Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, [1995]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xx, 273pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, maps. Fine/fine. Pristine first edition. More
London: Arms and Armour, [1990]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 256pp. Maps. Fine/fine. Pristine first edition of this fascinating compendium -- "not only... a detailed record of all the warships lost during the last war, but it is the first single-volume reference to..... More
Leipzig: Verlag von Otto Spamer, 1878. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Red cloth with black lettering and rules. viii, 158pp, (2pp ads). Tissue-guarded chromolithograph, numerous illustrations and figures, plans, large (17" X 14¼") chromolithograph laid in loose. Very good overall. Tight and nice, only flaw a homely 3½" water line at upper..... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, [1990]. Hardcover. Two items: First, Anderson's autobiography: 8vo. White paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xv, 302pp. Illustrations. Near fine/fine. Except for spotted top page edges, this copy is tight and bright. Second, a PS, glossy 10" X 8", n.p., n.y...... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1958. Hardcover. Introduction by V.S. Pritchett. Illustrations by Rene Ben Sussan. 4to. Decorative cloth with gilt-lettered burgundy calf spine label, slipcase with paper spine label. xxxiv, 196pp. Full-page color plates. Near fine/near fine. Handsome copy of the 10th title in the LEC's 26th series..... More
Milwaukee: Verlag von Geo. Brumder, 1893. Hardcover. 8vo. Burgundy cloth with elaborate gilt lettering and extensive decorative and pictorial bluwe and gilt stamping. xi, 736pp. Numerous small illustrations, decorative endpapers, marbled page edges. Near fine. Expected mild age toning ot entire text block. Exceptionally, outstandingly tight and bright first edition..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1966. Hardcover. Illustrations by George Him. Narrow 4to. Red cloth with gilt lettering and decoration, slipcase. xxxiv, 215pp. Color frontispiece, numerous illustrations (some color). Fine/near fine. Tight and bright LEC production, their 7th title in the 34th series, containing Shaw's 1897 play "The Devil's..... More
Hannover: Hahn'sche Hofbuchhandlung, 1859. Hardcover. Small 4to. Quarter burgundy morocco with raised bands and gilt spine lettering/rules and marbled paper over boards. xvi, 978pp. Very good. Mild binding edgewear only, else internally tight and near fine. Attractive and tight twelfth edition of this well-known dictionary by the famed German lexicographer..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1961. Hardcover. Edited by Louis Untermeyer. Complete 2-volume set in slipcase. 12mo and folio. Quarter tan cloth with gilt-lettered green calf spine labels and marbled paper over boards, 2-compartment slipcase with paper spine label. xxiv, 394pp; 6pp, (ca. 50pp). Numerous illustrations (Volume II only)..... More
Hopewell, NJ: The Ecco Press, [1988]. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. 193pp. Near fine. Tight and nice first softbound edition of these essays and poetry by the noted poet/critic/essayist (born 1940) -- with his huge signature in black fineline on half-title page, which he dates "5-1-91." Inside front..... More
Chicago: Wartburg Pub. House, n.y. Hardcover. Small 4to. Heavily blind-embossed pebble-grain green cloth with gilt lettering and rules. xvi, 477pp, (4pp ads). Numerus full-page tissue-guarded plates, decorative endpapers. Near fine. Front flyleaf ownership signature. Handsome and quite tight later (11th through 25th thousand) U.S. edition of this popular life of..... More
Galena: The Gazette Publishing Company, 1899. Hardcover. 8vo. Original green blind-embossed cloth, gilt. 304pp. Frontispiece, decorative endpapers. Errata slip tipped in. Very good. Faint binding edgewear only (mainly at spine head-tail), else internally tight and near fine. Tight, attractive first edition of this scarce memoir by one of Galena, Illinois'..... More
Stuttgart: Loewes Verlag Ferdinand Carl, n.y. Hardcover. Illustrations by Willy Planck. Small 8vo. Quarter khaki cloth and pictorial paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 157pp, (3pp ads). 32 illustrations. Near fine/very good. Other than light age toning to endpapers, the book itself is in exceptionally tight and pristine condition; jacket..... More
Paris: Revue des Études Roumaines, 1974-75. Paperback. Two full issues. Small 4to. Stiff printed wrappers. 234pp; 228pp, viii. Illustrations. Near fine. Most minor of outer wrappers wear only; else internally tight and fine, both issues largely uncut. Superb pair of this French-language scholarly journal devoted to Romanian art, folklore, history..... More
Milan, Italy: Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 1977. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff printed wrappers. P. 411-609. Illustrations. Very good. Mild wear to outer wrappers (only), else internally tight and near fine. Contributor's copy of this long-established Italian scholarly journal, from the library of Ioan Petru Culianu (or Couliano, 1950-91), the..... More
Milan, Italy: Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 1974-81. Paperback. Nine (9) full issues. Small 4to. Stiff printed wrappers. Various paginations (most ca. 200pp). Occasional illustrations. Very good overall. Mild wear to outer wrappers (only), else all are internally tight and fine. Unusual large group of contributor copies of this long-established..... More
Tübingen, Germany: Gunter Narr Verlag, [1981]. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff printed wrappers. 176pp. 15pp "Regulations" booklet in English/French in rear wrapper sleeve. Very good. Outer wrappers (only) a bit worn and soiled, else tight and internally fine. Full issue of this scholarly journal in English and French. Contributor Ioan Petru Culianu's..... More
Bochum, Germany: Studien verlag Dr. N. Brockmeyer, 1987. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff ivory printed wrappers. 202pp. Illustrations. Near fine. Minor soiling to outer wrappers (only), else internally tight and fine. Tight, nice 13th issue of this scholarly journal on Romanian language and literature, largely in German and part in French and..... More
Rome: Societas Academica Dacoromana, 1976. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff yellow wrappers. 189pp. Near fine. Most minor wear to outer wrappers only. Tight, attractive issue of this Rome-based academic journal of philology, almost entirely in Italian with a bit of English. Contributor's copy, bearing the name/address (Milan) inkstamp on front flyleaf..... More
Bucharest: Association d'Histoire Comparative des Institutions et du Droit de la Republique Socialiste de Roumanie, 1981. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff yellow printed wrappers. 191pp. Illustrations (some color), line drawings, foldout chart. Near fine. Tight and attractive issue of this scholarly Romanian studies journal, almost entirely in French. Contributor Silvia Chitimia..... More
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1882. Hardcover. Small 4to. Dark blue cloth with gilt spine lettering and decoration. civ, 427pp. Frontispiece engraving, 3 small sepia-tone engravings, tissue-guarded tinted full-page engraving. Very good overall. Binding edgeworn and a bit rubbed; both endpapers expertly replaced with appropriate period stock. Tight and nice..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1956. Hardcover. Introduction by J.C. Furnas. Illustrations by Millard Sheets. 4to. Quarter brown cloth with gilt spine lettering and decorative paper over boards, slipcase. xvii, 133pp. Illustrations. Fine/near fine. First published in 1892, this handsome LEC production (printed by the noted War Ritchie Press..... More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, [1987]. Hardcover. Foreword by George F. Kennan. 8vo. Half red cloth with gilt spine lettering and mustard paper over boards, dust jacket. 228pp. Fine/fine. Small scuff to rear flyleaf. This pristine first edition was a presentation copy from one associate dean of Harvard Business..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, [1952]. 8vo. Blue and black cloth with silver lettering. viii, 407pp. Very good. Quite mild binding wear, else super tight and internally near fine; lacks dust jacket. Attractive early printing of this Pulitzer Prize winner. Front pastedown bears small elegant bookplate of New York City's elite..... More
Washington, DC: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, [1988]. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glossy wrappers. 450pp. Charts. Near fine. Sharp and tight second revised edition of this classic by the influential economist and advisor to presidents Nixon and Ford (1916-99. This presentation copy has been handsomely inscribed and signed by..... More