Search Results: General #3 from Cultural Connection

New York: A. W. Lovering, 1889 Folio 12" x 9 3/8". Red pictorial cloth stamped in gilt, blue and black. 200 pages. Gilt page edges. Printed on a thick somewhat slick paper. 143 outstanding engraved illustrations. Organized by country or locale followed by a section on explorations. Cut on page 11. Text has a few fox spots, short tears, soiled spots. page 35-36 missing. Half of page 49/50 cut-out. Worn and soiled cover with tape on spine. Some sewing together of the text block appears to have been done at some time. Flyleaf and rear free endpaper removed. Poor condition. .

Koln, West Germany: Benedikt Taschen, 1990 96 pages. Folio. 12" x 9 3/8". Grey boards stamped in black. Clean. Bright. Dust jacket. near Fine/ Very Good.

New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1929 Believe is a first edition. Folio 12 1/8" x 9 1/4". Blue cloth stamped in gilt. Illustrated with photographs and drawings of old and new bridges of many lands. 401 numbered plate illustrations. 2 parts. 6 sections in part one. 5 sections in part two. index. 363 pages. Top page edges gilt. Some light staining but always on the extreme border of the pages away from any text or image. Some restoration has been done to the cover - has a somewhat spotty look - missing gilt on spine. Old note on flyleaf otherwise a clean text. Tighty bound. Good condition. .

Richmond, Indiana: Nicholson Printing Company, 1923 Probably a first edition. 8vo. Pea green cloth stamped in gilt on spine. 214, xi pages. Section on the earliest historical period of the Coffin family at front. 11 page pedigree at back with a few pencil notations. Two obituaries of Percival Brooks Coffin laid-in. First is reprinted from the Wilson Bulletin of March 1936 and 2nd is reprinted from the Inland Bird Banding News. Besides a few notations in the pedigree a clean copy. Tightly bound. no jacket. near Fine condition.

Philadelphia - Montreal: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1964 Second edition. 3 parts. 20 steps. 478 illustrations. Heavy 4to 10 1/4" x 7 1/2". Reddish cloth stamped in gilt. xii, 608 pages. Many photos and drawings. Previous owner's stamp on title page and top page edges with several light spots on top page edges otherwise clean. Tightly bound. no jacket. near Fine condition. .

Huntington, New York: Robert E. Krieger Publishing Co. Inc., 1972 Facsimile of 1898 edition published in Paris. Two volume set. xl, 343 and xxiv, 502 pages. 8vo 9 1/4" x 6 1/4". Dark red and black textured cloth stamped in bright gilt. A few light fox spots on endpages otherwise clean and bright. Tightly bound without wear. no jackets. Both in near fine condition. .

New York: Dodd Mead & Company, 1952 Sixth printing nicely signed by all four performers with blue pen on flyleaf: "Charles Boyer" "Cedric Hardwicke", "Charles Laughton" and "Agnes Moorehead". Foreword by Charles Laughton. Four photo illustrations and a pictured jacket based on the the Paul Gregory stage production starring the four performers and directed by Charles Laughton. 8vo. Black boards stamped in red on spine. Unpaginated. Rubbed at spine ends. Dust jacket chipped at corners - large chip lower 2/3 of spine. Tightly bound. Very Good/ Fair. .

New York: St. Martin's Minotaur, 2005 First edition signed by the author on title page: "Bob Morris." with black sharpie. 8vo. Bright red boards stamped in yellow on spine. 291 pages. Full number line on copyright page. Not a remainder. Not price clipped. Clean and sharp. Dust jacket. Like new/ Fine..

London: The Folio Society, 1997 Fourth printing. Edited with an introduction and additional notes by Christopher Hogwood. Illustrations printed on slick paper. Index. First published in 1845. 8vo. Red and blue cloth stamped in bright gilt. xxxi, 318 pages. Top page edges stained red. Slipcase. Clean and sharp. Like new/ Like new condition. .

New York and Tokyo: G. P. Putnam's Sons and Charles Tuttle, 1939 First copy is in English and published by G. P. Putnam's Sons and presented by Weekly Children's Book Club - an 8vo 8" x 7 1/4" with pictorial boards, unpaginated without dust jacket in near fine condition. Second copy is in Japanese, 96 pages. An 8vo 9" x 7 3/8" with slick pictorial boards with some uninterpretable Japanese characters hand-written on jacket flap and on rear free endpaper with black marker in Like new/ near Fine condition - clean and bright. Japanese translation rights arranged through Charles Tuttle. An interesting comparison between the two languages. The same illustrations by the author with only slight variations..

Melrose, California: Melrose Publishing Company, 1984 Signed by the author on half-title page "To: Louis Jeff Dunas". First softcover edition - second printing. Filled with full page photos of women by Dunas. Tall 4to softcover 11 7/8" x 8 7/8". Tightly bound. Clean. Light crease at lower corner of front cover otherwise very clean and nice. Very good condition. .

Waltham, Massachusetts, 1951 Introduction by Charles P. Kimball. xiv, 157 pages. 38 chapters. 8 illustrations. 4 plates on slick paper. Map endpages. 8vo. Green cloth stamped in gilt. A straight-forward history of Nantucket from the arrival of the first white settlers through growth, decline, and rediscovery. Dust jacket. Very good/Fair..

Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1985 Second edition. First printing. xxv, 499 pages printed on slick paper. 17chapters. index. 4to 10 3/8" x 7 3/8". Pictorial boards. Appears never used. Tightly bound. Clean and sharp. Fine condition..

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1935 First edition first issue with "abacadabra" on page 11 signed by Reeve Lindbergh, Constance Morrow Pendleton, J?? ? A??, Steve R White, Richard Gibson, Elizabeth Lindbergh Brown, Patricia Collins, Eric Hopkins, Ch. E. Choyan and Marlee W??? with blue pens on title page. Earth Shine Institute book plate on page facing half-title page with an inscription "for Elizabeth Cook in gratitude for her Argaunauta Award presentation 2-28-03 The Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation board and The Earth Science Institute". Dark blue cloth stamped in silver. Map endpages. 23 chapters. Appendix. Dust jacket in nice shape with 1 1/2" tear on back panel and just a little wear at corners. Fine/ Very Good.. .

Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson - Prentice Hall, 2007 Pearson International Edition. First printing. Softcover. 4to 10" x 8". xxix, 442 pages. Clean. Tightly bound. One corner of front cover has a crease otherwise appears never used. near Fine condition..

New York: Random House, 1951 First edition first prinitng. "FIRST PRINTING" on copyright page. 8vo. Light cloth stamped in green and gilt. Top page edges stained green. 437 pages. no jacket. near fine condition..

Birmingham, Alabama: The Classics of Medicine Library - Gryphon Editions, 1981 Facsimile of a London edition printed in 1769. Translated from the Latin by Benjamin Alexander. Beautifully bound in light brown top-grain cowhide and stamped in gilt. Volume 2 only of a 3 volume set. Contains the third of the work's five books, which deals with disorders of the belly. Thick 4to 10 1/4" tall. 5 raised bands on spine. Pages edges in bright gilt. Black silk ribbon marker. Marbled endpages. 770 pages printed on laid paper. Privately printed for members of the Classics of Medicine Library. A few fox spots on endpages otherwise clean. Copy number 2036 previously owned by Paul Richard Brown M.D. near Fine condition..

Flagstaff, Arizona: Northland Press, 1972 First edition. Sailplanes and the life of the sailpilots as seen through the eye of photographic artists and the world of flight expressed in the words of Hemingway, Lindbergh, Ernest Gann, Douglas Lamont and John Milton. Folio. 13 1/4" x 10 1/8". Black and white cloth blindstamped and stamped in silver on spine. xxi, 105 pages printed on slick paper. Very small owner's name at bottom of half-title page. Text is clean and bright. Cloth has no indication of wear. Tightly bound. Several tears and general wear to dust jacket. Fine/ Good..

St. Louis, Missouri: G. Bradley Publishing, Inc., 1998 5 chapters. Biblio. Index. 4to. Red boards stamped in bright gilt. 160 pages. Filled with vintage photos. Dust jacket. Like new/ Like new. .

Birmingham, Alabama: Leslie B. Adams Jr. - The Classics of Opthalmology Library., 1987 Special edition privately printed for members of the The Classics of Opthalmology Library. Prepared from the 1797 first edition. Beautifully bound full bright red leather stamped in bright gilt. 4to. 11 1/4" x 9". 5 raised bands on spine. Silk red ribbon marker. Marbled endpages. Bright gilt endpages. 258 pages on heavy paper. Many illustrations including several that fold-out. "Illustrated by Tables." Like new condition. .