no city {Vosges): the spa, or spa collective, no date, circa 1890. 28p., coated alkaline paperstock throughout with presswork in orange and black, profuse b&w photoillustrations, a sewn softbound: cord-fastened pamphlet in 8x4.5 inch grey wraps titled by embossed gilt. Nice copy. Front cover has mild handling signs: a very..... More
Cat.No: 250575
no place [Washington DC?]: Hawaii Volcanoes National Park / National Park Service, no date, circa 1980. Paperback. 75p., line maps (some with spot-color guides), tables and b&w site photos, 11x8.5 inch leaves softbound in utilitarian fashion (punchholed for a plastic comb but stapled instead), covers have picked up mild soil..... More
Cat.No: 240208
Sandpoint: Sandpoint High School, no date. 80p., 7.5x10.75 inches, 2 maps (1 laid-in), a couple of photos, in original stapled pictorial wraps, entire booklet is somewhat damp-rippled and bent, but luckily dried clean. More
Cat.No: 107500
Washington: US Geological Survey and National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration at the USGPO, 1971. Paperback. vi, 254p., 9x11.5 inches, graphs, charts, figures, tables, photos, in lightly-worn pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 120045
Oakland: Association of Bay Area Governments, April 1995. iv, 56p., coated bright-white paperstock, profuse computer-generated maps, most in colors (these on near-cardstock weight paper). First issue 11x8.5 inch staplebound wraps, very good condition. Two staplebound pamphlets laid in, titled "An Ounce of Prevention: Strenghening Your Wood Frame House for Earthquake..... More
Cat.No: 263936
Oakland: Association of Bay Area Governments, April 1995. iv, 56p., coated bright-white paperstock, profuse computer-generated maps, most in colors (these on near-cardstock weight paper). First issue 11 x 8.5 inch staplebound wraps, cover has a long corner-crease otherwise faintest signs of handling. The diagrammatic maps are vivid. More
Cat.No: 76043
Lancaster PA: The Jaques Cattell Press, 1944. ix, 97p., red cloth boards in dj, jacket rather rubbed, an otherwise all-round good copy. More
Cat.No: 165523
Paris: the society, 1904. Unpaginated, between sixty and eighty pages plus two fascicles bound in, featuring many artists' renderings of zinc roofing sheets in a variety of styles, mouldings and fastenings ditto. Find a dozen or so plates that show finished work on elaborate older buildings. Leaves measure 10.5x9 inches..... More
Cat.No: 253433
Moscow: Novosti Press Agency Publishing House, 1989. 95p., sizable b&w and color photo sections, a couple line-maps in color, softbound in 7.5x5 inch wraps. Mild edgewear, a clean sound unmarked copy. More
Cat.No: 152363
Buenos Aires: Carbometal, S.A. Ind. y Com. n.d., mid 1950s. A half-inch pile of folded mappings of the province of Mendoza, most of these fold out to 20x56 inches, folded measuring 14x8.5 inches. Dividers amongst them, and a ribbon-copy TLs on Carbometal letterhead addressed to an English-speaking investor, one Joseph..... More
Cat.No: 251237
Harare: Issue by Authority, 1991. [ix]+220p., 8.25x11.75 inches, color frontis, preface, introduction, area, methods of study, terminology, previous geological work, outline, references, appendices, illustrated with color plates, b&w maps, figures and tables, and two huge full-color 1: 100 000 scale geological maps folded into a pocket at rear (undamaged), very..... More
Cat.No: 98869
Stroudsburg, PA: Vinifera Wine Growers Journal, 1992. Paperback. 386p., large softbound in 11x8.5 inch glossy white decorated wraps, very good copy. Publisher's promotional flyer is bound in, with a dozen wine-writers praising highly. Find general remarks on necessary conditions, then the "politics" of vitaculture, consumption patterns, wines of Eastern America..... More
Cat.No: 135429
Copenhagen: University of Copenhagen, The Natural History - Geographical Subject Group, 1972. 439p., in-text illustrations from photography, diagrammatic sketches, and maps; softbound in 9.2x6.7 inch wraps, cover shows slight edgewear and handling soil, a clean, sound, very good copy. More
Cat.No: 190014
San Francisco: Pacific Division AAAS, 1994. Hardcover. vi, 336p., preface, epilog, chapter notes, references, index, illustrated with glossy plates from b&w photographs, limited first edition of 500 copies bound in red cloth boards and gilt. Has a mildly musty smell, otherwise a clean sound very good copy. Chicago-born and raised..... More
Cat.No: 214140
Koln: Dumont Buchverlag, 1994. Hardcover. 276p., numerous illustrations from b&w site & exhibit photography, diagrams, and a colorphoto section. Hardbound in sand-color boards titled brown and white, an entirely sound, clean and unmarked copy. More
Cat.No: 261565
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
Rio de Janeiro - RJ: Capemi Editora e Grafica Ltda. 1982. 120p., illustrated with a few line maps, paperbound in 8x5.5 inch glossy blue frenchfold wraps; cello-glaze has a couple tiny bubbles on the back cover, clean and sound, a very good copy. Text in Portuguese. More
Cat.No: 192927
Constantine, Algeria: Imprimerie a Vapeur Emil Marle (Audrino, Directeur), 1895. ii, 48p., illustrated with a frontis portrait of the author and five site photos on inserted semi-alkaline stock (all b&w offset), softbound in 9.5x6 inch printed wraps. Cover margins are extensively crimped, expect wrinkling and sunning to covers, textblock faintly..... More
Cat.No: 255429
[Palo Alto]: Stanford University, 1926. 100p., vignette photos, 8.5x6.5 inch staplebound textblock under printed cardstock wraps and a binder's-tape spine (as issued). a very good, clean copy. No fewer than four different "Hoovers" listed. Also lists particulars of a "Louisiana section," for reasons unexplained. No sports pix, or theatre activity..... More
Cat.No: 163342
San Francisco: Pacific Division/American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1979. Paperback. 493p., coated paperstock illustrated with charts, maps and diagrams; softbound in 10x7 inch decorated wraps. Mild external signs of wear, top edge has a couple light bumps, ownership name of [A. Starker] Leopold on cover (he was a...... More
Cat.No: 221208
New York: The Witkin Gallery, Inc., 1991. Pamphlet. Unpaginated, about 22p., introduction, vita and perhaps 16 captioned plates on high-gloss paperstock. Softbound in oblong 8.5x11 inch stapled grey wraps with slight external hints of handling, no ownership or other marks (except our SKU), a very good copy. Lots of aerial..... More
Cat.No: 228699
Raleigh: North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey, 1925. 104p., 6.75x9.75 inches, foreword, general summary, footnotes, appendix, publication list, tables. Ex library copy with markings in original stiff wraps and a large water-stain to top-right corner of text block affecting every leaf. A reading copy. Economic Paper No. 55. More
Cat.No: 79377
Carlsbad: Self-published by the author, 1928. [44p] 6.75x10 inches, history of the caverns, illustrated with drawings and 4 pages of glossy b&w photos, very good booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 181258
Poway, CA: LeGil Printing Service, for author's children, 1937. 66p., staplebound gatherings in decorated 6.5 x 4.25 inch wraps, a fresh-looking copy (may be reprint). Redemptionist lay Christian inspiration in doggerel form. None but the remotest mining/miners content in the verse, but intermittant prose-pieces briefly relate adventures at Bassic mine..... More
Cat.No: 70293
Philadelphia: SIAM: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 1983. Hardcover. xii, 186p., hardbound in 9.5x6.5 inch tan cloth boards titled brown. Externally, the cloth is a little dust- and handling-soiled, but hinges and all are perfectly sound; interior is absolutely clean and unmarked. A good to very good copy. More
Cat.No: 235257
