Stockholm: P. A. Norstedt & Soner, 1922, First Editions. large octavo, rebound in three-quarter red leather and marbled boards, two black leather labels on gilt-stamped spine. P. A. Norstedt & Soner, From The Nobel Prizes Publications website: "Since 1901 the Nobel Foundation has annually published a series of yearbooks, Les..... More

Dover, NH: Freewill Baptist Printing Establishment, 1866, Seventh Edition. 4 3/4" x 3" original brown decorated cloth with gilt stamping on cover. 60pp. Freewill Baptist Printing Establishment, A miniature volume covering the teachings of church leaders and outlining the systems of governance. Written under the directions of their G. conference..... More

Ralph Norman Angell Lane (December 26, 1872-October 7, 1967) was one of six children. In 1909 he had published a small book, Europe’s Optical Illusion, using for the first time the name Norman Angell which he later legalized. In 1910 he expanded this work considerably, retitling it The Great Illusion..... More

London: Jennings & Chaplin, 1830, Second [First Octavo] Edition. octavo, 19th century green roan, gilt decoration on covers, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt. vi, [ii], 627. [i]pp. Jennings & Chaplin, The greater portion of Bayley's work is given over to an account of the tower as a state prison, with..... More

Amsterdam: Gerrit van Goedesbergh, 1663, First Edition. octavo, period binding of speckled paper boards and vellum spine. 400 pp. Gerrit van Goedesbergh, In Dutch. Also added is the geometry of Nicolaus Petri Daventriensis, and other questions of algebra as well as some examples of Gerrit Evertsz. Backer, schoolmaster in Gracht..... More

Portsmouth: Peter E. Randall for The Portsmouth Marine Society, 1985, First Edition. octavo, green cloth in dust jacket. (182) pp. Peter E. Randall for The Portsmouth Marine Society, At the beginning of World War I, the federal government authorized the establishment of shipyards to construct freighters. One such company was..... More

Chihuahua: Centro Librero la Prensa, 1977, First Edition. octavo, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. (viii), (274)pp., (vii). Centro Librero la Prensa, Text is in Spanish. Written by General Pancho Villa's first of many wives, Señora Doña Maria Luz Corral de Villa. Book is signed and inscribed by the author on the..... More

New York: The American-Swedish News Exchange, 1948, Offprint from the May issue of The Scientific Monthly. octavo, self-wrappers, stapled. (16) pp. The American-Swedish News Exchange, Signed by "P Hench 1951" on the upper right-hand corner. Dr. Hench was one of the 1950 recipients of the Nobel Prize for Medicine and..... More

Paris: Ches Jean-Thomas Herissant's, 1758, First Edition. octavo, contemporary full brown calf, spine with five raised bands, five gilt stamped compartments with maroon leather title label, marbled endpapers and marbled edges to text block. xxx, (478)pp., 23 folding plates throughout. Ches Jean-Thomas Herissant's, Text in French. Penciled notations erased from..... More

Pennsburg, PA: H.W. Kriebel, 1934, First Edition. quarto, blue heavy paper wrappers, heavy staples. (182)pp. H.W. Kriebel, Vol XII - Nos. 3 & 4. Whole Number 46, 47. Map on back cover. Article is "Genealogical Landmarks and Milestones of the Lower Perkiomen Country". Prepared for the Perkiomen History and Science..... More

Barcelona, Spain: Imprenta del Porvenir a Cargo de B. Bassas, 1852, First Edition. large quarto and folio, Full leather bindings with blind embossed, rectangular decorative imprint on the front and rear boards of each volume, gold embossed decorative design and tooling to each spine, marbled endpapers. Volume I: [8], 287..... More

Nancy: Imprimerie de Rene Vagner, 1895, First Edition. octavo, mottled marbled paper boards and green leather spine with five raised bands. 190 pp. Imprimerie de Rene Vagner, With four illustrations and frontispiece. Text in French. Large armorial bookplate, edges of boards scuffed and corners showing boards, leather spine faded... More