[Spain]: Strebelwerk Mannheim, [ca. 1930]. Pamphlet. Unpaginated text and three fullpage sepia plates (plus litho'd cover image in colors), 6x9.5 inch oblong pamphlet in staplebound color wraps. Front cover mildly edgeworn and handled with a touch of dust, back cover bears a sprinkle of adhesion scars that marginally affects the..... More
Cat.No: 248952
Forest Grove OR: Normount Technical Publications, 1971. Paperback. 159p., find a variety of illustrations throughout this running text, softbound in 10x8 inch decorated wraps; covers irregularly sunned, an otherwise sound, clean, unmarked copy. More
Cat.No: 232704
Fort McClellan AL / Ft.Benning GA: U.S. Army Chemical Corps School, June 1959 / 12 Oct 60. Paperback. iii, 115p., text reproduced from typed mss, illustrated with charts and graphs, softbound, a 10x8 inch side-stapled textblock under a printed cover leaf. Staples a little rusted and one is crooked, cover..... More
Cat.No: 236895
Tunis: Office National du Tourisme, late 1950s. Unpaginated series of overlapping printed leaves plentifully illustrated in fuzzy b&w photography, numerous line maps with spot color; easily fifty pages, the baseline sheet being 9.5 inches square, the leaves tapering to a 9.5x4 inch front cover. The overlapping business is cleverly executed..... More
Cat.No: 225617
New York / Washington, D. C. Energy Task Force / GPO, 1977. 65p., wraps, very good; 8.5x11 inches, blueprints. Discusses an urban cooperative's contruction of a windmill to create its own power supply. More
Cat.No: 137368
Lexington MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993. Magazine. 227p., printed on coated paperstock with profuse color and b&w diagrammatic and photographic illustrations, charts with spot-color highlights, mathematical formulae in the text. Softbound magazine, 11x8.5 inches, entirely sound and clean, a near-fine copy. Radar interpretation, mostly air to ground. No mention..... More
Cat.No: 191383
New Orleans and Brooklyn: Neighborhood Story Project, Red Rattle Books/Soft Skull Press, 2005. Trade Paperback. 75p., very good in 9x8 inch photodecorated matte wraps. Part of the post-Katrina series. More
Cat.No: 164280
San Juan PR: Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico / Duke University, 1995. Paperback. xviii, 193p., 10x8 inches landscape format illustrated with numerous b&w site photos, diagrams, line maps and tables. very good trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Living with the shore series. More
Cat.No: 241192
Santa Cruz: Capitalism, Nature, Socialism / Center for Ecological Socialism, 1992. Pamphlet. 34p., 8.5x5.5 inch pamphlet, spine a tad sunned, else very good. CES/CNS Pamphlet 3. More
Cat.No: 276348
Los Angeles: Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, 1934. [8p] including covers 6x9 inches, centerfold table depicting average temperatures and rainfall in LA from 1877 to 1934, 6 other tables depicting weather conditions, temperatures great, no health or other problems; very good in stapled wraps. More
Cat.No: 120799
New York: J. H. Colton and Company, 1856. ix, 225p., six double-spread maps as called for, each competently hand-colored with pale washes; wood-engraved vignettes; 7.6x5 inch brown cloth boards spine-titled gilt with impanelled covers press-decorated in blind. A sound copy with the following faults: edgewear with small spots of card..... More
Cat.No: 172955
Bethesda: National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness / National Institutes of Health, September 1966 / September 1976. Paperback. Reprint: 123p., plus substantial geographical and name indices, one illustration (line map of one island), softbound in 11x8.5 inch plain printed blue wraps (spine and cover titling). Sound, clean and unmarked..... More
Cat.No: 253874
Siena: Stab. tip. di Alessandro Mucci, 1874. Pamphlet. Offprint (Estratto dalla Gazzetta Chimica italiana, tomo IV, 1874); 8p., softbound, pamphlet in paste-fastened 8.5x5.5 inch plain green wraps. Lower corner-tips dog-eared, wraps mildly dust- and handling-soiled, good copy. More
Cat.No: 242320
Kathmandu: Himal Books, 2001. Hardcover. xiv, 280p., illustrated with line maps in color, diagrams (also color) and tables; hardbound in laminated boards, a very good, clean, sound, unmarked copy. FYI, the arts of book design, presswork and binding are at a high level in that small country. More
Cat.No: 249845
London: Edward Arnold (Publishers) Ltd., 1975. Paperback. vi, 66p., illustrated with scattered b&w site and specimen photography, softbound, 8.5x5.5 inch decorated cardstock wraps. Covers mildly sunned with a small adhesive stain to back, a sound copy entirely clean and unmarked within. Institute of biology's studies in biology no 58. More
Cat.No: 249602
Bakersfield: Chamber of Commerce, 1927 / 1931. Pamphlet. Two folded brochures on the same subject, much the same texts, differing design and visuals: First item is a single leaf of coated alkaline stock measuring 18x12 inches, folded three times to make an upright 9x4 inch flyer, presswork in yellow, green..... More
Cat.No: 287395
no city, Nebraska: Pebble, 1978. 168p., rubricated title page, first edition glossy wraps decorated with a silhouette from Breughel, classy job except that the volume opens stiffly, is perhaps a "perfectbound" job but so far so good. Lower corner tips are slightly damp damaged, else quite good, this copy inscribed..... More
Cat.No: 160273
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1985. 192p., b&w photo insert section, first edition boards in color-photo dj. A quite good copy. Mountaineering accidents in Scotland; some Scottish "glens" are wicked and often the scene of fatalities. Civilian rescue teams are formed by locals aided by a military helicopter. More
Cat.No: 169283
Geneva: United Nations Environment Programme, 1983. Pamphlet. 24p., printed on superior paperstock and illustrated with cartoon-like sketches, photographic mugshots of staffers, pamphlet newsletter in stapled 8x5.5 inch self-wraps. Slight edgewear with a crimp at the head, clean and sound, a very good copy. Text in Spanish. "Regional" oceanic areas such..... More
Cat.No: 192923
Bodega Bay, CA: The Family Publishing Company, 1980. Paperback. xi, 367p., wraps, signed by Morningstar as "Ramon Sender Barayon", very good condition. More
Cat.No: 144839
Toluca Lake, CA: Christopher Publications, 1997. [56]p., 8.5x10.75 inch children's book, signed. Los Angeles-based African American author/weatherman. More
Cat.No: 98473
Paris: Challamel Aine, 1873. 107p., illustrated with seventeen (17) small monochrome plates 2 or 3 per leaf of heavy cardstock-weight inserted stock, softbound in 9.5x6 inch plain printed blue wraps. All plates in very good shape, we see no damage or alteration, but that's the end of the good news;..... More
Cat.No: 262144
London: LUZAC, 1976. 143p. plus 18 full-page plates, mostly b&w site photography, one in color, and further illustrated with three terrific maps (endsheets & an insert) in colors showing wadi hunting areas. A nicely gotten-up book in skyblue cloth boards and dust jacket. The dj is mildly rubbed, find a...... More
Cat.No: 237974
Konstanz: Verlag Friedr. Stadler, 1966. 100p., fullpage captioned aerial photos on coated paperstock throughout, oblong 10.5x12.5 inch photo-decorated paper over boards, a very good copy. More
Cat.No: 165958
San Francisco: Self-published by the author; designed and printed by Alfred and Lawton Kennedy, 1965. 71p., fine-press treatment with the usual bells and whistles (super alkaline paperstock, unopened signatures, rubricated title and capitals; 10.5x7 inch green cloth boards with spine titling gilt, several minuscule dings to boards and a tiny..... More
Cat.No: 218088
