Doctor Illuminatus
New Jersey: Princeton. first Edition. Blue Cloth. More
First Editions
Penny Magazine a Bound Volume
New York: 1833. First Edition. Original leather spine and boards - hinges solid. More
The History of The Royal Scots Fusiliers (1678-1918)
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, (September 1925). With 12 illustrations and 36 maps. First Impression. Thick 8vo. 9-1/8" x 6". Red cloth stamped in gold. 502 pp. including index. With a preface by H.R.H The Prince of Wales, Counel-in Chief and frontis portrait of him. More
Immanuel Kant, A Study and a Comparison with Goethe, Leonardo da Vinci, Bruno, Plato and Descartes
London: John Lane, 1914. With eight portraits. Authorised translation from the German by Lord Redesdale with and Introduction by the translator. In two 8vo volumes. Blind stamped blue cloth with spine stamped in gold. Vol I is 436 pp. Vol II is 518 pp. including index. Four pp. publisher's ads..... More
The Life of Admiral Lord Nelson, K.B. from His Lordships Manuscripts
London: Printed by T. Bensley for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1809. 10 Engraved Plates (4 by Richard Westall) engraved plan of Martello Tower, Corsica, 4 battle plans by Nicholas Pocock, 4 vignettes. Plates are numbered 311 in pencil indicating that this set is #311 of a limited edition of..... More
Life & Times of Michael K
New York: The Viking Press, (1984). 0670427896. First Edition. 8vo. Orange paper covered boards with black cloth spine. 184 pp. J. M. Coetzee takes us into the world of Michael K, a young man unwillingly caught up in a war in South Africa. At the age of thirty-one, Michael loses..... More
Laughing Anne & One Day More, Two Plays
London: John Castle, 1924. With an Introduction by John Galsworthy. First Edition. 12 mo. Green moiré cloth covered boards with lettering in gilt on spine. These plays share a common theme - the suffering of a woman capable of self-sacrifice. The fact that they are adaptations from stories makes it..... More
Herald of the Autochthonic Spirit
New York: New Directions, (1981). 0811208192. More
The Milwaukee Road, Its First Hundred Years
New York: Creative Age Press, 1948. Photos. First Edition. Grey cloth 8vo. stamped in red. Decorative, informative map endpapers. 330 pp. including index. Third Volume of the Railroads of America Series. To tell the story of The Milwaukee Road is to tell the whole vigorous, romantic story of railroading. For..... More
The Public and Its Problems
New York: Henry Holt, (1927). First Edition. Small 8vo.7-5/8" x 5-3/16" blue cloth covered boards. Blind stamped rules on front cover. Spine stamped in gold. 224 pp. including index. "This volume is the result of lectures delivered during the month of January, nineteen hundred and twenty six, upon the Larwill..... More
Libbey Glass, Pictorial History & Collector's Guide
Toledo, Ohio: Len Beach Press, (1979). Over 1,300 collectible items are shown with 71 individual color plates. Signed on title page by author. First Edition. Mustard colored cloth stamped in brown. 415 pp. including index. A compilation of the history and noteworthy wares of Libbey Glass, this book records the..... More
The Crossing of Antarctica, The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-58
London: Cassell, (1958). Illustrated with ninety-three black and white and some color photos. On 24 November, 1957, twelve men set out from Shackleton Base equipped with eight vehicles, sledges and two dog teams to cross more than two thousand miles of unexplored snow and ice. In front of them lay..... More
Photographs
Altadena, CA: Twelvetrees Press, 1990. 0942642422. First Edition. Large 4to. 14-1/4" x 11-3/8". Blind stamped grey cloth. Unpaginated. Black endpapers. 90 of Ginsberg's black and white photos, selected by him and Raymond Foye and Jack Woody, followed by a Commentary on Sacramental Companions and printed transcriptions of Ginsberg's handwritten captions..... More
Cold, The Record of an Antarctic Sledge Journey
New York: Brewer, Warren & Putnam, 1931. With 47 illustrations from photographs by the author, two fold-out maps and two color reproductions of paintings by David Paige. First Edition. 8vo. Blue cloth covered boards stamped in white. 275 pp, including index. Blue pictorial endpapers. More
Drawing With Pen and Ink and a Word Concerning the Brush
New York: Pencil Points Press, Inc., 1928. First edition. Black cloth 4to. 12" x 9". 431 pp. Numerous black and white illustrations and several in color. Color frontispiece plus an another full color illustration. Illustrated endpapers. This book deals sufficiently with method, for the method of the pen and ink..... More
Old Testament Wisdom, Keys to Bible Interpretation
Los Angeles: Philosophic Reach Society, 1957. Signed on verso of half title page with notice that Old Testament Wisdom was prepared in appreciation for those whose pre-subscriptions helped to make this edition possible. First Edition, Signed limited edition. Blue pebbled cloth 8vo. 312 pp. including index. Table of Contents: The..... More
The Mystical Christ, Religion as a Personal Spiritual Experience
Los Angeles: Philosophical Research Society, (1951). Frontispiece "Head of Christ" by Toussaint Dubreuil (1561-1602). Inscribed and signed on free front endpaper "To N. Harris Ades Very sincerely Manly P. Hall." Stated First Edition. 8vo. hardcover. Grey cloth covered boards stamped in red. 248 pp. Table of Contents: The Path of..... More
The Way of Heaven and Other Fantasies Told in the manner of the Chinese
Los Angeles: Philosophical Research Society, (Dec. 1, 1946). Illustrations by K. Alexander. First Edition. 8vo. Cream colored paper covered boards stamped in orange and black. 185 pp. "This little collection of stories presents a delicate literary problem. According to the proprieties of the occasion it is necessary first to determine..... More
Morte
Chicago: Pascal Covici, 1925. With four full page woodcut illustrations signed by Boris Reidel. Inscribed on limitation page: "To Aunty Bojino -- Hoping with all my heart that she will like this book. Marie. Christmas, 1924" Signed limited edition, #86 of 450 copies. Tall 8vo. 9-5/8" x 6-3/8". Unique color..... More
The Sun Also Rises
New York: Modern Library, (1930). First issue Modern Library Edition 1930 (designated on copyright page) in slightly later issue dust jacket. ML number for this book is 170. Dust jacket has two entries in the list of titles later than 170. Red cloth semi-flexible hard cover 12mo. 4-7/16 x 6-5/8..... More
Their Wedding Journey
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1872. Illustrated by Augustus Hoppin. First Edition. 12 mo. 7-3/8" x 5-1/8. Three quarter tooled brown leather with marbled paper boards and endpapers. Top edge gilt. Small red leather heart motif used on front cover and spine. This may be a unique binding, signed..... More
Time Must Have a Stop
London and New York: Harper and Brothers, 1944. Stated First Edition. 8vo. Bound in blue cloth with gold stamped spine. 311 pp. More
The Narnian, The Imagination of C. S. Lewis
New York: HarperCollins, (2005). Illustrated with black and white photographs. 0060766905. Inscribed and signed on title page. Stated First Edition. 8vo. Red paper covered boards. Spine stamped in black. 342 pp. including index. The White Witch, Aslan, fauns and talking beasts, centaurs and epic battles between good and evil -..... More
The Natural History of The Pachydermes, or Thick-Skinned Quadrupeds; Consisting of the Elephant, Rhinoceros, Hippopotamus, Tapir, Hog, &c.
Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars; S. Highley; and W. Curry, Jun. & Co., 1836. Illustrated by Thirty-two plates, with Memoir and portrait of Sir Hans Sloane. An engraved title page and two accompanying title pages. Brown cloth covered boards. 12mo. 4-11/16" x 7-3/16." Green endpapers. 248 pp. This, the fifth volume..... More