Search Results: Essays & Letters from Optical Insights

Los Angeles, CA: Southern California Historical Records Survey. 1942. Softcover. VG, minor edge wear only, small sticker lower front (dup) ; Catalog of 245 letters with Bibliography, index, etc. ; Softcover; 4to; No DJ .

Los Angeles, CA: Augustan Reprint Society. F/NONE. 1952. Fine; Critical Essay (No. 33) is reprint of introduction to Gally's translation of The Moral Characters, included is a facsimile reprint of the translation; Facs. Reprint; Stapled booklet; 8vo; 100 p.; No DJ .

Los Angeles, CA: Augustan Reprint Society. 1952. Stapled Booklet. Fine; Pub. No. 35. Introduction by Frederick A. Pottle. Facsimile reproduction of the 1763 manuscript; Facs. Reprint; Stapled booklet; 8vo; No DJ .

San Diego, CA: Copley Newspapers. VG+/No dust jacket As Issued. 1988. First Edition. Stapled wraps. VG+, no names or markings. No DJ, as issued. ; Freedman wrote an opinion column for the San Diego Union Tribune for a number of years. This is a collection of some of those columns. ; 8vo; 55 p. .

Mount Vernon, NY: Peter Pauper Press. F/NONE. (c1960). Reprint. Hardcover. Fine; Reprinted from the Deluxe Artists' Editions of the Peter Pauper Press ; 8vo .

London, England: Henry G. Bohn,. G+/NONE. 1858. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Good+, corners bumped. No names or markings. ; Consists of extracts of Foster's writings for the "Eclectic Review". Includes topics such as Holland and the Rhine, Sacred Books of the Hindoos, Propagation of Christianity in India, Cruelty to Animals, On the Qualifications of a Traveller, Superstition and its Effects, etc. Dark green embossed cloth, gilt lettering to spine. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 560 p. .

New York, NY: Harper and Bros. G/NONE. 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Good, front hinge starting, slightly cracked, still well attached. Gift inscription to ffep. Light edge wear. ; Photo frontis of the author. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 450 p. .

London, England: Cape. VG/VG+. 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. VG, bookplate front pastedown, news article tipped in rear pastedown with handwritten commentary by prior owner (identified through bookplate) noting that the subject of the news article was mentioned in a footnote in the book as an important minister of Iraq until his assassination. ; First edition, first state of the printing. O'Brien A202. Uncommon in the DJ. The DJ shows a price of 25s. ; 8vo; 896 p. .

Santa Fe, NM: Rydal Press. VG+/NONE. 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. VG+, prior owner name and gift inscription to front free endpaper. In Good slipcase with minor edge wear, circular rings to one board of slipcase, light soil to the other. Slipcase is a very tight fit for the book. Small closed tear to half title page. Spine cloth lighlly faded. ; Nice production by the Rydal Press. Author was the 17th Governor of the New Mexico Territory and had served as Second Secretary of the United States in St. Petersburg from 1898 to 1901. The Ambassador to Russia during that period was Charlemagne Tower, who also, later served as Ambassador to Germany. Prior owner of the book was Charlemagne Tower IV, whose name appears on the ffep. The gift note reads: To Peter Tower / From Aunt Marjorie. Tower IV, was an automobile racer who was also know as Peter. Nice copy with an interesting provenance. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 191 p. .

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. NF/NF. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 0520036689 . NF in a NF DJ; Inscribed by an Associate Editor (Richard Bucci) to Helen K. Copley thanking her for the support of the James S. Copley library, dated Feb 1, 1989. Bookplate of Helen K. Copley affixed to front pastedown. ; Mark Twain Papers; 9.27 X 6.40 X 1.75 inches; 664 p.; Signed by Editor .

Peking, China: Foreign Languages Press. 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. NF in a VG+ DJ, small inked price rear panel of DJ; First; Cloth backed boards; 8vo; 123 p.; DJ .

Cambridge, MA: The Riverside Press. 1901. Hardcover. Good, spine cloth worn and rubbed; Number 249 of 500 numbered copies. Designed by Bruce Rogers; Ltd to 500 Copies; Cloth backed boards; 8vo; 210 p.; No DJ .

Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Press. 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. 0873581571 . Fine in a fine DJ; Ffep has sticker indicating book was donated by Northland Press. Lovely copy of this important work. Inc. Bibliography of Powell's works. ; Stated First; Grey cloth; 8vo; DJ .