Washington DC: The Library of Congress, in association with D. Giles Limited, London, 2013. Hardcover. 176p., presswork on thick alkaline glazed stock, profuse facsimiles in color and a variety of sepias, hardbound, a small oblong volume in 8x9.5 inch black boards titled silver and enclosed in the dust jacket. A...... More
Cat.No: 263942
Bangkok: River Books, 2014. Paperback. 252p., first issued 2006, reprinted 2008, here expanded with revisions. Large softbound, a paperback in 9.5x6.5 inch colorphoto cardstock wraps, splendid photos on alkaline paper, mostly color except for period photography, scattered diagrammatic aids (floorplans & elevations) and a fine large diagrammatic area map in..... More
Cat.No: 265474
San Francisco: Division of Mines, 1952. 240p., 10.25x8.75 inches oblong, introduction, index, illustrated throughout with maps, diagrammatic drawings, and photos with numerous aerial shots; find 3 folded maps in rear pocket, very good in green cloth. More
Cat.No: 155007
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1961. Hardcover. xii, 287pp., illustrated with maps, good in a shelf & edge worn blue dj faded along the spine. From the dust jacket flap: "This study was prepared in an attempt to clarify seemingly contradictory interpretations of the early history of the discovery of..... More
Cat.No: 265976
[Taipei]: pirate publisher, 1964. viii, 372p., numerous line-maps and charts, cloth boards in glossy dj, good copy. At writing, the author was visiting professor of geography at Leeds, on sabbatical leave from The Catholic University of America (his wife, a lecturer in geography, remained in Washington at Trinity College). A...... More
Cat.No: 161095
London: Cambridge University Press, 1970. Hardcover. 393 pages, illustrated, includes a large fold out map of Asia placed in rare flap in a special pocket, very good condition, illustrated dj, gilt title in Chinese characters on cover blue board and English along the spine. eyewitness accounts of interpreter and navigator..... More
Cat.No: 265652
Bern: Kummerly & Frey, 1932. Paperback. 112p., numerous folded maps printed in colors (green, blue, red, black), softbound in 9x5.5 inch decorated wraps (nice sepia photos with blue and white onlays), worn much-handled copy with edgewear to both covers and to protruding margins of most maps, an intact copy with..... More
Cat.No: 249179
Buffalo: Old Fort Niagra Association, 1939. 63p., 6x9 inches, illustrations, large color map by Spangenberg folded into pocket at rear, very good booklet in stapled blue pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 165482
Los Gatos, Ca: Daruma International, Ltd., 1994. 202p., numerous sketch portraits and maps by the authors (not quite caricature), 11x8.5 inch glossy wraps featuring a color cartoon of Tanaka, very good copy. More
Cat.No: 161937
Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Almanac, 1986. Paperback. 288p., 8.5x11 inches, illustrated with photos, figures, tables and maps, good trade paperback in pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 163072
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1965. Paperback. xiii, 578p., line maps and political cartoons, back wrap lightly creased, but otherwsie clean, sound copy in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 41067
Mexico: Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales, 1968. 132p., wraps, includes 6 maps, book plate of previous owner, ex-library, spine cocked, else very good. Text in Spanish. More
Cat.No: 151975
Calgary: Glenbow Museum, 1983. Paperback. 75p., wraps, 12x9 inches, maps, a few small stains on front wrap and front blank, foreedge lightly foxed else good condition. More
Cat.No: 267433
Shanghai: Ya guang yu di xue she 亞光與地學社, 1948. 100p., 49 color maps, very good hardcover, slight curve to the boards, faded remnant of old price label on rear cover. Fourth edition. More
Cat.No: 222173
Glendale: La Siesta Press, 1992. 48p., 5.5x8.5 inches, introduction, maps, photos, figures, references, index, folded map and pamphlet laid-in, very good reprint in original pictorial wraps. 8.5x11 inch map laid-in. Also a 4x6.25 inch tri-folded pamphlet "A Checklist of Amphibians, Reptiles and Mammals of Pinnacles National Monument" by Fellers and..... More
Cat.No: 91150
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1950. Hardcover. 206pp., fold out map of French North America at rear. Red boards. Ex-library showing dulling to gilt lettering on spine, library book plate on inside of front cover with a "withdrawn" stamp, library pocket to rear pastedown endpaper. Library stamps to page edges..... More
Cat.No: 266013
Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2001. Paperback. xiv, 225p., foreword, notes, index, maps, very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. American Subjects Series, edited by Robert Dawidoff. Author "makes the case that Los Angeles better represents the spectrum of gay and lesbian community activism and culture than cities with..... More
Cat.No: 216232
Berkeley: University of California, 1946. Hardcover. ixvii, 272p., second printing, brown cloth-covered boards gilt in distressed dust jacket; line illustrations from ancient images, fold-out maps (one on onion-skin), extensive tables. Corner-tips slightly turned and shelfworn, otherwise undamaged, unmarked, a very good clean copy, the dust jacket somewhat abraded and lacking..... More
Cat.No: 61805
Long Beach: Tukay Media Services, 1984. 32p., 3.5x8.5 inches, tall, narrow services and entertainment directory for LGBT people in Long Beach area, very good in stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 208624
Cambridge: MIT Press, 1999. Hardcover. xiv, 278p., 12x11.75 inches, foreword, introduction, appendixes including timeline, glossary, chronology, indexes, illustrated throughout with maps in colors, photos and vignettes, very good second printing in cloth and unclipped dj. More
Cat.No: 134403
Hamburg: Hamburg, Hydrographisches Institut, 1968. Hardcover. 105p., but with at least 20 unnumbered pages of facsimiles of North Sea maps in back of book, 9x13 inches, In German language but summaries in German, French, English and Russian. More
Cat.No: 267476
Taibei: National Palace Museum, 2012. 189 pages, very good paperback, text in Chinese with captions in English, profusely illustrated in color. More
Cat.No: 269356
Washington DC: The Society of American Military Engineers, 1928. Hardcover. 142p., small hardcover in 6.5x4 inch black leatherette boards titled bronze. The second issue, first having been 1922; illustrated with seven attractive folded maps ("A 1, D 1-6") printed in four colors on white onionskin paperstock, these fastened to each..... More
Cat.No: 244840
Montréal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2004. Hardcover. 397pages, 10x13.25 inches, glossy, illustrated dj (very small tear of same at top), illustrations, photos, maps, drawings, and paintings, very clean copy. Originally published in French, this book stands as an illutrated biography of Samuel de Champlain as it bookended by the history of..... More
Cat.No: 264108
Paris: Ecole Francaise d'Extreme-Orient, 1972. xiii, 324p., with an unpaginated maps section bringing item to a close: maps include modern line renderings and period facsimiles, several large folded maps (unmolested; all maps intact and very good). An ex library copy (Yale, with its "withdrawn" stamp on pastedown). Alkaline paperstock throughout..... More
Cat.No: 272543
