Taiwan qu lai 台灣去來
Hong Kong: Wu xing ji shu bao she 吳興記書報社, [1977]. 135 pages, very good paperback. Chinese-American immigrant writes of a visit to Taiwan. Undated, but preface is from 1977. More
Cat.No: 230906
Hong Kong: Wu xing ji shu bao she 吳興記書報社, [1977]. 135 pages, very good paperback. Chinese-American immigrant writes of a visit to Taiwan. Undated, but preface is from 1977. More
Cat.No: 230906
Zacatecas, Zac. Gobierno del Estado de Zacatecas, no date, circa 1990. Paperback. 106p., alkaline paperstock throughout with running text, illustrated with a folded map in colors, numerous b&w and color site photographs and a plethora of advertisements. Paperbound in 8.5x5.5 inch glossy wraps, a fine sound copy. Have a Corona..... More
Cat.No: 216442
New York: Published for Harlem River Press by Writers and Readers Pub. 1995. Paperback. 106p., preface, introduction, glossary, illustrations, very good first edition trade paperback in decorative wraps. A travelogue and historical study of African Americana through the central image of The Cakewalk. More
Cat.No: 226444
Constantinople: Rizzo & Son, [1925]. 529p., hardcover with pictorial front cover, spine somewhat darkened with a couple of spots of soil, otherwise very good. First edition, covering events up to the autumn of 1924; preface dated December 1925. More
Cat.No: 263946
npl: Harold Mansfield :: Boeing Airplane Company, 1958. Pamphlet. 31p., 3.5x8 inch staplebound pamphlet; in very good condition. Propaganda on economic and industrial competition between Russians and Americans. More
Cat.No: 304340
[Phnom Penh]: Office National du Tourisme, Royaume du Cambodge, Novembre 1961. 245p., numerous inserted b&w plates and a folded map, 9x5.5 inch decorated wraps, pressrun of 1,000 copies. Slightly edgeworn, map was misbound and has a tear where loosened for viewing (no other problems with map), former owner's name in..... More
Cat.No: 162809
San Francisco: Off D Press, 2005. Paperback. 204p., introduction, personal inscription, signed and dated by the author, very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. AIDS content. Vignettes from the life of a San Francisco cabbie. More
Cat.No: 132793
San Francisco: Off D Press, 2005. Paperback. 204p., introduction, very good first edition in pictorial wraps. Short stories about a San Francisco cabbie. More
Cat.No: 136367
Barcelona: Subsecretaría de Propaganda, 1938. 96p., profusely illus. with photos, wraps with yap edges, wraps worn, front wrap lightly foxed else good condition. Text in Spanish. Physical and demographic descriptions of Spain's regions. More
Cat.No: 70697
Clearwater, FL: [publisher not identified], [not before 1950]. Paperback. 70, [2]pp., wraps. 7.5 x 4.75 in. Covers stained; corner of rear cover creased. The author states that he took a post as a surgeon for a company operating a platinum mine in Chocó. Includes numerous stories about travelers (one who..... More
Cat.No: 303553
San Francisco: California Historical Society, 1968. Hardcover. xiii, 186p. + 4 foldout maps and plates, very good condition in cloth-covered boards and dj. Special publication #44. More
Cat.No: 20852
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1933. Hardcover. 300p., first American edition in fine black cloth boards titled and decorated gilt, and enclosed in the dust jacket. Top edge tinted red. The casebinding is bright (both cloth and gilt) and square, a very presentable copy with one big problem..... More
Cat.No: 316272
Woodside: Heyeck Press, 1977. [38p.] 6x9 inches, very good first edition limited to 350 letterpress copies in cream wraps printed blue. Author's first book. Georgia-born-and-raised poet living and teaching in San Francisco. The poems are about her Georgia childhood, her travels to Europe and several San Francisco poems. She is..... More
Cat.No: 157785
Los Altos: Tameme, 2002. Paperback. 101p. very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 151076
Pontedera: printed by Bandecchi & Vivaldi for the author, 2005 [?]. Paperback. 103p., a classy little paperbound designed by the translator and professionally printed on glazed alkaline paperstock, illustrated throughout with numerous vignette paintings (excellent!) and vignette color photos (also excellent). Softbound in 8x6 inch bright blue cardstock wraps, a...... More
Cat.No: 254305
Halifax, Nova Scotia: The McCleave Gallery of Fine Art, 2005. Pamphlet. 52p., stapled wraps, 3.75x5 inches, illus., very good condition. Text in English and French. From the gallery's website: "The McCleave Gallery of Fine Art is an independently run portable art gallery that is available for viewing on a 'by..... More
Cat.No: 273478
Halifax, Nova Scotia: The McCleave Gallery of Fine Art, 2006. Pamphlet. 29p., stapled wraps, 3.75x5 inches, illus., very good condition. Text in English and French. From the gallery's website: "The McCleave Gallery of Fine Art is an independently run portable art gallery that is available for viewing on a 'by..... More
Cat.No: 273335
Stockton, CA: Heritage West Books, 2000. Paperback. xvi, 208p., paperback, 8.5x11 inches, very good. More
Cat.No: 285743
New York: Radio Officers' Union, 1956. Magazine. 22p., 8.5x11 inches; photos., minor ink stains on front wrap, rubberstamp address on rear wrap blotched out, wraps somewhat rubbed, else in very good condition with clean white pages. More
Cat.No: 279356
New York: Radio Officers' Union, 1956. Magazine. 30p., 8.5x11 inches; photos., in very good condition with clean wraps and pages. Rear wrap mailing address of Andrew McDonald, General Chairman of the ROU. More
Cat.No: 279357
Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 1997. Trade Paperback. 241p., first printing. inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. Autobiographical travel writings by the St. Louis-born African American poet, More
Cat.No: 89507
Boston: Small, Maynard and Co., [1920s]. Hardcover. 256p., cloth-covered boards with gilt titles, illus., top corner torn off of pp. 15/16 with no loss of text, fore-edge and bottom edge of textblock foxed, bookstore label on front pastedown endpaper, else good condition; no dust jacket. Australian author's description of his..... More
Cat.No: 296695
npl: Self-published by the author, nd. Pamphlet. 30p., autobiographical zine in b&w photocopied wraps; in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 306746
London: W.H. Smith and Son, 1857. Hardcover. Unpaginated preliminaries with a long folded map (7x27 inches), followed by by-laws, etc. for travellers and a list of fares. Text with tables and numerous moderately good wood-engravings on pp.1-200; followed by 190p. of advertisements for hostelries and anything else, plentifully illustrated. Hardbound..... More
Cat.No: 278665
Portland, OR: Eberhardt Press, 2006. Paperback. xvii, 235p., 5x7.5 inches; b&w photos., slight handling, else in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 282352