London: British Museum Press, [2000]. Paperback. Square 8vo. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. 144pp. Color frontispiece, numerous illustrations (many color). Near fine. Handsome first revised softbound edition study of the food of the ancient Mediterranean, circa 750 BC to 450 AD -- complete with actual recipes. More
Hildesheim, Germany: Georg Olms Verlag, 1986. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff tan wrappers. 83pp. Near fine. Handsome and tight facsimile reprint of the influential 1894 study (entirely in Greek and Latin) by the famed German classicist of the Chaldean Oracles, a 200 CE Neoplatonist philosophical and spiritual poem. More
N.p. Juan Coderch, [201]. Paperback. Square 8vo. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. 360pp. Numerous tables. Near fine. Tight and attractive first edition of this "new grammar for both absolute beginners and students who already have a sound knowledge of the language but need to revise and enhance it." More
N.p. Juan Coderch, [2017]. Paperback. Translation by Juan Coderch. Square 8vo. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. 102pp. Illustrations. Fine. Tight and handsome first of this edition, an unusual translation of the 1943 children's classic. Comes "with vocabulary help" and page notes (entirely in ancient Greek) provide that assistance. More
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, [1998]. Paperback. New introduction by Gary B. Ferngren. Small 4to. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. xxvii, 470pp, xxxiii-xxxvi, 277pp. Very good. Tight and nice, with just faint wear near foot of spine and slight ding to rear upper corner. Attractive first of this edition, a...... More
New York: Boy Scouts of America, 1949. Hardcover. Folio. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering. Varying paginations (ca. 500pp total). Extensive illustrations, line drawings, advertisements. Fine/very good. Binding is superb and tight; text block shows typical mild age toning but no brittleness, a few random small edge tear (most neatly..... More
Orange, VA: Moss Publications, 1985. Hardcover. 4to. Pale blue cloth with silver lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 166pp. Numerous illustrations, partly-colored maps. Fine/very good. Quite minor jacket wear. First edition, tight and handsome, inscribed on the front flyleaf boldly in blue ballpoint "With the compliments of the author. / Kim Bernard..... More
N.p. [Madison]: Wisconsin History Commission, 1911. Hardcover. Small 4to. Quarter vellum with gilt spine lettering with gilt and brown paper over boards with black front board lettering. xiii, 255pp. Map frontispiece, five maps. Very good. Tight and internally fine, with only mild binding wear. First edition, tight and nice, limited..... More
Madison: Wisconsin History Commission, 1911. Hardcover. Small 4to. Quarter vellum with gilt spine lettering with gilt and brown paper over boards with black front board lettering. ix, 190pp. Frontispiece, 6 illustrations (1 foldout). Very good. A bit edgeworn, with spine typically darkened and remnant of paper spine label; usual printing..... More
New York: The Viking Press, [1969]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Abner Graboff. Small 4to. Quarter yellow cloth with black and green spine lettering and green paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. x, 150pp. Small illustrations printed in red. Near fine/very good. Quite minor jacket edgewear, with spine lightly sunned. Tight and..... More
Enid, O.T. Enid Wave Print, n.y. Broadside. 8" X 16". Very good. Mildly age toned, with single tiny edge chip (not affecting text) and some expert archival mends (on verso) of three original horizontal folds. Sales pitch broadside, printed on think stock entirely in red in a variety of type..... More
The most famous maritime disaster of all time occurred when the "unsinkable" British passenger liner sunk in the icy North Atlantic on April 15, 1912, two hours and forty minutes after striking an iceberg. Signed Broadside, 40" X 30", n.p., n.d. [1969]. Very good. Faintly age toned and even more..... More
This son of a wealthy Minnesota hardware merchant was a childhood friend of F. Scott Fitzgerald, who lived nearby. They were born months apart, hung out together along with Donald's sister Alida in the summers at the Bigelow's White Bear Lake home (the setting for Fitzgerald's 1922 story "Winter Dreams,"..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1951. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth spine with gilt spine lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 861. Very good/very good. Mild bit of binding wear only; front flyleaf ownership signature; jacket faintly edgeworn and age toned. Tight and nice early (not first) printing of Jones' first novel..... More
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1891. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Light green cloth with gilt spine lettering and dark green front board lettering. 101pp, (1p ad). Two-color frontispiece, small line drawings. Very good. Frontispiece is age toned and with expert archival mend along chipped lower edge, else volume is tight and..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899. Hardcover. 12mo. Burgundy cloth with gilt spine lettering. vi, 314pp. 21 small maps. Near fine. Tight and bright, with paper shelf label near spine foot. Handsome reprint edition of this study (first published in 1891) by the prolific author, journalist and diplomat (1850-1911). From..... More
Norwalk, CT: The Franklin Library, [1979]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Thomas Mortena. Small 4to. Full blue calf with gilt lettering and decorative giltstamping. 337pp. All edges gilt. Illustrations, decorative endpapers. Near fine. Superb, tight reprint of the 1726 classic. More
Norwalk, CT: The Franklin Library, [1981]. Hardcover. Translation by H.T. Lowe-Porter. Illustrations by Gonzalo Fonseca. Small 4to. Full brown calf with gilt lettering and decorative giltstamping. xviii, 724pp. All edges gilt. Illustrations, decorative endpapers. Fine. Superb, tight reprint of the German writer and Nobel Prize winner's best-known novel "Der Zauberberg"..... More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2003. Hardcover. 16mo. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering and decoration, dust jacket. xii, 467pp. Fine/very good. Slightest bit of jacket rubbing. Handsome and tight first edition of Number 496, a volume in The Loeb Classical Library. Side-by-side Greek/English translations of this trio. More
Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1978. Hardcover. Illustrations by Dennis Luczak. Small 4to. Full dark green calf with raised bands and gilt lettering, rules and decorations, publisher's thin card stock slipcase. 223p. All edges gilt. Illustrations, orange moire silk endpapers, sewn-in orange satin page marker. Fine/near fine. Minor wear..... More
Rockford, IL: Bliss Printing Company, 1940. Hardcover. Foreword by Charles R. Goff. Photographs by the author. Small 4to. Full green pictorially-embossed leatherette. 91pp. Frontispiece, map, numerous illustrations, map endpapers. Fine. Uncannily pristine first edition of this slim chronicle of the author's jaunts to all corners of this country, often fishing..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1925. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Pale orange cloth with black lettering and graphic. v, 279pp. Diagrams. Very good. Binding mildly edgeworn, else tight and internally quite nice. Attractive first edition. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1957]. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth spine with black lettering and black paper over boards, dust jacket. xii, 1266pp. Very good/good plus. Jacket edgeworn, with large chip at foot of spine and several small chips. A tight, decent first edition of Jones' mammoth second novel, set..... More
Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1979. Hardcover. Illustrations by Robert Heindel. 8vo. Full red calf with raised bands and gilt lettering, rules and decorations, publisher's thin card stock slipcase. 159p. All edges gilt. Illustrations, beige moire silk endpapers, sewn-in beige satin page marker. Fine/near fine. Minor wear to slipcase..... More
Herbert, I.T. or Oklahoma City: Herbert Townsite Company, n.y. Broadside. 9½" X 23 3/4". Very good. Mildly age toned, with a bit of minor chipping along lower right margin (not affecting text) and some expert archival mends on verso. "The beautiful, most spirited and prosperous city in the Indian Territory"..... More