Somerset Places & Legends
Felinfach: Lannert Publishers, 1991. First Edition. 12mo. Pictorial stiff card wrappers; 131pp; illus. Fine copy with minimal evidence of use. More
Felinfach: Lannert Publishers, 1991. First Edition. 12mo. Pictorial stiff card wrappers; 131pp; illus. Fine copy with minimal evidence of use. More
New York: Women's League of the United Synagogue of America, [1919]. Fourth (1946) Printing. 16mo (14.5cm.); publisher's blue card wrappers; mixed paginations; full-page illus. throughout. Spine edges rather rubbed, the whole a bit toned and soiled, most heavily so to rear cover, contemporary ownership inscription inside upper cover, else Near..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1926. First Edition. Small octavo. Original cloth; 359pp, illus; top edge gilt. Mild external wear; endpapers a tad darkened, but still a tight, VG+ copy, lacking the dustwrapper. The first full-length study of the noted sexologist's life and career. More
Boston: Boston University Press, 1964. First American Edition. Octavo (22cm.); original cloth in white pictorial dust jacket; v,[1],265pp; illus. About Fine. Boston University African Research Studies no. 5. More
[Richmond, VA]: American Folklore Society, 1965. First Edition. Inscribed and signed by Greenway on first leaf: "For Sophie -- in hope of *seducing her into a new field of interest / John Greenway / 15 August 1965 / *And if I had the opportunity of singing some hillbilly songs to..... More
Pittsfield, MA: Press of the Sun Printing Company, 1900. First Edition. Octavo (18cm); pea green cloth, stamped in gilt; top edge stained (red), moire-printed endpapers; 141pp. Boards soiled and rubbed; wear and pinholes about the hinges; top edge slightly chapped; gilt dulled. Textblock shows slightly foxed edges and interiors; bindings..... More
Paris: Présence Africaine, [1972]. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); original white pictorial wrappers; illus. Some foxing to top and fore-edge of upper wrappers, else Very Good and sound. Volume I of II only. Collection of Nigerian folktales, compiled by the former President of the National Assembly of Niger. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899. First Edition. Variant issue on laid paper, edges untrimmed. 21cm. In original publisher's cloth, titled on spine, pictorial decoration on front, top edge gilt; x, 210pp; frontispiece and 31 halftone illustrations by A. B. Frost. A tight, fresh copy, with spine slightly dulled; crayon..... More
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1898. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (20cm). In green publisher's cloth, stamped in black and gold; blue coated endpapers; one-page ad at front; [x], 417pp; frontispiece and three halftone illustrations by E. Boyd Smith. A tight, sturdy copy, bumped on rear top edge and..... More
New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1903. First Edition. First edition, second state, lacking terminal advertisements. Octavo (22cm). In beige publisher's cloth, titled in black on spine, with pictorial stamp in red, green, and black on front; [viii], 294pp; frontispiece and 31 illustrations by Karl Moseley. Clean and tight, with..... More
Boston: Press of Geo. H. Ellis Co., 1915. First Edition. First printing. 12mo. Coarse-woven pale blue cloth, pictorial titles stamped in white; x,[1]-263,[5]pp; frontispiece and 14 unnumbered leaves of plates, 12 halftones printed in cyan, also three mounted color lithographs of fish. Hinges thinly cracked, but holding; printed (generic) bookplate..... More
New York: Macmillan Company, 1904. First Edition. Octavo (20cm.); original tan decorative cloth embossed in black and gilt, top edge gilt; v,[1],541,[1],[2](ads)pp.; color frontispiece. Spine cloth a bit darkened, light shelf wear, hinges cracked but still quite sturdy, else Near Very Good and sound. BAL 7941. More
Leipzig: Bernard Tauchnitz, 1907. Copyright Edition. 12mo (16cm.); contemporary half tan morocco over pictorial paper boards, gilt-lettered spine in six compartments, top edge gilt, decorative endpapers; 280pp. Light shelf-wear, contemporary ownership bookplate to front pastedown, else Very Good to Near Fine. More
Berryville, VA: Rockbridge, 1995. Second Printing. Octavo (24cm). Beige cloth in green pictorial dust jacket; xvi,147,[1]pp; black and white in-text illustrations. Inscribed on title page by the author to Wanda and Wilton Beall; with Wilton Beall's ownership inscription to front free endpaper. Slightly cocked, and tapped at base of spine..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 2009. First Edition. First Printing, trade issue. Octavo (20.5cm); navy blue paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; xx,183,[5]pp. Upper corners gently tapped (though still sharp), else Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced £12.99), with light wear to spine ends..... More
New York: Whittlesey House, 1934. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Brown cloth hardcover, titled in gilt; dustjacket; 366pp; frontispiece and 14 inserted leaves of photographic plates (halftones) not reckoned in pagination. Spine and cover gilt a bit dulled, else a tight, Near Fine copy. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced..... More
New York: Harper and Row, 1972. First Edition. First Printing. Inscribed by author on ffep; Octavo (20.5cm.); illustrated boards; matching dustjacket; 86pp.; former owner's small nameplate inside front cover; Fine copy. Dustjacket is price-clipped; Harper Crest gold sticker on front panel; no tears or fray; Very Good+. Re-telling of Zuni..... More
New York: L. Kahan Gallery Inc / African Arts, [1978]. First Edition. Small square quarto (20.25cm.); original photo-illustrated card wrappers; 104pp.; chiefly photographic illus. Faint spine crease else Near Fine. More
London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1898. First Thus. Octavo (20.5cm). In original green cloth, stamped in gold on boards and spine; pictorial endpapers, designed by Rackham; [i]-[xiv], [1]-638pp; with 12 inserted color illustrations and tissue guards, and numerous additional black-and-white illustrations. Bright and straight, with minor shelfwear, spine lightly rubbed..... More
Kobe: Tamamura Photographic Studio / T. Takagi, N.d. (ca 1910). Oblong octavo (18cm x 26cm). Original silk-covered boards, bouond with red silk cord; 19 colored collotype plates. Gift inscription from an N.L. Thacker on verso of title page, dated 1914; child's ownership inscription on verso of final plate ("Ermy Tharp..... More
New York: Paul B. Hoeber Inc., 1934. First Edition. Quarto (27.25cm.); publisher's black buckram lettered in gilt; xvi,175pp.; frontispiece, text illus. throughout. Minor scuffing to cloth, textblock just a hint cockled from exposure to damp, contemporary gift inscription to front free endpaper, else Very Good or better. More
Boston: John P. Jewett and Company, 1856. First Edition. Large octavo (25cm); three quarter brown leather with marbled paper covered boards; spine in six compartments, gilt-stamped title in second, others stamped in black; marbled endpapers, all edges dark red; XIV, 544pp. Boards rubbed, with some chipping and surface loss to..... More
[Saudárkròki, Iceland: Hvítt og Svart, 2003]. First Edition. Slim square quarto (21.75cm.); publisher's white pictorial card wrappers; 52pp.; illus. throughout, many full-paged in color. Light wear, gift inscription inside upper cover (by a contributor perhaps?) else Very Good to Near Fine. Pictorial account of 12th-century Icelandic lore. More
Oakland: Green Knight Publishing, 2001. Second Revised Edition. Octavo (21.5cm); black paper boards, stamped in gilt (spine), in color pictorial dustwrapper; 591pp. Dustwrapper shows mild wear, soiling and scuffing, with an abrasion/tear on front top edge; leading corners chipped; interiors clean and unmarked. Fine in Near Fine dustwrapper. First published..... More
Moskva: Izdatel'stvo "Nauka" 1971. First Edition. Small octavo (20cm.); publisher's photo-illustrated wrappers, French flaps; 185pp.; several leaves of plates, some in color, text illus. and maps throughout. General shelf wear to wrapper extremities, spine and flap folds rather rubbed, some light soil, else Very Good and sound. Russian-language cultural and..... More