1902. AYER, Joseph Cullen. RISE AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHRISTIAN ARCHITECTURE. Milwaukee: The Young Churchman Co., 1902. Folio, red cloth , gilt, a.e.g. Illustrated with photographs throughout. A very good copy with perforated library stamp on title page, bookplate on verso. Small bump and a couple of nicks on spine, with..... More
1879. AYRTON, M. Chaplin. CHILD-LIFE IN JAPAN, AND JAPANESE CHILD-STORIES. London: Griffith and Farran, 1879. First edition. "With many illustrations, including seven full-page pictures drawn and engraved by Japanese artists." xiv,[6],125 pp., + [2],16 pp. adv. Small quarto. 25 x 19 cm. (9 3/4 by 7 1/2 in.) Disbound: publisher's..... More
1922. BACH, Matthew G. WEILAND'S ATTITUDE TOWARD WOMAN AND HER CULTURAL AND SOCIAL RELATIONS. Columbia University Germanic Studies. New York: Columbia University Press, 1922. Wrappers. Pencil underlining. A serviceable reading copy. More
1910. BACHELLER. IN VARIOUS MOODS: Poems and Verses. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1910. First edition. 8vo., tan paper. Ink ownership. Near fine, in slightly soiled and spine-sunned dust jacket with small nicks at edges. More
FE. BACHELLER, Irving. DARREL OF THE BLESSED ISLES. Boston: Lathrop Pub-lishing Company, (1903). First edition ("April, 1903" on copyright page), in pictorial wrappers. Wear to front cover and spine skill-fully repaired and rear wrapper replaced. Merle Johnson makes no mention of this wrappered edition. More
1928. BACHELLER, Irving. THE HOUSE OF THE THREE GANDERS. Indianapolis: the Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1928. First edition. 8vo., red cloth stamped in gilt, 315 pp.. Boards somewhat bowed, a fair amount of paste action, hinges starting, age discoloration to endpapers. In a lightly sunned and soiled dust-jacket with wear to the..... More
1911. BACHELLER, Irving. KEEPING UP WITH LIZZIE. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1911. First edition. Green pictorial cloth. A nice, sharp copy in a dust jacket with largish chip and some tears on front panel. More
1922. BACHHOFER, Ludwig. DIE KUNST DER JAPANISCHEN HOLZSCHNITTMEISTER. Munchen: Kurt Wolff, (1922). 4to., green cloth; 119pp. + 49 plates, several in color. Foxing at the b&w plates. Spine-piece detaching, hinges weak, and a few plates are beginning to detach. As is. More
1780. BACKGAMMON BOARD. FAUX 18TH CENTURY BOOK. c1800. $600.00. More
1817. BACKKER, Madame Metaal. LE CHATEAU DE ST. VALERIE, histoire fondee sur des faits tires de la revolution. Londres: M.M. A.B. Dulau & Co., 1817. 12mo., brown contemporary calf, stamped in gilt to spine, 172 pp.. Front board detached, foxing to a few pages, contemporary ink ownership (what looks like..... More
1922. BACON, Louisa Crowninshield. REMINISCENCES. [Salem, MA:] Privately Printed, 1922. 117 pp. 8vo., black cloth, gilt lettered, sunned to brown at spine, brown paper covered boards with printed cover label. A few scrapes to boards, light soil to label. Minor shelfwear. Hinges starting. Deckle edges. Printed on laid paper with..... More
1914. BAEDEKER, Karl. BELGIEN UND HOLLAND nebst Luxemburg. Handbuch fur reisende. Mit 18 karten, 39 planen und 8 grundrissen. Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1914. Funfundzwanzigste auflage. 12mo., red cloth, gilt, spine in gilt. Text in German. A very good copy with a small tear at the spine head hinge... More
1905. BAEDEKER, Karl. BELGIQUE ET HOLLANDE y compris Le Luxembourg. Manuel Du Voyageur. Avec 17 cartes, 28 plans de villes, etc. Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, Pub., 1905. 12mo., red cloth, gilt, spine in gilt. A near fine copy. More
1907. BAEDEKER, Karl, ed. THE DOMINION OF CANADA WITH NEWFOUNDLAND AND AN EXCURSION TO ALASKA. Leipzig/London/New York: Karl Baedeker/T. Fisher Unwin/Charles Scribner's Sons, 1907. Revised and augmented edition. lxiv + 331 pp. 12mo., flexible red cloth boards with gilt lettering and marbled edges. Clean and bright, minor shelfwear at spine..... More
1902. BAEDEKER, Karl. ITALIEN. Handuch fur reisende. Mit 29 karten, 30 planen and 9 grundrissen. Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1902. Sechzehnte auflage. Text in German. 12mo., red cloth, gilt, soune in gilt. A good copy, boards lightly soiled, slight rubbing at extremities, tears to a few maps; ink ownership at prelims..... More
1913. BAEDEKER, Karl. SWITZERLAND and the adjunct portions of Italy, Savoy and Tyrol. Handbook for travellers. With 77 maps, 21 plans and 14 panoramas. Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, Pub., 1913. Twenty-fifth edition. 12mo., red cloth, gilt, spine in gilt. A good copy, hinges cracked and repaired with tape externally, ink ownership..... More
1929. BAEDEKER, Karl. UNTERITALIEN SIZILIEN, Sardinien, Malta, Tripolis, Korfu. Handbuch fur Reisende. Mit 32 karten, 29 planen und 14 grundrissen. Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1929. Sechzehnte auflage. Text in German. 12mo., red cloth, gilt, spine in gilt. A very good copy; binding slightly cocked... More
1937. BAGG, Aaron Clark & Samuel Atkins Eliot, Jr. BIRDS OF THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY IN MASSACHUSETTS. Northampton, Massachusetts: The Hampshire Bookshop, 1937. First edition. Illustrated with a color frontispiece and black and white plates, most are from photographs. Quarto: [12],lxxiv,[22],813 pp. Bound in unbleached linen, title printed in brown to..... More
1898. BAGINSKY, Adolf. DIPHTHERIE UND DIPHTHERITISCHER CROUP. Wien: Alfred Holder, 1898. ix + 364 pp. 8vo., half leather stamped in gilt and blind, with black morocco-textured cloth boards. Leather shelfworn, gilt spine lettering bright. Endpapers and title page toned. 1-inch closed tear to front free endpaper. B/w and color figures..... More
17. Baikei Ri 梅渓李, calligrapher and Unkoku Tōyo 雲谷等與, painter. SEIKO HAKKEI 西湖八景. Early 17th c. An emaki scroll 5.6m including a gold paper border 26.5cm in original wooden box 33 x 7cm with hand-brushed Chinese text. Photocopy of biographical information on Ri Baikei 梅渓李 and Unkoku Tōyo 雲谷等與 in..... More
1899. BAILEY, Solon I., ed. Edward C. Pickering. ANNALS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF HARVARD COLLEGE VOLUME XXXIX PART I: PERUVIAN METEOROLOGY 1888-1890. Cambridge: Published by the Observatory, 1899. vi + 153 pp. + VI plates. 4to., printed green wrappers. Good, covers detached, spine chipped mostly away, closed tears and..... More
1889. BAILLY. COCHINCHINE FRANCAISE/DICTIONNAIRE CHINOIS-FRANCAIS, 5 BOOKS IN 4 VOLUMES. Saigon: Rey & Curiol, 1889. 4to., quarter black leather (sunned to dark red) with raised bands and gilt lettering, marbled paper covered boards. Boards shelfworn, a few scratches; letaher worn at joints, heels and crowns. Small cloth circular labels affixed..... More
1986. BAINBRIDGE, Beryl. FILTHY LUCRE or the Tradedy of Ernest Ledwhistle and Richard Soleway. A Story by Beryl Bainbridge, written June to August 1946. (London): Duckworth, (1986). First edition. 8vo., olive cloth. Fine, in a slightly soiled dust jacket. More
1799. BAIRD, Georgii (George) ed. Alexander Hermannus MACDONALD. DISPUTATIO INAUGURALIS DE NECROSI AC CALLO. Edinburgi: Excudebant Adamus Neill et Socii, 1799. 140 pp. (p. 112 numbered as 117, then verso as 112, so actually 141 pp.) 8vo., recently rebound in blue cloth with marbled paper covered boards. Presentation copy, "To..... More
1935. BAKER, Aleta B. SHE THE WOMAN-MAN. Boston: [n.p.] 1935. Illustrated by Gibbs Mason. [10] pp. + 338 pp. Tall 8vo., blue cloth stamped in gilt. Cloth and gilt lettering bright. Occasional light pencil underlining in the text. Very good, in a good dust jacket with light soil and a...... More