Search Results: Titles starting with N from Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio

Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur: Elf Aquitaine, 1989. 32 cm; 272 pages. Richly illustrated with photographs. Cloth in dust jacket. Fine. On the arts of Borneo. Photographs by Gilles Perret, Dicky Wp, Gerard Houlbreque. and Bernard Sellato. Text in English and Indonesian.

New York: Essential Books, 1945. First edition (smooth cloth issue), boldly signed in ink by Weegee under the printed dedication, "To You, the People of New York." . Cloth. Very Good. 24 cm; 246 pages. Smooth tan cloth, no dust jacket.. Effectively an unblemished copy, with some very light spotting in the joints. Corners clean, square and unworn. Spine ends not worn. Reference: Parr and Badger, 145. The groundbreaking photographer's first book, with its lurid tabloid-style images of Manhattan crime, crowds, and boisterous nightlife, marked the marriage of art and low life that rang through the second half of the 20th century. Weegee loved murder scenes and the paddy wagons, the cross-dressed and the distressed, partygoers and skid-rowers. His work with the New York Photo League (later censured during the McCarthy years) led him to carry his camera into the streets and exploit its photojournalistic possibilities. Examples of "Naked City" exist bound in "textured" cloth and in smooth… Read More

London: John Murray, 1865. First edition. Very Good. 22 cm; xiv, 608, 32 pages, panoramic folding wood-engraved frontispiece, title page vignette, 12 plates, numerous illustrations to the text, folding map with the route marked in red at the rear. Bound in recent half leather over marbled boards in period style. Contents clean.

London: John Murray. First edition. Quarto (28 cm); xxiv, [xxi]-xxiv, 320, clvii, [2] pages, 30 (of 31) engraved plates with tissue guards (LACKS PLATE #1), six folding engraved maps, one of them hand-colored, and extra engraved portrait of Franklin mounted in place of frontispiece facing title page. Bound in mid-20th-century half morocco over marbled boards in period style with leather title label on spine. Scratches on boards; scattered light to moderate foxing. Title page abraded in two spots with some loss of text. Condition noted, yet a sound and attractive volume. References: Arctic Bib. 5198; Sabin 26228; Lande 1182. Account of John Franklin's second attempt at the Northwest Passage, illustrated with dramatic engraved plates. A steel-engraved portrait of the explorer has been mounted in place of the missing frontispiece in this copy.

London: James Madden & Co., 1840. First English language edition. Very Good, lacking map as noted. Octavo (23 cm); cxxxvii, 413 pages. LACKS FOLDING MAP. In recent buckram titled on spine. Few spots in a generally clean, bright, sound copy. Reference: Arctic Bibliography 18994. account of a Russian exploring expedition sent out by the Admiralty to survey the continental Siberian coastline east of the Kolyma River and search for land in the seas north of Chukotka. Wrangell discusses Inuit life and over-ice adventures by dog-sled. These confirmed the existence of open sea at certain times, deep in the Arctic.

London: A. W. Webster, 1835. First edition. Very Good. Volume 1 only (of two). 33 cm; [8], xxiv, 740 [i.e., 742] pages, folding engraved map, hand-colored in outline, 5 engraved charts, 16 copper-engraved plates in black and white, 6 hand-colored lithographs, and 3 color-printed mezzotint plates of the polar night. Bound in original cloth and rebacked in 20th-century buckram with leather title-label laid down. Some ink migration of text through the paper, showing through behind plates. References: Arctic Bibliography 14866; Lande 1426; Sabin 73381. One of the fundamental volumes in the literature of polar exploration. Ross's second voyage is more significant from a historical perspective than his more famous first voyage. He pioneered the use of a shallow-draft paddle-wheel steamer that featured experimental technology, but which was largely unsuccessful. He charted fresh polar territory at Boothia that he named for his financial patron, Felix Booth. During a winter layover, Ross's nephew James… Read More

New York: The New York Historical Society, 1975. Fine. 24 cm; 386 pages, 6 leaves hors texte. Green cloth binding. But for a bit of dust on top edge, as new.

New York: The New York Botanical Garden, 1972; 1975. First editions. Very Good, Good.. Two separate volumes. 32cm; 293, 361 pages, illustrated with line drawings and color photographs by the author. Both volumes printed at Ipswich, England, by W. S. Cowell, Butter Market. Original cloth in dust jackets. Dust jackets a bit yellowed and text block edges speckled with dust. Otherwise apparently unread copies in very good condition!

Waltham: Chronica Botanica, 1950. First edition. Very Good. 399 pages, with line-drawing illustrations by Blanche Ames Ames and Gordon Winston Dillon. Sturdy blue cloth. About fine.

San Francisco: Robert A. Reid, 1915. Very Good. 24 x 32 cm; [31] leaves of plates, all color illustrations from photographs with facing text. Title page printed in red and black with tinted floral background. Text within floral borders. Bound in original laced wraps with mounted color illustration from a photograph of the exhibition grounds. Covers a bit uneven, torn along part of the upper joint and chipped along edges, but internally the album is fine.

London: Nature, 15 January 1927. Vol 119, number 2985. Good. pp 73-108. Unbound in self wraps. Old library stamp on flag and on first text page. A little dog-eared With articles on television, Darwinism, quantum theories, etc. Reviews Max Born's book on quantum theory, Probleme der Atomdynamik. Also articles by Arthur Keith, H.D. Smyth, P. Debye. Introductory editorial on the problem of television.

New Orleans: General Passenger Department, Southern Pacific Lines, [1917]. Good. 105 x 235 mm. 32 pages in stapled wraps embossed with a medallion portrait of Bienville and printed in bronze. Text pages with green tinted borders and green tinted overlay illustrations. Each page with black and white half-tone photo illustration and text. Railroad map of the United States on inside back panel. Sun marks on front panel of wraps. A little dusty, but unmarred.

New York: C. S. Hammond & Co., 1917-18. Five section map, each section 82 x 57 cm, each section divided into four folding parts mounted on linen backing. The five sections fit together to create a grand cartographic image 168 x 130 cm (51 x 66 inches). Scale 1:316,800 (five miles per inch). Stock toned along folds and edges, yet state of preservation is remarkably good. Sheets published weekly over a five-week period between December 1917 and January 1918, the map shows the state of the battle lines at the end of 1917, including railroads, boundaries, roads, principal wireless stations, waterways, canals, various fortifications, aircraft depots, and cities. Since the sections are mounted on linen, the news coverage on verso of the sheets is not visible.

Montreal: G.W. Clarke, n.d. (1900?). Boards. Good. 14 cm; 12 accordion-folded leaves, each leaf bearing two photo-printed reproductions of engraved views. Bound in red pebbled morocco stamped in gilt on upper board. Shaken in binding and worn, but sound and entire.

London and New York: Spon, 1903. Second edition. Good. 26 cm; xii, 35 pages, folding frontispiece and 12 folding plates. Bound in original red cloth. Ex library, with library bookplate and ink stamp on verso of plates. Sound and entire.

Cairo: Government Press, 1920. First edition. Boards. Acceptable. 34 cm; 2 volumes. Volume 1 (text volume) 262 pages, folded frontispiece map in color of the Nile Basin, numerous figures and tables. Volume 2 is a portfolio containing 16 folded maps, plans, and surveys, most of them in colors. Original printed boards, quite worn, with joints splitting. Ex-library, with withdrawall stamp of the Hill Reference Library. Library ownership stamps on verso of all plates and maps.

London: John Murray, 1879. First edition. Reference: Kalfatovic 0741; Hilmy II, 265.. Very Good. 26 cm; xx, 431 pages, and 58 plates, 23 of them tinted or printed in colors. Bound in recent 1/4 leather over sturdy blue cloth boards, title stamped in gilt on spine. Top edge gilt. Contents generally unblemished.

London and New York: Spon, 1904. First edition. Very Good. 26 cm; 225 pages and 21 plates, some folding. Bound in original red cloth stamped in gilt. A little dusty, especially on upper board, but very good condition overall. Bookplate of George A. Orrok.

London: Lawrence and Bullen, [1903]. Good. 23cm; xv, 341 pages, and 73 half tone plates, including maps, portraits and facsimiles. Lacks folding map. Bound in recent half green morocco over marbled boards in 19th-century style. Light scattered foxing.

London: Macmillan, 1868. Second edition. Good. 23cm; xii, 596 pages, and 24 wood-engraved plates, two colored maps (one folding). Bound in later half tan polished calf over marbled boards in period style. Endleaves renewed. Light to moderate foxing. Repair to folded map.