London: Printed for the Author, 1791. Three Quarter Leather. First Edition. [2], x, [2], 295 pp. 4to. Three quarter brown leather binding with five raised bands at spine, gold embossed titling and flower insets to panels without titles, light brown cloth insets to front and rear boards, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Very clean within, containing the errata sheet that precedes the folding map of the Western Countries of Canada which has very minor offsetting -- standard with this item. Two previous owners have added their name and location to the title page, a contemporary ownership inscription in black ink at the top of the title page, a 1955 ownership inscription at the foot of the title page in blue ink. [Howes L443; Streeter VI..... More

London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1846. Hardcover. First Edition. 375 pp. 8vo. Red cloth publisher binding with blind embossed border and decoration to covers, gold embossed titling to spine. Light soiling, 1" diagonal chip missing from head of spine. Bright yellow endpapers, with minor age toning ot interior pages.
Inscribed by the author to the Royal Society of Edinburgh on the title page. Good. More

Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1912. Wraps. First Edition. First Printing. Light wear and scuffing to wraps, quite clean within.
A scarce publication in its first printing. Hetch Hetchy would be lost to the need for San Francisco's water supply beginning in 1915 and completed in 1918. Very Good. More

San Francisco, CA: Cranium Press, 1973. Pamphlet. First Edition. Folded pamphlet/broadside that is 8.5"x11" and unfolds to 12"x22". Ivory paper with woodcut illusrations, letterpress printed.
Publication by a group known as People For a Golden Gate National Recreation Area (PFGGNRA) that was advocating for an even greater expansion of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area which was established in 1972. Fine. More

Meyer, Martin. Privately Published. Trade paperback. Unpag. 8vo. Clean, tight copy.
Full page page, black and white photographs of Brooklyn. Fine. More

Moss, Bill. Camden, ME: LLC, 2013. Hardcover. First Edition. 301 pp. Oblong 4to. Cover is a photograph of the subject, Bill Moss, beneath one of his creations. Red cloth spine with black embossed title, no dust jacket as issued.
A biography, memoir, and business biography of Bill Moss (1923-1994), Marilyn Moss, and Moss Tent. A wildly successful business in midcoast Maine. Bill Moss invented the Pop-Tent in 1955, which created huge change in the camping industry. This copy is inscribed by the author in silver ink on the title page. Fine. More

Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1960. Hardcover. First Edition. xix, 323 pp. 8vo. Light wear to dust jacket, slight darkening to edges, now in mylar cover. Black cloth boards with gold embossed titling to spine, clean within. Fine / Very Good. More

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2013. Hardcover. First Edition. FIrst Printing. xxiv, 679 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine / Fine. More

New York: Tate Publishing/The Drawing Center, 2002. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 284 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine / Fine. More

Bisti, Dmitry. Moscow: Raduga Publishers, 1985. Hardcover. First Edition. 66 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with slight bumping to the corners. Clean within.
Afanasy Nikitin was one of the first from Europe to visit India between 1466 & 1472. This book chronicles some of the most interesting parts of his journey with engaging illustrations. Very Good. More

Owen, Sara G. H. Crown Ring Press, 2006. Wraps. Limited Edition. Unpag. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with pamphlet stitched binding, terracotta paper wraps. Large, folding four-color illustration at center. Card of printer laid in.
Printed at the University of Alabama by writer and illusrtator, Sara G.H. Owen. Signed by her on the colophon. Fine. More

New York: Viking Press, 1981. Hardcover. First Edition. 310 pp. 8vo. Dust jacket has light wear and scuffing, minor sunning to spine, 1/2" tear at upper right corner of rear panelsmall tears at base of rear panel, now in mylar cover. Black paper boards with white cloth spine with blue embossed titling. Small stains at head of spine along head of text block. Previous owner's name and date in black in on first free endpaper. Clean within.
An exceedingly scare book. In this book Robert Palmer (1945-1997) led the way in defining and revealing the origins of the Delta Blues and the North Mississippi Hill Country Blues, which produced such Blues luminaris as B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, Sonny Boy Wilson, and Robert Lockwood..... More