Home Ground: Language for an American Landscape
Trinity University Press, September 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. Signed by both editors - Barry Lopez and Debra Gwartney - on title page. Nice copy.B&W Photographs. More
Trinity University Press, September 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. Signed by both editors - Barry Lopez and Debra Gwartney - on title page. Nice copy.B&W Photographs. More
Woodhead Publishing, October 2001. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A good used copy (some wear to binding). Text is clean and unmarked. More
Amer Inst of Aeronautics &, November 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Very Good hardcover first edition, clean and unmarked (one corner bumped). More
Allen Lane. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Limited edition, copy #560 of 1000 numbered copies signed by author. A fine copy in sparkly white cloth in publisher's sparkly black cloth slipcase. More
B-R Electric and Telephone Manufacturing Company, 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Very scarce. Very good copy in the original brown cloth stamped in black (some spotting and wear to cloth; previous owner's inscription on front pastedown). Our estimated publication date for this work is..... More
University of Wisconsin Press, January 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Oversized Folio. A good copy in the original sturdy dark gray cloth stamped in white (has some general light wear to cloth; one page of index creased). No names of marking to text. This huge oversized folio, measuring an astonishing 23.25..... More
Springer, July 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. A near fine copy of the hardcover first edition (spine a trifle faded). Text clean and unmarked. More
Cambridge University Press, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Extremely scarce. Original red cloth stamped in gilt. Ink signature of Boeing scientist J. Kenneth Richmond (author of 'Detonation and Two-Phase Flow') on front endpaper. Boeing's 'with compliments' card laid in. More
Bryant Electrical Company, 1907. First Edition. Cloth. 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall. Exceptionally scarce trade catalog of electrical switches, fuses, etc.,, issued by Bryant's San Francisco affiliate Bryant & Perkins, just after the 1906 earthquake and fire. The title page has Bryant working out of 'Temporary quarters at..... More
Campbell Hardware and Supply Co., 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Scarce Seattle hardware catalogue of industrial and machine shop equipment and supplies from the late 1940s (Worldcat records no surviving copies). Original dark blue pictorial cloth stamped in gilt and red (some rubbing). xli,[3],618..... More
Oxford University Press, March 2005. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Clean tight copy. Some shelf wear to dust jacket. otherwise in Near Fine condition. More
Cambridge University Press, April 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. A near fine hardcover first edition, text clean and unmarked. More
Lea & Blanchard, January 1840. Leather. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" 1840 Tenth edition. Bound in period full brown calf (some rubbing to spine and boards, some cracking to upper hinges; dampstaining to text with some tears and stains to margins, see note on plates following). The 28 engraved..... More
John Murray, 1842. Leather. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Attractively bound in 19th-century brown calf over marbled boards, spine with gilt-tooled raised bands, black morocco label, and floral tooling in blind within gilt-ruled compartments, marbled edges and endpapers (some rubbing to edges and corners; some marginal dampstain to last..... More
Bell Telephone Laboratories, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Original black cloth stamped in gilt, paper label (slight wear). An exceptional copy from a private collection, has no names or markings. Articles include 'Relay Computer for the Army' (page 208).B/w Illustrations. More
G.L. Stuebner Iron Works, 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" An exceptionally scarce trade catalogue of rail cars and other equipment primarily used in mining, coal mining, heavy construction, and manufacturing operations. in Fair copy in the original gray pictorial cloth stamped in red (ex-library with..... More
Philippine Journal of Science, 1911-12. First Edition. Hardcover. Three parts bound together in red leatherette over thin flexi-boards, with gilt title on front cover. Some rubbing to the covers along the spine edges and at the corners, else a Very Good copy. All plates called for are present and in..... More
Crooked Prairie Fire Crew, 1980. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Signed and inscribed by author to noted Seattle historian Paul Dorpat 'Paul - some like it hot! Larry '82.' A very scarce work on fire prevention and fighting in rural areas, Worldcat records only 1..... More
Springer Verlag, April 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. A very good copy in a good dust jacket (ink name on endpaper; jacket has some tears, wear and tape). Text clean and unmarked. More
Prentice Hall, January 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. A good copy of the first edition of this rare and influential work. Orignal red cloth stamped in gilt (a former company library copy, with paper spine label and 2 ink stamps; pocket removed from rear pastedown; book has shelf and edgewear, and..... More
J.F. Schultz, Copenhagen. First Thus. Leather. 2 volumes bound in 1 (volume I issued 1813, Volume II 1807 - a mixed set). 8 folding copper plates at rear of Volume II. Bound in period brown calf over marbled boards (binding rubbed; owner's inscriptions to front endpapers; ink initials to top..... More
J. Hetzel, 1862. First Edition. Leather. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. VG- Half Leather [4], 196, [4] pages. Text in French. Probable later issue of the instructional method (in prose) for elementary mathematical concepts (operations, numbers, fractions, etc), intended for children; introduction and afterword by publisher J. Hetzel;..... More
The Author, 1912. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. This original illustrated manuscript uniquely documents youthful passion for the evolution of powered flight in that heady period between Bleriot's first flight across the English Channel and the outbreak of World War I. It exudes the excitement of young..... More
Printed By John D. Toy, 1822. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall (tall thin). Lacks wrappers and last leaf of text (index); slight stains, rubbing and browning to exterior; previous owner's ink signature at head of title page; slight internal browning and/or foxing (chiefly to..... More