Philadelphia: Lippincott, (1928). First US edition. Hardcover. 272 pp., frontipiece and 22 illustrations from photographs, folding map; octavo, original red cloth. Fascinating study of this highly specialized Indian caste. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. viii, [1], 243 pp., frontispiece and 15 plates from photographs; octavo, original dark blue pictoriall cloth. Henry Irving Brow (1888 - 1940) was on the faculty of Columbia University. Himself part gypsy, he was a recognized expert on gypsy culture in..... More
(Oakland: Enquirer Print, 1901). First edition. 372 pp., profusely illustrated from photographs of notable buildings and localities around the county as well as portraits of notable citizens, settlers, etc.; octavo, original black cloth with cover title in gilt. Fairly scarce history of Napa County with a focus on early settlement..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1926. First edition. Hardcover. Original gray cloth, octavo, x, 344 pp., frontispiece and 21 illustrations from photographs. The suthor was born in 1857 to a seafaring family in Provincetown, MA. He sailed his first whaling voyage at the age of 22 in 1879. More
New York: E.P. Dutton, (1940). Second edition. Hardcover. 262 pp.,18 illustrations from photographs, octavo, originall brown cloth, jacket. Poet, writer, and political activist Festus Claudius "Claude" McKay (1889-1948) was born in Jamaica and educated in the US. He was a central figure in the Harlem renaissance. More
New York: Century Co., 1918. First edition. Hardcover. [8], 354 pp., 20 illustrations from photographs; octavo, original pictorial gray cloth with cover design in black. Compelling first-person account of adventures in the Spanish American War, the Phiippine insurrection, and as an officer in the Chinese, Venezuelan and Mexican armies. More
Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates, 1900. First edition. Hardcover. Original pictorial gray cloth with cover design blocked in black, white, blue, and gilt; 12 mo, v, [2], 360 pp., gravure frontispiece and 4 full-page illustrations. Rabbi Henry Iliowizi (1850-1911) was born in Russia, educated in Germany, and for many years is..... More
Tucson: Arizona Pioneers' Historical Society, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. Original red boards, octavo, vii, [1], 163 pp, illustrated. Edition of 500 copies. More
Florence: Giulio Giannini and Son, 1968. First edition thus. Hardcover. Hand-painted vellum covers with leather ties, 51 pp,, 5 illustrations from drawings by Giulio Giannini. History of the 15th-century Palazzo-Convent d'Annalena. The property was converted into the pensione Annalena in 1919, owned and operated by the families Calastri-Rossoni. More
Los Angeles: Wetzel Publishing Co., (1933). First edition. 192 pp., 1 mounted plate from photograph, 1 full-page illustration, octavo, original red cloth. From his chair as editor of the Roosevelt County Record (Elida, NM) "Old Moneyless" promoted a utopian scheme founded on the "Abolishment of money and the private ownership..... More
NY: Grosset & Dunlap, (copyright 1928). Wartime edition reprint circa 1943. Hardcover. Original dark red cloth, octavo (5.25 x 7.5 inches), 309 pp, jacket. Heins LJ-8. More
NY: Grosset & Dunlap, (copyright 1921). Later reprint, circa 1923. Hardcover. Original red cloth, octavo (5.25 x 7.5 inches), 408 pp, frontispiece and 2 plates by J. Allen St. John, 2 pp. adverts at rear, jacket. Heins TTe-3. First Grosset & Dunlap edition. More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, copyright 1919. Early 1930s reprint. Hardcover. Original green cloth, octavo (5.25 x 7.5 inches), 296 pp, frontispiece by J. Allen St. John, 16 pp. adverts at rear, jacket. Heins WM-3. More
NY: Grosset & Dunlap, (copyright 1918). Later reprint, circa 1927. Hardcover. Original red cloth, octavo (5.25 x 7.5 inches), 350 pp, frontispiece. 12 pp. adverts at rear, jacket. Heins JO-6. More
NY: Grosset & Dunlap, (1924 copyright). Later reprint, circa 1935. Hardcover. Original red cloth, octavo (5.25 x 7.5 inches), 346 pp, frontispiece. advert leaf at rear, jacket. Heins AM-4. More
NY: Grosset & Dunlap, (1916 copyright). Later reprint, circa 1927. Hardcover. Original red cloth, octavo (5.25 x 7.5 inches), (337) pp, frontispiece and many illustrations in the text by J. Allen St. John, jacket. Heins BTa-4. More
NY: Grosset & Dunlap, (1917 copyright). Later reprint, circa 1939. Hardcover. Original red cloth, octavo (5.25 x 7.5 inches), 394 pp, many illustrations in the text, jacket. Heins ST-8. More
NY: Grosset & Dunlap, (1930). Later reprint, circa 1938. Hardcover. Original red cloth, octavo (5.25 x 7.5 inches), 301 pp + 7 pp adverts, jacket. Heins TEC-4. More
NY: Grosset & Dunlap, (1923). Later reprint, circa 1924. Hardcover. Original red cloth, octavo (5.25 x 7.5 inches), 333pp + 10 pp adverts. Frontispiece and 7 b/w plates by J. Allen St. John, jacket. First Grosset & Dunlap edition, circa 1924. Illustration list on p. (v) from McClure edition, placement..... More
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, (1939). First edition. Hardcover. Quarto, original navy blue cloth with gilt titles, 158 pp., illustrated with black and white photos throughout, jacket. (Jacket rear panel with Voltaire quote). The compelling visual chronicle of America's great migrations of 1939: the exodus of Black day laborers and..... More
Los Angeles: De Vorss & Co., (1937). First edition. Hardcover. Original blue cloth, octavo, (xxx), 140 pp., jacket. See the accompanying scan of the front jacket flap blurb for some elucidation of the author's intention. More
London: Macmillan, 1921. First edition thus. Original dark blue cloth with gilt title and ornaments, 12mo, xxvii, (463) pp. [2] pp. publisher advert for the "Novels and Stories of Henry James" complete set at rear. BAL 10795, noting two formats: "Crown 8vo and foolscap 8vo Pocket Edition." This is the..... More
Trenton, NJ: Albert Brandt, 1902. First edition. Hardcover. Original red cloth, octavo, 462 pp., [4] pp. ads at rear. Primarily concerned with monasticism in the West. More
New York: American Library Service, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. ix, 316 pp., color frontispiece and several full-page illustrations from photographs. A comprehensive and highly sympathetic history of the racist organization and its frequently violent efforts to maintain white supremacy in the post-civil war South. Please note: while we offer this..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton, (1964). Hardcover. ix, 1238 pp., small octavo, original blue cloth with gilt titles, jacket. "A highly ideosynchratic work of didactic fiction." (London Sunday Times." Originally written in Russian and Armenian. The frst English-language edition was published in 1950. More