1954. [ONCHI - BINDING] TOMIZUKA Kiyoshi, editor. HIKÔKI. Tokyo: ARS, Shôwa 29 [1954]. Small 8vo. Half leatheroid and marbled boards. Gilt. In the decorated publisher's slipcase. This is number 28 (on AIRPLANES) from the series NIHON IDÔ BUNKO [CHILDREN'S LIBRARY OF JAPAN]. Near fine copy. Though #35 from the series... More
1821. PARENT-DUCHATELET & L[ouis] MARTINET. RECHERCHES SUR L'INFLAMMATION DE L'ARACHNOIDE CEREBRALE ET SPINALE. OU HISTOIRE THEORIQUE ET PRATIQUE DE L'ARACHNITIS. Paris, Chez Crevot, 1821. First edition, first issue, see Heirs of Hippocrates 1458. xxxvii + [1] + 612 pp. 8vo., spine and boards missing, marbled endpapers. Appears to be a.... More
1934. [PREWAR ARCHITECTURE] TAKASUGI Mikitarô, editor. JÛTAKU KENCHIKU Kenshô Sekkei Zuanshû. Tokyo, Kenchiku Gakkai, Showa 9 [1934]. 8vo., printed wrappers. This book of award-winning designs for domestic architecture has forty plus pages of designs and projections. Very good condition. More
1896. RAYLEIGH, Lord, & Professor William RAMSAY. ARGON, A NEW CONSTITUENT OF THE ATMOSPHERE. Washington: The Smithsonian Institution, 1896 (Hodgkins Fund). 43 pp. Folio, brown wrappers printed in black. Very good condition, minor creasing and edgewear to wrappers, text unopened. Pencil numeral to front wrapper. In 1904, Rayleigh won the... More
1746. FE. ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, LONDON. THE DISPENSATORY OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, LONDON, translated into English with remarks &c. By H. Pemberton, M.D. London: Printed for T. Longman and T. Shewell, ...; and J. Nourse, ..., 1746. First edition. x, 419 + [1] pp. 8vo., old calf... More
1809. RUSH, Benjamin. MEDICAL INQUIRIES IN OBSERVATIONS. In four volumes. The third edition, revised and enlarged by the author. Philadelphia: Published by Hopkins and Earle, Mathew Carey [et al.], 1809. Four octavo volumes. Contemporary bindings of full calf, with green morocco label and gilt number to spines, all edges speckled... More
1904. SCARBOROUGH COMPANY. LARGE COLOR FOLDING MAP OF INDIANA, 1904. Boston, MA: The Scarborough Company (1904). Gilt dark brown pebbled cloth boards, no spine, 10 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches when folded, 58 1/2 x 39 1/4 inches when unfolded. Scale is 1:380,160. Data includes the 1900 census; insets at... More
1935. SEUSS, Dr. SECRETS OF THE DEEP OR THE PERFECT YACHTSMAN BY OLD CAPTAIN TAYLOR. [n.p.] Essomarine/Penola, 1935. Second issue. 34 pp. Fine, bright copy in color pictorial stapled wrappers. Three-color illustrations. In the rare mailing envelope, unaddressed (blank) with three-color Seuss marine creature in front return address area. Text... More
1835. SIGOURNEY, Mrs. L. H. LETTERS TO YOUNG LADIES. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1835. second edition. Inscribed by Mrs. Sigourney on the title-page: "Mr. and Mrs. G. Bond, with the/respects of the Author." 212 pp., + 4 pp. 18mo., blue moire cloth, spine missing, wonderful electric blue, color saturated... More
1911. [SKETCHTOUR BOOK] KANAO Tanejirô, publisher. KINAI KEMBUTSU. 3 volumes: YAMATO, KYOTO, and OSAKA. 22.8 x 15.4. (Larger than most examples of the genre.) Bound western style in printed paper covered boards (without the printed slipcases). T.E.G. For details on the importance of this work, see Scott Johnson's article in... More
1966. [SÔSAKU HANGA] KAWAKAMI Sumio. HIRADO CHIKUSHI. Kawakami Sumio, Shôwa 41 [1966]. Bound Western-style, 23.3 x 18.2 cm. Text and illustrations printed in silver ink on black glossy paper. In unusually good condition as this production usually suffers from flaking of the ink, but this copy does not. This is... More
1797. STAUNTON, Sir George. AN AUTHENTIC ACCOUNT OF AN EMBASSY FROM THE KING OF GREAT BRITAIN... Together with a relation of the voyage undertaken on the occasion by His Majesty's ship the Lion, and the ship Hindostan, in the East India Company's service, to the Yellow Sea, and Gulf of... More
1990. STRAND, Mark. THE CONTINUOUS LIFE. Iowa City: Windhover Press, 1990. Limited First Edition. Folio. Unpaginated. Stitched, heavy grey cloth wraps with bone clasp closures. Letter 'E' of 26 lettered copies on Umbria (there were also 225 numbered trade copies on Windhover). Signed by author and by the artist, Neil... More
1749. [TRAVEL] HISTOIRE GENERALE DES VOYAGES, OU NOUVEAU COLLECTION DE TOUTES LES RELATIONS DE VOYAGES PAR MER ET PAR TERRE ... TOME SECOND. Paris: Didot, 1749. 450 + 5 folding maps. 12mo., mottled calf, gilt spine, raised bands. Spine chipped, spine label slightly chipped, joints cracked, leather cracked. Marbled edges... More
1864. IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS THE SANITARY COMMISSION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY. A Succinct Narrative of its Works and Purposes. NY, Published for the benefit of the United States Sanitary Commission, 1864. First edition. Octavo. vi, 318 pp. The Sanitary Commission coordinated the efforts of volunteers, mostly women, who raised... More