Another Asia: Rabindranath Tagore & Okakura Tenshin
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. xxiv, 236 pp. Illustrated with a suite of black & white reproductions of photographs. More
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Letters Historical and Critical, from a Gentleman in Constantinople to his Friend in London; Giving an Account of the Largeness and Extent of that City; its Palaces, Mosques, and the Musselmen; their Priests, how they go up to the Balconies, of the Steeples of their Mosques, and cry and invite the People to come to Prayers, and what they say; the Seraglio, Hippodrome, Bussara, Serpentine Column, Obelisques, and other curious Monuments of Antiquity
London: Printed for George Spavan, 1735. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 4.625 x 7.125 inches. [2 blanks], 86, [2 blanks] pp. A British account of 18th-century Constantinople by an anonymous author, "a gentleman" from the retinue of George Hay, the 8th Earl of Kinnoul, British ambassador to Constantinople, 1729-1737. Very scarce..... More
A Visit to Le Puy-en-Velay: An Illustrated Diary
Cleveland, OH: The Rowfant Club, 1986. Second Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 6.25 x 9.5 in. xx, 40 pp. Occasionally illustrated in color and black & white with reproductions of artworks and photographs. Limited edition, this edition un-numbered of 600 copies. More
Gunpowder & Galleys: Changing Technology & Mediterranean Warfare at Sea in the 16th Century
London: Conway Maritime Press, 2003. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 6.5 x 9.5 in. 352 pp. Occasionally illustrated in black & white and with a suite of reproductions of photographs. More
Secrets from the Sand: My Search for Egypt's Past
(New York): Harry N. Abrams, (2003). First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Quarto. 8.25 x 10.25 in. 269 + [1] pp. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of color photographs. Inscribed by author Zahi Hawass on title page in year of publication. More
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Mein Kampf [Collector's Edition]
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, (1994). First Easton Press Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 6.25 x 9.5 in. xii, 484 pp. Easton Press Collector's Edition, with a special introduction by John Heineman. More
The Shorter Pepys
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. 6.25 x 9.5 in. l, 1096 pp. Illustrated with multiple suites of black & white reproductions of artworks. The selection in this volume is taken from "The Diary of Samuel Pepys, a new and complete transcription" edited by..... More
Marx and Engels on the United States
Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1979. First Thus. Hardcover. Small octavo. 5.25 x 8.25 in. 391 pp. Occasionally illustrated in black & white with four fold-out facsimile newspaper articles and two portrait frontispieces. More
The Good People: New Fairylore Essays
New York: Garland Publishing, 1991. First Thus. Hardcover. Octavo. 5.75 x 8.75 in. xiv, 519, [3 blank] pp. Illustrated with several black & white reproductions, including photographic frontispiece. Containing essays on Regional Fairylore, Fairy Belief and Religion, Physical Disorders, The Social Functions of Fairylore, Fairylore and Popular Culture, and Semantics..... More
Painted Histories: Early Maori Figurative Painting
Auckland, New Zealand: Auckland University Press, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 7.5 x 11.75 in. xii, 330 pp. Illustrated with 175 black & white reproductions of artworks and photographs, finely detailed. Neich archives in theory and practise the figurative paintings of more than eighty meeting houses across New Zealand (especially..... More
Les Arts Plastiques du Congo Belge
Bruxelles, Belgium: Editions Erasme, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 7.5 x 10.75 in. 161 pp. Fully illustrated with black & white reproductions of photographs and illustrations by J. Van Noten (a few fold-out images), including 44 plates at rear. Text in French. Fascinating text includes chapters on sources of inspiration..... More
Yoga, Bhoga and Ardhanariswara: Individuality, Wellbeing and Gender in Tantra
New Delhi: Routledge, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 5.75 x 9 in. xv, 242 pp. More
The Dawn of Slavic: An Introduction to Slavic Philology
New Haven: Yale University Press, (1995). First Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. 7.25 x 10.25 in. xviii, [2], 346, [2] pp. Illustrated with three black & white maps. More
Days of the Russian Revolution: Memoirs from the Right 1905-1917
(Gulf Breeze, FL): Academic International Press, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 5.75 x 8.75 in. xx, 251 pp. Translated from the Russian by Bruce F. Adams. Occasionally illustrated in black & white. The Russian Series, Volume 38. More
Burma Road
Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 6.5 x 9.5 in. 333 pp. Fully illustrated with black & white reproductions of photographs by the author. More
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Visible Spirits: No es Nada Como Parece. [Nothing is Ever as It Seems]; Photographs of Mexico
Frankfort, KY: Gnomon Press, 2006. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Large square quarto. Unpaginated. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Limited issue, numbered 14 of 50 numbered copies. Signed by David Spear on colophon. Includes a signed numbered print "Juana Paloma, 1998." Scarce. More
Myth and Religion of the North: The Religion of Ancient Scandinavia
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 6.25 x 9.5 in. ix, 340 pp. Illustrated with a suite of 49 black & white photographs of "The Northern Landscape." The 1964 first printing is scarce. This title remains a comprehensive account of the pagain religion of the..... More
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A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea [Two Volumes]
New York: Octagon Books, 1976. First Octagon Edition. Hardcover. Octavos. 6.25 x 9.25 in. xii, 556; [viii], 553, [5 blanks] pp. More
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