Reference from Zephyr Books

New York.: George Sully., 1917. Publisher’s burgundy cloth, gilt spine title, top edge gilt.. Very good, tight and unmarked.. 21.5x14 cm.. An uncommon edition of this popular reference. Heavy book, may require extra shipping. weight: 3.3 lb.

Englewood Cliffs, NJ.: Prentice-Hall., 1970. 7th printing.. Turquoise cloth. gilt spine title. . Very good, small light dampstain to back cover and spine, in a good plus dust jacket with some chipping to the edges, . 25.5x17.8 cm.. Inscribed and signed by the editor on the front endpaper. weight: 2.3 lb.

Boston.: James Osgood., 1872. 1st Edition.. Publisher’s green cloth over beveled boards, gilt titles.. Good condition with edge wear to spine ends and lower edge. Lower page ends are damp stained, and the stain does not permeate to the interior of the pages. Slight wrinkling to front endpapers. The gathering containing pages 355-368 is separated from the other gatherings,… Read more about this item

London.: T. Cadell and W. Davies., 1812. 8th edition.. Contemporary quarter brown leather over mottled boards.. Fair, corner worn and rounded, lacks the free endpapers and the half-title, title page torn, last page torn and lacking the upper half, moderate toning ans scattered foxing, a little marginal worming, old ink notes to preliminaries.. 8vo., 21x13 cm.. weight: 2.2… Read more about this item

New York.: Van Nostrand Reinhold., 1993. 1st Edition.. Orange printed boards. . Near fine, no dust jacket as issued.. 28.5x21.5 cm.. Heavy book, will require extra shipping. weight: 6.9 lb.

Philadelphia.: The John C. Winston Company., 1923. Green cloth, black and orange decorations, gilt titles.. Very good, previous owner’s pencil name to ffep, no dust jacket.. 24x18 cm.. An informative collection of descriptions of early 20th century technology and industry. Heavy book, may require extra shipping: weight: 3.2 lb. Color frontis, 700 illustrations in text.

Leige.: F.J. Desoer., 1767. Contemporary full mottled leather, raise bands, spine in 6 compartments with gilt decorations and titles on leather labels. . Very good, moderate wear to covers, contents clean and tight.. 8vo., 17.7x11 cm. . French text. An uncommon little encyclopedia of general knowledge. weight: 1.7 lb. One folding plate illustrating surveying methods.

Paris.: J.J. Dubuchet, Lechavalier., 1848-1850. Contemporary black cloth, blind ruled borders, gilt titles. . Good, moderate wear and soiling to covers, some damp damage to spine of volume 2, contents very good.. 8vo., 26x16.5 cm. . French text. An encyclopedic collection of articles on varied subject matter with index. Heavy set, will require extra shipping. weight: 6.4… Read more about this item

Commercy. : Henry Thomas & Compagnie. , 1741. Contemporary quarter vellum over plain boards. . Good plus, moderate wear to covers, light scattered foxing, a little marginal dampstaining to a few pages.. folio., 44x 25.5 cm. . French text. Second volume only of the supplement, covering M-Z. Heavy book, will require extra shipping: weight: 5.6 lb. Title… Read more about this item

New York. : Facts on File. , 1986. 1st Edition.. Quarter maroon cloth over tan boards, white spine title. . Very good in a very very good dust jacket with a small piece missing at the top edge.. 23.5x15.5 cm. . Inscribed on the ffep “Miss Kitty, May you always have the last word! Walter Matthau” and dated… Read more about this item

Chicago. : A. N. Marquis. , 1920. Red cloth, gilt titles, red speckled edges. . Very good, covers lightly soiled, ink name to pastedown.. 19.5x14.5 cm. . Heavy book, may require extra shipping. weight: 3.6 lb.

Paris, Lyon.: Perisse Freres., 1839. Contemporary full mottled calf, gilt spine decorations, gilt ruled borders, marbled edges. . Very good, pages lightly rippled.. 8vo., 22x13 cm. . French text. weight: 1.2 lb.

Budapest.: Druck Von Sam, Markus. , 1887. Publisher’s brown cloth, embossed borders on cover, gilt title and spine decorations, all edges gilt.. Good plus, outer hinges starting, page margins lightly toned, otherwise very good.. 4to., 29x21 cm. . German text. Scarce reference work with charts and tables for reconciling dates from the various calendar systems. Heavy book, weight:… Read more about this item

New York.: Readex Microprint Corporation. , 1969. Compact facsimile reprint of the 1762 edition, volumes 18 to 28.. Quarter brown leather over green buckram, red spine label with gilt title. . Very good, slight pull and discoloration to spine head. . 40x25.5 cm. . Text and plates reduced in size to fit four to a leaf. Heavy book,… Read more about this item

Paris.: Le Normant. , 1813. 8th edition. . Contemporary half calf over plain boards, leather spine label, gilt spine title. . About very good, scattered foxing, light shelfwear, covers lightly soiled. . 8vo., 22.8x14.5 cm. .

Chicago.: F.E. Compton and Company., 1909. Half brown leather with brown boards, marbled end papers and edges.. Very good.. 4to.. Heavy set, requires extra postage.

Philadelphia. : The Howard-Severance Co., 1902. Half brown leather on brown boards, marbled edges and marbled end papers.. Very good; scuffed and bumped corners, pages beginning to yellow.. 4to.. Heavy set, requires extra postage.