Adaptation and Origin in the Plant World. I. Factors and Functions in Coastal Dunes (Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 521)
Washington, DC: Carnegie Institution, 1939. Softcover. Off white wraps. 107 pp. 5 bw plates. More
Washington, DC: Carnegie Institution, 1939. Softcover. Off white wraps. 107 pp. 5 bw plates. More
St. Louis: J.H. Chambers & Co., 1883. Hardcover. Brown baords with gilt illustration and spine lettering. xix, 227 pp. BW illustration. Includes bibliographical references. More
Madrid: Turner, 2015. Hardcover. Black boards, color-photographic dust jacket with black and white lettering. 80 pp. Color illustrations. Text in Spanish. "Compilation of love stories that interweave the daily life of the Santa MarÃa La Ribera neighborhood pets, told by their neighbors. The book exhibits the images of 59 pets..... More
New York: American Sports Publishing Company, 1920. Softcover. Blue and white printed card covers. 5pp. ads for other books, frontis portrait of the author, title-page, 58, 4 pp. followed by 5 pp. ads for bats and things. In addition to the book, there is laid-in a small 4pp. (folded sheet)..... More
England: Oxford University Press, 1995. Hardbound. Purple cloth. Focusing on a historical time and place rich with implications for the interactions among law, religion, and sexual morality, Authority and Sexuality in Early Modern Burgundy is an incisive analysis of the tension between the prescriptive and the practical aspects of law..... More
The Ephemera Society of America, 1994. Hardcover. Black cloth, pictorial DJ. 224 pp. Profuse bw and color plates. History of awards given to students by teachers. Illustrations of folk art, calligraphy, 19th century printing through 20th century computer graphics. A wonderful read and profusely illustrated. More
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1845. Hardcover. Full brown leather boards with gilt decoration and lettering, 5 raised bands on spine and gilt fish and lures on spine. x, 192 pp. 32 unnumbered pages of leaves. BW illustrations. Illustrations by Beckwith and Topham. More
London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1927. Hardcover. blue cloth boards w/ black printing. 144 pgs w/ bw illustrations. tan illustrated dustjacket w/ black printing. Illustraions by Harry Howard and Alec Balch. More
New York: John Wilson and Daniel Hitt, for the Methodist Connection in the United States, 1810. Hardcover. Brown leather boards with suede reinforcement on the spine; 236 pp. This is an academic dissertation on the subject of sin. More
London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1907. Hardcover. Green and decorated cloth, 99 pp., 20 BW illus. Follows the history of the Chrysanthemum from China to England, and then devotes plenty of time to raising various varieties of this popular flower. More
Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 1992. Softcover. Red, oblong wraps with bw illus. and white lettering on spine. 123 pp. with bw illus. throughout. "Gathered from 21 nations, a compendium of 110 political cartoons by 61 of the world's best graphic satirists, including six Pulitzer Prize winners." More
Albany, New York: D. & S. Whiting, 1803. Softcover. Brown leather over boards; Gilt titling at spine; 280 pp.; 13 bw pull-out plates. The main author, Forsyth, was gardener to His Majesty at Kensington and St. James's in London; William Cobbett added notes adapting Forsyth's suggestions to the climate of..... More
New York: American Sports Publishing Company, 1920. Softcover. Color printed card covers. 3pp. ads for other books, frontis diagrams, title-page, 109, 8 pp. followed by 4 pp. ads for bats and things. In addition to the book, there is laid-in a small 4pp. (folded sheet) pamphlet listing titles from Spalding's..... More
Aberdeen: G. Clark, 1848. Hardcover. Plain beige protective box with mounted title card and pink closure ties; brown boards with gilt lettering; 310 pp. Translated from the French. More
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1979. Signed Limited Edition. Leather bound. Midnight blue leather/boards; gilt decoration to covers and spine. Gilt lettering and 3 raised bands on spine. All edges gilt. Silk moire end papers with matching satin place-holder ribbon. No dust jacket, as issued. 489 pp. with no..... More
Washington, DC: Carnegie Institution, 1948. Softcover. Off white wraps. 565 pp + BW plates. More
Washington, DC: Carnegie Institution, 1938. Softcover. Bluish wraps. 239 pp. BW figures. More
Washington, DC: Carnegie Institution, 1937. Softcover. Bluish wraps. 232 pp. BW figures. More
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1983. Leather bound. Decorative crimson leather. Three raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. All edges gilt. Silk moire end papers with matching satin place-holder ribbon. 191 pp. with woodcuts by Charles Turzak. Edited by John Bigelow. From the series, The 100 Greatest Masterpieces..... More
[Philadelphia]: [Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania], 1974. Hardcover. Dark blue boards with gilt lettering, 36pp, profusely illustrated in color. Souvenir pamphlet bound in boards, with a brief history of the Temple, and a paragraph accompanying each photo of the inside. More
Leipzig und Wein: Hugo Heller & Cie. 1913. Paperback. Printed paper glued wraps. 149 pp. The first publication of these four essays in book form. Previously they had appeared in the publication IMAGO. Vorwort dated Rome, September 1913. Scarce. More
Wiesbaden: Jos. Scholz Verlag. Color illustrated paper-coveredboards with cloth spine. Round corners, thick pages all illustrated. Contains the fairy tales: Hansel and Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty. In German. More
no place noted: Self-published, 1912. Hardcover. Grayish ill. cloth. viii, 175 pp. Profuse bw plates. More
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1978. Signed Limited Edition. Leather bound. Teal leather/boards; elaborate gilt decoration on covers and spine. Gilt lettering and 3 raised bands on spine. All edges gilt; moire end papers with matching place-holder ribbon. No dust jacket; as issued. 384 pp. with no illustrations. Included..... More
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1983. Leather bound. Red clay leather/boards; gilt decoration all around. Four raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. All edges gilt. Silk moire end papers with matching satin place-holder ribbon sewn in. No dust jacket, as issued. 341, [5] pp. with illustrations by Milt..... More