1934. AGEE, James. PERMIT ME VOYAGE. With a foreword by Archibald MacLeish. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1934. Volume 33 of the Yale Series of Younger Poets, edited by Stephen Vincent Benet. First edition of Agee's first book. Slim octavo. 59 pp. Green cloth, lettered in dark green at spine..... More
1934. AGEE, James. PERMIT ME VOYAGE. With a foreword by Archibald MacLeish. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1934. Volume 33 of the Yale Series of Younger Poets, edited by Stephen Vincent Benet. First edition of Agee's first book. Slim octavo. 59 pp. Green cloth, lettered in dark green at spine..... More
1881. [AGRICULTURE] Miyazaki Ryûjô. Kôeki NOKÔ ZENSHO 5 vols. Tokyo, n.d.[1881]. Bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. Original covers and title labels. 22.7 x 15.5 cm. An extensive guide to the practice of agriculture in the early modern era of Meiji Japan. Largely text, but illustrated throughout in woodcut, some of which in..... More
1971. AIKEN, Conrad. THE CLERK'S JOURNAL. Being the diary of a queer man. An undergraduate poem, together with a brief memoir of Harvard, Dean Briggs and T.S. Eliot. New York: The Eakins Press, 1971. First edition. An out of series copy of three hundred numbered copies signed by the author..... More
1953. AIKEN, Conrad. COLLECTED POEMS. New York: Oxford University Press, 1953. 895 pp. B/w photo frontispiece. 8vo., brown cloth. Fine in Very Good dust jacket with a few nicks to edges, closed 1 inch tear at top of spine, 1/8 inch chip to bottom of spine. Pulitzer winner. More
1914. AIKEN, Conrad. EARTH TRIUMPHANT. And Other Tales in Verse. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1914. First edition, review copy, of Aiken's first book. Cloth is worn a little wear at crown and heel, but still a pleasing copy, very good in all. (Bonnell A1)... More
1914. FEFB. AIKEN, Conrad. EARTH TRIUMPHANT and Other Tales In Verse. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1914. First edition of the author's first book; complimentary copy from publisher; Dorothy Lathrop's copy with her signature on the front flyleaf. The spine is slightly darkened with shelfwear to the heel and crown..... More
1916. FE. AIKEN, Conrad. THE JIG OF FORSLIN. A Symphony. Boston: The Four Seas Company, 1916. First edition, Dorothy Lathrop's (designer of the dust jacket) copy with her card laid in. The fore-edge and endpapers show light foxing, else a fine copy in bright boards with minimal edgewear, in a...... More
1936. AIKEN, Conrad. TIME IN THE ROCK. Preludes to Definition. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. First edition, review copy, with publisher's solicitation laid in. 8vo., burgundy cloth, gilt. Just a hint of sun and rubbing to boards, foxing to endpapers. Near fine, in a sunned dust jacket with moderate..... More
1916. AIKEN, Conrad. TURNS AND MOVIES and other Tales in Verse. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1916. First edition, second book. 8vo., olive wrapper over limp boards. As is, with front wrap, first three leaves detached; rear wrap detached, chipping to all at edges. Lacking some of the spine, remaining portion darkened..... More
1796. AIKIN, J. LETTERS FROM A FATHER TO HIS SON, on Various Topics, Relative to Literature and the Conduct of Life. Philadelphia: Printed for Mathew Carey by James Carey, 1796. 12mo., marbled calf, gilt title to red leather spine label. Owner's label to front pastedown. Mild worming to upper rear..... More
1841. AINSWORTH, William Harrison. GUY FAWKES; OR, THE GUNPOWDER TREASON, AN HISTORICAL ROMANCE. Illustrated by Cruikshank. Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1841. First American edition. 205 pp. 4to., quarter caramel-colored cloth with paper spine label and green paper covered boards. Boards edgeworn, slightly chipped at corners. Spine staring at top of..... More
1964. [AINU] HATTORI Shiro, editor. AINUGO HÔGEN JITEN. Tokyo, Iwanami Shoten, 1964. Large 8vo., dark green cloth, 556+ pp. Important dialect dictionary of the Ainu language. Written in Japanese. About in publisher's slipcase. More
1888. AITCHISON, J. E. T. THE BOTANY OF THE AFGHAN DELIMITATION COMMISSION. London: Printed for the Linnean Society by Taylor and Francis, April 1888. The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Second Series, Botany. Volume III, Part I. 139pp. 48 plates and two folding maps. 4to., blue paper wrappers..... More
1806. [AITKEN, Jane, publ.]. [General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States]. THE CONSTITUTION OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; The Larger Catechism Ratified and Adopted by the Synod of New-York & Philadelphia; The Shorter Catechism, Ratified and Adopted...; The Form of the Government..... More
1834. OGG, Henry A. AKERMAN, J. Y. A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF RARE AND UNEDITED ROMAN COINS. From the earliest period of the Roman coinage, to the extinction of the Empire under Constantinus Paleologos. With numerous plates from the originals. London: Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange, 1834. 2 volumes. Illustrated with (all)..... More
1840. AKERMAN, John Yonge. A NUMISMATIC MANUAL. London: Taylor & Walton, 1840. 17 engraved plates at the end, plus wood-engraved text illustrations. xiv,[2],420 pp. 8vo., original brown cloth sides rebacked (though a bit awkwardly) with black cloth, and a hand-written label to spine. Ex-library; bookplate at front pastedown and pencil..... More
1916. AKIYAMA, Aisaburo. BRIEF HISTORY OF PICTORIAL JAPAN. Tokyo: A. Akiyama, 1916. 81 + 2 pp. 8vo., brown patterened cloth covered boards, bound with two leather thongs. Ink gift inscription to front flyleaf dated 1918. Light wear/fraying to spine, cloth chipped at spine 1/2 inch at crown. Bound Japanese (accordion)..... More
1964. AKIYAMA, Aisaburo. A CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF JAPAN AND CHINA. New York: Paragon Book Reprint Company, 1964. Second edition. 12mo, stiff brown wrappers; 42pp. Fine. More
1969. Akiyama, Terukazu; Soper, Alexander (translator) Arts of China: Buddhist Cave Temples. Kodansha America, NY, 1969. Fine folio buckram, very good dustwrapper. More
1974. ALAIN (pseud. of Emile Chartier). NOEL. [N.P.]: Printed at Christmas for the friends of Elizabeth & Richard Pevear, Ann & J. Laughlin, and New Directions, 1974. The text is of the final chapter of The Gods, translated by Richard Pevear. 8pp. 8vo., blue paper wrappers, wire saddle stitched. Near..... More
1724. [ALBERMARLE, George Monck, Duke of]. THE LIFE OF GENERAL MONK: DUKE OF ALBERMARLE, containing, I. A faithful account of his unparalledl'd conduct, surprizing actions, and providential success in accomplishing the restoration of monarchy. II. A particular relation of that most memorable march from Coldstream to London; the preparations for..... More
1978. ALBERY, Nobuko. BALLOON TOP. A novel of growing up in Japan. New York: Pantheon, (1978). First American edition. 8vo, tan cloth; 255pp. Ink inscription. Fine, in a lightly soiled jacket. More
1844. ALBO, Rab. Joseph. BUCH IKKARIM, GRUND-UND GLAUBENSLEHREN DER MOSAISCHEN RELIGION. Frankfurt: n.p. 1844 (On facing half-title: tipped-in slip under Frankfurt "Verlag von Otto Spamer in Leipzig"). xxxxiv + 688 pp. 8vo., rebound in workmanlike black cloth spine with marbled paper covered boards. Ex-library, only evidence is hand lettered spine..... More
1911. FROM NEW YORK TO SAN FRANCISCO WITH THE WORLD IN BETWEEN [ALBUM]. WORLD TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM, 1910-1911. 561 Photos. Hand lettered captions. Oblong folio, flexible thin brown textured leather, binding deteriorating, block sound. Pages with captions hand lettered in white; circular black picture corners. 561 gelatin silver print photographs..... More