DEATH CUSTOMS: An Analytical Study of Burial Rites.
London: Kegan Paul, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. xiii, 304 pp., publisher's 19 pp. catalog at rear; octavo, original blue cloth. From the publisher's "The History of Civilization" series. More
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THE GREAT ABNORMALS.
London: Philip Allan, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. xxvii, 289, [3] pp., frontispiece; octavo, original orange cloth. "The contents of the present volume are meant as a further plea for the greater spirit of tolerance with regard to the aspirations and activities of those who do not conform to our own... More
ANTHROPOLOGICAL, LEGAL, AND MEDICAL STUDIES ON PEDERASTY IN EUROPE.
New York: Anthropoligical Press, nd (1935?). Edition limited to 1500 copies, this #1044. Hardcover. Japon vellum spine and red boards; octavo, xxxiii, 233 pp., illustrated. A prurient study of sexual relations between adult males and prepubescent boys, cloaked in the guise of anthropology. More
SONGS OF GODS, SONGS OF HUMANS: The Epic Tradition of the Ainu.
Princeton / Tokyo: Princeton University Press / University of Tokyo Press, (1979). First edition. Hardcover. Original blue cloth with cover design in white and red, gilt title, square octavo, xiv, 417 pp. "This is a collection of English translations of thirty-three epic songs of the Hokkaido Ainu. Except for one... More
A LEAF FROM THE 1583 REMBERT DODOENS HERBAL PRINTED BY CHRISTOPHER PLANTIN.
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1977. Limited edition. Hardcover. Folio (14 x 9.5 inches), white cloth with gilt spine title, title and portrait of Dodoens printed in olive green on front board; 288 pp., profusely illustrated with reproductions from old engravings, original leaf from the 1583 edition tipped-in. Leaf... More
POETS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: I - Langland to Spenser; II - Marlowe to Marvell; III - Milton to Goldsmith; IV - Blake to Poe; V - Tennyson to Yeats
NY: Viking Press, 1950. All volumes first edition, first printing. 5 volumes, complete; small octavo, original yellow and red cloth. A well-regarded anthology of English verse selected and edited by one of the great poets of the 20th century. More
A VACATION AMONG THE SIERRAS: Yosemite in 1860
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. xxxiv, 78 pp., frontispiece and 4 plates from photographs; 8vo, original white cloth and green boards. Eight letters chronicling his first trip to Yosemite. A young Thomas Starr King had arrived a few months earlier from Boston to take his... More
PASCIN: catalogue raisonne; peintures, aquarelles, pastels, dessins. Tome I & Tome II, plus Index historique des ouvres. (complete)
Paris: Editions Abel Rambert, (1984). First edition. Hardcover. 2 quarto volumes in original cloth, index pamphlet in wrappers; 407; 375; 47 pp., 1185 illustrations, some in color. Slipcases. Definitive guide to the work of the Bulgarian artist "Pascin" - born Julius Mordecai Pincas in 1885. His early artistic training was... More
THE PAINTER'S MANUAL: A Manual of Measurements of Lines, Areas, and Solids by Means of Compass and Ruler Assembled by Albrecht Durer for the Use of All Lovers of Art with Appropriate Illustrations Arranged to be Printed in the Year MDXXV.
New York: Abaris Books, (1977). First edition thus. Hardcover. Quarto, original rose cloth with gilt title, 472 pp, 190 illustrations, jacket. Original German text with English translation on facing pages. More
JINGLEBOB.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. Early reprint. Hardcover. xi, [6], 263 pp., front cover illustration, endpapers, and 4 full-page color plates by N. C. Wyeth; octavo, black cloth with color pictorial inset on front cover. The Wyeth-illustrated edition was originally published in 1930. More
![THE WORK OF ATGET: Volume I - Old France; Volume II - The Art of Old Paris; Volume III - The Ancien Regime; Volume IV - Modern TImes. [4 volumes, complete]. John Szarkowski, Maria Morris Hambourg.](/pictures/thumb/22370.jpg?v=1542147494)
THE WORK OF ATGET: Volume I - Old France; Volume II - The Art of Old Paris; Volume III - The Ancien Regime; Volume IV - Modern TImes. [4 volumes, complete].
NY: Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), (1981; 1982; 1983; 1985). First edition. Hardcover. Original burgundy cloth; quartos; various paginations, profusely illustrated. A selection of images from the Museum's collection of some 5000 Atget prints and plates originally purchased in 1928 by American photographer Berenice Abbott from Atget's estate. More
Single leaf (pages 117/118) printed on vellum from "A Decade of Years . . . Poems 1798-1807."
Hammersmith: Doves Press, [1911]. First edition. Single leaf, 9 x 6.5 inches, printed in red and black, the only text of recto is the heading at top of page in red "Part III: Sonnets" and signature mark and page number (h1, 117) in black ink at bottom. Verso with with... More
FIVE METERS OF POEMS.
Isla Vista: Turkey Press, 1986. First edition thus. Hardcover. Leaves joined to form continuous accordion-fold series of pages printed in black and red, woodcut illustrations by Antonio Frasconi, quarto, red cloth and pictorial boards. Poems written during the years 1923-1925 and first published in Spanish as "Cinco Metros de Poemas... More
THE GARY SNYDER READER: Prose, Poetry, and Translations. 1952-1998.
Washington, DC: Counterpoint, (1999). First edition. Hardcover. xxii, 617 pp; octavo, maroon cloth and gray boards, jacket. Signed on the title page by the author. More
FLIGHT FROM FIESTA.
Santa Fe: The Rydal Press, 1986. Signed limited first edition. Hardcover. 140 pp., octavo, original maroon cloth and decorative boards,slipcase. Edition of 200 copies printed at the Meriden-Stinehour Press, this #137/180. There were also 20 lettered copies. More
HOW A CITY SINGS FROM NOVEMBER TO NOVEMBER.
San Francisco: Cadmus Editions, (1984). Signed limited first edition. Paperback. Unpaginated, frontispiece portrait of Garcia Lorca by Carolyn Cassady, original red cloth with color illustration by Garcia Lorca inset on front cover, octavo, 2 folded sheets labeled "Songs" laid in at rear. Erratum slip laid in at front. Text in... More
HOW A CITY SINGS FROM NOVEMBER TO NOVEMBER.
San Francisco: Cadmus Editions, (1984). Signed limited first edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated, frontispiece portrait of Garcia Lorca by Carolyn Cassady, original white cloth with color illustration by Garcia Lorca inset on front cover, octavo, 2 folded sheets labeled "Songs" laid in. Text in Spanish and English on facing pages. Extensive section... More
HOW A CITY SINGS FROM NOVEMBER TO NOVEMBER.
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
THE PILL Versus THE SPRINGHILL MINING DISASTER
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
SOME FACTS ABOUT SANTA BARBARA MISSION.
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
ARCHAEOLOGIA, OR MISCELLANEOUS TRACTS RELATING TO ANTIQUITY Published by the Society of Antiquaries of London. Sedond Series: Volume XXIX.
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
GEOMETRISCHE ORNAMENTE AUF ANATOLISCHER KERAMIK: Symmetrien fruhester Schmuckformen im Nahen Osten und in der Agais.
Mainz am Rhein: Philipp von Zabern, (1976). First edition. Hardcover. xiii, [1], 203 pp., illustrated; quarto, original brown cloth. Text in German. More
COINS FROM SELEUCIA ON THE TIGRIS.
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
EXCAVATIONS AT TEPE GAWRA. Volume I - Levels I-VIII. Joint Expedition of the Baghdad School, the University Museum and Dropsie College to Mesopotamia.
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
ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN SEALS IN A DANISH COLLECTION. (CNI Publications 11).
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