A Community In The Andes; Problems and Progress in Muquiyauyo
by ADAMS, Richard N.
hardcover. maps. 8vo, cloth; (tear in page with no loss of text). Univ. of Washington Pr., 1959.
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The Lost Museum, Glimpses of Vanished Originals
by ADAMS, Robert
New York: Viking, 1980. First. hardcover. fine/near fine. Black & white illustrations. 253 pages. 4to, black cloth, dust wrapper. New York The Viking Press, (1980). First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper.
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To Make it Home: Photographs of the American West
by ADAMS, Robert
New York: Aperture, 1989. First. hardcover. fine/near fine. Robert Adams. Many beautiful b/w photographs. 175 pages. Square 4to, brown cloth, d.w. New York: Aperture, 1989. First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper, and with the original printed bellyband.
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The Boston Money Tree
by ADAMS, Russell B.
hardcover. 8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Thomas Crowell, (1977). vg
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A. Woollcott: His Life and World
by ADAMS, Samuel H.
hardcover. 8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y., (1945).
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A. Woollcott: His Life and his World
by ADAMS, Samuel Hopkins
New York: Reynal, 1945. hardcover. very good(-). Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. 386 pages, 8vo, beige cloth (gently soiled) with green lettering. New York: Reynal, (1945). Very good(-). Presentation copy signed on the front free endpaper: "To Maida Lee, this book is inscribed with the regards of her ancient friend the author. Samuel Hopkins Adams - New York June 9th, 1945."
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Appalachian Portraits
by ADAMS, Shelby Lee
Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1993. paperback. very good(+). Shelby Lee Adams. 22 pages of text including a preface by Smith and a narrative by Lee Smith. Illustrated with numerous remarkable black-and-white photographs. Short slim oblong 4to, glossy pictorial wrappers. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, (1993). Internally fine, a very good(+) copy. Inscribed and signed by Shelby Lee Adams on the title page.
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Buy the Yellow Book for Fiction Fun and Pictures; Everywhere and Always 5 Cents
by ADAMSON, Sydney
New York: Howard, Ainslee & Co, 1897. unbound. ADAMSON, Sydney. Poster. Color lithograph. Sheet measures 17 7/8" x 13 3/8". Image measures 15 1/2" x 11 1/2". This original advertisement for "The Yellow Book" magazine features beautifully vibrant yellow, orange, and blue lithography. On the poster appears the cover art for the August 1897 issue of the humor magazine, with Sydney Anderson's illustration of a woman on a bicycle holding a parasol. Formerly know as "The Yellow Kid",... Read More
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Embattled Avant-Gardes: Modernism's Resistance to Commodity Culture in Europe
by ADAMSON, Walter L.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007. First. hardcover. fine/fine. xii, 435 pages. 8vo, black cloth with gilt lettering at spine, pictorial d.w. (with added mylar wrapper). Berkeley: University of California Press, (2007). First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper.
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Practical Observations on Ectropium, or, Eversion of the Eye-Lids, with the Description of a New Operation for the Cure of that Disease
by ADAMS, William
hardcover. 3 plates, 2 in color. 252 pages. 8vo, full leather, all edges gilt. (Birmingham: Privately Printed for the Classics of Ophthalmology, 1988). Facsimile of the 1812 edition.
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The Paris Years of Thomas Jefferson
by ADAMS, William Howard
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1997. First. hardcover. fine/fine. Illus. 8vo, green cloth, d.w. New Haven: Yale University Press, (1997). Fine Presentation copy from the author and Adelaide de Menil, the illustrator
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Sacred Allegories
by ADAMS, William, Rev
London: Rivingtons, 1856. hardcover. very good(+). With many engravings from original drawings by Charles W. Cope, John C. Horsley, Samuel Palmer, Birket Foster and George E. Hicks. 294pp., 8vo, full black leather with handsome gilt-decorated covers, raised bands, inner dentelles, a.e.g.; (some foxing throughout). London: Rivingtons, 1856. Very good (+).
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Jefferson's Monticello
by ADAMS, William Howard
New York: Abbeville, 1983. paperback. Many color and black & white illustrations, square sq. 4to, pr. wrs. N.Y.: Abbeville, (1983). vg
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On the Banks of the Suez
by ADAN, Avraham
Presidio, 1980. hardcover. very good/very good(-). Illustrated. xii + 479 pages, 8vo, brown cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper chipped. Presidio Press, (1980). A very good copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. An Israeli General's Personal Account of the Yom Kippur War
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For Remembrance: Soldier Poets Who Have Fallen in the War
by ADCOCK, A. St. John
London: Hodder & Stoughton. hardcover. very good(+). 26 tipped in portraits including the frontispiece of Rupert Brooke. 312 pages. 8vo, decorative blue cloth. Lodnon: Hodder and Stoughton, n.d. ca. 1920. Revised and enlarged edition with 6 extra plates. Very good (+).
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Creature Comforts
by ADDAMS, Charles
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1981. First. hardcover. fine/fine. 4to, cloth backed boards, d.w. N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, (1981). First Edition. Fine.
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Drawn and Quartered
by ADDAMS, Chas
New York: Random House, 1942. hardcover. very good(+). Charles Addams. Numerous black & white cartoons, slim 4to, red and white stripped boards black cloth spine (toned; lightly rubbed and shelfworn). New York: Random House, (1942). A very Good copy, lacking the dust wrapper. With the ownership signature and address of Hilary Knight. "This book belongs to Hilary Knight. 15 West 11th st, New York City."
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A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil
by ADDAMS, Jane
New York: Macmillan, 1912. hardcover. very good. xi + 219pp., small 8vo, cloth, t.e.g.; lightly rubbed. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1912. A very good copy.
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Building: 3000 Years of Design Engineering and Construction
by ADDIS, Bill
London: Phaidon, 2007. hardcover. fine/fine. Illustrated throughout with pictures and diagrams in both color and b/w. 640 pages. Short thick 4to, light brown boards with orange and white lettering, d.w. London: Phaidon, (2007). Fine copy in fine dust wrapper.
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Sun & Shadow At Aswan; A Commentary on dams and resrvoirs on the Nile at Aswan, yesterday, today, and perhaps tomorrow
by ADDISON, Herbert
London: Chapman and Hall, 1959. hardcover. b/w illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. London: Chapman & Hall, 1959.
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The Spectator
by ADDISON, Joseph, STEELE, Richard, et al.
Edinburgh: Bell & Bradfute, 1780. hardcover. very good. 8 volumes. copper engravings on title pages, small 8vo, full tree calf with heavily decorated gilt spines with red and black spine labels. Early heraldic bookplates inside front covers. Edinburgh: Bell & Bradfute, circa 1750. Leather crackled and some joints starting, still a very good set.
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The Works of Joseph Addison
by ADDISON, Joseph
Birmingham: Baskerville, 1761. hardcover. very good(+). 4 volumes. Engraved frontispiece portrait of the author by J. Miller after G. Kneller, and 10 other plates, three by C. Grignion after F. Hayman. Large 4tos, contemporary calf, recased, superb gilt spines. Birmingham: Printed by John Baskerville for J. and R. Tonson, London, 1761. A very good (+) copy. "A beautiful and esteemed edition. Copies ... are seldom found free from stains". Lowndes 11. In 1761 Baskerville published a quarto... Read More
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Poems on Several Occasions With a Dissertation Upon the Roman Poets
by ADDISON, Joseph
London: Curll, 1719. hardcover. very good. 6 + 164 pages + Mr. Addison's Dissertation on the Roman Poets, 56 pages. Frontispiece portrait and 2 other copperplate engravings. The frontispiece is engraved by Vander Gucht after a portrait by Kneller. Small 8vo, full contemporary brown calf (rather worn & crackled with joints starting at top edge), red leather spine label. London: E. Curll, 1719. First Edition. 2 bookplates, else internally clean -- about very good.
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The Spectator
by ADDISON, Joseph, STEELE, Richard, et al.
London: Bathurst, 1775. hardcover. very good. Pictorially engraved title page. 8 volumes, 8vo, all page edges green, full contemporary calf, decoratively gilt spine, black & red leather spine labels (tips worn, joints repaired; still a very good set). London: Bathurst, 1775.
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The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison
by ADDISON, Joseph
London: Tonson, 1721. hardcover. very good(-). 4 volumes. Engraved frontispiece portrait and a few other plates in first volume; smaller vignettes and decorative headpieces throughout. 4to, contomporary calf (considerable wear, especially at spine ends which are chipped, but still very firm; some worming on leather but paper is unaffected except for a few pages at rear of first 2 vols; minimal foxing throughout). London: Jacob Tonson, 1721.
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