London: Thames & Hudson, 1988. Hardcover. Octavo. xxviii + 160pp. Brown cloth gilt-lettered on spine. B/w photos & illustrations, color plates. Index. Spine ends slightly chafed, else a clean VG+ copy in VG+ dust jacket. More
Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo, x + 144 pp. Original bright blue cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine, index. Faint shelf rubbing and dust otherwise Near fine in VG+ dust jacket. (Dust jacket lightly chafed at extremities, not price clipped). More
New York: Rinehart and Co., 1959. First US Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 220pp. Original beige cloth with black titling to blue title panel on spine. A biography of Dr. Paul Niehans (1882 – 1971) a Swiss doctor who was one of the developers of cellular therapy called the Niehans method, which..... More
Chicago, IL: The Hood Medical Book Co., (1901). First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Large, thick octavo. xxxii + 1072pp. Green decorated cloth, with titling in red and black to spine and front boards. Patterned edges. Line drawings in text. A massive work on diseases, their causes, cure, and management, with some..... More
Rochester, NY: The Author, 1938. Reprint: Fourty (sic) - third printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 110pp (+vi pp index). Blue patterned cloth with gilt titling to front board. Illustrated with b&w photographs and line drawings. Folding photographic chart: "Reflexology Chart. The Ingham Reflex Method of Compression Massage" loosely inserted at rear. Related..... More
Rochester, NY: The Author, 1963. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo. 110pp. Green pebbled cloth with gilt titling to front board. Illustrated with b&w photographs and line drawings. The cover title reads "Stories The Feet Have Told. Compression Massage" while the title page has " "Massage. The Ingham Reflex Method of..... More
Tokyo/New York: Japan Publications, 1984. First Edition. Softcover. Small quarto. 144pp. Index. B/w illustrations by Melissa Sweet. Tara examines the "oriental view" of mental health and discusses the use of a macrobiotic diet to treat and prevent behavioral problems. Light overall shelfwear but still a tight, unmarked VG+ copy. More
York Beach, ME: Samuel Weiser, 1989. First US Softcover Edition. Softcover. Small octavo. 192pp. Top-edge faintly foxed, else a tight, clean near-Fine copy. More
Colombo: The Author, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover, 8vo. 28pp. Gilt-lettered blue cloth. Color frontis. b/w plates. Glossary. With a reference to the Raja Perahera to be held in Kandy in connection with the Royal Visit. Loosely-inserted is a blank photographic contemporary postcard portraying the Kandy Perahera. 28pp. Owner names on..... More
Pleasantville,NY: Reader's Digest Association, 1977. Hardcover, no dust jacket, gilt title to spine and front cover, 608 pp, very good + condition, minor shelfwear to cover. More
England: (Privately Printed: the author), ND (ca. 1972-1974). First Edition. Softcover. Six volumes. Quarto. Variously (and eccentrically) paginated, but approximately 260pp. in total. Stapled into colur printed paper wrappers. The text comprises stencil-duplicated sheets reproduced from a typescript. Various colour inserts, illustrations etc. throughout. The first six issues (only) of..... More
NP (England): (Privately Printed: the author), ND (Circa 1970s). First Edition. Softcover. Quarto. Not paginated (23 leaves, printed on the rectos only) Text comprises stencil-duplicated sheets reproduced from a typescript, stapled into black lettered white card covers, b&w illustrations. Amado writes in question and answer format, indicating in his Introduction..... More
Jakarta: Perbit Djambatan, 1982 (Third edition). Softcover, 28pp. 8vo. B/w plates. Glossary. 'With Compliments' stamp on front free end paper, faint fading to original illustrated covers; all else VG. More
London: Staples Press, 1957. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 196pp. Light blue cloth lettered in black on spine. Spine ends rubbed, top-edge foxed, page-edges age-toned, else a clean VG+ copy in near-VG dust jacket (dust jacket slightly rubbed & discolored, small shelf sticker taped at bottom of spine, a few short..... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. x + 422pp. Black cloth spine lettered in shiny red, blue papered boards. Index. B/w illustrations. Minor rubbing at bottom of spine, else a tight, clean VG+ copy in VG+ dust jacket (dust jacket has very slight crease at..... More
North Hollywood, CA: Newcastle Publishing Company, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. viii + 196pp. Numerous handwriting samples. Rebound in laminated boards (original wrappers laid down). Spine faded, else a tight, clean VG copy. More
Baltimore, MD: The Waverly Press, 1910. First edition. Hardcover. Thick octavo. xxvi + 400pp. Printed wrappers with illustrated paper title-label on front wrapper. Index. Some pages unopened, Front wrapper detached & much chipped around edges, front free endpaper detached, some chips from edges of rear wrapper, 1" piece lost from..... More
London: Victor Gollancz, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 208pp. Rose textured papered boards gilt-lettered on spine. Spine slightly leaned, bottom of spine slightly rubbed, page-edges slightly browned, previous owner's name on front free endpaper, otherwise a solid near-VG copy in near-VG dust jacket (dust jacket marked & discolored). More
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
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
