Published by Four Walls Eight Windows (1996), NY, London, 1996
First Edition
Hardcover. illust with in text drawings (illustrator). 1st Edition. "VERY FINE" book, FINE DJ(in Brodart). DJ upper tips with 0.1" wear chips. Otherwise book & DJ PRISTINE. 7"x5", 147pp.
Hardcover. BOMC. VG book, VG+DJ, 8vo, (xvii),393pp. DJ immaculate, light edgewear. BOOK OF THE MONTH CLUB. Very Good book, Very Good+ DJ(in Brodart).
Hardcover. With 57 of 60 illus. (illustrator). 1st edition. FAIR book. MISSING a few pages & plates. Badly worn. Contents fairly clean & stain free. 8vo, xiv,371pp. Fair book. MISSING pp 227-230, 235-238 & plates 5, 31 & 32.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good book, Very Good D/J. 1st edition. VG book, VG D/J(in Brodart). FINE BUT small scrap marks on spine. DJ very clean, corners worn. 8vo, xiii,363pp.
Hardcover. Condition: GOOD book, no DJ. (8) tissue guarded engraving (illustrator). 1st edition. GOOD book, no D/J. TEG. Covera bit shabby from minor flaws. Pastedowns & eps w few flaws, otherwise contents strictly FINE.
Hardcover. Fold out map. (illustrator). REPRINT. NEAR FINE book, no DJ (as Issued). Inked owner's note. Covers with few ligfht stains. FINE book. A Lakeside Classics issue.
Hardcover. Frontis (illustrator). REPRINT. FINE book, no DJ (as Issued). Neatly inked gift note. FINE book. A Lakeside Classics issue.
Hardcover. Many plates & in text illus. (illustrator). REPRINT. FINE book, no DJ (as Issued). "MINT", but: Christmas 1964" inked inside. FINE book. A Lakeside Classics issue.
Hardcover. Few in text illus. (illustrator). REPRINT. FINE book, no DJ (as Issued). "MINT", but: Christmas note inked inside. FINE book. A Lakeside Classics issue.
Published by Lakeside Press, Chicago, 1955
Hardcover. dozen or so plates. (illustrator). REPRINT. FINE book, no DJ (as Issued). FINE book. A Lakeside Classics issue.
Hardcover. 1st edition. VG book. 12mo, 278pp. Bound by Wheeler & Turner. 5 raised ribs. Panels gilt ruled & outlined, floral spray in center. Worn but still decent. Bkplt with another owner's stamp over bkplt. Inked name. Erased words on half tp. Binding is tight, contents are FINE. VG book. 3/4 morocco. Marbled boards & eps. TEG. SIGNED binding.
Published by John Murray (1929), London, 1929
First Edition
Hardcover. profuse illus, fold out map (illustrator). 1st edition. VG book, GOOD DJ. 8vo, xi,299pp. Bright, tight, book. NEAR FINE inside. Very Good book, GOOD DJ(in Brodart). DJ tattered but whole.
Hardcover. 1st ltd ed. GOOD book no DJ. 8vo 184pp.Blue green paper covered boards, tan paper backstrip. Worn edges & extrems, 1/8" hole in upper board. GOOD book, no DJ. Limited ed, 179 of 500. FINE inside. 8vo,184pp.
Hardcover. 1st Am ed. VG book. 8vo, iv,74pp. Illustrated by Hennessy & engraved by Linton. Full page plate or in text illus on every 2nd page. Board centers identically decorated with "Lady Geraldine" inside shield. Boards edges with multiple ruling in lines, geometric & floral design, all in gilt. Spine with same two words intertwined with elaborate floral design. Tips with minor wear. 1/2" of both spine ends worn. Neated inked gift note dated 1869 on 2nd blank, otherwise all inside "AS NEW". Very Good book. AEG. Bright orig brown cloth over bevelled board.
Published by Smithsonian, Washington, 1929
First Edition
Hardcover. profusely illustrated. (illustrator). 1st edition. FINE book. C.T. Currelly personal copy, (initialled by him) ROM (Royal Ont Museum) founder (1914) & long time (til 1946) head. Green cloth. Boards edge ruled in blind. Gilt lettered spine. Book stays closed when stood on spine. Flawless text, illustrations and fold out villge map. Book was first owned by founder & head of Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) Charles Trick Currelly (1876 - 1957). He was an interesting man. After getting his Masters he met Flinders Petrie in 1902, who offered him a job. This lasted five years, in which time he discovered the cenotoph & tomb of Ahmose. He helped found ROM in 1914 & stayed with it to 1946. Below his initials Kenneth E. Kidd has written "KE Kidd". Kidd (1906-1994) was ROM curator of Ethnology from 1935 to 1981. Seems likely Currelly was book's first owner, then Kidd. FINE book. 1st ed. Kenneth E.Kidd, ROM Ethnology curator, SIGNS.
Published by Crosby & Nichols (1847), Boston, 1847
First Edition
Softcover. 1st edition. FINE wraps. FLAWLESS but for: spine heel with two 1/4" closed tears & front cover upper corner folded. 7.5"x5", 70,3pp. Intro states this was the third, being precccded by just two. It was a yearly publication, under various titles, till the Unitarians & Universalists merged in the 1960s. An immaculate book. The text block is AS NEW. Leaves as white as new. Tight, no loose pages. Blank pages interleave pages 6-17. FINE wraps. 1846 was the 1st year for which this was published.
Hardcover. 1st edition. FINE book, GOOD DJ(in Brodart). Nicely inscribed & SIGNED on fep dated 1961. DJ price 21s net. DJ front with 3" chip. FINE book, GOOD DJ. 12 full page color plates, 30+ b/w.
Hardcover. 1st thus. MINT book. Still in publishers shrink wrap. TEG. Flawless extrems. Gilt lettered brown cloth with gilt logo on front cover NEW book in original shrink wrap. All corners square as new.
Hardcover. Early edition. NEAR FINE book, no DJ. Black cloth with paper spine & front cover labels. Tight. ZERO aging, foxing, marginalia, etc. Four very minor flaws. (1) Spine label browned a bit. (2) Faint glue browning spots inside cover. (3) Newspaper photo of Brooke's grave glued to lower inside cover. (4) A very nice book. All three text block edges spotless. NEAR FINE book, no DJ. Top edge green tinted. 8vo, 168pp.
Hardcover. 1st edition"1". GOOD-VG book, no DJ. FINE text. Tight, book stays closed when stood on its spine. Cover extrems scuffed. Cover gilt faded. GOOD-Very Good book, no DJ. Bookplate. Hinge papers browned.
Hardcover. Profusely illustrated. (illustrator). Early or 1st. GOOD book, no DJ. A slip with Davis' full inked signature glued to 2nd ep. Dozens of illustrations, some being full page plates. Cover lightly worn, gilt lettering faded a bit. Spine cocked. Rear inner hinge paper cracked, hinge still sound. BOOD book, no DJ. Somewhat shabby cover. Tight. NEAR FINE inside.
Published by Cassell, Petter & Galpin [1871], London & NY, 1871
Hardcover. FAIR book. 8vo, xvi,260pp. List of illustrations almost 4 pages long. Spine badly worn, cocked. Tips w only minor wear. FAIR book, VG text. Red brown cloth with gilt lettering.