lower left corner of front panel.
Quarterly magazine published in the UK. Fine. More
Featured Books
The Mechanics of the Earth's Atmosphere: A Collection of Translations (Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections Volume 51, Number 4).
Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1910. Hardcover. First Edition. iv, 617 pp. 8vo. Green cloth library binding with call number written at base of spine in white ink. Various library markings within, but none overly aggressive. Very Good. More
Malama Honua: Hokule'a -- A Voyage of Hope.
Bilderback, John. Ventura, CA: Patagonia, 2017. Hardcover. 351 pp. 4to. Slight bumping to corners of dust jacket. Clean and crisp within. Fine / Very Good. More
Mindful Spontaneity: Lessons in the Feldenkrais Method.
Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books/Somatic Resources, 1996. Trade Paperback. First Edition. Third Printing. xxv, 359 pp. 8vo. Slight wear and scuffing to covers. Clean within. Very Good. More
D-Day June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 655 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine / Fine. More
The Cambridge Companion to German Idealism.
Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2017. Hardcover. Second Edition. xiii, 414 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy. No dust jacket, as issued. Fine. More
The Works of Aristotle: Meteorologica, De Mundo, De Anima, Parva Naturalia, and De Spiritu (Volume III).
Oxford, England: Oxford University Press/Clarendon Press, 1931. Hardcover. First Edition. Third Printing, 1955. viii, 485 pp. 8vo. Slight scuffing to dust jacket from shelf wear, now in mylar cover. Gray cloth boards with gold embossed titling to spine. Clean within. Fine / Very Good. More
Frank Lloyd Wright. An American Original.
Austin, TX: Texas Quarterly, 1962. Wraps. As. 85-90 pp. 8vo. Green stiff paper wraps with two slightly rusty staples at spine, some scuffing.
An offprint of the Texas Quartely Spring 1962 Edition. Inscribed boldly on the cover, "The gillensons(?)/1963 greetings/from/Merle" Very Good. More
Stella Dysart of Ambrosia Lake: Courage, Fortitude and Uranium in New Mexico.
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1959. Hardcover. First Edition. viii, 160 pp. 8vo. Marketed as "First Limited Edition." Colorful yellow, blue, and red dust jacket with striking design by Merle Armitage; minor scuffing and sunning which slightly darkens the spine, now in mylar cover. Yellow cloth boards with blue embossed type. Yellow endpapers sport an map of Dysarts claims on the front endpapers, along with previous owner's address stamps; rear pastedown serves as the colophon for this edition. Chapter heads all designed by Armitage. [Purcell 24].
An engaging biography by Merle Armitage (1893-1975), who also provided the stunning design of this book, of Stella Dysart (1878-1966) who struck it rich in uranium in New Mexico in 1955. A controversial figure in the oil business..... More
An Exhibition of the Books Designed and Written or Edited by Merle Armitage.
Detroit, MI: Detroit Public Library, 1942. Wraps. First Edition. 16 pp. 8vo. Blue paper wraps with a white paper label pasted from rear to front on which the title is printed in red and black. Very minor scuffing, clean within. Endpapers illustrated with red silhouettes of fighting ships from Armitages book, "United States Navy" published in 1940. Laid in is a sheet indicating that this is Keepsake No. 71 from The American Institute of Graphic Arts.
A simple and delightful design by Armitage of this little pamphlet listing his work contained within the Detroit Library and the focus of an exhibition from August 17 - September 19, 1942. A jewel! OCLC shows holdings in only 6 institutions. Very Good. More
Culture and Anarchy with Friendship's Garland and Some Literary Essays.
Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1965. Hardcover. First Edition. First University of Michigan Press Edition. xii, 567 pp. 8vo. Previous owner's tasteful bookplate on front pastedown. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine / Very Good. More
The Senses and The Intellect.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1872. Hardcover. Third Edition. xxvii, 696 pp. 8vo. Pebbled purple cloth publisher's binding with light scuffing from shelf wear, gold embossed titling to spine. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Clean within. Very Good. More
The Story of the Sun.
London: Cassell and Company, Limited, 1897. Hardcover. First Edition. Third Printing. xii, 376 pp. 11 Plates. 4to. Burgundy cloth publisher bindings with gold embossed titling to spine and cover. Covers have light scuffing from shelf wear. Inscribed as a Christmas gift in 1900, clean within. Very Good. More
Twelve Caesars: Images of Power From the Ancient World to the Modern.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2021. Hardcover. First Edition. Second Printing. xi, 376 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in myalr cover. Fine / Fine. More
The Philosophy of Mathematics With a Special Reference to The Elements of Geometry and the Infintesimal Method.
Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott, 1868. Hardcover. First Edition. 248 pp. 8vo. Brown cloth publisher's binding with beveled edges, gold titling to spine and the slightest bit iof sunning to spine, fraying at head and foot. Interior pages have darkened slightly from age, otherwise in exceptional condition. Very Good. More
Butterflies: Ecology and Evolution Taking Flight.
Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2003. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. Clean, crisp copy. No dust jacket. Fine. More
The Flight Attendant.
New York: Doubleday, 2018. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 356 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.
Signed by the author on the second free endpaper. Basis for the successful television series of the same name starring Kaley Cuoco of "Big Bang Theory" fame. Fine / Fine. More
The Tree of Battles of Honoré Bonet.
Liverpool, England: University Press, 1949. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 316 pp. 4to. Very minimal scuffing to dust jacket, now in mylar cover. Black cloth boards with gold embossed titling to spine, clean and sharp within and without. Fine / Fine. More
Plant Response (2 Volumes).
New Delhi, India: Akashdeep Publishing House, 1992. Hardcover. First Edition. First Akashdeep Publishing House Edition. xxxviii, 406, 409-781 pp. Wear and scuffing to dust jackets, now in mylar covers. Interior clean, paper has darkened slightly due to quality of paper. Very Good / Very Good. More
The Tarratine Club, Dark Harbor, Maine: 1896-1996.
Dark Harbor, ME: The Tarratine Club of Dark Harbor, 1997. Hard Cover. First Edition. First Printing. Clean, crisp, never read and in original shrink wrap. Fine. More
The Heart of Japan: Glimpses of Life and Nature Far From the Travellers' Track in the Land of the Rising Sun.
London: Methuen & Co., 1902. Hardcover. First Edition. xi, 302, 40 (Ads) pp. 24 Plates. 8vo. Blue cloth binding with golde embossed tilting to cover and spine. Wear and scuffing to spine, some staining, sunning to spine. Some discoloration to endpapers, light foxing within. 24 photographic plates illustrate the volume. Very Good. More
Histoire de Babar le Petit Eléphant.
Brunhoff, Jean de. Paris: Editions du Jardin des Modes, 1931. Hardcover. First Edition. Early Printing with elephant on copyright page as well as a list of the next two titles in the series. 48 pp. Folio. Bright red illustrated boards with blue cloth spine. Spine has small 1/2" tear at head of spine. Covers Have scuffing, chipping at edges from shelf wear. An enthusiastic reader took a light red crayon and made some stray markings on pages 15-17, otherwise remarkebly clean and tight within. Very Good. More
Sacred Theory of the Earth.
Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1965. Hardcover. First Edition. First Southern Illinois University Press Edition. 412, [1] pp. 4to. Light scuffing to dust jacket, price clipped, now in mylar cover. Rubbing at base of cover boards, clean within. Fine / Very Good. More
On Line: Drawing Through the Twentieth Century.
New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2010. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 228 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with no dust jacket, as issued.
Catalog of the exhibition of the same name mounted at MoMA from 12 November 2010 - 7 February 2011. Fine. More
Glaciers / Glaciares.
Caballero, David Rodriquez. La Rioja, Spain: Museum Wurth La Rioja, 2011. Wraps. First Edition. 239, [2] pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy.
Catalog for an exhibition of the same name at the Museum Wurth La Rioja. Inscribed and signed by the artist on the title page. Also decorated with a small drawing on the second free endpaper, dated 2013. Fine. More