Search Results: Authors starting with X from Common Crow Books

New York: American Anthropological Society, 1930. Hardcover. Very good. Large 8vo, rough orange cloth, very good, light wear, no jacket, pages a bit toned. 396 pp. Reprint of edition first printed in English by Charles Carrington in Paris in 1901. It has been suggested, and disputed, that the author is Louis Jacolliot.

New York: James Pott and Co, 1910. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. ca. 1910s. First edition. Hardcover, 8vo. in pictorial red cloth with black and gilt decoration, top edge gilt. 310pp. with 39 photographic illustrations, and a folding map of Germany and Belgium, with the author's route outlined in red. Very good. Rear board heavily soiled at extremities. Ring stain and crayon marking to front board. Despite external flaws, contents are clean, bright, and unmarked. An account of a tour by automobile through prewar Germany and Belgium, with beautiful photographic plates by the author. Digital images available upon request.

Cordoba: Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, 1962. First Printing. Wraps. Good. 13.75 x 8.75 inches, stapled wraps with title typed and taped to cover, good to very good, some yellowing and wear. Inscribed by Liberani to Juan Adolfo Vasquez, an Argentine scholar and philosopher who taught at the University of Pittsburgh. xiii, 34 pp., printed on rectos only. This would appear to be an initial draft of what would turn into Liberani's translation of Xenophanes, "Fragmentos y Testimonios" published in Buenos Aires in 1964. OCLC records no holdings of this preliminary translation. In Greek and Spanish.

Hong Kong and Shanghai: Shang Xia, 2011. Wraps. Very good. 8.25 x 8.25 inches, wraps, very good or better, slightest soil to covers, approximately 50 pp, text in Chinese and English, with photos in b/w and color of their products. High-end products made of eggshell porcelain, zitan wood, jade, agate, felt, etc., combining modern design and traditional Chinese and Asian elements, from the company that was founded in 2008.

Beijing, China: Foreign Languages Press, 2006. Second printing. Hardcover. Near fine. Illustrated paper covered boards in two piece slipcase, quarto [10.5" x 10"], illustrated in color. Book has hint of rubbing to boards, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. Slipcase has hint of wear to corners.

Pittsburgh: Sampsonia Way/City of Asylum, 2014. Paperback. Fine. Advanced readers copy, signed by Xiang! Paperback, 2014, octavo, 237pp., not illustrated. Book fine with handsome wrap and tight binding, text clean and unmarked. No DJ.

Beijing: Cultural Relics Press, 2007. First printing. Very Good +. Paperback, 125pp.

Beijing: University of Michigan, 2008. First printing. Paperback. Near Fine. First edition, 2008. Softcover, heavily illustrated (much in color), 237 pp. + plates, clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy. Text in English and Chinese. Uncommon.

New York: The Monacelli Press, 2010. First printing. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good+. Green cloth boards in dust jacket, quarto [9.25" x 12.25"], illustrated in color. Book has mild edgewear, binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked. DJ has mild rubbing and edgewear.

Hong Kong: Tai Dao Publishing, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. First edition, 1988. Small 4to, hardcover, 168 pp. Illustrated throughout in color and b & w. Book is Near Fine, pages are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is Near Fine, with faint wrinkles along top edge and wrinkles to image on front panel. Dust jacket housed in archival dust jacket protector.

Beijing, China: New World Press, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. First Edition. c.1983. Hardcover. Green cloth, gilt titles. 8vo. 269pp. Fine in very Good dustjacket. Rubbing to dustjacket, a couple of abrasions to rear panel, small tear along rear edge.

New York: Continuum International, 2011. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hardcover with illustrated paper boards, 2011, octavo, 197pp., not illustrated. Book near fine with hint of wear to spine ends and corners, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. No DJ.

La Habana: Fundacion Fernando Ortiz, 2011. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition, 2011. Softcover, 305 pp., clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy. Text in Spanish. Author's business card loosely inserted.

La Habana: Fundacion Fernando Ortiz, 2011. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition, 2011. Softcover, 305 pp., clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy. Text in Spanish.

China: no publisher, 2003. Paperback. Very good+. Printed paper wraps, octavo, illustrated in color. Book has sun to spine, rubbing and mild corner wear to wraps, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. Text in English and Chinese.

Taipei: Wenshizhe Publishing Co, 1970. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo, wraps, very good, light wear, pages tanning. Text in Chinese.

Mexico: Editorial "Orion, 1946. First Edition. Paperback. Good +/No Jacket. Paperbound octavo in yellow paper w/black and red red lettering and picture; clean unmarked text, 282 pp, incldg notes, + 2 pgs, unpaginated contents in back. Copy is Good Plus w/bending and rubbing at corners and spine; soiled and darkened; glue of spine brittle; wraps are separating from signatures; hinges weak; reading creases on spine; pages untorn and text block complete. 8vo (6.75" x 9").

Taipei (?), 1969. Second Edition. Wraps. Very good. 8vo, wraps, very good, small repaired tear to front cover. Illustrated throughout, including two folding plates and one folding chart. Text in Chinese. Manual of martial arts.

Honk Kong: Inspiration Art Press, 1997. First edition. Paperback. Very Good+. Inscribed by the artist/author on the title page. 1997, First Edition. Softcover, square 4to. Illustrated in color. 120 pp. Very Good+. Rubbing to wraps. Former owner's signature on fly leaf. Clean contents.

Paris: Chez Gide Fils, 1817. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, 1817. 8vo, 468pp. Rebound ca. 1920 in quarter speckled calf with French paper boards. Edges lightly speckled to match binding. In about very good condition with rubbing wear to corners and edges. With gilt flowers and decoration to spine, orange spine label. Occasional pencil underlining or marginalia. With the bookplate of Baron Julius Hope Szilassy (1870-1935), an Austro-Hungarian diplomat serving as envoy to Greece during World War I.