Search Results: Titles starting with S from Craftsbury Antiquarian Books

New York: John S Taylor, 1851. Book. Good. Cloth. 2nd Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original embossed green cloth, few stains, slight edgewear & slight spine fade. Victorian sentimentality by Headley about the Holy Lands. Must have sold well, as new editions until 1867. First was 1847. Illustrated by 6 excellent steel engravings. second edition. Protected in a clear, mylar dustjacket..

Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.: The Free Press, Macmillan , 1991. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. A fine copy, very clean and tight inside. The dust jacket is NOT price clipped. Two middle east academics get to the bottom of Saddam, the butcher..

NY The Free Press, Macmillan 1991. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8 Vo. Two middle east academics get to the bottom of Saddam, the butcher. Fine binding, fine dustjacket and as new inside..

New York: Columbia University Press, 1988. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A thought provoking study of third world economic nationalism. Recommended with increasing focus on climate change. A fine, unread copy. No prior owner marks. .

London: Richard Bentley, 1854. Book. Illus. by Tinted Map, 6 Tinted Lithographs, 67 Wood Engravings Vol One; 6 More Lithographs & 35 Woodcuts in Vol Two. Very Good. Full-Leather. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Subtitled, "During a Residence of Upwards of Twenty Years, Pepresenting Sporting Incidents, and Subjects of Natural History, and Devices for Entrapping Wild Animals". Contemporary green calf with gilt lines along the board borders, raised bands on the spines with elaborately decorated panels in gilt and maroon title labels, red volume labels with gilt still bright. This is a fine, signed binding by Bickers & Son. Marbled page edges and matching marbled endpapers. Pages xxi, 512 and xi, 527. This is a very complete account of trapping and hunting in the area north of Goteborg around Bohus. Inside, very clean and tight with slight foxing on the back of some plates, and on the preliminary pages after the endpapers. A beautiful set on nature… Read More

Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1974. Book. Illus. by 41 illustrations & 13 tables. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Volume Five in the epic (now 27 volumes) study of China. This volume,Volume 5, part 2 discusses alchemy, gold and chemistry. Near fine black cloth with illustrated boards and bright gilt (as new) title on the spine. No edgewear. Hinges tight inside and out. Very clean pages with no foxing or browning. no prior owner marks. Dustjacket has minor edge wear and is protected by a clear, mylar sleeve. .

Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1988. Book. Illus. by 258 illustrations , 8 tables and 3 maps. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Volume Five in the epic (now 27 volumes) study of China. This volume,Volume 5, part 9 covers China's important contribution to textiles. Near fine black cloth with illustrated boards and bright gilt (as new) title on the spine. No edgewear. Hinges tight inside and out. Very clean pages with no foxing or browning. no prior owner marks. Dustjacket has minor edge wear and is protected by a clear, mylar sleeve. .

Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1962. Book. Illus. by 360 illustrations and 6 tables. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. The fourth volume in this epic (now 27 volumes) study of China. This volume, part 1, is entirely devoted to physics. Near fine black cloth with illustrated boards and bright gilt (as new) title on the spine. Only a hint of edgewear. Hinges tight inside and out. Very clean pages with no foxing or browning. no prior owner marks. Dustjacket has minor edge wear and is protected by a clear, mylar sleeve. .

Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1965. Book. Illus. by 9 tables, 36 illustrations including folding maps. Near Fine. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. This volume lays out the plan for this epic (now 27 volumes) study of China. It includes a geographic introduction, an historical introduction and the travel of ideas and techniques between China and Europe over the centuries. Fine black cloth with illustrated boards and bright gilt (as new) title on the spine. No edgewear. Hiinges tight inside and out. Very clean pages with no foxing or browning. no prior owner marks. Dustjacket has minor edgewear and is protected by a clear, mylar sleeve. .

Muscat: Journal of Oman Studies, 1988. Book. Illus. by photos, some color, and charts. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Fine copy of a rare and thorough study of the archaeology and history of portions of Oman. Special Report No. 3. Original cloth with no edge wear, as new inside. No prior owner marks. Some fading on the dust jacket, but no tears. University of Durham was heavily involved in this thorough study of earth sciences. A large, heavy book may require extra postage. .

New York: Scribner's Bookstore, 1940. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Original red cloth hard back book catalogwith a blind stamped title on the front board. 124 books listed for sale in their first editions, all later published by the Limited Editions Club Number 123 of an unknown totral limited edition. No date of publication, but circa 1940 since the LEC was founded by George Macy in 1929. Scarce, no other copies on the inteernet as of this writing. A bargain price because the internal hinges are weak. No edgewear or blemishes to the cloth binding. Errata slip. Unpaginated, but about 40 pages. .

New York: Praeger, 1958. Book. Illus. by 405 Photos By Eliot Elisofon. Near Fine. Cloth. First American Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Preface by Dr Ralph Linton who was a professor of anthropology at Yale Univ. Fagg was the preeminent expert on African sculpture in the 1950s and 1960s, and this is a classic combination of fine photography with the Fagg knowledge. Dustjacket is a bit soiled but no tears. Inside, very clean and tight. A large, heavy book that may require extra postage..

Washington: Brookings Institution Press, 2008. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A former CIA analyst, converted to policy advisor in the Clinton administration, and lan erudite expert on Islamic terrorism based in Pakistan and Afghanistan. An unread copy in an unblemished dust jacket. .

New York : MacMillan, 1965. Book. Illus. by fine photos, a few in color, by Amdre <artom. Near Fine. Cloth. 1st Edition. Oblong 4 to. Original near fine terra cotta cloth with a bright gilt title on the spine. Dustjacket has one tiny tearat a bottom coerner, otherwise near fine and NOT price clipped. Wonderful photos of an important mosque in the desert of Tunisia. Text translated from the French by Richard Howard. .

Paris: Chez J.J. Jansen et Comp., 1795. Book. Illus. by 22 Fine Engraved Plates. Very Good. 3/4 Leather. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. "Dans les Annees 1783, 84 et 85". Text in French. Three volumes, pages xliv, 304: 426: and 525. Half titles in vol 2 and 3. 3/4 calf with grey marbled boards. Burgundy title labels and black volume labels with bright gilt (probably later). Some edge wear, skillfully rebacked spines. Speckled page edges. 22 engraved plates, five folding, as called for. Clean and tight inside, no foxing, with book plates of Hon. Francis Howard. Mendelssohn I, 892, 889, 890: "His description is unilque for this period, as little inormation respecting these regions had been published up to this date". This second voyage was to Namaqualand, Damaraland, Bechuanaland and the Kalahari desert A fine set of a very rare African classic..

New Rochelle: Peter Pauper Press, 1934. Book. Illus. by decorations by John Rudolph. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Thus Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Original beige spine with florered boards that have only a hint of edge wear. Paper label on the spine, often damaged, is fine with no chips or wear. No dust jacket, as isued. Inside, very clean and tight with no prior owner marks, no foxing or browning. Lamb, the first great essayist in the english language tells us about: Dream Children, a revery, The Praise of Chimney-Sweepers, Old China, A Chapter on Ears, The Two Races of Men, and A dissertation upon Roast Pig.

Philadelphia: Benjamin Franklin Bache, 1789. Book. Very Good. Full-Leather. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. What a story this book has. The publisher is the grandson of Benjamin Franklin, who took this lad of 7 to Paris in 1776 on his diplomatic missionl. A classics education was arranged for the boy, but the last two years of their 9 year stay, now 16 he was apprenticed to the most famous printer in Paris for 2 years. Young Benjamin franklin Bache graduated from Univ. of Pennsylvania in 1787, winning prizes for translations in Latin along the way. He then took over the family printing business, under the watchful eye of his failing grandfather. At age 20 this is one of the first books he published, a school text for Latin beginners, listing himself as publisher. His famed grandfather died the next year, and he then inherited the business. e died of yellow fever only 9 years later. Original leahter boards with a new leather spine. Endpapers have been added to… Read More

Peiping, China: Harvard-Yenching Institute, 1936. Book. Illus. by 175 illustrations. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Limited edition of 200 copies, bound in string tied Chinese style with blue paper covers , all fine in three volumes. Inside no foxing or stains or prior owner marks. Preserved in the original blue cloth slipcase with bone clasps. Title label in Chinese is paper, glued on to the blue cloth. Slipcase cloth is faded at both ends, but no edge wear. The title label is repeated on the outside cover of volume one., and an English title label is pasted to the inside cover of that volume. 168 images of Shang and Zhou bronzes, 7 images of Qin and Han bronzes, all in black and white. The author was a famous archaeologist and paleographer. A s,a;; fp;op soze. 13 inches tall, by 9, and 2 inches thick. Price includes free postage. .

London: Michael Joseph, 1980. Book. Fine. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. In wandering back roads in England, I have found this an indispensable guide on which fork to take to the next charming village. My favorite book on England. Near fine / dj near fine. Illustrated by profuse photos,some color. first edition..

London: Arrowsmith ., 1924. Book. Good. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The binding is very good with spine faded. Gilt mosque on front. However, very tight & clean inside, with no foxing or browning . Pages 307 with index. The author was a noted nature photographer and he illustrated the book with 60 pp pages of old photos. first edition..