The medieval illuminated manuscript up to the time of Gutenberg's printed book. Translation of: 'Manoscritti e miniature'. 199 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm. Book is bright, clean and unmarked, reasonably fresh. Tight, square binding, no wear to the cream cloth. Unclipped dustjacket shows only very light wear to some edges and a little surface wear. A heavy, oversized book weighing 1.905kg. View More...
Fixed price Sales Catalog for items from the Bolton Collection. Undated - circa 1930 [?]. 79pp, photo illustrated, 1105 items. Bright, clean copy with a sound binding. Wraps have a little wear at overhanging edges.Weight, 160g. View More...
Second edition of the 1966 first, followed by supplements commencing in 1982. 10,941 entries. English and French languages.Clean, bright copy with a sound binding. Vitrually no wear to cloth. Previous owner's name on ffep. Good copy! View More...
Second edition [of the 1966 first]. 10,941 entries. English and French languages. Presentation inscription in the hand of the author to ffep, a gift to a Supreme Court Judge, W. R. McIntyre. Clean, bright copy with a sound binding. Vitrually no wear to cloth. Excellent copy! Weight, 1.45kg. View More...
An anthology, with full commentary, illustrating the development from the formulas and invocations of primitive magic to the hymns and revelations of the twentieth century. Paperback Original. 1st printing. Paperback, 343pp. Tight, square binding, no creases to spine. Well above average copy. Weight, 206g. View More...
Standard handbook on the subject first published in 1937. 209pp. generally bright and clean though there is a little staining to top edge of book barely affecting a few pages at the back. Dustjacket has a little edge wear and small stain to top edge. Weight, 350g. View More...
Rare, collectible and used Book Values for the year 1976-77. 566pp. Clean interior with a sound binding. Front endpaper removed. Black cloth covers are clean and without wear. View More...
Single issue of an journal of Numismatic Literature spanning the world, published twice annually. Includes an abstract of each publications contents. 172pp, not illustrated. Internally bright and clean, not marked in any way. Tight, square binding. Fine, except that the tip of the top of the front cover has been clipped. Weight, 329g. More issues available. View More...
The author states his views on 12 books that changed the history of the world - the book as an agent of social, political and personal revolution. 372 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. TV tie-in. Bright, clean, unmarked interior. Tight, square binding. Faint spine creases. Slight wear to wrapper edges. Weight, 614g. View More...
Attractive, unused, heraldic bookplate of Walter Russell, Baron Brain of Eynsham, County Oxford. He was a famed British neurologist who wrote standard scientific works on the subject. In 1965 he attended at the deathbed of Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill. Born in 1895, died in 1966. He was created Baronet in 1962 which would thus indicate the approx. date of the bookplate. Size - 4.75" by 5.75". Fully gummed on reverese. never mounted. Ships via inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail. View More...
Twenty-one essays reviewing books on Canada from students at the University College of the Cariboo. viii, 101 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Bright, clean, unmarkled copy about 'as new'. Weight, 275g. View More...
Bibliography of maps and plans of the City of London, England, held in the British Museum as of 1964. Two colums per page, 202 columns total. Bright, clean interior and a sound binding. Light surface soiling to wraps [dust]. Weight, 500g. View More...
Spectacular anniversary book commemorating the 100th birthday of the National Geographic Society. 484pp, profusely photo illustrated. Bright copt with very sound, firm binding. Very nearly 'as new'. Very heavy book. View More...
A comprehensive bibliography of materials relating to urban studies in the English language. Main volume in cloth plus supplement one, in wraps. 324pp + 43pp. Bright, clean set with sound bindings. No wear to cloth Minor wear to dustjacket of main volume . Supplement is near Fine. Heavy books, weighing 1.22kg. View More...
The book chronicles the growth of library services in West Vancouver, British Columbia. 182pp, photo illustrated. Bright, fresh copy with sound binding and like dustjacket. About 'as new'. 530g. View More...
Publications of the Public Archives of Canada No. 13. Part 1 - 1493-1877, with index, 553pp. Part 2 - 1878-931, with index, 589pp.10,072 entries. English and French text according to provenance of entry. Bright, clean, unmarked copies. Slioght wear to extremities of spine but no creasing to spine. Weight, two volumes, 1.57kg. View More...
Catalog of an important Sale of printed books and manuscripts. held in New York City, in Febraruy, 1981. Sale includes19 lots of important Oscar Wilde books and manuscripts. 201pp, illustrated. Estimates given but no prices realised. Bright copy.Unmarked and with a sound binding. Some shelf wear to bottom edge and light bumps to corners. Weight, 810g. View More...
Bibliography of the works of Emily Dickinson. xxix, 145pp. Bright, clean interior with a sound binding. Unmarked. No wear to red cloth boards, but very slight darkening to spine. Weight, 370g. View More...
Bibliography of the nineteenth-century, British novelist and poet, George Meredith [1828-1909]. Bright, fresh, unmarked copy in a similar, unclipped dustjacket [in brodart]. Almost 'as new'. Weight, 653g. View More...
