Pasadena, CA: TwelveTrees Press, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Large quarto landscape (oversized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. Dj cover have some scuffing. A collection of black and white photographs by Markus of American cowboy life in scene, work, and portrait. Stark, personal, and memorable..... More
Sarasota, FL: Crestline Publishing, 1978. First edition. hardcover in illustrated boards. Quarto (oversized). Slight wear to edges and corners. Blue faux leather boards with blue foil details of a car and trees on cover. SIGNED and inscribed by the author to the founder of the Ypsilanti Michigan Automotive Heritage Museum..... More
Boston: Academic Studies Press / LRC, 2017. First edition. Hardcover. Thick octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. 689 p. w/ color and b&w illus., maps, appendices, bibliography, index. essay endnotes. A detailed study of the history and role of nomadic cultures in Eurasia. More
Boston: Academic Studies Press, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Red boards. Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. 345 p. w/ essay endnotes. 8 scholarly essays and 4 shorter pieces on the interactions of Holocaust studies and geopolitics in the era of increasing antisemitism. More
Manchester, UK: Manchester Universy Press, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. Slight foxing at edges of textblock. 260 p. w/ a couple maps, very few illus., essay endnotes, index. 14 essays on various aspects of imperial policing, covering..... More
Cranbury, NJ: Associated University Press, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. Small tear in dj at top right front corner. Slight foxing at edges of textblock. 184 p. w/ maps, illus., appendices, endnotes, bibliography, index. A study looking..... More
Köln and Bonn: Cantz, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Squarish octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. 143. p. w/ b&w illus. A collection of photographs of flowers by Renger-Patzsch, a German photographer. He was associated with the New Objectivity movement in Weimer Germany..... More
Port Sroud, Gloucestershire, UK: Tempus, 2002. First edition. Trade Paperback. Octavo (standard size) Slight wear to edges and corners of covers. 159 p. w/ illus., gazetteer of shield burials, bibliography, index. A detailed discussion of the construction, use, and cultural importance of shields in Anglo-Saxon England. Uncommon. More
Brighton, MA: Academic Studies Press, 2014. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. No dust jacket issued. 442 p. w/ footnotes, illus., index. 20 scholarly articles by Wortman organized by Ceremony and Ceremonial Texts, Imperial Myth, Explorations and Empire, Intellectual History, and Afterthoughts..... More
no place: circa 1978. First edition. Plastic Comb Bound softcover. Small octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of covers, Some spots to covers from use. 96 p. Recipes from wives of racers and mostly female fans of Grand National Nascar racing, with a list of drivers and..... More
Atlanta, GA. "Blue" and "Gray" Veterans, 1909. First edition. Pamphlet. Thin octavo (standard size). Stringbound. Slight wear to edges and corners of paper covers. Small tear at top of front cover near spine. Library stamp on cover and title, no other library markings. 48 p. A full, almost verbatim coverage..... More
New York, NY: Dial Press, 1959. First American edition. hardcover. Thick octavo (standard size) Slight wear to edges and corners of boards, more so to dust jacket. Spine of binding a bit faded. x, 438 p. w/ appendix, glossary. The story of the man who first conceived of radar and..... More
New York, NY: Munn and Company, 1916. First edition. Hardcover in full green cloth. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. No dust jacket. Corners and spine a bit bumped. Gilt palm print in cover. Stamped "Russell D. Holmes / 1st Lt. 54th Inf. / Asst..... More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size) Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. x, 359 p. w/ maps, appendices, endnotes, index. A study into Renaissance humanist research of the origins of Muslim peoples and empires, exploring the motives of and..... More
American Bridge Association, 2005. First edition. Oversized Paperback. Quarto (oversized). Slight wear to edges and corners, but with a nick in rear cover at top. Rear cover also has a crease, and scuffing. iv. 166, a1-a59 (appendix of members) p. w/ color and b&w illus. Am uncommon history of this..... More
Harrisburg, PA: A Giniger Book / Stackpole Books, 1970. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size) Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. An attractive modern edition of this classic 1930's Polish war novel of WWI, about a new, loyal but slow witted recruit at his training station, with..... More
London: Longman, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size) Slight wear to edges and corners of boards, a bit more so to dust jacket. Commercial bookplate of former owner on pastedown. ix [ 3 ], 314 p. w/ chapter endnotes, maps, select bibliography of the author, index. A collection of..... More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size) Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. Looks like a bit of coffee staining to top edge of text block and dj flaps, and at one spot along foredge. A few of pages have pencil underlinings..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Small quarto (slightly oversized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. Top front corner bumped. 263 p. w/ color and b&w illus., endnotes, bibliography, index. More
New York, NY: Dutton Studio Books, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Folio (oversized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards, a bit more so to dust jacket. 192 p. w/ many color illus., bibliography, biographical outline of Erte's life, index. Includes images and brief introductions to his necklaces, pendants, earrings..... More
Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. (standard size). Slight wear to boards. Much more wear to edges and corners of dj . 301 pages with illustrations, endnotes, bibliography, and index. A study of the changes wrought by World War II on Michigan's economy and..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2013. 2nd printing. Hardcover. Thick quarto (oversized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. No dj issued. 923 p. w/ illus., bibliography, index. A collection of 411 original Nazi and Nazi - related sources (whole or in part) on a wide variety of subjects..... More
Hartford, CT: William S. Marsh, 1819. Leather Bound Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Rebacked in leather with worn, unreadable original label, Orignal board in treecalf leather, scuffed and scratched. Pages slightly tanned, a few more so than others. Both maps present, with very slight tears at edges of folds and some..... More
New York, NY: John S. Taylor, 1843. First US edition. Hardcover. Small octaov (standard size). Black cloth with gilt titing and designs on spine. Designs in blind on boards. Slight wear to edges and corners of boards, more so to head and heel of spine. Corners bumped. Some foxing to..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size) Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. 261 p. w/ endnotes, index, a few illus. A study of the idea of paris as a city of revolution and modernity on novels and guidebooks... More
