Embroidered Textiles: A World Guide to Traditional Patterns. A World Guide to Traditional Patterns
Thames & Hudson. Imogen Paine. Hardcover. Quarto. 240pp. A very nice copy in dust jacket. With 508 illustrations, 362 in color. More
New Arrivals
Isishweshwe
University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2017. paperback. Oversize paperback. 302pp. Tracing the origin of the cloth central to South African cultural history. More
The Evergreen Tales; or Tales for the Ageless; Beauty and the Beast, Dick Whittington and Saint George and the Dragon
Limited Editions Club, 1949. Limited. Hardcover. Three volume set in slipcase. Illustrated cloth. . Color illustrations in each volume. Limited to 2500 copies of which this is #1244. The Story of Dick Whittington and his Cat is Signed by illustrator Robert Lawson and inscribed by the General Editor: Jean Hershel..... More
The Bluest Hands: A Social and Economic History of Women Dyers in Abeokuta
Heinemann, 2002. Social History of Africa. paperback. Trade paperback. 263pp. More
Perfume Album
New York: Robert E.Krieger Publishing Co, 1975. second edition. Revised. Hardcover. Silver boards with red lettering & design. 188pp. More
The Japanese Tattoo
New York & Tokyo: Weatherhill, 1991. Second Printing. Paperback. 115pp. Many color and black and white photographs throughout. Some sticker residue inside front cover. More
North American Exploration (3 volume set) 1: A New World Disclosed, 2: A Continent Defined, 3: A Continent Comprehended
Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Complete 3 volume set with many contributors. xvii 538pp, 472pp, 656pp. End notes, select bibliography, some illustrations, and index in each volume. Burgundy cloth in dust jackets and broadart protective wrappers. Jacket spines are sun toned. Small remainder stamp..... More
Alejandro Malaspina: Portrait of a Visionary
McGill-Queen's University Press, 1999. Hardcover. 24 x 15.5 cm. xi 200pp. Red boards in dust jacket. More
The Hawaiian Republic (1894-1898) : And its Struggle to Win Annexation
Associated University Presses, 1992. Hardcover. 24.5 x 16 cm. Octavo. xiii 398pp. Black boards in broadart protected dust jacket. Jacket spine is sun toned. Reprint of the 1961 edition. More
Flipp Thanks for Having Us!: The Story Behind the Little Band that Almost Could
Rock Steady Recorsd / Kanduanum Books, 2024. Second Printing. Paperback. Signed by the author as well as four others; I believe they are band members: looks like Brynn Arens (founder), initials for Michael Leonard (guiter, vocals) and two others I'm having difficulty deciphering. Minneapolis rock band. More
Out on the Streets: The True Tales of Life on the Road with the Hottest Band in the Land Kiss (The Original Kiss Krew)
TOKK Publishing c/o D. J. Audio, Inc., 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. 23.5 x 15.5 cm. 352pp. Glossy boards. Signed by one of the authors: 'Thank you,/ Peter Oneckinto / "Moore"/ R.I.P. JR' Bottom corners bumped. More
The Sandman: The Wake
DC Comics / Vertigo, 1997. Paperback. Signed and inscribed by Neil Gaiman in silver on the first page. Minor wear to covers. 10th volume in the Sandman Library, collected The Sandman 70-75. More
The Hawaiian Revolution (1893-94)
Cranbury, NJ: Associated University PResses, 1992. Hardcover. 24.5 x 16 cm. Octavo. xv 372pp. Black boards in dust jacket. Originally done in 1959. More
A Guide to Lough Corrib's Early Monastic Sites
Ireland: Oldchapel Press, 2010. Paperback. 171pp. Many photographs and other illustrations in color. Some shelf wear. More
Dining Car Line to the Pacific: An Illustrated History of the NP Railway's Famously Good Food With 150 Authentic Recipes
St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1990. Oblong. 164pp. Some shelf wear to the covers. More
To Lhasa in Disguise: A Secret Expedition Through Mysterious Tibet
Delhi: Asian Educational Services, 2000. Reprint. Hardcover. 22.5 x 14 cm. 462pp. Burgundy illustrated boards. Indian reprint of the 1924 Grosset and Dunlap printing. More
The Honourable Company: A History of the Hudson's Bay Company
Toronto, Canada: McClelland & Stewart, 1949. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 397pp. Green cloth in dust jacket. Map by R. H. H. Macaulay. Some chipping to the jacket. The name of a prior owner is written in pen on the front end papers. More
America's Ace of Aces: The Dick Bong Story.
Osseo, Wi: Carl M. Bong, 1985. Second Printing. Hardcover. 23.5 x 16 cm. Octavo. 223pp. Blue boards in dust jacket. Carl Bong was Richard Bong's brother. Jacket has some edgewear and small closed tears. More
Narratives of Exploration and Adventure
Longmans, Green & Co., 1956. Hardcover. Octavo, 21.5 cm x 14.5 cm, 532 pp. This copy has some shelf wear on the cover of the dust jacket and some wrinkling on the top of the dust jacket spine along with some fading on the spine as well. The back cover..... More
Andrew Jackson and the Course of American Empire 1767 - 1821, Course of American Freedom 1822-1832, Course of American Democracy 1833-1845 [3 volume set].
New York: Harper & Row, 1977, 1981, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Complete 3 volume set of Remini's series on President Andrew Jackson. All are stated first edition hardcovers with full number lines and in dust jackets. 24 x 16 cm. Octavos. 502pp, 469pp, 638pp. Previous owner's name stamp on front..... More
Fremont: The West's Greatest Adventurer Being a Biography from Certain hitherto unpublished sources of General John C. Fremont together with his wife Jessie Benton Fremont (2 volume set)
New York & London: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. 24 x 16 cm. ix 738pp. Two volume set, both stated first editions with code M-B. Bound into blue cloth with gilt lettering. Some soiling to covers. Internally nice. Frontispiece and additional illustrations in both volumes. Armorial bookplate..... More
Boyhood Photos of J.H. Lartigue; The Family Album of a Gilded Age
Ami Guichard Publisher, 1966. Hardcover. oblong. Brown cloth. Gilt lettering and design to front cover with an oval pictorial photograph of Jacques as a boy. (A couple of small scratches to picture) 126pp. Mounted black and white photographs with captions. A bit of creasing to the tops of the pages..... More
Mr. Jefferson's Hammer: William Henry Harrison and the Origins of American Indian Policy
University of Oklahoma Press, 2007. Hardcover. Octavo, 23.5 cm x 15.5 cm, 311 pp. This copy has some wrinkling on the bottom of the dust jacket cover along with a scuff on the spine of the dust jacket. More
The Crimea in 1854, and 1894
The Scholar's Bookshelf, 2005. Paperback. 400pp. With plans and illustrations from sketches by Colonel the Hon. W. J. Colville. Modern facsimile of the 1895 original. More
Salmon Talk
Clinton, New Jersey: Amwell Press, 1983. Tom Hennessey. Red leather hardcover. 23.5 x 116 cm. Octavo. 233pp. AEG, ribbon bookmark, housed in red cloth slipcase. Limited to 1000 copies published for The National Sporting Fraternity Limited signed by the author, illuistrator (Tom Hennessey), and the presidnet of NSFL Jim Rikhoff..... More