Titles starting with N from Jeff Weber Rare Books

Moscow:: Foreign Languages Publishing House. 1957. hardcover. 2. 8vo. 91, (92) pp. Figs. Beige cloth, gilt-stamped cover and spine titles, dust-jacket; jacket a bit worn. Burndy bookplate. Very good. . Translated from the Russian. ... more information

London:: Waterlow & Sons, [no date] ca. 1937. hardcover. 2. 8vo. vii, 190 pp. Photos, illus.; occasional red ink underlining. Black cloth. Early ownership signature of D. G. E. Williams. Very good. ... more information

[No Place]:: NCASM. 1999. paperback. 1. 8vo. 11 pp. Cartoons, membership information. Printed wrappers. Fine. ... more information

La Chaux-de-Fonds,: Administration du Bureau du contrôle des ouvrages en métaux précieux. 1964. hardcover. .. 120 x 258 mm. 138 pp. 7 pls., illus. White cloth. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. . LIMITED EDITION of 1,800 numbered copies. Maurice Favre worked as curator of the Musée d'horlogerie de la Chaux-de-Fonds where he acquired many rare pieces. ... more information

Leipzig:: S. Hirzel. 1934. paperback. 1. (225 x 155 mm). (299)-306 pp. Printed wrappers. Previous owner’s penciled signature on front cover. Fine. ... more information

Paris:: A. Delahaye et E. Lecrosnier. 1881. paperback. 1. At head of title: Quatrième Grossesse de la Duchesse de Berry. 225 x 145 mm. 8vo. [iv], 170 pp. Title in red and black. Black-stamped orange cloth, original printed wrappers bound in. Ownership rubber stamp on title. Fine. ... more information

(London):: Garnstone Press. 1972. hardcover. 2. Second edition. Series: The Teilhard Study Library. 8vo. xx, 134 pp. Figs., illustrations, index. Black cloth, gilt-stamped spine title, dust- jacket; jacket a bit rubbed. Ownership rubber stamp of M.W. Strickberger. Very good. . ISBN: 0855111704 ... more information

New York and London:: Plenum Press. 1993. hardcover. 1. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. vi, 444 pp. Photos, illustrations, figs., index. Green cloth, gilt-stamped spine title, dust-jacket. Fine. . ISBN: 0306445107 ... more information

San Diego, New York, London:: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. 1983. hardcover. 1. English translation of Il nome della rosa. 8vo. 502 pp. Quarter white cloth with brown paper boards, copper stamped cover design and spine title, dust-jacket. Near fine. . ISBN: 0151446474 ... more information

Stuttgart:: Ferdinand Enke. 1900. hardcover. 2. 211 x 140 mm. 8vo. [iv], 165 pp. Quarter cloth, cloth corners, marbled boards, red paper spine label. Ex library label on top cover, rubber stamps. Very good. ... more information

San Francisco:: Bohemian Club. 1928. paperback. 2. 8vo. 54 pp. Figs. Pictorial wrappers, dust jacket. Very good. . Printed by H. S. Crocker. The 28th Grove Play of the Bohemian Club. ... more information

Los Angeles:: Dawson’s Book Shop. 1960. hardcover. 1. 8vo. 46 pp. 10 plates (4 full color), 2 tipped-in paper samples. Flexible cloth, dust-jacket. Slip case. FINE. . FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. At the time of its publication this was the only book in English on Nara Picture Books (manuscripts from the Edo period of 1603-1867). Contains a checklist of known books in this genre, an exhaustive history, and 2 tipped-in paper samples. ... more information

Barre:: Imprint Society. 1971. hardcover. 1. Reprint. Two Volumes. Tall 8vo. (xxvii), 220; (223)-480 pp. Frontis., eighty engraved plates including fold-out maps. Quarter blue cloth over marbled paper boards, printed paper spine label. Housed in cloth slipcase with marbled paper sides. Fine. . Signed by Rudolf van Lier who wrote the introduction and notes (Vol. II). One of only 1950 copies. ISBN: 876360150 ... more information

London:: John Murray. 1856. hardcover. 3. Octavo. xvi, 456 pp. Frontispiece, title vignette, folding plan of the Pleiad ship, folding map. Original mauve blind-stamped cloth, gilt spine; spine ends chipped, spine faded, inner hinge broken (needs repair). Good. . FIRST EDITION. Baikie was member of the government-sponsored Niger expedition of 1854, joining on as a surgeon and naturalist aboard the iron screw schooner Pleiad. After the death of its captain, Baikie assumed command of the ship. Under his comman... more information

London:: John Murray. 1826. hardcover. 2. 2 volumes. Octavo. lxxxviii, 321; iv, 413 pp. 2 engr. frontispieces, 10 engraved plates (one hand-colored), 3 folding maps (1 very large of Northern & Central Africa). Original half calf, marbled boards, raised bands, gilt titles on leather labels. Very good plus. . Second edition. “In 1821 Denham volunteered to join Walter Oudney and Lt. Hugh Clapperton, who had been sent by the British government via Tripoli to the central Sudan. He joined the expedition ... more information

London:: Chatto & Windus. 1927. hardcover. 2. Two volumes. 8vo. v, 352; v, 301 pp. Several uncut pages. Quarter gilt stamped brown cloth, gilt stamped boards, top edges gilt, dust jacket. Very good. Rare in dust jackets. ... more information

New Haven and London:: Yale University Press. 1991. hardcover. 1. First printing. 8vo. xiii, 202 pp. Index. Purple cloth, gilt-stamped spine title, dust-jacket. Fine. . ISBN: 0300049404 ... more information

Baltimore:: Williams & Wilkins. 1942. hardcover. 2. 221 x 147 mm. 8vo. ix, 134 pp. 20figs., indexes. Red cloth. Bookplate of Harold Owens. Very good. ... more information

New York & Cambridge:: Hurd and Houghton & The Riverside Press. 1870. hardcover. 2. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. xv, (xvi), 201 pp. Engraved frontis. port. of Nathan Read, plates. Brown cloth, gilt-stamped cover emblem and spine title; small tears to top spine end. Former library copy with the usual markings and defects. Very good. . Very scarce original printing. ... more information

Tuscaloosa and London:: University of Alabama Press. 1987. hardcover. 1. FIRST EDITION. Series: History of American Science and Technology Series. 8vo. xiv, 395 pp. 5 illustrations, index. Maroon cloth, orange stamped spine title, dust-jacket. Burndy bookplate. Fine. . ISBN: 0817303057 ... more information