Publisher's red cloth binding, beautifully designed with gilt decorations and illustrations on front cover and spine. Scholarly study of ancient Greek and Roman art. 16 illustrations, complete. Title page in red and green. 5 1/4 x 7 7/8 inches. Former owner's inscription on front end paper. 285 pages, including bibliography and index. View More...
Text is in German. Original trade card with a color illustration of Vikings with their ships docked in a bay. A sign on a nearby building may depict coats of arms. No date, circa 1910s-1930s. 2 3/4" x 4 1/4." Trade card is virtually pristine and intact except for slight edge wear and some age toning on back. A Fine copy. There are two brief descriptions on back; one describes the illustration on front and the other promotes Aecht Franck. Trade card for Aecht Franck, a German coffee company that first specialized in chicory coffee and coffee flavorings. Aecht Franck was founded in 182... View More...
365 pages; map; bound in red cloth, gilt lettering on the cover and spine, oval photograph glued on the cover. Fading to the spine and across the bottom of the cover (1/2 inch). From the introduction: "He tells what he knows about those marvelous gold fields in Peru and Bolivia, and what the prospects are for Americans to develop the country and secure some of the millions of money still hidden in the gravel banks and lodges of the interior". View More...
Limited edition: No. 212 of 300 copies on Japanese Paper. 3/4 black leather with gilt flower decorations and lettering on spine. Raised bands. A very handsome book. Color frontispiece. 50 engraved plates (complete) done by Manzi Joyant & Co., 10 x 12 1/4 inches. Bookplate of Nellie K. Deaver. The slightest of rubbing at two corner tips. 282 pages plus colophon. View More...
Part of the Epochs of Modern History series. Original publisher's red-brown cloth binding. 4 3/4" x 6 3/4." 292 pages, complete. Three multicolored fold-out maps with the titles, "Germany Shewing the Territorial Provisions of the Peace of Westphalia, 1648," "United Provinces and Spanish Low Countries," and "The Campaigns of the Upper Rhine." Gilt lettering on spine. Impressed decorations and lettering on covers and spine. Former ownership inscription of "Paul H. Bower" on front flyleaf. Pages and covers are clean. Binding is tight. A fine, seemingly unread copy. This book begins wi... View More...
Limited Edition. One of 85 copies printed. Original broadside printed on gray paper in black ink. Deckled edge. 9 3/4" x 13." Broadside is virtually pristine and intact. A Fine copy. Colophon printed at the bottom: "Translated by Greg Simon, printed at The Beaverdam Press of Salem, Oregon, 1992, for Charles Seluzicki, Fine Books, Portland, Oregon. In an edition of 85 copies." A beautiful, printed broadside featuring the poem, The City of Granite (1915), by Anna Akhmatova. Anna Akhmatova (1899-1966) was a Russian poet who was among the most notable during the twentieth century. She w... View More...
Circa 1860s. Original carte de visite photograph portrait (full-length, standing). Card dimensions 2 1/2 x 3 3/4 inches, photo dimensions 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches. No photographer or publisher listed. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1819-1861) was Prince Consort to Queen Victoria, whom he married in 1836. He was instumental in modernizing the British Monarchy. His death in 1861 plunged Queen Victoria into mourning for the rest of her life. View More...
Original publisher's brown wrappers backed with black cloth. Red and blue decorative stripes on front cover. Bound by the Angwin Book Bindery in Angwin, California. 6 5/8" x 9 5/8." Pages 593-626, complete. Black and white photographic plates, complete. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. A few numbers are written in black pen in the upper-left corner of the front cover not affecting text. Covers are slightly wrinkled. Tape repair on Pages 625 and 626. The author talks about the city of Rome from a present and past historical perspective. Albrecht takes re... View More...
Original carte de visite photograph portrait (full length, facing right). Card dimensions 2 1/2 x 4 inches, photo dimensions 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches. Under photo, "H. R. H. the Princess of Wales. Sandringham 1863" Alexandra of Denmark (1844-1925) was the daughter of King Christian IX of Denmark. In 1863, she married the eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, Edward, the Prince of Wales. In 1901, she became the Queen-Empress Consort of King Edward VII. View More...
Circa 1850s. Original carte de visite photograph portrait (full-length, standing). Card dimensions 2 1/2 x 4 inches, photo dimensions 2 x 3 inches. No photographer or publisher listed. Portrait of a young Prince Alfred (1844-1900), second son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. In 1893, he inherited the title of Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from his paternal uncle in 1893. View More...
Circa 1860s. Original carte de visite photograph portrait (sitting, profile, facing right). Card dimensions 2 1/2 x 4 inches, photo dimensions 2 x 3 1/4 inches. No photographer or publisher listed. Princess Alice (1843-1878) was the 2nd daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. She married Prince Louis of Hesse in 1862 and eventually became the Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine. She was the mother of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, the wife of Nicholas II of Russia. View More...
xii, 290 (1) pp., 16 plates with tissue guards, #683 of a limited edition, beautifully bound in 3/4 navy leather, marbled boards, gilt spine title, gilt top edge, 10 x 6.5". Excellent copy. Poems and other contributions from a wide range of authors. View More...
(1922). Gilt decoration and lettering front covers and spines. Gilt page tops. Numerous illustrations, some in color; most illustrations are copies of paintings, some maps, and some photographs of older buildings. Uncut page sides and bottoms. Some unopened pages. 319 to 366 pages. Vol. II has an 8 x 10 3/4 fold out color map of the Plan of Versailles showing the palace, the Trianons, the gardens, and a portion of the town. Vol. III has an 8 x 10 3/4 color map of Paris and environs. Contents include: Vol. I -- Growth of the French Nation, Splendor of the Bourbon Monarchy in France, The Degrada... View More...
xv, 286 (1) pp., engraved frontispiece battle scene, leather backed marbled boards, 7 x 4.5". Tight, some edge wear, top of spine chipped, , very good. History of the Franco-Prussian War. View More...
58 pages; drawings; tan publisher's binding with red lettering and fairy illustration. Inscribed by the author on front flyleaf - "Walter T. Burton. from his very sincere and grateful friend, Dora Amsden. Berkeley, June 26th, 1927" in ink. A children's book about fairies. Former owner's bookplate removed from front pastedown, with some residual glue. Fine copy, signed of this unusual children's book. View More...
358 pages; illustrations; bound in yellow cloth with black lettering with illustration on the cover. The author was a 7th Day Adventist missionary in China and he has included various stories related to the subject and China. View More...
Collection of eight original letters related to the Andrew Jackson Rickoff family. Letters are on white, beige, or gray paper and include handwritten, printed, and typed text. Text in English except for the circular letter of credit in French. Circa 1888-1891. Various measurements from about 4 1/4" x 6 1/2" and 8 1/2" x 11." Fourteen pages. Each letter is very clean and intact except for slight age toning, occasional offsetting, and a few wrinkles and fold lines. Each letter and the entire collection are Very Good. Andrew Jackson Rickoff (1824-1899) was an American educator, school sup... View More...
Collection of 20 photos (3 1/2 x 2 3/4 inch) relating to the city of Cartagena, Columbia in a blue wrapper with title on the cover. Dated in ink on the cover 3/23/39. Title inserted on the cover and printed on the back of each photo. Photos clean copies with a worn wrapper. Deals mainly with Spanish fortifications and structures. View More...
6 1/8 by 4 3/8 inches. Attractive booklet of 12 pages, bound in light green wrappers with bamboo motif. The essay contest, according to the sponsor, was held to "further. the understanding of Japanese culture abroad and of contributing to closer bonds of intimacy and mutual helpfulness between the Oriental and Occidental civilizations." View More...
