New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover.
2nd printing. Inscribed by Boukreev (To Stacey and Peter, Enjoy the life!) and signed and dated 11/24/97 by both authors, just one month before Boukreev died by avalanche while attempting to climb Annapurna's south face. Edges lightly rubbed and top.....
Tours: Ad Mame et Cie, Imprimeurs-Libraires. 1843. Third Edition. Full-Leather.
Third edition. Gift bookplate on front endpaper, likely indicating this was a school prize (a common practice in the 19th century). Edges a bit rubbed, lightly foxed throughout.
262 pp. 12mo. French text. Green full leather, with intricate blind-stamped design.....
New York: Alpine Fine Arts Collection, Ltd., 1983. Pearlstein, Philip. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Inscribed and signed by Philip Pearlman on front endpaper ('For the Johnsons, Philip Pearlstein'). Tiny spot on top edge.
xxxv, [1], 361 pp. A complete collection of the work of the Modernist Realism painter.....
New York: Alpine Fine Arts Collection, Ltd., 1983. Pearlstein, Philip. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Edges a bit foxed, jacket lightly rubbed.
xxxv, [1], 361 pp. A complete collection of the work of the Modernist Realism painter known for his nudes. "Philip Pearlstein grew out of Abstract Expressionism to.....
New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1977. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Signed by author without inscription. A very nice copy.
214 pp. "An intensely powerful, understated novel about contemporary Southern life, the struggle of the new generation with themselves, their past, and their region."
London: Printed for John Wyat, at the Rose of St. Paul's Church-Yard. 1727. Hard Cover.
ESTC T55132. Rebound somewhat recently with new end sheets: dark brown leather spine with leather label over hardcover boards with gilt titles and decorations. Lightly foxed throughout, owner blind stamp on new end sheet.
264.....
New York: The Magazine of Wall Street, 1926. 4th Printing. Hard Cover.
Fourth printing. Light general wear.
153 pp. Pre-Crash investment guide. CONTENTS: The Evolution of the Stock Exchange; Detecting the Beginning and Ending of Bull and Bear Markets; How to Detect Buying Points in Short Swings and in Individual.....
Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books, 2000. Weaver, Kyle R.; Benner, Craig A.; Healy, David J.; Becker, Art; Miller, Marjorie L. Signed Copy. Soft Cover.
The State Museum of Pennsylvania signed by author (Sharon Hernes Silverman) without inscription. All volumes near fine.
22 volume set. Pennsylvania Trail of History Guide, in 22 Volumes.....
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1906. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Edges rubbed with some loss, binding beginning to weaken, hinges reinforced with masking tape.
166 pp. Red cloth spine, paper over boards hardcover. A children's book by the renowned Art Nouveau illustrator and graphic designer, who was.....
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1926. James, Will; de Yong, Joe; Russell, Charles M. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. One of two binding states (other in darker cloth with gilt titles). No jacket. Boards lightly rubbed.
ix, 277 pp. Illustrations by Will James, Joe de Yong, and Charles.....
Boston: D. Lothrop and Company, 1882. Hard Cover.
None located in OCLC. No publisher date (ink gift note dated 1882). Board corners bumped, spine ends rubbed.
Unpaginated. Green cloth boards with decor. Includes 12 plates. Stories, some in dialect with now-inappropriate racial language. Advertised by publisher as "An entertaining story.....
New York: Portola Institute, 1974. Large Softcover.
Front wrapper loose but repaired with clear tape on inside hinge, edges rubbed with corners lightly creased, pages toned.
447, [1] pp. A catalog for everything a person could need for self-sufficient living. Also includes articles and musings.
New York: Seven Stories Press, 2002. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Signed by author without inscription. Jacket flaps very faintly toned.
235 pp. ""I was born in rain and I will die in rain," begins Kate Braverman's The Incantation of Frida K., an imagined life journey of Frida Kahlo.....
Rochester, New York: Historic Brighton. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Numbered 169 of 250 copies. Signed by author on title page without inscription. No publisher date.
162 pp. A history of East Avenue in Rochester, New York illustrated with color and black-and-white illustrations.
Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1845. Hard Cover.
Bookplate on front paste-down endpaper, light pencil marginalia.
323, 95 pp. CONTENTS: Part I. On the Reflexion and Refraction of Light: Catoptrics; Dioptrics. Part II. Physical Optics. Part III. On the Application of Optical Principles to the Explanation of Natural Phenomena. Part IV.....
Cambridge: Nuttall Ornithological Club, 1886. First Edition. Half-Leather.
First edition. Bookplate of John E. Thayer on front endpaper. Thayer was an industrialist active in western railroad development, and also an amateur naturalist, collector, and author. He sponsored several scientific expeditions.
22, [22] pp. 4to. Leather spine and corners, marbled boards.....
Cambridge, Mass. The Nuttall Ornithological Club, 1906. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. No jacket. Author's bookplate laid in. Hinges starting, ink name on front free endpaper.
426 pp. Includes four plates and three maps. A study of the birds of Cambridge, Massachusetts. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: William Brewster (July 5.....
Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1994. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket edges lightly worn.
xvii, 238 pp. Since its discovery in 1909 by Charles Doolittle Walcott, then Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the Burgess Shale in the Canadian Rocky Mountains has fascinated both scientists and the public with.....
Milano: Silvana Editoriale, 1988. Large Hardcover.
Includes publisher's slipcase. Top corner lightly bumped, owner bookplate on front endpaper.
167, [1]; 22 pp. Italian text, with English translation included in a separate paperback supplement. A collection of narratives of Italian voyages by notable individuals, with reproductions of color and black-and-white illustrations throughout.....
Albany: Weed, Parsons & Company, Printers, 1856. Large Hardcover.
Binder's copy. Former library copy - usual marks. Most of spine back missing, stained along bottom edge.
lxx, 646 pp. Includes two fold-out maps. A collection of documents relating to Colonial New York's state history. The documents contained in the first.....
Albany: Weed, Parsons & Company, Printers, 1858. Large Hardcover.
Binder's copy. Former library copy - usual marks. Back strip missing. Lightly stained.
xxi, 1167 pp. Includes fold-out map. A collection of documents relating to Colonial New York state history.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1930. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Owner bookplate on front endpaper, 1 inch chip from jacket spine base, with minor loss from other jacket corners, jacket toned.
432 pp. A novel by the Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Green Bay Tree, Possession.....
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1928. Limited Edition. Hard Cover.
Limited edition, #467 of 500 copies. Signed by author and hand-numbered. Lacks slipcase, but includes a second jacket that appears original and follows the same design pattern as the one beneath, with a different color scheme and thicker paper.....
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1890. Reissue. Hard Cover.
One-volume reissue of the 1890 Crowell two-volume edition. Ink name on front endpaper, endpapers a bit foxed, boards faintly soiled.
x, 347, vi, 313 pp. Pink cloth, gilt titles, gilt and green decorations, top edge gilt. Frontispiece appears to be.....
New York: Random House, 1943. Eichenberg, Fritz. Reissue. Hard Cover.
Lacks slipcase, otherwise an exceptional set, with less toning to the boards than one usually sees with this edition.
Two volumes originally issued together as a set in publisher's slipcase. 343, [1]; 212, [2] pp. 10 x 8. Engravings by.....