Search Results: Titles starting with A from Modern First Editions Boston

Random House, 1937. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Cyrus LeRoy Baldridge. Near Fine copy in Very good dust wrapper. Pages and covers are crisp, intact and unmarked. Small tears and bumps to dust jacket corners, still remarkably preserved. James Morier wrote 'The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan in 1824, and later wrote several sequels to it. Social manners and customs of Persia described in the language of a Spanish adventure romance involving the many adventures of a nineteenth-century Persian rogue, none of which involve honest labor.

Heron, London, 1969. Hardcover. Fine. Gustave Dore. Fine or better copy without dust jacket as issued. Flawless, remarkable preserved copy. Decorated boards. Frontispiece photo of author. Illustrated Appreciation by William Buchan. Printed in Switzerland. From 'Books that have changed man's thinking' series.

Salamander Books Ltd, 2000. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. As New copy in Fine, UK price unclipped dustwrapper. First printing with full number line. Pages and cover are crisp, intact and unmarked, dust jacket corners slightly worn. Printed in Italy. 256 pages, fully illustrated in color. Folio - over 12" - 15". Note that this is heavy or oversized book, for priority or international shipping please contact me to make special arrangement. 1st Printing 1st Printing 1st Printing

The Beacon Press, Boston, 1956. Hardcover. Fine/Good. Fine copy in Good dust jacket of stated third printing. Pages and covers are crisp and unmarked, several chips and tears to edges of dust jacket. 207 pages including Index, B/W photos. 3rd Printing 3rd Printing

Scribner, 1988. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine or better copy in Fine dustwrapper. First printing with full number line.

U.S.A.: The MIT Press, 1966. Hardcover. As New/Very Good. As New copy in Very good dust jacket. Appears unread: Pages and covers are crisp, intact and unmarked. Several tears to dust jacket, the longest one being 1 inch. Frontispiece, illustrated, various tables. Contributions to the International Conference on the Earth Sciences, Massachussetts Institute of Technology, September 1964.

Printed for the Author by The Collins Press, Boston, 1894. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included. Near Fine copy, dust jacket not issued. Remarkably preserved copy of first edition. Covers and pages are crisp, intact and unmarked. Tight bind. Inside of the book is in Fine condition. Traces of residue on back cover, visible only as a glitter against light. Bound in brown cloth with gilt lettering on front cover & spine. Gilt is crisp and 100 percent intact. Tall 8vo.; 308 pp.; Frontispiece portrait; numerous text illustrations. Excellent memoir by Williams (b. 1824) recounting his experiences aboard whaling ships in the South Pacific, stopovers in Fiji, the gold rush in Australia, joining the 1849 California Gold Rush, his return to Australia, the Australian Gold Camps, and then back to the gold camps near Carson, and a new gold strike in British Columbia. Referenced in Cowan, II, 687; Howes, W465.

HarperCollins, 1989. 1st Edition 4th Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. Moser, Barry. As New copy in like dustwrapper. Fourth printing according to number line. 272 pages with 17 watercolors plates including frontispiece. Red endpapers. This edition is classically produced with extraordinary illustrations by Newbery Honor Book awardee Barry Moser. Books of Wonder.

Worthington CO., New York, 1884. Hardcover. Good. Harrison Wier, John Tenniel, Ernest Griset, and Others (illustrator). Good or better copy of new revised edition from original source. Without dust jacket. Pages are attached to the spine but slightly loose. Otherwise clean and unmarked. Very little sunning discoloration towards pages edges, no foxing, no missing pages. Very good green decorative stamped cloth. 250pp, 200 illustrations by Harrison Wier, John Tenniel, Ernest Griset, and Others.

U.S.A.: Octopus Books, 1972. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. As New/As New. As New copy in As New, unclipped dustwrapper. First English edition, originally published in Italian by Fratelli Fabbri Editore in 1966. Unread copy: pages, covers and jacket are crisp, intact and unmarked. Flawless. Protected in clear Mylar cover. 12mo;7.75 x 5.5 inches; 158pp.92 full color illustrations. A beautifully crafted book. Refer to pictures for other titles in this series, all in equal As New condition, available for bulk purchase. Please inquire if interested. Summary: The native art of Africa is indissolubly linked with tribal belief and custom. Art for art's sake is rare and craft objects although frequently carbed with consummate skill and decorated with great ingenuity and imagination, have almost always been designed for practical use or for specific ritual purposes.

Michigan State University Press, 1996. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Collectible, Brand New copy of First printing with full number line. 184 pages with Notes, Bibliography and Index. Illustrated in B/W photos; frontis; map. The Wounded Knee Massacre of December 29, 1890, known to U.S. military historians as the last battle in "the Indian Wars," was in reality another tragic event in a larger pattern of conquest, destruction, killing, and broken promises that continue to this day.

Bloomsbury USA, 2009. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. As New copy in like dustwrapper. First printing (full number line) of stated first US edition. Winner of the 2008 Whiting Writers' Award. Author's much-praised debut novel, and the first of a trilogy about three generations of Kurdish men (that now also now includes THE WALKING)

Houghton Mifflin Company, 1977. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/As New. Signed by John Kenneth Galbraith in blue pen on the first page. Sinature only. First printing, with complete number line. Fine or better copy in As New dustwrapper. Unread copy, pages and cover are crisp. Protected in clear Mylar cover. There is a slight yellow fading about 1/4 inches wide on top and bottom of pages, otherwise as new book. 0395249007 Contains: Foreword, A Major Word of Thanks, Notes, List of Illustrations and Index. Illustrated with black and white and a few full-color photographs. Galbraith was a long-time Harvard faculty member and as a professor of economics stayed with Harvard University for half a century. He was a prolific author and wrote four dozen books, including several novels, and published over a thousand articles and essays on various subjects. Professor Galbraith traces, in this book, ideas and their consequences from Adam Smith and Herbert Spencer, through Marx and Lenin, to Keynes to concepts and… Read More

Houghton Mifflin Company, 1977. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/As New. Fine or better copy in As New dustwrapper. First printing with complete number line. Unread copy, pages and cover are crisp and unmarked. There is a slight yellow fading about 1/4 inches wide at pages edges, otherwise as new book. Protected in clear Mylar cover.1.2 x 9.6 x 7 Inches; 365 pages; Contains: Foreword, A Major Word of Thanks, Notes, List of Illustrations and Index. Illustrated with black and white and a few full-color photographs. Galbraith was a long-time Harvard faculty member and as a professor of economics stayed with Harvard University for half a century. He was a prolific author and wrote four dozen books, including several novels, and published over a thousand articles and essays on various subjects. Professor Galbraith traces, in this book, ideas and their consequences from Adam Smith and Herbert Spencer, through Marx and Lenin, to Keynes to concepts and events that gave shape to the Cold War, the modern… Read More

Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 1998. 2nd Edition. . Hardcover. As New/As New. As new copy in as new dustwrapper with unclipped price. Inscribed 'Warmest regards' and signed by the author in blue ink. First printing with full number line. Flawless, unread copy in practically brand new condition. 259 pages with Notes, Statistics, Bibliography and Index. 1st Printing 1st Printing 1st Printing

Oxford University Press, 1993. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. As New/Fine. As New copy in Fine or better dustwrapper. First printing with full number line. Appears unread: pages, covers and dust jacket are crisp, intact and unmarked. 80 pages with 60 stunning B/W photos, notes, chronology, holdings of the Getty Museum and extensive bibliography. Note that this is heavy or oversized book, for priority or international shipping please contact me to make special arrangement. This book is the first major publication in English on this influential German photographer, who is one of the founders of modern European photography. 1st Printing 1st Printing 1st Printing

Rizzoli, 1986. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. As New/As New. As New copy in As New dustwrapper. First US edition. Appears unread copy: pages, covers and jacket are clean, crisp and unmarked. 220 pages, profusely illustrated in b/w and color. Size: 28.8cm x 22.3cm. Alexandr Vesnis (1883-1959) was a major figure in Russian Constructivist movement; architect, theater designer, painter and graphic artist.

Niton Pub, 2000. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. Pages, covers and jacket are crisp, intact and unmarked except for slightly bumped corners-therefor labeled Fine. 160 pages, illustrated throughout in B/W photos. Note that this is heavy or oversized book, for priority or international shipping please contact me to make special arrangement.

Veloce Publishing Ltd, 2000. Hardcover. As New/Fine. As New copy in As New dust jacket. Flawless, in nearly brand new condition. 192 pages, illustrated with colour and monochrome photography. This is the story of the quirky but characterful Alfa Romeo Berlinas, from their beginnings in the early 1900s though to 2000.

U.S.A.: St Martins Pr, 1986. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/As New. Inscribed by author on title page. First edition, first printing with full number line. Mylar cover DJ. 0312017162 For detailed description and photos of this book, please contact us. 1st Printing 1st Printing 1st Printing