Near fine in very good jacket. Octavo. 6 x 8.5 inches. xiv + 518 pp. Illustrated with a 8-page suite of black and white reproductions of photographs. Three quarter inch loss to the lower front corners of 4 pages nowhere near affecting the text otherwise about near fine in original beige cloth lettered in red within black and red fields on the upper cover and spine and in a very good pictorial dust jacket with some of the text on the front and rear flaps underlined. "The central theme of this ...
Fine. Octavo. 5.5 x 8 in. ix, 99 pp. Occasionally illustrated in black & white. Fine in original pictorial wrappers. Written by Padgett who was a personal friend of Berrigan's for over 25 years.
Near fine. Octavo. 6.25 x 9 inches. 432 pp. With marginal illustrations. Near fine in the publisher's deluxe binding of three-quarter pebble grain morocco over marbled boards, marbled endpapers, aeg. Considerably scarcer in this binding, and attractive thus.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Rodwell and Martin, London
Date published: 1819
Description: Fine. Two volumes. Quarto. 8.125 x 11 in. 587, [10]; vii, 537, [5] pp. Illustrated with one map fold out in Vol.1 and 67 copper engravings and 48 wood engravings across both volumes; volume two expects the copper engraving of "Corinth" on p.189 however it is replaced by "Theatre at Megalopolis, " which, as expected is also on p. 375 where it is supposed to be, therefore this volume has a duplicate engraving and lacks one image, otherwise complete. Beautifully rebound in brown quarter-calf over ... Read More
Edition: First American Edition, First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: St. Martin's Press, New York
Date published: 1998
Description: Fine in fine jacket. Octavo. 6.25 x 9.5 inches. xvi + 189 pp. Colorful endpaper maps and four color plates. Mild spotting to top edges otherwise as new in original cloth-backed boards and pictorial dust jacket. Signed by Martin Gardner on the title page. Read More
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
Date published: 1927
Description: Near fine. Octavo. 5.25 x 7.75 in. 119 pp. Near fine in original decorated red cloth, illustrated Borzoi endpapers, light foxing to fore-and bottom edge, with slight bump at foot of spine. D. Hiden Ramsey's distinctive arts & crafts bookplate to pastedown. Binding tight and unmarked. Lacking dust jacket. Inscribed by Bjorkman on the half-title page in year of publication: "For / D. Hiden Ramsey, / best of bosses, / best of friends. / Edwin Bjorkman. / 8.19.1927." Recipient Darley Hiden Ramsey ... Read More
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Aperture, (Millerton)
Date published: 1976
Description: Fine. Quarto. 9.75 x 11.75 inches. 182 pp. Illustrated throughout with fine black and white reproductions of Strand's photographs. Near fine in the publisher's black cloth, with a touch of foxing to the rear free endpaper. In the publisher's slipcase, with a small blemish; about fine. Limited edition. Number 185 of 350 copies accompanied by a hand-pulled dust grained gravure. Fisherman, Gaspe, 1936. The gravure is nicely framed, matted and glazed. Scarce in the limited issue. Read More
Edition: First Edition, Thus
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Folio Society, London
Date published: 2011
Description: Fine. Octavo. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. xiv + 221 pp. Illustrated by Martin O'Neill with reproductions in color. Fine in original colorful pictorial boards and near fine slipcase with a very slight bump. "The brain is the most incredible thing in the universe."-Oliver Sacks. Read More
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: D. Heartt, Philadelphia
Date published: 1818
Description: Near fine. Thick octavo. 4.5 x 7.5 in. viii, 312, 254, 10 +[4] pp. Near fine in polished calf over marbled boards, rubbing to board extremities and slight wear line on leather spine where two volumes meet in text. Overall text is tight, free of marks and binding square. At the time of publication, Nuttall was a fellow at the American Philosophical Society and of the Academy of Natural Sciences (Philadelphia). The preface politely asks understanding for the omittance of the lower orders of ... Read More