New York: Facts on File, [1996]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xvi, 288pp. Numerous illustrations, line drawings, floor plans. Near fine/fine. Inoffensive circular blind-embossed ownership imprint on contents page and rear flyleaf. Superbly tight and bright first edition of this useful..... More
N.p. Chris Aldridge, [2016]. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. 154pp. Fine. Tight, pristine first edition of this oddball study by a professed "American Hellenist," who inscribes the title page large and bold "To Joan" in black ballpoint and signs. More
London / New York: Routledge, [1998]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black buckram with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xix, 342pp. Fine/fine. Faint circular blind-embossed ownership imprint on front flyleaf. Superbly, tight and bright first edition. More
Norwalk, CT: The Heritage Press, n.y. Hardcover. "Birds" introduction by Dudley Fitts and illustrations by Marian Parry. "Frogs" translation by William James Hickie, introduction by Gilbert Seldes and wood engravings by John Austen. 4to. Blue cloth with spine gilt lettering and front board pictorial giltstamping, slipcase. xii, 52pp; xviii, 62pp..... More
New York: The Heritage Press, [1962]. Hardcover. New version by Gilbert Seldes. Illustrations by Pablo Picasso. Small 4to. Brown cloth spine with gilt lettering and cream decorated paper over boards, slipcase. 117pp. Line drawings. Near fine/very good. Slightest bit of slipcase wear. Tight, handsome later trade edition of the celebrated..... More
Jerusalem: The Israel Exploration Society, 1957. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown cloth spine and brown patterned paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 60pp. Numerous maps and floorplans (some foldout), illustrations. Very good/good plus. Jacket rather worn, with couple of edge chips and archivally closed (on verso) edge tears. First separate printing..... More
London: Cartographica Press, [2007]. Hardcover. Folio. Glossy pictorial paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 160pp. Extensive color maps, numerous color illustrations. Fine/fine. Superb first edition. "Over 140 Maps Explore the Great Civilizations of the past," notes jacket front panel, "Including the Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, Aztecs, and More." More
Oxford: Past Times, [1991]. Hardcover. 8vo. Green paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xviii, 91pp. Line drawings. Very good/near fine. Inoffensive smudge at spine tail; usual faint textblock age toning. A tight and nice first edition of this tongue-in-cheek how-to. "From cocktail-party chitchat to bumper stickers..... More
New York: Mason & Lipscomb Publishers, [1974]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 246pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, map endpapers. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. Tight, nice first edition. More
New York: Pantheon Books, [1964]. Hardcover. Edited by James Hastings Nichols. 8vo. Burgundy cloth with gilt spine lettering, price-clipped dust jacket. 382pp. Fine/very good. Jacket mildly age toned and spine a bit darkened, with minor edgewear only; encircled "H" inkstamped in red on front flyleaf. Handsome "New Edition" of these..... More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, [1993]. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter black cloth with gilt spine lettering and black paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. x, 238pp. Illustrations, maps. Fine/fine. A tight and perfect first edition. More
New Haven: Yale University Press, [2001]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth spine with gilt lettering and tan paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 177pp. Illustrations, 2 maps. Fine/fine. Pristine and tight first edition of this excellent survey. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. Hardcover. Translation by E.B. Garside and Sophie Wilkins. 8vo. Blue cloth, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. xii, 428pp, xvi. Numerous illustrations, maps, line drawings, floor plans. Near fine/very good. Small engraved bookplate on front pastedown. A tight and handsome later (15th) printing of this popular..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1967. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth. xvi, 441pp, xiv. Numerous illustrations, maps, line drawings, floor plans. Very good. Bit of age toning to endpapers. Second, revised edition of this popular overview -- tight and nice. More
London: B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1979. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green paper over boards, price-clipped dust jacket. 220pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Tight, handsome first edition. More
Lyon, France: Guglielmo Rovillio, 1569. Hardcover. Small 4to. Rebound in quarter vellum with brown spine lettering and marbled paper over boards. 264pp, (8pp), 145pp, (7pp). Numerous full-page and smaller woodcuts, historiated initial capitals, headpieces and tailpieces, large foldout chart. Very good. Quite bright and tight, with virtually no foxing or..... More
Chicago: The Nutshell Publishing Co., 1925. Paperback. 16mo. Stiff tan decorative wrappers. 63pp, (1p ad). Numerous line drawings. Very good. Outer wrapper (only) age toned, else internally near fine. Tight, nice first edition of this quickie historical survey in this mini-educational series, touted as "Every Volume a College Education in..... More
London: The Folio Society, 1999. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and extensive gilt decorations and pictorial stamping, slipcase. xxii, 374pp. Illustrations (some color), maps, map endpapers. Fine/near fine. Bright and lovely, tight and handsome reprint of this 1983 study. More
Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1963. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth, pictorial dust jacket. viii, 278pp. Illustrations, maps. Fine/near fine. First edition. More
Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, [1996]. Hardcover. Translation by Antonia Nevill. Small 4to. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. vi, 218pp. Several maps. Near fine/fine. Inoffensive circular blind-embossed ownership imprint on half-title page; minor spotting to outer page edges. Tight and superb first English-language edition. More
New York: St. Martin's Press, [1997]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue paper over boards with red spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xxvi, 372pp. Illustrations, maps. Fine/fine. Just a book club edition, but perfect and pristine. More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, [1993]. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter black cloth with gilt spine lettering and black paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. x, 308pp. Illustrations, maps. Near fine/fine. Circular blind-embossed ownership imprint on half-title page and last text page. Handsome, tight first printing of the second edition of the second..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, [2005]. Hardcover. Wide small 4to. Glossy pictorial paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. v, 50pp. Frontispiece, extensive illustrations (some color), pictorial endpapers. Fine/fine. Pristine, tight fourth printing of this heavily-pictorial history of (to cite jacket front panel) "Life and Death in Ancient Pompeii." More
Alexandria: Time-Life Books, [1997]. Hardcover. Square small 4to. Black cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 168pp. Extensive color illustrations. Fine/fine. Perfectly tight and pristine first edition of this outstandingly-illustrated study. More
New York: Thames and Hudson, [1995]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey cloth with gilt lettering and decoration, pictorial dust jacket. 320pp. Extensive illustrations and line drawings. Fine/fine. Circular blind-embossed ownership imprint on front/ rear flyleaves. Beautiful, bright and tight first edition of this heft, intensely scholarly examination of writing systems throughout..... More