Alison and Peter Smithson - from the House of the Future to a house of today.
Rotterdam: 010 Publishers, 2004. Hardcover. 23.5 x 28.5 cm. Oblong. 238pp. Plans, photographs, bibliography. Blue cloth in dust jacket. Light toning to page edges. More
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The Structure of the Ordinary; Form and Control in the Built Environment
Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: The MIT Press, 1998. Hardcover. 27 x 19.5 cm. Quarto. 359pp. Bibliography, index. Photographs. Tan cloth in dust jacket. More
Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
New York and London: W. W. Norton & Company, 2010. First edition. Hardcover. 26 x 22.5 cm. Royal octavo. 304pp. Bibliography, index. Blue cloth in dust jacket. More
Oliver Wendell Holme's Work 13 volume set.
Boston and NEw York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1892. Hardcover. 13 volume set bound in brown cloth with gilt spine letteirng. 19.5 x 13 cm. 12mo. Top edges gilt. Frontispieces in each volume. Pen date on front free endpaper of each volume. Front cover of volume 2 is scuffed. Volume..... More
Eléments de la philosophie de Newton.
The Voltaire Foundation, Taylor Institution Oxford, 1992. Critical Edition. Hardcover. 23.5 x 15.5 cm. Octavo. 805pp. Blue cloth in dust jacket. Volume 15 in The Compelte Works of Voltaire. French language main text with extensive introduction and notes in English. This is a damaged copy, the main text block has..... More
Colonialism and its Forms of Knowledge; The British in India
Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1997. Hardcover. 22 x 14.5 cm. Octavo. 189pp. Index. Glossy boards in dust jacket. Fading to jacket. More
Edouard Manet.
Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 1984. Full Leather. 31 x 22 cm. Quarto.128pp. Bound in full green leather with gilt design, lettering, and foredges. 4 raised bands to spine. Bit of scuffing to the gilt foredges. More
Orientalism and the Postcolonial Predicament; Perspectives on East Asia
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1993. Paperback. 23 x 15 cm. Octavo. 355pp. Index. Bit of edgewear to the covers. More
The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition.
Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 1999. Signed Collector's Edition. Full Leather. 24 x 20.5 cm. Octavo. 212pp. Bound in full blue leather with gilt design, lettering, and foredges. Signed by the author on a special page. 3 raised bands to spine. COA, also signed by author, Easton Press collector's notes, and..... More
Sacred Sound Music in Religious Thought and Practice.
Chico, California: Scholars Press, 1983. Hardcover. 23.5 x 15.5 cm. Octavo. 172pp. Bound in red cloth, no jacket. Journal of the American Academy of Religion Studies Volume L., Number 1., A Thematic series. More
Lions of the Punjab; Culture in the Making
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. 23.5 x 16 cm. Octavo. 259pp. Index. Blue cloth in dust jacket. The corners are bumped. Fading to spine lettering. More
When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi.
Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 2001. Full Leather. 24 x 16 cm. Octavo. 541pp. Bibliography, index. Bound in full green leather with gilt design, lettering, and foredges. 3 raised bands to spine. Scuffing to the gilt foredges. More
Generosity and Jealousy; The Swat Pukhtun of Northern Pakistan
New York: Columbia University Press, 1982. Paperback. 23 x 14.5 cm. Octavo. 321pp. Glossary, bibliography, index. Photographs. Edgwear to the covers. Spine color faded. More
The Indian Ideology.
Three Essays Collective, 2012. Hardcover. 22 x 14 cm. Octavo. 191pp. Black cloth in dust jacket. Gift inscription on half-title page. Bit of rubbing to bottom of cloth. More
Churchill and Roosevelt The Complete Correspondence (3 volumes); Volume I: Alliance Emerging October 1933-November 1942; Volume 2: Alliance Forged November 1942 - Februrary 1944; Volume 3: Alliance Declining February 1944 - April 1945
Connecticut: EASTON, 1995. Collector's Edition. Full Leather. 24 x 15.5 cm. Octavos. 742pp.3 volume set. Edited with Commentary by Warren F. Kimball. Brown leather. 5 Raised bands. Gilt foredges and design to cover. Silk moire endpapers. Some light scratching to the gilt foredges. A couple pages in volume 2 are..... More
Ball Four: The Final Pitch.
Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 2001. Signed Collector's Edition. Full Leather. 26 x 18 cm. Royal octavo. 528pp, photographs. Bound in full blue leather with gilt design, lettering, and foredges. Signed by the author on a special page. 4 raised bands to spine. COA, also signed by Bouton, unused Easton Press..... More
Arctic Explorations in search of Sir John Franklin.
London: T. Nelson and Sons, Paternoster Row, 1894. Early Reprint. Hardcover. 21 x 15 cm. Octavo. 444pp. Frontispiece. Bound in blue cloth with gilt design and lettering. Fold-out map in front of chapter 1 in nice condition. Corners are bumped. Bit of edgewear to head and tail of spine. Faint..... More
The Swan Thieves (Signed Limited).
New York: Little, Brown and COmpany, 2010. First edition. Hardcover. 24 x 15 cm. Octavo. 564pp. Burgundy cloth in photographic slipcase. This specially bound edition limited to 180 copies signed by the author, of which this copy is an unnumbered copy. More
Holding the Moment; Mid-America at Mid-Century
Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. 28.5 x 22 cm. Quarto. 193pp. Black cloth in dust jacket. Signed by the photographer. There is a water stain to the bottom foreedge which also caused some waviness. More
Windows into the Earth; The Geologic Story of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks
Oxford University Press, 2000. Reprint. Hardcover. 26 x 20.5 cm. Royal octavo. 242pp. Photographs, maps, references, index. Blue cloth in dust jacket. Bit of rubbing to bottom of cloth. More
Thoreau and the Art of Life; Precepts and Principles
Heron Dance, 2006. Hardcover. 22.5 x 22 cm. Octavo. 95pp. Illustrated boards in dust jacket. Signed by the editor on the half-title page. More
Freedom of Clay and Brush through Seven Centuries in Northern China: Tz'u-chou Type Wares, 960-1600 A.D.
Bloomington: Indianapolis Museum of Art / Indiana University Press, 1980. Paperback. 28 x 21.5 cm. Quarto. 263pp. Extensively illustrated in black and white. Exhbition catalogue for the exhibition held at Indianpolis Museum of Art, November 17, 1980 - January 18, 1981,China House Gallery, New York, March 16 - May 24..... More
Jeremy Brett & David Burke: An Adventure in Canonical Fidelity.
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Libraries, 1986. Limited edition. Staplebound Wraps. 25 x 17.5 cm. 28pp. Illustrated with photographs. Signed by the author and inscribed to previous owner. The Mary Kahler & Philip S. Hench Collection Special Collections & Rare Books. Limited to 1000 copies. More
The Principles and Practice of Medicine.
New York: The Classics of Medicine Library / Gryphon, 1978. Full Leather. 23.5 x 15.5 cm. Octavo. 1078pp (8pp). Bound in full black leather with gilt design, lettering, and foredges. 5 raised bands to spine. Notes from the editors laid-in. Facsimile of the New York 1892 edition. More
Mayflies of the Driftless Region.
Midnight Paper Sales, 2005. First Trade edition. Hardcover. 23.5 x 16 cm. Octavo. 77pp. Grey-green cloth in dust jacket. Illustrated with wood engravings by Gaylord Schanilec. Limtied to 1000 copies. Boards are slightly cocked. More