London: Jonathan Cape, 1968. Second impression. Hardcover. Octavo. 256pp. Light blue textured papered boards lettered in gilt on spine. Spine ends rubbed, heavy foxing to page-edges & endpapers, foxing along edges of boards, else a solid Good+ copy in near-VG dust jacket (dust jacket price-clipped, rubbed). More
Waterloo, Canada: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1979. First Edition Thus. Softcover. large 8vo, 196 pp. Glossary of Chinese characters, list of contributors. Cover lightly chafed, corners and edges lightly bumped and rubbed, light creasing and small chip to paper of spine, otherwise a sound and unmarked VG copy. More
London: Chas. J. Thynne & Jarvis, ND [ 1930 ]. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xx + 212pp. + 4pp. ads. Red cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Index. From the jacket "The 'flashlights' which abound in this treatise on personal immortality shew the need of a trusworthy Revelation, whilst the..... More
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1933. First edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo. 248 pp. Original off white cloth with black title, etc. to spine, frontis, illustrations, chronology, biblio and index. Light dust to top edge, previous owners bookplates to front endpaper. Otherwise a bright and fresh VG+ copy without dust..... More
Geneva: Nagel, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio. 60pp. Original cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and front. Bibliography & index. Color & b/w illustrations and many tipped in plates and fold-out page of illustrations. Slight bump to outer bottom-corners, else VG in G+ dustjacket (several crude tape repairs, some..... More
Berkeley CA: Thames and Hudson, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Thick Large Quarto (12 1/4 x 12 1/2 inches). xx + 320pp. Fine two toned cloth - green spine over black boards, color illustratied photo-panel inset into upper board, white titling to spine, colour and b&w illustrations, index. A massive, lavishly-illustrated..... More
Manchester & Oxford: Manchester University Press, 1914--1935. First Edition. Softcover. Large octavos. 8 issues. 102pp; 66pp; 58pp; 60pp; 68pp; 72pp; 62pp; 60pp. Original printed wrappers. Each issue commences with a list of members, a table of contents and a report on the proceedings of the society. Articles by various contributors..... More
London and New York: British School of Archaeology in Egypt / Macmillan, London, 1933. December 1934. First Edition. Softcover. Small quarto. [62pp]. Printed wrappers with red paper spine. B/w illustrations, fold-out, illustration with clear imprinted overlay. Frontis. A single issue of this journal of new discoveries and research relating to..... More
New York, NY: McLoughlin Brothers, 1893. Red and Green Hardcover, no dust jacket, sm.4to, quarter red cloth w/green paper illustrated boards, color frontis, black and white illustrations, iv + 316 pp, very good - condition, moderate soiling to cover, slight rubbing to edges and corners, light soiling to page edges..... More
New York, NY: Library Publishers, 1955. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo. 240pp. Original cloth turquoise cloth with gilt lettering to black panels on spine, b&w frontisportrait, index. The first printing of this new translation / abridged edition of Andersen's autobiography. Very light bruising and chafing to spine ends, a few..... More
New York: Cornell Modern Indonesia Project, Cornell Unviersity, 1965. Softcover, Quarto, 78pp. Illustrations, glossary. Monograph Series: Modern Indonesia Project, Cornell University. Original paper covers discolored, chipping to spine and edges, page corners curled and edges darkened. Offsetting to end papers; otherwise a solid unmarked copy. More
Singapore: Times Editions, 2000. Hardcover, 8vo, 160pp. Full page colou illustrations, index. Original boards very lightly chafed at base; o/w near fine. Dustjacket lightly chafed at top edge, minor chip at head of rear fold; o/w VG+. More
Cambridge, MS: The MIT Press, 1990. Hardcover. Octavo. x + 368pp. Light gray cloth lettered in red on spine & front board. Index. B/w illustrations. Spine ends chafed, top-edge foxed, faint tape-marks to endpapers, otherwise a tight, clean VG+ copy in VG dust jacket (dust jacket spine rubbed & chipped..... More
London: Victor Gollancz, Ltd, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 288pp. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine, b&w frontispiece and illustrations, index. Anderson commences this unusual study of the origins of the Holy Grail from her premise that the Holy Grail and the Urim of Moses were one and..... More
Melbourne: Ibex, 1989. Reprint. Hardcover. Small octavo. 224pp. Black boards gilt-lettered on spine & front board. Frontis. B/w illustrations. Reprint of the original 1891 edition. Faint age-toning to edges, otherwise a VG+ copy (no dust jacket issued?). More
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1962. First UK edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. x + 212pp. Blue cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine, photographs. The first edition of this work in which the author examines the profound influence Gurdjieff had on his followers, including: P.D. Ouspensky, and A. R. Orage..... More
York Beach, ME: Samuel Weiser Inc., 1983. Softcover. Pocket-sized paperback. x + 212pp. B/w illustrations. Spine a little faded, hint of chafing to bottom-corner of front cover, otherwise a tight, clean near-Fine copy. More
New York, NY: Viking Press, 1979. First edition. Hardcover, 8vo, xxii + 230pp. Half red cloth with beige papered boards, b&w Kum-Nye illustrations by Adele Aldridge, appendix, notes & index. Bookplate, just a hint of shelf dust, otherwise a sound and unmarked VG+ copy in VG dust jacket. (Dust jacket..... More
Los Angeles, CA: Kosmon Press, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xviii + 236pp. Red cloth gilt-lettered on spine & front board. B/w illustrations. Bibliography. Spine ends chafed, bottom corners of boards bumped, top-edge dusty, otherwise a VG copy in VG dust jacket (dust jacket slightly rubbed, a few tiny chips..... More
Los Angeles, CA: Kosmon Press, 1946. Hardcover. Octavo. xviii + 240pp. Red cloth lettered in gilt on spine & front board. Bibliography. B/w illustrations. Spine rubbed & slightly faded, spine ends chafed, corners of boards bumped, page edges lightly browned, otherwise a solid VG copy (no dust jacket). More
Los Angeles, CA: Kosmon Press, 1944. Hardcover. Octavo. xvi + 270pp. Red cloth gilt-lettered on spine & front board. B/w illustrations. Bibliography. Spine & boards slightly discolored (tide-marks), minor discoloration to endpapers, top-edge a little dusty, spine ends chafed, otherwise a solid near-VG copy in near-VG dust jacket (dust jacket..... More
Los Angeles, CA: Kosmon Press, July 1944. Second Printing. Softcover. Slim octavo. 64pp. Spine & wrappers a little rubbed & discolored, else a solid VG copy. More
Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1972. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. xxii + 248pp. Yellow cloth lettered in black on spine. Index. B/w frontis. & illustrations. Maps. Reprint of the 1934 edition. A popular summary of numerous scientific monographs published by the National Geological Survey of China in its Bulletin; Memoirs; and..... More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd., 1925. First Edition. Hardcover, folio, xii + 78 pp + 36 coloured plates. Original green cloth with brown leather spine label with gilt titling, 48 b&w text illustrations plus 36 color plates with tissue guards. Corners and spine ends bumped and a...... More
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. 422pp. Charcoal cloth with silver titling to spine, b&w illustrations, extensive List of Sources, index. "A surprisingly detailed work.. drawing on forty years of knowledge and experience, Henry N. Andrews examines the history of paleobotany with an eye for..... More
