San Francisco: Cadmus Editions, (1984). First trade edition. Paperback. Unpaginated, frontispiece, original pictorial wrappers, 9 x 6 inches, 2 folded sheets labeled "Songs" laid in. Text in Spanish and English on facing pages. Extensive section of notes at rear. One of 650 trade copies in wrappers. More
San Francisco: Four Seasons Foundation, (1968). First edition, first printing. Paperback. Original pictorial wrappers, octavo 8 x 5.25 inches, 108 pp. Selected poems 1957-1968. More
San Francisco: University of San Francisco Press, 1932. First edition. Hardcover. 45 pp., photo frontispiece and 1 plate; small octavo, original brown cloth and boards. A brief history of the mission by a Jesuit scholar. More
Oxford: John Johnson for the Society of Antiquaries, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. xvi, 256 pp., 83 plates; quarto, original brown cloth with gilt spine. Contains 10 individual papers: I - "Celtic Bronzes from Lorraine" by Reginald A. Smith; II - "Some Aspects of the Craft of the Armourer" by Charles... More
Mainz am Rhein: Philipp von Zabern, (1976). First edition. Hardcover. xiii, [1], 203 pp., illustrated; quarto, original brown cloth. Text in German. More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1935). First edition. Hardcover. xii, 52 pp. + 36 plates, large folding plan, several text illustrations; quarto, original 2-tone brown cloth. More
Copenhagen: Ejnar Munksgaard Ltd., 1956. First edition. Hardcover. xv, [1], 814, [1], 2 folding maps and 2 folding tables at rear; octavo, original red buckram cloth with gilt spine. More
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1935. First edition. Hardcover. xiV, 237, ix pp. + 6 monochrome plates; quarto, original dark green cloth with gilt spine. Monograms and 148 coins are reproduced on the plates. University of Michigan Studies Humanistic Series Volume XXXVII. More
Ann Arbor / London: University of Michigan Press / Oxford University Press, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. xxi, 374, v pp. + 93 monochrome plates, 2 folding maps; quarto, original dark green cloth with gilt spine. The 676 individual relics reproduced on the plates are fully described in the text. University of Michigan Studies Humanistic Series Volume XLV. More
Paris: A. Welter, 1902. Second edition. Hardcover. xvi, [1], 141 pp., octavo, original green cloth with gilt spine. Entire text is a photo-lithographic facsimile of the authors' manuscript tables. English Hittite scholar and Assyriologist O. R. Gurney's copy with his bookplate to front fixed endpaper. More
Philadelphia: Univerisity of Pennsylvania Press for the American Schools of Oriental Research, 1935. First edition. Hardcover. xvi, 220 pp. + frontispiece and 86 plates and maps, including 4 folding maps; quarto, original red cloth with gilt spine. Report from the first formal excavation at Tepe Gawra, near modern-day Mosul. The... More
Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. xii, 199 pp. + 51 plates, many illustrations in the text; quarto, original blue cloth with gilt title, jacket. Scholarly study of Mesopotamian stamp seals. Volume 14 in the Documenta et Monumenta Orientis Antiqui series. More
Tehran: Ketab-Khaneh Danesh, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. 53, [2] pp., octavo, original red cloth, jacket. Lists 575 books on the subject. Last 2 pages are in Arabic script. More
Berlin & Leipzig: Walter De Gruyter & Co., 1928. First edition. Paperback. xv, 277, pp. + 26 monochrome plates from photographs and drawings, 115 illustrations in the text; quarto, printed wrappers. 3 printed pieces of publisher's promotional materials laid in. Scholarly study of Minoan stamp seals and decorative arts. Text in German. More
Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, 1992. First edition. Glossy Pictorial Cover. Quarto, decorative boards, 94 pp including 12 plates. A scholarly examination of a private collection of ancient stamp and cylinder seals dating from circa 4000 BC to 642 AD. Plates contain 143 photographic reproductions. More
London: Manresa Press, (1932). First edition. Hardcover. xi, 212 pp., 11 full-page illustrations; octavo, original blue cloth. A Belgian Roman Catholic, Emilie d'Oultremont (1818-1878) was widowed in 1847 when her husband died of maleria, leaving her with her 4 children (2 male, 2 female). In 1854 she had a profound... More
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., (1898). Early reprint. Hardcover. xxii, 356; xviii, 463 pp.; original gilt dark green cloth, top edge gilt. The complete text of Goethe's "Faust" with extensive section of notes at rear. More
London: T. Fisher Unwin, (1920). Second edition. Hardcover. 464 pp., 68 monochrome illustrations, many full-page; octavo, original gilt blue cloth. Originally published in 1889 this popular work went through 9 printings before this revised and enlarged edition of 1920. More
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1930. Early reprint. Hardcover. Original orange cloth, small octavo, 171 pp., b/w illustrations, pictorial dustjacket. An introduction to the orchestra for children borrowing Lewis Carroll's "Alice" as the main character in the fantasy adventure. More
London: George Routledge & Sons, no date (circa 1910). Hardcover. 103 pp., 8 full-page sepia photogravure plates after the paintings by Rossetti, tissue guards; decorative gilt blue cloth, top edge gilt. Printed at the Edinburgh Press on coated parchment stock. A beautiful book from the publisher's "The Photogravure and Colour Series." More
Sacramento: State Printing Office, 1936. First edition. Paperback. Pictorial wrappers, 10 x 78 inches, 32 pp., illustrated. This issue features articles on several new projects in the state, including highway to Palomar Peak and the observatory site which will house a 200-inch telescope, the new Downieville Bridge, and the closure... More
Sacramento: State Printing Office, 1936. First edition. Paperback. Pictorial wrappers, 10 x 78 inches, 32 pp., illustrated. This issue features articles on new safety improvement projects in the state. Cover photo shows the nearly finished Bay Bridge, which opened in November, 1936. More
Sacramento: State Printing Office, 1936. First edition. Paperback. Pictorial wrappers, 10 x 78 inches, 32 pp., illustrated. This issue features articles on several new projects in the state, including the opening of the Tower Bridge at Sacramento, the Redding Bridge, the "burning off" of Sunset Blvd. for repaving, et al. More
Sacramento: State Printing Office, 1934. First edition. Paperback. Pictorial wrappers, 10 x 78 inches, 32 pp., illustrated. This issue includes several articles on water in California, including "Progress of State Water Plan Negotiations with United States" by California Goverer James Rolph, Jr. More
Sacramento: State Printing Office, 1929. First edition. Paperback. Pictorial wrappers, 10 x 78 inches, 40 pp., illustrated. This issue includes 2 articles on dedication of the new Bayshore Highway between San Francisco and San Jose. More