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Washington, D.C.: G.P.O., 1962. 10 volumes, 4to, original beige printed wrappers; a few filing rubberstamps, but in all a near fine and complete set of the Army's bibliographic survey made art the request of the Office of the Chief of Research and Development on the space programs of the USSR, the U.S., the U.K., and France covering the period 1957 to 1962, from pre-Sputnik to John Glenn. Several illustrations, mostly folding. In a new blue cloth clamshell box, red morocco label on spine.

N.p.: [publisher not identified], 1850. First edition, 8vo, pp. 20; removed from binding, wanting wrappers; very good. "Among the people of this country - on the floor of Congress, and to some extent in the Navy itself, there is a prevailing sentiment that our naval organization does not come up to the state of the times, to the progress of the age, or to the requirements of the country; does not, for its millions of expenditure, return a fair equivalent of practical efficiency, or even of honorable reputation" (p. 3). Sabin 93477.

London: J. M. Richardson, 1823. First edition in English, 8vo, pp. [4], 475, [1]; recent half tan calf over marbled boards, gilt-lettered direct on gilt-paneled spine; fore-edge of first two leaves very slightly chipped; all else near fine and sound. This is the first volume in the proposed series of English translations of select Persian classics, "chiefly intended for the use of the students at their colleges." Wikipedia notes that Abū-Muhammad Muslih al-Dīn bin Abdallāh Shīrāzī, better known by his pen-name Saadi, also known as Saadi of Shiraz, was a major Persian poet and literary figure of the medieval period. He is recognized for the quality of his writings and for the depth of his social and moral thoughts. Saadi is widely recognized as one of the greatest poets of the classical literary tradition, earning him the nickname "Master of Speech" or "The Master" among Persian scholars. The Gulistan, containing stories and personal anecdotes, was completed in 1258. It is "interspersed with a… Read More

West Branch, Iowa: The Toothpaste Press, 1983. Edition limited to 1,200 copies, 9½" x 6", pp. [116]; fine copy, perfect-bound in light purple printed wrappers; handset by David Duer and Mackenzie-Harris, designed and printed by Allan Kornblum.

West Branch, Iowa: The Toothpaste Press, 1983. Edition limited to 1200 copies, this one of 200 bound in cloth, 9½" x 6½", pp. [116]; fine copy, silver spine lettering. Handset by David Duer and Mackenzie-Harris, designed and printed by Allan Kornblum.

London: Rapp & Carroll, 1967. First edition thus and first edition in English, 8vo, pp. 47, [1]; fine copy in original blue cloth, dust jacket a little ribbed at the extremities. Saarikoski (1937-1983) was a prominent Finnish poet and translator. The Finnish Wikipedia notes: "As a person, even before the term became familiar, Saarikoski was a 'celebrity' whose activities were followed and who liked to tell the newspapers about his affairs. Both his person and his production were affected by heavy alcohol consumption. This led to a delirium attack and hospitalization as early as 1968 ... Still, he did not change his drinking habits and continued on his chosen path until his death. In addition, his last wife says that Saarikoski smoked about three packs of North State on his best days, and was almost constantly in a state of at least a couple of glasses (in the 1960s, Saarikoski himself says in his diary that he ruined his lungs and condition with two daily packets and at least one or two bottles of… Read More

Paris: Librairie Plon, 1952. 8vo, pp. iii, 466; photographic portrait frontispiece, photographic plates, 2 folding maps in back; later full native red leather (soiled), 2 black gilt-lettered spine labels, red marbled endpapers, original wrappers bound in ; minor edge wear, front wrapper stained, tears along edges of upper wrapper, the largest measuring approx. 2 inches, not affecing text; pages uniformly toned, else interior mostly fine.

Paris: Librairie Plon, 1952. 8vo, pp. 466, [1]; photographic portrait frontispiece, photographic plates, 2 folding maps at rear; extremities a bit soiled, upper spine chipped, else very good in original pictorial wrappers.

Paris: Librairie Plon, 1952. 8vo, pp. iii, 466; photographic portrait frontispiece, photographic plates, 2 folding maps in back; original wrappers in yellow and grey pictorial dust jacket, upper jacket cover a bit damaged from tape removal (?), edges and corners shelf worn, minor tape repair to spine head, red pencil "15" written on upper cover; interior unopened, fine.

Boston: Charles W. Sabin [the Collins Press], 1890. 8vo, pp. 52; original printed salmon wrappers, printed on salmon paper throughout, extensively illustrated; wrappers slightly spotted but in all, very good. Front wrapper reads: "Charles W. Sabin, Boston Mass." Not found in OCLC. Romaine, p. 209 dates a similar catalogue at 1890.

Philadelphia & London: J. B. Lippincott, 1920. Second impression, 8vo, pp. 316, [1]; 5 plates (including the color frontispiece) and 2 maps; near fine copy in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket.

London: for sale by Frank T. Sanin, 1952. 2 vols., small 8vo, pp. [4], 18, plus 21 plates; 11, [1] plus 12 plates; near fine in original pictorial wrappers.

Ann Arbor & New York: University Microfilms by the Argonaut Press, 1966. 8vo, pp. [2], [vii]-cl; fine in original terracotta cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Reprint of the original edition of 1877. Bookplate of Jacob Chernofsky. An alphabetical catalogue of the most important works descriptive of the literature of great Britain and America, and more than a few relative to France and Germany.

New York: Readex Microprint, 1963. 8vo, 29 volumes housed in red cloth box with white labels pasted to spine, miniprint text reproducing 100 leaves of the original per page. Minor signs of shelf wear to box, a very good copy of the microtext format of the basic reference for American books prior to 1875.

New York: J. E. Cooley, 1864. 8vo, pp. [5], 10-315, [1]; later black buckram gilt, original brown paper wrappers bound in; fine. From the notice: "The books described in this catalogue comprise, it is believed, the largest collection relating to the United States that has ever been offered for sale at auction on this continent."

London: John Murray, 1821. First edition, 4to, xii, 132pp., single engraved headpiece repeated 21 times, text in double column; original drab paper-covered boards, paper label on spine; near fine, and preserved in a fleece-lined clamshell box. "Weekly newspaper Nov. 1, 1819 - March 20, 1820, edited by Edward Sabine, with articles, etc., written by members of the Parry expedition, 1819-20, at their winter quarters, Winter Harbour, Melville Island, circulated there in manuscript and published after the expedition's return to London. Each issue contains verses, letters to the editor, reports on social activities in the camp, humorous articles, etc., usually signed with pseudonyms and all designed to promote good humour and amusement" (Arctic Bibliography). Arctic Bibliography 12547; Sabin 55714.

St. Louis: C.V. Mosby Company, 1931. First edition, 8vo, pp. 396; 224 illustrations, 10 in color, from photographs and drawings depicting the brain, tumors and removal surgery in graphic detail; additional translucent illustration tipped in overlaying the first color plate depicting the brain; original green cloth, gilt titles on spine; ex-US Penitentiary Hospital, Atlanta, GA with their stamp on front pastedown and page edges; a good copy with front hinge cracked, spine slightly cocked.

Leipzig: Verlag Philipp Reclam Jun, 1960. Later edition; 16mo, pp. 308; original drab printed wrappers, sunning along edges, small tears at spine hinges, pages uniformly toned, else a very good copy. Selected works of the Renaissance German meistersinger and shoemaker Hans Sachs (1494-1576). Edited by Karl Martin Schiller and with an afterword by Christa Gohrisch.

Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam, 1976. 16mo, pp. 79, [1]; original yellow printed wrappers (minor soiling), very good; previous owner's pencil notes in margins, pages uniformly toned. Universal-Bibliothek 7627. OCLC locates 2 copies in the United States, at Notre Dame and the Canton Public Library.

New Brunswick & London: Transaction Publishers, 2000. First edition, 8vo, pp. xx, 584; fine copy in a fine dust jacket.