Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard sized). Slight wear to edges and corners of covers and dust jacket. 306 p. w/ endnotes, bibliography, general and literary index. The first full length study of the financial, logistical, and social organization of the Athenian navy, including the trierarchs. More
Mystic, CT: Mystic Seaport Museum. Hardcover. Quarto (oversize). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. More so to dust jacket, which has a small chip at top front and a short tear as well. 193 p. w/ many construction drawings, illus., index. Covers all kinds of yachts, including sailboats... More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. 278 p. w/ index and extensive endnotes. A study of the outsized influence of Hunan province on Chinese history, noting the many important reformers, soldiers, and revolutions coming... More
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. Tall octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. 218 p. w/ illus., maps, tables, endnotes, bibliography, index. More
Tokyo: Ishi Press, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. Old sticker on endpaper. 206 p. w/ many game diagrams. More than just a play by play of games, Iwamoto charts the rise of a relatively unknown player, Ishida... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. A couple notes in pencil on endpapers. 350 p. w/ endnotes, bibliography, general index, and index locorum. More
Hampton, VA: The Institute Press, 1920. Later printng of the new edition. Hardcover. Thin octavo (standard size). Slight wear o edgs and coners of boards. No dust jacket. Some lower page corners have creases. New edition originally published in 1909. Contains some 25 more songs than the original 19th century... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984. First edition. Hardcover w/glossy pictorial boards. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. No dust jacket issued. Spine a bit faded. Bumping at head and heel of spine. 411 p. w/ endnotes, index. A scholarly biography of Keeler, first astronomer at... More
Salzburg and Vienna: Residenz Verlag, 1982. First edition. Hardcover in full cloth. Thick quarto (very oversized). In German. Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. No dust jacket. Spine slightly faded. Small dark spot on front cover. With cardboard slipcase. 696 p. w/ many b&w and some color illus.... More
Rosemont, IL: The Emperor's Press, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (oversize). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. 493 p. w/ maps, illus., endnots, bibliography, index. The first volume of the definitive study in English of the army of Maria Theresa in its reorganization and struggle... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. First edition. Oversized Softcover. Thick octavo ( standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of covers of boards and dust jacket. Old sticker on rear panel of dj. 919 p. w/ 24 essays along with biographies, bibliography, and index. A reference survey of the... More
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (oversize). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. 256 p. w/ maps, b&w illus., select bibliography, index. A focused and detailed study of the rise of Russian military might in the 18th century. More
New Haven, CT. Yale University Press, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. 560 p. w/ nottes on sources, index, and exensive endnotes. A study of the personality and politics of Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg, fifth chancellor of Germany... More
Cambridge, MA: Sky Publishing Corporation, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. 309 p. w/ illus., footnotes, bibliography, index. 12 essays drawn from Houston's tenure as a columnis at Sky & Telescope from 1946 to 1994. More
New York, NY: Viking Press, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. Small folio. Red boards with drawing in black of Madeline and a boy on a horse on cover. Illustrated endpapers. Slight wear to edges and corners of boards, more so at bottom. Dj has some wear to head and heel of... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. No dust jacket. 422 p. w/ endnotes, index. 16 scholarly essays covering subjects such as armaments engineers, guided missiles, technology and ideology, biological research, pedagogy, and more. More
London: Methuen & Co., LTD., 1924, 1926, 1927, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. All First edition, first printings in first state dust jackets. Prices on spines of djs. House at Pooh Corner 1928 - Now We are Six 1927 - Winnie the Pooh 1926 - When We Were Young 1924. Books are near... More
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, 1827. Second edition. Hardcover. 2nd edition. Small octavo. Half leather over blue paper boards. Gilt itle and yer on spine. Wear to edges and corners of boards, head and heel of spine. Corners bumped. Slight foxing to early and late pages. 140 p.... More
San Francisco: Upton Bros. 1881. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Very good (6.25 x 4.25) Some spotting to front board. Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. Endpapers browned. Blue cloth with gilt title on front board, no title on spine. 16 b&w plates w/ indexes to illustrations and... More
London: G. B. Whittaker, 1827-1835. First edition. Leather Bound Hardcover. 16 volumes (including the index), Octavo (245 x 157 mm). Approximately 800 engraved plates, some 600 hand-colored, with 12 plain folding plates. Some offsetting from plates throughout (see image), light foxing, some rubbing and light wear to boards and spines... More
New York, NY: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1943. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing with first state dust jacket. Book has no other statement of printing on the copyright page, and the italic 5 line colophon at rear. Boards are salmon colored with red txt and illustration. Dust jacket has... More
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1991. First edition. Hardcover in full cloth. Octavo ( standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of dj and boards. 182 p. w/ notes, bibliography, index. A detailed survey of ancient armies covering combined arms, medical care, logistics and more, with special attention to weapons... More
Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. Dj is slightly browned at edges. Name and address of former owner stamped on flyleaf. 291 p. w/ footnotes, appendices, bibliogaphy, index. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. 234 p. w/ endnotes, bibliography, index. A re-evaluation of the work and importance of this Medieval poet. More
New York, NY: Greenwood Press, 1969. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. No dust jacket. 267 p. w/ foonotes, appendices, index. A biography of Sutherland and a study of his political thought. Sutherland was an Associate Justice on the US Supreme Court from... More
