Providence, RI: Sidney S. Rider, 1878. Limited Edition. Explores the libraries of noted Providence collectors, including John Carter Brown, John R. Bartlett, Joseph J. Cooke, Alexander Farnum, C. Fiske Harris, Royal C. Taft, and the author's own. Presentation inscrption by noted libararian and collector William Eaton Foster. Foster attended the.....
Price: $175.00
Mancelona, MI: Deep Wood Press, 2012. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Grey paper wraps, blue foil lettering, brown decorative element. 12mo. np. [26pp]. Numbered limited edition, this "out of edition"
Price: $45.00
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2008. First Edition. Essay by Marianne Wiggins, and afterword by photographer Jay Dusard. A collection of 148 images by Kendrick using historic tintype photographic process. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Black cloth boards, gilt lettering, brown endpages, frontispiece. 4to. 231pp. Illus. (b/w plates).
Price: $45.00
London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1725. Twelth Edition. Hardcover. Twelve engraved plates, ornamental head and tail pieces to each chapter, title page in red and black. A handsome copy. Light shelf/edge wear, first blank shows professional repair, light toning to text block, several dated ownership marks [see below], rebound, else.....
Price: $175.00
Bahia, Brazil: 2009. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. "Pathern is an attempt to make narrative out of one such ever-flowing river of randomness. Out in the bike path, the manholes I surveyed and portrayed in film do not form much of a coherent message, neither do they engage in rhythmic dialogues.....
Price: $350.00
Philadelphia, PA: Luminice Press, 2019. Deluxe Edition. Softcover in Box. "Africa's Children is a personal view about music, based on the rhythms of the drum, that evolved from the African diaspora. Blues, Jazz and Funk are American forms; the music of Cuba combines African and Spanish roots." [artist statement] Concept.....
Price: $800.00
Long Beach, CA: Safari Press Inc, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Sequel to James Mellon's "African Hunter." This large and richly illustrated work includes writings from noted hunters from Southern Africa, East Africa, Central Africa, North Africa and West Africas. A handsome copy. Small bump at top edge of front board.....
Price: $175.00
Augusta, ME: Maine State Museum Publications, 1997. Second Edition ["New and Enlarged Edition"]. Hardcover. A richly illustrated update to the 1973 classic on the subject. Minimal shelf/edge wear, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows sunning at spine, else bright and clean. Quarterbound, black cloth spine, yellow paper boards. 4to.....
Price: $45.00
Phoenix, AZ: Nitro Express Safaris, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. "If I miss and do not kill, I die. If I succeed, I live to hunt again." The author is a noted game hunter best known for shooting charging animals at close range. "Ever since I released what has become the most-watched.....
Price: $75.00
Harare, Zimbabwe: CBC Publishing, nd. [1996]. First Edition. Hardcover. Arguably the scarcest of Carr's works, particularly in 'Fine' condition. Minimal shelf/edge wear, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Brown cloth binding, gilt lettering, mounted color plate at front board, printed endpages. 8vo. 176pp. Illus. (color and b/w plates). Index.
Price: $65.00
Harrisburgh, PA: Stackpole Books, 1979. Limited Edition. Hardcover. "Limited facsimile edition, March 1979" as stated, reprint of the 1955 edition. Extensively covers insects of eastern trout waters especially Pennsylvania. A handsome copy. Hint of spotting at top and bottom of text blocks, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Original glassine DJ.....
Price: $75.00
Wageningen: Prota, 2008. First Edition. Original Wraps. "Plant Resources of Tropical Africa, known by its acronym PROTA, is an international programme concerned with making scientific information about utility plants accessible in Africa, supporting their sustainable use to reduce poverty." Minimal shelf/edge wear, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Printed wraps. 8vo.....
Price: $75.00
Agoura, CA: Trophy Room Books, 1995. Limited Edition. Hardcover. This volume "covers Ian Manning's life first as a professional game cropping ranger, then as a professional or white hunter, and later as a wildlife biologist. The good country which he traversed includes Zambia, Congo, and Botswana. Through a dazzling and.....
Price: $125.00
New York: Nick Lyons Books, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. "Throughout fly-fishing history, says the author in his introduction to this important book, caddisflies have been treated as if they were less important than mayflies. They have been the drab sisters, disparaged or ignored, in the literature. On the stream they.....
Price: $120.00
New York: Nick Lyons Books, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. "Throughout fly-fishing history, says the author in his introduction to this important book, caddisflies have been treated as if they were less important than mayflies. They have been the drab sisters, disparaged or ignored, in the literature. On the stream they.....
Price: $145.00
New York: Safari Club International/St Martin's Press, 1981-88. Limited Edition. Hardcover. "Peter Hathaway Capstick (1940–1996) was an American hunter and author. He was born in New Jersey and educated at the University of Virginia although he was not a graduate. Capstick walked away from a successful Wall Street career shortly.....
Price: $1,500.00
London: British Museum, [1925]. First Edition. Staplebound. Facsimile issue of remnant sections of the Book of the Dead papyri housed at the British Museum. Staplebound (left side) leaves with original pictorial printed cardstock covers. Some minor loose leaves in rear and rusty staples, bump to upper left corner, otherwise a......
Price: $50.00
Moscow, Russia (USSR): Novosti Press Agency Publishing House, [1962-1965]. First Edition. Staplebound Wraps. Russian propaganda booklets published in English on early overviews of the Russian space program, from the mid-1960's, that describe Soviet government run satellites of the time, in detail, particularly Kosmos and Vostok. Illustrated with vintage photographs and.....
Price: $75.00
Honolulu, Hawaii: Hawaii Tourist Bureau, [after 1942 before 1959]. Featuring an image of the Island of Oahu and traditional Hulu dancer on the cover, inside depicts a map of the island with mountainous regions, major roadways and text providing information useful to tourists. The pocket size brochure states above the.....
Price: $85.00
nd [circa 2013]. A brutal tale of revenge disguised as an innocent folksy recipe book. C.J. Grossman is a Berkeley-based book artist, teacher, & activist. Her work has been included in numerous exhibitions and library collections, including Women of the Book and Under The Wings of Artemis. "At first glance, C.J......
Price: $500.00
Berlin: Edition Bongoût, 2007. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. Text in German, with French translations. Reproductions of 20 lithographs. Minor shelf/edge wear, small crease at rear wrapper, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Glossy printed wraps, red thread bound. fo (approx. 9x12.5"). np [16pp]. Illus. (b/w plates). Numbered limited edition, this being 89.....
Price: $75.00
Toronto, Canada: 1984. First Edition. Original Wraps. Touches on, but is not limited to, Black Flag, Meat Puppets, William Burroughs, Vortex Records, Susan Dey, Flipside, straight boys, Dee Dee Ramone, Henry Rollins, sexism, punkers, newspaper clippings, Barbara Hammer, gay culture, Super 8, filmmaking, comics, detournment, porn, Fifth Column, Society's Nightmares.....
Price: $225.00
Florence, MA: Red Trillium Press, 2008. First Edition. Original Wraps. "Eduardo Hernández Santos made these photographs of homosexuals, transgenders, and crossdressers in the summer of 2005 at Havana, Cuba’s seafront wall. Taken together, the pictures in this book tell a remarkable story of human endurance and triumph. Hernández Santos presents his.....
Price: $45.00
Spruce Pine, NC: Melanie Mauro, 2017. Limited Edition. Hardcover. "(wagging his finger at her) explores women’s domestic roles in the late 19th century through the language of Henrik Ibsen’s play, A Doll’s House and pastel renderings of domestic objects. The language oscillates between a husband’s dialogue to his wife and her.....
Price: $275.00
Barcelona, Spain: Nowhereman Press, 2018. Limited Edition. Hardcover. "nfra mince is a term used by Marcel Duchamp to describe perceptions so tiny you can barely see, feel and repair. This book is divided in two parts, each of them contains two smaller books in with a sequence of photographs of.....
Price: $1,500.00